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ITS Insider April 2026
This month’s newsletter includes articles on Preparing for graduation, Mac Office 2019 upgrade to 365, How to spot phishing emails, Keeper Password Manager, How to keep cool with a neck fan, and the upcoming ITS Lunch & Learn Sessions on improving computer battery life. The ITS Insider is the Help Desk newsletter which includes timely topics and events. Continue reading ITS Insider April 2026
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Tired of Email? Subscription Options in Google Groups
Are you tired of email? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of official messages? Navigating listservs at Swarthmore can often feel confusing. Good news! Swarthmore’s Accessibility Working Group identified communication as one of our improvement goals for … Continue reading Tired of Email? Subscription Options in Google Groups
Printing with Nature
What is a nature print? Our recent workshop instructor and U. Penn professor Miranda Mote explains: Roderick Cave and his work documenting nature printing as an ancient, global practice describes a nature printing as: “the technique of taking prints either … Continue reading Printing with Nature
Know where things are: Precise GPS location service now available
GPS precision Standard GPS devices, including car GPS and your cell phone give you information about where you are in the world based on signals from a set of satellites circling far overhead. GPS is a type of GNSS (Global … Continue reading Know where things are: Precise GPS location service now available
Computational and Data Resources for Summer Research
Summer is a time of heightened research activity among faculty and students. These projects often require specialized computational and data-related resources beyond personal laptops and desktops. Below is an overview of resources available to support your summer research: Firebird is … Continue reading Computational and Data Resources for Summer Research
The Ethics of Efficiency: Wrestling with AI-Generated Feedback
Grading is an important and time-consuming task. Careful, personalized feedback helps students learn, but timely feedback is a challenge. Swarthmore has few tools that handle simple grading automatically. Moodle quizzes can score multiple-choice questions and the WeBWorK math homework system … Continue reading The Ethics of Efficiency: Wrestling with AI-Generated Feedback
Makerspace asks, is “Art Against AI?”
Recently the Makerspace hosted a workshop designed and facilitated by Dr. Linda Huber at Swarthmore’s Aydelotte Foundation. This was a new collaboration for us, and Dr. Huber organized a fun, participatory, and hands-on workshop for students and staff engaged–intentionally or … Continue reading Makerspace asks, is “Art Against AI?”