Monday, January 23, 2006

It's now the second week of the semester, and right now I'm quite happy to be on sabbatical. Over the break, JCCC decided to upgrade to WebCT 6.0. This plan seemed like a good idea until I uploaded my old courses into the new software and saw what WebCT did to them -- mainly it re-sets the entire course without giving you the option to only re-set certain items as the old software did. It also gets rid of icons, re-does the layout on the home page, etc. As I left for break, I was thankful that I would have an entire semester to play around with the new software before my summer classes begin. Our WebCT listserve on campus has been flooded with messages of complaint from instructors on what now appears to have been possibly not the best time for an upgrade. WebCT does have a 6.0 orientation page at least. The Ed Tech Center at JCCC has put together it's own helpful FAQ page.