“Tapping Social Media Data with NCapture and NVivo 12 Plus” will be offered 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, in 306 Calvin Hall (a computer lab). This presentation provides an overview of the NCapture browser add-on (to Google Chrome and Microsoft IE) as a tool for extracting information from social media platforms and will explore how the extracted data is analyzed using NVivo 12 Plus, a qualitative and mixed methods data analysis tool. (The NVivo for Mac now enables this functionality as well.)
An “Intro to NVivo 12 Plus” training is scheduled from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in 306 Calvin Hall for all faculty, graduate (and undergraduate) students, and staff who may be using this qualitative (and mixed methods) data analysis tool.
“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.)
“NVivo 10 and 11 Advanced” is a follow-up presentation from the “Introduction to NVivo 10 and 11” offered the prior month. This training will be held 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, in 401B Hale Library.
Low-cost technology classes are available to K-Staters from the UFM Community Learning Center, a creative educational program serving Kansas State University, the Manhattan area, and the state of Kansas. “Based on the philosophy that everyone can learn and everyone can teach, UFM provides opportunities for lifelong learning and personal development,” says the website. Continue reading “UFM technology classes for spring 2014: iPad, Lightroom, cyber security, and more”→
Marc A. Smith, chief social scientist at the Connected Action Consulting Group, will be presenting a webinar on “Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL” 1-2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, in 301 Hale Library. All are welcome to attend.
#bubble hashtag search on a Twitter graph with motifs identified (a NodeXL graph)
The smaller green screen, which reverses to blue, works nicely for close upper-body views.
Equipment checkout in 213 Hale Library has added two large, portable green screens for K-Staters to check out. Each screen can be leaned against a wall or other support for videotaping, or users can check out a backdrop stand. LED lights, available from checkout, can be used to provide additional lighting.
The smaller screen, shown at right, is a 5-foot by 7-foot reversible green screen + blue screen. The larger green+blue screen, which is 7 foot wide by 9 foot high with a 7-foot deep floor overlay, is shown below.
During the past year information technology services, the K-State ID Center, and office of the registrar developed new processes to enable student photos taken by the ID Center to be imported and displayed in iSIS.
