CSE 102 Fall 2022 Student Feedback

RESPONDERS’ COMMENTS FOR CSE 102 001-058 (FS22) [IN-PERSON]

  • Question 2: The instructor was available and willing to help the student. Explain:
    • Mr. Sands recorded the lecture videos for the class, which I found very helpful but I wish he would lecture about concepts actually during the class versus watching lectures on my own time.
    • Flexible office hours and fast responses.
    • He helped me in the help room and was very patient with me
    • Extremely helpful during the zoom helprooms.
    • The videos were the only thing that got me through this semester. Without them, I would have failed completely. Thank you Dr. Sands.
    • Made good quality lecture videos with good examples and explanations.
    • Very helpful videos, and seems like a cool guy overall
    • Extremely kind and personable. Went to office hours on zoom and he spent over an hour with me, reviewing topics, helping guide me through labs and answering questions. He was great!
  • Question 4: The instructor explained course material clearly. Explain:
    • His prerecorded videos were a good additional resource to learn the material besides zybooks.
    • The instructor explained course material with lots of detail and explanation behind each step
    • All lecture videos were very clear to understand and helpful.
    • His videos over the course material were great, and I liked having the videos as a resource to fill in the gaps between the readings.
    • Took time to explain everything to me during the zoom helprooms which was appreciated.
    • His videos really helped explain certain concepts I struggled with in class.
    • I found his videos to be very helpful and clearly explained. I thought these videos were super helpful in assisting me to understand the concepts in this course.
    • Dr. Sands is great at explaining CSE concepts and was part of the reason I succeeded in this class.
    • Yes helped in outside of class a lot. Good explaining in lecture videos.
  • Question 6: The instructor was well-prepared for classes and other related course activities. Explain:
    • His videos were good. He was interesting and tried to explain the topic well. He gave examples too which are useful.
    • Class was always ready to go with lesson plans and help along the way of completing that weeks assignments.
    • The lecture videos were well prepared.
    • Dr. Sands created great course content videos for a deeper understanding of the content.
    • He would have code typed out then went over them step by step I think that helped a lot.
  • Question 8: The instructor organized the course well. Explain:
    • I appreciated that the class was planned out since its inception. It made it much easier knowing what was coming up.
    • I like that class time is used to ask questions with TA’s and get the help you need, however there were some period of times towards the end of the semester when the workload wasn’t very spread out.
    • The class was organized in an effective way in which I never felt behind.
    • Gave plenty of time for students to be independently productive in class while also breaking down big topics.
  • Question 10: Comments: Please provide any additional feedback and constructive comments.
    • Class was challenging but effective in teaching CSE skills.
    • Until I saw this survey, I had no idea all these people (aside from sands) existed.

RESPONDERS’ COMMENTS FOR CSE 102 730 (FS22) [ONLINE]

  • Question 2: The instructor was available and willing to help the student. Explain:
    • His lecture course videos were extremely beneficial to course understanding.
    • Professor Sands helped me with code debugging and explanation of file manipulation. Thank you for your help this semester.
  • Question 4: The instructor explained course material clearly. Explain:
    • The instructor gave detailed videos upon each new section of the course we were learning. Provided help if I didn’t understand something within that section.
    • Was good at doing the lecture notes, but when he was typing in code, it was hard to see because it was so small in the videos.
  • Question 6: The instructor was well-prepared for classes and other related course activities. Explain:
    • The instructor was prepared each week to answer questions regarding the section that we were learning, or a new section that people got ahead on. Provided information on a weekly basis of what is to come, and what is expected during that specific week.
  • Question 8: The instructor organized the course well. Explain:
    • For students that were actively engaged and working on the class everyday anything that you could possibly need was provided
  • Question 10: Comments: Please provide any additional feedback and constructive comments.
    • As a student who has an interest in Coding but no real background or plans to code for the future this class was a fun and challenging way to experience what CSE majors would be experiencing. I struggled with this class but learned a lot along the way and even though my grade will not be close to what I would have liked I learned a lot about myself as well as the course content and for that I am extremely grateful to you all.