Take Lynda.com training with you on the holiday break

http://www.learnit.ucla.edu/ UCLA students, faculty, and staff have 24/7 access to thousands of high-quality, on-line tutorials through Lynda.com. Described as "more useful than scrubbing through amateur YouTube videos, and more efficient than attending a class," the tutorials cover a wide range of software and digital skills.

Interested in photography? You might like the new "Shooting with the Nikon D800" course. There is also a new "Up and running with iCloud" course, that teaches both mac and pc users how to configure and use iCloud. You have FREE access to the entire Lynda.com library – so enjoy! To ensure access for the UCLA family only, it is best to access Lynda.com from the "learnit" portal link above.

"Getting Started with EndNote"

Join us for a 1 hour session on using EndNote and EndNote Web. During the hour you will learn

• How to create and edit a reference Library 
• How to manage databases 
• How to "Cite While You Write" in Microsoft Word 

This session will be held on Wednesday December 19, 2012 from 10AM – 11AM in 2320 Life Sciences Building (LSB). The session will be presented by the UCLA Health and Life Sciences Library and is FREE. No RSVP necessary.

UC Information Security Awareness eCourse

https://www.itsecurity.ucla.edu/education_info_sec_ecourse.php
 
We’d like to encourage all department members to take a short eCourse on information security awareness. This UC-specific course covers basic information regarding security, email, passwords, and social engineering, in addition to introducing contemporary threats and teaching good behaviors that protect information. It can be completed in about 30 minutes, and is highly recommended for anyone in today's electronic world. You can access the course from the link above.

Open Scholar

 UCLA’s Information Technology Planning Board and Office of Information Technology are sponsoring the Faculty Digital Presence (FDP) project, which gives faculty members the ability to create professional websites to showcase their scholarship, teaching, and service. The web based service used for this effort is called “Open Scholar." It allows users to customize their sites with various features such as bios, publication lists, and blogs. See some examples here: http://vimeo.com/9887585 If you are interested in trying this service please reply to this message and we'll help you get started.

Outlook Tip: Add Academic dates to your EM calendar

If you'd like to add some of the important dates like the start and end of quarters to your EM calendar send an email to psychnet@psych.ucla.edu requesting the "UCLA Academic Calendar.ics" file and follow these instructions:

1. Right click the attached “UCLA Academic Calendar.ics" document and save it to your desktop or “My Documents” and then close this message.
2. In Outlook Menu Bar click on File and choose Import and Export. 
3. From "Choose an action to perform" select "Import an iCalendar or vCalendar file (.vcs)" and click on Next. 
4. In "look in" choose desktop or My Documents folder and select "UCLA Academic Calendar.ics" and click OK. 

 Do this only once or you will have multiple entries for each item. If you don't see the events on your calendar right away try rebooting your computer. If the events still don't appear, please call our help desk: 49327

Online Polling

The UCLA online polling tool is now available for faculty and staff use. You may have seen the tool in action today at the Fall Reception. Polls can be accessed from many different mobile devices and in some cases, may take the place of "clickers" in the classroom. Polls may be made public or private but must be created and managed by a UCLA faculty or staff member. If you are interested in using this service please contact Dawn Canfield (dawnc@psych.ucla.edu)

Displaying your Outlook EM Address Book

Would you like to limit the default view of your Exchange Global Address List? If you would like to browse for names just in the Psychology department, for example: • Open the Address Book from Outlook’s standard toolbar • In the address book “Tools” menu, click “Options” • Use the “Show this address list first” drop down list to specify “Psychology” You can do the same with any department listed, your own contact list, or go back to viewing the whole address list.

Lynda.com

Remember that you have FREE access to thousands of high-quality, on-line tutorials through Lynda.com. You and your UCLA students can receive training on programs like Microsoft Office, Adobe, SPSS, and also things like social media marketing. You must access the Lynda.com site from here: http://learnit.ucla.edu/ and enter your UCLA login credentials to gain unlimited access to the Lynda.com library. Please browse their offerings and promote the use of Lynda.com on campus to help ensure that our license is renewed annually.

E-scholarship

This is a service, offered by the University of California, where users can post their publications for free and make them available for use to the public. We have several faculty members who have already posted some of their publications as resources for their students. For more information, please visit: http://goo.gl/Nc3J6

Green IT

Did you know that UCLA has a Green IT Team charged with providing the campus with information and resources to help make IT on campus more Green? The Green IT Team consists of six IT staff members from across campus and they have made a lot of information available to you to help make UCLA more Green. For more information on how you can help, click here.

Mobile Apps in research

Save the Date – August 3 for express training on how to evaluate mobile apps to help with your research or clinical needs. This lunchtime session will be offered by the Biomedical library and you must RSVP to biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu in order to attend. The class is part of their “First Friday” series. Visit their website http://goo.gl/q0pd to learn more.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is a collection of web services that may be of interest to faculty members, researchers, and/or their web developers. All services are billed based on usage. The UCLA campus web publisher’s group will have a meeting to discuss some of these offerings tomorrow June 20 from 1-2:30pm at the James West Alumni Center in the Collins Alumni Conference Room. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Elluminate (aka Blackboard Collaborate)

Elluminate is a virtual meeting and learning environment. It can be used by members of the department for any sort of web-based, remote communication. Using Elluminate you can:

• Hold virtual office hours 
• Invite remote speakers 
• Capture sessions for multiple viewings 

 Access to Elluminate is also free. Learn more about Elluminate/Blackboard Collaborate here: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Overview.aspx or contact Psych IT for more information.

Escholarship

eScholarship is a service from the California Digital Library which supports the open access digital publication of original journals, books, working papers, conference proceedings, and paper/seminar series, as well as the digital dissemination of postprints. You can:

• Keep your copyright 
• Reach more readers 
• Publish when you want to 
• Protect your work's future ...all with no fees. 

 Learn more about it here: http://escholarship.org/ or contact Psych IT for more information.