1) Lack of communication between site areas (e.g., Admissions,
Registration, Shapiro Library, Brightspace) caused me to get
repeated reminders to buy materials, so I ended up buying the book
twice before I realized it was just an e-blast mailinglist
to which I
unsubscribed.
2) There is no handy way to view a full course outline even after
paying in-full for both the class and materials, and it drove me
nuts trying to find enough information to feel confident I could get
a headstart on the ENG-122 Course (and my book) until I found
VLACS ENG-122 on another website.
3) Even after finding the VLACS sample outline with rubric, I
spent hours trying to confirm it was valid information. Therefore an
upper level link on the
SNHU
site
itself would be helpful to avoid wading through all the websites that "pretend" to
be associated with the school.
4) 10/07/20: In line with lack of area communications (see 1
above), I just received a reminder of an FYE-101 webinar, but when I
inspected the email I was once again asked to fill out a profile despite having previously filled out
one for mySNHU.
Such profile information should be gathered with a single interface
then propagated across platforms with Webmail being part of that meta-share. It appears
SNHU
has aggregated too many disconnected services on the main site, so I merely put a
link to this eBook in the profile in order to compensate for the
lack of uniformity. I also posted a test comment just to see if and
how that works. Looks like most everybody else merely posted "Hi" to
assure a record of their presence.
5) 10/08/20: After today's FYE webinar (which was excellent), I
have not found a way to view completed webinars for review, which
implies a lack of persistence, so at this point I will not bail out
of my own process and into
SNHU's.
[update: email with link was sent later, so the recording
was available by 6:30 pm EST but probably best to run both systems
(theirs and mine) in parallel anyway; also audio doesn't work on my iPod, so PC
only for recorded webinar review]
6) sufficient to merely copy my
Memo notes
10/09/20 My Class Schedule
very difficult to navigate drop-down
found success with
20EW2 - 20/21 Term 2 Oct-Dec UG
(though not even close to alphabetical or
logical)
assume UG stands for
Undergraduate
UG = Undergraduate (confirmed)
per Academic Level "Section Information"
EW = Evening/Weekend/Summer Day/Online
found via Self-Service/My Class Schedule/
/Registration/Search for Sections/
cannot directly bookmark page
7) 10/10/20: failed log on to Online Writing Center looking for reference
bibliographic format information; supposed email pass reset never
arrived; currently I have 2 flavors of
e-add/pass combinations (which should not have to be: 1 log-in, full
access should be the rule); I'll try again after 10/12/20
8) 10/12/20 course available but...
just after midnight checked Brightspace
course is now available but Writing Center
remains available only on iPod but not PC
did get one step closer using long pass
for Pulse but still only resulted in looping
sign-in prompts; did notice mention that
instructions are found on course info
where I did find some content for later review
9) 10/20/20 iPod Touch vs PC versions of interface are somewhat
at odds wherein some info is not available with iPod though earlier
log-ins were easier; notifications were not viewable on iPod, so
maybe a 2nd step registering device is needed but choosing PC as my
goto device no matter
10) 10/28/2020 after figuring out how to proceed with analysis
material I copied the full text of my selection out of three, pasted
it into a memo so I could easily read it on my iPod Touch, read it,
and thought, "You know, a thorough handling of this assignment might
require reading the other two, as well." Unfortunately, when I went
back to find the other content, I no longer had access as far as I
can tell. Shit. Did I miss an opportunity? Maybe it's a copyright
and security issue. Not worth bothering anybody about it.
11/07/20
have not been able to repeat SNHU problem
unable to access OpenOffice doc saved as
Word 6.0; my newly installed stand alone version of Word (purchased
directly from MS) easily opened all versions I maintained from
editing in OpenOffiice (.odt) and subsequent saved versions (.doc);
however SNHU instructor immediately replied to my discussion board
post for help saving .odt > .doc for SNHU by linking to a
free-to-students version of 360 Office, so this is my own problem (clk
discussion thread title to view all); will return to this problem
after completing Assignment 02 which is due tomorrow
11/10/20
assignment numbering anomaly
3-3 Temperature Check: Analysis
sorts after the final submittal
3-2 Assignment: Writing Plan
also
2-4 Activity: Guided Analysis (GRADED)
is marked as incomplete in Grades, but I cannot find mention of
it anywhere else, plus it is dated as due by Sept 27 th (which is
the day after module 1 began so long past), therefore I am assuming
it actually refers to the process underway with Jobst vis-a-vis
emails and assignment submittals back and forth (I have a vague
recollection that something was said about an element that will be
graded later)
also also
no frills typo report emo to Jobst failed due to lack of openness
for SNHU pages. It is a security issue I am sure, but it reminds me
to carefully monitor for persistence and openness of all work.
also also also
appears the grades grid not perfectly following assignments list
(monitor)
11/13/20
submitted withdrawal request
for FYE & ENG-122
Course Withdrawal - Case # [12803957]
have received all As (3) to date
but instructor's last emi reveals SNHU
incapable of judging my work on a deeper level
11/14/20
Previously tolerated spam-like constant email ticklers continue
despite my formal withdrawal
11/18/20
have identified 4 ip#s hit this book's home page from my emo lnk (emoB_SNHU_withdrawal), so SNHU
is aware of the final problem making my work here done. My last
email sent to them after full withdrawal is copied below:
Thank you for helping me efficiently disentangle myself
from SNHU. Please add to the record that I proactively waive all
privacy rights and allow free use (with attribution) of all my
work done while applying for admission and while in attendance
at SNHU. I am doing so in case some future researcher
establishes as their thesis question something like, "What the
fuck happened?" My hope is the result may be in furtherance
toward the day the statement, "It's academic, really," ceases to
be a first order derogatory slur.
Now it is up to them to address the problems (or not).
11/30/20
After stepping back from the situation I realize a simple answer
exists. Although SNHU purports to prize the ability to work
collaboratively above all, when I submitted a prime example of best
practices collaborative process (as a query in fact), it went over
the instructor's head, and they did not recognize it for what it was,
so they asked me to resubmit but in a very restrictive manner. In doing
so they also chose to use an insulting boilerplate pro forma response.
In any case, if I were
to resubmit, it would only be a copy/paste of the original as a new
file. I now see the problem arose because SNHU's placement process missed the fact
that they were putting me in a class for which I was significantly over qualified
while assigning me to an instructor who was significantly under
qualified.
Odd.
I would like to say that I should be more careful of what I
involve myself in, but in truth it was impossible to get enough
information about the program without actually signing up, paying,
and following the course. I can only say that in the future I will
be able to use what I learned to more quickly identify an
intractable problem.
So
this.