Reviews of professor Luis Ortiz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Cooperative Learning has few assignments, but you need to come to all the classes; there is a lot of in-class, small group work. Professor Ortiz is a great facilitator and models what a teacher should do in their own classroom. I highly recommend this class to anyone. Don't worry about overloading with this one: it's light, fun, and interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
After taking a few courses you can tell that the work is extremely repetitive. The only difference is the textbook and some of the modules' resources. Look forward to the discussion post due every Wednesday and having to reply to comments due on Sundays. There are also word counts for these assignments. There are a lot of essays and timed quizzes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I wish I could say attendance in class helped me. I am a straight 'A' student, and found myself utterly puzzled. I have never dropped a class before, however given the countless hours it took me to understand one piece of material, I knew it was necessary. He relied on video recordings instead of teaching and expected so much prior knowledge.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's an agreeable guy, made plenty of allowances throughout the semester for extended deadlines etc. Fair grader. Lectures are a little lackluster but he certainly covers the bases. Certainly one of the better experiences I've had in the CIS department here.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Ortiz is a solid choice. He is very respectful and offers good feedback. Sometimes his instructions can be vauge and he will tell you to refer to a rubric that is nowhere to be found. However, he is engaging, fun and he really does care about his students. There is quite a bit of groupwork but he is not a tough grader. He can be slow to reply.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I had a choice between him and Steiner and am regretting not taking Steiner which says a lot.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Goes over less important topics for a long amount of time while going quick over the important stuff. For the first part of the class you are better off learning it on your own than follow what he says. Give no example questions to study for on any exam, had to use homework if given. Slides don't tell you everything and can be wrong.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Ortiz gives some of the strangest lectures by far. His knowledge of the subject material is supreme, but doesn't really teach what is necessary for tests and the homework assignments. His programming assignments are EXTREMLY difficult. I was failing the whole semester as was over 3/4 of the class. His curve was almost 20% so that's a plus

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The one that makes the difference in UMD