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From McMaster Daily News:

As McMaster begins the process of migration from the existing [email protected] application to the newly selected Desire2Learn platform, it is fitting we choose a name for the new system. The Centre for Leadership in Learning (CLL) welcomes suggestions from all students, faculty, and staff. Please submit your name suggestion and a brief justification for your choice by April 30th, 2010. Submissions can be made via e-mail to [email protected] . The winning name will receive $50 in Tim Horton's gift certificates that are redeemable at any campus location. The CLL reserves the right to alter, combine or add to any of the incoming suggestions. For more information about the LMS, visit cll.mcmaster.ca

Someone else can take these suggestions and submit them if they like but, here goes:

If the new system is good:
IAW (It Actually Works!!!)


If the new system is not good:
ELM2.0

I submitted MAPLE, for "McMaster Advanced Platform for Learning and Education", 'cause you know, Elm and Maple are both trees and stuff.

...Well, I thought it was clever. =\

Originally Posted by Entropy

I submitted MAPLE, for "McMaster Advanced Platform for Learning and Education", 'cause you know, Elm and Maple are both trees and stuff.

...Well, I thought it was clever. =\

Wow that's actually pretty good! The only thing is...isn't MAPLE some software program used in engineering/math(?) classes? That would make things slightly confusing.

"Not Elm, Yay!"

Although, that would be shortened to "ney."
but I guess if it turns out to be shit, the name works. ;D

I submitted "Prata", which is Swedish for "talk". Don't ask about my Sweden addiction.

...Why is he holding a spoon? o_O I know nothing about cooking.

I think it should be called FAP - Faculty Access Platform.

the name should be " !elm "

software engineers will enjoy the name, which is nice because they aren't real engineers and they need something to be happy about

Originally Posted by nh999

Wow that's actually pretty good! The only thing is...isn't MAPLE some software program used in engineering/math(?) classes? That would make things slightly confusing.

Indeed it is, first-year Eng needs to use Maple for 1Z04 and most of 1ZZ5. The easiest answer, of course, would be to abolish it and replace labs with real assignments so that kids will actually have a reason to do practice problems.

Originally Posted by Rossclot

the name should be " !elm "

software engineers will enjoy the name, which is nice because they aren't real engineers and they need something to be happy about

Except we are.

I just want to make a statement , this is such a ripoff . 50 dollars to Tim Hortons to name a learning system which thousands are investing into , they are saving so much money by not having a marketing company name it .

Originally Posted by Entropy

Indeed it is, first-year Eng needs to use Maple for 1Z04 and most of 1ZZ5. The easiest answer, of course, would be to abolish it and replace labs with real assignments so that kids will actually have a reason to do practice problems.

Well, 1Z04 and 1ZZ5 have been destroyed in favour of new classes called 1ZA3, 1ZB3 and 1ZC3, which are going to be like the classes that were around before 1Z04 and 1ZZ5 existed. Yeah for being the failed experimental year!

Originally Posted by Rossclot

software engineers will enjoy the name, which is nice because they aren't real engineers and they need something to be happy about

Jealous....

To play devil's advocate, I just sent a semi-serious suggestion.