Just spent most of the weekend working on the Wiki concept and trying to give the class more of an idea of what is actually expected of them. This is a level three course in natural sciences, and as such it was never going to be easy. I wonder some times if some of the students were expecting 3 credits for a Discovery Channel tour of fossils. There is much more to paleontology than that, but I still believe that none of this is too difficult for this class, most of whom appear eager to learn and dedicated to their work. My idea now is that students will post their work in to the Wiki site rather than submit it to me as a paper. It means that everyone gets to see the work of other students and that can be daunting, but it is also an incentive to put more work into the course.