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Index of AET ET61 History of Animation Online Course
(Taught by Professor Paris Poirier through eCollege, Inc.'s smconline.org)
All screenshots are taken from the Fall 2006 ET61 online course, taught by Professor Paris Poirier.
Professor Jim Keeshen no longer teaches the course due to his alleged copyright infringement.
ET61 Screenshot Quick Links: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08
ET 61 FALL 2006 16 WEEK COURSE AND PARIS POIRIER
(Note 1: Here's Professor Paris Poirier welcoming her students to the History of Animation.)
(Note 2: Notice that smconline.org through SMC deceptively advertises this class as a 16 week course.)
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ET 61 FALL 2006 ANNOUNCEMENTS BY PARIS POIRIER
(Note 1: Notice there are only 8 units and the there is nothing else until the Final Exam on Dec. 16th.)
(Note 2: Professor Poirier has only posted three announcements throughout the entire semester!)
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ET 61 FALL 2006: STUDENTS BEGIN TO QUESTION COURSE VALIDITY.
(Note 1: This is the threaded discussion from Unit 05. I have redacted personal student information.)
(Note 2: Ten weeks into the course and Professor Poirier hasn't even graded the students' work!)
(Note 3: This is only a partial list of the threaded discussion of student concerns.)
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ET 61 FALL 2006: NO ASSIGNMENTS FOR UNIT 06 DESPITE 10 WEEKS LEFT IN COURSE.
(Note 1: Notice the only assignment for Unit 06 is to actually do the threads for the previous weeks.)
(Note 2: Notice that there is nothing but "lectures" for Units 07 and Unit 08 and no other units afterwards.)
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ET 61 FALL 2006: NOTHING BUT OUTDATED VIDEO AND LECTURE.
(Note 1: The Real Player Streaming Video Clip of Professor Jim Keeshen is outdated and barely functions.)
(Note 2: The lectures are 6 years old, have no images, and many of the hyperlinks are broken and not updated.)
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ET 61 FALL 2006: REMOVED HYPERLINKS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGED WEBPAGES
(Note: These are the hyperlinks to the stolen webpages that SMC has since removed after copyright violation.)
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ET 61 FALL 2006: UNIT 2 THREADED DISCUSSION NOT YET GRADED.
(Note 1: This shows that Professor Poirier hasn't yet bothered to respond to the threaded discussion.)
(Note 2: Notice that these Unit 02 student responses were over two months ago!)
(Note 3: The students' threads are in blue and the professor's would have been in black.)
(Note 4: I have redacted personal student information.)
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ET 61 FALL 2006: CD-ROM THAT LINKS TO OUTDATED FLIMSY WEBPAGES
(Note 1: The overpriced CD-ROM required for the course links to these webpages with dead hyperlinks.)
(Note 2: SMC has had about 6 years to create and update these pages with all the profit from the CD-ROMS.)
(Note 3: Where did this money go and why are the students getting ripped off? Where's the education?)
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