tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post830555858963121488..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Speedy Rant: Dumb and Demanding...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3043361646674957602014-01-16T16:47:52.961-05:002014-01-16T16:47:52.961-05:00Our school requires us to use the LMS for grades, ...Our school requires us to use the LMS for grades, as of this school year. I suppose I could balk and simply not record grades, but we were instructed to use the LMS to keep students updated on their grades and to include a statement in our syllabi indicating we would maintain grade records on our LMS.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54865986793046418842014-01-16T16:35:30.115-05:002014-01-16T16:35:30.115-05:00My department head was looking for reasons to get ...My department head was looking for reasons to get rid of me and, so, any problem a student had, regardless of what or how trivial, automatically became *my* problem. Of course, all those complaints automatically went into the file he had on me.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26267787590539392732014-01-16T12:42:39.764-05:002014-01-16T12:42:39.764-05:00And this "scholarship" thing is my probl...And this "scholarship" thing is my problem, how? They have to, like, study and stuff...CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85826425507263608562014-01-16T10:02:24.261-05:002014-01-16T10:02:24.261-05:00I only use our LMS for mass emails to the class. T...I only use our LMS for mass emails to the class. The only way a student can find out his/her grade is by physically coming to lecture (for tests) or recitation (for homework) the day the work is returned. Or come to my office, if they were absent that day. For the first time last fall this led to a clueless comment in the evaluations: "why can't I see my grades"? Because you're Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72186290717070023762014-01-15T20:10:56.291-05:002014-01-15T20:10:56.291-05:00I remember one final exam which almost immediately...I remember one final exam which almost immediately prompted a volley of complaints, even though I hadn't even marked it when they started. (I was usually quite generous when grading the final and, as it turned out, the class did quite well.)<br /><br />Among the comments was that "scholarships are at stake", though the writer didn't state whether getting a high mark was a Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55307170302651139192014-01-15T18:45:06.166-05:002014-01-15T18:45:06.166-05:00Dumb and demanding are a bad combination. Dumb, ar...Dumb and demanding are a bad combination. Dumb, arrogant, outspoken, and demanding are worse.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81845594588777361352014-01-15T16:36:14.794-05:002014-01-15T16:36:14.794-05:00It seems that he did make some disparate cries for...It seems that he did make some disparate cries for help. Unintentionally, perhaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42893799713896916402014-01-15T13:42:02.256-05:002014-01-15T13:42:02.256-05:00To the RGM: thanks for adding the brilliant link! ...To the RGM: thanks for adding the brilliant link! That made my day! :)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16223971988978616302014-01-15T13:14:11.855-05:002014-01-15T13:14:11.855-05:00LMS gradebooks (especially those that connect to s...LMS gradebooks (especially those that connect to smartphones/send smartphone alerts when a grade is posted) are, as far as I'm concerned, an invention of the devil. The one saving grace for me is that they are so many individual low-stakes assignments listed in mine, including some that any individual student doesn't have to complete because they belong to other groups (our gradebook Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com