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A Very Creative Art History Project
Last semester (spring 2018) students from two of Patricia Reilly’s art history courses were asked to create short, fictional “documentaries” about found artifacts. In reality, the artifacts had been designed by students themselves, who portrayed researchers on camera and explained … Continue reading A Very Creative Art History Project
New Features for Google Calendar
Out of Office for Calendar Google Calendar has added an “Out of Office” option as a new way to mark time on your calendar. This feature will allow you to block off either full days or select hours within a … Continue reading New Features for Google Calendar
SPEED Projects for Summer 2018
Each year, ITS and the Libraries collaborate to work onSwarthmore Projects for Educational Exploration and Development (SPEED). This summer, we’ve focused on internal projects that will benefit the college. Staff members working with student interns have spent the last 5 weeks … Continue reading SPEED Projects for Summer 2018
Migrating from Ensemble Video to Panopto
ITS has decided not to renew its software contract with Ensemble Video. Instead, we will migrate any needed video from Ensemble to our other video management system, Panopto. We realize we no longer need two video management systems so we … Continue reading Migrating from Ensemble Video to Panopto
Multi-level lists in Adobe InDesign
One of the harder things to do in Adobe InDesign, surprisingly for a page layout tool, is to create multilevel or outline format numbered lists. The right way to accomplish this, according to the folks at Adobe, is to create a Style for every level of the list you’d like to have! Here are Adobe’s instructions on how to do so (This content is taken directly from https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/bullets-numbering.html#create_multi_level_lists): Create multi-level lists A multi-level list is a list that describes hierarchical relationships between the list paragraphs. These lists are also called outline lists because they resemble outlines. The list’s numbering scheme (as well as indentations) show … Continue reading Multi-level lists in Adobe InDesign
Gmail is Getting an Upgrade
Google has announced that it is upgrading Gmail and adding in new features, but don’t worry, we have you covered. A lot of the changes will be visual, as Gmail is getting a facelift to better match both Drive and … Continue reading Gmail is Getting an Upgrade