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Leslie Krafft IDEA101 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/23/2024	I’m sure that Professor Krafft has good intentions, but I really don’t like the way she structures her class. It feels like a constant game of “gotcha”, especially her with abnormal deadlines and instant 50% lost if an assignment is even minutes late. She also comes off as very passive aggressive, especially in her assignment comments and responses to students. It’s a shame because IDEA101 definitely has the potential to be an engaging course, but it’s hard to take the content to heart when you are constantly frustrated by the instructor.
Lorae Bonamy-lohve IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/24/2023	IDEA101 is terribly long, boring, and unhelpful. However, Lorae tries to make the best of this class and is very easygoing. The class is basically a bunch of busywork, but Lorae grades leniently and does not care if you turn things in late.
Bria Bennett IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Ovrthegrdnwll 01/18/2023	I agree with others that this class was essentially useless and that I didn't get anything out of it. We never actually needed the Carillon notebooks we were given, so I kept mine and didn't bring it to class. The activities we did were repetitive and we were forced to reflect on them each week which was annoying. Ms. Bennett was an okay professor, and she tried to make the class engaging, but it was clear that even she didn't care because she would often stumble over the words of the Slides presentations that were given to her (Meaning she hadn't even read them in advance) and she didn't bother to change or update our ELMS page at all, even though she was supposed to and we missed out on some parts of the class that we needed because of this. Overall, she was a nice person, but you could tell that she wasn't supposed to be teaching this class (She said herself that they needed a last-minute professor and she accepted).
Jennifer Lindstrom IDEA101 Expecting an A kathleenMiles 12/23/2022	If you are taking her, you are probably taking IDEA101 as part of Carillon Communities. She is alright as a teacher. Nothing too great. She isn't really a professor, just a ResLife employees who helps students get off-campus housing. So don't expect anything too much. I think IDEA101 was one of the worst and most soul-sucking courses I have taken so far at UMD, because it really felt like complete nonsense and taught me nothing, and really felt like a waste of time. I even tried to drop it but it has an earlier drop deadline than usual so I was already past that and I didn't want a W for such a lame class. She is lenient with grading, and submissions, and all that stuff. Just that the class was so boring and useless and soul-sucking, I don't think I can completely fault her for that because it was just the nature of the course to be a waste of time.
Lorae Bonamy-lohve IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/16/2022	Let me just start by saying, IDEA101 is the most useless class you will ever take in the university. It is one credit and unnecessarily difficult for such a small reward. It claims to be a helpful class to help adjust to university life and plan your time but it is no where near as helpful as UNIV100. However, these professors take what they are given. Lorae is sweet, she's young and works on campus so this class is not her first priority, but she is cool. If you need help or an extension she is usually pretty lenient and she always asks how we are doing at the beginning of class. If you can take her section I recommend doing so, its the best you can get out this worthless class.
Ed-Love Aidoo IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/30/2022	Prof. Aidoo is very sweet and nice. Do the work like she ask and you will get the point. Miss it without permission and that's it for you. The question here is, is she a tough grader, I will personally say no (this is because I do all of my assignment on time and gets the grade). She is very understanding and will be nice if you ask but if you don't you are domed lol.
Ed-Love Aidoo IDEA101 Anonymous 12/10/2021	If you have to take IDEA101 do it with a different professor. While she's nice she takes the class WAY too seriously and grades harshly taking points off of everyone's work (when you look at the average you can see the highest grade given and multiple times the highest was still not 100%). The class itself isn't hard but my class was the only one that not everyone had 100% in and every other one of my friends who had a different professor had 100% if they did all the work. She isn't mean but takes it too seriously and will hold you the whole time even though she will say she is going to let you out early. Choose a different professor if you can.
Melissa Del Rios IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/05/2021	I had her last semester, and she is incredible. She is very friendly and interactive with other students. Also, she is fast in responding to emails. I am actually applying for a peer mentor for this fall semester, hoping I could work with her real soon! DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED!!
Aspen Shackleford IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/02/2021	This instructor is incredibly nice and super helpful. To be honest, this class stressed me out like crazy because coming up with super specific plans when you are an undecided major is a complete nightmare. However, Aspen met with me and actually listened to what I was saying and listened to my concerns, which feels so crazy and so welcoming after literally always being met with 'oh you're super smart, you'd be good at anything.' She provided me with numerous resources and always put in the effort to make her students feel involved and connected, especially when we were all isolated on Zoom university. My only complaints deal with the curriculum of the course itself, stuff that Aspen doesn't really have control over (e.g., super short time to do a lot of stuff in breakout rooms or boring mandatory guest lecturers (this stuff is assigned by the program I believe)). Overall, I would def recommend her!! Super sweet and a very chill professor
Erica Estrada-Liou IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/07/2020	By far the best professor I have had so far in college! Her number one priority is our well being. She asks us how we are doing every single class. IDEA101 may seem like a useless class but Erica makes the class engaging and fun. All assignments in the class are to beneficial to yourself!
Brooke Smith IDEA101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/19/2020	Brooke is a really nice person and a great teacher. I never had to ask for an extension because this course is very light, but I'm sure she'd be happy to oblige if you needed one. IDEA101 in general helped me figure out what I want to do at Maryland so I would definitely say it is worth your time if you want to get different resources and plan out what types of things to do at UMD, and if you can take it with Brooke!

Leslie Krafft
IDEA101

Expecting an A
Anonymous
10/23/2024

I’m sure that Professor Krafft has good intentions, but I really don’t like the way she structures her class. It feels like a constant game of “gotcha”, especially her with abnormal deadlines and instant 50% lost if an assignment is even minutes late. She also comes off as very passive aggressive, especially in her assignment comments and responses to students. It’s a shame because IDEA101 definitely has the potential to be an engaging course, but it’s hard to take the content to heart when you are constantly frustrated by the instructor.

Lorae Bonamy-lohve
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/24/2023

IDEA101 is terribly long, boring, and unhelpful. However, Lorae tries to make the best of this class and is very easygoing. The class is basically a bunch of busywork, but Lorae grades leniently and does not care if you turn things in late.

Bria Bennett
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Ovrthegrdnwll
01/18/2023

I agree with others that this class was essentially useless and that I didn't get anything out of it. We never actually needed the Carillon notebooks we were given, so I kept mine and didn't bring it to class. The activities we did were repetitive and we were forced to reflect on them each week which was annoying. Ms. Bennett was an okay professor, and she tried to make the class engaging, but it was clear that even she didn't care because she would often stumble over the words of the Slides presentations that were given to her (Meaning she hadn't even read them in advance) and she didn't bother to change or update our ELMS page at all, even though she was supposed to and we missed out on some parts of the class that we needed because of this. Overall, she was a nice person, but you could tell that she wasn't supposed to be teaching this class (She said herself that they needed a last-minute professor and she accepted).

Jennifer Lindstrom
IDEA101

Expecting an A
kathleenMiles
12/23/2022

If you are taking her, you are probably taking IDEA101 as part of Carillon Communities. She is alright as a teacher. Nothing too great. She isn't really a professor, just a ResLife employees who helps students get off-campus housing. So don't expect anything too much. I think IDEA101 was one of the worst and most soul-sucking courses I have taken so far at UMD, because it really felt like complete nonsense and taught me nothing, and really felt like a waste of time. I even tried to drop it but it has an earlier drop deadline than usual so I was already past that and I didn't want a W for such a lame class. She is lenient with grading, and submissions, and all that stuff. Just that the class was so boring and useless and soul-sucking, I don't think I can completely fault her for that because it was just the nature of the course to be a waste of time.

Lorae Bonamy-lohve
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
11/16/2022

Let me just start by saying, IDEA101 is the most useless class you will ever take in the university. It is one credit and unnecessarily difficult for such a small reward. It claims to be a helpful class to help adjust to university life and plan your time but it is no where near as helpful as UNIV100. However, these professors take what they are given. Lorae is sweet, she's young and works on campus so this class is not her first priority, but she is cool. If you need help or an extension she is usually pretty lenient and she always asks how we are doing at the beginning of class. If you can take her section I recommend doing so, its the best you can get out this worthless class.

Ed-Love Aidoo
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
03/30/2022

Prof. Aidoo is very sweet and nice. Do the work like she ask and you will get the point. Miss it without permission and that's it for you. The question here is, is she a tough grader, I will personally say no (this is because I do all of my assignment on time and gets the grade). She is very understanding and will be nice if you ask but if you don't you are domed lol.

Ed-Love Aidoo
IDEA101

Anonymous
12/10/2021

If you have to take IDEA101 do it with a different professor. While she's nice she takes the class WAY too seriously and grades harshly taking points off of everyone's work (when you look at the average you can see the highest grade given and multiple times the highest was still not 100%). The class itself isn't hard but my class was the only one that not everyone had 100% in and every other one of my friends who had a different professor had 100% if they did all the work. She isn't mean but takes it too seriously and will hold you the whole time even though she will say she is going to let you out early. Choose a different professor if you can.

Melissa Del Rios
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/05/2021

I had her last semester, and she is incredible. She is very friendly and interactive with other students. Also, she is fast in responding to emails. I am actually applying for a peer mentor for this fall semester, hoping I could work with her real soon! DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED!!

Aspen Shackleford
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/02/2021

This instructor is incredibly nice and super helpful. To be honest, this class stressed me out like crazy because coming up with super specific plans when you are an undecided major is a complete nightmare. However, Aspen met with me and actually listened to what I was saying and listened to my concerns, which feels so crazy and so welcoming after literally always being met with 'oh you're super smart, you'd be good at anything.' She provided me with numerous resources and always put in the effort to make her students feel involved and connected, especially when we were all isolated on Zoom university. My only complaints deal with the curriculum of the course itself, stuff that Aspen doesn't really have control over (e.g., super short time to do a lot of stuff in breakout rooms or boring mandatory guest lecturers (this stuff is assigned by the program I believe)). Overall, I would def recommend her!! Super sweet and a very chill professor

Erica Estrada-Liou
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/07/2020

By far the best professor I have had so far in college! Her number one priority is our well being. She asks us how we are doing every single class. IDEA101 may seem like a useless class but Erica makes the class engaging and fun. All assignments in the class are to beneficial to yourself!

Brooke Smith
IDEA101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
11/19/2020

Brooke is a really nice person and a great teacher. I never had to ask for an extension because this course is very light, but I'm sure she'd be happy to oblige if you needed one. IDEA101 in general helped me figure out what I want to do at Maryland so I would definitely say it is worth your time if you want to get different resources and plan out what types of things to do at UMD, and if you can take it with Brooke!

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