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Media Center

Useful Links for Graphics, Video, and Photo Editing

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Maybe Final Cut scares you… or maybe you think Adobe is something you make bricks out of. Either way, the links I have pulled together will help anyone get ahead with Final Cut Studio and Adobe CS3 and CS4 applications. The links are organized by category. Enjoy! If you ever want to know how to do something with a particular piece of software, check out Lynda.com first for handy video tutorials. Be advised, you can only watch the first few episodes of each entry without signing up for an account. If you’re on campus, be sure not to forget about … Continue reading Useful Links for Graphics, Video, and Photo Editing

Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, People, Software, Tips

1/16 – Meeting Maker Upgrade 8.7.1

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On Friday, January 16, 2009 Meeting Maker will be unavailable from approximately 5:00 AM until 9:00 AM for an upgrade. After the Meeting Maker server is upgraded, the client software that you use to access it will also need to be upgraded. For Windows users, this process will be initiated automatically when you attempt to log once the server is back online. Macintosh users can proceed with upgrading their clients manually. Links to documentation are available on the ITS website to walk you through these processes. It covers both Windows and Macintosh as well as Palm installations. If you have … Continue reading 1/16 – Meeting Maker Upgrade 8.7.1

Faculty/Staff, Tips

Save Energy and Cut Costs: Use Sleep Mode on Your Computer

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Together we can save money and reduce our energy footprint! FACT 1: Flat screen monitors use less power than CRTs. FACT 2: Laptops use less power than desktops. FACT 3: There is no longer any technical reason to be concerned about turning your computer off. FACT 4: Computers that are in sleep mode use a tiny fraction of the power used by computers which are on but sitting idle. Scenario 1: A 17″ iMac uses 78 watts/hour when sitting idle and only 2 watts/hour when in “sleep” mode. Leaving it on all day, every day, costs $67/year more than leaving … Continue reading Save Energy and Cut Costs: Use Sleep Mode on Your Computer

Faculty/Staff, Software

Faculty & Staff: Want to use MS Office on your home computer?

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As part of our Campus Agreement with Microsoft, faculty and staff are now permitted to install Microsoft Office applications on personally owned computers. There will be a charge to you for the use of the software but it will be much less than what you would pay for the Academic boxed version. To order your copy of the software, you will need a special link and program code. This information and complete instructions will be distributed to all faculty and staff in the Faculty-Staff Digest on Thursday, December 18th. Please watch for this email and contact the help desk if … Continue reading Faculty & Staff: Want to use MS Office on your home computer?

Academic Technology, Copyright

New Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom

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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 use of copyrighted materials in teaching than many educators believe. Read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s brief coverage. Read the guide: The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education Continue reading New Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom

News

ITS Fall 2008 Newletter

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Available at http://www.swarthmore.edu/its_summer08.xml Contents Internet Bandwidth, Increased from 60 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s Media Services Equipment Loans Computers in the Classrooms: next up are Hicks 211, Kohlberg 226 & 328, Trotter 301 & 303, SC 199 New Improved Office Computer Backups, Coming Soon Media Center Now Open Sundays, 1 – 9 p.m. New Software Versions 16TB in New Storage Dial-Up Services to be Discontinued 1/1/09 ITS Presentations New ITS Email Subject Line Format Did You Know? Percentage of 2012 applicants who applied online: 89% (34% in 2003) Number of students who brought desktop computers this fall (instead of laptops): only … Continue reading ITS Fall 2008 Newletter