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I have a student who is non-traditional and returning to school at a later age. She registered for my async online course after not owning a computer for 20 years. She is completely overwhelmed by the course: Doesn't know how to access email, or how to navigate the course in the LMS, or how to access course meetings. I am practicing patience and compassion because she is very eager and wants to do well. I even set up a weekly meeting with her to check in.

We had a two hour meeting last week where I walked her through the course and she is very hard to keep on track and focused, with multiple interruptions, which leads me to believe something deeper is going on. This morning, I woke up to four separate emails from her-Long, multiple paragraph emails about how she hasn't been able to eat or sleep or spend time with her family because so much of her time is being dedicated to navigating and completing the course. She has had multiple panic attacks due to this. Her family would like her to switch to an in-person section but she doesn't want to because of the commute/campus parking.

We are not even a full week in and I feel like the majority of my time and energy is going to this one student and trying to help her get the hang of it. I want her to be successful in my class, I appreciate her dedication to the course, but I can't keep doing this all semester long.

Any advice?

When I started out on .25 mg I felt great, I loved how it quieted the food noise and was helping me lose weight. My provider hasn't increased the dose unless my weight has been stagnant or there has been a gain. I've gone from .25 (1 month) to .50 (3 months) and have now gone to the 1 mg pen and I feel like I'm dying. I am so nauseous, tired, and the reflux is leading to constant vomiting and stomach pain. I am not able to eat at all, which scares me for two reasons: 1) I want to develop healthy/sustainable goals on Wegovy and 2) I don't want to lose protein. I am having a lot of back/hip pain lately and am worried it is because of muscle loss.

I don't know if I'm looking for sympathy, advice, or somewhere in between. This medicine has saved my life and I don't want to stop, but feeling so unmotivated right now.

I am 5 days in to a course and already have a student who is wildly unprofessional in their communication with me. They will comment on their submissions and try to negotiate points, use gifs in their emails, and use abbreviations like "lmao," "idk," or "smh" in their written responses to course assignments. They submitted an answer to a question (for a grade) that started the answer with the following: "(Idk how to word this but I tried lol i so funny)"

They have a lovely personality but their communication is beyond unprofessional. A small percentage of my students' final grade is professionalism in communication, and this student is quickly losing points. I'm glad my student feels comfortable with me and is letting their personality show, but at the same time they need to understand that this type of communication is not okay. How would other profs address this? Would you just continue to deduct from the professionalism grade or email the student directly?

EDIT: Async course so communication is primarily email based.