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1011-3 Databases, TDA357/DIT620

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

48 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		12		25%
Around 20 hours/week»		21		43%
Around 25 hours/week»		11		22%
Around 30 hours/week»		3		6%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.16

- More like 5h per week.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- I have industrial experience with MySQL, so I needed less time to study and understand the material. » (At most 15 hours/week)
- I know now that I should have put more time into this course since the labs takes up a LOT of your time» (Around 20 hours/week)
- Ganska mycket variation, blev en del med vissa labbar och inför tentan.» (Around 20 hours/week)
- It took a lot of my time because the assignments follow one after the other. » (Around 25 hours/week)
- I was doing the assignment alone.» (Around 30 hours/week)

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

47 svarande

0%»		2		4%
25%»		7		14%
50%»		10		21%
75%»		17		36%
100%»		11		23%

Genomsnitt: 3.59

- I attended 90% of the lectures . And missed half of the lab sessions. I attended 85% of the tutorials. » (?)
- Collided with other courses in which attendance was mandatory. Also, I learn better on my own that by visiting "exercises".» (25%)
- First quarter of the course» (25%)
- The slides were enough to study.» (25%)
- The lectures collided with lectures from my other course, otherwise I would have attended 100%» (50%)
- Föreläsningar krockade på torsdagar.» (50%)
- Almost all lectures, few labs and no tutorials.» (50%)
- Didn"t go to many of the excercise-classes.» (75%)
- Had to miss some unfortunately - the lectures are amazing.» (75%)
- Det mesta utom övningarna» (75%)
- All lectures (except one according to work) but no exercises.» (75%)
- Missed 1 due mandatory course being at same time.» (100%)
- Almost» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		8		17%
The goals are difficult to understand»		2		4%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		4		8%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		33		70%

Genomsnitt: 3.31

- Not read» (I have not seen/read the goals)
- You need to break up the text better.» (The goals are difficult to understand)
- More importantly Niklas always remind us of what we"re supposed to know by the end.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)
- Especially when further explained by lecturer» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)
- Kunde inte tydligt formulerade mål internet despite trying för att göra den här utvärderingen. Dock förklarades kursens mål mycket väl under kursens gång på föreläsningarna.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

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

44 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		1		2%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		43		97%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.97

- The workload of this course was almost nonexistent.» (No, the goals are set too low)

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

No, not at all»		1		2%
To some extent»		5		11%
Yes, definitely»		35		81%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.88

- Exam: Stupid to have differient levels (3-5) of each question.» (No, not at all)
- Not alone, but with labs: yes» (To some extent)
- Like all programming courses they never fully test you when there is an exam since you ALWAYS can check the right answer in real life. As long as you know the "basic" you can figure out the rest very fast and make it correct, something impossible on a exam. It just mashing info into your head you don"t need and will just forget, sadly. If there is something to be removed, it should be the exam. But its like that for almost every programming course.» (To some extent)
- Absolutely awesome exam, if more courses had exams like that I"d be positively thrilled.» (Yes, definitely)
- examination is designed in a way that"s really hard to cover with in the specified time.» (Yes, definitely)
- I did feel a bit unprepared though, E/R-diagrams and Schema etc. we"ve put a lot of effort into but XML, DTD should get a little more time considering how much these questions are worth on the exam.» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		5		10%
Some extent»		9		19%
Large extent»		14		29%
Great extent»		19		40%

Genomsnitt: 3

- Bad english, and poor structure of the lectures.» (Small extent)
- Attended first 45min...» (Small extent)
- The lectures were very good.» (Large extent)
- The teachers were very helpful, although I did a lot of work from home.» (Large extent)
- Doing the labs are where I learnt the most though.» (Large extent)
- Excellent teacher!» (Large extent)
- The seminars I could attend really gave a lot. Niklas is by far the best so far at holding a lecture.» (Great extent)
- Best teacher so far during my 2 years at Chalmers» (Great extent)
- Very good lectures. The lecturer really teached, not lectured.» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		14		29%
Some extent»		12		25%
Large extent»		18		38%
Great extent»		3		6%

Genomsnitt: 2.21

- Didn"t buy the book because I was told it was very bad.» (Small extent)
- I have not even opened the course book, but I used the lecture slides much continuously throughout the course.» (Small extent)
- Still hasn"t opened the book.» (Small extent)
- Did not buy the book» (Small extent)
- It was redundant.» (Small extent)
- never looked at the course book. it isnt needed.» (Small extent)
- For when the slides/lectures didn"t cover everything (which they did in pretty much all cases) they proved helpful albeit not really that necessary.» (Some extent)
- Was only able to read half of the recommended pages, but will certainly read it all in the future.» (Some extent)
- Very difficult litterature.» (Some extent)
- Non-course literature sources informed most of the Oracle programming (although, we discovered late, there were excellent such resources linked from the course page - these should be made more prominent!)» (Some extent)
- Good lecture notes!» (Large extent)
- Great book.» (Large extent)
- the lecture slides. Didn"t read the book» (Large extent)
- We were not briefed on what is on the page and how we can use it(maybe I missed it in the first class).» (Large extent)
- A really bad book. Try to find one that is not american? So much text and so little information. Though it covers the course.» (Large extent)
- Like to complement lectures with reading» (Large extent)
- Good slides. The book seemed nice, but wasn"t really useful.» (Large extent)
- The lecture slides was very good but I hardly opened the boog» (Great extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		2%
Rather well»		23		48%
Very well»		23		48%

Genomsnitt: 3.46

- Web page: It"s not exacly html5 or css3.» (Rather badly)
- why do we have to hand in tar.gz files? is there any other reason for this other than linux fanboy-ism?» (Rather well)
- Some kinks here and there with information but overall rather good.» (Rather well)
- Good and clear homepage.» (Rather well)
- A little slow at times» (Rather well)
- The course website"s URL referred to the course code of another university, which lead to the need of knowing multiple course codes.» (Rather well)
- The handouts was good! A few times they appeared very late on the course web page but very good that you could use the slides to take notes» (Very well)
- Having the lecture slides available rendered the book superfluous. » (Very well)
- Nothing to complain about.» (Very well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		1		2%
Rather poor»		3		6%
Rather good»		13		27%
Very good»		27		57%
I did not seek help»		3		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.59

- Why have to wait 2hr/s to ask a question during exercise.» (Rather poor)
- Niklas answered any question I had in a very good way.» (Very good)
- The google groups worked awesome aswell as "querying" (ha ha) at lectures » (Very good)
- Niklas really encouraged people to ask questions better than most teachers.» (Very good)
- Though nice and quick answers on the assignments!» (I did not seek help)
- I prefere coding on my own computer.» (I did not seek help)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		2		4%
Rather well»		12		25%
Very well»		29		61%
I did not seek cooperation»		4		8%

Genomsnitt: 3.74

- Did not work with all to many» (Rather well)
- Well, I did seek cooperation but everybody with a similar schedule already had a lab-partner but it was manageable solo as well.» (I did not seek cooperation)

11. How was the course workload?

Too low»		1		2%
Low»		3		6%
Adequate»		30		63%
High»		13		27%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.17

- I had a hard time doing the labs alone but if I had gotten a partner then it would"ve been very well balanced.» (Adequate)
- Pretty good.» (Adequate)
- due to labs» (High)
- It was high, and to read this course together with another course that also has very demanding labs doesnt leave much time for reading up on the other things outside the labs» (High)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		1		2%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		17		36%
High»		18		39%
Too high»		10		21%

Genomsnitt: 3.78

- Bachelor thesis and this course... almost no school.» (Too low)
- Good labs in both courses, and the more time consuming ones didn"t overlap. » (Adequate)
- "Independent work" seems to be a key concept of this period. Aside from the work peeks due to the labs a couple of days before submission, this has been a very comfortable period.» (Adequate)
- Teacher + assistents = failed in communication.» (High)
- Read 3 courses though» (High)
- Did my bachelors project at the same time.» (Too high)
- Kandidat + Databaser + Obligatorisk Ingenjörskunskap där vi snittade på 2 arbeten per vecka.» (Too high)
- Read too many courses...» (Too high)
- läste 3 kurser» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		1		2%
Adequate»		6		12%
Good»		17		36%
Excellent»		22		46%

Genomsnitt: 4.23

- It"s not a course that I would recommend anyone to take.» (Fair)
- Great course as in the field and subject - however too little were included in the course and the standards were too low too.» (Adequate)
- I feel more comfortable as a software engineer since i"ve taken this course.» (Good)
- Great teacher» (Excellent)
- Everybody studing anything IT/programming related should take this course. Its the best I"ve taken so far!» (Excellent)
- I had high expectations since Niklas recieved the pedagogic prize last year and he has not dissapointed me.» (Excellent)
- Great-to-know material presented in a tangible sense » (Excellent)
- Great course!» (Excellent)
- Superb course!» (Excellent)
- This course should be mandatory for all IT-students at least.» (Excellent)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

16. Additional comments