The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Academic Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC) invite you to attend our first pecha kucha-style event on Wednesday, December 2, 2 - 4 p.m., in the Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union. Ten short, entertaining presentations will be given by faculty, staff, and students on the topic "Google@UMN," followed by breakout discussion sessions. Presentations will be Web cast, and a recording of the presentations will be published online. There is no charge for this event and it is open to the public; registration is not required.

For more information, see 20 by 20.

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The Spring schedule for technology training offered by the Office of Information Technology will be posted to the training web site in mid-December. Check back then to find upcoming dates and to register for Spring courses.

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Topic: DEV541 Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing Defensible Applications
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - Friday, January 8, 2010
Times: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Carlson School of Management (CSOM) room 2-206
Price: $1,000.00 per person
Registration: Visit the SANS Web site

You are Invited

January 5-8, 2010, The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will host a four-day Interactive Video Course (IVC) "Secure Coding in Java/JEE" offered by SANS, an organization known as the best and most trusted source for computer security training.

SANS Course Description

"This is a comprehensive course covering a huge set of skills and knowledge. It's not a high level theory course. It's about real programming. In this course you will examine actual code, work with real tools, build applications, and gain confidence in the resources you need for the journey to improving security of Java applications.

Rather than teaching students to use a set of tools, we're teaching students concepts of secure programming. This involves looking at a specific piece of code, identifying a security flaw, and implementing a fix for that flaw."

Registration

Laptop Required

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Google Apps for the U of M featured in Nov. 12 edition of the Minnesota Daily

Read the story

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The Office of Information Technology (OIT), in partnership with the Digital Technology Center, is sponsoring a free program of events on Thursday, November 12, for World Usability Day. The purpose of the program is to promote awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design. World Usability Day was started in 2005 by the Usability Professionals Association and involves 36 hours of usability-related activities around the world in 30 countries.

You are invited to join us for a program including speakers on usability topics, a participatory activity dealing with recycling, and an Open House at the Usability Services Laboratory.

All students, staff, faculty, and the general public are invited to the World Usability Day events. Events will take place in Coffman Union and Walter Library on the East Bank of the Twin Cities campus. All events are free of charge and no registration is necessary.

A schedule of events is listed below.

For more detailed information and directions to the World Usability Day events, please see the Usability Services Web site.

We hope you can join us for these great events!

WORLD USABILITY DAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 12

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union

Program Introduction: "About World Usability Day"
by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT)

10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union

Presentation: "Designing for the Mobile Web"

by Nick Rosencrans (Usability Consultant, OIT) and RaJeev Cyrus (Software Developer, Office OIT)

11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Usability and Enterprise Applications: The Case of UM Survey"

by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT) Keith Brown (Senior Education Technology Professional, OIT) and John Starr (Technology Specialist, OIT)

Noon - 1:30 p.m. 303BC Coffman Union

Participatory activity: "Recycling Race"

The student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) will hold a participatory activity to evaluate different methods of sorting recyclables.

2:00- 4:00 p.m. B-26 Walter Library
Open House at the Usability Lab B26 Walter

The lab will be open for tours, and Usability Services staff will be available to do demos and answer questions. The lab recently upgraded its eye-tracking hardware and software. Come by to see what's new!

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