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Re: [PLUG] Drexel's Windows requirements
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Hey Chris,
I'm a graduating senior at Drexel. I majored in math and minored in
computer science, and those departments are very Linux-friendly. I'm
sorry your prof is giving you such a hassle.
Personally, I haven't had any issues submitting files through
Blackboard on my MacBook Pro, but I assume you're running Linux. I
recommend you just go to a computer lab on campus to use a Windows
machine to submit assignments through Blackboard. The first floor of
Korman has a computer lab anyone can use. Just e-mail the file to
yourself, or if it's too large, upload it to your dunx1 account, which
is accessible in the computer labs.
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Joshua Karstendick
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Christopher M. Jones
<cjones@partialflow.com> wrote:
> It has just come to my attention that I'm required to run Windows if I
> attend Drexel.
>
> Background:
> My first quarter at Drexel I ran into a problem submitting assignments
> through Blackboard. After calling support and much googling, I
> discovered that there is a known defect in Blackboard that prevents it
> from uploading files from anything but a Windows filesystem. So I've
> been submitting assignments by Email, or by cutting and pasting
> assignments into the comment box in the submission form.
>
> But now my professor has written me a very scathing note informing me
> that none of my assignments will be graded unless I submit them
> "properly", and she quoted me chapter and verse of the "Computer
> Requirements" specification:
>
> http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/PS/GraduatePrograms/MSIS/ComputerRequirements/
>
> Now, I read this when I signed up at Drexel, but I've always interpreted
> "not supported" as 'we're not going to help you with it.' But in this
> case it seems that "not supported" means 'required to run Windows.'
>
> This doesn't seem right to me, especially since I see no reason why BB
> would be defective in such an obvious way, except by design. And I can't
> believe that Drexel, of all places, would impose such a restrictive
> regulation! After all, this regulation alienates not only Linux users
> but Mac users, as well.
>
> I'm angry at the moment, and I feel like writing someone a nasty note,
> organizing petitions and protests, etc. Of course I won't, because I
> don't know who to write and I doubt anyone would listen.
>
> Comments? Advice?
>
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Joshua Karstendick
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