Category: Software

Blackboard, Moodle, Software

Blackboard goes offline

Eric Behrens

At 11:00 AM, the Tri-co shutdown its shared instance of the Blackboard course management system. In a two-step process, Swarthmore Professor Aimee Johnson (Math) and Haverford CIO Joe Spadaro pressed the “enter” keys that shut down the Blackboard services for the final time. On a separate screen, the assembled group of onlookers verified that Blackboard was no longer available. The shutdown is the conclusion to a period of over 11 years where Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges shared a single instance of Blackboard for all of their students, faculty and staff. All three schools have already switched to Moodle, … Continue reading Blackboard goes offline

Security, Software, Tips

Update EVERYTHING!

Nick

… please!! Besides running up to date Anti-virus, one of the best ways to keep your computer from becoming infected (and then losing access to it while it gets re-imaged, etc.) is to keep your Operating System and applications up to date.  Over the past few weeks, most major vendors have updated their software.  If you run applications from any of the following vendors, you should upgrade that software as soon as you possibly can: Microsoft Windows Mac OS/X and iOS Adobe Reader, Flash, Shockwave, etc. Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird Google Chrome Oracle Java Apple Quicktime & Safari Below are … Continue reading Update EVERYTHING!

Academic Technology, Software, Students

Kaleidagraph 4.1.2 for OS X Lion (10.7) now available

Mark Davis

ITS has just made Kaleidagraph 4.1.2 for Lion available from the ITS software page for all College faculty, staff and students to use. This latest update offers the following enhancements: Added support for the Intel Macintosh. The installer will install the correct version based on the processor in your computer. Bitmap file export such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF now uses QuickTime to generate the export files. As a result, several new options are available for some of the formats such as byte ordering, LZW compression, and variable JPEG export quality. High Resolution TIFF images are exported with … Continue reading Kaleidagraph 4.1.2 for OS X Lion (10.7) now available

Software

Adobe CS5 Suite for Mac now available

Doug Willen

The Adobe CS 5 Suite for Macintosh is now available from the ITS software page for all College faculty, staff and students to use. This version, brings with it a host of new features that people have been clamoring for, here at the College, and returns us to parity between the Mac and Windows versions. Some of the more notable improvements include: Photoshop’s automatic retouching, Illustrator’s variable stroke width, Photoshop’s puppet tool, improvements to Illustrators Pathfinder panel, Photoshops Content-Aware fill and improved edge detection, and Illustrator’s dashed lines behave, and an upgrade to a more current Camera Raw for those … Continue reading Adobe CS5 Suite for Mac now available

Academic Technology, Software

New JMP License for 2011-2012

Mark Davis

For new users installing JMP To install JMP, please visit our software download page: http://www.swarthmore.edu/x31663.xml IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS USERS: Before launching JMP, copy the JMP.PER file (available here and on our software download page) to C:\Program Files\SAS\JMP\8 For existing users installing JMP Windows: If you are currently using JMP 8 and encounter a message asking for the location of the JMP.PER file, copy the JMP.PER file to C:\Program Files\SAS\JMP\8 and restart the JMP program. Mac If you are currently using JMP and encounter a message asking for the location of the JMP.PER file, drag the current JMP.app file to … Continue reading New JMP License for 2011-2012