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Okay Facebook names, this has reached a point and we need to stop
valley_parade:
Eris:
--- Quote from: michaelicious on 14 Mar 2011, 06:23 ---I tried to change my name to Michael Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Roberts but it was too long.
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My uncle went to a catholic school, and when he was going for his confirmation the principal (father? I don't know how they work) was lamenting that no one was taking their school's saint's name as a confirmation name. So my uncle said he would. His name is now Patrick Kevin John the Baptist de la Salle Clarke.
My uncle is an arsehole.
JD:
Haha my parents thought I got hacked hahaha
calenlass:
--- Quote from: Linds on 14 Mar 2011, 13:38 ---Professors, we have this website called Blackboard. Please use that like you're supposed to. No one cares about your Facebook.
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Blackboard is pretty much just as terrible as facebook, especially because it is marketed as an educational platform, so teachers who don't know how to use computers can have a "website". WebCT, which is the same thing, is what the Georgia University system has been using for 8 or 9 years and it has never changed, not even for updates. It uses unapproved security certificates, pop-ups, tons of cookies, java, and often malfunctions and crashes browsers (or even computers). There is no real way to contact a human being about any problems you might have. It is disorganised and sloppy. Please do not encourage anyone to use blackboard.
Elizzybeth:
I dunno, as someone who's used WebCT as a student and Blackboard as a student, instructor, and grader, I find Blackboard significantly better: more intuitive, less clunky, and better supported. My undergrad university used WebCT, and I remember it being down all the fucking time--especially annoying when I was taking an online class entirely through WebCT.
Except for one or two "scheduled maintenance periods" (usually at, like, 3-5 a.m. or something), I don't think I've ever seen Blackboard down.
And really? No better than Facebook? Facebook doesn't let you give quizzes, post pdfs (at least not all in one easy-to-find folder), create a class Wiki, submit and view grades securely, and have students turn in papers--both to the instructor and to each other (Blackboard groups and the digital dropbox).
Blackboard's marketed as an educational platform... because that's what it is. Not saying it doesn't have problems or drawbacks or whatever. And there's no excuse for instructors who refuse to learn how to use the tools well. But it's a hell of a lot better than Facebook for a classroom.
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