Course Description:
CS 100: Introduction to Computing through Applications
Using personal computers as effective problem solving tools for the present and the future. Effective use of spreadsheets to process, manipulate, and visualize numeric and textual information. Introduction to the Internet, World Wide Web, HTML, and XML. Algorithms underlying the functional components of web search engines and their influence on data access. Using wikis to publish, reshape, and organize data collaboratively.
Dave's Comments:
Teaching Evaluations:
Number of Respondents: 28 / 49 (57%)
| The instructor(s) helped me to understand the course concepts. |
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | No Basis for Rating |
| | | 8 | 20 | |
| | | 29% | 71% | |
The instructor(s) created a supportive environment that helped me learn
(Supportive environments enable students to feel included and valued regardless of any aspect of their identity). |
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | No Basis for Rating |
| | 1 | 8 | 19 | |
| | 4% | 29% | 68% | |
| The instructor(s) stimulated my interest in this course. |
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | No Basis for Rating |
| | | 10 | 17 | |
| | | 37% | 63% | |
The intended learning outcomes were identified
(Learning outcomes/objectives articulate what students should be able to know, do, and/or value by the end of a course). |
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | No Basis for Rating |
| | | 13 | 15 | |
| | | 46% | 54% | |
| The course activities prepared me for the graded work. |
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | No Basis for Rating |
| 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |
| 4% | 11% | 46% | 39% | |
| The intended learning outcomes were assessed through my graded work. |
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | No Basis for Rating |
| 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | |
| 4% | 4% | 46% | 46% | |
| The course workload demands were... |
| Very Low | Low | Average | High | Very High | No Basis for Rating |
| 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4% | 14% | 68% | 7% | 7% | |
Note: This is a complete list of comments I received, listed alphabetically to avoid bias.
| The most important thing I learned in this course was: |
- An introduction to coding
- CSS
- Dave brought a new, more in depth view to computers with their parts and functions and what goes on on the internet. Myself, like many others in this class had no idea about most of the stuff we learned in the course, we just used the technology with no knowledge of the inner workings. This course is a crucial course for 1st year students and Dave did a great job.
- Everything I learned in this class felt equally important.
- How computer and binary works.
- How computer work and how certain application help everyday tech usage.
- How computers and different software work.
- How digitization works
- how the internet works
- How to create webpages and how to style them and also about AI
- How to design my own webpage.
- How to make a webpage
- How to use html and css
- How to utilize HTML and how computers work with primary and secondary number.
- html
- HTML
- HTML & CSS
- HTML and CSS
- html code was the most interesting to me
- I have learned the most important computer language HTML and Mr. Dave is the best professor in the whole university. I LOVE HIM
- I learned a lot about how computers work. I also learned how to study for exams.
- I learned lots of new knowledges related to the daily use in computers and how website work.
- Lots of stuff about the internet and how it works.
- Really learnt how to apply the concepts taught in class with projects in labs and assignments.
- The idea of digitization
| What helped me to learn in this course was: |
- Asking questions when necessary to the ISAs
- Attending labs
- Dave is a great presenter, but he requires you to go to class as a lot of his slide shows have minimal writing but has excellent analogies and explantations that simplify the concepts that he explains thoroughly in class. This teaching style engages everyone in class consistently and his unique sense of humour is always appreciated.
- Dave's jokes and outgoing personality both helped to make the course enjoyable.
- flashcards, the labs!!, the assignments, Dave's engaging and fun lectures
- Going to the lab sessions and speaking with the TA’s
- In class lectures and labs
- Mr. Dave's enthusiasm to teach students and all the ISA and TA's very helpful
- Professor explain everything very well.
- Review lessons on my own time and attend lectures and labs.
- Taking good notes and Attending classes
- The help from the ISAs.
- The lab helded by the ISAs and the teching styles of Dave.
- The labs and taking notes during lectures.
- The labs and the assignments
- The labs and the in-class analogies and demonstrations
- The labs were very helpful as they allowed us to take the concepts taught in class and apply them.
- The Professor used many analogies throughout the semester which were very helpful for understanding complicated concepts
- the slideshows
- The TAs
- The TAs.
- The weekly lab assignments.
- what helped me learn in this course was the thoughtful visuals/slides and the examples.
- What helped me were: the teacher being more interactive and fun to watch him teach us. And the demonstrations he did were amazing.
| What changes, if any, would I suggest for this course? |
- Have more opportunities for in-person office hours.
- I think add an units on excel (1 weeks or 2 weeks, talking about the basic functions).
- I think the course is pretty well made but only add microsoft excel to the course
- I would put excel back in the syllabus, as I was hoping to learn how to use it
- I would say that you should add some amount of Excel content into the course.
- Include Excel unit for maybe a week
- Keep it in class rather than online, Dave is awesome and makes first year students have a positive first experience with Professors
- Keep the course in person. I have heard that the school wants to put this course online or remove it entirely. In-person, this course is interactive and fun and I want future classes to enjoy the same experience I had.
- Less focus on HTML/CSS
- more concise slides that dont have unecessary info
- More google search content
- N/A
- No suggestions
- No.
- None great class!
- None.
- None. Thanks Dave, you’re awesome.
- nothing, the best course in the whole University.
- Nothing, the class was very well structured!
- One change I would suggest is to include some excel content as excel is very important to learn for the future.
- Record lectures or add additional content on slides
- The slideshows it would easier to study if they were more detailed.