This weekend was a real exciting one. I spent a lot of hours trying to personalize VarsityLounge for each member.We added some cool new features such as "My Courses" which allows a student to subscribe to a course and get immediate emails when someone posts a study material to the course.
You will also notice a summary of newly posted study materials in your school since you last logged in.
We listened to your complaints about how difficult it was to sometimes remember your nickname so we made it possible for you to use your email address to log-in.
In addition, I decided to give our members and site visitors a count of our membership and posts in real time. So we can give ourselves a pat on the back for a job well done trying to get the word out. As at the time of this blog entry, V-LO membership has expanded beyond home court (IUPUI) to schools like Howard University, University of Illinois, Rutgers, Marquette, Ohio State, Purdue and host of others. Study materials posted have also really picked up. We now have 220+ posts in the form of homework, solutions class notes, old exams, old quizes, tests, projects not just from IUPUI but from all these other schools. Way to go guys and girls!
If there are any new features you'd like to see on V-Lo please post as comments.. We will love to read from you.
Some of us are still battling with the ethical issues surrounding VarsityLounge and to this, we rest assure you that the V-lo concept is legal and ethical as long as materials posted to the site are not copyrighted. Sample copyrighted materials will be textbooks, e-books, etc.
I will also say this: If you are not yet a member, you cannot afford to sit in the same class with other students who are already using VarsityLounge. You will be putting yourself at a real disadvantage. Our members understand the power of learning from each other and are therefore able to study more, faster.
Ok.. that was my cheesy sales pitch.. I hope you bought it.. LOL! By the way, registration is still free. So sign up today.
Catch ya'all later. |
