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10/01/2018 at 17:32 • Filed to: None

So this is one of those stupid things you have to pay near $100 dollars to use, so you can do your online homework. After using the free 30 day trial and purchasing it for real, it now wants a course id, for a class I was already in and doing homework in.

The problem, is that my professor said there is no class id since it links directly from a school website that already knows which class I’m in, and to sort the issue out with pearson.

So I contacted them, and I’ve been in chat for over an hour with someone telling me it’s a browser issue and to keep clearing my cache/history, restarting my browser, and trying again. Which has never worked on any browser.

And now after an hour and a half, the help desk person has finally confirmed, that I indeed, do not need the course id.

Just kill me if this is what the future is gonna be like.

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DISCUSSION (22)

benjrblant > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 17:36

Instead of grading students hard to make them cry and subsequently drop out later in the course, why not keep them from registering in the first place?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 17:37

“clear your cache history”

The modern equivalent of “have you turned it off and on?”

ttyymmnn > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 17:40

When I was in college, the wave of the future was registering for class using a touchtone phone. My kids’ teachers now all use Google Classroom, and it sucks. Too much reliance on tech.

Good luck.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > benjrblant
10/01/2018 at 17:44

Genius! Homework’s about 20% of the final grade. So not being able to do it, will likely cause them to fail, but they’ll stay in the class longer so you don’t have to refund them as much money!

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/01/2018 at 17:45

But turning things off and on actually helps sometimes.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > ttyymmnn
10/01/2018 at 17:47

The irony is this is for a information systems for management class. And on top of that, the professors have the option to have HW and Quizzes done through the school site which is free to use, still automatically grades, and is way more reliable. But so far I’ve only had a couple professors who’ve used it.

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 17:50

And they give you a discount on a loose leaf copy of the book, only $60!

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 18:05

This shit is my nightmare. Our school was pretty good about not switching editions every year BUT, the professor decided he wanted to change the book for my last physics class. It was previously agreed by the head of physics they would use a 3 volume book for physics 1-3. So, the last class, that wasn’t even core to my degree, the professor wanted us to buy a DIFFERENT 3 Vol physics book, plus the $100+ online registration so he wouldn’t have to grade the homework. All in, it was like $300. I was pissed. I was poor, the HW was only worth 10% of the final grade, so I said fuck it and took the automatic letter grade reduction. I borrowed my friend’s book when we were studying in a group and I still did ok. F that guy and MyLab.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 18:06

So does clearing your cache

MM54 > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 18:24

You think that was bad, just wait until you try and do the online material!

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
10/01/2018 at 18:44

And this is why I told my students to buy whichever edition of the book they wanted 13th or 14th that I didn’t really care. That said I hate mylab and refuse to use it as an instructor.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
10/01/2018 at 18:49

You are the hero we need

blacktruck18 > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 19:01

Fuck mylabs, it’s garbage.

Just want until you have an instructor give an entire class the wrong course id and customer support telling you that you'll have to pay again to sign up for the correct class.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 19:23

Fuck MyMathLab. I am using that shit right now. I don't actually have internet at my house which made this even more of a pain in the ass.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn
10/01/2018 at 20:52

Oh, God. I remember the first semester we registered by phone. The lines opened up at 6:00 am and everyone started dialing in at the same time in the hopes of getting our classes . It usually took half an hour of redialing before getting a ring instead of a busy signal. I remember setting up several alternate courses for every one I had to take just so I wouldn’t have to call back in. Course full? No problem, cue up an alternate. The worst situation was getting a ring and accidentally hanging up because you were so used to hearing the busy signal and redialing. That was real disappointment, kids.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > ttyymmnn
10/01/2018 at 21:01

I actually like Google classroom for some things, most importantly distributing a handouts and collecting assignments electronically. Its actually way better than our school’s portal.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/01/2018 at 22:46

Oh to hell with these online homework submission forms. I got stuck with one for physics 1 and 2 and the softwares significant digits in the answer was screwed up so putting 23.500 6 would be correct , but 23.5 would be wrong. I don’t know what dumbass thought it would be a time saver as nearly every class would end with a line of people asking for overrides.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck
10/01/2018 at 23:57

The first time I registered for classes (fall 84) I had to stand in line, old school. I went home and told my dad what I had registered for and he said I hadn’t taken enough hours. He made me go back and add two classes.

ttyymmnn > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
10/01/2018 at 23:58

It can certainly be useful, but I find too many teachers rely on it and, as a parent, we are snowed under by requests to “go to my Google Classroom.” I’ve got twin boys in 7th grade, and they mostly have different teachers. So that’s like 10 or 11 different GCs we have to keep track of.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > ttyymmnn
10/02/2018 at 07:11

Ou r policy is handle stuff on the portal so parents can see all of the names and due dates and such. We are then free to use whatever we want to distribute and collect assignments. Our director of technology loves all things cloud but doesn’t love things parents can’t see since they don’t have an institutional email address.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn
10/02/2018 at 07:54

My first semester, I did the same, but my advisor gave me in 18 hours with my first class starting at 7:30 am, three days a week. I dropped that class the first week of school and switched majors.

getFuckedHerb > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/04/2018 at 18:08

Oh Pearson.