Adapting Educational Materials For All Learners: What You Need To Know
The challenge of adapting educational materials for all learners diminishes when you choose accessible material at the very beginning. This reduces the amount of stress any learner may have when approaching your courses. It may also reduce any stress you … Continue reading Adapting Educational Materials For All Learners: What You Need To Know
Moodle 4 – New Features & Improvements
This summer, ITS will be upgrading our Moodle installation to Moodle 4. Moodle 4 greatly improves the user experience by making its user interface (UI) more intuitive to use. It also introduces some new features and improvements to the accessibility … Continue reading Moodle 4 – New Features & Improvements
Wood: Makerspace Bread n’ Butter
Even in a post-space-age world of material technology that brings us high-performing, high-strength and even often “sustainable” substances with which to fabricate, wood remains the north star in the cosmos of making things. Why? There is an industry answer: that … Continue reading Wood: Makerspace Bread n’ Butter
Introducing Jason Simms, Research Computing Manager
ITS is delighted to welcome Jason Simms as the College’s Research Computing Manager. In this new role, Jason will be working with faculty and students to provide access to high-performance computing and research data storage, as well as facilitating support … Continue reading Introducing Jason Simms, Research Computing Manager
Drones!
Swarthmore has a couple of drones that are being used for aerial photography and video segments about our facilities for recruiting and for research. Most recently, the Athletic department used drone footage to create a Swarthmore Athletics Drone Tour. Similarly, … Continue reading Drones!
Interview with Digital Scholarship Librarian, Amanda Licastro
Today we chat with new Digital Scholarship Librarian Amanda Licastro. Even though she’s just started at Swarthmore, it’s already clear to us in the Academic Technology team that Amanda will be one of our real partners in the Libraries as … Continue reading Interview with Digital Scholarship Librarian, Amanda Licastro