We would like to remind SoE faculty and grads that you are eligible for access to software, software training and statistical consulting through the SSCC - Social Science Computing Cooperative.  Software access requires a SoE login account; software programs can be accessed remotely from off campus.  Please feel free to contact me (Zach Buehl, zjbuehl@education.wisc.edu) if you have not received access, or have questions about the SSCC, and check the SSCC training schedule for a list of summer workshops.  We will be having training courses aimed specifically at School of Education members in the fall; more information on that to come.

The School of Education (SoE) is a member of the UW-Madison Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC). As an SoE graduate student or faculty member, you are eligible for an account to access the statistical software packages available through SSCC's Winstat service.

SSCC staff will be offering a hands-on computer orientation on Tuesday, November 18th, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the CIMC's PC classroom in the Teacher Education Building, room 348. This instruction is for new members arriving this Fall or for those wanting a refresher on how to use the service. Whatever the reason, you are welcome to attend. Please e-mail Zach Buehl (zbuehl@education.wisc.edu) if you plan to attend so he can create or verify your login for the SSCC service and share the number attending with SSCC staff.

For an overview of SoE's membership in SSCC, see http://www.education.wisc.edu/soeit/tech_support/sscc/default.aspx

This semester the School of Education (SoE) became a member of the Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC). Membership provides SoE faculty, staff, and graduate students expanded access to research software and statistical consulting services. Software titles include statistical programs like HLM, LISREL, MPlus, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, and WinBUGS and the research programs ATLAS and NVivo. Additional programs include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Dreamweaver, AmeliaView, DBMS Copy, EndNote, EpiData, Mathematica, MathType, MLwiN, ProCite, SmartDraw, Microsoft Office, and WordPerfect Office.

To use SSCC programs, log in at the http://ssc.education.wisc.edu web site with your existing SoE network account. At your first visit, you will be prompted to install a client. The client can be installed on both Macintosh and Windows computers. After successfully connecting to an SSCC terminal server, your screen will display a Microsoft Windows desktop with access to the programs above. With this login, you also have access to your default SoE network home drive and printer. This gives you easy access to personal files and print outs. If you have used the Apple or Microsoft remote desktop clients to run programs on your office computer from home or vice versa, the experience with your SSCC remote desktop should be familiar.

The SSCC membership does come with a few limitations. First, the membership covers research work but not instruction, and, second, the software focuses on research applications rather than creative applications like animation, graphics, and video. These are areas that will continue to be supported by the SoE Software Library. Nevertheless, the new SSCC membership greatly simplifies the administration of statistical software licenses, and it grants SoE researchers easy access to a strong set of research programs.

To learn more about the SSCC membership, browse the SSCC welcome page at http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc/pubs/welcomesoe.htm or read the information posted by SoE technical staff at
http://www.education.wisc.edu/soeit/tech_support/sscc.