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Thursday, February 09, 2006

THE COURSE FORUM

Here’s a neat feature of the University of Virginia’s local version of Rate My Professors -- a venture they call The Course Forum. You can put your professor in a shopping basket:


Compare Classes

It is easy to compare classes with the Comparison Basket. Just click "Add to Basket" to add individual classes or "Add All to Basket" to add all teachers of the same class to your comparison basket. You can keep an unlimited number of classes in your Comparison Basket, which you can access from the main menu toolbar, for as long as you would like.


And you can compare grade distributions:

View Grade Distributions

You can view grade distributions for most classes from the Fall of 2004 and the Spring of 2005 just by clicking the class wherever you see it on this site. If no reviews have been written for a class, simply click the graph icon next to the class listing to see the grades.


As similar course forums appear at universities across the country, UD expects professors to be asked to provide a personal icon by which students can quickly recognize them. UD's got dibs on this one!












[Thanks, R.]
Posted at: 2/09/2006 05:40:00 PM