Compass Grades

Four of my courses this semester use Illinois Compass, two of which use it strictly for publishing grades. Compass should have a feature of emailing me when my grades are updated. They already have the option of emailing you when you have new "Compass Messages," and they display on the front page when any grade is updated, so why can't we just combine the two features?

Seems like something all too obvious.

Speed up Illinois Compass

When I reinstalled Windows last December, I didn't install the Java Plugin on purpose, because U of I's Blackboard Learning System (branded Illinois Compass) does a Java check on each login. This Java check takes forever, and is much shorter if Java is not installed (which makes no sense). I have not had any reason to install Java for three months. It was a great decision, and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to speed up their Illinois Compass browsing times.