Roach, Steven

CS 5381-26832

Spring 2004

Comments:

1. Good pace, enjoyed the class. Motivates the student to learn. Great professor.

2. I liked how this class introduced me to new real world technologies. Excellent class, had every thing I expected and more.

3. Keep up the good work! Class was challenging and fun; keep the jokes coming.

4. I really liked the format Dr. Roach used to instruct the class. I was never stressed out during the semester since there were no exams. This “hands-on” approach worked really well for me.

5. Fun class.

6. Very good class. We needed more time to learn more about web services. Sometimes I got disappointed because Dr. Roach did not know the answer for the doubts I had, and although there is a lot of documentation, sometimes I couldn’t figure out the solution.

Web services is an emerging topic in computer science. The .NET architecture and implementation has only been available for a short time. The course itself was experimental. Dealing with new technologies is a significant part of the field of computer science. First, it is not possible for me to know everything about every new technology, or even everything about this new technology. Second, as a graduate student, I expect you to be able to read, search, and experiment to find solutions to your questions. This is the nature of graduate education. I told you when we started the course that you would be teaching me how this technology works!

7. This class was worth taking! I feel that I learned a lot about web services and I enjoyed the challenge of the hands-on assignments. Dr. Roach did an excellent job in teaching this course!

8. The book was good but all the examples were in Visual Basic and we used C++. I liked the class very much because web services is one of the most important topics in computer science. Thanks to Dr. Roach for worry about Web Services. I have would like to have more practices in the lab. More simple exercises to practice.

As a graduate student, I expect you to be able to translate between VB and C#.

As a graduate student, I expect you to spend more time practicing and I expect you to do more exercises than I assign for grade.

9. This was a class in which it was a pleasure to learn. The information was clear and concise. It was entailing new cutting edge technology. I think that this should be a 2 semester course as there is just so much information to be covered in 1 semester. Dr. Roach was an excellent instructor and should continue to teach this course and should be funded appropriately for further research in this field of study.

10. The class was enjoyable and even though it may not seem apparent I learn a lot of practical information.

11. Very interesting course. I learned a lot doing the labs as well as the homeworks. The only thing I suggest is maybe add a few more labs during the semester.

12. Need to set up specific times (does not have to be during class time) for students to show you their labs.

13. The class was informative. I liked the pace of the class and the way in which it was taught.

14. The class had a super relax atmosphere which made learning much better. Assignments were difficult but manageable, they made you think but learn like in no other class. The whole no test policy is the best, although I haven’t taken the final. Overall I learned much thanks to the relax atmosphere with lectures and homework assignment policies.

15. Good use of slides. Available to students to answer questions. Knowledgeable about the subject. Too many projects. Was a good idea in using many small projects to develop one big one but the end product was too complicated for this being a first time course. Subject was great and I learned a lot in this class.

16. The course was very challenging and provided solid hands on experience with web services. My only critic would be that the department should create a specific lab that students can sue to develop web services from.

This is currently under discussion in the department. We hope to have a lab such as this available in the fall.

17. Everything was great. I wouldn’t change a thing.