Academic Computing Services
Academic Computing Services (ACS) is the group within Computing and Information Services (CIS) that provides leadership and expertise in instructional technologies for Vassar College. ACS works with Vassar faculty, students, and other college constituencies toward the purposeful integration of digital technologies and new media into the college curriculum.
ACS’ dedicated and knowledgeable technology consultants are available to support the academic work of Vassar’s faculty. Visit the Service Portal to find your department's ACS consultant. ACS is available for consultation by completing this request and selecting “educational technologies” from the drop-down menu or by writing to acs@vassar.edu. Questions about the Vassar Innovation Lab may be directed to innovationlab@vassar.edu.
Curricular Support Services
- Collaboration on curricular design
- Faculty and student workshops to support curriculum
- Technology grants and fellowships
- Management of academic software licenses
- More ACS services
Online Academic Resources
- Moodle, our Learning Management System
- WordPress, our website creation and hosting platform
- Panopto, for video streaming of lectures and other materials
- Zoom, for online meetings and webinars
- Google Workspace, for online collaboration
- Software applications, a list of open source, limited license, and campus licensed applications
Facilities
- Vassar Innovation Lab, a makerspace for faculty and student projects
- Laybourne Visualization Lab and classroom
- GIS Lab, for work in Geographic Information Systems
- Classroom technology
- ACS-supported facilities