Announcing 3 more ACTEM sponsored PD days for this school year. This 3 day session is limited to 18 people and will cost $100 for individual members (We cleaned out the budget with this one). We will require a $750 deposit which will only be charged if you sign up but do not attend the session. If you miss a day, we will charge $250 per day against this deposit. We need to do this because ACTEM pays for the seats in advance.
Details on the session are below, the link to sign up is:
Date: February 10, 11, & 12, 2009
Time: 8:30 - 3:30 PM
Location: Apple Training Room, Pineland Facility
41 Campus Drive, Suite 201
New Gloucester, ME 04260
(207)-688-4501
Course Description:
February 10 - Introduction to Shell Scripting and the UNIX command line in Mac OS X
This class is intended for beginners looking to add to their OS X experience by getting under the hood and learning to work in the UNIX shell environment. We will work hands on in the terminal discovering how to command OS X from the terminal and write reusable scripts. This class is intended as prep for PackageMaker and Apple Remote Desktop classes. We will NOT cover advanced material on scripting in this course.
Material covered:
what is a shell
navigating at the command line
commands and how to use them
creating a script
Prerequisites and bring-alongs:
A basic understanding of using Mac OS X.
Please bring your MLTI iBook or MacBook with the MLTI image on it.
A text editor of your choosing. Some suggestions for Googling: Smultron, TextMate, BBEdit
No knowledge of the command line environment is necessary or will be expected.
February 11 - Introduction to Package Maker
This class will be a full spectrum class running from creation of basic packages using the 'Snapshot' feature, laying out package projects manually, to more complex packages with pre- and post-flight action scripts.
Package based installers created with Apple's Package Maker application are the supported method to install additional software and/or extend functionality to the MLTI laptops deployed at your school.
Upon completion of this course, attendees should be able to:
- Create a package installer via Package Maker's snapshot feature.
- Create a package project laying out payload contents manually.
- Create a package that performs specific actions before and/or after payload is delivered.
- Create a 'Payload-free' package to deliver a script (e.g. via ARD)
- Combine several individual .pkg installers into a single .mpkg installer package.
- Create a package with a custom user experience
At a minimum, each participant needs the following to fully participate:
1 - MLTI MacBook/iBook to use as the package development machine.
1 - Freshly imaged MLTI MacBook/iBook to use as the test machine for installer packages.
1 - FireWire restore drive for the above machine(s)
Participants should also bring their list of questions or tasks they would like to review during the class.
February 12 - Apple Remote Desktop
Apple Remote Desktop is the best way to manage the Mac computers on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate routine management tasks all without leaving your desk.
This class will be a full spectrum class running from initial setup to basic usage and into more advanced topics throughout the day as participants engage around various questions and tasks. At the end of the day, attendees will have covered the following items:
- Client and Admin setup
- Management of lists
- Reporting
- Remote software installation/updating
- Remote file copy/delete
- Remote view and control for support delivery
- Unix commands overview
- ARD Admin "Care and Feeding" (troubleshooting, backing up lists/tasks/command, etc)
- Setup and use of Task Manager
At a minimum, each participant needs the following to fully participate:
1 - MacBook/iBook to use as the ARD Admin.
1 - MacBook/iBook to use as the "client" for labs.
Participants should also bring their list of questions or tasks they would like to review during the class.
1 - copy of ARD Admin with serial number.
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