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Link to High-Throughput Computing on Firebird – and Beyond!
High Performance Computing, Research

High-Throughput Computing on Firebird – and Beyond!

Google drive settings page scrolled down to the Uploads section.Link to Google Drive “Hijacking” Your Word Files? Here’s the Fix
Academic Technology, Google Apps

Google Drive “Hijacking” Your Word Files? Here’s the Fix

Burgundy background, tech images, and text that reads 'ITS Insider'Link to ITS Insider October 2026 – Cyber Security Awareness Month Edition
Cybersecurity, Security

ITS Insider October 2026 – Cyber Security Awareness Month Edition

Safe exam browser iconLink to Testing without the internet: Safe Exam Browser
Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff

Testing without the internet: Safe Exam Browser

Burgundy background, tech images, and text that reads 'ITS Insider'Link to ITS Insider September 2026 – Welcome Back Edition
Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Learning Technology, News, Student Engagement, Students, Workshops and Training

ITS Insider September 2026 – Welcome Back Edition

Graphic image of student being tempted by multiple devil figures while typing on a laptop computer. By Peter Gamlen, published 08-26-2026 NYTimesLink to How to stop students from using AI to cheat?
Academic Technology, Artificial Intelligence

How to stop students from using AI to cheat?

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Security, Tips

Backup is easy!

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Doug Willen

The end of the semester is a good time to remind folks to backup and preserve their work. And it may be a time that you have the bandwidth to take on learning more about how to do so! And … Continue reading Backup is easy!

Artificial Intelligence, Policies, Security
Two visions of Zoom AI bots - one friendly and one scary

Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know

November 21, 2024July 6, 2026 Andrew Ruether

We’ve seen an uptick in the number of people using Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots in Zoom meetings. ITS has disabled the Zoom AI Companion, but other non-Swarthmore meeting hosts and attendees are increasingly inviting a AI bots to meetings to … Continue reading Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know

Academic Technology, Blended Learning, Google Apps, Learning Technology, Student Engagement
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Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 Ashley Turner

I know, I know. I too received yet another reminder from Google Workspace that Jamboard is going away (sad face). With Google Jamboard set to retire at the end of the year, many of us are wondering what tool can … Continue reading Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead

Academic Technology

Making through drawing

November 13, 2024 Josh Jordan

Drawing, doodling, sketching, charting, diagramming, whatever it is that puts your pen(cil) to paper is a ubiquitous, necessary, and sometimes overlooked feature of making things and makerspaces. I’d like to take a moment to sing its praises, from the perspective … Continue reading Making through drawing

Academic Technology, Students
Male student with a backpack and hoodie, holding a laptop computer

Student Technology

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Doug Willen

For the past several years we’ve been surveying entering students about the technology they plan to bring to campus. What students are now bringing is vastly different from what they were coming with twenty years ago. Bringing a computer to … Continue reading Student Technology

Academic Technology, Accessibility, People, Student Engagement

A conversation in American Sign Language

November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 Abbie Weil

True Biz by Sara Nović is one of the most exciting novels I’ve read in years, and that’s saying a lot. I’m a librarian, so while it’s not exactly my job to read a ton of books, let’s say it’s … Continue reading A conversation in American Sign Language

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