My girlfriend started taking a Masters in a college this year. In her course the faculty have shown some disorganization and computer illiteracy since day one but the latest one...completely killed me.
Besides their personal college e-mail, they wanted a platform to make announcements for all the course (20 students). I can think of a thousand ways to do this. Hell, even a Facebook group would be better. But no...
They have an e-mail address (like Masters_name@college.duh) where all the info is sent and EVERYBODY has the password to enter the e-mail and check the inbox.
That is it. I have no words. I think this is the most idiotic and dumb thing I've ever seen in IT.
28 Comments
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 68 pts · 2y
my wife is a university senior lecturer — it's likely they already have a system that can do this, that they have access to, works, and is non-technical; all they need to do is ask where it is.
kureta@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
I went back to university last year and exactly this. They have Microsoft subscription with all the bells and whistles, classroom, work material, homework, etc.
edit: I guess I just ADHDed in the middle of writing this comment. it was supposed to continue:
... zoom and all its options, plus a custom classroom web app that replicates some of Microsoft's stuff and all professors use WhatsApp for everything, and email only for delivering finals papers.
VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I think it was blackboard that was used when I went to a further education college years ago. It supported announcements on it. I would imagine a university having similarly software as one of the reasons for blackboard was so we uploaded our assignments to it.
Thrashy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I don't know if it's any better than it used to be, but Blackboard was pretty universally loathed by the faculty when I was in college.
ShunkW@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Dude I hated it as a student too. The only benefit it provided was a one time get out of jail free card per class. Intentionally corrupt a word doc and upload it. You just bought yourself at least a day to continue finishing your paper.
dingus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You have to admit, it's still better than having a singular email address that everyone has the login to.
key@lemmy.keychat.org · 57 pts · 2y
It's like someone explained the idea of a mailing list but they didn't quite get it.
Spendrill@lemm.ee · 52 pts · 2y
Plot twist: the MA program is in Ethics and Morality and they're in the middle of a live experiment.
fixerdude2@lemmy.ca · 39 pts · 2y
A very poor attempt at a mail-list. I wonder when someone’s going to change the password.
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
Or delete all messages and trash.
Sky_Lobster@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
Seems like it might be time to change the password on that email address. You know, for security reasons. 🤔
OpenStars@startrek.website · 25 pts · 2y
"Hey all, I wanted to say that class is cancelled today b/c of severe weather - PLEASE do not try to come in, it really is quite dangerous outside!"
Got it, message received, [delete message]. Cleaned out my inbox today, guess I can
gostay home! :-Pceiphas@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Connect via POP, Instant fun
stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi · 2 pts · 2y
Why? Can you please explain the joke to me?
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
Many emails clients automatically delete the messages on the email server once they locally download them.
ceiphas@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
The POP-Protocol is designed to delete all new Mails on the Server after connecting
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Simple. Elegant. Perfect.
10/10
magnetosphere@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y
chefs kiss
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y
Moodle is free and open source and exactly for this (along with hosting course material as well).
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Just because I like to see the world burn I would clear the inbox/sent folders each time a email is received.
Maybe start to draft emails with nonsense in them, such as shopping lists of items that don't make sense together. A list of all the best bathrooms on campus. List of students in class based on height.
Would not hurt to subscribe the email address to a bunch of junk/spam/marketing sites.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Nah, I'd sign up for cat memes or something, then set up filtering rules to delete everything except for the cat memes. If they're dumb enough to think the shared inbox is a good solution, they might not know about filters.
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Sir this is a wendy's
key@lemmy.keychat.org · 2 pts · 2y
I'll have a Loaded Nacho Triple Cheeseburger with extra chili on top. Actually make it two of those. Oh and a small chocolate frosty.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 2y
(small cause I'm on a diet)
sajran@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Well, can't say I'm surprised. I had something like that in pretty much every school I was in, just that ours were actually Gmail accounts. For non-technical folks it's an easy and obvious solution. And to be honest, it works...
lolcatnip@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
It "works" if everybody is well behaved and you don't care about niceties like seeing which messages have been read.
milkytoast@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
lol yea I'm changing that password first chance I get just for shits and giggles
ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Would expect nothing less from an MA program.