ITS will be upgrading our Moodle site to Moodle 2 this summer. There are many improvements in Moodle 2 that make creating and updating a course easier. Among the updates are the following: Drag and drop file uploads Conditional access: automatically make resources and activities visible after a specified date or to specified users. Quick [...]
ITS and the libraries are pleased to announce the 2013 SEED projects. As they did in our inaugural year of 2012, Swarthmore faculty and staff submitted an exciting and innovate pool of proposals. Here are this year’s recipients of SEED support: Collaborative web repository for video clip collections Erik Cheever, Ben Berger, and Sunka Simon [...]
Are you interested in technology and helping people? The ITS Help Desk is now looking for student associates (ITSAs) to hire for Fall 2013 (academic year 2013-2014). We are looking for people who enjoy working with technology, learning about technology, and helping others solve problems. Benefits – what you will gain: Develop highly valued job [...]
Do you have educational content, activities, or projects that you want to put online, but don’t have the time or know-how? The libraries and ITS invite all current employees (including faculty, instructional staff, and staff) to submit proposals for Summer Educational eProject Development (SEED) support. SEED projects will receive dedicated support from software developers, librarians, [...]
On February 26th, FileMaker server files will be upgraded to the latest version, FileMaker Pro 12. ITS is upgrading to FileMaker Pro 12 because there is no longer any support for versions before 9. Currently, the FileMaker Server is at version 8.5. Beginning at 4:30PM on Monday, February 25th the FileMaker Server will be upgraded [...]
ITS has a newer edition of SPSS (version 19) available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software What’s new in version 19? Linear models: Linear models predict a continuous target based on linear relationships between the target and one or more predictors. Linear models are relatively simple and give an easily interpreted mathematical [...]
Ever wonder what the folks at the Help Desk answer most often? Below is our top 10, as well as a copy you can download (PDF) if you’d like. 1. Did your account get locked after hours? Wait a full 30 minutes for your account to unlock on its own before trying again. 2. Did you [...]
ITS has the newest edition of Math Type available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software MathType 6.7 New Features: Virtually all MathType features are enhanced in each major release. Here are some major new features in MathType 6.7. To learn more about these features, visit our Full Feature List. Mac OS X [...]
Liquid Spills on Portable Computers Spilling a liquid on your laptop can be a real problem, but accidents happen and there are a few steps you can take to minimize the damage. Most importantly, don’t try to restart the computer if it has shut down. If the computer is still running, perform a forced shutdown [...]
There are three easy actions you can take to immensely enhance the data protection capabilities of your “iDevice” and your investment in it. These are particularly important if you access any College or personal data with your device. 1) Use an alphanumeric passcode iPads and iPhones can actually encrypt the data they contain! However, to [...]