From cec1a0ac1bd4e35ff814270c7a474a30b5d0e0cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niema Moshiri Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 18:19:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updates --- teach_online/example.md | 6 ------ teach_online/general_tips.md | 7 ------- teach_online/spicy_takes.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/teach_online/example.md b/teach_online/example.md index 6d2a2e3..fe484db 100644 --- a/teach_online/example.md +++ b/teach_online/example.md @@ -344,9 +344,3 @@ I prefer using [YouTube](https://youtube.com) to distribute all videos in my cou * YouTube has unlimited capacity * My institution uses [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com) for cloud storage, but each account has a 100 GB capacity * I can easily share recordings with future students or reuse them in other ways - -(niemas-example-course-autograder)= -## Help Queue: Autograder - -In the courses that I teach, -TODO diff --git a/teach_online/general_tips.md b/teach_online/general_tips.md index c7d3f27..739c90b 100644 --- a/teach_online/general_tips.md +++ b/teach_online/general_tips.md @@ -101,13 +101,6 @@ Thus, my general tip is to try to reduce {term}`Technology Fatigue`: * When possible, try to have a single "main" technology/website that students can bookmark, and seamlessly *embed* other technologies *within* it * Try to avoid manual interaction on the student's end when at all possible -(general-tips-automate-everything)= -## Automate EVERYTHING! - -I'm not sure if this should be a [Spicy Take](#niemas-spicy-takes) instead of a [General Tip](#general-tips), -but I think it's not quite spicy enough, so I'll leave it here. -TODO - (general-tips-glossary)= ## Glossary diff --git a/teach_online/spicy_takes.md b/teach_online/spicy_takes.md index 68844ca..dc7fe30 100644 --- a/teach_online/spicy_takes.md +++ b/teach_online/spicy_takes.md @@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ hence why they appear in the videos most frequently, but one can imagine a world in which world experts on a given topic *all* contribute to producing instructional videos and text for that topic, and then sharing them all in a central organized repository. +(niemas-spicy-takes-automate-everything)= +## Automate EVERYTHING! + +I was torn between this should be a [Spicy Take](#niemas-spicy-takes) or a [General Tip](#general-tips), +but I think just spicy enough to leave here. +In general, +I am strongly of the opinion that, +when running a course, +the instructor should try to automate everything they can possibly automate. +Of course, +don't sacrifice the quality of your assessments in exchange for easy automation, +but try to think of ways to automate any aspects of your course that are currently being done manually. +For example, +if there are any points that you have to manually enter throughout the course, +try to write a program to help automate the process +(e.g. I have written [programs to help me migrate points](https://github.com/niemasd/teaching) +from [Ed](https://edstem.org) to my [Canvas](https://canvas.instructure.com) gradebook). +TODO + (niemas-spicy-takes-glossary)= ## Glossary