Reviews of professor Manar Alalfi

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's absolutely the worst!!!!! I hated every minute of that class. Every other class was easy going, but her? NOPE. Lets make the students' lives hell because everything is virtual. Cameras on and dont you dare turn them off for a second. I could probably learn all the content through 5 youtube videos. IF SHE IS YOUR PROF DROP OUT ASAP.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Manar is clear and very easy to approach. Assignments are in groups and are not hard but definitely a lot of work for not a lot of marks. There are pop quizzes so attendance is mandatory. It's a 3 hour lecture and she does not give any breaks so brace yourselves. Exams are straightforward and straight from her slides. Overall a good prof.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She loves to make the course extra difficult for absolutely no reason. With COVID around, she's making things even more difficult because she's worried about cheating. She makes you turn on your camera and watches you like a hawk and she hijacks student group chats. Lots of quizzes, labs and tests. Avoid her like you're avoiding COVID!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She's a decent prof. She's very nice and good at teaching the material. However, she is quite monotone and quiet so it is very easy to lose focus while in lecture.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do your best to avoid this prof. She sometimes does not respond to emails or takes a very long time. Her tests are just taken from outside sources, a part of the content on them isn't anywhere near what was covered in the lectures. Assignments were very strange, wanted them done in a very specific way that made no sense. Overall, not enjoyable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Terrible professor. Unclear in what she wants, unwilling to compromise with students, or even acknowledge student grievances, and lazily taught the course using third-party slides.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Good prof and a great course . You should probably take a Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning course or read up on it before taking this class. Labs were cool (GCloud stuff) and tests were straightforward with no curve balls. There is a chance to get a certificate if you pass a online test (also free bonus marks!!)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her requirements in assignments are poorly worded, she needs to edit them all and make sure the wording is consistent. Grading criteria does not match the feedback we are given for assignments. Our exams were Zoom proctored and lockdown browser enforced and she gave questions from a software testing certification exam, not even from the slides.