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In my school, probably 90% of professors create their own course web sites (I came across only 2 who use blackboard in 2.5 years). We don't have any problems you mentioned, really, most the web sites are very minimal (even without CSS, usually). It does it's job, everyone's happy. Problem solved :) for example: http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ugt/2013/COMP36111/

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There were a few CS courses at UoM that required Blackboard... and I hated it. It became a running joke between my tutorial group and my tutor (who was, at the time, the director of undergraduate studies in the school) and sometimes they mentioned Blackboard just to make me rant.

That said, you're absolutely right. The system works perfectly well, but we are talking about a computer science department here and not a humanities department.

PS is Dr Latham still teaching and, more importantly, wearing those hideous shirts?

>>> PS is Dr Latham still teaching and, more importantly, wearing those hideous shirts?

Oh yeah he is and, yes, still wearing Hawaiian shirts.

God bless that man.

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