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| Question concerning status of online class (07201FYE101X-R021 Information Literacy – Spring 07 – name removed to protect the innocent)
From: Jeremiah Palmer <kg4vma@gmail.com>
To: names removed to protect the innocent
CC: names removed to protect the innocent
BCC: names removed to protect the innocent
Date: Apr 25 2007 – 10:04pm
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Ms. name removed to protect the innocent:
I hope that one of these two email addresses listed throughout the course is correct. If not, and I have reached someone who is not the instructor for the course mentioned in the subject line of this email (aside from those of you listed in the “CC:”), please disregard; otherwise if you are the Ms. Baker (and company), please read on.
I have tried to contact you twice, via email, with regard to an issue I am having with the course. The issue I am having is that I cannot access any page in the outline beyond week one. I also do not have access to any of the chats or discussions beyond the “welcome” introductions. I had full access during weeks one and two, and had made use of them. When I last attempted at the end of week three, I discovered this problem. I would like to know why.
I had made contact with CLEGA, and they responded, by saying that it appeared that you had not graded my week one exam, thus I had been blocked from proceeding further.
If you have blocked me purposely, for not actively participating, I would like to take this opportunity to explain the situation to you.
During week one I had posted my personal introduction and written notes to the discussion board, as requested, however had not posted the notes to Turnitin.com, due to the fact that I did not have the proper information to do so – your syllabus had the incorrect login information. I did not have adequate time to check up on this until the beginning of week two, when I noticed that the information had been updated. I thought of this as, “no big deal”, for I could easily recover from this glitch.
I am now starting to believe that the term “glitch” does not fit any description of this course, and that the term SNAFU may be more appropriate.
During weeks two and three I had major difficulty in accomplishing anything, due to personal problems, which I do not wish to delve into in this email, however I am going to supply you with an essay which I wrote for my ENG101 class, which discusses the matter. I wish, nay, I demand that you read it, in order to fully understand my situation during those weeks. I am not asking for sympathy in that regard – just a keen sense of understanding.
On a related (to this course) topic, I have sent you email prior, via the Intralearn system, discussing the topic(s) chosen for the research assignment. Where I took advantage of that avenue for emailing, I have no record or receipt available to me to prove that I had sent you that message. I can, however, recall from memory that I chose and presented you with a list stating that I would be interested in covering either Terantino, Gates, Stigmata or same-sex marriage. I had also complemented you for your large list of possible topics. I never received response, telling me what, if any of those topics were still available.
So, I now sit stagnant, awaiting your response, to give me further direction. I have not made any further progress, and have done so deliberately, seeing as I cannot verify that any instructions given prior are still in effect; nor do I plan to make any further progress until this situation has been resolved and I once again have access to the course outline and communications tools.
Thank you for your time. I hope to hear back from you soon.
Respectfully,
Jeremiah Hall Palmer
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