GroupMe (Microsoft) and Discord isn’t required for pure learning purposes, but 99% of clubs at my school use them, so I’d be unable to participate in a lot of shit if I dropped them.
Instead we just get stalked by Canvas for any assignment/classwork related purposes. Oh, and lockdown browser for online tests…
But I could totally believe teachers forcing students to use some shitty app to communicate with students and submit work.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You have no idea how deep the education system is now into gafam. To study in Quebec now, you absolutly need a cell phone with ms authenticator, teams is basically mandatory, etc. I’m one of the only teacher at my college that cares enough to show use and show foss alternative to my students. For example Moodle is the most powerfull tool a teacher could dream of for grades, quizz, file sharing, assigments, etc. Yet most teachers prefer ms bullshit suite for everything…
Archer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Awesome that Moodle is still around!