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Author: Andrew Ruether

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Tips for Online Assessment

July 31, 2020 Andrew Ruether

ITS recently held a workshop on “Online Assessment” to help prepare the campus for teaching remote. Here are some of the key points. Notes from the workshop Assignment Types in Moodle Moodle can help with assigning, organizing, collecting, and grading … Continue reading Tips for Online Assessment

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Mobile Devices, Software
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Teaching with OneNote

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Andrew Ruether

Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking application that can be used on a computer, tablet, or via a web browser. It has a variety of features which make it helpful for teaching, whether in a classroom or remotely. Continue reading Teaching with OneNote

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, iPad Apps, Learning Technology, Moodle
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Eric Jensen’s Electronic Grading Workflow

May 28, 2020June 1, 2020 Andrew Ruether

Astronomy Professor Eric Jensen has been collecting assignments electronically using Moodle, grading them on his iPad, and returning the documents to students in Moodle. He made a helpful screencast showing his paperless workflow, including all the details on each step … Continue reading Eric Jensen’s Electronic Grading Workflow

Academic Technology, Course Planning, Moodle
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Remote Assessments of Student Learning

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Andrew Ruether

Because of the change to remote teaching and learning, many course assessments have to be modified. There are a variety of ways to assign and grade student work when working online. Exams ITS has a help page on administering Remote … Continue reading Remote Assessments of Student Learning

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Learning Technology, Mobile Devices, Students, Tips
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DIY Document Camera

March 27, 2020August 11, 2020 Andrew Ruether

If you are participating in a Zoom conference and need to share handwritten notes, you might be interested in this simple D.I.Y. document camera setup written up by Jason Alley at Lafayette College. Read more at Writing, Drawing, and Demonstration … Continue reading DIY Document Camera

Academic Technology, High Performance Computing
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Strelka Has Landed at Swarthmore

February 17, 2020February 16, 2020 Andrew Ruether

Strelka, Swarthmore’s new computer cluster, is up and running and ready to run computationally-intensive jobs. The cluster consists of 7 nodes, each with two 20-core CPUs with an additional head node to handle user logins and job scheduling. 3 mid-memory … Continue reading Strelka Has Landed at Swarthmore

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