ITS Newsletter

As you transition to post-Carleton life, there are a few things you need to do to transfer or archive your digital materials.

Check out these reminders for managing Moodle course content after final exams, the annual deletion of 5-year-old Moodle courses, and tips for preparing for Fall.

As we enter exam period and winter break, here are a few of the ITS support resources that are available this year.

The SEAMS website is the hub for documentation, blog posts and training materials about Workday. This will be an essential resource when Workday launches.

The Carleton Events Committee and the Workday implementation team have collaborated to create a Workday-inspired Staff Retreat filled with fast-paced introductions to training programs and an opportunity to connect with colleagues, share food and laughter, and win some prizes!

In October, student blogger Markus Gunadi interviewed CSA Treasurer Quinn Buhman to find out what he’s learned about big software projects by being the student representative on the SEAMS Change Network.

As Carleton prepares for the first moves of functionality into Workday, ITS reached out to peers to ask how their community members feel about Workday. Here is a summary of what we heard from community members at Hamline, Haverford, Wellesley, and Washington & Lee.

Here are some recommendations for summer reading, both fiction and non-fiction, brought to you by your colleagues in ITS and the library!

The move to teaching and learning online has made us all more acquainted with new and different tools for our work. Usually, we think of software in this category, but there are also new hardware tools being explored by faculty and staff.

Most campus departments are now using WordPress as their web platform. That raises both a need to make sure that site maintainers have a good foundation, and a desire for opportunities for more exploration of what’s possible in WordPress.