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Research Communications: Design & Presentation In-Person
Presentations and posters are the bread and butter of research communications, and they customarily involve the creation of presentation materials. Quite often in the hurry to create these materials,...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- Time:
- 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Location:
- 2-20A, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Faculty Staff
- Categories:
- Research Communications
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 1 seat left
Buyer Beware: Predatory Publishing In-Person
Predatory publishers have become an increasing blight upon scholarly communication as they devalue academic standards and quality scholarship.
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
Identify...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Time:
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Location:
- Remote Delivery via Zoom, Google Hangouts
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Faculty
- Categories:
- Remote Delivery
- Registration has closed.
Digital Scholarship Tools: nVivo Basics In-Person
nVivo software is an established software platform used primarily for coding and analyzing qualitative research data. This workshop will go over the basics of using nVivo for data analysis. We will...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Time:
- 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Location:
- 2-20A
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Staff
- Categories:
- Digital Scholarship Tools
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 10 seats left
ORCID Integration with Publishing Workflows in OJS - UAL Open Publishing Editorial Series Online
Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) – globally unique digital codes – connect people (scholars), places (research institutions), and things (research outputs) across the research landscape. PIDs enable...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
- Audience:
- All Audiences
Generative AI: Large Language Models in the Home Kitchen Online
Generative AI is here, for better or worse. We are most familiar with the hosted services like ChatGPT, but it is also possible to run a Large Language Model on a home workstation or laptop. This...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 26 seats left
Introduction to Git In-Person
Git is the most commonly used version control system today: it allows you to track and revert changes to text files (especially code), and to share your work with collaborators without stumbling over...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 20 seats left
Introduction to Systematic Searching for Reviews (systematic, scoping, and other) [3 parts] In-Person
Need help getting started on a systematic (or scoping) review? This three-part workshop will show you the ropes on how to develop comprehensive searches! The sessions are sequential, later sessions...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Location:
- Remote Delivery via Zoom
- Audience:
- All Audiences
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 45 seats left
Research Communications: Photo Editing with Photoshop In-Person / Online
Is it ethical to edit photos? Do photos ever convey ‘the truth’? Is photography a product of technology or a form of art? These are some of the ideas that will be discussed in this workshop that will...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Time:
- 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Faculty Staff
- Categories:
- Research Communications
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 49 seats left
Introduction to Systematic Searching for Reviews (systematic, scoping, and other) [3 parts] In-Person
Need help getting started on a systematic (or scoping) review? This three-part workshop will show you the ropes on how to develop comprehensive searches! The sessions are sequential, later sessions...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Location:
- Remote Delivery via Zoom
- Audience:
- All Audiences
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 93 seats left
Introduction to GitHub In-Person
GitHub is a commonly hosting service for git repositories and workflows. It has many features to facilitate collaboration on shared projects, including code review, submitting changes, issue tracking,...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 17, 2024
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- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 23 seats left
Support your Research with data deposit & Borealis-Dataverse! Online
Depositing research data into digital data repositories in support of their long-term stewardship is increasingly becoming a required component of the research process. Join us for an applied session...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Time:
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- All Audiences
- Categories:
- Support Your Research
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 27 seats left
Introduction to Systematic Searching for Reviews (systematic, scoping, and other) [3 parts] In-Person
Need help getting started on a systematic (or scoping) review? This three-part workshop will show you the ropes on how to develop comprehensive searches! The sessions are sequential, later sessions...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 17, 2024
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- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Location:
- Remote Delivery via Zoom
- Audience:
- All Audiences
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 95 seats left
Research Communications: Data Visualization In-Person
Humans have evolved to be adept visual pattern matchers. From the arts to the sciences, from the social sciences to journalism and literary studies, data visualization techniques attempt to make...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Location:
- 2-20A
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Research Communications
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 8 seats left
ChatGPT 101: Introduction to Generative AI In-Person
There has been a lot of buzz about ChatGPT but do you know what it really is and how it works? Come to this workshop to learn what ChatGPT can and cannot do. You'll also learn strategies on how to use...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Location:
- Remote Delivery via Zoom, Google Hangouts
- Audience:
- Undergraduate Students All Audiences
- Categories:
- Remote Delivery
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 97 seats left
Research Communications: Video Editing With Premiere Pro In-Person
In this workshop we will dive into Adobe Premiere Pro for an indepth video editing session. In addition to technical processes in editing, we will discuss the power of the editing phase; how a change...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Time:
- 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Location:
- 2-20A, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Faculty Staff
- Categories:
- Research Communications
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 14 seats left
Navigating the path towards publishing your paper In-Person
In this seminar, Calvin Chan from Canadian Science Publishing will provide practical insights and valuable information for both new and experienced authors. We will explore the process of preparing...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Time:
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Location:
- Cameron/Math Classroom 3-10, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- All Audiences
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 72 seats left
Social Media Harvesting: Introduction to the Ecosystem Online
The transformation of Twitter into X has reduced the opportunities for harvesting social media for research purposes, but there is still much that can be done. This workshop will introduce you to some...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty External Library Users
- Categories:
- Digital Scholarship Tools
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 37 seats left
Publishing in the Right Places for Health Sciences In-Person
When it comes to publishing, picking the right journal is everything. What's the best journal in which to publish your paper? There are several tools available to help you identify potential...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Location:
- see description for location details, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 29 seats left
Introduction to Git In-Person
Git is the most commonly used version control system today: it allows you to track and revert changes to text files (especially code), and to share your work with collaborators without stumbling over...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 25 seats left
Introduction to GitHub In-Person
GitHub is a commonly hosting service for git repositories and workflows. It has many features to facilitate collaboration on shared projects, including code review, submitting changes, issue tracking,...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 31, 2024
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- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 23 seats left
Research Communications: Illustration for Academic Purposes In-Person
Research communication often requires the representation of data in the form of charts or diagrams to illustrate how experiments were conducted, to elaborate on frameworks, and to explain complex...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- Time:
- 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Location:
- 2-20A, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty
- Categories:
- Research Communications
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
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Support your Research with better metadata in Borealis-Dataverse! Online
Increase the visibility of your research by learning how to create effective metadata for your data deposits in Borealis (Dataverse). The Borealis platform provides an extensive set of metadata fields...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Time:
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- All Audiences
- Categories:
- Support Your Research
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 41 seats left
Generative AI: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): Introduction to the Ecosystem Online
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) allows a researcher to constrain a large language model to use specific source files, essentially providing it with a curated knowledge base to use when answering...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty External Library Users
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 32 seats left
Research Communications: Advanced Photography Techniques In-Person
In this workshop, we will explore different styles and techniques of photography. We will learn the use and advantages of studio lighting and look into processing RAW format images. The workshop will...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Time:
- 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Faculty Staff
- Categories:
- Research Communications
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 14 seats left
Introduction to Git In-Person
Git is the most commonly used version control system today: it allows you to track and revert changes to text files (especially code), and to share your work with collaborators without stumbling over...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Location:
- 2-20B2, Digital Scholarship Centre
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty Scholarly Communications
- Categories:
- Digital Ecosystems
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 25 seats left