Link to Upcoming HPC 101 Event
Getting help when YOU need it!
Information Technology Services staff are in the office throughout the regular work day at Swarthmore and usually a bit beyond. And we love to talk with and help out members of the community with technology related questions. However you can … Continue reading Getting help when YOU need it!
Woodworking and Sustainability
An Environmental Studies capstone class centered around climate urgency taught by Professor Giovanna Di Chiro has a group of 5 students who have chosen to focus on sustainable woodworking. Using the MakerSpace and Engineering lab, students Kyle Richmond-Crosset, Ethan Chapman, Tessa Hannigan, Alicia Lopez-Torres and Eriko Shrestha, have been using reclaimed and found wood to create a variety of handmade items. Some of the projects they have been working on are cutting coasters from logs, whittling spoons and slabbing out Mancala boards. These handmade items give them the opportunity to practice re-skilling while relinquishing the idea of perfection in industrial … Continue reading Woodworking and Sustainability
Workshop on Flexible Classroom Space Use
The Provost’s office, in partnership with ITS, would like to pilot a workshop opportunity for faculty to learn more about developing interactive teaching approaches for flexible learning spaces on campus. Several Swarthmore faculty have participated in discipline-specific workshops for student-centered … Continue reading Workshop on Flexible Classroom Space Use
Media Center Hiring!
Like media production? Enjoy sharing your knowledge of photography, filmmaking, graphic design, animation or audio/music recording? Want to learn more about those topics? Apply for a job at the Media Center and become part of a group with similar interests. … Continue reading Media Center Hiring!
Event Registration with Qualtrics
If you create and promote events on campus, you may be aware that there has not been a centralized way to create event registration since our … Continue reading Event Registration with Qualtrics
A-Frame, the WebVR framework for creating 3D visualizations
Building interactive VR objects and environments for course materials or as course assignments has gotten much easier with the development of web frameworks such as A-Frame. This framework leverages WebVR and WebGL APIs using a markup language that should be … Continue reading A-Frame, the WebVR framework for creating 3D visualizations