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Internet2 Arrives at Swarthmore
Swarthmore ITS is pleased to announce a major network connection speed upgrade to Internet2, a blazing-fast network designed for research and education that connects schools, labs, and industry partners. Internet2 allows faculty, staff, and students at Swarthmore to easily share large data files with collaborators at other institutions. It also provides high speed connections to Internet2 business members such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, and Amazon Web Services — things you’re probably already using here! Your campus technologies are already taking advantage of these higher speeds. We have a 1Gbit/s connection. About 40% of our normal Internet traffic now flows … Continue reading Internet2 Arrives at Swarthmore
New Version of Stata
The newest version of Stata 13 IC is now available via download for faculty, staff, and students: Stata/IC allows datasets with as many as 2,047 variables. The number of observations is limited only by the amount of RAM in your computer. Stata/IC can have at most 798 right-hand-side variables in a model. For more information about Stata 13 features visit: http://www.stata.com/stata13/ Continue reading New Version of Stata
Moodle Workshops and Training Opportunities for Fall 2014
ITS is offering several Moodle workshops and one-on-one sessions to help get your courses ready for the Fall 2014 semester. Introduction to Moodle Workshop This hands-on workshop will cover how to set up a course in Moodle, upload a syllabus and readings, handle student enrollments, send class emails, and provide an overview of other features available in Moodle. Tuesday 8/26/14 from 1:30PM – 2:30PM in Trotter 201 Monday 9/1/14 from 1:30PM – 2:30PM in ITS Media Center (Beardsley 114) What’s New in Moodle for Fall 2014 Some of the major new features in Moodle include: annotating PDF assignment files from within … Continue reading Moodle Workshops and Training Opportunities for Fall 2014
Moodle Upgrade on Friday 8/8/2014
On Friday August 8, 2014, ITS will be upgrading the Moodle site. Moodle will be unavailable from 8AM to noon on 8/8/2014. Some highlights of the new version of Moodle: Ability to mark up student PDF assignments from within Moodle Modernized appearance, simplified interface, and improved usability for tablets and phones Ability to drag and drop images and text onto a course page Ability to show contents of folders on the course main page OpenBadges compatible badging system All existing courses and course material will still be available on the upgraded site. ITS will be offering introductory and intermediate courses … Continue reading Moodle Upgrade on Friday 8/8/2014
Teaching with Technology Forum (hosted by Haverford College)
Our friends and colleagues at Haverford have invited anybody with an interest in educational technology to come to their annual Teaching with Technologies Forum. Date: Tuesday, May 13th, 2014. Time: 11:00am~2:00pm Location: Stokes 102 Program 11:00-11:30 Using an iPad as a Teaching & Learning Tool Paul Farber, Writing Fellow Hiroyo Saito, Director of the Instructional Technology Services 11:30-12:00pm Google Glass Upma Singh, Instructional Technology Specialist, IITS Charles Woodard, Digital Media Specialist, IITS Sorelle Friedler, Assistant Professor of Computer Science 12:00-1:00pm Light Lunch & Demonstrations Instructional Technology Services, IITS 1:00-1:30 Zapotec Talking Dictionary Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Tri-Co), Alex Mannix (BMC ‘15) and … Continue reading Teaching with Technology Forum (hosted by Haverford College)
CSS3 Gradient Patterns
I’ve been doing some work with CSS3 for our new site and ran across this gallery which shows off some of the possibilities using the CSS gradient property. Some of these patterns are impressive. If you want to learn more about the mechanics behind this Chris Coyler has a pretty good article and Lynda has some great courses on CSS. Continue reading CSS3 Gradient Patterns