Welcome to LEDS

Learning Experience Design & Digital Scholarship Support

Next-Gen Pedagogy

We partner with the Skidmore community to advance teaching, learning, accessibility, and digital innovation. Transform your academic vision into premium interactive experiences.

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About LEDS

LEDS (Learning Experience Design & Support) partners with the Skidmore community to advance teaching, learning, accessibility, and digital innovation. We provide expertise in instructional design, educational technology, digital scholarship, and experiential learning to help transform ideas into meaningful experiences. Together, we create inclusive, engaging, and future-focused opportunities for learning.

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Office Hours

M-F: 8:30am – 4:30pm

Office Address

OFFICE 222 | Lucy Scribner Library
815 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Office Email

leds@skidmore.edu

Help Desk Phone

(518) 580-5900

LMS System 01

theSpring Support

Your central command for course management. Build accessible course sites, organize learning modules, distribute materials, and manage grades efficiently.

Access System →
Media Hub 02

Multimedia Spaces

Maximize your instructional media. Access tutorials, integration steps, and video streaming support for Panopto, Zoom virtual classrooms, and digital storytelling.

Explore Media →
Web Servers 03

Domain of One’s Own

Claim your personal corner of the web. Host your own custom websites, digital portfolios, and independent scholarship projects with full server control.

Initialize Domain →
Creative Web 04

SkidCreate

Deploy beautiful, collaborative web spaces for your classes or groups. Perfect for student digital portfolios, podcast landing pages, and interactive media literacy.

Launch Space →
Networks 05

Community Web Spaces

Need a site for an institutional project, department blog, or working group? Request and manage shared community WordPress sites optimized for Skidmore projects.

Request Provision →
Direct Access 06

LEDS 1:1 Support

Need direct guidance with instructional tools, course setup, or web technologies? Book a tailored 1-on-1 consultation or reach out to our team in Scribner Library 222.

Get Consultation →

Choose your pathway

Select your journey to instantly connect with the exact tools, documentation, and support tailored to your academic role. Skip the dense navigation menus and jump directly into specialized directories built specifically for Skidmore faculty, staff, or students.

For Faculty & Staff

Enhance your pedagogy with tailored instructional design support, inclusive course design benchmarks, and digital scholarship consultation.

  • theSpring Course Setup & Optimization
  • Inclusive Design & Accessibility (EIT)
  • Pedagogy Grants & Innovation Fellowships
Enter Faculty & Staff Directory

For Students

Level up your digital fluency. Claim your corner of the web, build multimedia assets, and access advanced creative computing infrastructure.

  • Digital Portfolios & Web Publishing
  • Audio Production & Multimedia Literacy
  • Podcast Studio & Virtual Reality Lab Access
Enter Student Directory

Our Creative Product Ecosystem

SKIDCREATE

Deploy and design custom creative web media environments. A specialized production framework built to showcase interactive multi-tiered modern student portfolios and technical presentations.

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SKIDDOMAINS

Claim your professional space on the web. Take complete engineering control over your online academic profile with dedicated server hosting, customizable CMS integration, and custom domain paths.

Get your domain

SKIDPOD

The official audio voice of Skidmore infrastructure. Dive into hyper-focused narratives featuring deep-dive innovative scholarship projects from students, alumni, staff, and faculty minds.

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