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Summary of mid-term course feedback

Is the pace of the lessons too fast, too slow, or about right?

27 responses

  • In general, the pace is about right to slightly too fast
  • Too much material is presented in individual lessons and maybe some could be cut to focus on the basics
  • More time for some of the demos would be good
  • It can be too fast sometimes, but rewatching with the lesson videos and pausing them helps

Is the content of the lessons too simple, too difficult, or about right?

27 responses

  • Seems to be about right for many
  • Some more time to understand the concepts could be helpful
  • Nice to work at the same time with the teacher
  • More about principles and concepts would be Nice
  • Students with earlier programming experience feel its a bit simple
  • More examples would be helpful
  • More time to learn about the course tools (GitHub, Slack, etc.) would be helpful
  • Sometimes it feels like there is a bit too much material in the lessons
  • Easier than the exercises

Is the content of the exercises too simple, too difficult, or about right?

27 responses

  • Some new programmers feel they are pushing being too hard, others find them about right
  • Too difficult to complete on my own
  • Slack helps with getting answers to questions
  • Maybe a bit too hard. I know what to do on some level, but the answers don't come to me.
  • It might be nice to start with a 'warm up' exercise from the previous week before going into the new material
  • Shorter and simpler problems (and maybe more of them) would be better
  • Challenging, but not too challenging
  • Way more difficult than the material in the lessons. I need help from others in the course to complete them.

Which aspect(s) of the course is/are most helpful to you?

27 responses

  • Website is good, but part of lesson on functions and variable names was not as good as the rest of the lessons
  • Slack
  • Lessons and optional readings
  • Having an experienced programming partner :)
  • Refreshing git practices and learning new tools (JupyterLab)
  • Learning new Python tricks (e.g., f-strings)
  • Good coding practices
  • Lesson videos
  • I did not like the idea of having a partner at first, but now I am enjoying it
  • Exercises
  • Teachers and course assistants
  • How to use Python in GIS
  • The way the course prepares for working with files in a scripted manner

Which aspect(s) of the course is/are least helpful to you?

21 responses

  • Lessons are a bit slow, I just use the website
  • Exercises are too difficult
  • Interactive part of the lessons. I just prefer to read the course page.
  • Slack
  • Online teaching
  • Many new sites and tools
  • The lessons
  • Strict rules for the exercises, such as no copy/paste of the exercise cells
  • The exercise groups
  • The schedule for the course. It would be nice to be more flexible.
  • Weeks when I am not the driver for the exercise

Useful parts of the course

On a scale from 1 to 5, how useful do you find the different elements of this course? (1=not at all useful, 5=very useful):

  • Interactive lessons in Zoom: 4.05 ± 1.24 (21 responses)
  • Recorded lesson videos: 4.24 ± 1.00 (21 responses)
  • Exercise sessions in Zoom: 3.63 ± 0.92 (8 responses)
  • Pair programming: 4.74 ± 0.56 (19 responses)
  • Slack: 3.46 ± 1.24 (26 responses)

What suggestions do you have for improving this course? Comments related to online teaching would be especially useful!

21 responses

  • Introducing the instructors with photos during the first lesson would be nice so you know what they look like for the exercise sessions
  • Links to useful coding videos
  • More repetition to help with learning. More easy examples in the lessons and additional easy problems in the exercises.
  • More suggestions about alternative ways to do things in Python. If you already know this, you can read more about how to use something else at ...
  • Course should require past Python experience in order to get into GIS operations more quickly
  • Lessons and exercises could possibly be integrated more. Some tasks from the lessons could be left for the exercises as individual tasks with a 'final task' to do in pairs.
  • Getting feedback more quickly on the exercises would be helpful
  • Easier exercises!
  • Human comments on the exercises
  • Lessons could be longer, or in two parts
  • More time in the lessons for doing the parts you should do on your own
  • Automated grading could be available all the time for everyone
  • Two breaks during the lessons
  • Intro to GitHub could be slower
  • Pacing of the lessons and exercise sessions could be more spread out so there is time after the lessons before the exercise sessions
  • More exercises

Do you have any other general comments about the course?

12 responses

  • Many positive comments, thanks!
  • Great introductory course!
  • Great course for my future career!
  • Nice to have exercise sessions available in person, and working in pairs
  • Would be nice to do the final exercise in pairs, if possible
  • Nice online course and good teaching
  • Comments on the exercises would help with the learning
  • Well organized course
  • Thanks for making all of the materials available online!