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Funny thing???

I teach two "web-based" classes (university level, entirely online). When Yahoo! took its little breather, I logged in to the electronic classroom and started reading the students' answers to recent discussion questions. About halfway through one particular one (related to ethics), I found myself searching for the "thumbs up" (and "thumbs down") button...it became increasingly difficult to keep reading without wanting to express my opinion visually.

What does this mean...should I ask the Blackboard folks to add a thumbs up/down routine to WebCT?...or would that be too harsh for a college classroom?

Or am I addicted to this place...is it time for Y!A-A? If so, does anyone know of a group I could join (online of course...or would that defeat the purpose???)...

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You are an addict..

    There is no 12 step program.. Embrace your addiction...

    Ask for nee, demand a thumbs up/down addition to the other site...

    At college level if people haven't learned their opinion may not be shared by all it's high time they learned it...

    Source(s): Atheist
  • 1 decade ago

    I think the thumbs up and down could assist in sparking more discussion. Also it's university level, they should be used to defending their positions and dealing with dissenting opinion. That being said, I'm only a level one on this site, just stumbled on here last week, so I don't get to vote yet.

  • 1 decade ago

    All virtual classes should the option to raise question with detail explanation or answer related to it or record the questions the students have and provide answer to them to make it effective. Thumbs up and down could be pretty helpful.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think it adds to the opinion of readers, but then again, it depends on the readers as to whether or not the "thumbs up/ thumbs down" can be seen as appropriate judgments.

    Youtube.com has recently added it, I believe, and I think that it's a great idea as long as voters can also comment on the answer (Frankly, it doesn't do it for me when people on YA "thumb up/thumb down"; they need an elaboration as to why that is).

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  • 5 years ago

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  • Dashes
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    WebCT discussion boards should DEFINITELY have a thumbs up/down system!

  • 1 decade ago

    Yeah, you're an addict. Join us, we have Kool-Aid and Flying Spaghetti.

  • 1 decade ago

    you're strange.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's all in the bible.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ???waaaahhhh????

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