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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
New Panopto Retention Policy
Our video management system, Panopto, is changing its licensing model which will significantly increase the cost of stored content. In order to ensure only content being actively used is stored, we developed a new Panopto retention policy that started in January … Continue reading New Panopto Retention Policy
What makes fabrication “digital?”
Here in the Makerspace we offer access to all sorts of tools for making: some known as analog, some called digital… It’s tempting to see this as a clear division between old and new, hand-made and computerized, traditional and technological. … Continue reading What makes fabrication “digital?”
Focus effortlessly while browsing the web
Web pages are cluttered with unnecessary—to the reader—content such as ads, multiple navigation menus, videos that auto play. These all contribute to cognitive load. With nothing to add to your computer at all, you can focus effortlessly while browsing the … Continue reading Focus effortlessly while browsing the web
The End of Unlimited Storage, Forever
In the past, many of our software services such as Google Drive and Panopto video streaming promised unlimited storage. Over the past several years, some services have begun to implement limits on the amount of data that Swarthmore can store. … Continue reading The End of Unlimited Storage, Forever