Random Thoughts 14: I can see clearly now 2020 edition
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We always played euchre to 11. Do you play sheepshead too? One of the greatest card games of all time.
I wonder if trees that are posing a danger to a person's property would be classified as like emergency repair or something.
I was hoping to get a couple bids for landscape/patio work - I wonder if that's able to continue or not. Trying to call soon in case they want to be able to come out yet by tomorrow and then work on the bid holed up.
CycloneErik
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@BCClone :
The next thing I just learned to consider in the online environment, and it's going to play havoc on everybody:
1. Can't plan like it's a normal class day. Everything has to be modified and rewritten for shorter video presentations.
2. Phone limits each one to 23 minutes. No biggie, but I didn't learn until I saw that it did that automatically.
3. Profs have Internet troubles, too. Our upload speeds are apparently ****, so uploading videos in a timely manner from home isn't a thing, and I can't go anywhere faster.
This is going to be a horribly chaotic week for the ISU.
I'm learning a ton of new things, and some new Canvas things. Unfortunately, I will never need any of this Canvas knowledge again, so yippee.
The next thing I just learned to consider in the online environment, and it's going to play havoc on everybody:
1. Can't plan like it's a normal class day. Everything has to be modified and rewritten for shorter video presentations.
2. Phone limits each one to 23 minutes. No biggie, but I didn't learn until I saw that it did that automatically.
3. Profs have Internet troubles, too. Our upload speeds are apparently ****, so uploading videos in a timely manner from home isn't a thing, and I can't go anywhere faster.
This is going to be a horribly chaotic week for the ISU.
I'm learning a ton of new things, and some new Canvas things. Unfortunately, I will never need any of this Canvas knowledge again, so yippee.
canvas from my experience is a worse version of blackboard, which is saying something.
CycloneErik
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It really is.
For these large lecture classes, Blackboard is infinitely better.
The part that affects me:In Blackboard, you can have a shell course that includes every section, whether it be 1, 2, 4, 8, or 12. Canvas won't do that and have the small sections for T.A.s to work with.
So I send class e-mails 4 times, upload slides (with the infinite clicking and waiting 4 times), and so on repeatedly.
There is apparently a very slick video feature in Canvas, but making that video accessible to each section is apparently like 10-12 steps each time. That's just mind-numbingly stupid.
And it's not just the academic courses that are nightmares today. I (and others, according to FB) couldn't get into a "What Ag Producers Need to Know About COVID 19" webinar because the site crashed. To their credit, they did make or add a second access point and were recording it, so there was some prep. Monday morning/noon on the first day after many schools' spring break was not a good choice. Even later today might have been better for everyone. But it is what it is for now.
I stopped at the store on the way home from work to pick up a couple of essentials. Ice cream and vodka. I also stopped at the bank. The drive thru was 10 cars deep when I got there. All the car were using the one drive up window and left the other lane with the vacuum tube open. Not sure why as there were two people working the drive thru. I was able to skip past 3 cars and use that when I had the chance. I felt a little guilt then thought "hey, If they are just going to sit there and leave an open lane I might as well use it."
CycloneErik
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****. Our upload speed looks to be half the minimum recommended speed.
Barely squeaking over 1MB. This isn't gonna work out too good.
Barely squeaking over 1MB. This isn't gonna work out too good.
All the people "working" from home and streaming TV/music has got to be crushing bandwidth
Just now checked mine -- not quite 11 mbps. oh, gosh. Day 1 full force everyone everywhere isn't even over yet. I'm waiting for the ISU survey for staff to come out and hope it asks the right questions about this whole thing, not just the ones they want answers to.
CycloneErik
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Not even 1 MB upload here.
In our building, it's not usage, either. We're the primary users for the Internet we're provided. It's just too weak.
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