The server processes his answers. The spinning wheel. Then: "Grades will be released in 7 days."
The servers of BSU were never built for that. For three weeks in March, moodle.bsu.edu.ge became a battlefield. The login page timed out. The video player stuttered. Professors, trained in chalk and blackboard, suddenly faced a blank HTML editor. Students from the Adjara highlands, with 3G signals that flickered like candlelight, tried to upload homework photos taken on cheap Android phones. moodle.bsu.edu.ge
Then, 2020. The pandemic.
No one claps for Davit. No one thanks the server rack in the closet on the third floor, where the fans whir 24/7, pushing hot air into a room with no AC. But every time a student logs in successfully, Davit’s work whispers: You are allowed to learn. You are not forgotten. The server processes his answers
Moodle never says no. It just records. It waits. For three weeks in March, moodle
The scars of 2020 are still there. Look at the file names: final_exam_v3_FINAL_real_FINAL(2).pdf . Look at the forum threads: "Professor, the Zoom link is broken." "I have no microphone." "My grandmother died. Can I have an extension?"
He has done this for eight years. He has seen Moodle upgrades break plugins. He has restored databases from backups at midnight on New Year’s Eve. He has never missed a semester.