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Faculty: here is an idea to make posting student work easier
Here’s an idea for faculty who teach a course that involves posting or presenting student work. Instead of having students e-mail you their weekly presentations, questions, or papers, create a wiki in Blackboard or Moodle and have your students upload and edit their own work. This has the added advantage of automatically allowing other students to to read, add to, comment on, and/or constructively criticize the posted work. It is quick and easy to set up a wiki and then you don’t have to do all the work to collect, transform and then post all the documents for that week. … Continue reading Faculty: here is an idea to make posting student work easier
Supercomputing in Plain English: Online Workshop
Oklahoma University will be offering a series of free online workshops called “Supercomputing In Plain English.” The workshops will be help on Tuesdays at 3PM starting on January 25, 2010. You can follow along with the presenter using a variety of videoconferencing options along with lecture slides and the opportunity to submit questions via e-mail or phone. See the web site for the workshop or get in touch with Andrew Ruether from ITS (aruethe2, x8254) for more information. If you are planning to participate, drop Andrew an e-mail. If we have enough interest we will set up a dedicated videoconference space. … Continue reading Supercomputing in Plain English: Online Workshop
More Moodle Training
ITS will be holding two “Introduction to Moodle” training sessions to help new users transition from Blackboard to our new learning management system. Continue reading More Moodle Training
Mathematica 8 Now Available
Last month, Wolfram Research released Mathematica 8. Swarthmore ITS has the new edition available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:Download Mathematica 8 (Swarthmore username and password required). We have versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. From Wolfram’s website, here are the top 8 reasons to upgrade: Enter your queries in plain English using new free-form linguistic input Access more than 10 trillion sets of curated, up-to-date, and ready-to-use data Import all your data using a wider array of import/export formats Use the broadest statistics and data visualization capabilities on the market Choose from a full suite of engineering … Continue reading Mathematica 8 Now Available
Recommended iPad Apps from The New York Times
Whether you’re new to using an iPad or an early adopter of the technology, we suggest you take a look at The New York Times top 10 favorite apps. The list includes everything from productivity apps that will change the way you work, to games that will change the way you look at the device itself. For more recommended apps check out our previous entry on the subject: 5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad Swarthmore College community members wishing to take an iPad for a test drive can stop by Media Services in Beardsley 115. Continue reading Recommended iPad Apps from The New York Times
Freshen up your Java!
Ok, I’m not talking about coffee but rather the software that permeates most of our computers. Sun’s (now Oracle’s) Java is ubiquitous in today’s computing environment. Unfortunately, as is often the case with widely installed software, it is a major target for attackers and malware writers. Add to this the fact that Java often has numerous security holes and you’ve got a formula for mass infection. (Frankly, Java makes it very difficult to keep a computer secure.) What can you do to help the situation? 1) Make sure you’re always running the latest version. You can find what version you’re … Continue reading Freshen up your Java!