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Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/15/2024	Amazing professor. Understanding and always straight to the point. Many times there was either no class or class would end early. The workload was always manageable. Most of the time just weekly open-book quizzes and then outlines for the four presentations.
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/31/2024	Straight to the point, a very clear and transparent professor overall. Given that I had her during 8ams and she commutes from Virginia, about 40% of the days we'd normally have her were purposely scheduled to instead be office hours for anyone who wanted to meet one-on-one over Zoom. Out of all 4 speeches in this class, two of them were individual, one of them was with a group, and the final was an online video submission that would be no more than 2-3 minutes long. If one of your group members ends up not showing up, she will be very understanding of this and reflect it in her grading and feedback. Her feedback, to add to that, is succinct, appearing to give genuinely thoughtful critiques and remarks on your strengths. Moreover, I'll mention that going into this I was admittedly anxious about public speaking, but it quickly became clear with Phipps that not only does she keep this in mind, but also seems to facilitate a class environment/atmosphere of sorts that makes you feel more natural. Take her if you can!
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/19/2024	Great professor loved her. Creates a super comfortable, chill environment that makes public speaking a lot easier. Gives really good feedback on speeches. A lot of classes were asynchronous which was super nice, and on days that we did go in class ended early most of the time. Also the quizzes are open book so they're super easy. Definitely would recommend!
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/17/2023	She gives you a lot of advice and feedback on the speeches you give during the semester, and she's pretty lenient on the grading. She lets you use a device during your speech so you never really need to make notecards for your speech, and you don't really need to memorize it. The best thing about he is she gives you a BUNCH of asynchronous days where you don't have to go into class and she just lets you work on your speech. On days where she does have class she usually just lets you go 30 minutes early because she has nothing left to talk about. She's very little nonsense so she gets straight to the point in class and you can just leave (she does make you go in on some days, but the asynchronous days make up for it). Overall she's a very nice lady, and it's a pretty easy A if you put a tiny bit of effort into it. Overall, if you're looking for an easy A for your comm gen ed just take her, and you most definitely will not regret it. :)
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/05/2023	Elizabeth Phipps is probably the best comm107 professor there is. We had 9 asynchronous days where we didn't have to go into class at all, and we could just work on our speeches. She also ends class early a lot if she has nothing else to talk about. She also lets you use a device during your speeches, so you can just read off your notes (occasionally looking up or you'll lose points) so you only need to practice your speech a few times. She also gives actually helpful advice on your speeches and doesn't grade them harshly at all. Her quizzes are also super easy as it's open note and the questions aren't hard. Overall, a very easy and chill class (in the times when she actually holds a class).
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/02/2023	Super easy class, it really helps with getting better at presenting. We can choose our own topics, work with her to help make our speech, and there are a lot of asynchronous classes which make the class super light.
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/07/2023	I loved taking this course with Professor Phipps. She is amazing and really wants her students to succeed. She allows you to pick your own topics, have notecards with you while presenting, very fair grader, gives great feedback and advice, and has asynchronous class times leading up to presentations which you can meet over zoom to work on your speech if wanted. She understands that group speeches suck with others not doing their share but honestly tries to make it fair. I have no regrets taking this course with her and would do it again if I had to.
Elizabeth Phipps COMM107 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/24/2022	As someone who was nervous to take this course and speak in front of a class and be graded on it, I was pleasantly surprised by Professor Phipps' approach. She was so kind, forgiving, and thoughtful towards her students and truly wanted them to succeed. She allows you to pick whatever topic you want, as long as it follows the constraints of the speech assignment. She also is a good communicator, and sometimes allows asynchronous class times for you to work on your speeches. This course is the same among all Professors, but you will have to do 4 speeches - Informative, Persuasive, Group, and Final (Special Occassion); 10 quizzes that follow the course of the online textbook; and activities that are drawn from your participation. Professor Phipps is an excellent grader and is very forgiving for mistakes. Take her!! You won't regret it!!

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/15/2024

Amazing professor. Understanding and always straight to the point. Many times there was either no class or class would end early. The workload was always manageable. Most of the time just weekly open-book quizzes and then outlines for the four presentations.

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/31/2024

Straight to the point, a very clear and transparent professor overall. Given that I had her during 8ams and she commutes from Virginia, about 40% of the days we'd normally have her were purposely scheduled to instead be office hours for anyone who wanted to meet one-on-one over Zoom. Out of all 4 speeches in this class, two of them were individual, one of them was with a group, and the final was an online video submission that would be no more than 2-3 minutes long. If one of your group members ends up not showing up, she will be very understanding of this and reflect it in her grading and feedback. Her feedback, to add to that, is succinct, appearing to give genuinely thoughtful critiques and remarks on your strengths. Moreover, I'll mention that going into this I was admittedly anxious about public speaking, but it quickly became clear with Phipps that not only does she keep this in mind, but also seems to facilitate a class environment/atmosphere of sorts that makes you feel more natural. Take her if you can!

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/19/2024

Great professor loved her. Creates a super comfortable, chill environment that makes public speaking a lot easier. Gives really good feedback on speeches. A lot of classes were asynchronous which was super nice, and on days that we did go in class ended early most of the time. Also the quizzes are open book so they're super easy. Definitely would recommend!

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/17/2023

She gives you a lot of advice and feedback on the speeches you give during the semester, and she's pretty lenient on the grading. She lets you use a device during your speech so you never really need to make notecards for your speech, and you don't really need to memorize it. The best thing about he is she gives you a BUNCH of asynchronous days where you don't have to go into class and she just lets you work on your speech. On days where she does have class she usually just lets you go 30 minutes early because she has nothing left to talk about. She's very little nonsense so she gets straight to the point in class and you can just leave (she does make you go in on some days, but the asynchronous days make up for it). Overall she's a very nice lady, and it's a pretty easy A if you put a tiny bit of effort into it. Overall, if you're looking for an easy A for your comm gen ed just take her, and you most definitely will not regret it. :)

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/05/2023

Elizabeth Phipps is probably the best comm107 professor there is. We had 9 asynchronous days where we didn't have to go into class at all, and we could just work on our speeches. She also ends class early a lot if she has nothing else to talk about. She also lets you use a device during your speeches, so you can just read off your notes (occasionally looking up or you'll lose points) so you only need to practice your speech a few times. She also gives actually helpful advice on your speeches and doesn't grade them harshly at all. Her quizzes are also super easy as it's open note and the questions aren't hard. Overall, a very easy and chill class (in the times when she actually holds a class).

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/02/2023

Super easy class, it really helps with getting better at presenting. We can choose our own topics, work with her to help make our speech, and there are a lot of asynchronous classes which make the class super light.

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/07/2023

I loved taking this course with Professor Phipps. She is amazing and really wants her students to succeed. She allows you to pick your own topics, have notecards with you while presenting, very fair grader, gives great feedback and advice, and has asynchronous class times leading up to presentations which you can meet over zoom to work on your speech if wanted. She understands that group speeches suck with others not doing their share but honestly tries to make it fair. I have no regrets taking this course with her and would do it again if I had to.

Elizabeth Phipps
COMM107

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/24/2022

As someone who was nervous to take this course and speak in front of a class and be graded on it, I was pleasantly surprised by Professor Phipps' approach. She was so kind, forgiving, and thoughtful towards her students and truly wanted them to succeed. She allows you to pick whatever topic you want, as long as it follows the constraints of the speech assignment. She also is a good communicator, and sometimes allows asynchronous class times for you to work on your speeches. This course is the same among all Professors, but you will have to do 4 speeches - Informative, Persuasive, Group, and Final (Special Occassion); 10 quizzes that follow the course of the online textbook; and activities that are drawn from your participation. Professor Phipps is an excellent grader and is very forgiving for mistakes. Take her!! You won't regret it!!