American University’s Center for Social Media has issued a new guide to using copyrighted materials in the classroom. The authoring of the guide involved over 150 educators and a review by experts in copyright law. Overall, the publication stresses the flexibility of the “fair use” provisions of copyright law which may allow for more legal [...]
The restart of the Beardsley core at 12:50 PM today did fix a number of problems including wireless access in the academic/administrative buildings. The wireless network should be working normally except for Guest Wireless which we expect to have operational shortly. Computers directly connected to a network jack were also fixed at that time. However, [...]
This summer, we will upgrade our Tri-College Blackboard Learning Management System to the latest version, and offer several workshops on old and new features. If you have immediate questions about Blackboard, please contact any member of our ITS/Library Support Team.
In order to carry out the upgrade, Blackboard will be off line for a few hours.
Planned [...]
New passwords for 2008-2009 are available on the data-software server, including a new unlimited, network-independent license for students to install on their own computers. Detailed instructions on updating your system can be found for Mac and PC on the data-software server.
For faculty and staff, when you launch Mathematica, you may be prompted to enter a [...]
Here are some important tips for managing course availability, preserving seniors’ data and more. Note that a maintenance outage is planned for August.
Graduating seniors will lose Blackboard access — back up now to preserve student data!
Students lose their Blackboard account during the summer (mid-June) after they graduate. Not only will they be unable to [...]
The Spring 2008 Academic Technology Fair had something for everyone, especially our three iPod raffle winners. Crowds gathered throughout the day at our eight tables filled with gadgets, widgets and multimedia displays. Lots of interesting conversations came up as faculty and staff shared their ideas and experiences with technology for teaching, research and [...]
Come see what is up and coming in our tech world. And, play with a few toys and emerging technologies.
Monday, April 7, 2008, 10AM - 2PM
Scheuer Room
TINKER! Staff from Academic Computing, Media Services, Client Services, the Library, and the Language Resource Center will be on hand to showcase some of our favorite [...]
On Wednesday night, March 19, Media Services facilitated an hour long, high bandwidth videoconference between the Sociology & Anthropology department at Swarthmore College and the Sociology department at the University of Hong Kong.
Participants were able to see and hear each other in a full screen, natural setting using a high bandwidth 384 kbps conference connection [...]
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, [...]
We are happy to announce a series of Technology Workshops over Spring Break on several interesting digital media and web mapping topics. Click the links below for full descriptions of each workshop, and registration through the Campus Calendar.
I. Digital Video Production with iMovie (shooting and editing)
March 12, 2008 - all day
iMovie Workshop Details and [...]
