Reviews of professor Helen Monkman

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Helen is a great professor. She explains topics clearly and is always quick to respond outside of class time. 
Although her lectures contain a lot of content, and she does mark harder then most HINF professors, all assignments and test are fair in reflection to material covered in class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had Helen for multiple classes. She is a sweet and caring prof, but does have a small participation/attendance mark, and has some quirks you should avoid triggering (she makes them known though). Her classes seem to be very heavy on group projects, which turned out well for me but may be a nightmare for others. Overall, I enjoyed her classes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A large chuck of the grade comes from two assignments, neither of which were well explained or had clear grading criteria, making the grade you receive basically random. The lectures were repetitive and a lot of the slides made zero sense. On top of that, she'd mow through 80+ slides a lecture so taking notes was pretty rough.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Helen is my favourite HINF prof. Her classes are difficult but I think this is because she actually cares and wants her students to be successful. Her material is relevant and interesting and she is always available to talk to if further clarification or advice is needed. I really appreciated her and her class, definitely recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's amazing!! She explains topics super clearly (not like some other HINF profs...) and is able to engage the class. Yes, the lectures are long and almost always 70+ slides and the assignments are marked pretty hard, but everything is fair!! Also the tests are trickier than other HINF classes, but it is fair and all material covered in class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I retained a decent amount of information in this class. Whenever I am designing something or writing a paper I circle back to what I learned about user experience from Helen's class. Classes were tough but rewarding. I wish her expectations were more clear at the start because the first grade I received gave me whiplash.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Helen is a nice prof, very friendly, but her classes are really hard. Go through 70+ slides every classes. Tests are hard and no guides whatsoever. Tough grader. Assignments are hard to get high grades. You really need to get into the details and make sure you let her know you know the stuff.