Earlier this year I got a scholarship to train as a school teacher
It's been fun to go back to uni, although I am conscious the attrition rate for distance education is higher than that for students studying education -- so the challenges must multiply!
One of my assessments for uni this semester is the aptly-named "hurdle" worth 0% that involves sitting the LANTITE test required of teachers to demonstrate literacy and numeracy.
This test uses a remote proctoring service based in the USA for regional students and was posing problems for my laptop's RAM and home broadband.
(I had resisted previously because I don't need their other services and who wants to be associated with an acronym that sounds like cuck?)
Australian internet often leaves a lot to be desired and service providers have been criticised for promoting speeds that don't reflect the bandwidth available to users during peak times.
Anyway, I think I've found a solution for my final LANTITE attempt today for 2024.
I reduced the screen resolution from 1920 pixels to 720 and now the proctoring service's test says I could host four students on my connection!
Now I'm wondering if I should offer my caravan as a study centre?
