Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Dean Flake

Dean Flake: will you teach a new class for us online?

Slave Adjunct: Sure!

Dean Flake: Ok, I'll upload the outline into your blackboard.

Slave Adjunct dutifully updates class info, syllabus, assignments etc.

Dean Flake: We are going to move to a newer worse version of Blackhole, you will need to request that your course be ported over.

Slave Adjunct: Ok!

Slave adjunct contacts tech support 6 weeks before the new term starts.

IT: cricket noise

Slave adjunct contacts tech support and faculty support 5 weeks before the new term starts.

IT: cricket noise

Faculty Support: Let me upload the wrong version of the class for you!

Slave Adjunct: "Dean Flake, I am having some trouble getting the correct class uploaded to Blackhole, can you help me?"

Dean Flake: "Let's worry about it after break!"

Two Weeks Pass

Slave Adjunct: "Dean Flake, I still haven't heard from IT, any idea when the class can be uploaded?"

Dean Flake: By next week for sure!

Email from Faculty Support: All classes must be ready for students this week!

Slave Adjunct grabs a drink.

3 comments:

  1. Timebomb under the dean's desk.

    or

    Cut his brake lines.

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  2. I make sure to get to know the people in IT. Other faculty complain about "them," but I know their names, and speak to them regularly and it really helps.
    How does blackboard compare to moodle? Do your schools force you to use them or is it voluntary?

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  3. I have tried Moodle, found it cumbersome. I prefer blackboard but mostly because I am familiar with its oddities.

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