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Before I started university I already worked as a web and iPhone developer.
At university I failed some courses so I needed the points for three additional courses at the end of my studies.
Durin summer vacation I found online courses from a different university which would count towards my own points. So I registered for three of them. Web development, iPhone development and open source development.
When the courses started I waited until the weekend and then did all assignments and tests for all 3 courses during a single day. I started in the morning on Sunday at 10 am and sent in my last test at 11pm. So instead of half a year (one course takes normally half of a semester and I had three), I did it in one day.
Were all the tests available at the same time? Usually there are different times for submitting tests and also for assignments. I’ve never taken a course where you can just submit them whenever you want. For assignments, maybe, possibly with some penalty. But never for tests.
Did it once back in the day, I just asked the teacher if it was ok to send everything at once, but that was in paper form though so they just sent everything in a package
Yeah it was a fully online thing, they also had like a forum where you could talk to the other people taking the course but they just gave everything on day one so you could do it at the pace you wanted.
It was at the University of Umeå https://www.umu.se
Assuming US/Canada it would mean you paid money to “learn” things you already knew about.
If EU/any other sane country: carry on.
It was in Sweden.
Don’t burst our bubble, pal.
Naturally, the best approach is to register on Day 1, party until Day 10, then finish the class in 4 days before the 2 week trial ends.
This is the way
I worked in university and had a case where a student did this, the grades didnt transfer as a result, and she failed as a result. If you’re gonna do this, make sure it’ll actually work.
Didn’t transfer? Did the service provider pull the grades due to non-payment or something of that nature?
If I remember correctly, the instructor synced the grades from that platform at the end of the semester, and because the student was “inactive” nothing transferred, so Blackboard gave 0s for everything. It was a mess. She appealed but it didn’t pass.
Well that’s some bullshit.
This is why I preferred taking boring classes during the summer. Less homework, less time sitting there with lectures and more time to focus on just one subject instead of 6
Nobody has ever underestimated the frugality of a college student
If you use Google Meet or Zoom or some kind of Desktop recording software, you can record yourself talking between blank or paused video while taking the online course and have the transcript + your own voiced notes with the recording as review material + courseware.
If you take the trouble of revisiting , revising, re-note-taking you might end up with better understanding and even self-generated workbook + answers too ( including your mistakes and what is a false trail or false path and the correct approach ) .
I was just about to do this but this professor seems like an ass so better to change class. Go fuck yourself, Cengage Mindtap.
Given the low quality professors my wife has had, they’d change the assignments throughout the course.
Don’t get me started on low quality professors/classes. I went back to get my BS after getting an associates a few years prior and the teachers were much worse and the classes were teaching less than I learned at community college. Very infuriating. I did the minimum to pass a class just so I could leave a review ripping into the teacher/class.
Or just download every bit of content.
it’s warping from the moisture of the tubes
