2008 Woodie Awards
A new year with new problems
Jenna Coccia
Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: Perspectives
With the beginning of a New Year and the 2007 spring semester under way, students are being sent through new and unusual obstacles.
Between class, work loads and readjusting back into the swing of things, students are facing problems with the newly upgraded version of Web Advisor and Blackboard.
"Well when I was first getting my schedule for the first day of classes, Web Advisor said it reached the 'maximum number of occupants' or whatever and I couldn't get on. I thought that they should have planned for this since it had even been changed and remodeled," said Stephanie Townsend, sophomore, Smithtown, N.Y.
Due to the remodeling of this online database the service was down and being repaired at a time when it was crucial to students who needed to finalize their schedules.
"Because web advisor was down I know a lot of students were having difficulty locating their classes," said Leigh-Ann Sambus, senior, Dix Hills, N.Y.
With this service down and being repaired students were offered an alternate route. Thankfully the services of registrar and the helpful staff worked to accommodate for the loss of the online services.
"The hardest part of returning to school was figuring out classes and finalizing my schedule at registrar because webadvisor was down," said Kendall Quinlan, sophomore, East Longmeadow, Mass.
"With webadvisor down, I couldn't fix my schedule unless I waited in the registrar line which took a lot of time as opposed to just doing it all online within minutes," said Katrina Torres, Senior, East Hartford.
Although many problems have been encountered early this semester, the newly upgraded services on Blackboard and Web Advisor will prove to be more helpful in the future. A new feature includes an easy way to contact your professors as opposed to just SHU email alone.
"I didn't know they had the email feature but I'm glad I can get in touch with my professors this way it seems more convenient," said Marvin Daniel, junior, Providence R.I..
Though change is good in main cases, the inconvenience that occurs from their impact can sometimes be difficult in the short run but may work at to be more beneficial in the long run.
Between class, work loads and readjusting back into the swing of things, students are facing problems with the newly upgraded version of Web Advisor and Blackboard.
"Well when I was first getting my schedule for the first day of classes, Web Advisor said it reached the 'maximum number of occupants' or whatever and I couldn't get on. I thought that they should have planned for this since it had even been changed and remodeled," said Stephanie Townsend, sophomore, Smithtown, N.Y.
Due to the remodeling of this online database the service was down and being repaired at a time when it was crucial to students who needed to finalize their schedules.
"Because web advisor was down I know a lot of students were having difficulty locating their classes," said Leigh-Ann Sambus, senior, Dix Hills, N.Y.
With this service down and being repaired students were offered an alternate route. Thankfully the services of registrar and the helpful staff worked to accommodate for the loss of the online services.
"The hardest part of returning to school was figuring out classes and finalizing my schedule at registrar because webadvisor was down," said Kendall Quinlan, sophomore, East Longmeadow, Mass.
"With webadvisor down, I couldn't fix my schedule unless I waited in the registrar line which took a lot of time as opposed to just doing it all online within minutes," said Katrina Torres, Senior, East Hartford.
Although many problems have been encountered early this semester, the newly upgraded services on Blackboard and Web Advisor will prove to be more helpful in the future. A new feature includes an easy way to contact your professors as opposed to just SHU email alone.
"I didn't know they had the email feature but I'm glad I can get in touch with my professors this way it seems more convenient," said Marvin Daniel, junior, Providence R.I..
Though change is good in main cases, the inconvenience that occurs from their impact can sometimes be difficult in the short run but may work at to be more beneficial in the long run.
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