Do you want to schedule office hours, advising appointments, or interview slots? Swarthmore’s Office Hours Scheduler lets you set up blocks of time for people to schedule appointments. Continue reading Office Hours and Advising Scheduler
Are you working on a project that involves software development? You may be interested in Swarthmore’s software revision control system. Called gForge, this service is now available to the Swarthmore community. The biggest reason to use gForge is its revision control features. It provides a Subversion (SVN) repository for each project that you can use to control the revision levels of your software. Instead of relying on renaming files to indicate versions, you and any collaborators can always have the latest version of your software handy while also keeping every revision from the very beginning of your project. gForge also … Continue reading Swarthmore’s Software Revision Control System available to Faculty, Staff, and Students
This summer ITS will be facilitating a Digital Storytelling project for Natural Science and Engineering summer research students. Continue reading Digital Storytelling project for Natural Science and Engineering summer research students
To all community members who have a College-provided Macintosh as their primary work computer*: It is especially important that faculty have their computer backup software up-to-date before leaving campus for the summer. A new Macintosh client has been released for the College’s backup software (LiveBackup from Atempo). This release has been in testing by ITS staff for several weeks and is now available to campus. Typically, software notifies you when an update is ready and all you have to do is follow the instructions on the screen. This release of LiveBackup is different and is only activated when you restart your … Continue reading Important Backup Information for Community Members Who Have a College-Provided Macintosh as Their Primary Work Computer
Below are some recommendations for reducing the risk of malware infections to your PC or Mac. Many of these were discussed in the recent Staff Development Week presentation on “Immunizing Your Computer in Today’s Online World“. General Keep Patches Up to Date Operating system –AND- applications e.g., Adobe Reader & Flash, QuickTime, Java, etc. Use latest browsers with patches up to date – Currently (1/12/11): Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 9.0.1, Safari 5.1.2 – Don’t run Safari on Windows Use Anti-virus -AND- Anti-spyware Keep signatures up to date Run scans regularly Macs Too!! (Sophos.com has free A/V for Macs under “Free … Continue reading Tips for Avoiding Malware Infections
Swarthmore ITS is pleased to announce the launch of SwatFiles, a secure web-based file storage system for faculty, staff, and students. Available at swatfiles.swarthmore.edu, SwatFiles allows users to access their files from any computer with an Internet connection and share files with anyone with an e-mail address. Features include: A personal folder for all faculty, staff, and students: 4GB of storage for faculty and staff, 1GB for students A public folder for sharing information with others or publishing web pages Department and committee folders can be created by contacting the Help Desk Automatic e-mail notifications when sharing files To start … Continue reading SwatFiles
