Category: Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Software, Workshops and Training

Faculty and staff are encouraged to upgrade to Office 2007

Robin Jacobsen

Office 2007 Starting this summer, ITS began transitioning the campus from Microsoft Office 2003 (Windows) to Microsoft Office 2007. Starting this semester, all classroom computers, all public and managed departmental labs, and all new machines and setups will have the 2007 versions of Office installed on them. ITS has been working closely with faculty and staff to schedule the upgrade and many departments are now using Office 2007. Office 2007 has changed substantially for Windows users. To ease this transition ITS is offering several overview sessions and we recommend you attend an overview when planning your upgrade. Scheduled dates are; … Continue reading Faculty and staff are encouraged to upgrade to Office 2007

Blackboard, Classroom and Conferencing Technologies, Email, Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, NetReg, People, Telephones

Helpdesk/Restech office move

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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

Academic Technology, Blackboard, Faculty/Staff, Workshops and Training

Blackboard Upgrade and Training in August

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This summer, we will upgrade our Tri-College Blackboard Learning Management System to the latest version, and offer several workshops on old and new features. If you have immediate questions about Blackboard, please contact any member of our ITS/Library Support Team. In order to carry out the upgrade, Blackboard will be off line for a few hours. Planned Blackboard outage: Monday, August 11 8AM-12PM New features and training: The newest version of Blackboard brings two major feature enhancements: the Grade Center and Self/Peer Assessments. The Grade Center is a redesigned version of the old gradebook, with several notable improvements to the … Continue reading Blackboard Upgrade and Training in August

Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Software, Tips, Workshops and Training

Office 2007 Line spacing tip

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Members of the Swarthmore community have shared valuable feedback about ITS’ Microsoft Office 2007 implementation as noted in this blog from our colleague, Cathy. During a recent overview session, we discussed line spacing options and modifications. By default, Microsoft Word 2007 applies a line space of 1.5, however, our colleague, Cathy found that we can reduce the space by using the following steps: Click the Page layout tab Go to the Paragraph Group Click the Launcher icon Adjust line spacing to “0” Click Save as default Continue reading Office 2007 Line spacing tip

Email, Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Software, Tips, Workshops and Training

Thunderbird Features

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As Thunderbird is being introduced to the community, ITS would like to point out some features available in the program. Thunderbird is capable of the following: Creating and using mailing lists Applying filters and rules for message handling Tagging, color coding messages Dragging/dropping messages to/from folders Creating subfolders Customizing the interface (move fields) Sorting by fields Creating and using signatures To find out more, please attend one of ITS’ Thunderbird Overview sessions. Continue reading Thunderbird Features

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Software, Students

Mathematica Unlimited

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New passwords for 2008-2009 are available on the data-software server, including a new unlimited, network-independent license for students to install on their own computers. Detailed instructions on updating your system can be found for Mac and PC on the data-software server. For faculty and staff, when you launch Mathematica, you may be prompted to enter a new password. To get the password for your platform, browse to the data-software server and look in the faculty_staff folder for Mathematica. The Mathematica 6 readme file contains the new password you need for Mathematica 6. The Mathematica 5.2 readme file contains the password … Continue reading Mathematica Unlimited