tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post67799957273255954..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Advertising ClassesBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-35337211698217124222014-10-23T20:19:40.052-07:002014-10-23T20:19:40.052-07:00My department does it, mostly for themed 200-level...My department does it, mostly for themed 200-level classes that can be taken for distribution requirements, and special topics classes in the major. I think I remember seeing the special topics posters around when I first came (15 years ago), but the 200-level posters are, I think, newer, in part because we're doing many more sections of the themed class that is taught in larger sections (but isn't writing-intensive), and fewer sections of the more generic "reading and writing about lit" one (which fulfills the same distribution requirement, but/and is also writing-intensive). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-5518945531522548382014-10-22T19:52:30.501-07:002014-10-22T19:52:30.501-07:00After seeing your post about posters, I decided to...After seeing your post about posters, I decided to announce on our FB page two courses that might be of interest to my 190 humanities students. It was basically like, "If you're enjoying this literature, perhaps you'd like more in x and y classes in the spring." I don't know that it will help, but I was too lazy to make a poster, and a FB ad would at least be seen by a large number of current students. We'll see if it makes a difference. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-38896560629857379672014-10-22T18:23:00.114-07:002014-10-22T18:23:00.114-07:00We're supposed to do posters, and many of us d...We're supposed to do posters, and many of us do. They're just a regular sheet of paper with pictures and information, but maybe they help to inform the students a bit. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-89334977936685422012014-10-22T17:10:09.945-07:002014-10-22T17:10:09.945-07:00We've been doing it a lot lately. It makes se...We've been doing it a lot lately. It makes sense to me for Special Topics classes and new classes. But we're doing it for every upper level class these days, which I don't know -- do we really need to advertise English Grammar, which every major is required to take?<br /><br />I suppose we might coax some Engineer into the class who might otherwise not consider it. Who knows.delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-18426837787626106212014-10-22T16:52:10.851-07:002014-10-22T16:52:10.851-07:00We do it for new classes and to advertise specific...We do it for new classes and to advertise specific elective classes to other departments. Ditto other departments for our students. We also send emails. I'm at a really big university and there's so many classes students might not come across a class that would be a good fit if they're not pointed in that direction simply because they don't think to look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-90614480535596599942014-10-22T15:41:03.794-07:002014-10-22T15:41:03.794-07:00I don't really think they work, but I usually ...I don't really think they work, but I usually put a few up (at least if I have an upper-level class other than Shakespeare, which always makes). Hey, they're pretty and I have fun making them, so why not?Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.com