Week 1 Lessons (originally published Tuesday, January 7, 2014) (see opening post)
1. We were told to go to BB on Monday and do the activities. However, when I logged in, I found the course still closed.
Lesson: Either tell students what time the course is available (you can post from 09:00 on Monday), or make sure it is open from 00:01 on Monday. It’s online, not a traditional classroom, so students can enter (and leave) when they want.
2. The ‘predicted timing’ is quite a nice feature.
3. BB is not very user friendly. Can I subscribe to posts? Get them delivered to my email?
Yes you can subscribe – but the Course Designer has to turn it on.
But then I appears that I get one email every time someone posts… Is there an email digest?
Yes there is a digest – but you need to search for it.
4. Editing rights
When I post on the discussion I cannot edit my post.
I can edit after posting on the ‘journal’.
Feedback received
Rationale for not allowing edits on forum posts – it seems that BB does not allow a limited window for editing. I can understand that we would not want an unlimited editing window, but a pity that 30 minutes cannot be allowed to correct typos.
