This summer, Nick Anderson ’20 worked with Professor of Physics Michael Brown to perform complex computer simulations of magnetic fields as part of their fusion energy research project. Because of the types of calculations and level of detail involved, running … Continue reading Advancing Physics Research with Supercomputers
GitHub, the company that provides web hosting for version control software, offers several services and programs of interest to students. The GitHub Student Developer Pack provides students free access or credits for a variety of online services including GitHub (unlimited private repositories), … Continue reading GitHub Opportunities for Students
ITS upgraded to the latest version of Moodle this summer. Moodle version 3.5 has new features that make teaching your class easier. Audio Recording Anywhere A new button on the text editor allows faculty and students to record audio anywhere. … Continue reading What’s New in Moodle for Fall 2018
Each year, ITS and the Libraries collaborate to work onSwarthmore Projects for Educational Exploration and Development (SPEED). This summer, we’ve focused on internal projects that will benefit the college. Staff members working with student interns have spent the last 5 weeks … Continue reading SPEED Projects for Summer 2018
This summer, ITS will be updating the Office Hours Scheduler system. The system allows anyone with a Swarthmore account to create a calendar, set up blocks of time, and allow users to sign up appointments within each block. People have used … Continue reading Office Hours Schedule Updates Coming
Students in Professor Kelly McConville’s Data Science class recently built interactive online visualizations using real data to analyze a topic of their choice. The work is a part of a semester learning how to gather, analyze, visualize, and interpret data. … Continue reading Interactive Data Science Visualizations
