Why did you first start using Piazza?
Well, I had been communicating with students through my own website, which was a pain in the neck. My class had a lot of downloads and generated a lot of student feedback, and I was doing things through mechanisms that were not really intended to be used the way I was using them. But in the last few years, Piazza has replaced my entire website, which is now dormant. I post homework assignments, lecture slides, demonstration code, all that stuff on Piazza, and answer students’ questions. It really has been a big change in terms of organization. I don’t have to wonder, Did I post that homework properly? Did I answer all those emails? I can also find out very rapidly if students aren't understanding a particular concept, and either post a detailed explanation on Piazza or cover it in a lecture.
Do you use it in conjunction with other tools provided by the college?
I use only Piazza for my class communication in both directions. The one exception is if a student has...
Why did you first start using Piazza?
Well, I had been communicating with students through my own website, which was a pain in the neck. My class had a lot of downloads and generated a lot of student feedback, and I was doing things through mechanisms that were not really intended to be used the way I was using them. But in the last few years, Piazza
has replaced my entire website, which is now dormant. I post homework assignments, lecture slides, demonstration code, all that stuff on Piazza, and answer students’ questions. It really has been a big change in terms of organization. I don’t have to wonder, Did I post that homework properly? Did I answer all those emails? I can also find out very rapidly if students
aren't understanding a particular concept, and either post a detailed explanation on Piazza or cover it in a lecture.
Do you use it in conjunction with other tools provided by the college?
I use only Piazza for my class communication in both directions. The one exception is if a student has...