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Professor Riely is clearly very knowledgeable about the material being taught, but his lectures are overly direct and literal in a way that sometimes makes the concepts difficult to grasp. There were many times that I didn't understand a concept at all after attending class and watching his videos about it, and needed to turn to outside sources to help me understand the concept. I felt very uncomfortable approaching him directly with any questions I had due to his often flippant and dismissive attitude towards students, especially those who were struggling in the class.
Major strenghts: Lecture material, Examples and explaining the overall concept Major weakness: Not enough material regarding the homework.
Dr. Riely would become frustrated when asked to elaborate on a concept.
He doesn't actually teach us, but at least he tries to be funny.

The recorded lectures and class meetings were helpful to go back and re-watch whenever I did not understand a concept.
The assignments were very well thought out and tackled the fundamental concepts of what we were learning about. Being able to complete the homework efficiently felt like mastery of the subject at hand./
The youtube lectures were really helpful and writing code on paper made me a better programmer
None, Dr. Riely told us numerous times that all of his material is inefficient in making a successful programmer. He stated in his lecture and discussion forum that no amount of reading will benefit a student. The only way is to knock our homework problems down to less than 5 minutes. Many of the concepts were never covered or only covered in the reading, which he advised against.
Honestly not much, I feel like I learned nothing

Include more class participation.
spend more time covering upcoming content/assignments in class, instead of using class time only to review past assignments. expecting students to do all learning and homework outside of class time is a bit much, even if you provide videos for it. allow more time for students to ask questions in class, as subjects would often move too fast to get a word in.
Review the homework assignments more often. when it came to homework I had very little material to work with. Especially in regard to the homeworks which were given after the midterm
A complete reevaluation of the course. I originally took CSC 383 when it had CSC 300, 301, and algorithms in 1 course. While the material was very condensed and terse; Dr. Rogers was able to convey the concept clearer. I would recall my repository and notes during Professor Lynch's Evening course. The videos that Dr. Riley has recorded give him something to fall back on when a student does have a question or needs a better understanding.
Maybe actually try teaching the course ind=stead of just making us watch videos

midterms and finals are very heavily weighted, leading to a disproportionate amount of stress around two large tests.
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Utilize the in-class time to go over the homework problems or concepts that will lead us to a solution in a timely matter.
A coding exam offline? Do you see the irony?

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professor's frequent encouragement to drop the class if doing poorly as well as other behaviors created an environment where i wasn't comfortable asking for help in class and felt like a failure whenever i didn't understand a concept right off the bat. i understand the class is an introduction to a challenging subject, but the professor should consider being less harsh on students.
Thank you for teaching this course
Utilizing in-class time more effectively and planning out prior to going on a whim.
If 40% of the class is failing then maybe it's the professor's fault? Just food for thought