Haverford hosts “Tablets in Teaching Forum”

Our I.T. friends at Haverford College graciously welcomed all Swarthmore faculty and staff to attend their “Tablets in Teaching Forum.” A series of Haverford professors were joined by an Apple engineer to showcase a variety of classroom practices enabled by the use of tablets. Paper-free Grading and Stylus-driven Electronic Blackboards: Transitioning to an Android Tablet Casey Londergan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Haverford College iPads, Panopto, and Styli – Better Living Through Cooperation Mark Schofield, Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry, Haverford College iPads in the Classroom Ken Koltun-Fromm, Professor of Religion, Haverford College Transforming Education with the iPad Mike Wolk, Systems Engineer, Apple Continue reading Haverford hosts “Tablets in Teaching Forum”

Data Desk 6.3 for Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 now available!

Data Desk is an interactive data analysis package that helps you find patterns and relationships in your data. This package contains several items to help you learn and use Data Desk. 1) The “Getting Started Using Data Desk” file offers a quick overview of Data Desk. 2) The “Advanced Data Desk Features” file provides an introduction to Data Desk using an analysis of real data. 3) The Help file offers on-line help. 4) A list of Frequently Asked Questions on our web site at www.datadesk.com provides detailed answers for many popular questions. Those of you who have used previous versions … Continue reading Data Desk 6.3 for Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 now available!

ITS Welcomes new Media Center Coordinator Tayarisha Poe

Academic Technology is pleased to welcome new Media Center Coordinator and recent Swarthmore College graduate Tayarisha Poe ’12 to the Information Technology Services team. Tayarisha brings a wealth of knowledge about video production, digital photography, printing and the Adobe CS suite along with her lively and welcoming personality to the Media Center.  She has particular interests in multimedia storytelling, digital cinematography and DSLR video production, and we look forward to a series of instructional workshops she’ll be hosting through the academic year on these and other media related topics. Continue reading ITS Welcomes new Media Center Coordinator Tayarisha Poe

Upcoming Moodle Training

ITS will be hosting a series of workshops for faculty and staff interested in learning more about Moodle. Our Introduction to Moodle workshops cover the basics of getting started and how to set up a course in Moodle.  You can bring your syllabus and readings and start to set up your courses for Fall 2012. The Intermediate Moodle workshops are geared towards people with some experience using Moodle and cover how to set up online assignments, blogs, wikis, surveys, and quizzes in Moodle. Other topics, such as groups, the gradebook, and discussion forums can be discussed based on attendee interest. … Continue reading Upcoming Moodle Training

The end of the line for Blackboard

The Blackboard leaning management system will be shut down permanently on June 29, 2012.   Please save any materials you have on Blackboard that you would like to retain.  ITS has archived all the courses and organizations  on Blackboard and can assist with transferring your materials to Moodle, the new learning management system. [updated 6/22/12 to include information on the Honor Exams archive] Is Blackboard really going away?  Yes, our Blackboard license expires at the end of June 2012 and the system will be shut down and totally unavailable. How can I save my Blackboard materials?  Use the “Export” feature in Blackboard to save … Continue reading The end of the line for Blackboard

Blackboard Shut-down and Moodle Training

Blackboard will be turned off on June 29, 2012.  Starting at the beginning of June, ITS will be archiving all courses and organizations in preparation for the shut down.  If you have important information in a Blackboard course or organization, please download your materials or export your course to your computer. The college has successfully transitioned many of our courses to Moodle already.  ITS is offering many hands-on Moodle training sessions to assist with learning Moodle.   Introduction to Moodle workshops help you get started using your own materials to begin developing your course in Moodle.  Consider attending an Intermediate … Continue reading Blackboard Shut-down and Moodle Training