Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Wiki Update

From conversing with my fellow step participants, I have now decided to move my operations for my blackboard to possibly a google website or to work to maintain my wiki space. I will miss the ability to create online assessments and surveys, but some of my students cannot access blackboard and have not had blackboard access all year despite my attempts to get them enrolled. In addition, some students are not able to post in the discussion boards because the box for them to type does not open properly. Others have complained that they cannot open PDF files through blackboard. This is going to be an arduous task to transfer all of the information, learn a new system, and enroll or invite my students to it. In the long run, I believe the work will be work it because all of my students will have access to the same information. Currently, I provide students who do not have access to blackboard the needed materials. Somehow I still feel that I am still leaving them out especially when it comes to the discussion board posts.