Tutorials
Instructor-led classes are held in a 12-seat training classroom at 100 Cummington Street. Self-paced tutorials are available on a walk-in basis in the ACS Help Desk at 111 Cummington Street.
PCSC Instructor-Led Tutorials
Dates
and Registration
Sign up for instructor-led classes on
Microsoft Office topics, FileMaker Pro, and Photoshop or view
and print class handouts (BU network or Web Login only). If
you have any questions about our registration process and policies,
please see the related page. Please also
make sure that you are familiar with our course
descriptions and prerequisites before you register.
Course
Descriptions
Review our course descriptions and prerequisites.
Tutorial
Handouts
Handouts for all of our tutorials, and for many of our retired tutorials,
are available to users on the BU network, or through Web Login from
off-campus.
Self-Paced
Tutorials
Learn from a variety of tutorials you can take at the ACS Help Desk
at 111 Cummington, or at your own computer.
Use an external (commercial)
training company
If the Office of Information Technology does not offer a course
you need, there are several vendors in the area that do provide
education pricing.
Review CompuWorks
Handouts
We are authorized to distribute, modify, and teach a collection of training materials purchased from CompuWorks (through an agreement coordinated by The Boston Consortium's IT Training Group). Although not all of this material will be taught or supported by the PCSC, we do provide the full collection here for your convenience. You can review this collection of written materials and exercise files at www.bu.edu/pcsc/tutorials/instructor/.
Other Tutorials Offered by the Office of Information Technology:
Questions
about these tutorials should be directed to the specific departments
in which they are taught.
Network
Information Systems (Web Development topics including Dreamweaver)
NIS does not publish a phone number for questions about their tutorials.
Registration is handled at their Web site and problems or questions
should be directed to WebCentral.
Central Consulting (UNIX, SAS, SPSS, Linux, Perl)
Questions can be directed to the UNIX Help Desk at 617-353-2784.
Scientific Computing and Visualization
Questions can be directed to SCV at 617-353-8269.
