Thots about fall

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 In no particular order:

  • Fall 2026 100 and 101 have a LOT in common, so much of the "orienting a new student" material can duplicate.
  • Aside from the truly outdated, a lot of this 100 blog would be great for Fall 2026.
  • Maybe start the whole thing in mid-July.
  • Blackboard, Outlook, and MS Copilot have reliability problems and are not terribly user-friendly, so blogger can be an alternative. Guide them toward GoDaddy syllabus and writing assignments. Stress downloading LibreOffice and (perhaps) Thunderbird.
  • The little "Revert to Draft" thingy should probably apply to 99% of the old posts; then, when it is time, do some revision and post them so they show up with the right date.
  • On this 100 (and 101?) blog the "Course Essentials" and such go in the left sidebar.
  • Apparently the only way to get an older item to update and change its publish date (so it lands on the opening page) is to copy the file to my computer, delete the original from Blogger, then start a new post and paste the original material in.

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