Category: Mobile Devices

Accounts and Passwords, Classroom and Conferencing Technologies, Mobile Devices, Software

Introducing Zoom video conferencing

Eric Behrens

Over the past few years, Media Services has seen a boom in requests for support for web-based video and audio conferencing services (such as Skype, Google Hangouts, WebEx, and GoToMeeting.) While these tools are handy, we haven’t always been satisfied with their quality or ease of use. Starting immediately, all Swarthmore faculty, staff, and students have a basic Zoom account— just go to http://swarthmore.zoom.us. Sign in with your Swarthmore College username and password. You can use Zoom to have an audio or video chat with anybody else, but you can invite up to two dozen people into a meeting. The only limit to a … Continue reading Introducing Zoom video conferencing

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Mobile Devices, Software, Trico, Workshops and Training

Teaching with Technology Forum (hosted by Haverford College)

Eric Behrens

Our friends and colleagues at Haverford have invited anybody with an interest in educational technology to come to their annual Teaching with Technologies Forum. Date: Tuesday, May 13th, 2014. Time: 11:00am~2:00pm Location: Stokes 102 Program 11:00-11:30 Using an iPad as a Teaching & Learning Tool Paul Farber, Writing Fellow Hiroyo Saito, Director of the Instructional Technology Services 11:30-12:00pm Google Glass Upma Singh, Instructional Technology Specialist, IITS Charles Woodard, Digital Media Specialist, IITS Sorelle Friedler, Assistant Professor of Computer Science 12:00-1:00pm Light Lunch & Demonstrations Instructional Technology Services, IITS 1:00-1:30 Zapotec Talking Dictionary Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Tri-Co), Alex Mannix (BMC ‘15) and … Continue reading Teaching with Technology Forum (hosted by Haverford College)

Lynda.com, Mobile Devices, People, Software, Students

Lynda.com, in 3D

Joel F. W. Price '00

We recently heard from one of the nearly 700 of you who are already using lynda.swarthmore.edu to help you learn on your own schedule.  Brady White ’15 has been using Lynda.com videos to help learn how to use SolidWorks 2014, a program that allows you to design objects to be printed on a 3D printer. Brady reports that the selectable table of contents, the 10-second-rewind button, and the ease of following along with the video are his favorite parts of using the software. Lynda.com is a great resource for doing your work better and also for learning things outside of … Continue reading Lynda.com, in 3D

Accounts and Passwords, Help Desk, Mobile Devices, Security, Tips

Resetting Your Password Will Be Easier Than This.

Joel F. W. Price '00


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Hardware Repair, Help Desk, Mobile Devices, Tips

If You Spill Something, Say Something.

Joel F. W. Price '00

Liquid Spills on Portable Computers Spilling a liquid on your laptop can be a real problem, but accidents happen and there are a few steps you can take to minimize the damage. Most importantly, don’t try to restart the computer if it has shut down. If the computer is still running, perform a forced shutdown by pressing and holding down the power button until the computer shuts off. (Count to ten slowly while you hold down the power button). Next, the battery should be removed. If you have a Dell or almost any other brand of PC this is easy … Continue reading If You Spill Something, Say Something.

Accounts and Passwords, Faculty/Staff, Mobile Devices, Security, Software

UPDATED: Protect the Data on Your iDevice (iPad, iPhone, etc.)

Nick

There are three easy actions you can take to immensely enhance the data protection capabilities of your “iDevice” and your investment in it.  These are particularly important if you access any College or personal data with your device. 1) Use an alphanumeric passcode iPads and iPhones can actually encrypt the data they contain!  However, to utilize this capability, a passcode has to be set.  Although a four-digit passcode will minimally suffice (there’s software available to easily crack these), the best option is to enable the use of alphanumeric passcodes.  This is done by going into Settings and then selecting General … Continue reading UPDATED: Protect the Data on Your iDevice (iPad, iPhone, etc.)