Category: Training

SAS e-Learning Available

SASOIT is working with SAS to provide self-paced e-learning for users of SAS software. This SAS Education Analytical Suite will allow you to study SAS programming at your own pace and convenience, at no cost, from the comfort of your own computer.

To access the SAS Education Analytical Suite, you will need to activate the training under your SAS Profile. These activation codes are available from the IT Help Desk. Just contact the IT Help Desk and request the SAS e-Learning activation code. Anyone with a valid SMU account is eligible to receive the activation code for e-learning.

SAS Analytics technology in a bundle specifically designed for teaching and research in education. Licenses for the Education Analytical Suite come with unlimited access to these SAS e-learning courses:

SAS Programming Language

  • SAS Programming I: Essentials
  • SAS Programming II: Data Manipulation Techniques
  • SAS Programming III: Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies
  • SAS Macro Language I: Essentials
  • SAS SQL I: Essentials

SAS Enterprise Guide (point-and-click interface)

  • SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting (latest version of the course)
  • SAS Enterprise Guide 2: Advanced Tasks and Querying

Statistics

  • Introduction to Statistical Concepts
  • Predictive Modeling Using Logistic Regression
  • SAS Enterprise Guide: ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression
  • Statistics 1: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression

Also available, by request, is the Associated e-Learning with SAS Enterprise Miner.  The Associated e-Learning with SAS Enterprise Miner training includes:

  • Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner
  • Rapid Predictive Modeling for Business Analysts

Faculty and Students: Receive free hands-on-training for Mathematica

hoswm-mainWolfram has created a new outreach program that gives faculty and students free hands-on training for Mathematica and SMU has been invited to participate.

Join a free online training session to learn different ways to interact with Mathematica—enter queries through free-form input and the Wolfram Language, create notebooks, perform symbolic and numeric calculations, generate 2D and 3D graphics, create interactive Manipulates, analyze data, and turn your notebook into an interactive presentation. This is an exciting opportunity to learn directly from the authors of the book Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica and Programming with the Wolfram Language and ask questions during the interactive Q&A. Participants will need access to either Mathematica for the desktop or Mathematica Online to utilize the hands-on aspects of this training.

SMU Employees: Free access to Lynda.com online training.

Did you know that you have free access to over 267,000 online video tutorials with Lynda.com?

lynda.comLynda.com is a leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills at any level of expertise so they can achieve personal and professional goals. Members have access to the Lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.

Features of Lynda.com include:

Assessments

Take related assessments before and after completing a course to evaluate what instruction the user has already mastered and how much they have learned.

Enhanced Playlists

Share playlists with colleagues to recommend courses. You can even share your playlist on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn to show associates what courses you have personally completed.

Access Webinars:

In addition to online training you can enroll in an upcoming webinar or view previously recorded sessions.

To learn more about Lynda.com and to request a Lynda.com license, click here: http://www.smu.edu/BusinessFinance/OIT/Services/Lynda