Dave Tompkins :: Teaching

Dave Tompkins :: Teaching

Current Activities: (Fall 2024)

CS 100 x 2 — IN PERSON !!! (very exciting)

Future Activities:

Winter 2025: CS 100 — in person
Spring 2025: CS 100 — ?online?

Openness Policy:

This website is part of my ongoing commitment to improve my teaching and to be open and transparent about my teaching.

All of the raw teaching evaluation data (and the source to generate these web pages) is available online:
github.com/dtompkins/teacheval.

Random Evaluation:

You can view a random teaching evaluation (prior to Winter 2020).

Past Activities: (University of Waterloo)

Course Content Maintainer

Term(s)	Course
2013 - present	CS 100 — Introduction to Computing through Applications
2013 - 2022	CS 136 — Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction

Instructor

Term	Course	Additional Details
2024 Fall	CS 100
2024 Fall	CS 100
2024 Spring	CS 100	First time in person!
2024 Winter	CS 100
2023 Fall	CS 100
2023 Spring	CS 100
2023 Winter	CS 100
2023 Winter	CS 136
2023 Winter	CS 136L
2022 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2022 Fall	CS 135	evaluations, profQUOTES
2022 Fall	CS 135	evaluations
2022 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2022 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2022 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2022 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2022 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2021 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2021 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2021 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2021 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2020 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2020 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2020 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2020 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2020 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2019 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2019 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2019 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2019 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2018 Spring	CS 136	evaluations
2018 Spring	CS 136	evaluations
2018 Winter	CS 136	evaluations, memes
2018 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2018 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2017 Fall	CS 135	evaluations, profQUOTES
2017 Fall	CS 135	evaluations
2017 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2017 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2017 Winter	CS 136	evaluations, profQUOTES
2017 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2016 Fall	CS 136	evaluations, profQUOTES
2016 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2016 Fall	CS 136	evaluations
2016 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2016 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2016 Winter	CS 136	evaluations, profQUOTES
2016 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2016 Winter	CS 100	evaluations
2015 Fall	CS 135	evaluations, profQUOTES
2015 Fall	CS 135	evaluations
2015 Fall	CS 100	evaluations
2015 Spring	CS 100	evaluations
2015 Winter	CS 100	evaluations
2014 Fall	CS 135	evaluations, profQUOTES
2014 Fall	CS 135	evaluations
2014 Fall	CS 135	evaluations
2014 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2014 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2013 Spring	CS 136	evaluations
2013 Spring	CS 350	evaluations, memes, profQUOTES
2013 Spring	CS 350	evaluations
2013 Winter	CS 136	evaluations
2013 Winter	CS 490	evaluations
2012 Fall	CS 135	evaluations
2012 Fall	CS 350	evaluations, memes
2012 Spring	CS 350	evaluations, memes
2012 Spring	CS 350	evaluations
2012 Winter	CS 115	evaluations
2012 Winter	CS 115	evaluations
2012 Winter	CS 490	evaluations
2011 Fall	CS 115	evaluations
2011 Fall	CS 135	evaluations

Course Development

Term(s)	Course	Brief Description
2016-17	CS 100	Redesign of CS 100
2013 Spring	CS 136	Redesign of the CS 136 course structure and lecture slides.
2013 Winter	CS 490	New textbook selection and "flipped" classroom redesign.

Past Activities: (University of British Columbia)

Course Development

Term	Course	Brief Description
2011 Winter	CPSC 101	A review and analysis (part of the CWSEI).
2002 Winter	EECE 467	A complete redesign of the labs for new hardware.

Instructor

Term	Course	Additional Details
2011 Spring	CPSC 121	evaluations, formula sheet
2010 Fall	CPSC 211	evaluations
2002 Fall	EECE 467	evaluations
2002 Winter	EECE 467	evaluations
2001 Fall	EECE 467	evaluations
2001 Winter	EECE 467	evaluations
2000 Fall	EECE 467	evaluations
2000 Winter	EECE 467	evaluations

Teaching Assistant

Term	Course	Additional Details
2008 Winter	CPSC 121	evaluations, handouts, lab
2007 Winter	CPSC 121	evaluations
2006 Fall	CPSC 320	evaluations
2006 Winter	CPSC 320	evaluations
2005 Spring	CPSC 121	evaluations
2005 Spring	CPSC 320	comments
2004 Fall	CPSC 320	evaluations
2004 Winter	CPSC 220	comments
2003 Fall	EECE 466	comments
2003 Spring	EECE 466	comments
1998 Fall	EECE 467	comments