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Alex Leitch
INST377 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/14/2023 |
As other commenters have said, the course has changed a LOT in the last few years and it seems to have gotten a LOT easier. There are weekly labs that have videos that walk you through nearly the entire lab-- you barely need to figure anything out on your own for these. The hardest part of the course is when you are doing your final project, as there is no walkthrough. But you can similarly emulate the labs to be able to figure your final project out. I didn't learn a ton to be honest, I think there should have been less hand holding for the labs or just other individual coding assignments without walkthroughs. But its definitely a lot easier than it used to be, at least from what I have heard from others. Prof. Alex was a great professor, my only complaints are with how the class is set up. |
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Alex Leitch
INST377 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/25/2022 |
Course was okay. The lab videos walk you through each lab. The labs are easy but I can't say I learned anything. |
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Alex Leitch
INST377 Anonymous 10/06/2022 |
The course has changed a lot since the previous reviews on here- they've re-recorded a lot of the lectures/resources, and the course is overall not that bad. It's daunting for sure, especially if you've never done web development. But I had no experience and I'm doing fine. Make sure to do the readings, watch the videos, and go to the lab sections for help. Also Prof. Alex is really helpful during office hours- make sure to bring them your specific questions and concerns. The TAs were also very helpful. There's also a class Discord, where we can ask each other and the instructional team for help. Overall, I think this is a challenging course but if you put in the effort it's not as difficult as the other reviews make it out to be. (Side note: Prof. Alex uses they/them pronouns. Let's not misgender them, even if you didn't like them and/or the course.) |
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Alex Leitch
INST377 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/27/2021 |
Demanding workload for a major elective, wouldn't recommend the course. Professor obviously knows what they are talking about but often delves too much into theory instead of teaching for the assignments. |
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Alex Leitch
INST377 Anonymous 02/09/2021 |
This course was very disorganized. The workload was demanding and she didn't provide a lot of support until after the projects were due. I wouldn't recommend taking INST377 with her |
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Alex Leitch
INST377 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/27/2020 |
Professor Alex is a great at handling the teaching for INST377. While it is true that they are sometimes sarcastic, their jokes are meant to lighten the mood and never to harm any of the students. Office hours are always long and engaging, and so is lecture. Professor gives a wide variety of resources to learn HTML/CSS/Javascript, and is always willing to teach things in multiple ways for students who may not take well to a specific method. |
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Alex Leitch
Expecting an A Anonymous 10/12/2020 |
Constantly threatens to report students to the Office of Student Conduct if we say/do certain things. Yes, we know that we're not supposed to use offensive slurs or copy the work of our classmates. We're not paying literal tens of thousands of dollars to hear this repeated to us every lecture. I will say that the way some of the classes were taught forced me to learn everything on my own as I didn't find any of the source material to be useful, so take that how you will in regards to the teaching style. |
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Alex Leitch
INST377 Anonymous 12/02/2019 |
Professor is so rude and sarcastic. She is very knowledgeable in this field, but her sarcastic tone/personality makes me really dislike her as a person and professor. She calls on random people in class and tells them off if they get the answer wrong. She doesn't even lecture or teach; she goes on long tangents in class. Worst prof I've had at UMD. |