tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post4092220645510846257..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Goodbye, semester; hello, summer sessionundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-28004357965673587902007-05-11T15:47:00.000-07:002007-05-11T15:47:00.000-07:00I resisted learning how to do anything in Excel fo...I resisted learning how to do anything in Excel for years, and even now I'm not good at it. But I can make up a gradebook that does what I want it to do, and it saves lots of time at the end of the semester. <BR/><BR/>I haven't used Quia; what is it? <BR/><BR/>Anything puts in less garbage code than Word! I have to wrestle with this when I adapt an old piece of text, though. Just doing the whole thing in Dreamweaver from the start is easier.<BR/><BR/>Great question about online courses--I think I will post about it.<BR/><BR/>And I'm *still* thinking about the great imperative.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-32172029791320045342007-05-11T07:34:00.000-07:002007-05-11T07:34:00.000-07:00Learning how to keep an Excel gradebook, or anythi...Learning how to keep an Excel gradebook, or anything in Excel, is something I really should do.<BR/><BR/>I also hate Blackboard/WebCT. And other such systems. And Quia. <BR/><BR/>However: for these purposes I save a certain amount of suffering by not writing any handouts etc. in Word. WordPad, NotePad, SimpleText, the PiCo text editor for that matter, all put in less garbage code.<BR/><BR/>Do you *like* online courses? I have never done one, or any form of distance learning. I can tell I would hate videoconferencing courses, but is online fun...?Professor Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909063513731044826noreply@blogger.com