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Communications Training

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NACS sponsored two days of hands-on training on communications cable installation on March 31 and April 1.

This free, training opportunity included:

  • A “Layer One” standards update by Steve Fritz of WestCal Technologies,
  • An Outside Plant demonstration by Charles Ball of Preformed Line Products,
  • Fire Stop training by Michael Zanotelli of Specified Technologies, Inc.
  • Power/Surge Protection presentation by John Cleary of WestCal Technologies,
  • Hands-on fiber optic cable termination by Mark Travers of Molex,
  • Hands-on Cat 5E/Cat 6 cable termination by Wayne Brushett of Data Cabling Solutions.

Class participants included fifteen NACS staff, seven Inspectors from Design & Construction Services, Brice Kikuchi of the Student Center, and nine installers from Cable Inc., a NACS cabling contractor.

Microsoft Office Training

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NACS recently hosted 3 weeks of task-based, hands-on training on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Access.

This annual offering serves dozens of staff and faculty throughout UCI. Morning or afternoon classes are $79 (departmental recharge required) and are conducted using the Mobile Laptop Training Lab in conjunction with the UCI wireless network in the Engineering Gateway Building and other locations on campus.

To view the course outlines and register for future courses, see: http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training . To keep abreast of training opportunities, subscribe to the NACS-Seminars mailing list at http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/listinfo/nacs-seminars

MS Office XP Training

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Brush up on your office skills this summer. NACS offers Office XP hands-on training beginning August 14th. NACS’s Mobile Computer Lab, comprising 16 notebook computers with wireless network connections travel to various rooms for these workshops. For course outlines and registration, see http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training. Classes are between $50 and $90, depending whether the course is a full or half day and a departmental recharge number is required to register.

Cabling Techs Trained

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Some of the tough jobs are those which nobody notices unless you make a mistake. Such a job is the work NACS does behind the scenes to make sure the cabling projects which bring voice and data to your office run smoothly.

NACS sponsored two days of free training on fiber and copper cable termination, fire-stopping, and bonding and grounding at UCI on December 17 and 18.

  • Corning Cabling Systems staff discussed and provided hands-on training on fiber optic cabling;
  • 3M Fire Protection Products staff spoke about fire-stopping;
  • PCC Products, Inc., staff discussed and provided hands-on training on copper termination and Nordx products;
  • Harger staff spoke about and demonstrated bonding and grounding.

Attendees included electricians from UCI’s Facilities Management department who are now equipped to do a better job in future cabling projects.

Technical Training

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NACS offers a range of computer-related training, including system administration, instructional technology, productivity tools, and research-related software. Some are on-going and other classes are offered whenever opportunity arises and resources become available. Some classes are free, while others include a modest fee. All are offered in an attempt to fill technical training needs of staff and faculty.

Many people have asked, “What’s the difference between the classes NACS offers and the classes given through LEAP?” For one thing, the majority of NACS’s classes are half-days and do not require homework. LEAP’s 5 and 10 week sessions typically give people the opportunity to dig a little deeper into a subject and experiment more with an application. The NACS end-user classes are chosen and designed to complement what LEAP offers. NACS has been offering half-day classes this summer in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Microsoft Project. Classes are held in the Engineering Gateway Building using PCs. Classes are $79 and a recharge number is required to register.

NACS also conducts free monthly CorporateTime classes using the Mobile Laptop Training Lab in conjunction with the UCI wireless network. For researchers, seminars in academic software such as ArcGIS and Matlab are offered.

To view course outlines and register, see http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training. If you have a suggestion for computer training needed in your department, please e-mail nacs@uci.edu.