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Computer graphics, Lp 1 Ht2009, TDA361/DIT220

Your own effort

1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

28 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		13		46%
Around 20 hours/week»		7		25%
Around 25 hours/week»		5		17%
Around 30 hours/week»		3		10%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.92

- Went to most of the lectures and worked (am still working, actually...) with the tutorials.» (Around 20 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

28 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		1		3%
50%»		6		21%
75%»		6		21%
100%»		15		53%

Genomsnitt: 4.25

- Most of the moments collided with my (much more difficult) math course so I only attended a couple of friday presentations.» (25%)
- I took another course, which had many compulsory lectures during the same hours as this course.» (50%)
- The course was overlapping so i was not able to go to all lectures» (50%)
- Very good lectures» (75%)
- I had some clashes with other courses in the beginning.» (75%)
- Really good lectures» (75%)
- Very interesting and useful lectures. Also a plus for the lectures being so up to date and discussing current developments. » (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		13		46%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		3		10%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		12		42%

Genomsnitt: 2.5

- The problem is the course is extremely broad, it would be nice with some guidance on how deep to go on each subject.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

19 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		18		94%
No, the goals are set too high»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.05

- But make sure all students have taken all the math courses needed, so there wont be any mess with that..» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		0		0%
To some extent»		4		18%
Yes, definitely»		8		36%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		10		45%

Genomsnitt: 3.27

- the exam was very theoretical» (To some extent)
- There really should be more practice/previous exams available for study. It would be particularly nice if they included solutions.» (I don"t know/have not been examined yet)

Teaching and course administration

6. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		5		17%
Large extent»		9		32%
Great extent»		14		50%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- I"ve learnt most things from the tutorials, but the lectures have been interesting (most of the time :-) ).» (Some extent)
- I couldn"t attend most of it so. The ones I went to was helpful though.» (Some extent)
- Good lectures and very good slides to use for reading.» (Large extent)
- Ulf is one of the best teachers at Chalmers. Perfectly done. The course assistans were not as good.» (Large extent)
- The lectures were really great.» (Great extent)
- One of the best teachers I have ever had.» (Great extent)

7. What is your impression of the tutorials?

Too easy, I did not learn much.»		2		7%
They contributed to the course with practical experience.»		22		78%
They were too hard and/or confusing.»		2		7%
I did not do the tutorials (but the project).»		2		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.14

- I really liked the setup with tutorials» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- Very good, it was fun to look at OpenGL!» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- The first ones where a bit to easy, a solution could be to make the students think more and program a bit on their own instead of just follow instructions. Great practical summery though!» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- However, the difficulty step between the first tutorials and the project was a bit sudden.» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- I think it was good to first have tutorials where all instructions were given, and then have a large one where one had to understand everything to make it work. Good way to ensure understanding.» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- The tutorials, or in this case example sheets, where in no way too difficult to ask us about. However, many of the questions demanded that questions from the past would have to be solved, which basically meant that if you couldn"t solve some of the early questions it would become about impossible to get it right with the questions further on.» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- There should be some obligatory questions to answer with each tutorial as well.» (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- Good with shader programming and much of the framework api-calls around it set up for you. Very nice! » (They contributed to the course with practical experience.)
- it was hard to get a real experience of programming when all you did was copy and paste the code» (They were too hard and/or confusing.)
- I read the tutorials and I personally think that it"s a bit too much just copy paste OpenGL code. Personally I think that a better option could be to provide a simple wrapper for the students to use and then basically just give instructions on how to use it. That way you can focus on the algorithm and not on the openGL code.» (I did not do the tutorials (but the project).)
- I did the tutorials 2 years ago and I was told they had been redesigned. I didn"t do any of it this year since I had passed this part of the course anyway.» (I did not do the tutorials (but the project).)

8. What is your impresseion of the project?

Rather bad - the requirements was too high.»		0		0%
Rather bad - there was not enough information/assistance.»		1		3%
Good. It was a good experience aswell as the info/assistance»		7		25%
I did not do the project (but the tutorials).»		19		70%

Genomsnitt: 3.66

- Could be a bit more advanced. I would like to have a working game shell where you should implement the graphics part, while everything else was already done (gamelogic, controls etc.)» (Good. It was a good experience aswell as the info/assistance)

9. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		11		39%
Some extent»		7		25%
Large extent»		7		25%
Great extent»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.07

- The book seems to go much deeper than what"s required.» (Small extent)
- I have not read very much from it, but I think I will have a look at it before the exam.» (Small extent)
- Didn"t read much at all in the course book but rather used the slides + google & wikipedia» (Small extent)
- Great book, but it"s not really necessary since the lectures, slides and tutorials are so good.» (Some extent)
- I exclusively used online material instead of the course book.» (Some extent)
- The slides were very good, but the book was almost unnecessary. I looked up a few things during the course, but it feels like a waste of money unless i continue in this field.» (Some extent)
- Good book, but the slides were really good, the book could be used to look up specific details though.» (Some extent)
- Good book, very thick, though.» (Large extent)
- The repetitionslides in combination with wikipedia, some forums etc. rules! » (Large extent)

10. What did you think about the course litterature?

Rahter bad.»		3		11%
It was ok.»		8		29%
It was good.»		16		59%

Genomsnitt: 2.48

- Not concise enough and most of the material in the chapters was covered more concisely in the slides or more accessible from other sources.» (Rahter bad.)
- No idea, as I didn"t really use it.» (It was ok.)
- Did not read much» (It was ok.)
- Maybe I didn"t use it so much for the course but I"ll keep it as a reference» (It was good.)
- The book is good, it just isn"t really necessary.» (It was good.)
- Very good and a useful reference for future work» (It was good.)
- A bit heavy to read and carry though» (It was good.)
- I didn"t read it much since I never remembered to bring it the two days we had to study for the exam. I took a few glances in a friend"s book when we couldn"t find good information online though and I"m gonna make sure to read it more when I read the seminar course this spring.» (It was good.)

11. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		14		50%
Very well»		14		50%

Genomsnitt: 3.5

- Not perfect because the last tutorial wasn"t available on time. Minor thing of course and I understand why.» (Rather well)
- Only thing I missed was some kind of date stamp for updates on the project» (Rather well)
- In the beginning bad» (Rather well)
- The course homepage did not change much, and suffers from some funny dangling modifiers.» (Rather well)
- sometime the slides are not uploaded in time, and more english extra materials are expected» (Rather well)
- Perhaps a little bit too late sometimes with slides, but they were very fresh.» (Rather well)
- Can"t say much here.» (Rather well)
- Very good and informative lecture slides! Demos gives an injection! :)» (Very well)
- No problem. A really good and updated webpage» (Very well)

Study climate

12. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		3		10%
Rather good»		8		28%
Very good»		15		53%
I did not seek help»		2		7%

Genomsnitt: 3.57

- The lab assistants were not available enough. There should"ve been more of them» (Rather poor)
- The course assistants seemed to help people in a total random order. At one time it took three hours to get some help, which was probably because it was a deadline day. A list where you write your name to be in the queue would be good.» (Rather good)
- Great course assistants and it was easy to get help during lectures as well.» (Very good)
- It is hard to ask questions on complex programming tasks like the tutorial, since the assistants could not really dig into your code.. other than that: really good,.» (Very good)

13. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		1		3%
Rather well»		5		17%
Very well»		16		57%
I did not seek cooperation»		6		21%

Genomsnitt: 3.96

- I had a lab partner that dropped out after the first assignment. Then I haven"t seen him and he hasn"t answered my mail...» (Rather poorly)
- I only studied for the exam and that went good.» (Very well)

14. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		20		71%
High»		7		25%
Too high»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- Rather different from week to week. Very easy to begin with and a bit hard the last week (global illumination and the last tutorial)» (Adequate)
- I think it was quite reasonable. The tutorials took a decent amount of time.» (Adequate)
- Very high load, but its ok since the content is interesting. » (High)
- ALOT to learn. Everything so interesting, so little time..» (High)

15. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		4		14%
Adequate»		11		39%
High»		12		42%
Too high»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 3.35

- The other course (Transforms, signals and systems) is a "heavy" course, it takes a lot of time.» (High)
- Took this course as a third 7.5hp course this period, worked since I"ve worked with computer graphics before, but not recommended.» (High)
- I"ve taken five courses this period, but that"s of course my own fault.» (High)
- it"s theoretically intensive.» (High)
- I took an advanced course in mathematics along with concurrent programming at the same time so I had a handful.» (High)

Summarizing questions

16. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		4		14%
Good»		13		46%
Excellent»		11		39%

Genomsnitt: 4.25

- Interesting course.» (Good)
- Very educational and useful.» (Good)
- Excellent teaching, very stressy ending. Problem was if you had a lecture in the other course the same day you"d have alot to read to be able to remember the double lectures.» (Good)
- Very ambitious teaching. This could easily be seen since many of the friday sessions were held over the alotted time and almost everyone stayed until the end (even if it was as much as 30 minutes). Only a few left and I"m guessing this was due to the fact that they had to be somewhere or do something.» (Good)
- Great! Very good lectures and the most interesting course I"ve attended so far!» (Excellent)
- Best course I"ve taken so far.» (Excellent)
- On par with Network Security as the best course taken on Chalmers.» (Excellent)

17. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

18. What should definitely be changed to next year?

19. Additional comments