Reviews of professor Ian O'Toole

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
3 assignments per topic weekly. Discussion (no need to reply to class, just a genuine participation), lesson (about 58 slides of interaction), and a project per topic (creating a ppt, a word doc, and excel sheet). Super easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had a great time learning Java from this professor. He uses zyBooks, which I personally liked. The quizzes were all pretty easy, and the projects usually never took more than an hour to finish. I felt pretty confident about the material after each chapter. I definitely recommend Prof O'Toole!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
this prof used Zybooks for his class, which is a huge waste of time. The material was not designed for beginners. The only other supplemental material he provided was 10-15min vids from youtube or a link to a linkedIn course that costs $. He cares for his students but I would never take him again as he relies on others to teach his classes for him

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Zero engagement, unless it's discussion. If you don't understand something may google help you. In my other online classes, we have videos or zoom meetings where the professor explains the material. In this class, you learn everything on your own.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
My first programming class went very well thanks to him. I loved this class as he was always providing feedback on everything from discussion posts to projects. He uses zyBooks but if you have any questions he is happy to help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Should be a pretty easy class. You will use an online book called a "Zybook" that will both show the material, as well as giving you programming activities to solve, which are very helpful. There are 4 programming projects (which are pretty simple except the last), 4 multiple choice quizzes, and a 50 question multiple choice final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Mr. Toole just expects everyone to understand Python in the first 1/2 weeks of this class and doesn't bother to actually teach his students Python. The teacher is great and all, but he doesn't really test his student's knowledge and rather relies on Zybooks where students can just guess and get lost like what I did when I started this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not a good professor. Just skims through the slides without explaining anything. Then gives you a case study to do pertaining to the the chapter. Then takes off a ton of points for not being "in depth" on the case study. Try to avoid.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Ian O'Toole was an amazing teacher. He will email you right away if you had any questions. He would go over any test questions so you can fully understand it. It was a hybrid class. Fast pace but you had a lot of time to do your homework. Take advantage of the practice test because its worth going over.