The Spring Skills Sharpener is Coming!

a basket of flowers on a yellow background.Are your tech skills feeling dull or do you just want to discover something new? Join OIT for the 2024 Spring Skills Sharpener training series! From April 15 to May 15, we’re offering over two dozen training courses, both in-person and via webinar, on popular topics like Excel, Microsoft Teams, Wiki.SMU, Adobe Express, and more for our faculty and staff!

Check out our list of sessions now!

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Forge Your Career Path in LinkedIn Learning!

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LinkedIn Learning always has something new to discover, and now they have a new way to discover it all! LinkedIn Learning has recently introduced the My Career Journey feature, which allows you to set actionable career goals and receive a curated list of content to help you achieve those goals. Continue reading Forge Your Career Path in LinkedIn Learning!

Spring Data Science Workshops Are Open to All

OIT's Data Science iconThe Spring 2024 O’Donnell Data Science and Research Computing Institute (ODSRCI) and OIT Research and Data Science Services (RDSS) workshop series provides a hands-on experience that will guide those of the SMU campus community in the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to take advantage of AI workflows, learn the fundamentals of deep learning, start programming in Python, and more. The topics cover information useful for users to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided by SMU’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters, the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD and M3.

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Need Continuing Ed Credits This Year? LinkedIn Learning Can Help!

LinkedIn Learning logoAs we enter a new year, many of us like to set new goals and resolutions to make the best of the coming months. With 2024 now underway, you may be trying to plan out when you will take continuing education courses to keep your certifications current. Thankfully, you can do so at your own pace using your access to LinkedIn Learning! Continue reading Need Continuing Ed Credits This Year? LinkedIn Learning Can Help!

Faculty Technology Workshops Return in 2024… FTW!

First up, Academic Technology Services will host the Canvas workshop Final Grades & Wrapping Up Your Canvas Course on December 6, 2023, at 11 a.m. As the semester comes to an end, let’s do a check of your Canvas course before submitting grades to my.SMU. In this workshop, we will cover final grades in Canvas by reviewing assignment scoring, assignment groups, and the gradebook.

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Back-to-School Boot Camp

Starting in January, the Back-to-School Boot Camp returns. Whether you are new to Canvas, or you need a refresher before the next term, our upcoming Faculty Technology Workshops have all you need to hit the ground running. Check out our upcoming sessions! Continue reading Faculty Technology Workshops Return in 2024… FTW!