Student Evaluations of
instructor Mike Splane
Business 91-L, Fall 2003.
Department Comments
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Word because I learned a lot, shortcuts and what is needed to know. Excel and PowerPoint is fun.
Learning how to use Excel because it was difficult for me to learn on my own.
How to use PowerPoint & make charts and graphs.
Just the lectures were interesting and easy to understand. Very good class.
Excel and PowerPoint. I learned much about them
Class was easy to learn. Went by fast.
Doing the PowerPoint was fun and learning the Excel was difficult because I had never used it before but now I know how and it’s useful.
Only professor with picture of family on site.
PowerPoint, because I had the most fun with it and used it to make my boyfriend an animated greeting card for our 2-year anniversary.
How the teacher is very patient with his students. Willing to repeat himself for the understanding of students.
Was not 2 or 3. It was the whole class time which was very helpful to me.
Learning Excel, since I finally understand how it works.
Useful information. Great at answering questions.
I loved how easy Professor Splane made learning Excel. I couldn’t really use it before, and after he had us do some exercises, I felt really proud of my work.
I will just remember the materials learned -> it was a short course.
This class teaches very useful information for me that I can use in my working field in the future.
The whole class was a great learning experience because it teaches us useful things we can use in our future professions.
The Excel class and the class where he taught us shortcuts for Word. Those were very useful.
I will remember how fun this class was and how open the professor was with the students.
Monotonous voice because of class being boring. Flexibility of internet use.
Having fun with friends in this class. Chatting online/playing games.
Professor Splane’s jovial attitude and helpfulness.
Learning PowerPoint and Excel, it’s much easier than I thought. Looking at his straight A’s transcripts. How to use AutoSummarizer.
The clarity of the instruction: i.e. the steps in creating a chart. The ability to turn in homework by email.
Learning Excel graphs, how to use patterns and fill effects.
Learning the use of Word, PowerPoint and Excel and be able to adopt it in real life.
How to use Word Excel and PowerPoint now because I find it useful for my business career and for the future.
Using PowerPoint and Excel will help me with future class assignments.
Doing the PowerPoint and Excel in this class, because they are very important to me.
The class as a whole is very helpful in learning different applications.
PowerPoint and Excel because I know I will have to use these in the future. This was my first experience using these.
PowerPoint presentation because that was fun. Getting to know everyone during the first class.
The homework assignment because need to do that alone and that’s how I learn.
The hands-on demonstrations in class are very good.
Midterms and assignments got difficult as time went by.
He was extremely helpful.
He never discouraged students to ask questions. He always emphasized how there are no stupid questions. That helps even the shyest students.
He explained things in detail in a way that most people would understand.
He was very understanding, patient, and willing to explain everything. These are qualities that were very good in my learning.
He was patient and humorous.
Hands-on learning. Patient with students.
The ability to ask questions.
Was helpful in responding to questions.
Good example usage.
His examples and teaching.
Explained the function on topics.
Executive summary button under autosummarize. Doing the really nice graphs/charts. He is always very helpful to the students
Very understanding and clear on instructions.
The instructor told us how several things were used in everyday life and how he used it as well.
Seemed effective with every technique used.
Detailed explanation of the subjects.
He helped explain material that was difficult and he answered questions well.
The in class instruction was excellent, presenting information and then showing examples of how to do it, and showing different ways to do it.
Handouts are excellent.
Visuals and demonstrations.
Demos.
Teaching by demonstration.
Hands on showing and teaching.
The hands-on experience was quite successful.
The projector and how he worked the problems with us and explained things very well.
The projector was a great tool. I got to follow along step by step.
Informative. Helpful with learned material. Takes time although it’s a short class.
Taking his time with the material and asking us how well we knew the material beforehand.
Instructor friendly, knowledgeable.
The teacher’s sense of humor, patience, and expertise.
He was VERY thorough and clear. Everything he taught was step by step, and I even learned a few new things on some of the programs I already know well.
Did not learn much, course was very light.
He always was concerned if we were learning. Very clear.
Patience and easygoing.
His kool and good at teaching.
The instructor was very good at explaining the subject and also eager to help students.
The instructor was fully prepared and was fully available to answer all questions.
The instructor didn’t mind answering any questions. Meaning he explained a certain tool several times until everyone understood it.
He knows his stuff. Very smart.
Showing the methods used on different programs.
He really cared about the subject & made it easy to understand and even fun, even with Excel.
Showed me how to use Excel.
He made learning Excel easy – I had struggled with it previously, and he did a good job of making everything understandable.
The shortcut methods used in Word, PowerPoint & Excel.
The notes and handouts were helpful and available online.
His handouts and notes and as well as in-class exercises and exams.
The assignments helped prepare you for the test.
Interactive homework.
His enthusiasm for teaching the course.
He knows a lot of students were only taking it because it was required but he was eager to teach & make it as exciting as possible.
He was nice and patient with the students.
He encouraged us to ask questions if we were lost and he was patient. There were no dumb questions, that’s what he would say.
Hands on presentations; thorough explanation; thorough handouts about assignment and area of subject.
Mr Splane would explain anything or repeat something if you did not understand it.
His precise method in explaining the fundamentals and utilizing them in a business perspective.
I actually like the way Professor Splane teaches. Very structured.
Nothing. It is good already.
To go over things more slow but I feel things are being taught faster because we only have 5 weeks.
Go a little slower during presentations.
N/A. Good teacher.
Much needed applications were great to learn.
Try to make materials more interesting class.
He’s doing great!
It was quiet and ran at a steady pace; everyday was like the class before.
The instructor should know that he is very organized with his presentations, thus his technique is very effective.
Sometimes a little boring but it’s to make up for students with no knowledge of material so it’s ok.
Keep up the good work.
I think he did a good job teaching this course.
Hmm, nothing. Think his teaching style is very effective.
I think he taught the course very effectively.
I think he’s a great teacher.
He’s a good teacher, no problems!
Very good style.
Class was boring, shouldn’t have been so monotonous.
He does a terrific job at his work.
Nothing. I thought he did a great job… Best professor yet!
Speak a little louder, because the classroom is big.
Have to talk louder.
Turn off lights when using projector screen to increase visibility.
Go a little slower in demonstrating the technique.
The teacher goes through hands on exercises too swiftly, but is sometimes willing to go back over it.
The instructor should slow down because he was teaching the software at a rapid rate.
He can’t teach it any better without bringing us food or money. (I laughed when I read this.- Mike)
Students are distracted easily so try to make class interesting.
He should make sure students are following him.
He has a good teaching style and his speech is very valuable.
Very effective.
He should go a little slow when it comes to teaching complex tools such as those of Excel and Graphing.
He should go a little bit slower in explaining which button to click so students can catch up.
Slow down at times cuz some students are having a hard time seeing the screen
Very good overall teacher. Keep up the good work.
Very good method, just keep it up.
Don’t change it.
Continue doing as he does. He’s great!
I didn’t think I would actually learn anything new in this class, but it was a pleasant surprise that I did. I like it the way it is.
None from this teacher.
Nothing really. I learned what I needed to.
Longer course with more focus on different programs.
It could be a little longer so we can learn more about Excel.
Make it a little longer.
Make the class longer, not only about a month long. Make it like 2 months long.
It can be a little bit longer. Spend a little more time on PowerPoint maybe.
Perhaps add an advanced course (a supplement to 91-L for those who want to learn more.)
Teach more about the advance applications of using the computer programs.
More challenge exams. More advanced MS Office techniques.
Perhaps better time management in constructing the course curriculum.
Longer courses.
None. Everything is taught in relevance to everyday life.
This course is good the way it is under the circumstances of what needs to be learned.
More flexibility in grading. Too many points concentrated on too few projects allowing no margin for error.
More hands on activities. Teach more variety of topics.
Clarify exactly what is required on the homework.
Lesser HW but more in-class exercises. That way, students will be able to have hands-on training.
Speak louder and involve the entire class.
Speak up when talking. Those in the back can’t hear you as well.
Make class a little more interesting.
Slow down and not talk while using the computer. Example: Give instruction THEN perform the described task on the computer.
More exciting homework.
The projector is very blurry and hard to read.
Students should be encouraged to email homework. Class felt boring.
Nothing. I love this class.
Thanks for all the great ideas! – Mike