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WRC Provides an Inspiring Example of What Google Forms Can Do
Using Google Apps for Swarthmore, The Women’s Resource Center has created a beautiful example of a customized Google Form with their new House-sitter Application . This layout was achieved by choosing from 95 pre-loaded Google Form themes. That’s it. Absolutely no coding or design work required. Swarthmore Community members can use Google Forms to gather information that can be and shared amongst departments and colleagues via Google Docs Spreadsheets. Curious about Google Apps for Swarthmore? Visit the https://apps.swarthmore.edu to get started. Continue reading WRC Provides an Inspiring Example of What Google Forms Can Do
Trotter 201 Transformed into a Hybrid Learning Environment
Over the summer, ITS set out to extend the functionality of the learning space in Trotter 201. Based upon feedback from faculty and staff members, new furniture has been installed that can quickly transform the space from a computer classroom to a traditional discussion environment in moments. The monitors in each workstation are attached to articulating arms that easily glide below the desk surface, removing the monitor as a distraction during more discussion based portions of a class. When it’s time to return to the computer, students can simply bring the monitors back above the desk and resume working where … Continue reading Trotter 201 Transformed into a Hybrid Learning Environment
Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s talks on academic technology
Over two days in July, Dr. Ruben Puentedura, a noted consultant and speaker on educational technology, gave four presentations at a summer mini-conference sponsored by ITS. The topics of the sessions covered areas in which Puentedura sees untapped transformative educational potential: mobile computing, data visualization, gaming, and use of web 2.0 tools in support of communities of practice. Continue reading Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s talks on academic technology
SwatFiles Upgrade on July 31, 2010
ITS completed an upgrade to the web version of Swatfiles on Saturday, July 31st. The new version is available at http://swatfiles.swarthmore.edu and the dashboard. Existing browser bookmarks to Swatfiles continue to work without change, as does Swatfiles Drive software for those people who use that software. The new version offers several improvements, including: a better bookmarking tool on the Swatfiles menu bar thumbnail views of image files and quick previews of other documents A new “More Actions” button with convenient features like the ability to download whole folders as zip files. improved document searching easier file/folder locking and unlocking. Bookmarks … Continue reading SwatFiles Upgrade on July 31, 2010
5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad
Over the last month, ITS staff members have been getting familiar with Apple’s iPad. Here’s a quick round-up of some of our recommendations: Evernote Never forget anything again with the help of this free service. Evernote allows you to archive information of all types, including text, image, and audio files. Want to record your brainstorming session? This is the app for you. Evernote offers a wide range of methods for navigating your archived information, from conventional keyword and date searching, to placing the notes on a map based on GPS information from your location at the time the information was … Continue reading 5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad
Trico to transition from Blackboard to Moodle
As you may be aware, the Tri-Colleges have been conducting a major product review of our Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard, and a popular alternative, called Moodle. Blackboard is the dominant commercial software company in higher education. Moodle is free, open source software that has been adopted by many institutions of higher education, including most liberal arts colleges. At this point, we are prepared to announce that the three schools decided to undertake a project to convert from Blackboard to Moodle over the next two academic years. More information will follow in the coming months as the full project plan … Continue reading Trico to transition from Blackboard to Moodle