A little while ago, Tony Weed detailed some of the resources and software tools he and his colleagues in Web Development use to make getting work done a bit more effective. Today, I’d like to share with you some of … Continue reading An Academic Technologist’s Toolbox
ITS is announcing a new Qualtrics Data Retention Policy, which we’ve been discussing with the departments that most heavily use Qualtrics through this summer. Essentially, we need to reduce our Qualtrics accounts to just those currently active at Swarthmore, with … Continue reading New Qualtrics Account & Data Retention Policy
Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to return to San Diego, where ESRI, the creators of the premier GIS tools on the planet – the ArcGIS Pro desktop and ArcGIS Enterprise suite, along with a panoply of extensive mapping … Continue reading What’s new and coming for ArcGIS StoryMaps: Report from the ESRI User Conference
We’ve been fortunate to be able to hold the line on costs with our Qualtrics contracts over the past several years despite significant pressure to pay more. This year, our negotiations with Qualtrics have resulted in some additional features and … Continue reading New Qualtrics Features
What is a retention policy? Everyone who is a member of the College community creates a “digital footprint” during their time at the College. This means the work they have stored on ITS servers, their surveys in Qualtrics, their work … Continue reading ITS Retention Policies: How to decide how long we keep stuff?
Swarthmore has a site license for Linkedin Learning, a resource for on-line learning across a variety of different software tools, programming languages, business development, DEI, and even time management! What this means is that faculty, staff and students can take … Continue reading Don’t waste time teaching software!
