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Subject:Re: undergrads & too much mail From:Gary Beason <bubba -at- EXPERT -dot- CC -dot- PURDUE -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 26 Mar 1993 12:45:57 EST
> Yes, as a matter of fact I DO mind you asking students to post
> questions to this group. I already spend lots of my (and my company's)
> time sorting though the postings, searching for significant content.
> As an alternative, how about having your students post their questions
> to you (via local e-mail on your university system, of course, so they
> can gain experience with this new medium)? You can act as moderator,
> weed out redundant or inappropriate questions, and post the selected
> questions yourself. If you really want your students directly in the
> loop, how about requesting your approval of the specific questions
> before students post to this group?
> |---------------------| |
> | ken -at- odetics -dot- com | "...let the words be yours, |
> | (Ken Schumacher) | I'm done with mine." |
> |---------------------| |
Actually, they would submit only one set of questions for the whole
class, and I plan to check to make sure that it is not too long, as
I've experienced with surveys on other groups.
Thanks for the suggestion.
--Gary Beason
---Purdue University
----bubba -at- mace -dot- cc -dot- purdue -dot- edu
