Slack: This was my first time ever using slack and it was better than i expected. I enjoyed the conversations we shared on there and the funny memes. The concept of different channels for different topics was honestly mesmerizing because you know exactly what you will be talking about in that channel. I think that there was an option to create a private channel which is like maybe for a small group of friends to share personal stuff. What I did not enjoy though is only getting a notification if someone used the @channel because I may have missed some conversations because i did not check slack frequently.
Google Forms: My project was on Google Forms and I really enjoyed how simple it was to use and the layout was also lovely and easy. You can create a lot of different things on Google forms and the option to add pictures to certain sections just gels with whole concept of Google Forms. Sometimes it was a bit frustrating when the paths of the game got intertwined but it was still very helpful for an amateur like myself.
Zoom: This was also my first time using zoom and it went better than expected. All classes were taught clearly and I rarely had a problem with the connection. The ability to share your screen is massively helpful because it allows the instructor to show you how to exactly do things and you can also see stuff from their perspective. I can see the limitations be something like privacy and also if someone does not have god quality internet it will be very hard to use zoom. There was a privacy scare worldwide on zoom but then they added password protection to each room to counter these issues and in my opinion it has worked so far.
Hypothesis.is: I never heard about this website before coming into this class, this is what we used to annotate some articles. So what I really liked about this website is the ability to annotate the articles with thousands of people. Everyone has a mind of his own and that is what you see when you use this website you can see the point of view of everyone from around the world which is extremely fascinating if you think about it and if that is not your thing you can create a group and invite the people you want and you will still be able to see each others annotation and you can reply to each other and have a conversation. I liked using this website but my only problem with this was that sometimes the controls got a bit clunky and I couldn’t respond to what other people had to say but overall it was an enjoyable experience.
Blackboard: This is what we use for all of our courses and everything is posted on blackboard ranging from course content to exam grades. Assignments are also posted here and they tell you when they are due and after marking the assignment you can view your grade on there. After anything is posted you will get an alert on your email which is supposed to be a good thing because you immediately know if something gets posted but in my experience I actually think blackboard gives me anxiety because of the due dates and the grades that I am expecting. Another limitation is that blackboard is not very useful on your smartphone and literally everyone nowadays has been immersed into their phones. Technically this is a good website to use but I do not like it because of the anxiety it causes for me and my colleagues.
Abdullah's Adventure 