Going to use this and other courses to build a solid foundation for learning AI

still have majority of Students who are not aligned with attempts to perform "Hands-On" assignments, but would rather remain home and miss valuable experence(s)

Yes - better organization and planning is always an extremely effective approach - but you still need to be afforded enough time to execute this approach - not an ever ending addtional tasking with never any previous tasks removed.

This approach appears to be counter-productive