Link to An Academic Technologist’s Toolbox
Phishing Video Reminder for the Holidays!
The following video serves as a reminder that this is the time of the year to be extra vigilant for phishing emails and other Internet scams. This video is courtesy of some talented folks at the University of Rochester. Bet you have trouble getting this tune out of your head… Continue reading Phishing Video Reminder for the Holidays!
Copying Course Material in Moodle
It is easy to copy course material from one semester to another in Moodle. To start the process, go to your new course and make sure that you have at least as many topics/weeks in your new course as your old course (otherwise all the extra material will end up at the top of your course). If not, adjust the number under the “Settings” area. Now click on the “Import” link in the Administration area. From here, select the course you want to come material from and click on the “Use this course” button. All your previous courses should be … Continue reading Copying Course Material in Moodle
Course Evaluations in Moodle
Moodle can be used to give anonymous course evaluations for classes. To set up your own course evaluation, go to your course in Moodle and turn editing on. Pick the location where you want to add the evaluation, then click on the “Add an activity . . .” pull-down menu and select “Questionnaire”. Fill out the options as follows: General: give the questionnaire and name and provide some summary information (e.g. “Please complete the course evaluation”) Timing: you can optionally specify dates and times that the course evaluation will be available to students. Recommended options: Type: Respond once Respondent Type: … Continue reading Course Evaluations in Moodle
Moodle Training in December and Early January
ITS will be offering three Moodle workshops in the next month. Spring 2012 will be the last semester Blackboard is available. Faculty teaching honors seminars during the 2011-2012 school year may want to use Moodle because Blackboard will not be available for rising juniors when they take their honors exams in the spring of 2013. Feel free to drop into any of these workshops to learn more about Moodle. Introduction to Moodle On Thursday, December 15th from 1:30-2:30PM we will be holding a Introduction to Moodle training session in Science Center 256. On Friday, January 6th from 9:30-10:30AM, we will … Continue reading Moodle Training in December and Early January
Swarthmore College has joined EDUROAM
EDUROAM is an international group of colleges and universities that allow people from member institutions to use each other’s wireless networks, without jumping through any special hoops. EDUROAM is relatively new in the United States. In fact, we are the first small liberal arts college to join. However, there are thousands of member institutions in Europe and it is growing elsewhere as well. For example, there are over 150 places in France where you can use your Swarthmore College userID and password to get on their wireless network. Likewise, if you are hosting scholars from Europe or the U.K., it’s very … Continue reading Swarthmore College has joined EDUROAM
How Do You Like Your Phish?
Phishing remains an ever popular way to get computer users to install malicious code or visit sites that they didn’t choose. Many of the phishing attempts here at Swarthmore seem to fall into one of two categories: – Email account and/or password related – Government related (i.e., IRS, Federal Reserve, ACH, etc.) It should be pretty easy to recognize the first category since Swarthmore ITS will never ask for your password in an email and will never disable your email account while actively enrolled at or employed by the college. As for emails that appear to come from the U.S. … Continue reading How Do You Like Your Phish?