What's collected
- Discussion posts and replies you write, with your name attached.
- Peer-review logs: that you told the site you emailed or received feedback, and who your partner was.
- Poll answers about how a round of feedback went — including free-text comments.
- Basic technical logging (timestamps, action type) used only to debug the site if something breaks.
Not collected here: paper drafts, grades, or feedback content itself. Drafts and feedback are exchanged directly by email between you and your partner — this site only tracks that the exchange happened.
Who sees it
- Discussion posts are visible to the whole class.
- The peer-review poll is non-anonymous — Prof. Gerson sees who submitted each response. Your partner does not see your poll answers.
- Peer-review logs (sent/received) are visible to Prof. Gerson, not to the rest of the class.
How it's secured — plainly
There are no student accounts or passwords. Everyone in the class shares one class code, checked on every write. That code is a speed bump, not real security — a determined classmate could technically post under someone else's name. To limit damage: writes are rate-limited, a hidden field traps basic bots, every action is logged, and Prof. Gerson can hide or delete posts. For a small seminar with no grades stored on this site, that trade-off is reasonable — but it's not bank-grade security, and you should treat it accordingly.
The backend address is visible in this site's public source code, because that's unavoidable for a static site like this one. All real access control happens on the server side, not by hiding that address.
Deleting your data
Email pgerson@illinoistech.edu to have a specific post removed, or use the delete link under your own posts if one is shown. All poll and log data is purged at the end of the semester.