We, the Helpdesk, Restech, and Associate Director, Robin Jacobsen have all moved to Room 110 of Beardsley Hall. If you have trouble with your computer, email, software applications, your printer, or just want to say hello, stop by to see us in room 110 of Beardsley, we look forward to serving you. Continue reading Helpdesk/Restech office move
The Spring 2008 Academic Technology Fair had something for everyone, especially our three iPod raffle winners. Crowds gathered throughout the day at our eight tables filled with gadgets, widgets and multimedia displays. Lots of interesting conversations came up as faculty and staff shared their ideas and experiences with technology for teaching, research and collaboration. Congratulations to the three winners of the iPod Shuffle raffle! They are Tom Stephenson, Professor of Chemistry, Tami Gura, Animal Facility Manager in Biology, and Bronwen Densmore, Reference & Instruction Intern in McCabe Library. Eric Behrens and Mike Bednarz of ITS draw a winner from the … Continue reading Academic Tech Fair – Highlights
Come see what is up and coming in our tech world. And, play with a few toys and emerging technologies. Monday, April 7, 2008, 10AM – 2PM Scheuer Room TINKER! Staff from Academic Computing, Media Services, Client Services, the Library, and the Language Resource Center will be on hand to showcase some of our favorite tools, and demonstrate some interesting examples for teaching, learning and collaboration. FOOD! Snacks throughout the day, and sandwiches will be provided for those who come over the lunch hour. RAFFLE! While you’re browsing the fair, drop your name into the Raffle basket for a chance … Continue reading Academic Technology Fair – April 7
On Wednesday night, March 19, Media Services facilitated an hour long, high bandwidth videoconference between the Sociology & Anthropology department at Swarthmore College and the Sociology department at the University of Hong Kong. Participants were able to see and hear each other in a full screen, natural setting using a high bandwidth 384 kbps conference connection over the Internet. Swarthmore Media Services rolled out is brand new Tandberg Edge 85 conference unit with a high definition camera, and a 42″ Sony plasma monitor. The University of Hong Kong connected using a Polycom videoconferencing unit. The Tandberg Edge 85 can transmit … Continue reading Media Services facilitates a videoconference w/ the University of Hong Kong
If you come across a Windows video or audio file that your Mac can’t recognize, don’t despair. Unfortunately, Macs can’t automatically play back files with .wmv or .wma file extensions. The good news is that with a quick installation of some extra components, any Mac running OS X 10.3.9 or later and QuickTime 7 or later can playback Windows video through the QuickTime player. All you need to install are the free Windows Media Components by Flip4Mac from the Microsoft web site. Click on the “Free Download” button on the top of the page. (Please note that Flip4Mac also sells … Continue reading Tip: Using Windows media files on a Mac
Media Services is happy to announce that we are reducing the price that we charge for DVD-R’s from $5.00 to $2.00 and mini DV tape from $7.00 to $5.00. Duplication fees have not changed. Continue reading Price reduction for digital media
