Have you ever encountered a website that tried to sabotage you? You know what I mean, the one that makes you want to toss your $2,000 machine out the window? Well hold on to your seats folks, the worlds WORST website just happens to be UAF’s Blackboard Learning System. I have struggled with this disgusting site for almost four years, yet I am forced (with a gun to my head) to deal with it until my student years are over. The unfortunate events of Blackboard lie completely beneath it’s support center; I do apologize to those who work for them, I mean no offense
. My Blackboard sessions have not been updated for three years and I do enjoy encountering my old classes every time I open up my course list, YAHOO! If there are quizzes posted on Blackboard, the Auto Correct method is just not accurate. I can’t count on my fingers how many times I’ve had to contact my professors in order to re-correct my work. I did enjoy the prompt regarding a new password each year, yet it would have been nice if I could actually use my new password! Yes, Blackboard is a nightmare and yes, it does make me want to smash my PC in. I am destined to be held hostage under the wrath of this website until the bitter end of my student career. Thanks Blackboard!
{September 30, 2007} I’m Just Sick Of It!
If it makes you feel any better, many of us who teach hate blackboard and wish we had an alternative (or that there wasn’t pressure to use it) as well. There’s a reason I don’t use it unless I have to