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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 01/06/2025 |
Discussion posts will run your life in ENGL393 asynchronous. His emails come off as reprimands instead of responses to questions. He doesn't give feedback but peer review helps to get feedback from others. As others noted you'll stay busy but it's manageable. It's one way to fulfill your PW but shop around. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/31/2024 |
I took ENGL393 asynchronously with Prof. Saalfeld. There are a lot of assignments in this class, probably 2-3 due each week, but most of them can be done pretty quickly. There are four major assignments: a set of instructions, a proposal, an infographic, and an ePortfolio. The proposal is a ton of work! Expect to spend a lot of time working on that one. But the other assignments weren’t nearly as time-consuming. Pay attention to his instructions for each assignment—if he says to use Times New Roman, 12 point, he means it. If he asks for at least three sentences, make sure you don’t do less. You will lose points if you don’t use the format exactly as specified or follow instructions on content. I liked how quickly he graded assignments, and the one time I sent an email , he replied right away. His emails to the class can be sort of abrasive but his email reply to me directly was really helpful. I don’t know if the other ENGL393 classes have as many assignments, but I would take his class again over the other classes, based on the grading. If you follow his instructions and do the right amount of work for each one, you’ll get an A. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/25/2024 |
I took the asynchronous version of this class, so I was worried about not getting easy access to all of the learning or general information I may need. Dr. Saalfeld provided so much information through his about two to three emails a week that I was never confused on anything. He invited us to email him if we had any questions, and he always responded quickly and with answers. He gives detailed feedback on many assignments to make sure we are going in the right direction. As for the course overall, I did not realize how important the topics we would cover are. What we do is not analyze literature and talk about the stereotypical English things, but instead writing things we will actually need for our jobs. These included proposal documents, technical instructions, infographics to appeal to specific audiences, and ePortfolios. I learned more important stuff in this English class than any other I have taken in my entire life. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2024 |
Prof. Saalfeld is not bad by any means, but I have some gripes with his style. I took ENGL393 asynchronous with him. The content is pretty straightforward and easy, with good assignment descriptions. I think the major writing assignments are all an appropriate difficulty and expect an appropriate amount of work. I also like that each major assignment had a peer review. With that being said, he needs to cool it with the discussion posts. There were like 20 of them over the course of the semester, and often they were due on back-to-back days, which got really stale and annoying. Also, he can be kind of abrasive and stern in email conversation and in his announcements, and can be extremely strict about very particular things (which he does emphasize in his announcements). Lastly, he stresses the importance of getting feedback on your work but leaves little to no feedback on all your major assignments. TLDR: There are better options for ENGL393, but he's fine. Grades leniently besides following specific guidelines, work is pretty easy. There's just a lot of busy work, he's sort of rude when you contact him, and doesn't leave feedback on your assignments. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
Anonymous 11/07/2024 |
While I have been taking this class asynchronously, Professor Saalfeld has been nice and lenient with grading. There is some busy work but it usually doesn't take too much time. The only thing that can get a bit annoying is that there are often assignments due a few days in a row. Usually asynchronous classes have set days where assignments are due, but you'll often have an assignment due everyday for this class. It still usually does not take too much time. Overall, I would recommend if you're looking for a chill class to fulfill your PW requirement. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2023 |
A lot lot lot of busy work, but do it all (follow his requirements exactly) and you'll get a good grade. He made us do voice threads where you record yourself and post it which was annoying but overall if you put just a little effort to do the assignments then you can get an A. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/28/2023 |
Great professor. NGL I did not do the readings but he's not a harsh grader. I am not an English major and I hate writing. I came in expecting a B due to past English coursework being graded harshly but I have gotten a high 90 on each of his major assignments and I love it!!!! He does a peer review for each major assignment which I think is great as it gives you a chance to see how other students interpreted the assignment and may even give you ideas to make yours better (not plagiarize I genuinely mean ideas such as adding more about yourself or fonts). |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/21/2022 |
Good class structure but Professor Saalfeld is very nitpicky as other reviews mention. He is very passive aggressive and does not believe he is ever wrong. He honestly feels like he is a bit bias sometimes with his lack of compassion for students. This teacher will be a hit or miss for you. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/19/2022 |
Lenient grader, but a sort of heavy workload. There were a lot of discussion posts and video response activities to do, but they were easy. The proposal was the most painful assignment and it took me a good amount of time to finish. The course was well-organized though, and if you put in a reasonable effort you should get an A. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/14/2022 |
Although he is a fairly easy grader, I do not recommend him. He is extremely nit-picky and will take off even a quarter of a point for very little things. In addition, there are multiple assignments where you have to propose a topic, and he will most likely not let you do the one that you want to. Finally, he will also send out passive-aggressive announcements on ELMS about assignments. Overall, it's a 393 class, almost all of the asynchronous versions are the exact same, so the professor is the only real difference. In any async 393 class you can get an A if you put in any effort, but taking it with Professor Saalfeld will put unnecessary stress on you because of the way that he grades and how he converses with the students. I do not recommend. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2021 |
Very reasonable grader. Took an entirely asynchronous course that was organized well. Very much recommend. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2021 |
I recommend taking this course asynchronously online. If you read his announcements and do each assignment, you will be more than fine. For the longer papers, follow the rubric and go to the writing center. I recommend taking it with him as long as you are asynchronous. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/14/2021 |
Really respectful and lenient grader. Would recommend |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/24/2020 |
Mixed feelings. I don't think taking ENGL393 with Professor Saalfeld is very difficult (his grading is fair), but it's a decent amount of work. Occasionally he would send us very passive aggressive emails when a chunk of the class missed an instruction, however some of these instructions are buried in large walls of text that he gives us for assignments, so I wish that he cut the students a little more slack at times. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Anonymous 05/01/2018 |
He's really not that bad, but the final project is individual and not as a group and he bans over a dozen topics for the final paper including on campus issues, curriculum changes, legislation changes, fraternity/sorority related, big issue/global issues, social problems, business plans, traffic on 495, and more. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/17/2018 |
Amazing professor. Really liked his class. Even though it was too much work his directions and rubrics made it lot easier. Took it online |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/14/2013 |
Technical Writing with Saalfeld is an alright experience. Saalfeld himself is a good guy and he provides useful insight on technical reports. He can be boring as he likes to read word for word directly off papers to you in a rather monotone voice. The entire class revolves around a final project where you have to research and propose a solution to a problem. He grades pretty fairly, so do the work and you'll be fine. Don't be absent to many times, because if you are then 10% of your grade is gone. |
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Daniel Saalfeld
ENGL393 Expecting an A random 06/08/2010 |
This is a really easy class. He is a very liberal grader. And the class is mostly presentations and a project throughout the semester. You have to do a giant group research project and write about it. Most lectures were just student presentations about various weekly assignments. But quite easy stuff.If you have to take ENGL393, definitely take it with Saalfeld for an easy A. And as long as you don't completely ignore the assignments or coming to class, you will do fine. |