FUI's course evaluation

IN5020 - Distribuerte systemer

Assessment:

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Summary:

The respondents general impression of this course were spread from Quite bad to Very good. The difficulty level of this course was rated by the respondents as Appropriate to Difficult, and considered the amount of work for the course in relation to the credit points given as Appropriate. The respondents had mixed opinions on the quality of the lectures, and rated the lectures from Very bad to Somewhat good. The amount of work involved in the mandatory assignments were perceived Appropriate to Too large. The number of mandatory assignments were considered Appropriate, and the difficulty level considered Appropriate to High. The importance of the mandatory assignments towards the understanding and learning of the curriculum was varied from Somewhat important to Very important. The level of the final exam was considered Appropriate to Too high.

The respondents highlighted that the topic of the course was interesting, but underlined that the exam was based on a very narrow part of the curriculum. Many also mentioned that the course was based on old technology. Some also underlined that there was a large curriculum relative to what was tested on the exam.

Quotes:

Oral exam (on a narrow part of the curriculum) does not seem like a good solution for this course. It makes it very “make-it-or-break-it” considering the amount of curriculum.

The assignments themselves are fine, but the use of certain technologies make it hard to setup as there is little to no documentation online, and the tutorial given is very lacking.

The assignment text was too much open to interpretation. Spent more time trying to understand the assignment description than solving the problem. After that, 60% of the time was spent trying to get setup work for the assignments.

About the course evaluation

The course evaluation is done by students in FUI (Fagutvalget ved Institutt for informatikk), and is based on questionnaires made at the end of each semester.