Reviews of professor Brandi Goodspeed

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Was often late or didn't come to lectures and didn't start the class until 2 weeks into the term so everything was crammed into a shorter amount of time. She's nice and allows you to make things up but often doesn't grade things till after the exam is done.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a great lecturer and speaker, I found her to be concise but thorough. I really enjoyed this class, an feel more secure in my choice of major. There's a lot of information to cover in one semester, so her tests are challenging but not impossible if you study. Good balance of work/reading without being overwhelmed, open source book! (yay)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved taking Brandi's course. Everything about it was organized and consistent. She makes sure to give examples applicable to the field, she gives students opportunities to practice concepts before being tested on them, and her feedback is SO detailed it helps immensely. She is approachable and reasonable, can't wait to take her again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Brandi is a nice person, but not a very good professor. This semester, she rarely (if ever) responded to emails, leaving us all in the dark. She only had one mandatory class per month and the whole semester, we were all basically teaching ourselves. No lectures ever, just a powerpoint with like 5 slides. Really disappointing for a senior capstone.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Brandi is very nice, however she is not very good at explaining the material. Her lectures are pre-recorded and are in multi parts, but some of the material was hard to follow as she did not explain what she was doing thoroughly, which in turn made the homework difficult to complete. She is also very slow to grade assignments and provide feedback.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Brandi is wonderful and always available for clarification or questions. She keeps attendance so if you skip her class you won't do well. If something comes up where you need to miss however she's very accommodating just let her know in advance. Stay in communication with her, do the NOBA quizzes and the readings and you'll be fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm pretty sure she doesn't teach here anymore. Goodspeed was interesting; we only had to meet once a week for about 50 minutes, and she was pretty much always late. On multiple occasions, she didn't even show up. Her material was all over the place; we were expected to read material that was never provided to us.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Brandi seems like a nice person, but she is a mess.  We did not get our syllabus until two weeks into the course or have a class until the second week of school. She is chronically late and is a stream of excuses. We often sit in class doing nothing while she does work that she should have done beforehand. If you respect yourself, avoid her class.