Reviews of professor Aya McDonald

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The most confusing professor you will ever encounter. So unclear about every single assignment. Every student is confused in the discord. She literally makes no sense and tells you to read the instructions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'll be completely honest, as a person, I loved professor McDonald. But when it comes to teaching, especially online, it is a nightmare. She grades a lot of quizzes but if you mess up at all on the progress reports or proposals, that will get you a guaranteed 0 and will dock your grade by a whole letter that will be impossible to raise unless fixed

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Summer 2020, completely online they provided a weekly chapter study guide which was useful during, chapter test, discussions, and mini papers. The final they give you the option of full essay, replica of an art + essay, or your own version + mini essay. All papers are about comparing two pieces of art from different cultures/times. Very amusing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall my experience in the class was not positive. While I preformed well, it was not due in part to Professor McDonald. I felt like her class was a waste of time as we never went over anything relevant to current assignments. She is also very pretentious - she is extremely unclear with her assignments and expects you to know the answers.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I respect her passion for art history. I have taken 2 of her courses, both bad. She doesn't give clear instructions, and when she does- they are VERY vague. 
I ended up reading through every chapter because following her instructions led to missing information on ENTIRE sections on important art/ artists that would then appear on the quiz.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Aya is passionate about her topic, but her online course was not great. The weight of grades fluctuated, like the comparison paper being a big project, but it didn't do anything to help my grade weight wise. There are also these image searches that were supposed to count as attendance but suddenly they're worth a normal grade instead of attendance.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you aren't already interested in art history, Ms. McDonald will not help that. Lectures were boring, but you are given a decent amount of time to complete everything due. Getting feedback and resubmitting assignments is a very cumbersome process though.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very passionate professor, but intentionally vague when it comes to expectations and grading criteria.  She expects you to "figure it out," because it's part of the "learning process."  She does allow you to resubmit assignments for a better grade, so expect to do that continuously throughout the semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor McDonald is absolutely amazing. I would totally recommend her. If you want a good grade in her class just show up and do the assignments and youre guaranteed at least a B. Shes very flexible with due dates and will reopen assignments for those who missed them.