[nabs-l] In person versus online for the summer

[Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer]

Good evening, I hope everyone is doing well. I am faced with a difficult decision this evening. ... whether or not to go to my university and take one class and stay in the dorm for six weeks,  or take the same class online. I feel that there are both negative and positive aspects to each of the two decisions. Regardless, I will be attending the University I am writing about in the fall. A couple advantages that icy to being on campus for the six weeks are being able to completely mapped the campus with very few people there, and being able to interact with my professor on a more one to one basis, including in person, and same holds true  for the Dss office. I have been on campus before once. I have also sent an email with my accommodation letter to the professor who's class I plan to take if I were to take it face-to-face at the University. Some of my family is hesitant to allow me to do the six week session, and they would rather see me complete the courses online. They say that I would still be able to get to the campus a few days before the start of fall semester,  but I feel like I would need more time that way I can know the campus, the city I will be residing in, and the Dss office staff, among other important things. I have had some difficulty with online classes in the past, they were college algebra classes that had an online homework component. The staff at the Dss office has informed me that online classes through the University I will be attending are conducted using blackboard. How accessible, or inaccessible, is blackboard? I have an iPhone, a Mac, and a Windows machine.
   Also, if faced with this decision, what would you do (which decision would you make), and why would you make that decision? I know in the end it will be my decision to make, I would just like suggestions from each of you. Thank you in advance for any suggestions you may provide.        

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