{"id":7196,"date":"2021-02-04T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2021-02-04T12:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:01:42","slug":"get-ready-for-spring-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2021\/02\/04\/get-ready-for-spring-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for Spring 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ITS has been working hard to get ready for the Spring 2021 Semester.  Here are a few updates that can make your life easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Class Calendars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty and students can import their class meeting times into their Google Calendar.  This makes it easy to keep track of your schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/swarthmore.github.io\/course2ics-parser\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/swarthmore.github.io\/course2ics-parser\/<\/a>.<\/li><li>Search for your course by title.<\/li><li>Click on the course to download the .ics file.<\/li><li>Open your <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/\">Google Calendar<\/a>&nbsp;and log in.<\/li><li>Click on the&nbsp;cog icon in the main app bar, then click&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>Import &amp; Export<\/strong>&nbsp;from the left-side menu.<\/li><li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>Select file from my computer<\/strong>&nbsp;and double-click on the downloaded .ics file.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A professor can also set up a class calendar based on the imported schedule.  Once set up, it is possible to add separate events for tests, help sessions, and assignment due dates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Name Pronunciation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students have begun to record their names in Moodle to allow professors and classmates to hear the correct pronunciation.   We have <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.swarthmore.edu\/display\/MOODLE\/Record+your+name+pronunciation+in+Moodle\">help instructions<\/a> on how to record your name as well as listen to the name pronunciation of class members.  Professors are encouraged to record their names, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have also been working to bring the pronunciations to Faculty Services in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Technology Office Hours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll be continuing our Academic Technology Virtual Office Hours for any faculty or staff member with academic technology questions through first two weeks of the Spring term:<br>&#8211; Mondays 10am-Noon<br>&#8211; Thursdays 2-4pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your Academic Technologist or support@swarthmore.edu to get the Zoom link.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITS has been working hard to get ready for the Spring 2021 Semester. Here are a few updates that can make your life easier. Class Calendars Faculty and students can import their class meeting times into their Google Calendar. This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2021\/02\/04\/get-ready-for-spring-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get ready for Spring 2021!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":7197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,113,12],"tags":[90],"class_list":{"0":"post-7196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-academic-technology","8":"category-facultystaff","9":"category-tips","10":"tag-featured","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spring-flowers-daffodils.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-1S4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7200,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7196\/revisions\/7200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}