Archive for January, 2008

Mail Server Upgrade

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

The mail server upgrade has been completed and ITS is working on two remaining issues:
Some people are having problems sending email from off campus when using an email client such as; Eudora, Outlook or Thunderbird. If you are having a problem with outgoing messages please use Swatmail, our web interface for sending and receiving [...]

New Printers in McCabe

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Get ready for more efficient printing from the computer stations in McCabe. ITS has installed two new high-speed self-service Ricoh printers, which are located on the 1st level. All printing from McCabe computers is directed to the new printers.
The printers are setup to print on both sides of a sheet of paper (a process [...]

College Mail Server Upgrade 1/17/08

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

What will change
Email service is not expected to be interrupted; however, you might experience delays in receiving new emails between 4:00am and 8:30am on Thursday, Jan 17th. No changes are being made in the way that you send and receive email.
Additional spam filtering, to identify email messages which are sent from on campus and considered [...]

Technology Training

Monday, January 14th, 2008

ITS has recently purchased an on-line service, Atomic Learning, which provides technology training to faculty, staff and students at Swarthmore. Atomic Learning provides an extensive library of short, easy-to-understand tutorials. You can learn how to use the features of a number of software programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Just type your question into [...]

ITS Welcomes Gayle Barton, our new CITO

Friday, January 11th, 2008

ITS is pleased to welcome, Gayle Barton our new Director of Information Technology Services. On November 16, 2007, Connie Hungerford, Provost made the following announcement to the College Community:
I am happy to announce that Gayle R. Barton will become Swarthmore’s new Director of Information Technology Services. Gayle earned [...]

ITS welcomes Barbara McKinnon

Friday, January 11th, 2008

ITS is happy to announce Barbara McKinnon has joined the Client Servcices Team.
Barbara comes to us from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing and has recently completed her Microsoft Certification as a Desktop Support Technician and Microsoft Certified Professional. Barbara recently served as the Vice President of Programs for the Delaware Valley Chapter [...]

Enhancements to Blackboard Blog, Wiki and Podcast tools

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The suite of popular Bb web authoring tools has been upgraded in several small, but useful, ways. Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts are all flexible tools for communication and group collaborations. You may notice the following new features:
* Embedded Flash MP3 Player–Play podcast episodes in your browser
* Permalinks–Create permanent URL links to blogs, wikis, [...]