When we started our discussion forums nearly three years ago, we thought ourselves pretty clever. The process is straightforward, n’est-ce pas? Vet the options, imagine the use cases, and construct the perfect environment. So that is what we did. We narrowed down a list of a half-dozen competitors to two or three that best fit […]
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If you have used our discussion forums, you may have mixed feelings about them. We certainly do. Some forums are very active, while others are very quiet. Flagging spammers and managing your notifications is difficult. Getting someone’s attention, to say nothing of getting a staff member’s attention, can feel like hitting the jackpot. We would […]
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In the spirit of breaking things to make them better, we will be performing maintenance on our CAS (login) and ePortfolio platforms on Saturday, 06 December, from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (20:00 to 23:00, UTC -5h). Because the CAS system affects all properties that require login, you may experience disruptions during […]
UPDATE: Maintenance is canceled for this weekend entirely. Any students planning to take exams should feel free to do so without restriction. In the spirit of breaking things to make them better, we will be performing maintenance on our CAS (login) and ePortfolio platforms on Saturday, 29 November, from 12pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time […]
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Some of our team spent Wednesday through Friday of last week at the “family reunion” of the open education community, the 2014 Open Education Conference (just down the road from our offices, as luck would have it). In addition to sponsoring, volunteering, and presenting in several sessions, we spent the days hearing a few score speakers […]