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Cara L. Lewis

@carallewis.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of English & WGS, IU NW / Author of Dynamic Form: How Intermediality Made Modernism (Cornell UP, 2020) / Opinions my own (she/her)

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · Nov 10

For the newbies, I post about c20-21 lit, esp as it intersects with the visual arts. Also: the novel, women’s & gender studies, working at a regional public university in the US, swimming, baking, Chicago, and a toddler.

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 1h

But thank you so much for saying so! I like knowing others are keeping the format alive

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 1h

Totally agree on it being worth it! Trying to figure out how to do it without the infrastructure of the campus print shop (either we print it ourselves or send it to FedEx or I go through the bookstore, I think)

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 1h

Bummer—but thanks for replying anyway!

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 2h

will keep in mind, although it def won't work for this course (an interdisciplinary WGS intro)

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 2h

yeah—I wouldn't ask them to print any more, either

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 3h

Got it, and thank you. I'd be ok with handouts at those percentages, but contemplating it for a class that's basically the reverse proportion (and not lit—it's a WGS intro)

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 3h

I do too, squirreled away in my office file cabinets

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for this! What percentage of the readings are handout vs book? I'm contemplating coursepack/handout for a class that's 75ish% PDF

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 5h

me too! except getting poked by the binding

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 5h

got it—thanks again!

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 5h

❤️ ; Or, the New Luddites

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks for sharing!

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

honestly it's been elating: would happily read or participate!

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Great! Did you run into any permissions issues?

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

kudos to you and them! what a great class it must be!

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Got it. I've been handing out a lot this semester in one class, but it's intro to poetry, so mostly single sheets. FWIW, I'm seeing the same engagement as you (not zero tech, but we're doing physical reading journals, other handwritten assignments are fine, and a lot of textual annotation)

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, exactly—and whether my campus bookstore or our printing services (FedEx) can do this in the way a college town copy shop used to, I have no idea

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks for this! I so agree about hard copies. Just trying to figure out the feasibility of coursepacks because I worry printing everything as a handout would undo me

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Ah—that's a good heads-up. thank you!

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

I'll say I'm already quite analog. Infrastructure for coursepacks at my regional public in IN (where I haven't seen a coursepack in the 10+ years I've been here) may be a problem

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Can I ask what percentage of course readings are handouts vs books? trying to gauge feasibility for a class next term that's like 60-75% PDFs

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Okay! Via bookstore or campus copy services or FedEx or something else?

Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks! This is helpful. What percentage of the readings are handouts vs. books? My most PDF-heavy class is next term, and I'm thinking seriously about doing handouts, but the idea of having to do it every day/week/month is A LOT

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

I'm contemplating options for next semester. Tired of students not reading online PDFs (or not reading them well) and wary of increasing LMS surveillance. Trying to figure out what's doable without the infrastructure of the college town copy shop.

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Cara L. Lewis @carallewis.bsky.social · 6h

Does anyone still make coursepacks for students?

Super common when I was in college & grad school, but I imagine putting PDFs on the LMS has mostly (entirely?) replaced it. Anyone just printing out everything for them?

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