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  1. Students: Laptop Purchasing Guide

    This article reviews general guidelines for a typical student purchasing a laptop for four years of College. See also: New to Bryn Mawr College? Start Here! Students: What tech to bring to College Software for Personal Devices ...
  2. Information Security Education Program

    This article outlines how to  access and complete the College's annual InfoSec training. See also: Malware and spam: Phishing emails Password managers Password safety: Best practices Eligibility qu...
  3. WordPress: Basics

    WordPress  is a blogging tool that allows you to share thoughts, reflections, and other communications over the Internet.   WordPress blogs can be customized to look and feel the way you want and content can easily be added, removed, archived, or...
  4. Adobe Acrobat Pro: Make PDFs accessible

    Adobe Acrobat Pro is a tool you can use to make PDFs accessible. The process to make PDFs accessible involves  three steps  that are outlined below.  Before you start , you will need access to the following: Adobe Acrobat...
  5. Moodle: View Course Evaluation Results

    Bryn Mawr College uses Watermark's Course Evaluation and Surveys software to conduct end-of-semester course evaluations. Links and reminders within Moodle make it easier for students to complete surveys and for instructors to access results ...
  6. Moodle: Set up a course gradebook

    Use the Gradebook to record grades for both Moodle and non-Moodle activities  (e.g., oral presentations) and display them to students (each student sees only their own grades). You can calculate category-level and final course grades in Moodle...
  7.  Zoom: Use Scheduler for appointment booking

    Use Zoom's new Scheduler tool to enable other people to schedule online or in-person meetings with you or groups you belong to. You set up and share links to an appointment booking page that shows time slots when you are available for diff...
  8. Malware and spam: Phishing emails

    This article reviews what spam and phishing are, as well as how to protect yourself . See also: Malware & Spam: Ransomware Spam What is it? Spam is unsolicited email . Much like physical junk mail, spam can simply be delete...
  9. Visitor accounts and access

    Campus visitors can use a variety of Bryn Mawr College services by obtaining a visitor account or visiting internet kiosks available throughout campus. Visitor accounts A visitor account provides one week  of   access to the following servi...
  10. WordPress: Changing the author name displayed on your WordPress posts

    Your WordPress username cannot be changed, but the name displayed publicly on posts can be change.  You can change your profile so that it uses only part of your name, or you can choose a different nickname (your personal nickname, or a pseudonym...