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Link to A New Hub for Accessibility Questions and Resources at Swarthmore
Academic Technology

A New Hub for Accessibility Questions and Resources at Swarthmore

Burgundy background, tech images, and text that reads 'ITS Insider'Link to ITS Insider March 2026
Faculty/Staff, Hardware Repair, Help Desk, Network, News, Replacement Cycle, Security, Social Media, Students, Tips, Workshops and Training

ITS Insider March 2026

An audio mixer, with an array of sliding knobs and buttons.Link to Book the Podcast Studio in Swat Central Express Scheduling
Academic Technology, Language & Media Center, Learning Spaces, Podcast

Book the Podcast Studio in Swat Central Express Scheduling

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Academic Technology, Data Science, Research

Summer research resources

Burgundy background, tech images, and text that reads 'ITS Insider'Link to ITS Insider February 2026
Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Google Apps, Help Desk, News, Security, Tips, Workshops and Training

ITS Insider February 2026

Link to NAIRR Pilot
Artificial Intelligence, Research

NAIRR Pilot

Academic Technology
a work table in the makerspace with an in-progress print block and series of test prints

Fall Scenes from the Makerspace

December 18, 2024 Josh Jordan

A holiday wrap-up, of sorts: It was a busy and bustling season in the Makerspace, for people, projects, and planned events. We played host to three separate studio art courses as their primary workspace, and as a testing ground for … Continue reading Fall Scenes from the Makerspace

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Security, Tips

Backup is easy!

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Doug Willen

The end of the semester is a good time to remind folks to backup and preserve their work. And it may be a time that you have the bandwidth to take on learning more about how to do so! And … Continue reading Backup is easy!

Artificial Intelligence, Policies, Security
Two visions of Zoom AI bots - one friendly and one scary

Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 Andrew Ruether

We’ve seen an uptick in the number of people using Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots in Zoom meetings. ITS has disabled the Zoom AI Companion, but other non-Swarthmore meeting hosts and attendees are increasingly inviting a AI bots to meetings to … Continue reading Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know

Academic Technology, Blended Learning, Google Apps, Learning Technology, Student Engagement
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Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 Ashley Turner

I know, I know. I too received yet another reminder from Google Workspace that Jamboard is going away (sad face). With Google Jamboard set to retire at the end of the year, many of us are wondering what tool can … Continue reading Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead

Academic Technology

Making through drawing

November 13, 2024 Josh Jordan

Drawing, doodling, sketching, charting, diagramming, whatever it is that puts your pen(cil) to paper is a ubiquitous, necessary, and sometimes overlooked feature of making things and makerspaces. I’d like to take a moment to sing its praises, from the perspective … Continue reading Making through drawing

Academic Technology, Students
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Student Technology

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Doug Willen

For the past several years we’ve been surveying entering students about the technology they plan to bring to campus. What students are now bringing is vastly different from what they were coming with twenty years ago. Bringing a computer to … Continue reading Student Technology

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