Movement on the Enrollment Front

Just out of curiosity, I checked my university page--like I do 20 times a day--and a class has been added for me. It is a one-unit class on the technology we'll be using for our online education. It can be started on August 1, and completed with a pass/fail by the fourth week of the semester.

I also had a message that my online tools, different from my student account, were ready for me to use. It's a program called Desire 2 Learn, or just D2L.  We had a different program at Chico State called WebCT, which somehow no one ever mentioned when I went through orientation. I was a little taken aback my first day of class at Chico State, which was also a grammar class (and I've forgotten everything I've learned there.).

It was a glitchy, moody, annoying, pain in the arse of a program, and no one liked it. I heard that Chico State changed over to Blackboard after I graduated, but I'm not sure if that is true.

I took an online course through WebCT (anthropology: a study of religion, magic, and witchcraft...really interesting)  and did tests and submitted some papers through it. But I never used it 100% for all my classes. Good thing I just bought this new laptop. *Note to self:  Purchase carbonite or a backup drive for said laptop by first week of class.

So far, I like D2L. I set up my profile, put up a pic of my smiling face, a few words about myself, and saved it. I poked around and looked at and it doesn't seem to be as fussy a program as WebCT. But we shall see.

So I'm really going. I know that I really want to do this because I was so upset when the possibility that I couldn't occurred.  My brain is turning into mush not doing anything all day except housework, net-surfing, selling crap online, and trying not to think about baked goods. I am really looking forward to meeting new people, meeting the professors, learning about the classes and what that will entail, and actually learning new concepts and skills. I love school. Too bad no one will pay me to do it. LOL

So keeping with my personal college traditions, I now must purchase a keychain from my new university. I have one each for the two previous universities I attended, USC and Chico State. I also have a NaNoWriMo keychain because I *won* that last November. And I wanted to A) remember and B) support them even in my own little way.

I'm heading over to the online bookstore to see what they have available on the Internet. Otherwise, the next time I'm in town, I'll just pick one up.

*happy*