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2026 33

  1. High-Throughput Computing on Firebird – and Beyond!
  2. Google Drive “Hijacking” Your Word Files? Here’s the Fix
  3. ITS Insider October 2026 – Cyber Security Awareness Month Edition
  4. Testing without the internet: Safe Exam Browser
  5. ITS Insider September 2026 – Welcome Back Edition
  6. Explore, Make, and Create: Join the ITS Learning Spaces Tour + Open House
  7. Makerspace in the Arboretum
  8. How to stop students from using AI to cheat?
  9. Running Open-Source LLMs on Firebird
  10. Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore
  11. No, Google Drive, I Wanted a Word Document
  12. Extended Reality Resources in the Language Center
  13. A New Look for the ITS Knowledge Base
  14. How to Master Essential Tech and Fall Teaching Resources
  15. ITS Insider May 2026 – Seniors Edition
  16. Printing with Nature
  17. Know where things are: Precise GPS location service now available
  18. Computational and Data Resources for Summer Research
  19. The Ethics of Efficiency: Wrestling with AI-Generated Feedback
  20. ITS Insider April 2026
  21. Makerspace asks, is “Art Against AI?”
  22. Unpacking the accessibility trap of Google Slides’ “Beautify” feature
  23. Learning for Life, back in the Makerspace!
  24. A New Hub for Accessibility Questions and Resources at Swarthmore
  25. ITS Insider March 2026
  26. Book the Podcast Studio in Swat Central Express Scheduling
  27. Summer research resources
  28. ITS Insider February 2026
  29. NAIRR Pilot
  30. Who’s Auditing? Moodle Now Knows
  31. ITS Insider January 2026
  32. Using AI, you, too, can create better alt text!
  33. Google Colab Free for Students and Faculty

2025 38

  1. Firebird: 2025 in Review
  2. ITS Insider December 2025
  3. Tired of Email? Subscription Options in Google Groups
  4. Halloween Hijinks in the Makerspace
  5. ITS Insider October 2025
  6. Digital Testing in an AI World
  7. Apple’s “Background Sounds”: Focus, Calm, and Accessibility in One Feature
  8. Globus Now Available for Use with Firebird
  9. AI Resources at Swarthmore
  10. Podcast Studio now located in Martin Hall
  11. Today’s woodshop ASMR
  12. Is physical making “AI-proof?”
  13. Styling in Word: Introducing an accessible syllabus template
  14. Firebird: Summer Successes and Fall Plans
  15. Student Photography
  16. Use Subsections to Fight Moodle Sprawl
  17. Sustainable Skills in the Makerspace
  18. Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Voice Control a device
  19. Google Gemini AI tool now available
  20. Summer Learning: R, Python & More!
  21. Pedagogical Uses for Teaching With AI
  22. Preparing For Graduation
  23. Flight Simulation for Aeronautical Engineering
  24. Introducing Our New Online Directory
  25. Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Text-to-speech on mobile
  26. Language Center Access Limited Over the Summer
  27. Demystifying the names of the ChatGPT models
  28. Zoom AI Companion
  29. Recent Drone Flight Photos
  30. Insights and Inspiration from the Weingarten Disability Symposium: Must-Read Books and Powerful Speakers
  31. Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Text-to-speech on desktops and laptops
  32. Elevate Your Scientific Illustrations: Integrate BioRender with PowerPoint for Dynamic Presentations
  33. Lists in Adobe InDesign
  34. Open OnDemand: A Web Gateway to Firebird
  35. Think Posit-ively about running R code
  36. Getting Your Moodle Course Ready For the Beginning Of The Semester
  37. Changing how to create Turnitin assignments in Moodle
  38. Behind the Scenes – Remarkable Progress in Accessible Course Materials

2024 67

  1. Fall Scenes from the Makerspace
  2. Backup is easy!
  3. Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know
  4. Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead
  5. Making through drawing
  6. Student Technology
  7. A conversation in American Sign Language
  8. Creative Media Commons to Open Fall 2025
  9. Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Live captions in presentations
  10. Quantum Computing: Coming Later to a Data Center Near You?
  11. The AI Divide: How Different Schools Are Embracing Technology
  12. An Academic Technologist’s Toolbox
  13. Upcoming HPC 101 Event
  14. New Gradescope Features
  15. Beat Saber Battle
  16. New Features Added to the Dash for Fall 2024
  17. New Qualtrics Account & Data Retention Policy
  18. Five Reasons to Visit the Makerspace Today!
  19. Library and ITS Guidance on Artificial Intelligence for Fall 2024
  20. Firebird Rising
  21. What’s in a Web Developer’s Toolbox in 2024?
  22. Moodle Weekly Format Fix
  23. Sunset on Solstice: Introducing Screenbeam to Swarthmore
  24. Do you know how accessible your Adobe PDFs are?
  25. Learning Resources and Software Tools Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff
  26. What’s new and coming for ArcGIS StoryMaps: Report from the ESRI User Conference
  27. See It, Say It – How to Easily Create Transcripts
  28. CyberAmbassadors: Level Up Your Communication, Teamwork, and Leadership Skills
  29. Embrace Non-Traditional Grading with Moodle’s Outcomes Feature
  30. Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Sticky Keys
  31. Starting the Data Conversation: Data Intake Form
  32. Unlocking the Power of Git: Tips and Tricks
  33. Google Jamboard Is Going Away
  34. Summer Replacements: How to Get Ready
  35. New Qualtrics Features
  36. Generative AI with a Side of Nuclear Fusion, Please!
  37. Art and the Makerspace
  38. Coding this summer? consider using GitHub
  39. ITSAs: Heroes at the Help Desk [One of the many]
  40. Embracing Google’s New Appointment Scheduling Feature
  41. Swarthmore College’s SPRING E-Waste Collection Event
  42. ITS Retention Policies: How to decide how long we keep stuff?
  43. Media Center Relocates in 2025
  44. Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Speech-to-text
  45. Need a Personal Research Computer? Consider JetStream2!
  46. Perfect day for a boat race!
  47. Swarthmore ITS – there’s an App for That!
  48. Launching Your Tech Initiatives: A Guide to the New ITS Project Request Process
  49. Don’t waste time teaching software!
  50. Changes to Perusall
  51. Effects of Hyperscalers on Research Computing
  52. Tag, you’re it! Identifying your computer has never been easier.
  53. Embarking on a Digital Odyssey: Swarthmore ITS Unveils a New Knowledge Base Help Site
  54. Unlock the power of meaningful links
  55. Spring Break, a Perfect Time to Spring Clean Your Computer
  56. WiFi calling enabled for iPhones!
  57. Adobe Introduces AI Video Editing
  58. Elevate your Zoom Phone experience with Meet, Conference, and Flip!
  59. MATCH and CAREERS: NSF Programs Offering Personalized Guidance for Computational Research
  60. Crafting Accessible Digital Signage: A Guide for Inclusive Communication
  61. Alt Text Reimagined: ChatGPT’s Pioneering Path To Web Equality
  62. Wood: from Grounds to the Makerspace
  63. Unlock the Power of Efficiency: Introducing Bulk Enrollments in Moodle
  64. Use Adobe Express to Create Flyers, Social Media Graphics, and Presentations
  65. Technology in the Classroom: Mapping Chinatown with ArcGIS StoryMaps
  66. Unleash the Full Potential of Your Moodle Course: Exploring the Activity Completion Feature
  67. Research Data Storage Options in a Post-Google World

2023 51

  1. Making PDFs more accessible
  2. Strelka: The Year in Review
  3. New SPSS version adds features, MacOS Sonoma compatibility
  4. Student Portfolios With Domain of One’s Own
  5. Winter is Coming! End of the Semester Help for Faculty
  6. Clear your browser tabs!
  7. Meet the Elite 3D Printer Fleet
  8. How Digital Accessibility Opened New Career Possibilities for Me
  9. Swarthmore Joins CASC
  10. 🤖 Welcoming our AI Overlords 🤖
  11. Maps for All!
  12. Welcome back to the Makerspace!
  13. Upcoming Strelka Expansion
  14. Unlocking Possibilities: Exploring the Cutting-Edge Software and Services You Need
  15. Say Hello 👋 to the New Moodle Accessibility Filescan Block
  16. Timed Assignments in Moodle 4.2
  17. Makerspace Manager Makes Many Models, Mainly
  18. Start of Semester Workshops
  19. Moodle 4 is Here!
  20. How is technology assisting learning at Temple University?
  21. HPC 101 Event in September
  22. Learning for Life in the Makerspace
  23. The Crucial Role of Privacy and Security Policies in Artificial Intelligence Use at Swarthmore
  24. Goodbye Office Hours Scheduler (WASE), Hello Google Appointment Schedules!
  25. Adding H5P Interactive Content to Moodle
  26. Managing Research Software Environments
  27. Announcing the Immersive Realities Initiative at Swarthmore
  28. Migrating Your Domain of One’s Own Website
  29. Moodle Upgrade on Monday July 10, 2023
  30. reMarkable 2 Tablet Review & Comparison
  31. Democratizing Research through High-Performance Computing
  32. Panopto Recording and Screen Casting Options
  33. Keeping your digital content when you leave Swarthmore
  34. A Makerspace Recap of Sorts
  35. Embracing the Pedagogical Value of HPC
  36. Navigating the New Moodle: A Look at the Upcoming July 2023 Upgrade
  37. Turnitin’s New AI Detection Tool
  38. Disappearing student work (Not again! How to avoid)
  39. Course Evaluations made Easier
  40. Adapting Educational Materials For All Learners: What You Need To Know
  41. Moodle 4 – New Features & Improvements
  42. Wood: Makerspace Bread n’ Butter
  43. Introducing Jason Simms, Research Computing Manager
  44. Drones!
  45. Interview with Digital Scholarship Librarian, Amanda Licastro
  46. New Panopto Retention Policy
  47. What makes fabrication “digital?”
  48. Focus effortlessly while browsing the web
  49. The End of Unlimited Storage, Forever
  50. CNC has landed in the Makerspace!
  51. Goodbye AODocs, Hello Google Shared Drives!

2022 38

  1. ITS Support During Winter Break 2022-2023
  2. What’s New from GitHub Universe (2022)
  3. Welcome New MakerSpace Manager Josh Jordan
  4. Swarthmore College’s Inaugural E-Waste Collection Event
  5. EDUCAUSE 2022
  6. Faculty Website Options
  7. Top 10 Higher Education IT Trends
  8. Better Conference Posters
  9. How to improve your presentations with just one click [Part 2]
  10. How to improve your presentations with just one click [Part 1]
  11. The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Technology
  12. Wow your audience using drawings created with BioRender – now available for faculty and students
  13. Checking for Plagiarism
  14. Getting Started with Domain of One’s Own
  15. Adobe Creative Cloud now free for all Swarthmore College students
  16. Changes by ITS for Fall Term, 2022
  17. New Gradescope Mobile App for Students
  18. Pre-semester Workshops with Academic Technology
  19. HELP! Getting (Academic) Technology Support at Swarthmore
  20. “Fast Five” essentials to preparing materials
  21. Panopto New Accessibility Features
  22. Educational Technology: What about Student Computers?
  23. Reach all users with Atto text editor in Moodle [Moodle accessibility, part 2]
  24. A Glimpse into the Exciting World of OpenAI’s GPT-3 and DALL-E
  25. What’s Coming in Moodle 4.0
  26. How to allow extra time on exams, quizzes and assigments in Moodle (Moodle Accessibility – Part 1)
  27. Kites for Energy?
  28. Data Visualization Tools at Swarthmore & New Kaleidagraph!
  29. Accessible tables in Microsoft programs
  30. Slack for Language Inclusion and Student Engagement
  31. 5 Outstanding Web Development Tools You Should Be Using In 2022
  32. Jupyter Notebooks Now Available on Strelka
  33. LastPass password manager now available to all employees
  34. Parts of A Whole: A Collaborative Sculpture at Swarthmore College
  35. Book the IdeaLab for Your Next Project
  36. Tech Trends at Swarthmore
  37. Spring 2022 Faculty Workshops
  38. Common Moodle Questions at the Start of the Semester

2021 42

  1. End of the Year Moodle Checklist
  2. ITS Beginning to Look a Lot Like Winter (Break)
  3. The Idea Lab
  4. Teaching Studio for improved flipped classroom materials and recorded lectures!
  5. Something to Be Thankful for: A New Makerspace!
  6. Charting Bitcoin prices with React
  7. Simplifying your Moodle course
  8. Peer Interview Podcasts
  9. Schedule appointments with Calendly
  10. Fall 2021 ITS Recommendation for macOS
  11. Tired of old forum tools? Try Ed Discussion!
  12. Ten Ridiculously Fun Resources You Can Use to #BeCyberSmart this October and Beyond
  13. The Future of Additive Manufacturing
  14. Collect and Grade Assignments with Gradescope
  15. Sharing Panopto Videos With Students Who Need to Miss Class?
  16. Resilience in teaching and learning with technology
  17. Changes by ITS for Fall Term, 2021
  18. New software for grading and online discussions coming for Fall 2021
  19. Summer Research: Computational Sewing
  20. Supercharged Coding with GitHub Copilot
  21. What Will Student Engagement Look Like When We Return To Campus?
  22. Building Online Chemistry: Interview with Lori Sonntag
  23. Create Your Own Website for Field Research, a Professional CV, Course Projects, an E-Portfolio, and More
  24. Congratulations to Our MakerSpace Manager!
  25. COVID: Reflections On Silver Linings
  26. Be the Envy of Your Colleagues With These Amazing Summer Research Resources from ITS!
  27. KnowledgeBase refresh!
  28. Need power? Here is what’s going on with supercomputing this summer.
  29. Review & Recommendation: Protecting your online privacy & blocking ads
  30. Learning Glass Revisited – does the idea have application for Swarthmore?
  31. Plastic Habitats: Where 3D Printing Meets Biology
  32. Inclusive Resources for Being Better at Life
  33. Live transcription now available in Zoom
  34. 5 Developer Communities You Should Follow in 2021
  35. Using Peer Support Groups for Student Engagement and Motivation
  36. Best Practices in Accessible Online Design
  37. Avoiding awkwardness: student name pronunciations now available!
  38. Get ready for Spring 2021!
  39. Using Jamboard for Remote Student Engagement
  40. How you can do screen printing from home.
  41. How to be friendly to everyone’s reading style
  42. Importing your J-Term 2021 Course into your Calendar

2020 55

  1. Remote Teaching Studios
  2. ADAPALAC & Cool Tools You Want to Know About
  3. Winter (Break) is Coming
  4. ArcGIS Enterprise Server at Swarthmore!
  5. macOS 11.0 Big Sur and New Apple Products
  6. A Fall Semester in the Makerspace
  7. Protecting Yourself From Phishing
  8. A few quick tips to improve course resources
  9. 2020 American Elections Map
  10. Exams in a Pandemic: Tips for Professors
  11. Get Up, Look Around and Move!
  12. Built-in Reading Tools: Firefox & Safari
  13. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
  14. Enable Automatic Captions For Panopto Course Folders
  15. The MakerSpace Reopens
  16. Reading online – Tools to help with eye fatigue
  17. MathType now available for everyone everywhere: Google Docs, Microsoft Office, and Moodle
  18. Changes by ITS for Fall Term, 2020
  19. Jupyter @ Swarthmore
  20. The Science of Where: ArcGIS updates
  21. Starting or Returning Where You Are
  22. Tips for Online Assessment
  23. Makerspace Summer 2020
  24. A Growing Set of (Not Always ITS-Focused) Resources
  25. Tools for converting PDFs
  26. What’s new in Moodle
  27. Teaching with OneNote
  28. Eric Jensen’s Electronic Grading Workflow
  29. The Reason Behind Zoom Fatigue
  30. Quick Screen Captures with Snagit
  31. The Makerspace Goes Online
  32. Adobe Creative Cloud access for remote students: EXTENDED DATE!
  33. Moodle Gradebook
  34. How to Add Pronouns in Your Zoom Profile
  35. Tips for reducing eye strain
  36. Using Windows for web development?
  37. Blurring Objects and Text in Your Instructional Videos With Adobe Premiere
  38. Remote Assessments of Student Learning
  39. ArcGIS Online
  40. Accessibility & Zoom – Best Practices
  41. Resources For A Mostly-Remote Swarthmore
  42. DIY Document Camera
  43. NVDA – Simplified
  44. VoiceOver Simplified
  45. The Makerspace Springs Forward
  46. Modify a Style in Word
  47. Free APIs you can use to generate fake data
  48. Using Camtasia for Educational Videos
  49. Strelka Has Landed at Swarthmore
  50. Every Tool’s a Hammer
  51. River Stories – A Delaware River Sojourn
  52. Introducing Google Assignments in Moodle
  53. Watch the MakerSpace Move
  54. Singer Flexspace Open House and Intro to Active Learning
  55. Behind the scenes in ITS: New call tracking system!

2019 70

  1. The MakerSpace is Moving
  2. High Performance Computing Conference at Swarthmore – January 2020
  3. What’s new with DataCamp
  4. Teaching with Tablets Workshop
  5. Adobe Creative Cloud Sign-In
  6. Accessing Higher Ground 2019
  7. High Performance Computer coming to Swarthmore in December 2019
  8. Creating a Podcast Assignment
  9. New SPSS License: more features, lower cost!
  10. Your phone & voicemail web portal, learn what you can do
  11. Mozilla Firefox to get page translation feature
  12. AI, Gmail’s Smart Compose, and the end of writers?
  13. 3 Ways to Use Panopto in Moodle
  14. UN Sustainability Goals
  15. ITS Recommendation for macOS 10.15 Catalina
  16. Twitter Lists: Curating Your Experience
  17. What We are Reading – September 2019
  18. How to Setup Moodle Gradebook
  19. SPEED 2019 Projects
  20. Little Change, Large Bird, Larger Tantrum: “The Red Swan”
  21. Moodle Tips for Fall 2019
  22. Supercharge your workflow with Gmail
  23. What’s New in Moodle for Fall 2019
  24. We’re here to help as you prepare Fall Classes
  25. Pre-Semester Workshops
  26. Lynda.com Has Become LinkedIn Learning
  27. Machine Learning, Higher Education, and Bias
  28. Apollo 11 VR Experience in the Language Center
  29. Important Zoom Update
  30. Trends In Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning
  31. Utilizing Git for Solo Development
  32. Accelerate your Research Using Software Containers
  33. Swarthmore Campus GIS
  34. Course Development Workshop for Flexible Learning Spaces
  35. CLAC 2019
  36. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Joel Price
  37. Early steps to building a CLAC accessibility community
  38. How are we doing? 2019 MISO Survey Results
  39. Faculty Spotlight: Kathryn Riley on Teaching and Learning with the iPad Pro
  40. Getting help when YOU need it!
  41. Woodworking and Sustainability
  42. Workshop on Flexible Classroom Space Use
  43. Event Registration with Qualtrics
  44. A-Frame, the WebVR framework for creating 3D visualizations
  45. Setting up an Online Exam
  46. SPEED 2019 Project Proposal Deadline – April 15th
  47. Blogging in Moodle
  48. Thinking about Course Evaluations?
  49. A Space for Creativity
  50. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Ashley Turner
  51. Turn web images off – can you still figure out what is going on?
  52. Grackle – Making Google Documents Accessible
  53. JupyterHub: Online Python Notebooks and More
  54. MakerSpace Profiles: Elizabeth Flores
  55. Summer 2019 SPEED Call for Proposals
  56. Grading Assignments in Moodle with the Built-in Annotation Tool
  57. Get your drone off the ground faster with LAANC
  58. Essential Editing Shortcuts in Premiere 2018
  59. 2019 Student SPEED Summer Internship applications open now!
  60. New BEP Classrooms
  61. Status Report on Friday’s Campus Network Outage
  62. Web Technologies and Trends to Look Out For in 2019
  63. iPads and Mobile Teaching Technologies in the Classroom
  64. ITS Statistics
  65. Active Learning improves student evaluations
  66. Help! My Students Can’t See My Moodle Course
  67. Beginning of the semester
  68. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Corrine Schoeb
  69. What’s Happening at the MakerSpace?
  70. Moodle Accessibility Improvements Coming

2018 54

  1. Learn More About Tech Security with TechGuard
  2. MakerSpace Profiles: Oliver Steinglass
  3. 4 Moodle Gradebook Tips
  4. Blended Learning Series Wrap-Up
  5. How to Grade Online Assignments and Exams
  6. A few minutes to learn something cool … Universal Design
  7. Video Production Adds Another Dimension to Dance
  8. Teaching with Technology: A Blended Learning Exploration Series
  9. Take advantage of College Resources: Borrow a camera!
  10. Panopto Lecture Capture in Swarthmore Classrooms
  11. New Google Apps Productivity Features
  12. Advancing Physics Research with Supercomputers
  13. How much paper do we print?
  14. Cool New Feature in Moodle
  15. Summer 2018 SPEED Projects
  16. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Oliver Hollocher-Small
  17. A few minutes to learn something cool … Explain Everything
  18. Commit to Being More Inclusive with Three Changes
  19. Gmail’s New Look – An Update
  20. Creating Accessible PDFs from Word
  21. What version of Acrobat and MS Office do I have?
  22. GitHub Opportunities for Students
  23. What’s New in Moodle for Fall 2018
  24. Grading Moodle Assignments with the Notability App
  25. New Features for Google Calendar
  26. SPEED Projects for Summer 2018
  27. Migrating from Ensemble Video to Panopto
  28. Multi-level lists in Adobe InDesign
  29. Gmail is Getting an Upgrade
  30. Office Hours Schedule Updates Coming
  31. Active Learning Classroom Updates
  32. Global Accessibility Awareness Day
  33. Learning with LinkedIn with Lynda.com Content
  34. Grading In Moodle
  35. Math Sounds
  36. Oculus Rift VR Headset and Computing Station
  37. Interactive Data Science Visualizations
  38. SPSS Changes
  39. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Jess Stockett
  40. ITS is hiring
  41. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Joel Cooper
  42. Makerspace Made Grad School Possible: Interview with Tracy Tang
  43. MakerSpace – Workshop Series
  44. Teaching Remote as an Alternate Plan
  45. SPEED Project Success: Professor Elizabeth Drellich
  46. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Mark CJ Davis, Jr.
  47. 5 Tools for Faculty and Students doing Research at Swarthmore
  48. Welcome MakerSpace Manager Russell Prigodich
  49. Auto-Captioning Videos in YouTube
  50. Duo Update and Tips
  51. Are my course documents accessible? Here is one way to find out
  52. Could Learning Analytics work at Swarthmore?
  53. “Who Is That?” Series: Introducing Aixa Pomales
  54. What’s New for Spring 2018

2017 67

  1. Get Duo, but be prepared!
  2. Disappearing Moodle Courses
  3. Helpful Apps for Finals
  4. AHG: Compelling Stuff We Learned
  5. Google Drive File Stream
  6. 8 Surprising Things Swarthmore ITS Offers
  7. Open 3D Printing for the Campus Community
  8. Google Calendar Gets A New Look!
  9. Adding Delight to Your Work
  10. Faculty Spotlight: Silvia Porello on Teaching and Learning with Microsoft Surface Pro
  11. New Tools for Easier Course Evaluations
  12. Who’s Watching Too?!?
  13. Maker Spaces: Little things matter
  14. Digital Signage to Engage and Inform
  15. Stuff Your Mom Never Told You About Electronic Content
  16. Formatting Syllabi in Word (or any other Word document)
  17. This Is How We Duo IT
  18. How DO They Do That? New Coffee and Learn Series
  19. macOS High Sierra Announcement
  20. Statistical Analysis Software Usage
  21. Doing More with Moodle
  22. Swarthmore MakerSpace taking shape in Beardsley
  23. K116 – Exploring elements of a next generation classroom
  24. Ways to Be Better LGBTQ+ Allies
  25. Collaboration in the Classroom using Wireless Presentation
  26. New Brown Bag Lunch Series
  27. SPEED Project Wrap Up for Summer 2017
  28. What you need to know about the Moodle Update for Fall 2017
  29. Moodle Updates for Fall 2017
  30. Second New Ultimaker 3 – 3D Printer
  31. Back To School Sessions
  32. Workshop: Creating Instructional Video Using Personal Devices Aug. 22-23
  33. PDF Accessibility Checker Announced
  34. iPad Pro for Teaching and Learning
  35. Beardsley Media Center Refresh
  36. Pinterest as an ITS Tool
  37. Supporting Literacy Among Deaf Children – an E-Book Project
  38. Zoom Updates
  39. R, R Studio and DataCamp
  40. SPEED Project Updates
  41. What is a screen reader?
  42. How Swarthmore Uses Lynda.com
  43. Language & Identity in the African Experience Podcast Project
  44. Research Data Backup
  45. Disappearing student work (how to avoid)!
  46. 5 Takeaways on Active Learning From Last Week’s Teaching with Technology Forum
  47. LACOL Language Hack-a-thon @ Language Center
  48. Active Learning Inside the Classroom
  49. Sneak Peek: Lynda Insights
  50. SPEED Projects for Summer 2017 Announced
  51. Podcasting in the Academics
  52. New Ultimaker 3 3D Printer!
  53. Learning Glass – a different kind of blackboard
  54. Why Things Stick
  55. Zoom Video Conferencing for Remote Teaching
  56. Seeking SPEED Projects and Interns
  57. What ITS is Reading: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
  58. AODocs Improvements
  59. Data Visualization and Projection
  60. Little Ways to Make Things Easier
  61. Diversity is Normal
  62. Arduino Inventor’s Kits Now Available for Checkout
  63. Scalar Web Projects and Non-linear Presentations
  64. Creating Your Own Website with Website Builders
  65. Quadcopters at Swarthmore
  66. New Digital Tools for Reading
  67. Spring 2017 Academic Technology Workshops Announced

2016 15

  1. Media Services Has New Chromebooks for Student Checkout!
  2. Navigation Apps for visually impaired
  3. Green Advisors to monitor energy usage in the Beardsley Media Center
  4. 3D Printing Data
  5. Who’s Watching
  6. ITS cautions against upgrading to macOS Sierra
  7. What’s New in Classroom AV for Fall 2016
  8. New laser cutter
  9. Moodle Updates for Fall 2016
  10. MATLAB Licensing
  11. Two ITS staff to present at Haverford Teaching with Technology Forum
  12. Midday webinar: Perspectives on Learning Data in Liberal Arts
  13. Social Media for Departments, Groups, and Clubs: Lunchtime Workshop on 2/5/2016
  14. Spring 2016 Academic Technology Workshop Schedule Published
  15. Spring 2016 Academic Technology Workshop Series Begins with Introduction to GitHub

2015 14

  1. Swarthmore is Going Google!
  2. New version of Chrome is causing some issues
  3. What’s New in Academic Technology for Fall 2015
  4. What’s New in Classroom AV (Fall 2015)
  5. Free Office 365 Education for Students
  6. New Features in Moodle for Fall 2015
  7. ITS Recommendation for Windows 10
  8. Windows 10 at Swarthmore
  9. There is a new editor in town
  10. Introducing Zoom video conferencing
  11. Use Firefox for Banner INB
  12. We now have unlimited MATLAB licenses
  13. Tip: Disable Automatic Detection and Maintenance of Account Settings in Yosemite Mail
  14. Moodle Updates for Spring 2015

2014 18

  1. Make the Most out of your Mac
  2. Please hold off on updating to OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  3. Free Autodesk software available for students and educators
  4. Turnitin + Moodle = Elegant
  5. Internet2 Arrives at Swarthmore
  6. New Version of Stata
  7. Moodle Workshops and Training Opportunities for Fall 2014
  8. Moodle Upgrade on Friday 8/8/2014
  9. Teaching with Technology Forum (hosted by Haverford College)
  10. CSS3 Gradient Patterns
  11. Libraries and ITS announce recipients of 2014 SPEED program support
  12. 2014 Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference (hosted by Bryn Mawr College)
  13. Lynda.com, in 3D
  14. ITS seeks Technical Support Associate (Summer)
  15. ITS Seeks Summer Associates
  16. Summer Internship Opportunity: Create with SPEED!
  17. Resetting Your Password Will Be Easier Than This.
  18. New Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client Deployed

2013 20

  1. Gaming Extravaganza – December 11th in Kohlberg 326 (LRC)
  2. Adobe Creative Cloud is Here!!!
  3. Please hold off on updating to Mavericks OS X 10.9
  4. New Coordinator for the Beardsley Media Center Arrives
  5. Ashley Turner joins Media Services
  6. ITS welcomes Oliver Hollocher-Small to the Client Services team
  7. New Version of SPSS
  8. Moodle 2 Upgrade on Thursday August 8, 2013
  9. Lynda.com: a great new technical training resource
  10. Moodle 2 Upgrade This Summer
  11. Libraries and ITS announce recipients of 2013 Summer Education eProject Development (SEED) support
  12. Libraries and ITS solicit Summer Educational eProject Development (SEED) proposals.
  13. Faculty/Staff FileMaker Pro 12 System Upgrade
  14. New Version of SPSS
  15. The Help Desk Top 10
  16. New Version of MathType
  17. If You Spill Something, Say Something.
  18. UPDATED: Protect the Data on Your iDevice (iPad, iPhone, etc.)
  19. Windows 8 Announcement
  20. Java – The Hacker’s Best Friend

2012 26

  1. Haverford hosts “Tablets in Teaching Forum”
  2. ITS welcomes Joel F. W. Price ’00 to the Client Services team
  3. Online Shopping Tips
  4. ITS welcomes Christina Webster to the Client Services team
  5. Data Desk 6.3 for Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 now available!
  6. ITS Welcomes new Media Center Coordinator Tayarisha Poe
  7. New SwatFiles Drive for OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), Windows 7 32bit & 64bit.
  8. Use Your Swarthmore Credentials Only at Swarthmore
  9. Shortcut keys for clearing Chrome cache
  10. Upcoming Moodle Training
  11. Blackboard goes offline
  12. For your weekend listening (and viewing) pleasure…
  13. The end of the line for Blackboard
  14. Think you’re not being stalked on the Internet?
  15. Haverford College Presents: Teaching with Technology Forum
  16. Blackboard Shut-down and Moodle Training
  17. Identity Management/Account Provisioning to Launch April 19, 2012
  18. Announcing Summer Educational eProject Development (SEED) recipients
  19. Network Maintenance, Thur 3/28, 6-7 AM
  20. Update EVERYTHING!
  21. Results from the First ITS “FedEx/Innovation Time Off” Day
  22. New SwatFiles Drive for OS X Lion (10.7) now available
  23. Internet/VPN Maintenance Wednesday 2/22/12 at 6 PM
  24. Internet Sluggishness
  25. Open-Source Textbooks Aim to Curb Education Costs
  26. Mobile Dash Now Available!

2011 35

  1. Phishing Video Reminder for the Holidays!
  2. Copying Course Material in Moodle
  3. Course Evaluations in Moodle
  4. Moodle Training in December and Early January
  5. Swarthmore College has joined EDUROAM
  6. How Do You Like Your Phish?
  7. Kaleidagraph 4.1.2 for OS X Lion (10.7) now available
  8. Adobe CS5 Suite for Mac now available
  9. Student use of Mobile Devices, Social Networking, and More
  10. New JMP License for 2011-2012
  11. Moodle Workshops and Drop In Consulting Times
  12. Voice Mail Maintenance This Friday,8/19, 5-6 PM
  13. Critical Security Updates for Adobe Products
  14. Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
  15. Wireless Users May Need To Use Configuration Tool
  16. New HD Classrooms
  17. Shifting Funds from Student Voice Mail Services to Internet Bandwidth for Students
  18. Update Your Browser.. Save Your Computer!
  19. R Statistical Software Training
  20. Learn “Things Everyone Should Know” by David Pogue at The New York Times
  21. New Versions of Microsoft Office Now Available!
  22. Summer Software Developers: Don’t forget version control
  23. Print Release Station Saves Trees, CO2, Real $$
  24. Do you crave more power?
  25. Make sure you back up all your important files and email before graduation!
  26. Ideas for Summer Projects and Research
  27. Print Release Stations Returning To McCabe April 11th
  28. Apple & Other Critical Software Updates
  29. Print Release Station in McCabe
  30. Work for ITS this Summer or next Fall!
  31. Electronic Blue Books and Online Testing
  32. Moodle Training Over Spring Break
  33. ITS and Academic Technology Highlighted in the Current Swarthmore College’ Bulletin
  34. Faculty: here is an idea to make posting student work easier
  35. Supercomputing in Plain English: Online Workshop

2010 28

  1. More Moodle Training
  2. Mathematica 8 Now Available
  3. Recommended iPad Apps from The New York Times
  4. Freshen up your Java!
  5. Office Hours and Advising Scheduler
  6. Reading Your Email the Plain Ol’ (Safer!) Way
  7. Introduction to Moodle Class
  8. Academic Tech Fair 2010 Re-Cap
  9. Beardsley Media Center Adds Pen Tablets for Image Editing
  10. October 26, 2010 – Academic Technology Fair
  11. Give Your Computer a Fighting Chance
  12. Would You Put Sensitive Information on a Postcard?
  13. SwatFiles Drive
  14. How Social Networking Gave Classical Music a Kickstart
  15. Moodle Tab Added to Campus Dash
  16. New Equipment in Media Services Lets You Bring the Studio Anywhere
  17. WRC Provides an Inspiring Example of What Google Forms Can Do
  18. Trotter 201 Transformed into a Hybrid Learning Environment
  19. Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s talks on academic technology
  20. SwatFiles Upgrade on July 31, 2010
  21. 5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad
  22. Trico to transition from Blackboard to Moodle
  23. Swarthmore’s Software Revision Control System available to Faculty, Staff, and Students
  24. Digital Storytelling project for Natural Science and Engineering summer research students
  25. Over 2,000 World Bank Statistics Now Available at data.worldbank.org
  26. Important Backup Information for Community Members Who Have a College-Provided Macintosh as Their Primary Work Computer
  27. Tips for Avoiding Malware Infections
  28. Getting Familiar with Social Networking Privacy Policies

2009 25

  1. Supercomputing Resources At Swarthmore
  2. Holiday Email Greeting Cards Bring Infections as Gifts
  3. Argos Open Forum
  4. Academic Technology Fair: Nov. 19th
  5. New Operating Systems
  6. ITS Welcomes the Class of 2013!
  7. Blackboard Content Manager
  8. Apple Safari 4.0.3
  9. SwatFiles
  10. Phishing Examples
  11. IT Associate Training August 17-21
  12. Phishing via Facebook (i.e., Phacebook)
  13. ITS Notice 5/22/09: No Access to Stored Voicemail Tuesday 5/26 from 8 AM – 1 PM
  14. ITS Notice 5/13/09: Internet Outage Tomorrow between 6 – 7 PM
  15. Brief Internet Interruptions Friday 6-7 PM
  16. Amazon WorldPay Card Scam
  17. Share your thoughts with ITS and the Library
  18. 4/1/09 Brief Voicemail Outage between Noon and 1 PM
  19. Posting in the student digest
  20. Students: ITS is hiring summer employees
  21. Email System Update: Message Headers
  22. Avoid IRS Phishing Attempts!
  23. Serious Unpatched Security Vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat
  24. Useful Links for Graphics, Video, and Photo Editing
  25. 1/16 – Meeting Maker Upgrade 8.7.1

2008 54

  1. Save Energy and Cut Costs: Use Sleep Mode on Your Computer
  2. Important (but easy) Tips for Office Computer Security
  3. Tis the Season to… PATCH!
  4. Faculty & Staff: Want to use MS Office on your home computer?
  5. Important Security Warning for Internet Explorer Users
  6. ITS welcomes Dan Berlin to the Media Center
  7. New Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom
  8. Open an Unanticipated PDF File, Infect Your PC!
  9. ITS Fall 2008 Newletter
  10. Don’t Ignore the Windows Update Shield!!
  11. Beware Free Videos from Friends on Facebook
  12. ITS Announcement 10/14/08: Network & Telephone Service Interruptions This Week
  13. Network Update – Fix for Remaining Problems
  14. Password Requests via Email = Bogus!
  15. Google Chrome – a nice complement for browsing
  16. Eudora Migration Continues
  17. Faculty and staff are encouraged to upgrade to Office 2007
  18. Learn how-to protect your Blackberry, Treo, iPhone…
  19. Revised Procedures on Copyright Violations Related to File Sharing
  20. Update on Online and Print Directories
  21. Helpdesk/Restech office move
  22. Email, Spam & Undeliverable Messages
  23. Blackboard Upgrade and Training in August
  24. Office 2007 Line spacing tip
  25. Thunderbird Features
  26. Mathematica Unlimited
  27. Thunderbird Overview Sessions
  28. Microsoft Office Overview
  29. Speed Dial Setup for Cisco Phones
  30. Microsoft Security Update Spam in Circulation
  31. Blackboard – end of semester reminders
  32. ITS Recommends Thunderbird to Eudora users
  33. Migrating from Eudora – Frequently asked questions
  34. Summer job opportunity: Student Web Intern
  35. Spam, spam, spam
  36. Time for QuickTime Updates (and more)
  37. Academic Tech Fair – Highlights
  38. Academic Technology Fair – April 7
  39. New Human Resources Website
  40. Media Services facilitates a videoconference w/ the University of Hong Kong
  41. Kicking off the Email, Calendering, and Collabortion Tools project
  42. Tip: Using Windows media files on a Mac
  43. McAfee SiteAdvisor Makes Safe Surfing Easier
  44. Firefox Shortcut: Get to Gmail in a Flash
  45. Summer employment opportunities
  46. Happy Valentine’s Day?! Join a Botnet!!
  47. Patches, patches, and more patches!!
  48. Mail Server Upgrade
  49. New Printers in McCabe
  50. College Mail Server Upgrade 1/17/08
  51. Technology Training
  52. ITS welcomes Barbara McKinnon
  53. ITS Welcomes Gayle Barton, our new CITO
  54. Enhancements to Blackboard Blog, Wiki and Podcast tools

2007 27

  1. Department Website Launches
  2. Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union Phishing Emails
  3. Spring Technology Workshops – Digital Images, Video, Web Mapping
  4. Security Issue with Apple QuickTime (and iTunes) — Update
  5. Blackboard Training in January
  6. Price reduction for digital media
  7. Update on the Campus Calendar
  8. Outdoor Wireless Expansion
  9. Evision’s Argos Reporting Tool Acquired
  10. Additional Internet Bandwidth Available
  11. New Classics Department website launced
  12. Technology & Teaching – workshop opportunities
  13. Wireless Improvements in McCabe
  14. Blackboard Housekeeping over Fall Break
  15. Brief Late Night Network/Phone Outages
  16. Media Services now recording video in HD
  17. Communications & ITS launch new Campus Calendar
  18. New and Updated Equipment and Software in the Faculty Resource Room
  19. Classrooms get brighter video projectors
  20. How do I transfer a call on my Cisco phone?
  21. Wireless Networking Changes
  22. Blackboard training – August 2007
  23. Why am I getting an ExtremeZ-IP license error when I use the College’s servers from my Mac?
  24. Computer classroom slots available for Fall 2007
  25. Mathematica license update for faculty & staff
  26. Phishing
  27. Information Security Tips from Aon