A by-product of today’s discussion of critique is that I learned some things about the web site (and “course information design” overall).
I will try to implement some changes – but it may take a little time. And its limited by some practical factors.
Some of the problems pointed out were one offs (this was a rare week when there was a separate reading for the In-Class Exercise – I’m not sure that there’s another week where this happens. (that said, I will try to do a better job of explaining the connection between the readings and other class activities, and the timing of readings in the week needs to be better thought through).
I think this all gets easier once we get use to the rhythm of the semester. That’s not to say that reminders of the weekly deadlines aren’t useful.