by Sherif Samaan
Nov 24, 2009
Over the course of the fall 2009 semester, ITS has been completing the development of the new NYU South Data Center, and has been moving the hardware on which many of the ITS-supported systems run to this new location in downtown Manhattan.
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by Eve Simonsen Martinez with Anthony D'Angelo
Nov 24, 2009
Each year, more than 4,000 NYU students, faculty, and staff travel abroad to our globally networked University’s international academic and research centers, as well as for NYU-sponsored programs, trainings, and excursions at other locations.
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by Lillian Moran
Nov 24, 2009
Within ITS, Faculty Technology Services (FTS) provides a special focus on NYU faculty and graduate students' technology needs in support of teaching, learning, and research. In addition to operating three high-end studios and providing expert help and training in the development of web-based materials for use in instruction, research, and publication, FTS recently launched an outreach program.
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by Tom McNulty
Nov 24, 2009
New & improved databases page, LibGuides, tagging, Ask-a-Librarian & GetIt.
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by Angus Mungal
Nov 24, 2009
Each fall, as a new semester begins, undergraduates, graduates, and professors alike face the same problem—managing copious amounts of readings, notes, and other documents. There are documents for courses, for our individual assignments, and for research questions, websites, and even transcriptions of interviews or other data. If you would like to change the way you organize, manage, and analyze material of this sort, you might consider doing what I have done—using Atlas.ti, a qualitative statistics software package.
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by Frank LoPresti
Nov 24, 2009
This article is a brief introduction to survey sampling theory, and a look at two popular statistical packages (SUDAAN and Stata's "svy") available at the Data Service Studio that allow researchers to use datasets created by sampling. Survey sampling is a large and complex subject, so to give it some context, this article will begin by highlighting three research projects, their associated datasets, and the research issues that led to their creation.
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by Lillian Moran & Meredith Rendall
Nov 24, 2009
As part of the NYU Blackboard upgrade during the summer and fall of 2008, ITS embarked on an effort to reach out to University, school, and departmental administrators and staff who are in need of specialized NYU Blackboard support. This became the Blackboard Liaison Program, which now boasts 80 participants from around the University.
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by Taylor Absher
Nov 24, 2009
The ITS Advanced Media Studio (AMS) offers four professional imaging services to NYU students, faculty, alumni with an NYU ID, and visiting artists in participating arts and science programs. Learn more about these services.
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by Paul Galando
Nov 24, 2009
This article offers a brief introduction to podcasting and a look at how NYU departments and faculty members can use podcasting, along with iTunes U and Advanced Learning Exchange (ALEX), or even Files 2, to augment their courses and connect with their students.
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by Liam Fry
Nov 24, 2009
The opening of the Fall 2009 semester brought exciting changes to ITS' public computer locations. Where formerly there were ITS labs and centers, ITS now provides new Academic Technology Centers and NYUHotSpots (or CoLabs), reflecting an important refocusing of operations and services.
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