As I continue to coach my new colleague, Caroline Larsen, on the intimate details of our scripting and processing of course materials, I have a unique opportunity to reflect on my time as an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore. Mentoring someone … Continue reading Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore
While working on a Microsoft Word document recently, we noticed something unexpected: after uploading the file to Google Drive, it was being converted into a Google Doc. In this case, we wanted to share the document as a Word file—not … Continue reading No, Google Drive, I Wanted a Word Document
If you use the Google Suite, you’re no doubt familiar with the daily creep of Gemini and other Google-based AI tools into your documents. In Google Slides, you’re constantly prompted to “beautify” your slide using Nano Banana, Google Gemini’s image-generation … Continue reading Unpacking the accessibility trap of Google Slides’ “Beautify” feature
The Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC) and the Accessibility at Swarthmore teams have joined forces to bring you a customizable syllabus template for Fall 2025. Members of the Swarthmore community can download the accessible syllabus template from Google Drive as … Continue reading Styling in Word: Introducing an accessible syllabus template
Built initially to host and internally publish data on the underground utilities of the campus for our Facilities work, ArcGIS Enterprise is the foundational software system for supporting GIS broadly across the campus; powering mapping and visualization, analytics, and data management. … Continue reading ArcGIS Enterprise Server at Swarthmore!
When you need to quickly capture your screen, including capturing all of a long or wide web page, or create a short video, or even convert a short video into an animated GIF without a lot of fuss, then Snagit … Continue reading Quick Screen Captures with Snagit
