Github is the most commonly used version control and collaboration software. Structured collaboration is a necessity for correcting others work on large projects. In this workshop we will cover commits, branching and pull requests. The workshop project will be to add a photo of yourself to a the tutorial repository. You must bring a laptop that on which you can …

Omeka| March 11, 4:15 to 6:15 | Room TBD |Pamela Thielman This workshop will introduce the web-publishing platform Omeka. Omeka allows you to build and organize collections containing a variety of media objects in ways that have applications for personal research and teaching. This workshop will cover the basic differences between self-hosted and Omeka-hosted sites …

Data for Social Research, Part 2: Analyzing and Visualizing Data March 11 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Data for Social Research Workshop Series The Graduate Center Library offers a series of workshops on data mapping and GIS sources. Part 1: Finding Data March 4th, 6:30pm – 8:00pm The first in the series, Finding Data …

WordPress 1: Establishing a Digital Academic Identity The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the WordPress platform while creating a digital academic identity on the CUNY Commons.  We will focus on the main design and content components of a WordPress site, including theme editing, managing content, custom menus and image use*.  We will create …

Data for Social Research, Part 3: Mapping Data March 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Data for Social Research Workshop Series The Graduate Center Library offers a series of workshops on data mapping and GIS sources. Part 1: Finding Data March 4th, 6:30pm – 8:00pm The first in the series, Finding Data emphasizes sources …

In this workshop, you will learn more about developing and customizing your WordPress site. If you have some knowledge of WordPress (i.e., you can make a page and a post and have used the dashboard), but you want to add some more structure or functionality, this workshop is for you. By taking this workshop, you …

ArcGIS | All day workshops on Feb 27, Mar 27, Apr 24 ($30) | Frank Donnelly Do you have a research question that you'd like to envision geographically? Maybe you'd like to study neighborhoods and businesses to target a market. Or perhaps you want to visualize the distribution of education, employment, or resources across the country or …

DATE CHANGE: This workshop will now be offered on Tuesday, March 31st. In this workshop, we will be using R and various databases to manage data.  This is a common academic task. We will also cover how to get data out of proprietary formats like Excel, SAS, SPSS and ArcGis. We will also cover confidentiality and encryption.  You …

Intermediate Python | Wednesday, April 1, 4:15 to 6:15pm | Room TBD | Ian Phillips This workshop will build on the Fall 2014 Intro to Python workshop. Participants will have an opportunity to continue building their coding skills with more complex exercises. Experience with Python is not required but some familiarity with  basic coding will be helpful. …