Elevate Your Scientific Illustrations: Integrate BioRender with PowerPoint for Dynamic Presentations

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 Andrew Ruether

BioRender is an online service that aids faculty and student researchers in creating and sharing high-quality scientific visuals. It is particularly useful for enhancing journal articles, scientific posters, presentations, class slides, grant applications, and brainstorming sessions. A new feature allows … Continue reading Elevate Your Scientific Illustrations: Integrate BioRender with PowerPoint for Dynamic Presentations

Academic Technology, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Software, Tips

Lists in Adobe InDesign

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 Doug Willen

Bulleted or numbered lists It’s easy to create basic lists in Adobe InDesign. Simply highlight a section of text and select the Bullets icon or the Numbers icon in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, the Paragraph panel, or the … Continue reading Lists in Adobe InDesign

Academic Technology, Data Science, News

Think Posit-ively about running R code

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Andrew Ruether

For many years, ITS has hosted an RStudio Server to support faculty and students in running R code directly from web browsers. This platform has enabled easy access to RStudio from any device. Over the next few months, we will … Continue reading Think Posit-ively about running R code

Academic Technology, Moodle

Getting Your Moodle Course Ready For the Beginning Of The Semester

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 Ashley Turner

We’re excited to welcome you back for another semester! As you gear up for the spring semester, the Academic Technology team is here to help you create an engaging semester for your students. Be sure to check out our latest … Continue reading Getting Your Moodle Course Ready For the Beginning Of The Semester

Academic Technology, Moodle

Changing how to create Turnitin assignments in Moodle

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 Doug Willen

Quite a few faculty use the Turnitin service to check for student plagiarism in the assigments they submit through Moodle. In order to keep our systems up-to-date and as secure as possible. Effective today, January 13th, we are switching to … Continue reading Changing how to create Turnitin assignments in Moodle

Academic Technology, Accessibility

Behind the Scenes – Remarkable Progress in Accessible Course Materials

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Corrine Schoeb

Our faculty and staff have made remarkable progress in improving the accessibility of course materials since prioritizing digital accessibility in 2016. A pivotal tool in this journey has been the Accessibility Filescan, developed by Swarthmore ITS and introduced in Fall … Continue reading Behind the Scenes – Remarkable Progress in Accessible Course Materials

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Category: Academic Technology