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IT Academy upcoming training and events - August 2022
August 11, 2022
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series, recommended online training offerings, and learning events to support the professional growth and staff development of Yale’s IT community.
New Python, Salesforce, & Talend programming curated learning collections
Prompted by an IT @ Yale Teams conversation drawing participants from various corners of Yale’s community, we are pleased to announce that we’ve added Python, Salesforce, & Talend programming curated learning collections to IT Academy’s lineup. This collection includes ten (at the time of this publication) resources, many of them at no cost. Check out these new programming collections or view our other learning collections to skill up or sate your curiosity.
To view the IT Academy curated learning collections:
- Navigate to the IT Academy website
- In the Search Courses menu, choose View By: All Learning Areas
- Scroll through the selections (alphabetical by topic) to select Python, Salesforce, or Talend (or another topic of interest)
Have a suggestion for a new learning collection? Submit suggestions - and related links to resources to the IT Staff Development team.
Weekly Dynatrace Training
- Weekly Enablement Sessions - Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - noon, via Zoom
- Bi-Weekly Coaching Sessions - Second and Fourth Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., via Zoom
Tech Talks
September 2022
“Non Fungible Tokens (NFT) Security and Privacy” with Morrow Long, Principal Security Officer & Director of Engineering & Forensics
Wednesday, September 7
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Join Morrow Long, who will discuss what NFTs are and are not, how they are related to cryptocurrency and the blockchain(s), both the security and privacy issues around NFTs, whether they possess any intrinsic or extrinsic value, and whether it is safe to use, buy, sell, or invest in NFTs.
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“From Telecommunications to Unified Communications” with Leonard Welch, Director of Telecommunications
Wednesday, September 21
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Please join Leonard Welch, Director of Telecommunications, who will present a review of the evolution of telecommunications and the introduction of new Unified Communications applications soon to be available at Yale.
IT Academy staff development training resources
- Check the IT Academy Event Calendars and TMS IT Staff Development pages(login through Yale’s VPN may be required) for additional details on future Tech Talks, InfoSec Chats, Café IT, and other IT events and training.
- A myriad of training courses and opportunities are available on Yale’s LinkedIn Learning website and the It’s Your Yale Learn and Grow Calendar.
- If you missed a past Tech Talk, InfoSec Chat, or Café IT event, most were recorded and are available either through the IT Academy Speaker Videos Microsoft Stream Channel or via the IT Staff Development (Public) Box folder.
View our IT Academy Curriculum web page to search and find courses, trainings, speaker series videos, and more. Use the filtering capability to find trainings supporting our ITS Organization Priorities, IT Competencies, IT Academy Goals, IT Roles, and by topic. We welcome input and other trainings to add to this tool, please contact paul.gruhn@yale.edu.