EF 230 Fall, 2014 Feedback

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Labs

Rate the overall quality of the EF 230 class.

15% (37/250) Very good (1) 56% (139/250) Good (2) 22% (55/250) Average (3) 6% (14/250) Marginal (4) 2% (4/250) Poor (5) 0% (1/250) N/A (0) Avg: 2.22, NZAvg: 2.23, sum=556, cnt=250, nzcnt=249

General comments/suggestions about this class.

2.  I do not know why I need to learn matlab, it is a lot easier to do these either by hand or with a calculator. 5.  Good teacher. Little hard to follow at times but he would come and help if you got behind. The information can be very useful but some i probably will not even use. 6.  It was very poorly organized. Grading was way to slow. It gave off the impression that the instructors did not care about the class. 7.  I was a good class but it was a little confusing at some times. It could help a lot of people if we went over how to do some of the homework problems sometimes just so everyone understands how the problems work. 8.  Really nice but I constantly found things on hw that we didn't go over so for future classes read over the hw for the lab. 9.  The class was interesting, at times challenging. Some concepts I'm still not entirely clear on, but this class has offered some insight into the computing world. 10.  Glad there was not an online book 11.  Poor grading. 12.  I feel like it is very unprofessional that the project's have not been grading in a timely manner. Other than that I feel like the class is fine. 13.  Really do not feel MATLAB is useful. Maybe I would if my TA was able to help understand it and not take any opportunity to try and insult the class. Also why should I be time oriented when it takes over two months to get grades returned.Though I have learned a lot about MATLAB and what its capabilities are though I will most likely never use it. 14.  none 15.  Class is alright. More like matlab in general is okay. The learning experience isn't bad, but it could of been better by explaining more about the code and not the actual process. 16.  The help videos, and help sessions really did help me out during some rough patches in the course. 18.  Make rubric for projects before they are due so that students can get the grade within a week or two. 19.  The class was planned out well, my only complaint would be about how long it took to grade the projects. 20.  Very informational and real world situated. I enjoyed the projects probably the most. 21.  I feel that some of the example matlab files that are provided could be more helpful if they were designed to display only the subject being discussed so as to be used as a reference if we do not understand after lab period is over. Currently, it seems like many of the example files spend a large portion of their time setting up graphs and plots for the sake of being shown to the class with the projector, this means that when I try to look at the example files after class for help with the homework I can be overwhelmed and confused by the large amount of code that obscures the actual command or function that I want to see in action. 22.  Make the exams the same format. Grade projects by the next week. 23.  It felt like the class wasn't a priority for the teacher in terms of grading our work, preparing class materials, etc. 24.  It was a fun class, but sometimes a little slow 25.  More help sessions at various times throughout the day. 26.  This class was painful for me. It made me glad to not be a CS major. 27.  Testing is difficult in this class. More projects, no tests. 29.  It was a good introduction-review into matlab, which helps me very well especially since my major requires it in the work force field. Even though some of the material is rushed it is necessary since there is more material to be covered. 30.  Give more hints for the projects. Overall good class. 31.  Good overall class, would be nice if projects were graded a little more timely. 32.  The class was good, but I preferred the structuring of the second exam over the first. Perhaps structure all the exams in the same manner. 33.  This class was very informative and enjoyable. I learned quite a bit about MATLAB and the coding process. 34.  It moved at a very fast pace. 35.  Good class. Came in not much caring for matlab due to prior experiences with it, but now I prefer to use it in certain situations. 36.  The class almost seems like there is not enough relevant material for the whole semester. 37.  I struggled with matlab, but you guys did the best you did. 38.  This class was very helpful in making us learn how to utilize MATLAB. While it was stressful and had difficult projects, it forced us to learn and we're better off for it. 39.  Overall I enjoyed the class and learning to use Matlab, I've found several instances where taking EF 230 has given me opportunities to utilize Matlab in other classes and have ended up doing some great work with it. However I feel that given the already confusing nature of learning another language, the way that this class is structured deters students from getting the most out of the opportunity. Firstly, I believe that the functions we are learning should be defined more thoroughly and be easily referenced both in definition and in examples used. Programming is an intricately precise language and I believe it would serve students better by spending time practicing how the functions are used properly, rather than having to spend so much time searching for tidbits all over the internet and Matlab help to find information which may or may not help. True, as an Engineering Student we should be expected to research for answers and solutions to our problems, but after all this is only a 2 credit class. Our time involvement should be focused more on how to properly program. Secondly, I felt that projects in this class were brilliant. I can absolutely say that the vast majority of what I learned came from the programing projects because we had a clear set goal and enough freedom to reach that goal to exercise our own creativity and develop our own style. Having project work is what helped me to bridge the gap between this being just another class and actually seeing ways I can utilize this knowledge elsewhere. That being said, Thirdly, I am not opposed to the examinations. However, I believe the exams should be structured so that our programming know-how is what is evaluated rather than providing a single answer. There are numerous situations where our programming and methods could be 100% correct but minor typo errors could give us the wrong answer. 40.  This class is great in helping us to gain knowledge that is useful in future classes and career, probably one the most useful classes. 41.  Project Grading could have been faster. Also, too much work and projects for only 2 hours of credit. 42.  The projects were a good idea to have students apply what they've learned in the class. 43.  44.  This class is taught well, with plenty of resources to use even when you are working from home. 45.  It was a very interesting course. I learned a lot about Matlab. I found this course very helpful. 46.  The online class is awesome 48.  The projects consumed a lot of time. One of the main advantages of matlab is its documentation; it seems a bit pointless to be able to use it on homework, projects, and labs and then be not be able to use it on exams. 49.  did not enjoy this class in the least. we only learned how to do specific problems, and we would have no idea how to solve problems in Matlab that aren't exactly like the example problems done in class 51.  none 52.  The class in general was good. There did seem to be a chaotic feeling around the projects (and not just the grades, I will vent about that later). 53.  - 54.  The subject matter covered in EF 230 is really important. I had very little MatLab experience, and it was really helpful overall. At times it felt impersonal, but looking back, it's really up to students to ask questions in such a general class. 55.  Was handled pretty well. Grading took too long 56.  Difficult for those who do not know how to code or program that well 57.  Return grades in a reasonable amount of time, at least before the next similar assignment is due. The rework made up for this problem, but the combination of no partial credit and a time limit did not work well on the second test. 58.  you might want to have a way to make sure that the students are paying attntion in class and following along. 59.  I was very happy with the online section. It is a good option for students who also have a job that occurs during normal class times. 60.  I really like learning to use Matlab. It seems like it is going to be really helpful in chemical engineering. I might even take more programming classes after this. 61.  The EF classes are great. I always learn so much and the classes are so well put together. EF 230 was the first online course I have taken at UT and I really think I learned more in this class than half my other classes put together. I wish the rest of the university would follow in the EF department's footsteps when it comes to education. 62.  I wish there were more examples in class that are more like the homework. 63.  Sometimes a little tedious. 64.  N/A 65.  While I do not enjoy using Matlab, this class at least made using it manageable. 66.  We went over a lot of material that was really not very helpful. There wasn't really even time to practice a lot of it so I didn't gain a great understanding of some of the material. The projects really helped me understand more in depth what we did in class by actually practicing. But I think that perhaps a better understanding of slightly less material would be a better goal. 67.  It is probably just the nature of the course, but I found it extremely hard to learn the material. 68.  I thought this class was a good way to learn valuable Matlab skills. 69.  Grades took a long time to receive which made it difficult to estimate the overall success in the class so far. These grades also occurred on assignments where we were likely to learn the most about how to improve our code. 71.  Play music during class and let people work independently more often. I bet our productivity as a whole would skyrocket. 72.  The labs didn't have very much interaction with the students. It was hard to learn Matlab on my own without any prior computer skills. 73.  Hard to follow TAs sometimes but they were good about answering questions. Assigned homework was reasonable. Website was great as always and labs were easy to go back to look at and follow. 75.  None 76.  Very well structured class, and the TA's are very knowledgeable and helpful. 77.  the final project is kinda sucky. it dosent relate to anything i would possibly do in the future. 78.  I like the grading of the class, where homework is worth quite a bit. The projects are tough, but in general you have the resources that you need to complete the project. 80.  I think this class will be very beneficial. I struggle with learning how to initially write codes to get them to do what I wanted. But I gradually got a little more comfortable with it. 82.  I thought EF 230 was better taught and much clearer than EF 105. The help sessions were very useful and the work was reasonable. 83.  I enjoyed the class. Coming into it I knew a small amount about matlab in which I learned in EF 105, now I feel confident in my ability to produce matlab code. 84.  This class was definitely way more helpful than EF 105. Going into depth about each part of using MATLAB and learning the concepts behind the commands was very helpful for understanding. 85.  good 86.  I thought the tests and projects were of fair difficulty. I wish there could've been better preparation or practice test material provided to help with your test performance. The final project is frustrating because there are no guidelines and we are not matlab experts. I would rather have a final project formatted with guidelines and objectives like the normal projects. 87.  Good help 88.  Please consider either removing this course from the chemical engineering major. This class seemed specific to civil and mechanical engineers who deal with moments RxF, for example. 89.  it was a lot better than 105 90.  A lot for just a two hour class 91.  Helped me better my understanding of how to solve problems using computer software. 93.  It is a good class that makes solving problems a little bit easier. 94.  Lecture was usually very effective. Projects helped teach the material as well. 95.  It helped me further my knowledge of matlab. 96.  This class is very straightforward when it comes to the labs and homework assignments. However, when it came to a couple of the projects, I didn't feel prepared for them. Although, I did enjoy the rather "smaller" projects and one final project. Also, having written notes for the exam is very helpful. 97.  Was very nice, would definitely change the format of the first test. Perhaps maybe run a practice test formatted exactly like the first one during class so the students know what to expect. I was completely caught off guard by it and despite knowing how to do it just ran out of time. Other than that i thought the class was good testing people's knowledge of matlab. 98.  Well run 99.  Sometimes the class needs to be slowed down. I felt that during the lecture periods, the RAs would speed through things as if we all knew what they were talking about already. They just need to slow down a little. 100.  overall the quality was good, not the easiest subject to learn. TA did a good job explaining the class. Professor Schleter taught my class once and did a great job explaining it. I wish we could of seen more of him. 101.  I wish the grades for the projects would be updated sooner, so we could know how we are doing in the class. The tests are also really hard. 102.  I learned that I know and can figure out more about matlab than I previously did before. 103.  I do not like taking the class all online. I would rather watch the videos than actually go to class. 104.  This class was pretty straightforward. 105.  The teaching style was a shotgun method in my opinion. We never went into much depth in anything rather learned a topic moved on to the next. So there were concepts that I never really understood. 106.  I could have benefited from more time on function and loop logic. 107.  Easy to follow. 108.  Towards the end each lecture just became throwing the information at us and then leaving early. It was fine earlier with data analysis type things but sound? Since we can't play sound on our computers that was just a short lecture with no programming on our parts that ended early. 109.  I like being able to work on the homeworks during class, so that I can ask questions when I don't understand it. Making the homework open after all the classes really meant that everyone was working on last classes homework during the current lecture-makes people not pay attention. 110.  The class was very informative and I learned a lot about MATLAB which will be very useful for me in the future. 111.  More teaching and less examples. It seems like we just throw things on the board and hit run and then move on. 112.  It's a lot of material to try to learn in the amount of time give. 113.  Great class. It was very interesting and enjoyed all topics covered 114.  I loved the way the EF website is set up. Infinitely better than any paid website for homework. 115.  It has been very frustrating to not have had any of the projects grades except the very first one. Without them being graded it is hard to improve upon our mistakes. 116.  It's so hard and I'm so confused, and my grade is not a very good reflection of how hard I try in this class. I understand better than it looks 117.  I wish the lectures were more interactive and that there were more classes during the week. 118.  Scope of the class is too large. Focusing on how to problem solve like a programmer would be far more useful than throwing around novel code. 119.  I was disappointed in the unpunctual handling of the projects. Having little/no feedback on prior projects is detrimental to the success of future projects. 120.  This class was great, I learned a lot. I really like the fact that it is a practical class, we get to work on Matlab along with the lecture and not just watch it. The assignments, especially the projects, helped me learn the material better. 121.  TA need to slow down alittle. Every single one of them. It is our first time seeing these new commands. We have not a single clue. 122.  I like it but there is so much to cover I feel lost sometimes 123.  I actually think this is a great class. Although I don't necessarily need this for my major, most of the content was covered very well. Overall, one of the best formatted classes I've taken thus far. 124.  Projects are a good addition because there's simply not enough time to do the tests. The material isn't necessarily hard, but there's not enough time to complete it because everyone has different computer skills. This is really hurting me in this class. 126.  I enjoyed taking the class online. It allowed me to work at my own pace. 127.  I suggest that the class have more stability. The projects were not graded in a timely manor, the classes ended early frequently, and there was a lack of instructor interest. 128.  This is a great class. I learned a lot that i can use in the real world 129.  I think this course has a great coverage of material compared to my scholars in other universities. 131.  The class as a whole is beneficial in some portions to each kind of engineer, but I feel as though many types of engineers do not understand when or where they will use MATLAB when they get a job. 133.  This was probably my least favorite class I've ever taken. I do not see the point of it nor do I believe that I have helped further my career in engineering. I really think this was a waste of time and took a lot of time away from other, more relevant classes. I also don't believe that I actually learned what any of this meant. 135.  I learned a lot of skills that I look forward to using in the future. 136.  MATLAB is not easy to teach. It is an extremely difficult class, and I believe that the TA's did the best they could. I know there is a time factor, but I would have done better if the TA would have just gone slower. Also, if they explain more in detail why they take certain steps. Overall, it was pretty good though. 137.  I feel like I learned a lot about Matlab. 140.  Helpful class 141.  I very much enjoyed the class, and learned a lot about using Matlab and how to apply it to my area of interest. 143.  This class was good overall. It was structured well and the TAs were very helpful. 145.  Matlab is super confusing and hard and sometimes lectures aren't very helpful, but TAs in general were good about explaining things more. Projects need to be graded faster. 146.  The online learning appears to be much more difficult than the other class sections. Perhaps, providing the online section with a few more resources would be beneficial. 149.  I enjoyed the diversity of the content covered. 150.  Frankly, I was shocked of how the staff was not prepared for this class. We haven't gotten our projects grades yet, and I have no idea how the grading will be, so I can build on it. 151.  Class was good 152.  Good format and paste. I strongly suggest have some kind of exam study guides. just practicing all the problems with and write more code would help tremendously for exams. 153.  During class there are plenty of examples given of how to apply code in MATLAB, however it can be hard to keep up. On top of that, there are very limited resources available outside of class when left to to your own devices. The instructors were help though. 154.  Have less projects, that just go over a wider range of topics. 156.  There would have been more of an incentive to going to class if it was not just a TA reading off of the ef website. I do not blame my TA for my unhappiness with the class because i went to different sessions throughout the year and they were all the same. I am sure that if i knew of a session that prof Scheleter taught,i would have made it to that a lot more than i made to the classes taught by the TAs. 157.  Try to keep students attention better 158.  None 159.  I felt like there were too many projects. 160.  n/a 162.  I just want to point out that GUIs are hardly used in my experience (as a Senior). I would haave liked an additional topic over numerical methods over GUIs. 163.  I wish we had more example of what we are learning without all of the extra things. Some examples were hard to follow because there were commands that were not needed. 164.  Taking this class line in addition to four 400 level classes was a poor decision. 165.  I felt like it was hard to actually apply things I learned in class because of how little coding was actually taken up. I feel like personally I would of done much better in this class if I had been given more homework focused on coding and turning in code rather than just answering multiple choice questions. 166.  Okay class. Great teachers for this section. 167.  Overall, this class was very good. I thought the projects were reasonable and allowed us the opportunity to be creative and think on our own. The last project, in particular, was good because of the fact that we were free to choose something we were interested in. This allowed us the opportunity to see how we can actually use matlab in our careers. Taking the online section was definitely a good decision. It made my schedule more efficient and allowed me to learn more due to the well made videos. 168.  I think the online section would be more useful. I have several friends in it and wish I took it instead. 169.  none 170.  This class is a very good introduction into programming with very helpful and knowledgeable T/A's. 171.  I had taken the online section. 172.  This class made me feel more comfortable with programming than EF 105 ever could. I would suggest making the in-class examples easier. I oftentimes found myself giving up on a certain topic because the example was much too complex. 173.  I feel very proficient in MATLAB now. 174.  I liked the class, but I am a slow programmer, so the tests were hard for me to finish even though I knew the material. 175.  It could be hard to keep up with the pace of the class, especially for those with challenges using computers. 176.  I didn't necessarily enjoy using MATLAB and there was too much information in the lectures to fully comprehend what was being taught that day. However, the TAs were very helpful when questions were asked 178.  Hard to pay attention to. 179.  I would suggest more examples and covering topics more in depth than what they are. 180.  I only had issues with one lab, and that was the images. I wish that lab was split into two. 181.  Online!!! The class went way to fast for me to understand 182.  Online class is really hard to learn just watching video. Wish to have time for meeting with professor. 183.  Sometimes the HW was nothing like the lab 188.  Good class, very helpful in my knowledge of MATLAB. 189.  . 190.  For the most part the class was well done and the projects were reasonable. However, near the end the pacing became a little bit too fast. There should have been less material covered in the later lectures so that more examples could be shown in depth. 191.  After taking EF 105, this class was a lot more helpful in understanding the basics of MATLAB. The projects were very hard, but exams and homework was manageable. 194.  I enjoy the class but i wish it wouldn't be such a fast paced class so i could learn it more thoroughly 195.  It was rather enjoyable. 196.  I would look towards presenting the material in a better way. Maybe REQUIRE everyone to type out proper code as you present it, and maybe offer more example problems. I could understand what my TA demonstrated, but I couldn't transition it towards other various problems. 197.  None 198.  Was extremely informative 201.  I enjoyed the class and thought it was well taught 202.  yes 203.  The examples could be explained a little more in depth. 204.  It is a little difficult to know what Professor Schleter wants sometimes, as he is not usually present. However it is easy to get in touch with him. The TA's are more than happy to help, and there is a comfortable and almost casual learning environment. 205.  I Liked this class so much. It is going to help me as a Mechanical Engineer. I solver a lot of question using Matlab. My suggestion is to make class for people who want to learn more. 207.  I liked the online section. I learned at my own pace and on my own time. I recommend offering this again. I wish more classes would. 208.  The grading took too long. It is hard to learn from your mistakes if you never know what they are. 209.  I feel like I learned a lot through this class, but just a couple times I felt as though I would just be copying and pasting material when we worked examples together instead of truly learning each step of the problem. 211.  To in-depth on some pointless topics 213.  I think there should be more interactive lessons, rather than just being told about the information and be expected to know how to apply it 214.  Since almost all or coding is built from scratch, I think it would be more beneficial for us to exclusively see examples that are also built with this mindset. This means no "pre-built" examples that we simply import in and run. There were also rare occasions where the homework problems had little to no bearing in the lab text. This was frustrating because matlab's help files are very arcane. These complaints are small though, the class as a whole is very well structured. 215.  It was a good class. Very fair and well-paced. 216.  it was boring. maybe make it more fun somehow 217.  This is a very difficult class for those of us who have never been very good with computers, but the information and testing is set up to where we can learn how to find what we need quickly. This knowledge and hopefully this site will be useful throughout life. 218.  The material is pretty difficult and the class moves too quickly 219.  I learned some useful matlab programs 220.  No suggestions, did a great job. 221.  Grade the projects faster. 222.  I don't like matlab :( 223.  I liked the instructors but I didn't like the some of the topics in matlab that we went over 225.  None 226.  The class is organized and structured very well. 227.  The Ta's were not as knoweledgeable as many of us needed. They often would have the issues helping us fix the code, and occasionally did not succeed. 228.  Good class. Learned much. 230.  The Exams need to be restructed. Not averyone can perform under pressure and on the spot. 231.  I thought overall, the class was done very well and was successful at teaching the core concepts needed to use Matlab. 234.  It was frustrating that, on tests, we were asked multiple choice questions and weren't allowed to use the website when my TAs didn't always teach us everything in the labs. They would tell us "you don't need this, so we won't go over it" and then it would be asked on a test. Other than that, it was a good class. 235.  The classes did not seem very helpful, and the examples were too simple to get any help with the more difficult homework and exam problems. It was very difficult to go back and review, as some things were only talked about marginally in class, yet they would show up in homework and tests. 236.  The projects are too hard for people like me who suck at matlab 237.  Have more student interaction during classes to ensure that the students understand the materials. Get project and test grades returned to students faster. 238.  None 239.  Was always there to help. 241.  Shorter tests and no multiple choice. One of matlab's best qualities is its documentation and help files so that you don't have to memorize things. I would rather had done more complicated things than memorize anything. 242.  Good class. 244.  Useful class full of good resources for using a viable engineering tool. 245.  I felt as though the class had a low portion during the middle with the image and sound processing. I would much prefer to utilize different programs to accomplish these tasks. I would've benefited much more from an increased look at GUI and Simulink portions of MatLAB. 246.  Overall it was good, I'm just not very good when it comes to computer code. 247.  I felt like a lot of the teaching should have been condensed and we should have worked on hw problems in class. 248.  Very challenging but interesting. 250.  I enjoyed the workload of this class. Besides attendance, every grade submitted was directly helpful to learning how to code in matlab.

Jake Brisby

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24% (60/250) Very good (1) 20% (51/250) Good (2) 5% (12/250) Average (3) 1% (3/250) Marginal (4) 0% (1/250) Poor (5) 49% (123/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.86, NZAvg: 1.69, sum=215, cnt=250, nzcnt=127

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22% (55/250) Very good (1) 18% (44/250) Good (2) 6% (14/250) Average (3) 1% (3/250) Marginal (4) 1% (3/250) Poor (5) 52% (131/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.85, NZAvg: 1.78, sum=212, cnt=250, nzcnt=119

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2.  He was okay, he did what he was supposed to, but nothing more. 3.  Good teacher. 5.  Good teacher. Little hard to follow at times but he would come and help if you got behind. 6.  n/a 7.  He was a good teacher and made it pretty interesting and easier to follow. 9.  Good teacher, nice guy. 12.  Jake knows what he is doing. He has firm grasp on the material; however, his presentation can sometimes come off as arrogant. 13.  Was my in class TA. Was not very helpful and was terrible about helping figure problems out. Also tried to insult the class every chance he had with pointless remarks and threatening to lower grades. 16.  He helped me out and almost always knew how to answer a question I had. 22.  Jake knew what he was ding and it was evident in his teaching. 25.  Great guy. 26.  Jake rocks! 27.  Jake was not my TA, but always gave me the best help. 30.  none 31.  Jake was great at explaining things, his knowledge of matlab helped greatly. 33.  Did very well with delivering the contents of each lab. 37.  He was very helpful during the entirety of the semester. 40.  He is awesome! 42.  Very helpful!! 43.  45.  Jake is very smart and really understands Matlab well. 46.  What a good guy! 51.  none 58.  He was helpful for the most part, but he didn't really help me figure out what was wrong when i got help on my project. 69.  Jake Brisby was a very good instructor and was almost always able to further explain material when asked. He was also keen to help the students, such as when I had code that was incorrect on a project and he took off his own time in order to correct it and send it back to me with how I could fix it. 73.  He's a great guy and really knows his stuff. 75.  none 80.  N/A 96.  N/A 105.  Very professional and well spoken. He always knew (or at least appeared to know) what was going on. 106.  Didn't have him 113.  Jake is a great TA and helped explain everything very clearly 114.  Very enjoyable and entertaining TA who taught me a lot about MATLAB. 117.  He was good at covering the material he cared about. 118.  Keep the beard 122.  He knows his stuff! 127.  Just went through the motions in order to get out of class, not interested. 131.  N/A 135.  Jake has an incredible amount of knowledge across a variety of disciplines. He always was available for help and did a great job explaining things. 136.  Very nice guy! He was always willing to stay after class and answer emails about homework and project questions. Was very happy to have him as my TA! 143.  Jake was very knowledgeable and helpful. 145.  Always explained further and helped when asked!! 150.  I believe he needs to be more interactive and understanding of students abilities. Sometimes, he thinks we understand stuff that we don't actually understand,a nd he builds on it. 151.  Good 158.  He went a little fast at times. 163.  Jake was a very good TA. Whenever I needed help understanding something, Jake was there to help me until I understood. 166.  good man. 172.  Very helpful with Project 2! Knows his stuff. 181.  N/A 189.  . 197.  None. 202.  yes 204.  Jake tends to go a little fast sometimes, but is always more than happy to go back over material. He wants you to think for yourself, but helps coax you towards the answer. He has helped e a lot with projects. 207.  Online 211.  na 235.  Jake was great. He made the most of an overall poor system in my opinion. He was very knowledgeable of course material and made himself easily available for questions. 248.  Focused on the most relevant topics.

Myles Smith

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31% (77/250) Very good (1) 19% (48/250) Good (2) 4% (9/250) Average (3) 0% (0/250) Marginal (4) 0% (0/250) Poor (5) 46% (116/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.80, NZAvg: 1.49, sum=200, cnt=250, nzcnt=134

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28% (69/250) Very good (1) 16% (39/250) Good (2) 4% (11/250) Average (3) 0% (0/250) Marginal (4) 0% (0/250) Poor (5) 52% (131/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.72, NZAvg: 1.51, sum=180, cnt=250, nzcnt=119

Specific comments/suggestions about Myles Smith (optional)

6.  n/a 13.  Great help during the help sessions. 17.  SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER TA'S (sorry Nico) 18.  Looks like he knows everything about Matlab. He was very helpful. 25.  Not my TA. 43.  45.  Myles proctored one of my makeup exams, and he was very helpful and nice. 46.  Great dude! 51.  none 58.  Myles is very good at conveying the material in a way that we can understand, therefore preparing us well. He is also very willing to help whenever we need it. 59.  He made sure that I could take an exam on my lap top instead of the estabrook computers as I am much more comfortable on my personal laptop. 60.  Myles is really helpful and always knows how to answer my questions. I can tell he knows what he's talking about. 74.  Sometimes moves a little fast but I mean I get that because it's a student teach other students material they know very well. 75.  none 77.  very knowledgeable and helpful. 82.  Myles took me from hating Matlab to really disliking it. 83.  very helpful. knows matlab like the back of his hand 84.  Myles used class time wisely, went over examples of almost all of the material, was funny at times, and was very knowledgeable if any questions arose. 85.  He is always extremely helpful. Always knows what he is doing. 86.  Myles is great. He is very knowledgeable and always willing to help. He is the TA I prefer to go to and ask questions regarding homework, projects etc. I wish my professors were more like him! 88.  Myles did an excellent job explaining the material in a timely and organize manner. I felt like I learned something every time I left the classroom. 91.  Myles was always willing to help and never got frustrated when I didn't understand the first time. He was patient and worked hard to explain what I was struggling with in a different way so that I could better understand. 94.  Explained things well. Knew what he was talking about. Always willing to help. 95.  He was very helpful with understanding the concepts. 96.  Myles overall knew what he was talking about and was helpful when needed. He went a little fast at times during lecture. 97.  Good and enthusiastic. 100.  He was my main TA. Sometimes when he presented the material it was hard to comprehend, not because of his lack of knowledge of Matlab but trying to relate it to us. Overall all he did a good job. 106.  Myles is a cool guy. 107.  Easy to get along with. Very helpful! 122.  super patient in the help sessions 125.  Myles is really good at explaining things. 127.  NA 128.  He helped me on a project and was very knowledgeable of the material. 131.  N/A 135.  Miles was extremely helpful in lab. He demonstrated mastery in Matlab and did a great job explaining tricky concepts. 150.  N/A 151.  Good 155.  Myles did a good job presenting, but moved a little fast through examples at times making it hard to keep up. 170.  Very good, talks loudly and clearly. 172.  He made a lot of programming jokes that I didn't understand, but he was really nice. 173.  He was very good at presenting the material in a clear and concise way. 174.  Sometimes he could talk a little fast and it could be hard to follow what he was saying. But overall he was helpful and a good TA. 180.  He was the main one for my class, and he did a really good job of explaining everything. I didn't have any questions after leaving the class. 181.  Review old topics more when using them in new methods. 183.  Only proctered my exams 191.  Very helpful 193.  In class he didn't always make sense but when I asked specific questions he could answer them very thoroughly. 196.  Very good at presenting the material. he was able to dull down the coding terms and describe what we were doing in a way that we understood. He also went out of his way to help prepare us for exams. 200.  Myles was pretty awesome. He did a good job all around. No complaints at all. 202.  yes 204.  I never had interaction with Myles. 207.  Online 209.  Myles was very helpful and explained things well. 211.  na 214.  Myles is a cool and nice guy - all my personal interactions were very positive. I think that his teaching style occasionally strayed from the layman-term explanations that were extremely helpful towards the grittier programming lingo that I always had to self-translate. I think it should be explained as simple as possible in terms of the immediate problem rather than making the problem more complex to explain it more generally. It is good for programmers who intend to program for a living to learn the generalities so they can apply them in the much wider range they will be programming in - however, since in this class we merely integrate programming sporadically to solve somewhat specific problems, it can be simplified away from the general solution towards a more specific process. 217.  Myles is my boy. He was always patient and willing to help me, even though I often had problems. 222.  none 229.  Seemed to really know and understand the material he was teaching. 233.  Good teacher, Enthusiastic 235.  none 243.  I only ever interacted with Myles in the help sessions, but he was always glad to help. He gave useful starting suggestions to push further trial-and-error discovery rather than just giving the final code. 250.  Very easy to understand and knew what he was talking about. He was a good resource.

Luis Taboada

Rate the overall quality of your interaction with Luis Taboada. If you didn't have any interaction with this person, use N/A.

12% (30/250) Very good (1) 23% (58/250) Good (2) 7% (18/250) Average (3) 2% (4/250) Marginal (4) 0% (1/250) Poor (5) 56% (139/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.88, NZAvg: 1.99, sum=221, cnt=250, nzcnt=111

Rate the quality of Luis Taboada's presentation and explanation of the material. If this person never presented for your class, use N/A.

9% (22/250) Very good (1) 22% (56/250) Good (2) 8% (20/250) Average (3) 2% (6/250) Marginal (4) 0% (1/250) Poor (5) 58% (145/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.89, NZAvg: 2.12, sum=223, cnt=250, nzcnt=105

Specific comments/suggestions about Luis Taboada (optional)

3.  Good teacher. 6.  n/a 7.  He was a good teacher nothing really bad about him. 9.  Always willing to help out. 12.  Nice guy, just doesn't know what he is doing. 13.  I think I know more about MATLAB then Luis. Always referred me to someone else. Should be a EF 105 TA at most. 16.  He helped me out when i had some specific questions, although it seemed as though he couldn't always answer them, or got confused himself. 22.  He was willing to help but Jake did most of the presenting. 25.  Great guy. 27.  Luis tries very hard to present the material. He was my TA. Still, it was difficult to keep up. 31.  Luis was very helpful at all times. 33.  Did well when he did taught the lab; seemed nervous, which is understandable for his first time as a TA. 39.  Great help, great teacher, great problem solver, and completely approachable 40.  He is awesome too! 42.  Always helpful, but not sure if he new the material as well as the other TAs. 43.  45.  Luis was always willing to help, but his grasp of the material wasn't always the strongest. 46.  Right on man! 51.  none 55.  He normally typed while Jake talked 69.  Luis would help, however many of the problems I experienced he would also be unable to explain or help with. 73.  Well in my class he just typed stuff in while Jake talked but he seemed pretty knowledgable. 75.  none 85.  I got help from him in one of the help sessions. He didn't seem to know the topics as well as other TAs. 96.  N/A 105.  Knew the material fairly well and soft spoken. 106.  Didn't have him 122.  pleasant 127.  NA 128.  He was a great TA 131.  n/a 150.  N/A 151.  Good 172.  I went to a help session once and didn't know until I was leaving that he was the TA. 181.  N/A 189.  . 202.  yes 204.  I never interacted with Luis. 207.  Online 211.  ok 222.  none 235.  none 243.  Luis didn't always have an answer to a problem, but he would always work at the problem until he found a solution and would then follow up to see if I'd found it on my own or if I still needed help. 247.  He was pretty good 248.  Good one on one explanations.

Nico Vivaldi

Rate the overall quality of your interaction with Nico Vivaldi. If you didn't have any interaction with this person, use N/A.

21% (52/250) Very good (1) 22% (54/250) Good (2) 4% (11/250) Average (3) 0% (1/250) Marginal (4) 0% (0/250) Poor (5) 53% (132/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.79, NZAvg: 1.67, sum=197, cnt=250, nzcnt=118

Rate the quality of Nico Vivaldi's presentation and explanation of the material. If this person never presented for your class, use N/A.

18% (45/250) Very good (1) 19% (47/250) Good (2) 6% (16/250) Average (3) 1% (3/250) Marginal (4) 0% (0/250) Poor (5) 56% (139/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.80, NZAvg: 1.79, sum=199, cnt=250, nzcnt=111

Specific comments/suggestions about Nico Vivaldi (optional)

6.  n/a 13.  Helped a lot during help sessions. 14.  I didnt have Nico as a TA but he helped me out in a help session and was by far the most helpful TA I have had in EF 17.  GREAT GUY 25.  Not my TA. 27.  He flew over material and I could not grasp any concepts. 39.  Extremely knowledgeable, very intelligent, and good teacher. Was always open to questions, helping students, and never made anyone feel lower for not knowing something that is simple to him. 43.  46.  His name is awesome! 51.  none 58.  He needs to work on how he communicates to the class, he was very unclear about what was going on a lot of times. 60.  Nico is very helpful when I have questions in class. 74.  Very helpful in class with personal help. Explained it and made it easier 75.  none 77.  he helped me with my project and answered my questions during class. i <3 Nico 85.  Very helpful and knows what he is doing. 91.  Nico was good at relaying the information during lecture. 92.  I received most of my help from Nico and he did a great job helping me troubleshoot my code when my code was broken. 96.  N/A 106.  Nico could be a little boring sometimes. 107.  Easy to get along with. Very helpful! 122.  very helpful 127.  NA 128.  He was a great TA 131.  n/a 135.  Nico was a great help in the classroom chasing bugs. His lectures and examples where top notch. 150.  N/A 170.  Also very good! Talked loudly and clearly and made the occasional joke making class more enjoyable. 172.  Never met him. 180.  He didn't teach much in class, but he did a good job of answering questions, if I did have one. 181.  N/A 191.  Extremely helpful and understanding 202.  no 204.  Nico helped me a lot on my projects and was very helpful in explaining material so that I had a better understanding of it. 207.  Online 211.  ok 217.  Nico was also always willing to help me. Furthermore, he related to me on a nerd level. 222.  none 233.  Good lecturer 235.  none 243.  Nico was always willing to help and gave options when it came to problem solving. You could tell he knew how he'd do it, but it offered an alternate method or two due to his regular use of Matlab for problem solving. 247.  Good teacher

Ben Webb

Rate the overall quality of your interaction with Ben Webb. If you didn't have any interaction with this person, use N/A.

10% (25/250) Very good (1) 14% (34/250) Good (2) 5% (12/250) Average (3) 2% (4/250) Marginal (4) 0% (1/250) Poor (5) 70% (174/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.60, NZAvg: 1.97, sum=150, cnt=250, nzcnt=76

Rate the quality of Ben Webb's presentation and explanation of the material. If this person never presented for your class, use N/A.

7% (18/250) Very good (1) 14% (34/250) Good (2) 6% (15/250) Average (3) 1% (2/250) Marginal (4) 0% (1/250) Poor (5) 72% (180/250) N/A (0) Avg: 0.58, NZAvg: 2.06, sum=144, cnt=250, nzcnt=70

Specific comments/suggestions about Ben Webb (optional)

6.  n/a 13.  N/A 25.  Not my TA 43.  46.  Good at explanations 51.  none 84.  Was the typer for Myles. Would elaborate or add to what Myles was teaching sometimes, which was usually helpful conceptually. Sometimes did not know the commands. 86.  Ben is very helpful and patient when you don't understand something at first. 88.  Ben knows a lot about matlab, and his knowledge is sufficient to help teach this class. At times, he stumbled to keep up with Myles. 94.  Helped Myles a lot. Always thoroughly explained things when asked for help. 96.  Ben knew the material as well, however, sometimes his explanations would be more confusing than to begin with. 97.  Really smart and ready to help. 106.  Didn't have him 113.  Pretty good TA helped clarify things that Jake otherwise might not have been able to 114.  Ben and Jake were a great duo and made the class very enjoyable. 122.  he seems not interested in really helping students 127.  I was present one day and Ben counted me absent. I even told him in class and he just shook it off and did not care. He was just here to type and get out early. No help. 131.  n/a 145.  Went super quickly through lectures and sometimes acted like we should already know what we were doing. He did explain things more when asked though sometimes. 150.  N/A 166.  none 172.  Works well with Myles! 174.  Ben was extremely helpful and I could tell he knew what he was doing. He was good at explaining the material in a way I could easily understand. 181.  Cool Dude 196.  Very fun guy. He always understood where we were coming from when we were confused, always fair and helpful, even if his approach was a little more confusing than Myles. 197.  None. 202.  no 204.  It was nice to have 2 TA's so that we had two different perspectives on things. He also helped out a lot and was able to answer mostly any question thrown at him. 207.  Online 211.  na 214.  My personal interactions with Ben were very positive and helpful. He seemed to sense when his explanations were not clear and would approach an explanation from another angle. He worked the computer while Myles explained, so he didn't really do any lecturing, hence the N/A. 222.  none 226.  Ben has a bit of an arrogant attitude when teaching the subject, and was more strict than the actual TA. 235.  Ben was really just the man who ran the computer while Jake talked. They worked well as a team, though. 236.  He is overly intense when you ask him questions 250.  He was good at providing a alternate explanation to something Myles said.

Resources

Rate the overall quality of the EF 230 web site.

44% (110/250) Very good (1) 46% (116/250) Good (2) 8% (20/250) Average (3) 0% (0/250) Marginal (4) 0% (1/250) Poor (5) 1% (3/250) N/A (0) Avg: 1.63, NZAvg: 1.65, sum=407, cnt=250, nzcnt=247

General comments/suggestions on web site:

2.  It was helpful looking for different m-files for examples. 5.  The multiple different ways to view the homeworks is not really needed 6.  works fine 7.  It is a pretty good website and it is much easier to find the things I need now that i know about the search m-files in the help section. 8.  Matlab is hard to learn but this website is a good source for information about our specific topics. 9.  Good, simple site design. Some of the due dates got a little janky towards the end, other than that... 10.  n/a 11.  Add more outside resources 12.  Soild 13.  Helpful website has everything you would need for the class. 18.  None 19.  It's great on both desktop and mobile PCs and is easy to navigate. 20.  Website format is very similar to EF 105/151/152. Very easy to navigate, very user friendly and labs are pretty straight forward. 21.  I am fond of the ef websites and have liked all the ones I have interacted with far better than other departments' equivalents like mastering chemistry/physics. The only thing I would like would be as I mentioned above, example files that demonstrate the use of a command or function in the most straight forward and basic fashion. 22.  Not really it was good. 24.  It was a nice website to be able to refrence and learn from 25.  Looks good. 26.  I like the website. It's very clear. 29.  Everything is well laid out as expected from an EF website. 30.  none 31.  Loved learning about matlab. 32.  Perhaps have the lab/homework open in a new tab when you open it so that it is easier to have both open at once. 33.  When will the tabs be as colorful as the other sites. 34.  The in-class examples page is confusing to navigate. 35.  Easy to navigate. I like the online homework setup. 36.  None. 38.  Website is very helpful. Easy to find the information I need. 40.  The web site is good. 41.  N/A 42.  Very organized so it's easy to manipulate the web site. 43.  44.  Lots of resources, videos and help 45.  The videos were extremely helpful! 46.  Website is better than all the other UTK related websites. 47.  Love the EF website 49.  I have always liked the EF websites and how they are laid out. Especially the grades page. 51.  videos are really helpful 52.  I do not have any suggestions, it works well. 53.  - 54.  Sometimes you have to look for it, but the resources on the website are pretty great. The code examples alone are really helpful. 55.  Let the matlab files be opened earlier 56.  none 58.  The videos were very helpful when studying, and everything on the site was very accessible. 60.  The web site is very well set up. 61.  I really liked the layout of the website. It was easy to navigate and find what I'm looking for. 62.  I found the website really helpful when looking up what certain commands do. For the homework, it would be helpful if there was a place to save code so I don't have to go digging through all of my files from the entire semester. 63.  Videos and video controls are very good 64.  Keep it 65.  Easy to traverse 67.  The only issue i had was waiting on answers on the discussion board, but I completely understand why I had to wait sometimes. 68.  Easy to navigate. For the grades, the ones that haven't been completed should not count towards your total so you can see a more accurate representation of your grade. 69.  An easy to follow layout. 70.  I've always loved the EF website. Friends that are not engineering majors often express their jealousy at how the site runs compared to blackboard, and how cool it is that we get our own site. I think that really says something good about how it is run. 72.  The web site is set up well and doesn't need really need changes. 73.  I love the EF website. Wish every department had their own website. 74.  Very easy to use. Especially with calculating your grade 75.  none 78.  I really like the website and how all the labs and past homeworks are always accessible at any time. 79.  The site was easy to navigate and provided us with enough material to get a good understanding of matlab. 80.  None 83.  easy to navigate and find what you are searching for 84.  Very basic. 85.  Good. I like the grade estimator. 86.  I appreciate this separate website from blackboard. Blackboard is a nightmare. I wish each class had a website like this. It is very organized and helpful. I wish however that there were old tests to work through though like EF151 and EF152 provide. 88.  I like the way the homework is set up. Please encourage the TAs to upload all of their in-class examples after class is over! I find these simple examples (as opposed to the hard-to-follow examples in the labs) to be particularly helpful in preparing for the exam. 89.  On examples posted, there is a lot of coding that is added that is irrelevant to what we are trying to learn by looking at the examples. For example: there may have been an example about interpolation. If I am looking at this example it is because I want to learn how to interpolate in matlab, so all I want to look at is coding about that, but there was a bunch of coding added to make plots and put a lot of stuff on the plot. This sort of thing makes it confusing to learn what i need to. 91.  I liked how the homework assignments were graded automatically. 92.  We lack a Textbook so the website needs an archive, so that we have a reference for later. Or for future students who want to learn ahead. 93.  NA 94.  The user interface could improve. 95.  I like the setup of the website. 96.  The EF 230 is always very organized and up-to-date and it really helps out trying to keep up with everything due. 97.  Very good. 98.  Very good; efficient 99.  Website is good and user friendly. 100.  the website is fine as is. Im use to it from past EF courses 101.  It is a good website. 102.  Promptness with grading would be nice. 103.  none 104.  Everything was easy to access. 105.  Some of the problems could have used more explanation but the functionality was always fine. 106.  There is a lot of good information. 107.  Easily accessible. 108.  It works well. I can access information in only a few clicks, and each topic is clear before I click on the lab so I know what I am going to find. 109.  The rare inconsistencies on homeworks would stress me out, but other than that, it was good. 110.  They helped show how the lesson applied in the real world. 111.  Its kinda ugly but other than that it works great. 113.  I am not a fan of the multiple choice homework or exam questions, I just feel like they are awkwardly worded and I struggle with them 114.  Please make a website like this for every specific major. This website is infinitely better than MasteringChemistry and it would be free. 117.  I wish the discussion board was better advertised and utelized 119.  I think the website is well designed and easy to use. 120.  The website is great. The videos and examples help a lot. 121.  Good overall. 122.  very neat I wish it was more summarized and to the point 123.  N/A 124.  Very plain but functional. 127.  Set the timer back 2 minutes. This has been an issue since EF 151/2. Other than that, there is a great website. Much better than others used by the school. 128.  It had a lot of helpful resources 129.  Ef website is setup great as always. 131.  Very useful, always helpful when it comes to studying for exams and completing the homework sets. 133.  I was used to the format because of other EF classes, so this was easy to deal with. 135.  web site contained a wealth of resources that aided learning the subject.homework helped on tests. 137.  With all the videos and examples the website can teach someone matlab. 138.  Sometimes links for specific files/examples used in class, items associated with projects, etc. might be attached to specific labs or calendar events but not appear in more general areas. Maybe some sort of "important links" page or site map would be helpful in that regard. 141.  Very well structured and easy to navigate web page. 143.  The side bar is slightly annoying. I know it's convenient, but I would like it if it was at the top, or however the old website was organized 144.  Excellent layout. 145.  very easy to find everything, I wish all my classes used a website like this. 146.  The examples do not seem to help with the specifics of coding. 149.  The website is very user friendly and the content is easily accessible. 150.  need some polishing because we had some problems of the HW grades not appearing. 151.  Good 153.  More examples the better. Descriptions of the formatting of the programming should be emphasized. 154.  Occasionally the homework would either open later than normal or earlier than normal. 155.  The website was my primary tool for learning the material required for this class. It was well organized and easy to read. 156.  I rather the ef website over any other website that i have to use for my classes at this university. 157.  The same as the other EF classes 158.  Overall best website and homework system. 159.  The website is easy to navigate through and you can easily find what you are looking for quickly. 160.  n/a 162.  Very well done. 163.  I always like the way the EF website is set up. 164.  n/a 165.  Nothing really. The website is very easy to navigate 167.  The website was very good, but was not quite on the same level as it was for EF151 and EF152. The primary downfall of the EF230 website was that it wasn't as organized or kept up to date as eficiently. 168.  Fix the grade estimator so that it will work without having to guess your future grades. 169.  none 170.  Easy to use, dates were incorrect sometimes causing confusion. 172.  ef.engr.utk is always good! 174.  Easy to use. 176.  I like the online homework system and the fact that we are able to schedule our own exam times 178.  No suggestions. I like the lay out of the site. It is simple and easy to use. 179.  The website was very easy in having access to everything needed. 180.  Easy to use and find everything. 181.  meet three times a week. Each lecture has a lot to take in all at once. All of this is new to most people so it takes awhile to soak in. 182.  I think everything was good set p 183.  It works 188.  Great! 189.  . 190.  Well organized 191.  I enjoy being able to view my grades as i complete my assignments as well as being able to view my project and exam grades right away. 194.  Very organized as always 196.  I like how the password change also changed on the website (EF website uses our UT info). Everything was well organized and easily accessible. 197.  None. 200.  The website was good as usual, I don't see a reason to change anything. 201.  Easy to navigate 202.  maybe 203.  It works well and communicates what it needs to. 204.  I love the new layout. Very user and tablet friendly. 205.  I like the new update for the website. However, i would like it more if the website has more options. 207.  Easy to use 209.  The website was very clearly organized and made it easy to find our assignments 211.  just fine 212.  There are a lot of resources available and it is easy to find everything. 214.  It had all the labs and all the info front and center without clutter. I really liked the grade calculator. 215.  It seemed to load very slowly for me, but that may be my internet to blame. 216.  don't change it 218.  The website is very useful, but sometimes hard to navigate and find exactly what you are looking for. 219.  The labs didnt explain how to do the homeworks very well 220.  Very good website. i am glad you dont use blackboard. 222.  more time during exams. 223.  Didn't like what the homework tested and hated the tests 225.  None 226.  The website is great, I love the organization. 227.  Keep the announcements page very up to date, especially for the online section. 228.  N/A. 231.  The website is still one of the better class websites I have used. 232.  It's effective and functional. 233.  Good resources everywhere 234.  helpful 235.  The examples and labs were missing key components very often. When I went back to look for things for homework, many times it wasn't even there. 237.  I felt the website was easy to access and very useful for the class. 238.  none 239.  The ef website is always well organized and well informed 241.  It's great 242.  I was good. 244.  Navigation is nice as is the responsive grading system. 245.  I cannot think of a portion of this website that was not perfectly function able. 246.  The website is set up nicely and helped me throughout the semester. 247.  The web site was well done however, I wish there was more announcements for when things are due 248.  Love that you added the syllabus to the grade estimator page. I would always switch back and forth-- awesome! 250.  Easy to go through. The homework check button was both a thumbs up and thumbs down, which was weird, but everything else worked fine.

What are your thoughts on a textbook for this class?

7% (18/250) I would purchase a textbook if required (0) 7% (18/250) I would purchase a textbook if recommended (1) 86% (214/250) I don't think a textbook is needed (2) Avg: 1.78, NZAvg: 1.92, sum=446, cnt=250, nzcnt=232

How often did you use the help sessions?

25% (63/250) Never (0) 32% (80/250) Rarely (1) 36% (89/250) Occasionly (2) 6% (14/250) Usually (3) 2% (4/250) Most of the time (4) Avg: 1.26, NZAvg: 1.69, sum=316, cnt=250, nzcnt=187

How often did you use the videos that were created for the online section?

24% (53/225) Never (0) 22% (49/225) Rarely (1) 30% (67/225) Occasionly (2) 16% (37/225) Usually (3) 8% (19/225) Most of the time (4) Avg: 1.64, NZAvg: 2.15, sum=370, cnt=225, nzcnt=172

Do you think you would have rather taken the online version of the class?

23% (52/225) Definitely not (0) 41% (93/225) Probably not (1) 25% (56/225) Probably (2) 11% (24/225) Definitely (3) Avg: 1.23, NZAvg: 1.60, sum=277, cnt=225, nzcnt=173

Are there any other resources that you think might be useful as a formal part of this class?

2.  No. 3.  the matlab website. 4.  no 5.  no 6.  n/a 7.  Not that I can think of. 8.  nope 9.  Everything used is a decent resource. Cannot think of any outside sources which would also be beneficial. 10.  no 11.  No. 12.  Honestly, just watching the videos a few times over will give you a good overview of the subject 13.  None that I can think of. 14.  none 15.  Nope 16.  Meh, not really, some of the extra sites were interesting to go to, but not really helpful in terms of the class. 17.  N/A 18.  Matlab website 19.  no 20.  N/A 22.  not really. 24.  Teaching how to use the matlab website 25.  None. 26.  No. 28.  Nope 29.  A Person who knows detailed knowledge on Simulink. 30.  short amounts of code to perform simple functions (a type of help/hint) 31.  I think everything that is needed is provided. 32.  Vocab lists every week of the commands and terms that we were supposed to learn that week or send it out early so that we can look for the terms we are supposed to know and focus our attention on those. 33.  I recommend finding a group of friends to work on homework and study with in order to better understand the material. 34.  A list of the functions we covered in class would be handy, so if we forget one we don't have to go to the mathworks page which doesn't help very much. 35.  Maybe make the examples the TAs work during class available to see outside of class. 36.  None. 38.  Not that I can think of. 40.  None 41.  No the website and labs are sufficient. 42.  The only thing is possibly a textbook just to have another form of material to learn from. 43.  44.  Maybe every few classes Schleter should come and teach and make sure everyone is understanding, he is such a good teacher that I really understand and learn things best from him. 45.  N/a 46.  Help sessions are the most useful thing to me! 47.  Nothing particularly comes to mind 48.  Official Matlab Documentation 49.  An actual professor teaching this class instead of students. 50.  Enfasis on the use of the Matlab documentation 51.  there are not 52.  No 53.  - 54.  I think the EF website has a good handle on the course as far as resources go. 55.  Some commands we had to use were never covered on the site. links to how to use those online somewhere else would be nice 56.  Step by step guide as to how to program 57.  Supplemental Instruction sessions. Increased help sessions or more TA's in the help sessions in the days leading up to a project or test being due. 58.  I'm not sure that anything else would help because people wouldn't buy a book, and the website with the videos seems sufficient. 60.  I think this class has the most resources out of all of them. 61.  I think there was plenty of help and resources provided to do well in this class. 62.  I honestly can't think of anything. 64.  No 65.  Not really. 66.  I can't think of any. 67.  Easier examples to follow in order to understand the new material. 68.  A textbook might be a good resource but with the website and the matlab help files i dont think that it would be necessary. 69.  No, any additional resources (as with any coding class) can be easily looked into individually online. 70.  Not anything specific I can think of, no. Really, everything you need is there, either on the help file or the internet. 73.  No 74.  I don't know much about Matlab so I'm saying its Good 75.  no 78.  I can't think of any. 79.  A text book may not be a bad idea. I feel like a book would go more in-depth, therefore making it easier. 80.  Not that I can think of. 84.  The links to the Mathworks site were helpful. Maybe add a link on the 230 page to the Mathworks site. 85.  No 86.  I can't think of any right now. 87.  More TAs 88.  Videos in all of the labs. Instructional videos (not copying and pasting from the website) are great because they walk through step by step how to type the code and what each part means. 89.  nah 90.  na 91.  I felt like all the resources needed were given. With the exception of the coding portion of the first exam. I did not feel I was prepared for that part of the exam and could have used another practice exam. 92.  It would be nice to be able to download a word doc for every lab that was just all of the lab page text. This would benefit studying. 93.  NA 94.  Not that I can think of. 95.  No 96.  The TA's are usually helpful resources. 98.  More emphasis on the Mathworks site 99.  None 100.  not sure 101.  A study guide for the tests. 102.  Explain fully what the code stands for and how to use it with the examples instead of just going through the examples. 103.  none 104.  A set of notes 106.  Maybe more examples. 107.  N/A 108.  Practice exams? Unless they are too similar from semester to semester. It'd be helpful on the first exam's multiple choice to see the way in which the questions are asked and whether we need to know the definitions of commands, or know how a command works in code. The numeric problems were closely resembling the homework problems, so there was plenty of practice to go on for them. 109.  Maybe homework solutions after the due dates have passed, so that after the homework is done, and you are trying to study you have something to refresh your memory if you can't figure it out. 110.  No 111.  I think that the examples in the notes should actually be useful on the test and homework. 112.  Maybe a book of examples 114.  Not really, but I noticed that I used the website Mathworks a lot, so if you taught us how to use that site to its fullest that could help immensely. 115.  N/A 116.  More examples 117.  More extensive homework using the coding instead of the multiple choice problems. 118.  The internet 119.  More in-depth examples. 120.  No. The website content is very good and the videos help a lot. 121.  I bought a matlab textbook outside of class.... and I lost it.. like in the first 3 weeks of class... but I did just fine.... without it. 122.  matlab central 123.  No 124.  More relevant examples of matlab coding that pertain to hw and test questions. 126.  Nothing that isn't already used. 127.  More student interaction with TAs 128.  none 129.  I think the matlab help files should be advised even more than they already are. 131.  Not as a formal part. I do, however, think it should be HIGHLY recommended that students download MATLAB through the university's license instead of relying on the online version through apps.utk.edu. It helped me a lot with this course. 132.  no 133.  Summaries 134.  No 135.  it seems that all the bases where covered. 136.  not that i can think of 137.  no 140.  Not really. 141.  No 143.  Probably just the mathworks website. 147.  mathworks 148.  No 149.  There are none that I am aware of. 150.  I believe students should take note, but the nature of this class makes it hard to do so. I suggest to provide students with guidelines on how to study for the materials. 151.  Not really 152.  I am not sure how much Linda.com has on matlab, but UT students have free access now so it might be worth check it out. 153.  A list and interpretation of what the MATLAB error codes mean would be nice. Debugging code lessons. 155.  None that I can think of. I found all the material I needed for both studying and homework on the website. 156.  Better place to find out how to use commands 157.  No 158.  Mathworks 159.  I thought the resources given were good. 160.  no 162.  n/a 163.  No. 165.  Mandatory coding homework. 167.  I think more examples would be useful. 168.  No 169.  No. 170.  n/a 171.  perhaps more example problems, I learn by example and for many cases the questions weere never covered. 172.  No. 174.  A book or binder would be nice with examples and explanations of commands. It can be difficult to find a specific example or command if you aren't sure which lab it was in. 176.  No 178.  Mainly just a textbook or something similar to follow along with. 180.  There were times when I wished the example solutions were already active but had to wait. 181.  N/A 182.  None 183.  Something to teach us matlab. 185.  None that i can think of. 188.  None 189.  . 190.  No. The class was well resourced 191.  No 194.  No. 196.  Mathworks 197.  No. 200.  More example files of difficult examples would be great. Some of the basic examples on the website weren't always too helpful because of the difference in difficulty of what was shown to us and what we were asked to find. That wasn't a normal occurrence or anything, though. Just something I noticed. 201.  None that I can think of 202.  yes 203.  No, but youtube videos helped me also. 204.  I cannot think of any other helpful resources that could be used. Schleter's videos are the best way to learn material if you can't grasp it during class. 205.  Sometimes I wish there is a way to get help online. like chatting with someone, and I will get the answer immediately. 207.  Nope found everything I needed 209.  I think everything provided is very helpful and enough to learn the course material. 210.  Not that I know of. 211.  no 212.  My older sister had a book for MATLAB that she let me use (she went to a different university) and I found that book helpful. 213.  study guides. There is far too much information on the lessons that is not necessary. Study guides with specific important information that we need to know how to use and how to use it would be very helpful 214.  Can't think of anything. 215.  maybe some optional practice problems. they could simply be problems from last year's test or something similar. 216.  No 217.  I found taking notes for the tests to not be very helpful because I would write down everything from the internet word for word. 218.  no 219.  no 220.  no, the matlab help file has everything if you can navigate it. 222.  none 223.  More people in help sessions 224.  nope 225.  No 226.  none 227.  Practice exams would be hepful. 228.  Nope. 231.  None that I can think of. 232.  Everything seems adequately covered. 233.  Previous exam questions 234.  Using the website on the full test. If I have MATLAB, search, and Google at my disposal during projects and jobs, why not on multiple choice? 235.  The videos were good, but that information would have been just as useful in writing as well so I could find the one thing I needed and go on. 237.  Textbook 238.  Some sort of textbook or manual containing commands and brief examples/summaries of their use. 239.  No 241.  Extra help at the end of the class if you don't understand something 242.  No I don't think so 244.  No. Google and the website cover most things. 245.  Not specifically. I understand that you do not want students to post code to a forum and have other people solve it, but looking at forums is one of the best ways to learn coding because you can see how other people fixed the same mistakes you are using. 246.  No. 247.  none 248.  More available coding that is simpler. Or maybe references to other coding through Mathworks forums, etc. 250.  I can't think of anything. Generally, I appreciated the amount of work required and what we could use to do it.