MYSURU: In accordance with the directions issued by the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), most of the varsity’s affiliate colleges are conducting online classes for their students. Owing to the lockdown, the students have missed out on precious hours, which could otherwise have been used for completion of syllabus and the online classes were thought of as a solution to mitigating the problem.
Unfortunately, there have been instances of students misusing the system. Some of them have complained that a few students were allowing those who were not students to participate in the online classes, which resulted in needless disruption of the classes, which were difficult to organise and hold to begin with.
“Recently, a student shared the host ID of the online class with a Chinese student, who joined the class midway and caused a nuisance by chattering away in Chinese. A student of another college allegedly impersonated Vatal Nagaraj, and caused a ruckus. Mischievous students are disrupting these sessions,” rued an engineering college student.
In order to avoid such unseemly incidents, the colleges decided to hold the online classes in batches by dividing each class and conducting multiple sessions. However, troublemakers continue to find ways to prevent the classes from running smoothly.
“We can access the virtual classroom only after we get approval from the host, but many students continue to share the link with others. The faculty are forced to hold the classes by muting the students,” said another student.
Visvesvaray Technological University vice-chancellor Karisiddappa admitted to misdemeanours on the part of students while the online classes were in progress. Pointing out that there was more to their actions than pointless mischief, he added, “This involves breach of data security. We have issued an advisory to all colleges about the need to have safeguards, and hold these classes in a secure manner.”
On the other hand, students of colleges located in the smaller towns are facing trouble owing to poor connectivity. “One would hope for at least the mobile data connection to remain stable. But classes are interrupted constantly owing to problems with the network,” said an assistant professor at a VTU affiliate college.
The advisory issued by VTU to its affiliate colleges was drafted by Bangalore University KR Venugopal, who is also a renowned computer scientist. The advisory enjoins on the participating students and teachers to be present in the virtual meeting room before the start of the class. The administrators have been asked strictly to allow admission only to those students with whom they are personally familiar. The students cannot log in before the host, nor can the former disable the same prior to the host. Students who are late cannot join the class once it has started, and screen-sharing has likewise been disabled. The participating students can chat only with the host and not with other students.
Unfortunately, there have been instances of students misusing the system. Some of them have complained that a few students were allowing those who were not students to participate in the online classes, which resulted in needless disruption of the classes, which were difficult to organise and hold to begin with.
“Recently, a student shared the host ID of the online class with a Chinese student, who joined the class midway and caused a nuisance by chattering away in Chinese. A student of another college allegedly impersonated Vatal Nagaraj, and caused a ruckus. Mischievous students are disrupting these sessions,” rued an engineering college student.
In order to avoid such unseemly incidents, the colleges decided to hold the online classes in batches by dividing each class and conducting multiple sessions. However, troublemakers continue to find ways to prevent the classes from running smoothly.
“We can access the virtual classroom only after we get approval from the host, but many students continue to share the link with others. The faculty are forced to hold the classes by muting the students,” said another student.
Visvesvaray Technological University vice-chancellor Karisiddappa admitted to misdemeanours on the part of students while the online classes were in progress. Pointing out that there was more to their actions than pointless mischief, he added, “This involves breach of data security. We have issued an advisory to all colleges about the need to have safeguards, and hold these classes in a secure manner.”
On the other hand, students of colleges located in the smaller towns are facing trouble owing to poor connectivity. “One would hope for at least the mobile data connection to remain stable. But classes are interrupted constantly owing to problems with the network,” said an assistant professor at a VTU affiliate college.
The advisory issued by VTU to its affiliate colleges was drafted by Bangalore University KR Venugopal, who is also a renowned computer scientist. The advisory enjoins on the participating students and teachers to be present in the virtual meeting room before the start of the class. The administrators have been asked strictly to allow admission only to those students with whom they are personally familiar. The students cannot log in before the host, nor can the former disable the same prior to the host. Students who are late cannot join the class once it has started, and screen-sharing has likewise been disabled. The participating students can chat only with the host and not with other students.
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