Link to Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Voice Control a device
The Science of Where: ArcGIS updates
You may have seen the data-rich maps produced through Johns Hopkins Univeristy about the spread of COVID-19 ( https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map ), or maybe you’ve seen the Yale Climate Opinion Maps ( https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/ ) or COVID response opinion maps (https://covid.yale.edu/innovation/mapping/). At ESRI’s … Continue reading The Science of Where: ArcGIS updates
Starting or Returning Where You Are
We want to help you, wherever you are. We have been hard at work changing up the way we provide documentation to try and meet your tech support needs, no matter where the situation. We have been planning for changes … Continue reading Starting or Returning Where You Are
Tips for Online Assessment
ITS recently held a workshop on “Online Assessment” to help prepare the campus for teaching remote. Here are some of the key points. Notes from the workshop Assignment Types in Moodle Moodle can help with assigning, organizing, collecting, and grading … Continue reading Tips for Online Assessment
Makerspace Summer 2020
When the world seemed to shut down back in March, the Makerspace pivoted online with webinars, resources for making PPE at home, a new YouTube channel, student technician interviews, and weekly Teatimes with Makers of Swarthmore, where students, staff, and faculty can ask open ended questions about projects or skills, and share what they are working on at home. We are happy to announce that our proposal was accepted to the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference 2020, originally scheduled to take place at Bryn Mawr College. Instead, the conference has moved online and will be shown as a … Continue reading Makerspace Summer 2020
A Growing Set of (Not Always ITS-Focused) Resources
As everything changed so abruptly in our Swarthmore-and-beyond lives in March 2020, I thought about the myriad ways I had been fortunate to learn from others. I have always been a generalist, a person who enjoys a wide variety of … Continue reading A Growing Set of (Not Always ITS-Focused) Resources
Tools for converting PDFs
When searching for information you may find it in a format that isn’t ideal. It isn’t your only choice. A variety of tools make converting documents into another format possible. As students, you may wish to convert some of your … Continue reading Tools for converting PDFs