Category: Software

Faculty/Staff, Software

Please hold off on updating to Mavericks OS X 10.9

Mark Davis

You may have heard Apple today announced that OS X 10.9 Mavericks is available as a free update today.  However, at this time ITS is recommending that community members NOT update to Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks yet. Although OS X 10.9 offers many new features which may be helpful to you, we need time to identify and resolve any potential incompatibilities with core Swarthmore systems and software before we can support you running the new operating system.  Apple surprised many of us by releasing Mavericks today.  Please know that we are working hard to support your use of Mavericks in the near future. … Continue reading Please hold off on updating to Mavericks OS X 10.9

Academic Technology, Software

New Version of SPSS

Mark Davis

ITS has a newer edition of SPSS (version 21 ) available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software What’s new in version 21? Simulation. Predictive models, such as linear regression, require a set of known inputs to predict an outcome or target value. In many real world applications, however, values of inputs are uncertain. Simulation allows you to account for uncertainty in the inputs to predictive models and evaluate the likelihood of various outcomes in the presence of that uncertainty. See the topic Simulation for more information. One-click descriptive statistics. Select variables in the Data Editor and get … Continue reading New Version of SPSS

Academic Technology, Lynda.com, Software, Students, The Dash, Tips, Workshops and Training

Lynda.com: a great new technical training resource

Eric Behrens

Starting immediately, I.T.S. is providing all students, faculty, and staff with access to lynda.com, an online subscription library that teaches the latest software skills through high-quality instructional videos. Lynda.com maintains a very large and up-to-date library of courses taught by prominent technologists and designers. New titles are added every week. To try out the videos, visit http://lynda.swarthmore.edu or find the link under the “More” menu on the Dash toolbar. Lynda is tied into our single sign-on system, so you can log in with your College username and password. You can watch the videos 24/7, from anywhere that you have network access. You … Continue reading Lynda.com: a great new technical training resource

Faculty/Staff, Software

Faculty/Staff FileMaker Pro 12 System Upgrade

Rhoni Ryan

On February 26th, FileMaker server files will be upgraded to the latest version, FileMaker Pro 12. ITS is upgrading to FileMaker Pro 12 because there is no longer any support for versions before 9. Currently, the FileMaker Server is at version 8.5.  Beginning at 4:30PM on Monday, February 25th the FileMaker Server will be upgraded and will not be available until Tuesday, February 26th at 4:30PM.  FileMaker 12 introduces a new file format: fmp12.   Files created using the older fp7 file format will need to be converted before you can use them with FileMaker 12.  Once a file has been … Continue reading Faculty/Staff FileMaker Pro 12 System Upgrade

Academic Technology, Software

New Version of SPSS

Mark Davis

ITS has a newer edition of SPSS (version 19) available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software What’s new in version 19? Linear models: Linear models predict a continuous target based on linear relationships between the target and one or more predictors. Linear models are relatively simple and give an easily interpreted mathematical formula for scoring. The properties of these models are well understood and can typically be built very quickly compared to other model types (such as neural networks or decision trees) on the same dataset. This feature is available in the Statistics Base add-on module. See … Continue reading New Version of SPSS

Software

New Version of MathType

Mark Davis

ITS has the newest edition of Math Type available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software MathType 6.7 New Features: Virtually all MathType features are enhanced in each major release. Here are some major new features in MathType 6.7. To learn more about these features, visit our Full Feature List. Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Support: MathType now supports Mac OS X 10.4.9 Tiger or later, including version 10.8 Mountain Lion. Apple iWork ’09 Support: Apple has picked MathType as its equation editor. If MathType is installed, a MathType Equation item appears on the Insert menu in … Continue reading New Version of MathType