Training
Workshops and Seminars
Lunch & Learn
The Lunch & Learn Information Technology Seminars keep you informed on a broad range of technology topics – from academic uses to consumer electronics and beyond. Wednesdays during the academic year, in Frist MPR B, noon-1pm.
The Productive Scholar
These one-hour sessions demonstrate how to use common and available desktop software to produce more with less effort. All sessions are from noon to 1pm in the Humanities Resource Center classroom, 012 East Pyne.
Training and Tutorials
In Office Training Visits
The Educational Technologies Center offers several forms of training in educational technologies. Faculty members and administrative staff may request office visits. It is also possible to arrange for a group training session on a given topic. Training may be requested here.
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Lynda
The Office of Information Technology at Princeton has a site license for lynda.com, an award-winning, online software-training site. The lynda.com training library contains over 1,000 titles featuring a wide variety of software packages, such as Adobe and Microsoft Office products, video- and audio-editing software, web development applications, scripting, and 3D design packages.
The URL for Princeton’s web portal to lynda.com is:
Codecademy
Codecademy is a free web based tutorial site that has an interactive web interface for you to practice different code languages like Python, php, and Ruby. As you progress through sections, you earn badges and keep score of your progress. You also get help from the community of learners on Codeedademy. To get started you can sign up for a free account at their website: http://www.codecademy.com/
Code School
Code School is a freemium web based tutorial site that has an interactive web interface and videos (screencasts) for you to practice writing code. Topics like Java Script, iOS, HTML, and Ruby are covered in this site, and some courses are free. You can sign up for an account to get access to the lessons. You can get started at their website located here: http://www.codeschool.com/
Web Tutorials
Audio
- Audacity
- Ableton Live Video Tutorials by DJ Vespers
- Ableton Live Video Tutorials By Dubspot
- Collection of Reaper Tutorials by Reaper Blog
- Reaper.fm Resources
- Reaper Video Tutorials
Bibliographic and Citation Management
C
C++
- C++ Programming Tutorials
- Stanford School of Engineering Lectures on Programming Methodology
- Learn Code the Hard Way Series
Emacs
GIS
- Introduction to ArcMap
- Introduction to QGIS
- Google Earth Tutorials By Google
- Google Earth Basics Tutorials
LaTex
- LaTex Video Tutorial Series
- Introduction to LaTeX Video Series by The Odum Institute
- Quick LaTex Blog’s Video Tutorials
- LaTeX WikiBook
MATLAB
PHP
Python
- Python
- wxPython Demo Program
- Python Video Tutorial Series
- Khan Academy’s Computer Science Video Tutorial Library
- Google Python Class Video Tutorials
- Python on Codecademy
- Learn Python the Hard Way
R
- R Videos
- Install R for Mac
- Install R for Windows
- Import SPSS Data Into R
- Basics of Working with Data in R
- R: A Self-PacedTutorial
- R programming at twotorials.com
Ruby
- Ruby Programming Tutorials Playlist
- Learn Ruby the Hard Way
- Learn Ruby with Neo Ruby Koans
- Interactive Ruby Tutorials
- Ruby in Twenty Minutes
- TryRuby by Code School
SPSS
- SPSS Syntax
- Run Multiple Regression in SPSS
- Define Variable Sets in SPSS
- Create APA Formatted Tables in SPSS
- Import SPSS Data Into R
Shell Scripting
Terminal / Commandline
- Command Line Bootcamp by Praxis Program
- Mac OS X Basic Command Line Tutorial
- UNIX / Linux Tutorial for Beginners
Versioning
Vi / Vim
Visualization
XML