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July 28: Intro to ETDR Templates

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made templates available (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting and have navigable documents.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Friday, July 28.

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June 17: Advanced Features of Qualtrics

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

rvsu“Exploring Advanced Features of Qualtrics” is scheduled 1:30–3:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, online on Zoom. All students, faculty, and staff who use this research suite are welcome to attend.

The Qualtrics tool that powers K-State Survey is one of the most sophisticated online survey and research tools on the market. At K-State, it is used for research, teaching assessment, event registration, large-scale policy compliance trainings, late TEVAL evaluations, and more. There is also an integration from Qualtrics to NVivo for direct access to online survey data for qualitative and mixed methods analysis.

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“NVivo 10 and 11 Advanced” rescheduled for April 29

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

“NVivo 10 and 11 Advanced” is a follow-up presentation from the “Introduction to NVivo 10 and 11” offered earlier in the semester. This training will be held 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, in 401B Hale Library.  

NVivo11PlusNewProjectScreen
NVivo 11 Plus New Project Screen

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“Tapping Social Media with NCapture and NVivo 11 Plus” scheduled April 22

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

“Tapping Social Media Data with NCapture and NVivo 11 Plus” will be offered 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 22, in 401B Hale Library. This presentation provides an overview of the NCapture browser add-on (to Chrome and IE) as a tool for extracting information from social media platforms and will explore how the extracted data is analyzed using NVivo 11 Plus, a qualitative and mixed methods data analysis tool. (The NVivo for Mac now enables this functionality as well.)

A Screenshot of the NVivo New Project Interface

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New site license keys for NVivo 11 Plus and NVivo 10

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Kansas State University has new site license keys for NVivo 11 Plus and NVivo 10 to cover access through April 2017.  To access the site license(s), visit the following site, and sign in with a current K-State eID and password.

Automated Insights Sample Project in NVivo 11 Plus
Automated Insights Sample Project in NVivo 11 Plus

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“Exploring Advanced Features of Qualtrics” March 18

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

“Exploring Advanced Features of Qualtrics” is scheduled 1:30–3:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, in 301A Hale Library. All students, faculty, and staff who use this research suite are welcome to attend.

KStateSurveysLandingPage

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“Introduction to NVivo 10/11” slated for Feb. 19

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

An “Introduction to NVivo 10/11” training will be offered 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at 401B Hale Library for all faculty, graduate students, and staff who may be using this qualitative (and mixed methods) data analysis tool.

A Screenshot of the NVivo New Project Interface

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Sharing K-State NVivo license key with research partners on non-commercial research projects

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

QSR International recently approved a change to the K-State site license agreement to enable K-State researchers (faculty, staff, and graduate students) to share the K-State license key with direct individual research partners on non-commercial research projects.  These research partners may be undergraduate researchers and / or individuals from off-campus.

NVivoProjectOpeningScreen

A limited use case.  This is a limited site license extension that applies to individuals who are collaborating on research (such as by coding qualitative, mixed methods, and multi-methodology research data, or advising on a project). The license does not apply to other groups or organizations.

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Beocat extends reign as largest academic supercomputer in Kansas

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Daniel Andresen

Beocat

The K-State research computing cluster Beocat is currently the largest academic research cluster in Kansas. Through recent contributions totaling more than $200,000 from faculty in agronomy, biology, chemical engineering and plant pathology, Beocat has grown to approximately 600TB of storage and ~2500 processor cores on machines ranging from dual-processor Opterons with 8GB RAM to six 80-core Xeons with 1TB RAM connected by 40Gbps QDR Infiniband.  Continue reading “Beocat extends reign as largest academic supercomputer in Kansas” →

Faculty Day at K-State Libraries Nov. 7

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By Donna Ekart

K-State Libraries will host Faculty Library Day from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7. All K-State faculty are invited to attend. Concurrent sessions are offered over the course of the afternoon, structured like a conference and led by library and research experts.

All sessions focus on faculty research and technology needs as well as highlight multidisciplinary resources. Participants are welcome to come for just one session, attend several or stay all afternoon. Registration is not required. A schedule including room locations and full session descriptions is available online.  Continue reading “Faculty Day at K-State Libraries Nov. 7” →