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Aurock112 karma
Can you elaborate on this? What is a cohort? Are you only taking on students who live in specific cities? If so, why is that a requirement for an online program?
Aurock111 karma
Why does Onenote feel so clunky when inserting other files/documents?
When I attach a file in Onenote (any document type file at least) it asks if I want to attach the file or insert a printout. If I choose to attach the file, I get a little icon and filename in my note. I can't see the contents without opening the attached file. If I choose to insert a printout, I get an image of what the document would look like printed on paper. The image is static, I can't edit the contents, or even select text from the 'printout' to copy and paste somewhere else.
Making things more confusing, when I choose to insert a printout of a document, I still get the little icon and file name at the top, which looks just like when I attach the file. IS the original file attached in addition to including the printout? If it is, then why bother asking if I want to attach the file or insert a printout if it's going to do both?
Contrast those examples with how Evernote handles such attachments. If I drag a text file into a note, Evernote drops the contents of the file into the note as text. It's just as if I had typed the text into the note manually. If I drag a PDF over, evernote shows the entire PDF in the note, using an embedded pdf viewer. I can't edit the contents of the PDF of course, but I can select and copy text, just as I could if I opened the PDF in Adobe or FoxIt reader. I just have a free evernote account, it would do more with the attachments (pdf annotation, indexing the contents of attached word docs, etc) if I had a premium subscription.
Attachments in onenote just don't seem as simple or handled as well as in evernote. Any improvements coming down the pipe on that front?
Aurock14 karma
Have you considered adding a "tagging" ability to Onenote?
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the most organized person. Me and my ADHD just have a really hard time creating and sticking to a nice organizational structure such as dividing things into separate notebooks and tabs within the notebooks. I try, but often I don't know where a specific note might have been filed away.
In Onenote, I often struggle with where exactly to file a note at. Say I find a blog post with good info on an IT type topic. It's not company data, but it is something I might use for work. Do I save it in a work notebook, or a personal one? Or do I keep a separate one for IT related stuff that isn't directly related to my employer? Then once I decide on a notebook, I go through a similar struggle over what tab to file it under...
Having switched from evernote (thanks for the conversion tool, btw!), I previously used their tagging function to 'organize' things. I could tag something with a specific keyword or phrase, and search by the keyword later to find everything tagged with that. The great thing about tags though was that I could apply as many tags as I wanted. This left me with the feeling that the notes were organized, but not limited to a single specific 'place'.
Fortunately, the search function in Onenote does search across all notebooks, and so far I've had great luck with using it to find what I need. Still, I'm left feeling more constricted (is that the right word?) with Onenote compared to the freedom of the 'big pile' method and tagging in evernote.
Aurock14 karma
Ya know, I've been using it for some time, and never really noticed the Tags section of the ribbon. I guess when I expand the ribbon I'm just focused on the feature I'm looking for, and don't pay attention to what else is there.
Still, it definitely looks to be a whole different animal from the tags in Onenote. Might be worth trying though. Thanks!
Aurock134 karma
Why not become accredited and offer a degree? A college degree would hold weight with far more hiring managers than a 1yr certificate program would.
I assume that if you aren't accredited your students can't benefit from many types of financial aid, such as grants, scholarships, GI Bill, tuition reimbursement programs, etc. If a student does qualify for some sort of aid that could be used for a non accredited institution, would you accept that money to reduce what they eventually owe?
Any plans to qualify for the use of such funds in the future, whether through becoming accredited or some other means?
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