Reviews for INST462
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Jesse Klein
INST462 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2024 |
Not a hard course, but instructions are often vague |
Jesse Klein
INST462 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/20/2024 |
This is by far one of my favourite courses at UMD. I took this course asynchronously, but Dr. Klein is extremely present and engaging regardless, to the point where I feel like I have met her in person. She responds to emails extremely fast, is always willing to provide help and guidance, and gives us a plethora of resources to do our assignments. The class content is very easy to learn and understand, and I have a lot of fun doing it as well. |
Jesse Klein
INST462 Expecting an A GamerPotatoMan 01/01/2024 |
Good teacher, she defiantly cares about her students and makes things enjoyable. The workload for INST462 is nothing to worry about. The class content was also easy to understand and the final project / final exam were also fairly decent. |
Jennifer Golbeck
INST462 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/14/2023 |
Professor Golbeck is a good professor, she posts weekly lecture videos each week pertaining to the module topic that also comes with a weekly quiz. Most of the homework will either be a Analysis or Visualization so get ready for that. The class overall wasn't that hard but I feel like the TAs graded assignments very harshly for someone that is just learning visualization. Also some assignments you will have to figure out on your own due to no instructions or clear guidance. The final is fairly easy though it just a final portfolio of all your work throughout the class. |
Jesse Klein
INST462 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/25/2023 |
Such an easy class. Most weekly assignments take like 2 minutes and she responds quite quicky. |
Jesse Klein
INST462 Expecting an A+ Naruto 01/02/2023 |
Work is extremely easy if you know what you're doing. Go to her zoom meetings if you're confused. I literally got a 99 doing an hour of work a week. |
Jesse Klein
INST462 Anonymous 12/07/2022 |
Often found myself unaware of what was going on in this course. She gives extensions when the class pesters for them but doesn't respond to emails in a timely manner, if at all. The assignments either took me 2 hours or 2 minutes. She seems nice but it got very frustrating by the end. |
Naghmeh Momeni
INST462 Anonymous 11/16/2021 |
I was excited to take this class because it promised to teach different valuable programs for data visualization, but I am severely disappointed. The class is ridiculously easy and her teaching consists of reading PowerPoint slides, reading code templates, and/or tutorial videos. The first half of the semester consisted solely of visualization "theory" with no practical assignments and the second half was solely following tutorials - no integration. We have only worked with an abstract network and no other type of data. We have used the seaborn package in Python, R, Tableau, and Illustrator all with the same context-lacking dataset. The material we have gone through in this class just isn't enough to justify a standalone class and the school does not deserve the tuition I spent on it. |
Naghmeh Momeni
INST462 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/11/2021 |
She sucks. You won't learn anything in her class. Her recordings are poor quality, you can't understand what she is saying. For a class on Data Visualization, we only learned how to use Gephi and Adobe. The syllabus listed Power BI, Tableau, and actual valuable programs in the workforce. Weekly quizzes that are hard, that is all the class consists of and a final project I learned nothing on. |
Eric Newburger
INST462 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2020 |
Easily the most passionate professor I have ever had. Very knowledgable about his material and always willing to provide additional help to students. |
Eric Newburger
INST462 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2019 |
Eric is a really good instructor that is passionate about what he teaches. Obviously since he teaches a class on data visualization, he lectures almost strictly through visuals and examples. These lectures are very beneficial because he is full of energy and keeps your interest and attention. The only real problem I had was that he didn't adequately explain the software tools necessarily for completing assignments (Excel, Tableau, D3, etc.). However, overall he is receptive to these concerns and is willing to address them as they arise. He will also likely do more to combat this issue in future semesters. Ultimately, if you are willing to go to his lectures and ask questions when you are confused, he will do his best to make sure you understand and succeed. |
Jennifer Golbeck
INST462 Expecting an A- jgold8610 12/06/2019 |
I think the main problem is that there are so many assignments and only 1 TA. My class had around 93 people and only one TA. This means our assignments took forever to get graded. Another issue is that some of the assignments had very unclear grading criteria. The class was hard per se but the overworked TA and unclear grading criteria were the class much harder than it needed to be. I did, however, learn a lot of new visualization tools from her class that I have used in my other classes so I'm very thankful for that. |