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The classroom workstations need to be at least 5 to 6 more inches deep to accommodate your book and/or copy that you read from or write notes to. I prefer to put my book or copy between the keyboard and monitor, but the workstations just aren’t deep enough. The lab workstations are deep enough but not the classroom. Also, the classroom computers should be elevated instead of on the floor. It’s difficult to get your flash drive in the USB port down on the floor like that.

Otherwise, I don’t have much to say about the computers on campus. They’re ok. I don’t like the new on-line registration system. It’s unstable. The information and choices aren’t consistently available. The system is also slow.

It would be good to have Saturday lab hours again, especially for those who don’t have access to a computer or the software programs at home or elsewhere that are needed to complete assignments.

Comment by Algera Isaac — April 26, 2008 #
This campus has amazing technology and software, especially for students with disabilities. The diagnosticians and professionals are kind and professional and we start to expect that kind of treatment. But then they turn us over to the less educated emplyees and the abuse begins. I have been accused by an employee that is unqualified to diagnose medically that my accomodations are scammed. I have been told that my accomodations are because I am just too lazy to do it for myself. The software is too expensive and it is a waste for it to benefit only me. Circular reasoning keeps me from using the software the school spent so much money to acquire. I can’t use the software for tests, but the software is on the computer that can’t run it so that it is portable enough for tests. But I can’t use it for tests. . .I want to give up and stay home sometimes. I could have avoided that messy divorce if I wanted to be talked to and treated like this. I had to drop half of my classes and I am now getting injured trying to keep my other classes without the software that I saw the school had before the semester started. I feel like I was tricked into taking these classes and now I get further injured getting by without the software or hurt my own GPA. The trick wasn’t intentional. Nice professionals diagnose and buy you what you need to get an education and get out of poverty and then they turn you over to the wolves. The trick is choosing to keep trying instead of hiding at home.
I guess the emplyees need some kind of class to teach them how to talk to students with all kinds of disabilities.

Comment by Barbara McIntyre — April 26, 2008 #
I am interested in using an Interwrite board and Interwrite Pad for the smart classrooms. I use powerpoint in my lectures but I would like to have the ability to move around the classroom and still be able to manipulate what is on the projector screen with an interwrite pad.

I would be willing to test these products in any of my classes if you can get demo products from the manufacturer.

The link to the products I just mentioned is given below.

http://www.interwritelearning.com/products/index.html

Comment by Marisa Alviar-Agnew — April 26, 2008 #
First of all, the topic “Your chance to talk about your views, opinions, and suggestions, about Computers on Campus” does not really tell us what you are looking for in the way of responses. Assuming you are looking for any type of comment, my comments would be as follows:

1 – If you are providing computer classes, please arrange to have the classes in classrooms with computers. Having computer classes in a lecture type setting does not provide for sufficient learning. Watching an instructor perform their magic projected on a screen is definitely not the same as having a computer in front of you to do hands-on activities. Hands-on helps to fortify the students’ learning and speeds help with troublesome areas. Watching the instructor in a lecture type classroom then going home or to the lab to work on the same material just isn’t the same.

2 – Enough with the online classes. While some students prefer this method of learning, getting questions answered timely is more of a hindrance than help. I have had online classes where I asked the instructor a question via e-mail on Monday and waited for a response until Thursday or Friday. If the class is using Blackboard (which is really a terrible experience to say the least), one could post a question and have other students answer it (which is sometimes incorrect). If this is the case, what is the instructor for? Sorry, bad taste in my mouth from several bad experiences. Classes should be taught in a classroom setting in real time, not on the internet UNLESS it is provided in real time with the instructor present to handle questions or confusions about the material at hand.

These are my biggest beefs with the way computer classes are handled. Sorry if I missed the mark pertaining to the topic at hand but you asked. If I may have other comments to make.

Comment by Robert Wing — April 27, 2008 #
In the Mac lab at SCC, it would be good to have many more professional and well-educated coordinators and tutors who proficiently know about a variety of software programs, especially Adobe Flash (Advanced Web Page Design), Indesign, Action script, Java script, HTML, XML,… so that they will be able to help graphic/ web students with their tutorials and/ or assignments. When students have some difficulties or questions on their homeworks, they haven’t known from who they should get help beside their instructors. It would be late, too negative, and passive as well to wait until meeting with instructors for unanswered questions!!!

Comment by Linh Tran — April 27, 2008 #
My one wish is that it were as easy to print from my laptop as it is over @ CSUS (which uses VPN). A good laserjet printstation can’t be beat!
I am a fan of the wireless network at SCC–it has good coverage and is easy to connect to

Comment by Tristan Morrow — April 27, 2008 #
I am new to campus and do not have a laptop or desktop at home. Use of the computers on campus has been been invaluable. I am able to access the websites required for my class most of the time. I wish the library computer labs were available on Sundays. I work full time and sometimes Sunday is the only day I have to work on my homework. Thanks!

Comment by Therese Llanes — April 28, 2008 #
I do not have a problem with the computers or the staff that runs them. My only problem witht he computers on campus is–access to them. More often then not you must wait in a line to get on any computer here on campus. And what makes matters worse is that on the 2nd floor of the LRC you have no access to MS Word so you are forced to wait in lines down stairs or in the computers labs if you wish to do actual work others then research.

Comment by Jullian Zzenith — April 28, 2008 #