Since I've confirmed my love for coaching I thought the information we learned in this class would be irrelevant to my passion. Through our project and the access to academic information I was able to gain more insight into the academic side of athletics. It was very interesting to look into APR rates of various colleges and how easily that can be affected and the difference between that and graduation rates.
Doing the APR calculations for various teams was a change of pace exercise. It was different than most the other assignments we’ve had up until this point. It was a good task in the sense that now I can say I’ve calculated a team’s APR before, one more thing to add to the skill list from my IAL education.
Learning more about the capabilities of Catalyst was interesting. I think it was beneficial to learn how to administer online surveys. Though the creation of survey was a good lesson learned, getting the actual results with accurate data seemed near impossible. I understand that wasn't exactly the point of the exercise but for a person who likes to ask "why," it is difficult to complete something "just because" it was the assignment. But regardless of the outcome of the results from the survey, learning Catalyst was helpful.
Comparing Catalyst to Blackboard was interesting as I've (and most others in our class) had experience with Blackboard in college. Blackboard is more suitable for undergraduates I think based on the capabilities and easier navigation of the site, but maybe Catalyst provides more opportunities for graduate students?
I enjoyed discussing the project topics with my classmates and seeing the examples from last year. I think that was the most interesting part of the class, more so even than researching our own topics.
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