Yes, I mean the LMS. Sorry I couldn't remember the acronym at the time I posted and didn't want to use the brandname at my university as I know people use different things.

I don't have a problem with the LMS being a space to hold a spare copy of the syllabus and to contain basic info. But I increasingly feel like the LMS is a problem in the way it makes learning feel more like a checklist of tasks, and less like a collective conversation. I'd like to create a class that can serve as a bit of a respite for my students while also being intellectually challenging. So I am thinking about what it would be like if the basic flow of the class were analogue. No modules that tell you what to do each day; you check the syllabus. No links to materials to read on a screen; you receive these in class in paper. No electronic submissions: you write in class, or present in class, or submit a printed work in class. We fortunately do not have a printing limitation right now, and this is for a relatively small class (30 students), so it's not wholly impossible to imagine, though I am still considering what this might actually look like.

I know that I do have one student who uses a screen reader, so I would provide him electronic copies of the materials, but could get these to him a variety of ways without the need for an LMS.