SWIFT went down for part of Sunday around late morning to around 4PM. A recent server update added a "feature" to IIS that prevented it from automatically recovering from an error. We've fixed the issue with the server and have added a redundant uptime checking service. We apologize for this inconvenience.
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Spam in SWIFTIn the past month or so the amount of spam postings on discussion and blog pages have significantly increased. Even pages with CAPTCHA enabled are being flooded with spam. We are currently using Google's reCAPTCHA system, which seems spambots are now able to read and bypass. Posting Media to SWIFTWe hear you: more and more teachers are discovering the power of integrating audio and video into their curriculum. Many want to post these clips to SWIFT, but unfortunately SWIFT isn't built for handling this kind of content. Fortunately, many other services are out there that are built to handle video and audio streaming. Once uploaded to these services, players can be embedded directly into SWIFT pages. AudioFor audio, two great services are SoundCloud (*free lite version) and Mixcloud (*super free/unlimited). SoundCloudMixcloudVideoWhile YouTube is great for posting videos of your sleepwalking dog (poor dog), the ads, comments, and "suggested videos" make it less than ideal for a teacher to use. Vimeo, TeacherTube, and SchoolTube are alternatives to YouTube that provide a safer environment to post classroom videos. All three have similar players to YouTube and they all have a "free plan" that should be able to meet the needs of you average teacher. VimeoNotice how I try to integrate the "yaaay" audio clip into everything I create. Thanks, GarageBand. SWIFT Overview from SWIFT Classroom on Vimeo.
Migration HelperDistricts who are doing a staggered migration from SWIFT v1 to v2 now have a new tool at their disposal. We'll begin to mass import users this June, but if you want more control over the process you can use the Migration Helper, found in the user administration. From here you can batch migrate over users. You can migrate over both their user and site, just create their user account in the new SWIFT, or deactivate them in SWIFT v1. Some bits of information are displayed to help you make your decision, including their last log in date and the date the site was last modified. Page Trash
Watch Your Orphaned SitesNow that users and sites have been separated in the new SWIFT to acomodate multiple sites per user, there are a few things to Like all other deleted sites, they will live in the Trashed Sites area for 30 days (inaccessible to the public) and then get archived. They will be available in the Archive section of the administration for an additional 30 days. You can download them there if you want to keep them for longer. |
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