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MPIDE 1213-2 Computer graphics, TDA361

Your own effort

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

36 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		7		19%
Around 20 hours/week»		14		38%
Around 25 hours/week»		9		25%
Around 30 hours/week»		5		13%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.41

- 125h tot» (?)
- Workload was very adequate and manageable» (Around 20 hours/week)

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

37 svarande

0%»		1		2%
25%»		3		8%
50%»		2		5%
75%»		12		32%
100%»		19		51%

Genomsnitt: 4.21

- Of lectures, not tutorials (attended on 2 of them (*4h) every week).» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		13		35%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		2%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		10		27%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		13		35%

Genomsnitt: 2.62

- Or rather, I don"t remember them. Add a link to the evaluation?» (I have not seen/read the goals)

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

26 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		23		88%
No, the goals are set too high»		3		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.11

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

No, not at all»		1		3%
To some extent»		7		24%
Yes, definitely»		18		62%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.79

- The written exam did but I didn"t like the tutorials (see question 9). » (To some extent)
- I believe the exam makes you study all the content in a way so that you learn very much about each subject since you don"t know what will be asked about.» (Yes, definitely)
- Not read them» (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»		2		5%
Some extent»		10		27%
Large extent»		13		35%
Great extent»		12		32%

Genomsnitt: 2.94

- One of the best lecturers I"ve had during 5 years at Chalmers. » (Great extent)

7. How did you find the lectures?

Poor»		3		8%
Fair»		2		5%
Adequate»		4		11%
Good»		20		55%
Excellent»		7		19%

Genomsnitt: 3.72 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Didnt go» (?)
- High pace with a lot of math. Could be a bit more fundamental in the beginning.» (Fair)
- Sometimes the lectures were too fast-paced.» (Adequate)
- a lot of information in a short time» (Good)
- Ulf knows what he is talking about but sometimes the explanations could be a bit unclear, mostly because they were hurried. It would be great if he could take his time when explaining the problems, and when drawing on the blackboard. Start by explaining the background, why the solution exists and then how it works. This probably requires more lecture time or less material to go through, but would be better in my opinion.» (Good)

8. How useful were the lecture notes?

Did not use them»		2		5%
Useless»		0		0%
Somewhat useful»		9		25%
Good to have them»		12		33%
Very useful»		13		36%

Genomsnitt: 3.94 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- No lecture notes, because no material is allowed during the exam.» (Did not use them)
- The slides were messy and poorly organized, lacking continuity and clear section division. Though they were very exhaustive and covered most of what was important in the course.» (Somewhat useful)
- It was hard to use the slides as study reference.» (Somewhat useful)
- Some slides were not understandable at all if you had not attended the corresponding lecture. Good illustrations.» (Good to have them)
- One funny thing is that when I was repeating at the end of the course, I got "aha" moments (for understanding how things worked or were related) even after 5 times of reading. The slides were very good.» (Very useful)

9. What is your general impression of the tutorials?

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		10		27%
Good»		19		51%
Excellent»		7		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.83 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- We had to show each of the 6 labs to an assistant, only available from 5p.m to 7p.m. Everybody goes there at the same time, which means that we have to wait (one time around 1h30!). For me I didn"t find the tutorials/labs very useful.» (Poor)
- Better than nothing but I did not learn that much from them. I think that I would have learned much more if the instructions clearly stated WHAT we were supposed to do and why and did not give the code to do it. Instead of the other way around as it is now. It"s too easy to just copy and paste the given code and not learn anything.» (Adequate)
- I"d like to have had tutorials about intersection/collision detection as well as hierarchies, though I understand that that might have been too many tutorials.» (Adequate)
- A bit to much handholding to be really intresting and usefull. Also what i blearned in the tutorials did not feel very useful at the exam.» (Adequate)
- The tutorials should be a bit harder, you almost followed a written script when doing them. In the first ones, you needed to create a second and third triangle by yourself, which made you understand what you were doing and which technique that was better an so on. The rest of the tutorials should have an easy part (follow a script) and then a part where you do things by yourself that will make you get stuck, think about things and then understanding them (the last tutorial was this experience, but it would have been better if it was divided in parts that is pasted into the other tutorials).» (Adequate)
- A lot of copy paste from lab guidelines without learning much.» (Adequate)
- needs more time slots earlier in the days» (Good)
- Good to know how to implement theory too.» (Good)
- This is the first course were we used C++ and I think the provided code can be improved to be more idiomatic.» (Good)
- Fast and easy way to learn OpenGL. The project part however (not the ray-tracing one) was too easy, nothing new was really added.» (Good)
- They were fun to do.» (Good)
- It"s really hard to find a balance between giving too simple assignments (which doesn"t give anything), and "copy paste" assignments (in which you only follow instuctions and don"t need to use any knowledge at all). These labs were an example of how you can balance it perfectly» (Excellent)

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

Small extent»		5		13%
Some extent»		15		40%
Large extent»		12		32%
Great extent»		5		13%

Genomsnitt: 2.45

- i didn"t read it, so no right to say.» (Small extent)
- The book was good, I believe that it"s a book that I will keep for a long time. However, the slides and lectures together were adequate (in combination). However, I would have found the book necessary if I would have missed a lecture since I don"t believe that the slides would have been enough if I wouldn"t have had my own notes.» (Some extent)
- Mainly used the slides» (Some extent)
- amazing book» (Great extent)

11. Did you buy the course book?

yes»		20		54%
no»		17		45%

Genomsnitt: 1.45

- Great book.» (yes)
- 2nd edition. Got it for free from a friend» (yes)
- Borrowed from library but did not read» (no)
- But I will.» (no)
- I didn"t buy the text book, because it is way to much expensive. The internet already provides really good materials about Computer Graphics, which is a lot more useful than having to carry out a text book.» (no)
- A bit too expensive» (no)
- ebook version.» (no)

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

Very badly»		1		2%
Rather badly»		1		2%
Rather well»		20		54%
Very well»		15		40%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- I would prefer if the schedule was there from the beginning with dates and subjects for every lecture. Now the schedule was updated after the lecture, but it would be nice to be able to look at the material beforehand even if it is not the final material.» (Rather well)
- Course website is a bit unstructured.» (Rather well)
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 3.83

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		2%
Rather good»		9		24%
Very good»		24		64%
I did not seek help»		3		8%

Genomsnitt: 3.78

- Ulf always answered my questions after lectures.» (Rather good)
- One of the only good points about the tutorials was that it was possible to directly ask questions and get an answer directly.» (Rather good)
- Bad during labs because of massive waiting but good during lectures» (Rather good)
- I found it really easy to ask during a break (lecture) or during a tutorial, and I got good answers and explanations.» (Very good)
- Although at some occasion the lab-assistant"s were not present at one specified time.» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		2		5%
Rather well»		9		24%
Very well»		19		51%
I did not seek cooperation»		7		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.83

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		24		64%
High»		11		29%
Too high»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- It was kind of what you made of it. If you didn"t study during the course, you didn"t get as much knowledge from the tutorials as if you had studied (since you pasted code almost by random and couldn"t really think about it since you didn"t understand what should be going on). Also, then you needed to study at the end and then understood what you did during the tutorials and what difference it makes to do some computations in the main file or the computations in the vertex shader and so on.» (Adequate)

16. How demanding was the course?

Not at all demanding»		0		0%
Slightly demanding»		3		8%
Quite demanding»		17		45%
Demanding»		16		43%
Very demanding»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.4 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- It was kind of what you made of it, how much you studied during the course or not (if not, you needed to study more at the end).» (Slightly demanding)
- The labs are difficult to do without help. But the exam is easy (but good)» (Quite demanding)
- I felt that the multitude of topics visited meant it was hard to learn enogth about them all, even though the individual subjects was not that complicated.» (Quite demanding)
- Depended on the last assignment» (Quite demanding)
- Very theorical» (Demanding)

17. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		1		2%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		11		29%
High»		18		48%
Too high»		6		16%

Genomsnitt: 3.72

- The other course I took really took a lot of time.» (High)
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 3.4

Summarizing questions

18. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		1		2%
Adequate»		3		8%
Good»		21		58%
Excellent»		10		27%

Genomsnitt: 4.05 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Not my biggest interest which might have an impact on my grade» (Adequate)
- The lectures was a lot of fun.» (Good)

19. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

20. What should definitely be changed to next year?

21. Additional comments