Nathan Atkinson

@Katrina Feature requests/updates: 1) Allow "assignments" without due dates 2) Allow *instructor* choice of percent-complete  3) Allow students who add after assignments are made to automatically g...

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John, you have referenced at least twice that KA was originally for students to fill in gaps. I completely agree and is why I use it extensively. However, this last round of updates dramatically mo...

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Is there a way to not assign due dates?

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John, I really appreciate your comment. Dear KA, please stop being so teacher un-friendly. I am willing to learn and adapt to this change if I have options available. The other day I was sitting ne...

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Evan, what other platforms would you recommend? Finding free, useful, and level appropriate diagnostics has been difficult.

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The closest they have right now is SAT prep which could be used as a pre-assessment.  

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They used to have what you describe as "labs" features, but it was not entirely integrated and is no longer available.  The closest method I can use now is to link directly to a mission forcing the...

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Here are my perspectives: As a student: I use KA to review and to practice attention to detail by having to do all the practice problems in a row. I use to reinforce self-discipline.  As a professo...

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