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@nxskok<\/a> @xcorvis<\/a>
Hmm, I like the idea of an animal\u2019s home.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296361677632439","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296361677632439","objectType":"note","content":"

@nxskok<\/a> @xcorvis<\/a>
Hmm, I like the idea of an animal\u2019s home.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296361677632439","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok\/statuses\/116296313068871305","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok\/116296313068871305"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/xcorvis"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12355203","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T17:51:35+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296361677632439"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@SteveBellovin<\/a>
Agreed to all that.<\/p>

At this point I think I\u2019ve managed to fully expunge exams from my teaching. There was one course where I suspended exams in 2020-2021, and found that there \u2022was\u2022 loss for the students: \u201cyou have to think through this for yourself, using your own brain, on paper\u201d turned out to serve a useful purpose for them. I now have a set of \u201cconceptual puzzles,\u201d machine-generated to allow infinite practice and infinite attempts, which seem to be filling that niche better than exams did.<\/p>

In my mid- and upper-level courses, I\u2019ve reached a point of good success with various \u201cungrading\u201d and grade-as-afterthought strategies that put focus squarely where it belongs: on the learning and on the people. It\u2019s proved harder in the intro courses, where the course may feel like a box to check and students don\u2019t necessarily come in invested in the learning. In those courses, I refer to grading as \u201cmethadone for extrinsic motivation:\u201d some of them are addicted to the external stimulus of grades, and I\u2019m trying to get them unhooked.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296488937700877","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296488937700877","objectType":"note","content":"

@SteveBellovin<\/a>
Agreed to all that.<\/p>

At this point I think I\u2019ve managed to fully expunge exams from my teaching. There was one course where I suspended exams in 2020-2021, and found that there \u2022was\u2022 loss for the students: \u201cyou have to think through this for yourself, using your own brain, on paper\u201d turned out to serve a useful purpose for them. I now have a set of \u201cconceptual puzzles,\u201d machine-generated to allow infinite practice and infinite attempts, which seem to be filling that niche better than exams did.<\/p>

In my mid- and upper-level courses, I\u2019ve reached a point of good success with various \u201cungrading\u201d and grade-as-afterthought strategies that put focus squarely where it belongs: on the learning and on the people. It\u2019s proved harder in the intro courses, where the course may feel like a box to check and students don\u2019t necessarily come in invested in the learning. In those courses, I refer to grading as \u201cmethadone for extrinsic motivation:\u201d some of them are addicted to the external stimulus of grades, and I\u2019m trying to get them unhooked.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296488937700877","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116296389532054777","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116296389532054777"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354914","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:46:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296488937700877"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin","displayName":"Steve Bellovin","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-original-tmp20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-96-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-48-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-24-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"297340"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-96-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I\u2019m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"SteveBellovin","displayName":"Steve Bellovin","note":"I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I\u2019m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me."}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> I hate grading and everything that goes with it, e.g., exams. (Aside: in Spring 2020, when we went fully remote under emergency circumstances and all classes were pass\/fail, I tried to cancel the final by announcing that at that point, everyone in the class was passing and I was happy to stick with that. A fair number of students insisted on a final exam\u2026 I was *extremely* liberal with exemption requests.) And I categorically refused to use any of these remote proctoring solutions, for many different reasons.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116296389532054777","object":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116296389532054777","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> I hate grading and everything that goes with it, e.g., exams. (Aside: in Spring 2020, when we went fully remote under emergency circumstances and all classes were pass\/fail, I tried to cancel the final by announcing that at that point, everyone in the class was passing and I was happy to stick with that. A fair number of students insisted on a final exam\u2026 I was *extremely* liberal with exemption requests.) And I categorically refused to use any of these remote proctoring solutions, for many different reasons.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116296389532054777","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296372173170759","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296372173170759"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354913","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:46:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116296389532054777"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin","displayName":"Steve Bellovin","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-original-tmp20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-96-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-48-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-24-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"297340"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-96-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I\u2019m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"SteveBellovin","displayName":"Steve Bellovin","note":"I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I\u2019m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me."}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Reasonable approach! Once I document my script, I'll open-source it and let others add that enhancement\u2026
As for grade-recording: I first started teaching back when I was a grad student. Very early on, a student complained to me about her grade and showed me that I'd recorded it incorrectly. This horrified me, so I immediately wrote a grade-recording and calculation system (in APL\u2026), and used it to create tear-sheets to hand to each student with their grades, there being no online way to send them in those days.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116296364900015454","object":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116296364900015454","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Reasonable approach! Once I document my script, I'll open-source it and let others add that enhancement\u2026
As for grade-recording: I first started teaching back when I was a grad student. Very early on, a student complained to me about her grade and showed me that I'd recorded it incorrectly. This horrified me, so I immediately wrote a grade-recording and calculation system (in APL\u2026), and used it to create tear-sheets to hand to each student with their grades, there being no online way to send them in those days.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116296364900015454","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296342909452769","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296342909452769"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354735","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:16:55+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116296364900015454"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@SteveBellovin<\/a>
APL! Nice!!<\/p>

I increasingly try to decenter grades from my teaching, but if I\u2019m assigning them, agreed that it\u2019s very important for me and the students to share a single source of truth about what was recorded.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296372173170759","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296372173170759","objectType":"note","content":"

@SteveBellovin<\/a>
APL! Nice!!<\/p>

I increasingly try to decenter grades from my teaching, but if I\u2019m assigning them, agreed that it\u2019s very important for me and the students to share a single source of truth about what was recorded.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296372173170759","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116296364900015454","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116296364900015454"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354736","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:16:54+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296372173170759"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/xcorvis","displayName":"xcorvis","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/146775-original-tmp20260216002105.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/146775-96-20260216002908.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/146775-48-20260216002908.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/146775-24-20260216002908.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"146775"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/146775-96-20260216002908.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"TTRPGs, gaming, Linux","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@xcorvis","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"xcorvis","displayName":"xcorvis","note":"TTRPGs, gaming, Linux"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> possible nose-thumbing with Muddle, Mogul, or Meddle, (or Moogle for the Final Fantasy fans)
Other low effort suggestions: Classy, Coursica, HomeRoom, SillyBus
Or you could always name it after a cute animal or maybe a flower.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/xcorvis\/statuses\/116287560549965968","object":{"id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/xcorvis\/statuses\/116287560549965968","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> possible nose-thumbing with Muddle, Mogul, or Meddle, (or Moogle for the Final Fantasy fans)
Other low effort suggestions: Classy, Coursica, HomeRoom, SillyBus
Or you could always name it after a cute animal or maybe a flower.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@xcorvis\/116287560549965968","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354726","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:14:46+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@xcorvis\/116287560549965968"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok","displayName":"Ken Butler","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359962-original-tmp20250830215457.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359962-96-20250912024012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359962-48-20250912024012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359962-24-20250912024012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"359962"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/359962-96-20250912024012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"British person, now in Canada. I teach applied statistics with #rstats at U of Toronto Scarborough. Otherwise, follow soccer and rugby league, ride transit, walk. Grew up in UK with 80s pop.The big picture is of a train at Paignton station, the little one is of a park bench near me in a Canadian winter.","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"nxskok","displayName":"Ken Butler","note":"British person, now in Canada. I teach applied statistics with #rstats at U of Toronto Scarborough. Otherwise, follow soccer and rugby league, ride transit, walk. Grew up in UK with 80s pop.The big picture is of a train at Paignton station, the little one is of a park bench near me in a Canadian winter."}},"content":"

@xcorvis<\/a> @inthehands<\/a> or maybe even the *home* of a cute animal, since a website is the course home.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok\/statuses\/116296313068871305","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok\/statuses\/116296313068871305","objectType":"note","content":"

@xcorvis<\/a> @inthehands<\/a> or maybe even the *home* of a cute animal, since a website is the course home.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok\/116296313068871305","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/xcorvis\/statuses\/116287560549965968","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@xcorvis\/116287560549965968"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354727","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:14:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok\/116296313068871305"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin","displayName":"Steve Bellovin","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-original-tmp20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-96-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-48-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-24-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"297340"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/297340-96-20241117214354.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I\u2019m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"SteveBellovin","displayName":"Steve Bellovin","note":"I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I\u2019m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me."}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Let me know what your second-best choice is \u2014 I need to document my version (see https:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/~smb\/classes\/f23\/lectures.html<\/a> for sample output) and post it somewhere, and I haven't even thought about a name. I've always posted my course material online and freely available, which is one reason I don't lock it up inside Canvas, but I despise Canvas about as much as you despise Moodle. (I've used Canvas only for grade recording\u2014I didn't want to deal with the privacy issues of managing students' access to their own grades, plus the integration with the university's final grade system\u2014and for the in-class chat room, since like you I prefer static web sites.)
Aside: my version started as a simple Python script to generate the list of dates for my lectures in any given semester, and it grew\u2026<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116287393563213531","object":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116287393563213531","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Let me know what your second-best choice is \u2014 I need to document my version (see https:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/~smb\/classes\/f23\/lectures.html<\/a> for sample output) and post it somewhere, and I haven't even thought about a name. I've always posted my course material online and freely available, which is one reason I don't lock it up inside Canvas, but I despise Canvas about as much as you despise Moodle. (I've used Canvas only for grade recording\u2014I didn't want to deal with the privacy issues of managing students' access to their own grades, plus the integration with the university's final grade system\u2014and for the in-class chat room, since like you I prefer static web sites.)
Aside: my version started as a simple Python script to generate the list of dates for my lectures in any given semester, and it grew\u2026<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116287393563213531","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354698","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:09:59+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116287393563213531"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@SteveBellovin<\/a>
Sounds like we have a similar approach: I still use the college\u2019s LMS for tracking grades and handling non-Git submissions (for the same privacy & security reasons), so the LMS site is just a bag of assignment names without dates. All dates and course content go on the course site.<\/p>

I like your site! Simple, straightforward, vibes of the 1999 web in the best way. I do a simple thing where there\u2019s \u201cwhat happens on this day?\u201d box for each day of class, though there\u2019s enough class meetings that I split them into separate pages instead of scrolling:<\/p>

https:\/\/comp127.macalester.digital\/s26\/schedule\/2026-02-06<\/a><\/p>

\u2026and then have a separate timeline page to serve as an overview:<\/p>

https:\/\/comp127.macalester.digital\/s26\/schedule\/<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296342909452769","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116296342909452769","objectType":"note","content":"

@SteveBellovin<\/a>
Sounds like we have a similar approach: I still use the college\u2019s LMS for tracking grades and handling non-Git submissions (for the same privacy & security reasons), so the LMS site is just a bag of assignment names without dates. All dates and course content go on the course site.<\/p>

I like your site! Simple, straightforward, vibes of the 1999 web in the best way. I do a simple thing where there\u2019s \u201cwhat happens on this day?\u201d box for each day of class, though there\u2019s enough class meetings that I split them into separate pages instead of scrolling:<\/p>

https:\/\/comp127.macalester.digital\/s26\/schedule\/2026-02-06<\/a><\/p>

\u2026and then have a separate timeline page to serve as an overview:<\/p>

https:\/\/comp127.macalester.digital\/s26\/schedule\/<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296342909452769","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/116287393563213531","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/116287393563213531"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12354699","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-26T16:09:58+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116296342909452769"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mdione","displayName":"Marcos Dione","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144846-original-tmp20230705142109.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":200,"height":200},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144846-96-20230705142109.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144846-48-20230705142109.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144846-24-20230705142109.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"144846"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144846-96-20230705142109.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Developer, SysAdmin, Open Source, map and photo enthusiast; POI collector.","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mdione","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mdione","displayName":"Marcos Dione","note":"Developer, SysAdmin, Open Source, map and photo enthusiast; POI collector."}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> \"Paul CanTeach\".<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mdione\/statuses\/116289786045731593","object":{"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mdione\/statuses\/116289786045731593","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> \"Paul CanTeach\".<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mdione\/116289786045731593","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12349448","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-25T18:23:47+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mdione\/116289786045731593"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@mdione<\/a>
Paulific CourseMaterials 365<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116290488448651563","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116290488448651563","objectType":"note","content":"

@mdione<\/a>
Paulific CourseMaterials 365<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116290488448651563","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mdione\/statuses\/116289786045731593","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mdione\/116289786045731593"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mdione"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12349449","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-25T18:23:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116290488448651563"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/users\/FreakyClaudi","displayName":"Claudia Schwemmers","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/384129-original-tmp20260325073455.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":198,"height":198},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/384129-96-20260325152503.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/384129-48-20260325152503.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/384129-24-20260325152503.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"384129"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/384129-96-20260325152503.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"BBS * Wirtschaft * Englisch * FOS * Tourismus * Moodle * MoodleBande * Erasmus+ (Irland) * digitale Bildung *","url":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/@FreakyClaudi","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"FreakyClaudi","displayName":"Claudia Schwemmers","note":"BBS * Wirtschaft * Englisch * FOS * Tourismus * Moodle * MoodleBande * Erasmus+ (Irland) * digitale Bildung *"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Sorry, but this looks extremely boring. I know that Moodle might be difficult to use at the beginning but you can build fantastic courses with individual self-learning paths which are motivating for students. At first glance Moodle looks old-fashioned and boring but it has so much more to offer than just data files\u2019 upload. No other LMS has as much to offer as Moodle. #moodle<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/users\/FreakyClaudi\/statuses\/116288656671677971","object":{"id":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/users\/FreakyClaudi\/statuses\/116288656671677971","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Sorry, but this looks extremely boring. I know that Moodle might be difficult to use at the beginning but you can build fantastic courses with individual self-learning paths which are motivating for students. At first glance Moodle looks old-fashioned and boring but it has so much more to offer than just data files\u2019 upload. No other LMS has as much to offer as Moodle. #moodle<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/@FreakyClaudi\/116288656671677971","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"moodle"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12348620","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-25T15:25:03+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/@FreakyClaudi\/116288656671677971"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@FreakyClaudi<\/a>
I\u2019ve been teaching courses using Moodle since 2008, and have read substantial portions of the Moodle source code. I\u2019m familiar with it, thanks.<\/p>

I\u2019m sure it serves the needs of many situations and many people quite well. It serves my needs extremely poorly \u2014 thus my desire to build a different tool that solves a different set of problems.<\/p>

When the information you have to share is \u201cI don\u2019t have the same problem as you and I prefer a different tool,\u201d you can always just choose not to reply.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116290499098700321","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116290499098700321","objectType":"note","content":"

@FreakyClaudi<\/a>
I\u2019ve been teaching courses using Moodle since 2008, and have read substantial portions of the Moodle source code. I\u2019m familiar with it, thanks.<\/p>

I\u2019m sure it serves the needs of many situations and many people quite well. It serves my needs extremely poorly \u2014 thus my desire to build a different tool that solves a different set of problems.<\/p>

When the information you have to share is \u201cI don\u2019t have the same problem as you and I prefer a different tool,\u201d you can always just choose not to reply.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116290499098700321","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/users\/FreakyClaudi\/statuses\/116288656671677971","url":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/@FreakyClaudi\/116288656671677971"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/bildung.social\/users\/FreakyClaudi"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12348621","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-25T15:25:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116290499098700321"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/aburka","displayName":"aburka \ud83e\udee3","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/38325-original-tmp20230102235813.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":288,"height":288},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/38325-96-20230128171459.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/38325-48-20230128171459.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/38325-24-20230128171459.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"38325"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/38325-96-20230128171459.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Engineer (robotics, embedded), contra dancer, nerdBlack lives matter | Trans rights are human rights | VOTEI toot\/boost stuff about robots, space, science{, fiction}, programming, US pol, etc. Also puns\/memes. (Most deleted after 2 years.)Follow to DM!Toots w\/o boosts: https:\/\/justmytoots.com\/@aburka@hachyderm.io?public_only=true:arch_linux: :rust: :cxx: :vim: :blobfoxcomputer: :blobfoxastronout: \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89#NoAI #NoCryptoNivenly memberAvatar: lego robotBanner: silhouetted human + robot","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@aburka","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aburka","displayName":"aburka \ud83e\udee3","note":"Engineer (robotics, embedded), contra dancer, nerdBlack lives matter | Trans rights are human rights | VOTEI toot\/boost stuff about robots, space, science{, fiction}, programming, US pol, etc. Also puns\/memes. (Most deleted after 2 years.)Follow to DM!Toots w\/o boosts: https:\/\/justmytoots.com\/@aburka@hachyderm.io?public_only=true:arch_linux: :rust: :cxx: :vim: :blobfoxcomputer: :blobfoxastronout: \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89#NoAI #NoCryptoNivenly memberAvatar: lego robotBanner: silhouetted human + robot"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> doomle<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/aburka\/statuses\/116287885671422469","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/aburka\/statuses\/116287885671422469","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> doomle<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@aburka\/116287885671422469","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12346643","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-25T04:19:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@aburka\/116287885671422469"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

Driven by my eternal hatred for Moodle, I wrote a static site generator for a course web site (https:\/\/comp127.macalester.digital\/f25\/<\/a>). I like it, and I\u2019m poking at documenting and open-sourcing it so that other instructors can use it for their own courses if they want to.<\/p>

It needs a cute name. Suggestion box is now open in the replies.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116287187770988445","objectType":"note","content":"

Driven by my eternal hatred for Moodle, I wrote a static site generator for a course web site (https:\/\/comp127.macalester.digital\/f25\/<\/a>). I like it, and I\u2019m poking at documenting and open-sourcing it so that other instructors can use it for their own courses if they want to.<\/p>

It needs a cute name. Suggestion box is now open in the replies.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=7960b860959187c7","notice_info":{"local_id":"12346101","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-25T01:25:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/116287187770988445"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6265417","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}