Introduction to Python
This workshop introduces the fundamentals of programming using Python, a language popular in both academia and industry. Topics will include basic programming concepts such as loops, variables, and conditionals, installing …
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Establishing a Digital Academic Identity & Intro to WordPress
The purpose of this workshop is to help you establish a digital academic identity while becoming familiar with the WordPress platform. We will focus on utilizing the CUNY Academic Commons, …
The Lexicon of DH
With the remarkable array of digital tools available, it can be difficult to determine which ones you’ll really need, particularly when you're in the research stage. Perhaps you only vaguely …
GIS / Mapping
Are you interested in using a map to tell your research story? to explore your data? to illustrate your argument? This workshop will offer an approachable introduction to Geographic Information …
Sound
Does your research involve sound? Would you like to learn more about digital tools for capturing, editing and managing audio files, as well as qualitative coding and transcribing their content? …
Cleaning Data with OpenRefine
Data cleaning is an important step in any data-driven research project. Often data is harvested from diverse sources such as the web, databases, spreadsheets, text files, and countless other places. …
Twitter for Academics
Room 5409 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NYTopics to be discussed and demonstrated include deciding who to follow and for what reasons, strategies for using tagging and hastags, harnessing the power of media stats on blogs and …
Introduction to Visualization in Python Using Matplotlib
Room 9207 @ The GC 365 5th Ave., New York, NYMatplotlib is the most widely used visualization library in Python. There are two entry points into the library: the pyplot API which mimics MATLAB (widely used in engineering disciplines) and …
Why Academics <3 GitHub
While academic work can certainly be a solitary affair, much of our work is collaborative in nature. Sane solutions to collaborating on computers do exist. You might have already used …
Intro to Tools for Collaborative Research
This workshop is designed as a gentle introduction to using widely available (and FREE!) digital tools for collaborative work. We will explore how a few simple-to-use tools can be effectively …
