Reviews of professor Mark Aloka

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I can't believe this guy actually gets paid for this. Literally the only thing he does is post assignments, and powerpoints, which he himself didn't even make (you can find the powerpoints online). He also fails to grade anything, so you have absolutely 0 feedback. This class is just assignments, there is no actual teaching involved. What a joke

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is insanely unorganized. Never had an experience like this with a class. Makes assignments that make no sense and then fails to explain them even after asked by essentially the whole class for clarification. Terrible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
By far the worst CS professor I've ever taken. Waits until the last minute to grade everything, and marked me down for "not having screencaps" when I did!! Also, he doesn't teach anything, just posts powerpoints that he finds online and assigns problems from the book, which might as well be the teacher. Doesn't care about his students one bit.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Aloka was great. Showed a lot of examples with the code. He was willing to work overtime and at anytime to help students. Not a very hard grader at all with a reasonable amount of assignments (1-2 a week) with an regular weekly group project and quiz. His grades do not weigh highly for tests/quizes, so it put more weight on homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took this class online. Very disorganized. Doesn't get back to you on time w/ projects or questions. Assignments are somewhat difficult if you do not have a lot of experience in coding. He only post powerPoints as a learning material... Half the class dropped the course... Would not recommend this class if you're new to coding.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Shame how some class profs are unable to teach online courses. Prof was extremely unresponsive to the point where students would every now and then start a group message on blackboard, voicing their legitimate concerns that the class. When the prof responded, he did not address his absence, instead, he just gave extensions to assignments.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good choice especially if you're new to programming. Lectures were not the best but stay after for lab and you will be fine. Enjoys working one-on-one with his students to help them understand. Slight language barrier but nothing too bad. Only thing bad is doesn't grade assignments until finals week. You won't need to buy book, there's a pdf.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
this guy is awesome, very nice, knows his stuff and was very patient even with me and im a teachers nightmare

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
little instruction, poor class structure, hard to reach

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Aloka provided me with great deal of help. I was able to communicate with him through emails. He reopened passed due quizzes and graded them from me. I explained my work schedule and received the help I need. I was not expecting a lot from online class and the class was not easy. Final project was hard to complete. I strongly recommend hi