Technological Frustrations

Yesterday was the beginning of my last full semester as an adjunct instructor for my BA and MA alma matter. As in past semesters, I'm teaching a smorgasbord of communication studies courses: Interpersonal Communication, Women and Communication, and Communication and Popular Culture. Despite the addition of a last minute section, everything went without a hitch. Or so I thought . . .

Early last week I contacted the appropriate personnel to confirm the on-line availability of my course readings. "No worries," I was told. I also spent several hours putting together a simple WebCT site for Communication and Popular Culture. Again, all seemed well. Last night, however, I received several frantic emails regarding access to readings and the WebCT site. It turns out that my readings had NOT been posted and, due to a campus wide glitch, one full section of Pop Culture lacked access to my WebCT site. After a couple of well-placed emails, the reading issue is now a thing of the past. The WebCT issue, on the other, may not be resloved until later this week. In the mean time, I get to field bunches of panick emails ("I can't access the site!").

Welcome to the new semester