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Academic Technology

Using Peer Support Groups for Student Engagement and Motivation

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Academic Technology, Accessibility, Faculty/Staff, Good Reads and Articles, Learning, Learning Technology, Remote Teaching and Learning, Tips, Web Development, Web Trends

Best Practices in Accessible Online Design

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Academic Technology, Language & Media Center, MakerSpace, Media Center, Students, Video

Media Projects — Connecting Faculty and Staff with Skilled Student Employees

Link to Avoiding awkwardness: student name pronunciations now available!
Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Moodle, Students

Avoiding awkwardness: student name pronunciations now available!

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Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Tips

Get ready for Spring 2021!

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Academic Technology, Google Apps

Using Jamboard for Remote Student Engagement

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Faculty/Staff, Moodle, Remote Teaching and Learning
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A few quick tips to improve course resources

November 5, 2020January 12, 2021 Corrine Schoeb

Moodle File Scan helps gauge conditions You may not be aware of a tool in moodle that you can use to quickly check the accessibility of pdf files in your Moodle course.  The scan provides a report on each file … Continue reading A few quick tips to improve course resources

Students, Web Projects
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2020 American Elections Map

November 2, 2020November 9, 2020 Tony Weed

This semester, students from Professor Nackenoff’s POLS-22 class were tasked with updating the information for the American Elections map at Swarthmore College. The map visualizes changes to voting laws since 2004. Each student was responsible for researching changes in election … Continue reading 2020 American Elections Map

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Learning, Learning Technology, Moodle, Tips
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Exams in a Pandemic: Tips for Professors

October 26, 2020October 22, 2020 Andrew Ruether

One major challenge of teaching during a pandemic is handling remote exams. There are a number of issues that arise, such as dealing with students in multiple time zones, technical glitches, academic integrity, and grading. We’ve compiled some resources that … Continue reading Exams in a Pandemic: Tips for Professors

Learning, Self-Care
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Get Up, Look Around and Move!

October 22, 2020November 9, 2020 Doug Willen

Now that we’ve all been hunkering down and doing our best to carry on via Zoom and other remote digital technologies into our 8th month of this Pandemic lockdown, we’d like to remind everyone to regularly take the time to … Continue reading Get Up, Look Around and Move!

Academic Technology, Language & Media Center, Media Center

Tools for a Virtual Poster Session

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Jeremy Polk

It seems safe to assume that folks will not meet for indoor conferences this year, so here are some tools to help you design and showcase posters in the digital world. We hope they’ll help you teach students how to … Continue reading Tools for a Virtual Poster Session

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Faculty/Staff, Students
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Built-in Reading Tools: Firefox & Safari

October 5, 2020February 10, 2021 Corrine Schoeb

Recent blog posts have suggested tools and techniques to help with eye fatigue and strain. Today I want to make you aware of reading tools that are built-in to the Firefox and Safari browsers. Both of these browsers offer a … Continue reading Built-in Reading Tools: Firefox & Safari

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