Digital Research Consortium at UCLA

Introduction to DEVONthink
2021-10-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This workshop will explore DEVONthink, a powerful document and information management tool that allows you to collect, organize, edit, and annotate documents of any kind. Please visit https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink for more information on this tool.
Platform Mac
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Excel For Research
2021-10-21 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore several tools in Microsoft Excel useful in conducting research. The workshop will cover basic and advanced techniques such as Importing and formatting text, tables, joining data sets, PivotTables, conditional formatting, and connecting to external data sources. For more information on this tool, please visit: http://microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel
Platform Mac/Win
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Introduction to Scrivener
2021-10-14 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore Scrivener, a writing application designed for long writing projects. The workshop will cover core concepts, importing documents and research into Scrivener, view modes, using metadata, tagging, keywords, and much more. For more information on this tool, please visit: http://literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
Platform Mac/Win
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Introduction to Tinderbox
2021-10-07 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore Tinderbox, a sophisticated notetaking application designed to capture and analyze complex relationships and ideas. The workshop will cover core and advanced concepts. Please visit https://eastgate.com/Tinderbox/ for more information on this tool.
Platform Mac
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Presentation Strategies and Tools
2021-09-02 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will examine various strategies, tools, and design tips to create engaging and compelling presentations designed to better connect you with your audience.
Platform Mac/Win
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Excel For Research
2021-08-26 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore several tools in Microsoft Excel useful in conducting research. The workshop will cover basic and advanced techniques such as Importing and formatting text, tables, joining data sets, PivotTables, conditional formatting, and connecting to external data sources. For more information on this tool, please visit: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel
Platform Mac/Win
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Introduction to Vectorworks - 3D Modeling for Research Part II
2021-07-22 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore 3D Modeling for Research using Vectorworks, an advanced 2D/3D modeling application. The workshop will cover: basic interface, document settings, 3D modeling basics, views and rendering, Importing and exporting, and attaching research data to the model using Scholarly Building Information Modeling (SBIM).
Platform Mac/Win
Note: Vectorworks is available to faculty and students for free. If you would like to follow the workshop, please make sure you have signed up for a Vectorworks academic account at student.myvectorworks.net and have the software installed. For more information on this tool, please visit: vectorworks.net/en-US.
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Introduction to SketchUp - 3D Modeling for Research Part I
2021-07-15 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will introduce 3D Modeling for Research using SketchUp, an intuitive modeling application that lets you create and edit 3D models. The workshop will cover: navigating and understanding 3D space, drawing basics, textures, tags, importing and exporting, and much more. Note: This workshop will be using Sketch-up free. If you would like to follow the workshop, please make sure you have signed up for a SketchUp free account at sketchup.com/plans-and-pricing/sketchup-free For more information on this tool, please visit: sketchup.com

Introduction to Scrivener
2021-07-08 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore Scrivener, a writing application designed for long writing projects. The workshop will cover core concepts, importing documents and research into Scrivener, view modes, using metadata, tagging, keywords, and much more. For more information on this tool, please visit: literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
Platform Mac/Win
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Introduction to Network Graphs: Formatting Your Data
2021-06-03 13:00 - 14:30
Network analysis facilitates the study of things (or “nodes”) and their connections to one another (called “edges”). Whether you’re exploring relationships in literary, social, or correspondence networks, network graphs help disentangle relationships. In this workshop, we’ll cover the basics of network analysis, the types of graphs you can create, where you can find formatted datasets, potential tools to build networks, recommended readings, a review of network analysis projects, and how you measure importance in a network. The hands-on portion of the workshop will focus on how to structure data to create both nodes and edges sheets for input into network analysis software (Cytoscape).
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Fundamentals of Computational Text Analysis with Voyant
2021-05-27 13:00 - 14:30
The relationship between close reading, mid-range reading (Alison Booth, “Mid-Range Reading: Not a Manifesto,” 2017), and distant reading (Franco Moretti, “Distant Reading,” 2013) has expanded the scholarly potential of both literary studies and the social sciences.
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the basic workflow, terms and output a student or new researcher would encounter when undertaking a text mining project. The workshop will be an introduction to computational text analysis, including what it is, what’s possible, and how it is being used for research. In addition to a discussion on the theories and methodologies in the field, participants will explore different ways to examine and visualize a provided dataset using Voyant. Voyant is an open-source tool ideal for experimentation and to familiarize yourself with the process of importing textual data, analyzing it, then creating and interpreting the results as visualizations.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Introduction to Tinderbox
2021-05-20 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore Tinderbox, a sophisticated notetaking application designed to capture and analyze complex relationships and ideas. The workshop will cover core and advanced concepts. Please visit eastgate.com/Tinderbox/ for more information on this tool.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Exploring Digital Archives with DEVONthink, Tinderbox, and Zotero
2021-05-13 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore working with digital archives using DEVONthink, a powerful document and information management tool that allows you to collect, organize, edit, and annotate documents of any kind. Tinderbox, a sophisticated notetaking application designed to capture and analyze complex relationships and ideas, and Zotero, an open-source reference manager, used to manage bibliographic data and related research materials. For more information on these tools, please visit: DEVONthink devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink, Tinderbox eastgate.com/Tinderbox, Zotero zotero.org
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Presentation Strategies and Tools
2021-05-06 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-02-04 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-10-29 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will examine a variety of strategies, tools, and design tips to create engaging and compelling presentations designed to better connect you with your audience.
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Practical Web Technologies for Social Scientists
2021-04-08 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will introduce the alphabet soup of technologies powering the modern web; TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, XML, JSON, REST APIs, OAUTH, SSL, AWS, among others. Attendees will build up enough background knowledge to begin scraping data from the web. Python will be demonstrated, but the concepts are reasonably generic.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Introduction to Scrivener
2021-02-25 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-11-05 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore Scrivener, a writing application designed for long writing projects. The workshop will cover core concepts, importing documents and research into Scrivener, view modes, using metadata, tagging, keywords, and much more.
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Excel For Research
2021-02-18 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-11-12 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore several tools in Microsoft Excel useful in conducting research. The workshop will cover basic and advanced techniques such as Importing and formatting text, tables, joining data sets, PivotTables, conditional formatting, and connecting to external data sources.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Introduction to DEVONthink
2021-02-11 13:00 - 14:30
This workshop will explore DEVONthink, a powerful document and information management tool that allows you to collect, organize, edit, and annotate documents of any kind.
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Computational text analysis with Voyant
2020-12-10 13:00 - 14:30
The relationship between close reading, mid-range reading (Alison Booth, “Mid-Range Reading: Not a Manifesto,” 2017), and distant reading (Franco Moretti, “Distant Reading,” 2013) has expanded the scholarly potential of both literary studies and the social sciences.
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the basic workflow, terms and output a student or new researcher would encounter when undertaking a text mining project. The workshop will be an introduction to computational text analysis, including what it is, what’s possible, and how it is being used for research. In addition to a discussion on the theories and methodologies in the field, participants will explore different ways to examine and visualize provided datasets using Voyant. Voyant is an open-source tool ideal for experimentation and to familiarize yourself with the process of importing textual data, analyzing it, then creating and interpreting the results as visualizations.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Tools for Research in the Field and Archive
2020-12-03 13:00 - 14:30
No matter the discipline organizing your research data can be a daunting task. This workshop will examine a variety of tools and strategies useful in collecting, organizing, and storing data gathered in the Field and Archive.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Tinderbox
2020-09-17 10:00 - 11:30

Affinity Photo/DigiKam
2020-09-10 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop will introduce and explore Affinity Photo, a raster graphics editor and digiKam, an open-source image organizer, and tag editor. Please visit affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ and digikam.org for more information about these tools.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

Photoshop
2020-09-03 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop will introduce and explore Adobe Photoshop, a raster graphics editor. The workshop will cover basic and advanced techniques such as working with color, histograms, levels, curves, layers, channels, and masks. Please visit adobe.com/products/photoshop.html for more information about this tool.
This Workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the Workshop.

FileMaker Pro
2020-08-27 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop is intended to give a general overview of FileMaker Pro and answer the questions of what is a database and when to use one. The workshop will cover basic and advanced topics such as creating tables, fields, and layouts; importing and exporting data; performing calculations; and automating with scripts. Visit https://www.claris.com/filemaker/ for more information about this tool.
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

Intro to 3D Modeling with SketchUp
2020-08-20 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop will introduce 3D modeling through the use of SketchUp, an intuitive modeling application that lets you create and edit 3D models. The workshop will cover: navigating and understanding 3D space, drawing basics, textures, tags, importing and exporting, and much more. Note: This workshop will be using Sketch-up free. If you would like to follow the workshop, please make sure you have signed up for a SketchUp free account at https://www.sketchup.com/plans-and-pricing/sketchup-free
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

3D Modeling for Cultural Heritage Research
2020-08-13 10:00 - 22:30
This workshop will explore how 3D modeling can be used as a research tool and will cover: What is Cultural heritage modeling? How 3D modeling benefits research, modeling approaches, attaching data to models, and best practices.
This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.
