What does the syllabus say about when the lecture will be posted? It should say something like "Lectures posted every Sunday", etc. What you should do is copy and paste the discussion board items where students complained, and his response that he acknowledges that he missed his own deadlines, and email it to the Associate Dean (or Dean if there is no Associate Dean). One of the duties of the Associate Dean is to help students with these type of problems. In your email to his "boss", be professional and fact-based. Merely state that the professors has not posted the lectures">lectures (fact), and you wish to have them so you can keep up (the impact to you). Don't say it so negatively that the Dean feels he has to stick up for the Prof (i.e defend the university). Remember the goal is that you want the lectures">lectures posted. No matter how pissed you're at the Prof, don't try to "take him down". You just want the lectures">lectures, but at the same time you don't want a angry prof who'll nitpick your Final Exam answers? You can achieve your results with politeness and tact.
manpreet
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2 years ago
I'm a student in an online class at university, and we're now a few weeks into the course. So far, only two lectures have been uploaded—there should be six or seven. On the course discussion board, many students have expressed concern that we're behind and have asked when we can expect course content to be published. The professor has indicated multiple times (the first time was two weeks ago) that he's working on getting caught up and will post lectures soon. If I heard that once and things changed, I might believe it, but the professor still hasn't posted anything beyond those two previously mentioned lectures.
What's the appropriate way to handle this situation, and how can I ensure my success in this class?