Very pleased with how things went today - ss are starting to see the big picture and their place in it, and understanding the course as something to take seriously.
The film review analysis worked well, and ss saw the difference between a good review and those that weren't so good. They also seemed rather interested in additional practice, so we'll see how many use Tropfest as a chance for extra review.
Very pleased that Canvas is also performing. What I'd feared might be be a structural issue turned out to be pure PEBCAK. It works fine, and ss now recognise that it's a functioning system which they must adhere to. Their feedback over the weekend via the diaries has been revealing. Despite some minor fears that grammar has been dispatched of like the proverbial with the bathwater (more associated with the shock of the unfamiliar than any real issue), majority if ss are very keen and well-motivated.
This could also be seen today in how they took to the film festivals reading and discussion - been a long time since I've had this sort of participation and discussion.
Now to see what I can do with Wednesday's film-making class - need to keep ss on-task without it becoming too unstructured.
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