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Do you know how accessible your Adobe PDFs are?
By now, all current faculty and instructional staff should be aware of the Accessibility Filescan and how to use it. However, this is just one tool to help improve accessibility in our courses. In light of this, it’s 2024: do … Continue reading Do you know how accessible your Adobe PDFs are?
Learning Resources and Software Tools Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff
Did you know Swarthmore ITS provides a variety of educational resources for our students, faculty, and staff? We have a list of software and web services available that are designed to help foster teaching, learning, research, creativity, and innovation. Below, … Continue reading Learning Resources and Software Tools Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff
What’s new and coming for ArcGIS StoryMaps: Report from the ESRI User Conference
Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to return to San Diego, where ESRI, the creators of the premier GIS tools on the planet – the ArcGIS Pro desktop and ArcGIS Enterprise suite, along with a panoply of extensive mapping … Continue reading What’s new and coming for ArcGIS StoryMaps: Report from the ESRI User Conference
See It, Say It – How to Easily Create Transcripts
The other day, I was deep in Camtasia, crafting a tutorial on how to incorporate accessibility into our everyday work with Word and Docs. Camtasia is a versatile tool, but it falls short when it comes to creating captions and … Continue reading See It, Say It – How to Easily Create Transcripts
CyberAmbassadors: Level Up Your Communication, Teamwork, and Leadership Skills
The CyberAmbassadors program is an NSF-supported curriculum designed to to improve your interdisciplinary and professional “toolkit.” Through a series of nine interactive presentations offering practical approaches to common interpersonal and team challenges, including communicating about problems, equity and inclusion, and … Continue reading CyberAmbassadors: Level Up Your Communication, Teamwork, and Leadership Skills
Embrace Non-Traditional Grading with Moodle’s Outcomes Feature
If you’re exploring innovative grading methods for your course, the Outcomes feature in Moodle might be of interest. This tool allows instructors to define and assess student work based on specific course outcomes, providing a clear focus on learning objectives … Continue reading Embrace Non-Traditional Grading with Moodle’s Outcomes Feature