In the past, many of our software services such as Google Drive and Panopto video streaming promised unlimited storage. Over the past several years, some services have begun to implement limits on the amount of data that Swarthmore can store. … Continue reading The End of Unlimited Storage, Forever
EDUCAUSE is higher education’s information technology (IT) professional organization. Each year they create a list of the top 10 IT issues facing institutions. This year’s version was revealed at the annual conference last week. There were three main areas of … Continue reading Top 10 Higher Education IT Trends
BioRender is an online tool used to create and share professional-looking scientific figures for journal articles, posters, presentations, class slides, and grant applications. The service is primarily focused on Biology and Chemistry but also has general imagery for lab equipment, food, … Continue reading Wow your audience using drawings created with BioRender – now available for faculty and students
Gradescope is a service used for collecting and grading of paper homework and exams. We’ve received positive feedback from Swarthmore faculty indicating the system makes it faster and easier to grade student work. In the past, students had to use … Continue reading New Gradescope Mobile App for Students
Moodle 4.0 was released in April 2022 and is focused improving the user experience, making it easier for instructors and students to navigate the site. Because it is such a large change, Swarthmore will likely wait to upgrade until the … Continue reading What’s Coming in Moodle 4.0
Swarthmore ITS recently added Jupyter notebooks to the Strelka high performance computing cluster, enabling students and faculty to access enhanced computing power via a standard notebook interface. Jupyter notebooks are interactive pages that can mix blocks of code with text, … Continue reading Jupyter Notebooks Now Available on Strelka
