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TKITE 1213-2 Databases, TDA357

Your own effort

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

50 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		5		10%
Around 20 hours/week»		23		46%
Around 25 hours/week»		16		32%
Around 30 hours/week»		4		8%
At least 35 hours/week»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.5

- Mostly spent time on labs.» (Around 20 hours/week)

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

50 svarande

0%»		2		4%
25%»		3		6%
50%»		6		12%
75%»		19		38%
100%»		20		40%

Genomsnitt: 4.04

- The course Material and slides are really terrific and there"s actually no need to attend the lectures to be able to understand and pass this course and my hat is off for that. Really superb material and a great course if you aren"t able to attend all lectures!» (25%)
- For some kind of reason, the voice tone of the lecturer combined with the usage of overhead slides is a very, very soothing combination. Due to this, I managed to fall asleep on all lectures but two, which naturally had a negative effect on the learning. » (75%)
- Schedule-clash on some occasions» (75%)
- 100% of Classes, maybe 75% of the Exercise sessions» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		10		29%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		24		70%
I have not seen/read the goals»		15

Genomsnitt: 2.7

- Kommer inte ihåg» (?)

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

36 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		34		94%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.05

- Se 3» (?)
- I do miss information about NOSQL and alternatives in the material though.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- Kanske något i överkant» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- This course is probably one of the best I"ve taken since it"s so clear what you need to know and the material is very relevant.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- i have no idea because i haven"t checked the goals » (No, the goals are set too high)
- It felt like the course was aiming to give both a wide view and a deep view of databases, it got unrealistic to take in that much information and get something out of it. » (No, the goals are set too high)

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

No, not at all»		0		0%
To some extent»		7		17%
Yes, definitely»		34		82%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		6

Genomsnitt: 2.82

- The examination was good considering that it focused on the parts we had more time to work with. (Which may sound obvious but isnt always the case)» (To some extent)
- lite för mycket teori om index och synkronisering på tentan i förhållande till föreläsningarna» (To some extent)
- I would"ve needed at least one more hour to answer all questions on the exam, but apart from that everything was reasonable.» (Yes, definitely)
- The exam can"t be better. It"s perfect in all aspects in my opinion. A lot of courses on Chalmers should take a course from Broberg and Kemp so they too can have such high standards and great material.» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		7		14%
Some extent»		15		30%
Large extent»		19		38%
Great extent»		8		16%

Genomsnitt: 2.57

- Did not attend classes.» (Small extent)
- Lectures have been too static and boring. Viewing OH for 90 minutes puts anyone to sleep, no matter how interesting the subject is. It"s a shame really, DB"s being such a dynamic and interesting subject really should have more dynamic lectures with lots of live coding and live examples.» (Small extent)
- Mostly labs.» (Some extent)
- Since I don"t attend many lectures I can"t give a great answer to this question but Kemp and Broberg are great teachers. They really are the top 5 at Chalmers and I say it again, most other teachers on Chalmers should learn from them.» (Some extent)
- The slides with the solutions to the quizes would be better» (Large extent)
- not the actual lecture, but the material presented in them» (Large extent)
- Mostly in the exercise sessions where I was able to get some things I hadn"t understood explained.» (Large extent)

7. To what extent have the lab assignments been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		5		10%
Large extent»		18		36%
Great extent»		27		54%

Genomsnitt: 3.44

- It"s a bore in the beginning when one does not understand, but incredibly helpful for the understanding!» (Great extent)
- Good TA"s and good that the examiner showed up and were there aswell during the labs» (Great extent)
- Great labs, missed the xml parts though.» (Great extent)
- The labs are superb. I might repeat myself but this course really is perfect in all aspects I can think of. It"s just pure perfection and it was a joy to take this course.» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		18		36%
Some extent»		20		40%
Large extent»		9		18%
Great extent»		3		6%

Genomsnitt: 1.94

- Useless, wikipedia and stack overflow is more useful in learning.» (Small extent)
- I didn"t buy the book. It"s expensive and I really think that a computer network course can be lectured without it» (Small extent)
- finished the course without any course literature, the slides were good enough for that :)» (Small extent)
- I used the Coursera DB-course and the course literature to get through the course.» (Some extent)
- Got the greatest help from coursera.org and jennifer widoms e-learning database course» (Large extent)
- Even though I think the book is quite hard to read and understand there"s no denying that it helped me in the long run. » (Large extent)
- The slides. The course literature was rather... american. (One thing which could have been said with 10 words was said with 100 words).» (Great extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		3		6%
Rather well»		26		52%
Very well»		21		42%

Genomsnitt: 3.36

- The webpage is not intuitive at all when it comes to material. Lecture notes are duplicated and can be accesible from both PingPong and an obscure link in the web page, but PDF"s content differs. The one used in lectures is in the obscure link» (Rather badly)
- Other courses usually uses only the course web page for information and Time edit to change the schedule (with either a link to time edit or a copy of it in some way in html with information on chapters/etc for each specific lecture). If there is any news it is supplied either as "news" on the web page or by email to all registered students (and I assume an email groups is available for all registered emails for each course). For this course there was a web page with all links available from the beginning, but the links was dead. If you haven"t uploaded the pdf"s yet, dont put the link up. It is frustrating to keep clicking on links for labs, exercises, exams etc which is not yet uploaded! Make the slides available before the lectures. What matter does it make if there is a quiz in the slide and the answer is available? I wouldn"t consider this cheating (since it has nothing to do with the exam) and isn"t it up to me as a student if I want to attend the quiz and think about the problem or just have a look at the answer? Ok, some people might answer correct the first time if they have read the answer, but if this happend just dont let them answer.. The time edit schedule was not updates (which is stupid, since I think a large amount of the students at Chalmers will add and sync the time edit schedule with their smart phones). Instead you need to check the web page to see if there is a lecture or not. It was very nice to have a lecture according to the schedule in my smart phone (which is synced with time edit) but not a lecture according to the schedule on the course web page. The google news group was a good idea since it is easy to ask questions etc. But I dont like that it was the only channel for news about the course. I still think that this should be handled the usual way, through the emails for each registered student. And the last thing, I am very impressed by the fact the exercise 7 (yes ok it there wasn"t an exercise like the previous one but anyway) is, by the date I"m writing this (7th of january) still not uploaded (so the link is dead)!» (Rather badly)
- Some assignments took a bit To long To get assessed» (Rather well)
- Slow response on some the labs» (Rather well)
- Good slides» (Very well)
- Great updates and info.» (Very well)
- Again. Nothing to complain about.» (Very well)

10. This course is read jointly by student from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. Has this presented any practical problems (e.g. with course administration)?

Study climate

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

Very poor»		3		6%
Rather poor»		2		4%
Rather good»		22		48%
Very good»		18		40%
I did not seek help»		5

Genomsnitt: 3.22

- Too little time for questions, lab leaders too busy.» (Very poor)
- Since the lecturer (Moa) clearly didn"t want to or couldn"t answer questions about the labs and Gabriele only had two hours of "office hours" this cannot be other than poor.» (Very poor)
- Getting a return on a hand-in is fine but when you correct the mistakes and make a second or third hand-in you don´,t want a fuzzy answer. I went to the laborations and asked what was wrong and still couldnt get a real answer until i turned to another examinator, then he explained what was wrong helped me and said that i could hand it in now -> five days later i get a return with what was almost the same things to correct. It´,s just this time im supposed to return them to what was before... » (Very poor)
- Only asked for help from the lab assistants.» (Rather good)
- Need more labrooms» (Rather good)
- Sometimes long queues in lab sessions, and some gave help in the form of "have you really thought about this" which is not very helpful at all when one HAS thought about it for half an hour.» (Rather good)
- sometimes 80% of a lab-sessions consisted of waiting for help, unable to carry on on your own» (Rather good)
- If the exercise session had been in a better location (like the rooms in midle of linsen) where the supervisor can walk around better it would had benn better.» (Rather good)
- Very many exercises and laborations to get help» (Very good)
- On the occassion for exercises there were always someone to ask when you needed help» (Very good)
- mycket övningar med mycket bra handledare» (Very good)
- I"ve had most contact with Broberg and he is very nice, encouraging and a joy to contact.» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		1		2%
Rather poorly»		2		4%
Rather well»		15		32%
Very well»		28		60%
I did not seek cooperation»		4

Genomsnitt: 3.52

- I had as I said some distance to the course and did the labs alone but I sure had help and helped other students from time to time and I still help students taking this course after me.» (I did not seek cooperation)

13. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		32		64%
High»		16		32%
Too high»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.34

- The workload was ok, but the level of the labs was to hard since there was no "supervised" lab times in the schedule and there was only two hours per week with office hours to ask questions.» (Adequate)
- This course was perfect for me when it comes to workload. Can"t complain at all.» (Adequate)
- The subjects were a bit straggled, but they came together in the end.» (High)
- Mostly because of the accumulated work of this period» (High)
- Since i worked alone and got an lab-examinator that was unable to give straight answers to straight questions the course was really hard.» (Too high)

14. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		4%
Adequate»		21		42%
High»		19		38%
Too high»		8		16%

Genomsnitt: 3.66

- A lot to do as allways on Chalmers...» (High)
- Workload from the other course Router & switch technique was just insane» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

15. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		2		4%
Adequate»		3		6%
Good»		29		58%
Excellent»		15		30%

Genomsnitt: 4.1 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- This is by far the worst course I have taken during my four years at Chalmers. I think it is far from "Chalmers quality" and must have a huge change to next year. As it is right now, I would not recommend people to take it.» (Poor)
- Lectures need to be more dynamic and interesting, loose half of the OH and show some live action!» (Fair)
- A really good subject. » (Adequate)
- I think it was very interesting.» (Good)
- It"s nice to have several exercice sessions and lab each week. If we cannot attend one, we can just go to another one.» (Good)
- The exam was very hard compared to the previous moments in the course.» (Good)
- Good examiner and good TA"s » (Excellent)
- The course is close to perfect. I"ve seen a lot of courses on Chalmers and to be frank, most of them lack in many areas like, exercises, reading material and helpful examples before the exam, the latter being the most serious but this course has it all. You feel like you understand the labs and when you get to the exam you are prepared and when you see the exam you"re not surprised to the point that you"re thinking you"ve come to the wrong exam. It really was a joy to take this course. This is one of the few courses on Chalmers I can recommend to everybody.» (Excellent)

16. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

17. What should definitely be changed to next year?

18. Additional comments