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Software Constraints, TDA612

1. Your study programme

Your own effort

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

34 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		3		8%
Around 20 hours/week»		10		29%
Around 25 hours/week»		10		29%
Around 30 hours/week»		10		29%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.88

- attended the lectures and did the assignments.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- Good workload, I know that many had touble with the workload, but I like the subject - so no problems here.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- It may sound little, but this is one of the courses I have spent most time on.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- This course had a very good workload.» (Around 20 hours/week)
- Shifted from week to week, but I must say I spent quite a lot of time on this course, compared to other courses.» (Around 25 hours/week)
- It was a good idea to select students to present the exercise, we had to devote more time to understand the exercise. When you know that you may present, you try to understand it as good as you can.» (Around 25 hours/week)
- I put less time that I wanted on studing lectures,mostly studied the parts which were on homeworks» (At least 35 hours/week)

3. How many exercise sessions did you attend?

5-6»		30		88%
3-4»		4		11%
1-2»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.11

- A few presentations gave the impression that the presenter did not really understand the problem and/or presented a solution that at best could be described as muddled.» (5-6)
- All of them!» (5-6)
- Good level and good teacher. (Jean-Philippe)» (5-6)
- for some of excersises that I did not solve, I did not get answer even after exercise sessions. if supervisors can put more time to explain tough questions in class its really helpful.» (5-6)
- Keep them!» (5-6)
- All of them» (5-6)
- Gustav did really great work in exercise sessions.» (5-6)
- The idea with exercise sessions as the base for the grade was really excellent.» (5-6)
- Quite nice way of testing and exercising the knowledge» (3-4)

4. How many lectures did you attend (approx.)?

34 svarande

(almost) 0%»		2		5%
25%»		1		2%
50%»		1		2%
75%»		6		17%
(almost) 100%»		24		70%

Genomsnitt: 4.44

- Prefer to read and study at home» (25%)
- Maybe a bit less.» (75%)
- All of them!» ((almost) 100%)
- Good lectures. Perhaps too many slides etc sometimes though.» ((almost) 100%)
- Good lectures! I wish I had time to study them more.» ((almost) 100%)
- except one session» ((almost) 100%)
- I really enjoy being at the lectures taught by Sibylle» ((almost) 100%)

5. How would you assess your previous background in programming/software design?

strong»		9		26%
suitable»		20		58%
weak»		5		14%
none»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.88

- Four years at Chalmers leave a mark, no doubt about that.» (strong)
- I work with it.» (strong)
- My theorical background is enough but I am trying to improve my programming skills» (suitable)
- Had some rough time with C++ in the beginning but general knowledge about the area was suitable.» (suitable)
- I"m Swedish, and so much be humble.» (weak)

Goals and goal fulfilment

6. What is the ambition level of the course goals?

modest»		1		3%
just appropriate»		6		18%
challenging, but OK»		24		72%
too ambitious»		2		6%

Genomsnitt: 2.81

- Well stated and clear goals.» (just appropriate)

7. Did the course reach the goals stated at the beginning?

more than that»		2		5%
yes, fully»		18		52%
to a large extent»		14		41%
partially»		0		0%
barely»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.35

- I learned more than in most other courses.» (yes, fully)
- Yes, and with all the exercise we got I might even remember what I learned.» (yes, fully)
- By spending less time on preparing presentations of the home works more time could be spent on actually learning something.» (to a large extent)

8. Will it be useful what you have learned in the course?

yes, much»		31		91%
somewhat»		3		8%
hard to predict»		0		0%
I don"t think so»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.08

- This was definitely good stuff.» (yes, much)
- ofcorse, this course is really helpful to improve our skils.» (yes, much)
- I have already used acquired knowledge during my part-time programming job.» (yes, much)
- Really interesting topics. Different course, in a positive way.» (yes, much)
- For me it was very usefule. It helps me in my other cources as well.» (yes, much)
- from the skill of reading scientific/technical papers to really specific technical issues.» (yes, much)
- Very good course, with relevant and interestin subjects.» (yes, much)

9. How often have you applied any of the course material to software written outside the course?

0 times»		4		12%
1-2 times»		10		30%
more than 2 times»		19		57%

Genomsnitt: 2.45

- Not much time have gone..» (0 times)
- Have not had a chance yet» (0 times)
- I don"t get this question. At least some of the course material is almost common sense, and I always apply common sense when programming...» (more than 2 times)
- The issue with exception safety especially, I almost cannot program anymore without thinking about it.» (more than 2 times)

Teaching and course administration

10. Course material in general

very good»		13		38%
good»		17		50%
OK»		3		8%
bad»		1		2%
very bad»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.76

- Good lectures, good lecturer. » (very good)
- very good and very dynamic.» (very good)
- Can be argued if the selection of articles and topics was the best. Have no suggestions though. » (good)
- Using the table of contents for a book was a bit weird, even though we got copies of individual pages.» (OK)
- I could google 80% of the solutions in internet! I know, I am a master student and I shouldn"t do that, but it"s very enjoyable!:D» (OK)
- A book would have been nice. Sibylle, God bless her, is a good teacher but doesn"t always produce the most pedagogical (spellin?) slides.» (bad)

11. How were the teachers prepared?

Very good»		22		64%
Good»		11		32%
OK»		1		2%
Bad»		0		0%
Very bad»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.38

- It"s always a good thing to have a teacher that knows the stuff and cares whether or not the students learn.» (Very good)

12. How much of a lecture did you understand already in class?

(almost) everything»		10		30%
most of it»		11		33%
part of it»		10		30%
a bit»		2		6%
(almost) nothing»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.12

- read the slides at home» (?)
- Still a bit confused considering traits and c++-templates.» ((almost) everything)
- Homeworks and the take-home exam were essential to understand the lectures.» (part of it)
- If I had lecture notes printed out» (part of it)

13. Quality of exercise sessions (were they helpful and instructive)?

very good»		15		44%
good»		12		35%
OK»		6		17%
bad»		1		2%
very bad»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.79

- Exercises are greate, it helps in our professional life too much.» (very good)
- I think the excercises were helpfull to undrestand the cource, some of them were some kind of reading previous research and paper that I was intrested on them» (very good)
- Thanks to Gustav » (very good)
- I really liked the exercise layout. It really inspired you to actually do them, and do them well. Doing presentations was a brilliant idea!» (very good)
- I have my doubts about the random number generator. And it bothers me when people who obviously have missed the point of a task and still get points for it. I don"t know how many times this happened (evidently enough to bug me), but it usually involved the same persons. I could have done a crappy job and signed up for every single task we got every week, gotten by points and then spend some more time on the take home exam in order to get things right. No problem, but I only signed up for the tasks I completed and now I will get a 4, while they will get a 5. Fair? No, no it isn"t not at all. Also Jean-Phillipe can have a cruel morning temper, but I guess it"s okay. We weren"t the most responsive audience imaginable.» (good)
- The homework questions were a bit fuzzy at times. Not knowing whether your answer is the answer they wanted added to the level of nervousness of the presentation.» (good)
- The exercises were very nice indeed! » (good)
- It was nice of out supervisor not to take it very hard and let students relax in the exercises, but still students were afraid to ask questions or present their solutions even if the person who was trying to present was completely wrong, maybe because they didn"t want other students to ask them questions or oppose them when it is their turn! but this feeling was less and less as we got used to the sessions. Another thing was that at the beginning we were told that we should be 100% ready when we tick for an exercise, but at the end of the second session the supervisor told us that, it"s enough if you show that you have though about it, other students will help you if you have problems in some parts...It was unfair to people who have taken the first saying seriously!» (good)
- Maybe it would have been nice if the supervisors could go through the solutions after the presentation of each problem, to make sure everything important has been said. We finished too early basically all sessions. This extra time could have been used for pure teaching (no discussion etc etc, just teaching..)» (OK)
- The exercises were at the heart of the course. So, most of us were solely focused on exercises. Number of lecture"s attendant gradually decreased as students realized that the only thing they need is to earn points for exercises. I"m not telling that it is totally a bad thing, but I suppose it was a downside to the course, anyway. Even worse, I think, was that some students who were selected to present a solution in the exercise sessions, had only a clue (sometimes nothing?) and had signed up for that exercise, whereas there were some, who had substantially worked for each exercise they earned point for. But at last these two cliques were just the same in terms of final grade, which I deem is not fair. » (OK)
- The random-generator could be a little bit more random... or maybe the people who were selected in previous sessions should get selected with a lower propability.» (OK)
- By listening to a presentation by someone that didn"t understand the problem just made everyone more confused than before.» (bad)

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

Very good»		11		32%
Good»		21		61%
OK»		2		5%
Bad»		0		0%
Very bad»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.73

- Why do you have two course home pages? One at studieportalen and one external? Apart from that it worked really well, all the material was presented in a nice way and it was always up to date.» (Good)
- The Studyportal isn"t the best piece of software...» (Good)
- Lecture notes could be uploaded bit earlier. » (Good)
- It would have been nice to have a follow-up on the points system, but apart from that all worked well.» (Good)
- The point system was good, but it wasn"t clear enough from the get-go. You have GOT to make the laboration points relation to the rest more clear.» (OK)
- The chalmers portal is not that good...» (OK)

Study climate

15. What about the availability of the teachers if you needed help?

Very good»		8		23%
Good»		12		35%
OK»		5		14%
Bad»		1		2%
Very bad»		0		0%
I did not seek help»		8		23%

Genomsnitt: 2.91

- Was not looking for extra help» (OK)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		13		38%
Very well»		20		58%
I did not seek cooperation»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.64

- A project course and labs side-by-side was a bit troubling. » (Rather well)
- Some of the group members needed VERY specific instructions to do any work.» (Rather well)
- Had good experience with discussing the homeworks with others.» (Rather well)
- Good enough.» (Very well)
- Only for the labs.» (Very well)
- As we were allowed to present same solutions, as long as we understood it, we cooperated very well. I tried to solve the exercices myself, but we gathered the day before the exercise session and discussed our solutions.» (Very well)

17. What was your favorite lab?

(på denna fråga var det möjligt att välja flera svarsalternativ)

1»		6		17%
2»		12		35%
3»		20		58%
4»		14		41%
Didn"t like any»		5		14%

- Number three was the best!» (3)
- all of them. they are very interesting and innovative.» (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Lab 1 and 2 were too tedious, I"m afraid.» (2, 3)
- The first two seemed a bit redundant.» (3)
- In lab3 we returned to book and reviewed ourselves all rules so it was really useful, I think this review can be asked from all with submitting a report after lab session.» (3, 4)
- The labs was good in the sence of what you gained from doing them but some of them was quite boring (1 & 2)» (3)
- Found it the most interesting» (4)
- The concept of poster making lab was quite neat.» (3)
- The labs were very good, but it would have been enough doing smaller parts of the labs, after a while all labs became very repetitive and boring. I guess that was partially training in group assignments» (1, 2, 3, 4, Didn"t like any)
- The exercices were more helful than the labs, exercise 3 was interesting, we almost reviewed a book! by looking at other people"s posters.» (3)

18. Which lab did you like least?

(på denna fråga var det möjligt att välja flera svarsalternativ)

1»		19		55%
2»		11		32%
3»		4		11%
4»		5		14%
Liked them all»		2		5%

- Number one was the worse one. Sure, we should this and if it would have been in an homework assignment it probably would have gotten a * with the result that not so many people would do it (start are scary). So, well, it was a boring lab but I don"t have any quick alternative solution either.» (1)
- i like all of them.» ()
- I didnt learn much from 3rd lab. Poster session was inefficient.» (3)
- Please omitt this lab. It was too much with 4 labs, and Jean-Phillipe (spelling?) scared us during the presentation.» (4)
- huge amount! » (1, 2)
- I am scared of C++...» (1)
- They didn"t give much and were time consuming. I think that another excercise session would give more.» (1, 2)
- They felt like "just finish" labs.» (1, 2)
- I didn"t learn much of that» (2)

19. What exercise problem(s) did you like most?

20. What exercise problem(s) did you like least?

21. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		7		20%
High»		21		61%
Too high»		5		14%

Genomsnitt: 3.88

- Again, I would like to say that it was not good in this regard. I personally did not attend in much of the lectures, since I did not find it necessary. And, exercise session were not very serious. The bottom line was that I would get selected and that was not a big deal. Only having a general idea and showing a couple of power points usually sufficed. So, usually only half a day working on exercises worked. I knew students who were really spending only this much during a week for this course! » (Low)
- The way you planned this course is perhaps the best way I can think of. Gently force people to learn small pieces of the course at a time and before you know it, they know it all. Much better than the conventional approach. I which more teachers would pick this up.» (High)
- It was high, but I learned a lot, and was given more control over my grade. harder work meant a higher grade, which is not always the case unfortunately. Sometimes, it simply depends on whether you"re a genious or not.» (High)
- A bit too high with both labs and excersices..» (High)
- enough in general but need time in last week to return to lectures» (High)
- High but good! I did not feel that any time I put into the course was wasted.» (High)
- High but I rather enjoyed it.» (High)
- I thought it"s good we have a take home exam about the exercices that we have solved already, yoohooo, but it was definitely times more stressful and laborious than a written exam!» (High)
- Compared to other courses it had one of the higher workloads, in that you had to work with the homeworks each week.» (High)
- With the amount of work I invested in the homework presentations and labs it was a bit disappointing to find that the take-home design was as (potentially) extensive as it it.» (Too high)
- Too much time spent on preparing presentations.» (Too high)
- The exam was too big, im really happy i didnt aim for VG because then the workload would have been enourmus» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

22. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

23. What should definitely be changed to next year?

24. Additional comments