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Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, News, Students, Tips, Web Trends

Swarthmore ITS – there’s an App for That!

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 Christina Webster

The ITS Service Portal has a mobile app. You can reach all of ITS through the Freshservice mobile app! Login and stay connected to ITS and the Help Desk. You can access “How To” articles, FAQs, and troubleshooting articles. It … Continue reading Swarthmore ITS – there’s an App for That!

Security, Software, Tips
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Spring Break, a Perfect Time to Spring Clean Your Computer

March 13, 2024March 14, 2024 John Word

Spring break affords us the opportunity to rest, rejuvenate, and reassess, as well as a chance to spring clean. And what better way to feel a sense of accomplishment than spring cleaning the device you use daily, your computer! Here … Continue reading Spring Break, a Perfect Time to Spring Clean Your Computer

Software, Telephones, Tips, Zoom
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Elevate your Zoom Phone experience with Meet, Conference, and Flip!

February 21, 2024March 18, 2024 Christina Webster

Zoom Phone has some nice features to provide greater calling and collaboration flexibility. Today, we’ll highlight Meet, Conference, and Flip! While on a call in the Zoom Phone app, use in-call controls to instantly elevate a call to a meeting, … Continue reading Elevate your Zoom Phone experience with Meet, Conference, and Flip!

Academic Technology, Security, Tips
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Clear your browser tabs!

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Doug Willen

I have too many browser tabs open, I admit it! As I write this, I have 52 tabs open in the main window of my primary browser. And I have 15 browser windows open, each with multiple tabs. This is … Continue reading Clear your browser tabs!

Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Faculty/Staff, Students, Tips

Keeping your digital content when you leave Swarthmore

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Doug Willen

Many students, caught up in the excitement of graduation, and faculty, rushing to complete grading and end-of-year work before they move on to other appointments, forget to take some necessary steps to secure their digital content stored on College servers, … Continue reading Keeping your digital content when you leave Swarthmore

Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Faculty/Staff, Google Apps, Tips
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Disappearing student work (Not again! How to avoid)

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Doug Willen

For folks who use Google Drive, Drop-Box or other similar tools to store and collect content from students and each other, we’d like to bring to your attention a sometimes overlooked inconvenience… If you have asked students to share content … Continue reading Disappearing student work (Not again! How to avoid)

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