An Autobiography of a Digital Idea - Southwestern Law School

An Autobiography of a Digital Idea - Southwestern Law School An Autobiography of a Digital Idea - Southwestern Law School

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500 Journal of Legal Education The screen shot below shows the student view to upload a document. It looks similar to an attachment pop-up screen in e-mail. Figure 8. Upload Feature for Students From the professors’ point of view, the product needed to be convenient for many reasons. First, I wanted the paperless classroom to let professors avoid the copy machine. Second, I wanted them to avoid the burdensome process of collecting papers. I strove for a system where they would not need to be in their offices when papers were due or to spend class time collecting them. Instead, I designed the e-book so documents would be uploaded and

An Autobiography of a Digital Idea 501 time-stamped so professors need not track late papers in an assignment book. Below is a sample shot from the reporting feature for professors. Figure 9. Screen Shot of Reporting Feature Third, I wanted the electronic book to provide a “bank” for professors to share materials; via the e-book, they would have a resource of assignments, syllabi, multimedia files, and other material at their fingertips. My goal was for this trove to replace any separate idea bank or shared drive among professors. I also wanted a school bank so all the professors using the e-book at an

500 Journal <strong>of</strong> Legal Education<br />

The screen shot below shows the student view to upload a document. It looks<br />

similar to an attachment pop-up screen in e-mail.<br />

Figure 8. Upload Feature for Students<br />

From the pr<strong>of</strong>essors’ point <strong>of</strong> view, the product needed to be convenient<br />

for many reasons. First, I wanted the paperless classroom to let pr<strong>of</strong>essors<br />

avoid the copy machine. Second, I wanted them to avoid the burdensome<br />

process <strong>of</strong> collecting papers. I strove for a system where they would not need<br />

to be in their <strong>of</strong>fices when papers were due or to spend class time collecting<br />

them. Instead, I designed the e-book so documents would be uploaded and

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