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Academic Technology, Accessibility, Course Planning, Design Thinking, Tips, Universal Design for Learning

Styling in Word: Introducing an accessible syllabus template

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Academic Technology, High Performance Computing, Research

Firebird: Summer Successes and Fall Plans

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Academic Technology

Student Photography

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Academic Technology, Moodle, News

Use Subsections to Fight Moodle Sprawl

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Academic Technology

Sustainable Skills in the Makerspace

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Academic Technology, Accessibility

Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Voice Control a device

Academic Technology, Accessibility

Are my course documents accessible? Here is one way to find out

February 16, 2018July 21, 2022 Corrine Schoeb

If you’d like to find out which of your Moodle PDF files are inaccessible, you can add the “Accessibility File Scan” block.  This will give you a summary of documents which are: inaccessible, minimally accessible, and those which have additional … Continue reading Are my course documents accessible? Here is one way to find out

Academic Technology, Learning
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Could Learning Analytics work at Swarthmore?

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 Andrew Ruether

Learning Analytics is the term academic technologists use for using student data to help with teaching and learning.  Some schools have started collecting student information from a variety of sources and using it to alert faculty about potential problems.  The data can come … Continue reading Could Learning Analytics work at Swarthmore?

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Aixa Pomales, Director of Support Services at Swarthmore College

“Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Aixa Pomales

January 29, 2018February 14, 2018 Joel F. W. Price '00

Happy second semester, everyone! One thing we hear is that we sometimes hide behind computers too much.  Come on…like you don’t hide behind screens yourself?  Oh…you don’t?  Good for you! But for real, we heard you, and we (ITS) are … Continue reading “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Aixa Pomales

Academic Technology, Classroom and Conferencing Technologies, Faculty/Staff, Learning Spaces, MakerSpace
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What’s New for Spring 2018

January 22, 2018February 28, 2019 Andrew Ruether

Welcome back to school!  Here’s what’s new for Spring 2018 … Two factor authentication for everyone on February 1st Starting Thursday February 1, 2018, everyone at Swarthmore will need to use two factor authentication to log in to college services. … Continue reading What’s New for Spring 2018

Accounts and Passwords, Email, Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Faculty/Staff, Google Apps, Mobile Devices, Moodle, Security, Students
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Get Duo, but be prepared!

December 18, 2017 Doug Willen

Duo is here and if you’re not yet using Duo to authenticate to your Swarthmore College accounts and systems, then it’s time to get on board! As our CITO, Joel Cooper, said in his email to the faculty and staff a … Continue reading Get Duo, but be prepared!

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Moodle, Students, Tips
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Disappearing Moodle Courses

December 14, 2017December 14, 2017 Andrew Ruether

This summer, Moodle introduced a new home page that separates courses into In progress, Future, and Past tabs.  As soon as a course end date passes, it moves from the In progress tab to the Past tab.  This helps keep your home … Continue reading Disappearing Moodle Courses

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