I know I was forgetting some stuff for the course evaluation and this might seem weird since it isn’t anonymous but I wanted to add more of my thoughts.
I thought this course was really cool. I learned some stuff about coding in html or rather re-learned. This was kind of cool especially being able to see my work online for people to see. It’s always cool to look at something you made and having it work is even more awesome. I thought some of the readings were a bit on the long side for our blogs but a lot of them were very knowledgeable and I was able to learn about the Internet society in a way that I wasn’t used to. I thought that was cool. The projects were pretty fun but I definitely wish I was able to make my websites a little more professional looking but I’m just not that strong in coding and I’m also not super creative. I feel the discussions in class need to change somehow. There were times where no one was participating or the class discussion wasn’t bringing any new light to what we read for the homework. I feel like bringing laptops to class was necessary at times like for peer reviews and practicums. But other than that, I thought the laptops were a huge distraction. Everyone’s face and brain were glued to the laptops instead of what the professor was saying. Which was probably a huge part of why discussions seemed a little dull and non-participatory. I think it would be better if we just used the main projector for everyone to see the readings in class and then they can have written notes on what they want to add to discussion. Just a suggestion though. I want to comment on how the grades were given on assignments and projects. I feel like the one-point scale does not really give a student much credit. A completed assignment might not be a perfect score every time but it doesn’t mean that it is brought down all the way to 50%. Seems a little harsh and not very accurate. So I would suggest changing the grading scale. It would be nice for a student, who definitely put in effort but could work on a few things, to get a grade of a B or even a C.
I agree with everything, but want to add that doing a project blind is almost impossible. By blind I mean, we never knew the grade from our last project before we were expected to dive into the next one. This would not be a problem if I knew how to web design and clearly understood everything expected of me. I need to know how I did, in order to see if i needed to change the way I make my sites. All and all very frustrating but very rewarding to learn html. I want to learn more, but on my own time, without grading.
-Michael P.
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