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Academic Technology, Google Apps

Google Drive “Hijacking” Your Word Files? Here’s the Fix

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Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff

Testing without the internet: Safe Exam Browser

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Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Learning Technology, News, Student Engagement, Students, Workshops and Training

ITS Insider September 2026 – Welcome Back Edition

Graphic image of student being tempted by multiple devil figures while typing on a laptop computer. By Peter Gamlen, published 08-26-2026 NYTimesLink to How to stop students from using AI to cheat?
Academic Technology, Artificial Intelligence

How to stop students from using AI to cheat?

Link to Running Open-Source LLMs on Firebird
Academic Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, High Performance Computing, Open-Source, Research

Running Open-Source LLMs on Firebird

a yellow background with chat bubbles, circles, grid-paper globes representing the world wide web in both the foreground and background of various colors, then a widescreen dark blue background with an accessibility symbol in the middle in the negative space of a teal rectangle.Link to Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore
Academic Technology, Accessibility, Course Planning, Design Thinking, Good Reads and Articles, Learning, Moodle, Student Engagement, Students, Tips, Universal Design for Learning

Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore

Academic Technology, Students
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GitHub Opportunities for Students

September 5, 2018 Andrew Ruether

GitHub, the company that provides web hosting for version control software, offers several services and programs of interest to students. The GitHub Student Developer Pack provides students free access or credits for a variety of online services including GitHub (unlimited private repositories), … Continue reading GitHub Opportunities for Students

Academic Technology, Moodle
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What’s New in Moodle for Fall 2018

August 22, 2018August 27, 2018 Andrew Ruether

ITS upgraded to the latest version of Moodle this summer.  Moodle version 3.5 has new features that make teaching your class easier. Audio Recording Anywhere A new button on the text editor allows faculty and students to record audio anywhere.  … Continue reading What’s New in Moodle for Fall 2018

Academic Technology, iPad Apps, Mobile Devices, Moodle
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Grading Moodle Assignments with the Notability App

July 31, 2018March 31, 2020 Ashley Turner

Did you know that you can use an app to help you annotate documents for grading? There is an app called Notability that we see faculty often use with their iPad Pros to help them annotate Moodle assignments for grading … Continue reading Grading Moodle Assignments with the Notability App

Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Google Apps, Tips
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New Features for Google Calendar

July 12, 2018 Jessica Stockett

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

Academic Technology, SPEED Program
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SPEED Projects for Summer 2018

July 10, 2018July 11, 2018 Andrew Ruether

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

Academic Technology, Video
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Migrating from Ensemble Video to Panopto

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 Ashley Turner

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

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