The following are resources that participants enrolled in the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques will find useful during their time in Ann Arbor participating in the program:

• Summer Institute News and Announcements
  • Week 4, June 27-July 1
  • Week 7, July 18-July 22

• Summer Institute Student Handbook

This handbook will provide information about most aspects of your participation in the Summer Institute and provide resources for your time in Ann Arbor.

• Summer Institute Course Listings and Locations

This is an alphabetical listing of Summer Institute courses and which building each class will meet in on the University of Michigan campus.

• Summer Institute Building Directions

This document provides directions to the buildings where most courses will be held.  A variety of maps are available in the Summer Institute office or on the Campus Information Center website:  maps and directions.

• Summer Institute Textbook and Coursepack Information

This is an alphabetical listing of Summer Institute courses and details about what materials (textbooks, coursepacks, etc.) are needed for each course.  See the "Summer Institute Student Handbook" listing above for locations to purchase your textbooks and coursepacks.

• Instructions on using Ctools at the University of Michigan

CTools is an advanced web-based course and collaboration environment.  It is a set of tools designed to help instructors, researchers and students create course websites and project websites.  Students will use their campus computing accounts (see next item) to log in to the CTools environment.

• University of Michigan Campus Computing Information Sheet

This document provides details about campus computing accounts.  All participants in the Summer Institute with no current University of Michigan affiliation will be provided a campus computing account for the time period they are registered for courses.  Account log in information will be available during or after orientation on June 6 in the Summer Institute office (4050 ISR). 

• Mapping to IFS Space 

ITS gives free online storage space to all eligible U-M individuals as part of their computing account. You can transfer files to/from this space easily over the web with MFile, and the space is regularly backed up and secure.

• ISR Wireless Access Information

Instructions for connecting to wireless internet while in Institute for Social Research (ISR) facilities.  While in the main ISR building and ISR Perry Building, these instructions should be used.

• Local and Emergency Contact Form

Please provide the Summer Institute staff your local contact details and an emergancy contact during your stay in Ann Arbor.  You can complete the attached form or provide the inforamtion via email to summers@isr.umich.edu.