08-23-2009 at 05:45 PM
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Goodbye WebCT
So what does everything think of using elm?
I have had a chance to use it.. and I have to say its pretty ugly but thats probably becuase the prof was getting used to it. One thing I really didnt like is the discussion forumns. Its way to organized and not as simple as webCT was. ELM tries make it all nice and it just makes it complicated.
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08-23-2009 at 05:47 PM
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Wait;
they got rid of webct :O
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08-23-2009 at 05:49 PM
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It seems like just to see my classes i have to click 3+ times, instead of once.
This will be quite tedious.....
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08-23-2009 at 05:57 PM
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I don't even have my courses up yet >.>
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08-23-2009 at 05:59 PM
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I don't even have my courses up yet >.>
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Me neither...
But, that could also be the fact that none of my courses will be on there at all. |
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08-23-2009 at 05:59 PM
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I don't even have my courses up yet >.>
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They're probably talking about summer school courses.
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08-23-2009 at 06:00 PM
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I really don't know what was wrong with WebCT, I thought it was great, no complaints. I'll have to see about this ELM thing.
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08-23-2009 at 06:09 PM
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someone else bought it...
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08-23-2009 at 06:17 PM
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I really don't know what was wrong with WebCT, I thought it was great, no complaints. I'll have to see about this ELM thing.
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WebCT is about a million years old, lol. My boss, who used to teach at Seneca, saw me on it and was really surprised that McMaster still uses it. Apparently most schools got rid of it a long time ago.
In regards to the discussion boards on WebCT... they were okay. It would have been nice to have some features like edit/delete a post.
Overall though; ya, I didn't have many complaints about it :p.
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08-23-2009 at 06:21 PM
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I didn't like the discussion boards at all... I never used them as a result.
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08-23-2009 at 06:32 PM
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I apologize in advance for wasting your time reading this stupid question. But i must ask 
What exactly is WebCT(course tool)? And how do i use it? I tried to check out my “webCT” and its all empty
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08-23-2009 at 06:33 PM
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I apologize in advance for wasting your time reading this stupid question. But i must ask
What exactly is WebCT(course tool)? And how do i use it? I tried to check out my “webCT” and its all empty
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WebCT is being replaced by ELM. They are pretty much have the same features.
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08-23-2009 at 06:59 PM
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their main reason for replacing WebCT is becuase of security issues. ELM is a lot more secure. Some summer classes got to use it first hand. Its going to frustrating for a lot of people this coming year. It also seems to have browser issues with a lot of peoples computers. First semester courses that will use ELM probably will be having a lot of technical issues. I think around second semester people will get used it.
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08-23-2009 at 08:46 PM
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Nah, nah, nah nah-hey, hey, hey-GOODBYE
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Originally Posted by Ownaginatios
WebCT is about a million years old, lol. My boss, who used to teach at Seneca, saw me on it and was really surprised that McMaster still uses it. Apparently most schools got rid of it a long time ago.
In regards to the discussion boards on WebCT... they were okay. It would have been nice to have some features like edit/delete a post.
Overall though; ya, I didn't have many complaints about it :p.
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Haha, if WebCT is old, then what are THEY using =O ?!
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