(09-06-2023, 10:49 PM)ss20ts Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 10:11 PM)pjmix2000 Wrote: I think it is still better to complete it through UMPI due to the fact that you can actually finish this course in a week if you really are a good writer. Personally, I hate Sophia’s ENG courses they are too long and take forever to get you feedback for your touchstones..

I spent 70+ days on Eng Comp 2 on Sophia and still had 1 more paper to go. The grading was horrible. I lost points for things not in the rubric in every paper except 1. I had the same grader for 5 out of 6 papers. I really wondered if the grader hated my topic. I never recommend Eng Comp from Sophia. It's just dreadful.

(09-08-2023, 11:33 AM)DolceDolce Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 10:49 PM)ss20ts Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 10:11 PM)pjmix2000 Wrote: I think it is still better to complete it through UMPI due to the fact that you can actually finish this course in a week if you really are a good writer. Personally, I hate Sophia’s ENG courses they are too long and take forever to get you feedback for your touchstones..

I spent 70+ days on Eng Comp 2 on Sophia and still had 1 more paper to go. The grading was horrible. I lost points for things not in the rubric in every paper except 1. I had the same grader for 5 out of 6 papers. I really wondered if the grader hated my topic. I never recommend Eng Comp from Sophia. It's just dreadful.

Can he do Modern States then CLEP?  I was under the impression that the English Comp with Module CLEP test satisfied both 1 and 2 - thought I read that somewhere.

(09-06-2023, 07:46 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: With all the chatter in regards to English I/II for UMPI, is it still better to complete it on BrightSpace, or would it be better to recommend using alternative credit and take another two from UMPI instead?  I would recommend a balance of 10 'easier' residency courses...

(09-09-2023, 07:17 PM)Ebroady23 Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 07:46 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: With all the chatter in regards to English I/II for UMPI, is it still better to complete it on BrightSpace, or would it be better to recommend using alternative credit and take another two from UMPI instead?  I would recommend a balance of 10 'easier' residency courses...

Definitely better at UMPI....I completed it in 2 days

(09-09-2023, 08:07 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote:

(09-09-2023, 07:17 PM)Ebroady23 Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 07:46 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: With all the chatter in regards to English I/II for UMPI, is it still better to complete it on BrightSpace, or would it be better to recommend using alternative credit and take another two from UMPI instead?  I would recommend a balance of 10 'easier' residency courses...

Definitely better at UMPI....I completed it in 2 days

Cool, I assume this is in Brightspace and not the old Strut system?  Amazing, I'll continue to recommend completing UMPI courses such as these instead of transferring them in...

(09-02-2023, 01:18 PM)ss20ts Wrote:

(09-02-2023, 10:30 AM)tsgreer Wrote:

(09-01-2023, 10:28 PM)Ravenbad Wrote: If I wanted to drop this and just complete at Sophia, do I have to get permission to do so? I didn't originally complete at Sophia because I was told it was easier at UMPI. Since the move to Brightspace, this is no longer the case. 

I think a LOT of advice/comments in this forum will be a bit out of date because of the change to Brightspace. The posters here have been awesome, but the move to Brightspace seems to have changed things quite a bit

For all you guys who did your UMPI classes pre-Brightspace, your timing and challenge level was probably a different experience. 

Brightspace definitely seems to have made things tougher and longer.

I took one semester before Brightspace, and now I'm using Brightspace, and the courses seem much much longer now.

I honestly don't see how anyone could do the whole "10 classes in 10 days cuz I stayed up all night!" thing anymore.

The UMPI business class I'm in, has textbooks (.pdf format tho, and not searchable) that we have to read chapters in, videos, lectures, etc.  Not super impossible or anything, but definitely more involved than before. Just the two chapters I've had to read so far have been pretty long reads and I haven't made it to my first milestone yet. I still have a bunch more to do before I get to it.

I've been talking to several currently enrolled students. Some were enrolled prior to Brightspace. Some classes have longer Final Assessments, but they're still far less work than a B&M course.

PDF textbooks can be search in Adobe Reader. You couldn't search in Strut either. In Strut you had many screens to read that were from textbooks, videos, and websites to read. Not much different really. 

There were very few people who completed 10 courses in 10 days. UMPI has stated for years that the average is 3-4 courses per session. There will always be outliers. One shouldn't compare themselves those.

(09-06-2023, 10:49 PM)ss20ts Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 10:11 PM)pjmix2000 Wrote: I think it is still better to complete it through UMPI due to the fact that you can actually finish this course in a week if you really are a good writer. Personally, I hate Sophia’s ENG courses they are too long and take forever to get you feedback for your touchstones..

I spent 70+ days on Eng Comp 2 on Sophia and still had 1 more paper to go. The grading was horrible. I lost points for things not in the rubric in every paper except 1. I had the same grader for 5 out of 6 papers. I really wondered if the grader hated my topic. I never recommend Eng Comp from Sophia. It's just dreadful.

(09-19-2023, 10:24 PM)CCCollege Wrote: I started English Comp I on 8/5 and finished submitting papers  8/22 and final grade was 8/31. So not a bad run. I got an 87% for my final grade.  

Today I started English Comp II at Sophia and I finished the first two touchstones in about 3 hours time.  I’m really hoping to get things back in the week but see no reason why I can’t work ahead of the argumentative draft some.  If it takes 70 days I’ll be shocked, but it’s ok because I timed this mid-course so I can finish a lot of milestone only coursework between grades.