Students enjoyed the interactive and engaging class sessions where they learned helpful writing and communication tips. The professor was very humorous and also made an attempt to learn everyone’s names. The worst aspect of the course was the disorganized class structure where both professor and students often went off topic. The course would improve if the professor were more organized and if there were more practice exercises. Prospective students should know that the course is fairly easy and the work is light.

Students thought that the best aspects of this course included learning the programs to help them make visuals, which many believed would be a useful skil s to have in their careers. Many students found that the professor was very supportive of students, and that he helped them gain concrete skil s. Some students found it difficult to keep up in class because they had never used the programs before and suggested teaching the basics to the programs before proceeding into more complex concepts. Students also suggested teaching more of R Studio and providing links to tutorials for the different programs. Prospective students are encouraged to take this class if they have an interest in learning how to make infographics and not to feel intimidated if they’ve never used the programs before. The professor wants students to succeed, so al they need to do is ask for additional help as needed.

Students praised this course for intending to cover useful subject matter, namely data visualization. Students broadly complained about the course appearing disorganized and of lackluster feedback from the instructor. Multiple students found that when they had questions, rather than being told an answer they were told to ‘Google it’ in order to find a solution. In addition students complained that students didn’t have assignments returned to them promptly which led some students to repeat mistakes in their work. Suggestions for improvement included a desire by multiple students that the course should provide students with additional examples of how to successful y use computer programs. Prospective students should know that students found the course emphasized self teaching and that coming into the course with some knowledge of coding was helpful. 275