Rules for seminars

As I have explained in class, I am dumping the system of ”class PowerPoint presentations” for two reasons:

• students just copy Wikipedia or AI stuff and read it aloud, sometimes directly off the screen.
• often there is zero effort to summarize / condense / synthetize things
• the rest of the class is indirectly engaged to be lazy, passive and to dose off (să ațipească) 

I am trying to engage more students in each seminar, by adding a number of questions that would encourage them to come up with small morsels (îmbucături) or snippets (bucățele) of  info.

Here are the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:

1. One person, one question. No exceptions.
2. Immediately after you picked up your question click on the Reply button at the bottom of the page and write down your question number (format A8, or B7, or D11). If more people have chosen the same question, just check who was first (your posts are displayed with the old posts on TOP and the new ones BELOW). Remember: Your choice goes on a First come first served basis.
3. Do not write your answers on the Canvas page! Answers in class orally!
4. And when in class you are not allowed to use your smartphone. Write them down on a piece of paper or commit them to memory. Or even better: Present them in a lively and colloquial manner — to your classmates, not to the teacher. Bonus points for people who can speak freely.

Please ignore these next three points. I still have no solution for you posting images. You may wish to print them out or show them on a tablet.

1. If you need to illustrate your answer with images, you may post a maximum of 2 images on that Canvas (hit Reply).
2. Images should not be larger than 1200 pixels horizontally (larger pictures break this page, and will be eliminated). Caption (title) for the image no longer than 5 words. Do not forget to mention the number of the question!
3. Do not use Attach for your images, because that will make downloadable but not visible. Save the image on your computer. Then press the button to make it visible. Then hit Enter, to start a new line for your 5-word explanation.