Academic Computing Services (ACS)

Academic Computing Services provides a diverse set of services and resources to support faculty in incorporating technology into their teaching and research. 

These range from Moodle (see also the Moodle at Wesleyan Help Site), our campus course management system, to more focused technologies that enhance communications, clickers to encourage more interaction in large classes, tools for data analysis, and media creation and distribution.

The provision of these services is organized around somewhat traditional disciplinary boundaries, with an Academic Computing Manager (ACM) assigned to each department. The ACMs work one-on-one with their faculty to help them understand and take advantage of  academic computing services.

While much of our work focuses on the creation of network-based resources, we also design and maintain computer labs and multimedia classrooms, and DIY digital media labs equipped with specialized digitization and capture hardware.

We frequently promote and discuss the interface of computing technology and teaching at the Academic (Technology) Roundtable, a lunch-time talk series co-sponsored by the Faculty Career Resource Center and ITS.

We gather feedback and help set our agenda through the use of three division-based computing committees and the Academic Technology Advisory Committee.