In the past, in the case of inclement weather, we have set up Zoom Video Web-Conferencing as an alternate plan for remote teaching. In this case, you could simply send out a Zoom web-conference link to students and they could … Continue reading Teaching Remote as an Alternate Plan
Welcome back to school! Here’s what’s new for Spring 2018 … Two factor authentication for everyone on February 1st Starting Thursday February 1, 2018, everyone at Swarthmore will need to use two factor authentication to log in to college services. … Continue reading What’s New for Spring 2018
ITS offers a wide range of services, some of which you might not know about. The following eight services are available to the campus community. To learn more, get in touch with your Academic Technologist. 1. Free 3D Printing and Laser … Continue reading 8 Surprising Things Swarthmore ITS Offers
Active Learning? Collaborative Environment? Engaged Students? Flipped Classroom? You’ve no doubt heard these buzzwords over the past few years, but what exactly does it mean? While there are a lot of philosophies that go into modern learning and how to … Continue reading Collaboration in the Classroom using Wireless Presentation
Media Services has new Chromebooks for students to checkout! They now have a limited number of Chromebooks designated for student use on a short term basis. This may be really helpful for someone whose laptop is under repair or needs a laptop on the fly. Continue reading “Media Services Has New Chromebooks for Student Checkout!”
The Media Services team in ITS has been busy making improvements to classrooms this summer. In addition to our usual upgrades to projectors and lectern computers, we’re announcing a few major new services that will be of interest to many of you. Apple TV Over 30 Apple TV’s have been installed in classrooms and seminar rooms in Kohlberg, Trotter, and the Science Center. These devices allow anyone with a recent Apple device (including Mac, iPhone, and iPad) to project to the screen wirelessly. This can be useful to reduce the time to get set up for a class, to project … Continue reading What’s New in Classroom AV for Fall 2016
