So You Wanna Make a Mobile App? Know Your Options | March 4, 4:15 to 6:15 | Computer Lab C196.03 | Joe Kirchhof This workshop will provide an overview of options for creating mobile apps.  We will focus on the range of tools for building cross-platform HTML5 applications, but we will also address native apps for iOS …

Data for Social Research, Part 1: Finding Data March 4 @ 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 …

March 10: Mapping the Futures of Higher Education, Open Class Session, 4:15-6:15pm, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Room 9206 Please visit the Futures Initiative website for more information.

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 …