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Question 13: (continued)
What additional tools or processes would you like in a course management system?
Responses
Moodle used to pull forum participation into an excel file that would include the subject line
of the thread in the data collected for a student. That went away a few versions ago, and it's
made grading much more time consuming, as I used the excel files as a sort of check off list
after reading the posts in person to help speed the grading process. Post ID's are miserably
not enough to help all by itself. Title inclusion would be much better. Built-in software in
Catalyst that would allow face-to-face meetings with students using computers webcams
would be nice.
More ability to tailor the grading process.
More engagement tools, and tools that foster adaptive learning. More user-friendly (ease of
creating, editing, using, backing up content etc).
More storage for video files
not sure....I am happy with my old course management systems...
Please get CANVAS! It is quite awesome and if we do not get that, please get blackboard.
Catalyst is not functional for online education.
Scheduling and time management .
The ability to have synchronous communication and the facility for students to interact more
easily and in varied ways.
The ability to imbed short videos that I create in books, or other
The distance learning staff has been lost. Only one or two people are left. You cannot meet
the requirements for the present and the future is there is no one to do the work.
updated version has advanced forums (which can be graded). But I think we're moving to
Canvas anyway?
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