Dear Professors,
The end of the semester is near and if I could say one thing about your impact in my life throughout these past few months, it's that you've without a doubt made my life as a college student much more difficult. Not all professors use Reggienet, however, there are some who make their own class websites that function just the same to keep students informed, and that is fine. If Reggienet isn't your thing, I get that. But as an educator, why did you think it was okay to leave your students in the dark all semester?
Reggienet is there for a reason. Maybe it doesn't make your life easier, but it sure does make mine. As a student, there is no worse feeling than having no clue where you currently stand in a class. I'm sick of hearing the excuses "Reggienet is too difficult to work", "I'm not a fan of Reggienet", etc. Maybe you're not a fan of Reggienet, but I'm not a fan of having no idea what my grade is in your class.
If you expect your students to complete various assignments by certain deadlines and we never fail to meet or exceed expectations, then you should at least be able to update Reggienet so we can see that our hard work is paying off. We are expected to finish things in a timely manner, so why can't you?
This semester, you along with many other teachers decided not to use Reggienet's most relevant feature...the gradebook. You would not tell us our grades when we asked you because you hadn't even graded our materials yet. At the end of the semester, you still had not graded things from the first week of class. Because of this, many students did not know how they were doing until just days before finals when it was too late.
Reggienet serves many purposes, one of which is organization. Part of me being able to stay on top of my work is having a professor who is organized and keeps students informed and updated. I truly hope that in the future you decide to utilize the program that our university has provided you with for a reason. It's not just a program implemented to make your life more difficult. It actually serves a purpose and I wish you could see that.
Sincerely,
A frustrated student
