Link to ITS Insider January 2026
Turnitin’s New AI Detection Tool
IMPORTANT UPDATE: As of late 2023, we no longer support Turnitin’s AI Detection Feature. These instructions will not work for Swarthmore’s Turnitin instance. If you use Turnitin to grade assignments in Moodle, you may have noticed its new feature. Earlier … Continue reading Turnitin’s New AI Detection Tool
Disappearing student work (Not again! How to avoid)
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)
Course Evaluations made Easier
Are you struggling with managing Departmental course evaluations every semester? EvaluationKit may be the perfect solution for you! This software is designed to create, manage, and distribute your evaluations using enrollment information from Moodle. Students are given access to their … Continue reading Course Evaluations made Easier
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