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Quick Guide to using Fusion 360
Fusion 360 is a 3D CAD/CAM design software and a part of the Autodesk suite. With a Trinity College e-mail address, you can obtain a free education license that provides access to Fusion 360. To activate your education license, go to Autodesk Fusion for Education webpage, and follow the instructions. You will typically be able to verify your student status once you verify your Trinity e-mail. Pros of Fusion 360: Cons of Funsion 360: Tutorials:
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Making Cricut Stickers
Cricut is a free, easy to use software to use for creating 2D designs for a variety of purposes; at the STA desk, we offer vinyl stickers/labels, buttons/pins, paper/card cutouts, and more. Here are some of the projects we’ve done with the Cricut machine in the past! Creating a project in Cricut is easy, and we’re here to help with every step. Here, we’ll outline a quick sticker project you can follow along with. At our desk, we offer printed vinyl stickers that you can design yourself (more on that later). We recommend filling an entire sheet before printing. Our sheets are 8.5in x 11in (21.6cm x 27.9cm) with a…
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How and When to Submit a Ticket
This is a quick walk-through on how to create a ticket, specifically for the STA desk!At Trinity, our Library and IT utilize a work distribution system centered around job tickets. You (students, faculty, and staff) can submit a ticket for any IT-related issue on campus, whether it is for a computer in a lab that isn’t working correctly or an issue accessing software. The STAs are a part of that system and this post will detail how to enter a ticket for STA help. Using tickets is a great way to submit a request for help if you aren’t in the library or if the STA desk is closed. The…
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AI Séance Event
Welcome to the Digital Learning & Scholarship team’s AI Séance Event! Join us on Halloween October 31st from 3-5 in LITS 182 to take a creative dive into history by using AI to ‘commune’ with historical figures, asking them burning questions and assessing just how much we can trust AI to teach us about the past. This event isn’t just about fun – it’s also a chance to think critically about the reliability of AI’s interpretations of history. Whether you are joining us live or exploring this activity on your own, follow along to connect with the voices of the past. Select a Platform At our event, we’ll be comparing…
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A list of specialized software you can use at home
For students on campus, specialized software remains available through the open computer labs outside of class time, such as LITC B02. Students either on- or off-campus have access to a variety of software packages through a Windows virtual desktop. Information about how to access the virtual desktop from either a Mac or PC can be found at https://edtech.domains.trincoll.edu/windows-virtual-desktop/. Software available through the virtual desktop includes: SPSS STATA ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro Atlas.ti ChemDraw Eviews Mathematica Access options for other software are listed below, and note that there is a Student Emergency and Equity Fund for students that could find any additional cost prohibitive: ChemDraw Prime – Trinity…