Mid-Term Course Evaluation – CSE 60641
Check one or more items for each question.
The mid-term survey is due by Friday evening, October 17th @ 5 PM to Prof. Striegel’s
mailbox.
Please rate the quality of the lecture so far:
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I don’t go to lecture
I go but it is boring and it puts me to sleep
I go but I don’t get much out of the lecture
Lecture is alright, but the instructor could stand to improve on some areas
Lecture is mostly worth my time
Lecture is well-worth my time
CSE 60641 is my favorite class and I enjoy lecture
CSE 60641 is my only class so I guess it is my favorite
The document camera, just stop, please
The pace of lecture is:
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Too slow (Stop repeating things and go faster)
Just right
Whoa! Like trying to drink from a firehose (in a good way)
Whoa! Like trying to drink from a firehose and I’m drowning
The content of lecture:
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Less general graduate student life, more systems
We are too shallow in terms of technical depth
Just right
Excellent, I feel like I learn quite a bit
How is the lecture capture?
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We have lecture capture?
Tried it once or twice, have not been back
Like it but it could be much better
Really hard to read the board
I use it to review before an exam
I tend to review most lectures
How would you improve lecture?
My prior experience with operating systems upon entering ND:
_____ What is an OS?
_____ I think I took an undergrad OS course
_____ Took an undergrad OS course
_____ Undergrad OS was my favorite course
Did the entrance exam help?
____ Yes, but I would have taken Grad OS either way
____ Yes, I put serious thought into whether I should take Grad OS or not
____ No, I would have taken Grad OS either way
How might we better make sure that you are ready for Grad OS?
Please rate the course organization:
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There is organization to the course?
I have no idea what we will cover from day to day
The organization is similar to my other CSE classes
The organization is satisfactory
All of my courses should be organized like CSE 60641
What would you suggest to improve course organization?
Please rate the quantity of work required for the class (homework/reading/etc.):
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Help! It is way too much for a 3 credit graduate course
Alright but I wish there was less
Seems about right for the course
A little bit more homework would be helpful
Bring on lots more homework & projects!
50+ pages for papers, seriously?
How would you change the homework/project quantity of work (i.e. justify why you
would increase/reduce the homework load)?
Are there too many assignments / readings?
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Yes
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No
Why or why not? How might you change it?
Average time spent outside of class on homework
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hours/week
How were the paper searches?
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I liked it and enjoyed doing them
One per topic is too much
We each did a paper per group member and split up the work
It was awful
Eh, it is what it is
Any comments on the paper search assignment?
Please rate the clarity of the course (pick one or more):
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I can’t follow class very well, it often takes a lot of work outside of class
The lecture is too much of a free-for-all, I wish it were more streamlined
We need more examples in class
We need a book, the on-line lectures notes and papers just aren’t cutting it
The clarity is alright, not great but not bad either
Crystal clear, I walk out of lecture fairly confident in what we covered that day
Focus, try to be a little less random with board placement
How might you fix the clarity of the class?
Please rate Sakai:
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There are not enough flames in the universe
I think a trained monkey could make a better webpage
Needs to be updated more often
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My one stop shop for browsing
It is my homepage every time I turn on my browser
Any suggestions for Sakai? Comments?
Please rate the course Wiki:
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There are not enough flames in the universe
I think a trained monkey could make a better webpage
Needs to be updated more often
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My one stop shop for browsing
It is my homepage every time I turn on my browser
Any suggestions for the course Wiki? Comments?
Please rate the course usage of Box:
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There are not enough flames in the universe
Needs to be updated more often
Average
My first check for the course
It is my homepage every time I turn on my browser
Any suggestions for the use of Box? Comments?
Please rate the mid-term exam (mark all that apply):
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I try to keep it as far from my mind as possible
The Walking Dead comes to mind
Too much to do in that short of timeframe
The problems were too vague
Average
Great, I’d like it to keep the exact same format
Suggestions for the exam format?
How is your study group (Mark all that apply)?
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I work alone
Perhaps I should have done a study group
Neither helpful nor hurtful to my comprehension
Great
I learned more in the study group than in class
I wish I worked alone