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April 22, 2003
Final Exam Question #3
The following is a final exam question from a course on Microsoft Excel:
3. Research on the internet how to set up a free or small charge Web site. Type the instructions and then set up a free Web site of a business you would like to establish. Include as many graphics to attract the attention of anyone who you believe would buy your prodcut(s) or services. Then e-mail to me your new Web address so I can view it and submit the printed instructions to me by Thursday, May 1, 2003.Sounds a little extreme considering the fact that this is a course on Excel with absolutely no instruction on the Internet. The instructor should have no expectation that her class should be Internet-savvy at all, yet this question is here.
Moreover, the instructor also has questions that are unclearly written and expect knowledge of accounting practices (balance sheets). While I think that these are things that most people should know or learn, it seems patently unfair to me that people that signed up to take a course on Excel are being tested on their knowledge and comprehension of topics that are completely unrelated to the course.
Posted by KinCross at April 22, 2003 12:02 AM