The Computer Centre is pleased to announce a series of courses between November 1998 and January 1999 to assist staff and students in using our Centre's facilities. The courses will cover the following areas:
 
 

The courses are open to all staff and students.  Some courses may require pre-requisite knowledge. Users can apply for these courses through the "CC Course Registration" icon in the HKUWIN or select "Computer Courses" from the Centre's homepage at URL http://www.hku.hk/local/cc/training/courses.htm. Otherwise, users can make their applications by completing and returning the Registration Form obtainable from the General Office (Room RR-223) in the Computer Centre.

Register on our Intranet Systems for Staff or Intranet Systems for Students. 
 
 

Courses on Parallel Programming
 

Courses on Web Browsing, Webpage Authoring and
Web Course Tools
 
 

Courses on Unix System and Application Software
 

Courses on Microsoft Office and Other Topics
 

Courses on PC and Network Services
 

 
      Register on our Intranet Systems for Staff or Intranet Systems for Students.
 

Course Descriptions:

Courses on Internet Browsing and Webpage Authoring 

Course No. C0314098 & C0414098 - Getting Started with Internet Services and WWW

This is a 3-hour introductory course. It shows the users how they can obtain information and services offered by the Computer Centre and the Internet.
 

New WebCT Training Courses

Course No. C0315198 & C0415198 - Web Authoring Using Netscape Communicator 4

This 3-hour course will discuss the basic HTML editing skills using Communicator 4. Note that although this is a general HTML editing training that is also suitable for web masters, priority will be given to those who are taking this training for preparing courses on WebCT.
 

Course No. C0215498 - WebCT Course Designer's Advanced Workshop

This 2-hour course will cover more advanced features for course designers, e.g. preparing on-line quizzes, checking statistical data, managing student records. Note that knowledge on topics covered in WebCT Course Designer's Basic Workshop is a pre-requisite for attending this session.
 
 

Courses on Unix System and Application Software

Course No. C0211898 & C0311898 - Introduction to UNIX

This is a 3-hour introductory course for users with little or noUnix experience. The course will cover the Unix environment in the University, the Unix file system, the editor, electronic communication and other hints to better user the Unix facilities.

Course No. C0212298 - Seminar on MAPLE V

MAPLE V is a system for mathematical computation - symbolic, numeric and graphical. This 2-hour seminar covers an introduction on the package and examples of numerical and symbolic calculations, algebra, calculus, graphics etc.
 

Course No. C0110698 - Seminar on MATLAB

MATLAB is an integrated computing environment for numeric computation and visualization. This 2-hour seminar will give an introduction on using MATLAB in numerical analysis, matrix computation and graphics etc.
 

Course No. C0110598 - Seminar on Mathematica

Mathematica is a general computer software system and language intended for mathematical and other applications. In this 2-hour seminar, examples of using Mathematica in numerical calculations, graphics, algebra and calculus, solving equations etc, will be shown.

Course on PC and Network Services

Course No. C0211998, C0311998 & C0411998 - PC and Network Services Seminar

This 3-hour course will be divided equally into two parts. The first part will give a description of the HKU campus network, how to access the network and the use of various computer facilities and network services. The emphasis will mainly be on the use of network services which include electronic mail, WWW browsing, News reading, network printing services, dialup access, etc. The second part will be a workshop that gives users some hands-on experience on the use of those network services.
 

Course No. C0115498 - Connecting Notebook Computers in ACEnet and in Offices 

This one-hour course will introduce to the staff users how to connect their notebook PCs to the campus network. It will describe the procedure of configurating Windows 95 and installing HKUNAP to enable the notebook PC to access the campus network from the office, from the Access-Everywhere Network (ACEnet), and from home through the modem, Demonstration will be given during the class.
 

Courses on Parallel Programming

Course No. C0413598, C0513598 & C0613598 - SP2 Parallel Programming with Workshop

This is a 3-hour seminar and workshop for people interested in parallel programming using the IBM SP2 Supercomputer. It covers the methodology of writing parallel programs using the message passing interface (MPI). Students should have programming experience in C or Fortran but experience in parallel programming is not needed. Sample programs will be given to users in the hands-on workshop.

Course No. C0113798 & C0213798 - High Performance FORTRAN

This 3-hour seminar on High Performance FORTRAN provides an easy way to write data parallel programs in MIMD computers such as the IBM SP2. The High Performance FORTRAN is an extension of the FORTRAN 90 in several areas, including:

• Data distribution features
• Data parallel execution features
• Extended intrinsic functions and standard library
• EXTRINSIC procedures

Course No. C0213898 & C0313898 - Introduction to FORTRAN 90 Programming

Courses on Microsoft Office and Other Topics

Course No. W0280598 - Adobe Photoshop 4.0 for Windows 95

This is a 2-day course on using the Adobe Photoshop, a software for photo retouching, image editing and color painting. This course is suitable for art and graphics designers, electronic publishers, printers and photographers.  Adobe Photoshop 4.0 has many new and enhanced features in auto-updating of formats, multiple layers control, digital watermarks for copyright, 48 effects filters, and progressive JPEG formats for control of quality etc.

Course Content:

• Photoshop Basic
• Selections, Mask and Channel Operation
• Enhancing Photo
• Montage and Collage
• Using Filters
• Painting
• Combining Photoshop and PostScript
• Special Effects
• 3D/4D Adding Depth and Motion

Course Duration: 12 hours
Course Fee: $360
Pre-requisites: The attendees should have experience on using Windows 95

Course No. W0280698 - Ms Word 97 for Windows 95

This is a 2 1/2 day course especially designed for users who want to learn how to navigate through and work with documents; manipulate text; change formatting and page layout; and preview and print a document.

Course Outline :

• Word 97 processing concepts
• Using dialog boxes and icons
• Documents editing
• Files save/retrieve and Management
• Files conversion and import/export filters
• Selecting fonts and using special text and symbols
• Auto formatting and style options
• Using thesaurus and hyphenation, spelling and grammer check
• Creating multiple columns and table
• Positioning text and graphics with frames
• Assembling documents with mail merge
• Working with long documents
• Printing master documents, envelopes and labels
• Data linking and embedding

Course No. W0280798 - Ms Excel 97 for Windows 95

The course outline of this 2 1/2-day workshop include :

Course No. W0280898 & W0380898 - Chinese Inputting Method & Chinese Word 97*

This is a 2 1/2-day course especially designed for users who are familiar with the English microcomputer working environment but with little experience on Chinese microcomputer operation. The course will cover :
 

* The workshops W0280598, W0280898 and W0380898 will be conducted in Cantonese.
* Enrolment for W0280598, W0280698, W0280798, W0180598, W0280598 and W0380898 is limited to    staff of the University only.

* The maximum number of participants for workshops held in Room 135, Old Library Building is 25; Room 201,    Run Run Shaw Building is 22; and Room 101, Run Run Shaw Building is 20.

For courses requiring a fee, please send payment to the Computer Centre together with your registration form, or as soon as you have registered on the web, otherwise your registration is considered invalid and will be replaced by another applicant.  Payment can be made in cash or cheque (payable to the University of Hong Kong), or through departmental requisition (for applicants supported by departments).   Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail or telephone at least one week before the commencement of the workshop. Once accepted, the fee is not refundable. However, substitution of participant is possible by written notification to the Centre.

* Since the workshops on Chinese Inputting Method & Chinese Word 97 , MS Word 97, MS Excel 97 and Adobe Photoshop 4.0 for Windows are organised in conjunction with a course vendor, the Whiz Company, there will be a nominal charge of HK$360 per participant.