EME2040 class blog

  I had experienced distance learning before the pandemic, I completed my high school as a correspondence student. When FSU began distance learning I was a little disappointed, I wanted to experience campus life, it was only my second semester at FSU when we reverted to distance learning. In the spring semester, we completed the courses online. It was a little disturbing, primarily because there had been no time really to adjust the class content from in-person to online. This semester is the third full semester I have completed online and so I have attended more online than in-person classes at FSU and I have attended the full range of class types from totally online to synchronous classes.  I enjoy being able to set my schedule, but I do miss the classroom spirit and interaction. The application Zoom has enabled us to mimic the in-person interaction and I feel most of my courses have adapted well. Classes that require any teamwork, libraries or tutoring can be challenging and are a b

  When I initially started on the assignment I had some idea of how I wanted to create my website, I also thought I had some existing knowledge about building websites from my experience with Civil Air Patrol and High School. I was unprepared for what awaited me. I was stunned to see how different the tools were and how ineffective my previous experience was. I had seen a teacher website built on the Weebly platform in the earlier assignment but I was not prepared for how difficult it was to manipulate the templates. Signing up for the tool and selecting the class type proved to be by far the easiest part. Themes or templates were extremely difficult to manipulate and not very intuitive. After multiple attempts I finally resorted to viewing several Youtube guides, I quickly learned that while the theme was important being able to place text, links, and pictures in the appropriate place on the screen was by far one of the trickiest parts. I enjoyed looking for material and designing the