Reviews of professor Colin Martin

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
1/2 He definitely assigns a lot of reading even if you are in a short semester. He has improved on giving back feedback faster but still takes forever compared to other profs I have had. He has in-class exercises that have to be close in length to actual assignments, which is stupid for something worth max 2%

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Please do not take this prof for 1401. Going into the final exam, less than a quarter of the assessments in the course were marked. Also, he is a very dry and is subpar at best when it comes to his teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
First impression: very unapproachable, and cursed on the first day of class. He has a somewhat disorganized structure of lecture class time. Unhelpful and unresponsive with asking questions over emails. D2L site is poorly used, nothing but course outline and 1-2 readings. Very vague instructions about research assignment. Expectations are confusing

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Martin is hilarious and passionate about communications and writing.

Don't take this class if you want feedback as you go, or if you're uncomfortable with swearing. 

Take this class if you want a comedy show every lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It wouldn't let me select the course I took with him (ENGL2211) but he got the class lastmin (the other prof ducked out first day for personal stuff) and he did an amazing job with a course outline/book list that wasn't even his. He was really empathetic and easy going. High standards for composition/grammar but it's 2000 lvl english, baby.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are confusing as how they relate to the course. He talks more about his political beliefs and ridicules any beliefs that aren't his own. Assignments have little to no instructions, unclear as to what he wants. DOES NOT grade anything until end of semester, so you have no clue how you are performing in the class. Just don't take his class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Decent guy but should be a comedian instead. Didnt post any information regarding the final exam. Multiple students reached out just to find out the morning of the exam that the final would be closed book. Do 9 400 word activities during whole class periods for 20% of your grade. Memorize 2 textbooks for the final exam. Unforgiving grader. Picky.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not enough room for a paragraph so point form it is: 
- he is a passionate teacher and cares about your success
- interesting lectures
- many small written projects
- final group project - super fun
- tough grader, which makes it easy to improve throughout course
- great for those who care about their education, not for those who don't

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Get person, funny man but you will be learning from your textbook then actually taught in class. One class no one had read the chapter so he got upset and just ended class with 30-40min left (more than enough time to explain the unread chapter)  and we had a quiz on the chapter next class. Would not recommend if you are an in class learner