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I just logged in to avenue for the first time and I saw there was 44 messages
there some random messages that I think people posted why is that showing up on my account?
also on the front page there is course list of Chem 1A03, Physics 1B03, Psych 1X03, which are 3 of my courses I'm going to take
but under psych 1X03 there is a link to 3 quizzes what are these?
Or is it too early for me to be logging on to avenue
EDIT: also is avenue the new elm??
is elm not going to be used for upcoming term?
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08-06-2010 at 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cjdzl
I just logged in to avenue for the first time and I saw there was 44 messages
there some random messages that I think people posted why is that showing up on my account?
also on the front page there is course list of Chem 1A03, Physics 1B03, Psych 1X03, which are 3 of my courses I'm going to take
but under psych 1X03 there is a link to 3 quizzes what are these?
Or is it too early for me to be logging on to avenue
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In addition to course specific discussion boards there are also general discussion boards. People just post in the wrong ones sometimes.
The quizzes are probably practice, just ignore them until school starts and see what your professor/TA says.
Edit: Yes, Avenue is replacing ELM. I believe ELM is being shutdown in the middle of August.
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08-06-2010 at 10:59 PM
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Yup, Avenue to Learn is the new ELM which was the new WebCT... i miss WebCT..
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08-07-2010 at 12:08 AM
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what is avenue?
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08-07-2010 at 12:20 AM
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New system created by McMaster: http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/
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08-07-2010 at 12:23 AM
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http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/
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08-07-2010 at 01:44 AM
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Really? I find it looks pretty different...
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08-07-2010 at 10:24 AM
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Really? I find it looks pretty different...
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The homepage is practically identical...but once you actually login, it's different. |
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08-07-2010 at 03:42 PM
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The homepage is practically identical...but once you actually login, it's different.
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Yeah, but that's the homepage. You literally look at it for 1 second before you login. They probably have it set up like that because it's the best way to post up new about avenue. No need to scroll and it's right new to the login button.
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08-08-2010 at 04:44 PM
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What does avenue do?
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08-08-2010 at 04:47 PM
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Oh god help us all, Mac created ANOTHER one of these. Couldn't they have waited until 2012? Sheesh.  |
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You will most likely have majority of your courses on Avenue. Any assignments, marks, etc will be posted/done on Avenue unless otherwise stated by the prof for the course.
Don't worry about it, you will understand it when classes/assignments begin - the professor for each course will mention it.
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It's a place for all/most of your courses to put course material such as notes, grades, quizzes, readings, a discussion board, announcements, etc. The exact usage of it depends on the prof--some rely heavily on it, while others don't. Last year, we had something called ELM which was an epic fail, because it couldn't handle the traffic it was getting. The year before that, we had WebCT, but that stopped being supported by the vendor (among other things) so we had to get rid of it. If you hear anyone tell you to check ELM or WebCT, they probably mean Avenue  |
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It's a place for all/most of your courses to put course material such as notes, grades, quizzes, readings, a discussion board, announcements, etc. The exact usage of it depends on the prof--some rely heavily on it, while others don't. Last year, we had something called ELM which was an epic fail, because it couldn't handle the traffic it was getting. The year before that, we had WebCT, but that stopped being supported by the vendor (among other things) so we had to get rid of it. If you hear anyone tell you to check ELM or WebCT, they probably mean Avenue |
Im so thankful to be in ECE.
Only had 1 out of 9 courses last year on ELM  All others had their own websites
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It's a place for all/most of your courses to put course material such as notes, grades, quizzes, readings, a discussion board, announcements, etc. The exact usage of it depends on the prof--some rely heavily on it, while others don't. Last year, we had something called ELM which was an epic fail, because it couldn't handle the traffic it was getting. The year before that, we had WebCT, but that stopped being supported by the vendor (among other things) so we had to get rid of it. If you hear anyone tell you to check ELM or WebCT, they probably mean Avenue |
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