Reviews of professor Paul Shaffer

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He might be better in person, but he's not a good teacher online. Frequently vague with assignments, would never directly answer any of my questions over email, dodged any request I made for a Zoom meeting, & was quite rude when I asked for a grade clarification. Enjoyed the material, did not enjoy how it was presented or how I was treated.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Shaffer is amazing. Definitely take his classes if you can. Homework is super easy and exams are very doable. Overall a very manageable class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Paul is great, this has been my favorite class at ISU. The entire class is learning excel, and he lets you zoom in so I never went in. He's funny, clear with explaining, and efficient. He doesn't include any pointless assignments. Look for his filler words of "do do do" and "on that standpoint." I learned more in this class than any other course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He seems like a nice person but not a great professor. I went to class so I could work on the practice problems because the practice problems on the test were similar to the exam. Chapter problem homework and quiz online every week. Lectures did not match exams but it still was beneficial to go. I barely passed the class but the homework saves you

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
ACC 263 with professor Shaffer was easy. The whole class is about Excel lessons that were available to watch on ReggieNet so textbook was not necessary. There are 3 total exams in the semester and few assignments on the Excel. Easy to do all if you watch the Excel videos. Overall I recommend taking this course if you need to learn about Excel.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is a professor who genuinely wants you to take his class and learn something in it! All of the exams are based off of the textbooks, there are zero required lectures for this course. If you want an online course that does not have too much homework than this is for you! Overall an amazing professor to connect with and learn from!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The guy works to make Auditing bearable. Hard class but grading is easy as he wants everyone to pass. Test heavy. Funny guy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Shaffer is one of the best professors I had this semester. His class is mostly online but he does want to help you succeed in school. He brings in different guess speakers and barely does powerpoint lectures but there is plenty of different things he does. The class itself is really easy just do all your work and you will pass with an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had to take this class asynchronous due to the university double-booking Shaffer. He was not very helpful and his videos were just him reading line for line out of the book. He also was extremely slow at answering emails.