Turnitin – Plagiarism Detection & More
October 30, 12:00 – 1:30pm – Healey LL P2 [Light Lunch Provided]
Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention and detection tool available within Blackboard Learn which compares student-submitted papers to a large database including previously submitted papers as well as indexed web content. A representative from Turnitin will demonstrate the product along with its reporting features, the GradeMark tool which allows you to mark up student papers and leave audio comments, and the iPad app which works with GradeMark. Light lunch will be provided. We encourage you to bring your laptops and iPads.
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NVivo – Qualitative Research Tool
October 31, 1:00pm to 3:00pm – Healey LL P2
Members of QSR International will be on campus to demo some of the new features of NVIVO. To learn about NVIVO and what it can do for your research, please stop by Presentation room # 2 on October 31st from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. We have a limited number of licenses which you can use by sending an email to software@umb.edu
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MATLAB – Technical Computing Language
November 14, 12:00 to 3:00pm – Healey LL P2
[Light Lunch Provided]
Presentation and discussion of ways to increase your productivity and effectiveness using MATLAB. Best practices and common pitfalls in writing MATLAB code, explore the use of the MATLAB Profiler to find bottlenecks, and introduce the use of Parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Distributed Computing Server to solve computationally and data-intensive problems on multicore computers and clusters.
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Cyber Threat Smackdown! – Defending your Digital Devices
Wednesday October 22, 11:00 to 12:15
Campus Center 3rd floor ball room
An iPad will be raffled off, plus other prizes!
Cyber Security is in the news every day, with stories about the celebrity iCloud photo release, and credit card breaches from Target and Home Depot. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the UMass Boston IT department is hosting an event to help keep your data and devices secure.
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