Student Comments
    Fall 2002

    Question 15:What did you dislike about the online portion of this course?
     
     

    • Nothing in particular.  I guess in one of my online courses  I would have liked more interaction with the teacher.
    • Too much busy written work
    • Everything was fine
    • taught instruction.
    • Going to class. You are so used to doing your work and concentrating on the subject that it becomes difficult to go back to a situation where you have to deal with non
    • NA
    • nothing really except sometimes the computer froze
    • Nothing really...everything was good.
    • nothing
    • I disliked the fact that I always waited to the last minute to complete my quizes and exams.
    • I do not like having the final count so much.
    • Some of the material is becoming outdated and some of the web links are not functioning as the sites referenced have either moved or ceased to exist.  It does not breed a feeling of importance in the coursework for these items to not work correctly.  I know the number of students is incredibly large  but to have a bulletin board area that the professors never look at seems to be a little silly.  Some global issues mught have been able to be raised and answered as well as it being a method to feel connected to the class as a whole.  In the first lesson  there was a discussion question  but never any follow
    • nothing
    • There is no proof that i did my work and some of it did not get recieved so i will be receiving a zero for it
    • the fact that ihad to pay $60+ for a paper back  home made book!!!
    • Not having proper resources sometimes at hand  and not always having a teacher to turn to if I had a problem.
    • some time i forgot when the test and quizes are due
    • sometimes the program doesn't work and it tells you to do stuff later that isn't there
    • Having to teach yourself.
    • The long modules.
    • The high percentage final  for insgtance  if you ace the final and do nothing else  you still have a "D".  But If you have everything due at every deadline you can barely make a "C".
    • N/A
    • It was harder to get help if I needed it. I also had trouble with the computers at times which really bothered me.
    • The modules was a little time consuming.
    • 1/2 hours to get to West Georgia from my house  and I have a very difficult time getting there.  This saved me the travel time  but I still felt like I got a lot out of the course.
    • easy to procrastinate
    • Nothing
    • I have learned that I am a student that needs the attetion of the proffesor. The dealines for me were difficult to remember.  I will not take online classes again  they were not for me.
    • nothin
    • N/A
    • Not always a professor there to help.
    • Dr. xxxx' refusal to answer questions on the message board was horrid.  People would ask questions that everyone had and to which we all wanted answers  but she would only reply with her email address and the same monotonous instructions to contact her or Mr. xxx personally.  It was the most irritating behavior I have ever experienced in an online course.  She turned something that could have been helpful into an aggravating daily nuisance.  Mr. xxx  however  was great!
    • That my final is worth 600 points!
    • there was nothing i disliked
    • It's hard not to procrastinate.
    • I only knew a few students in my class that was taking this course and it helps sometimes to have class mates to help me in doing some of the exercises and understanding them.
    • nothing
    • if your comp. didn't work properly or if the professer didn't receive the work
    • Sometimes having technical difficulties with my computer.
    • Because I was able to complete my assignments on my time  it was sometimes harder to keep on track.
    • i like it
    • Couldn't directly asks questions  unless of course throught the BB or email.
    • on
    • sitting at the computer so long trying to finish assignments
    • there was nothing that i did not like about the class
    • After following instructions during a exam  the program sometimes froze and the student felt in a dilema as to what do I do now since I only have one opportunity to take an exam.
    • nothing
    • I believe that the final exam carries too much weight.
    • nothing
    • Procrasination is easier with the on
    • It was hard to not procrastinate
    • Dislike driving to campus to take exam.
    • nothing
    • 3 times a week.
    • nothing.
    • Internet clogging caused me to receive a bad grade..
    • i would rather go to a class every day and take notes.  i am not very good with computers and sometimes the computers would freeze during my time on the computer making it frustrating to do my work.
    • The exams are to sensitive to the touch of the mouse.
    • The online and non class part.
    • the software
    • nothing really
    • if you needed help you had to wait nd go to campus during lab hours to recieve the help you needed.
    • nothing comes to mind
    • I didn't study as much as I went through each section
    • n\a
    • nothing really just that the final is worth for more than half your grade.
    • Nothing
    • Lack of contact with class and instructor.
    • you didnt know any one in the class
    • There is no way to get a reminder and sometimes it is easy to forget about the class. Also it is very "picky" and the tests were a little retarded.
    • I have never taken an online class before this one so I am not sure what to expect  as for me everything was fine.
    • its crap
    • The problems that wee caused from computer malfunctions  but there were far and few and quickly fixed
    • It was too sensitive  for example if you mistakenly pushed to wrong botton it deducts too many points from the assignment.
    • The uncertainty of not knowing if the teacher received it.
    • Grading is too touchy. Points marked off for not hitting the "Save" button on a test directly in the middle of the the "Save" button. Or not being given instructions that I HAVE to hit "OK" but being marked off for hitting enter on the keyboard instead.
    • Easy to procrastinate
    • Actually it was very easy  and there wasn't much I did not like about it.
    • I constantly forget my due dates
    • The time limit to complete tests and quizzes.
    • Sometimes when I need help it takes me alot of time to figure out how to solve it.
    • that the final is worth 60% of the grade
    • time management
    • no one to help m on sunday
    • 2 a week instead of everyday with a campus class.
    • lack of time with the instructor
    • I could never get a response from the instructor.
    • How the instructions were not helpful in completing the modules.
    • The Professor's attitude and work assignments not stated clearly in the workbook he manufactured.
    • the book instructions  the instructor and how long it took him to respond  and the attitude I got back for asking a question
    • if i get behind it is hard to catch up.
    • the insecure feeling that you may be doing something wrong or not doing something that you should be doing.
    • Very often I felt invisible.  The instructor hardly ever answered my private emails and rarely appeared on the bulletin board.  The teacher's assistants did help on the board  but not nearly as much as I felt they should.  I often felt like no one would answer my questions.  I work full time and cannot easily get to the lab for assistance.
    • Nothing
    • When I had a problem with an assignment I could not get in touch with the professor.
    • At times it's hard to receive help.  Plus there can be computer problems occur. There have been times when I needed to log on at home and for what ever reason I was unable to.
    • Too many assigments due  time consuming!!
    • Not having the final online is inconvient.
    • the lack of instruction for students that learn on different levels than others  and the actual instructor was inpossible to get in touch with and absolutely rude when asked for help.
    • All the work that was due every week.
    • the lack of professor help.
    • answers to questions were not given in a timely manner most of the time
    • The instructor took a while to respond to email  and sometimes he didn't at all. He seemed to have a bit of an attitude. The assistants in the course participated more.
    • Lots of work
    • The proffesor wasn't helpful at all. Never returned my e
    • I feel like I didn't learn anything useful in that class
    • Instructors fail to answer questions.
    • Talking to Dr. xxxx.
    • The WebCT interface is so inefficent
    • The fact that we had to go in to a computer lab for the final.  Before I registered for the class  it said it was 100% online  but that is a lie  and my grade could suffer for it.  I have learned the material  but not well enough to have to go in to take a closed book final.  That is the point of taking an online class  to be able to work online.  Well  going to a computer lab to take a final doesnt sound online to me  does it to you?  If my grade suffers because I cannot reference the book  I will be very angry  and I do not think it is fair.  If the class is not going to be 100% online  then it needs to specify that it will not be that way in the course catalog.
    • after the work was due if it was on time you got a zero. you were not able to turn work and late and still get partial credit.
    • The professor  specifically Dr. xxxx was very slow to respond  information overload in the amount of material covered.  Should have been revised to intesify learning productivity.
    • Sometimes impersonal and hard to contact the instructor
    • I enjoyed the class  because of the online facet.
    • The fact that I had to remember to e
    • sometimes webct was down
    • I disliked that there is no way to use spell check after typing up my assignments on
    • I might have felt more confident about my writing with more face to face contact.
    • i am not good with computers  so it was harder for me; i am also a hands
    • In the beginning  I was having some problems contacing my homework partner through Web CT.  I'm not sure if that was a problem with her computer or with Web CT  but it was frustrating.
    • nothing
    • That I didn't get to talk as much to the professor about weekly problems.
    • Lack of face
    • Sometimes it was alot of work in a short turn around
    • The frustration of trying to include graphs and pictures into the text then finding out the file was too big to email. I am still struggling....
    •  easy to send assignments and have discussions online.  i liked being able to check my grade quickly and being able to communicate with others in the class was helpful.
    • None.
    • I don't like sitting in front of the computer for long periods of time.
    • there was nothing that i didnt dislike
    • Sometimes I had a couple of problems getting it to record question on the tests.
    • to impersonal
    • nothing.
    • nothing
    • that there is a deadline
    • I wish the bulletin board had been used more.
    • nothing
    • time  the online portion gave me the opportunity to access from home when I had time.  Also  a big bonus was knowing what I made on the online tests as soon as I was done.
    • nothing
    • line  which I felt were very helpful.
    • the class was still taught in a classroom...online portion did not give the students a reason to come to class
    • confusing sometimes as to what i had to do and when
    • nothing to dislike about the course in general.....just hated if the internet wasn't always up and running and i wanted to work on my assignments
    • N/A
    • the chance for some teacher interface
    • Having to remind myself constantly to check up and people who don't know when they should use private mail and when to post things that everyone reads.
    • Well  you have to figure everything out by yourself or by an assistant.  You can't really just ask the teacher.
    • There wasnt any problems for me just was mostly on my own which was fine
    • I was sometimes afraid that maybe my assignments weren't recieved.
    • none
    • I did miss the class interaction  I like talking to the teacher weekly and gettin to know people.
    • There was nothing that I really disliked about this online course. It was something new to me  and I enjoyed it.
    • unable to get questions answered on the spot
    • nothing
    •  Everything was ok.
    • The teacher must stay on top of things as well as the students in order to keep up to date and do well.
    • that if you had q's about stuff and it wasn't during your professors office hours it was hard to get answers
    • It is very time consuming
    • though the professor was usually quick with responses to questions  it is much better to get an immediate answer in a classroom setting
    • My computer is old and slow.  I had difficulties doing my work at home.
    • Sometimes it's hard to make myself do the work.  Motivation is sometimes difficult.
    • Sometimes it was hard to get a response when you posted a message on the bulletin board
    • no help
    • The lack of direct face to face discussion
    • I didn't get to see my completed assignments  and I never knew what I did wrong.
    • The time restrictions.
    • We only had one WebCt class.
    • I felt that instructor used it to give us more and more assignments not on syllabus.
    • Gliches  down
    • Our teacher's inexperience.
    • Lack of face to face communitcation
    • I missed the face to face interaction.
    • group projects can be a bit difficult to complete when you don't meet face to face
    • The sound quality was poor but understandable.
    • The audio did not work consistently.  Most of the time the audio was choppy.
    • I didn't think that it was always clear as to when assignments were due.  I also did not think that the instructor informed her class in a timely fashion when there was a change in the schedule.
    • Nothing
    • Sometimes with the two formats being used  I got lost!
    • I am sorry I don't have any.
    • The technical difficulties.
    • We did not go online as often as I would have preferred.
    • Nothing really
    • Delays in class  getting satellite sites on always handled courteously and efficiently though.
    • Not having instant feedback.
    • The professor in this class did an excellent job using GSAMS and webct. However  some GSAMS classes do not utilize the online portion.
    • nothing
    •  this is a great tool!
    • Technical difficulties
    • Having to go all the way to the campus for the first class
    • Mostly  Dr. xxxx' refusal to participate in even nominally "average" use of WebCT  especially when she insisted on making *our* use of it mandatory and part of our grade.
    • nothing
    • mail the teacher
    • The hardware did not always work.  We missed an entire class with a guest speaker.
    • I found it harder to do group work on
    • the group projects were very frustrating at times. It was very hard to get on the same page as some of the group members.
    • The dependence on others and webCT was horrible when dialing up from home.
    • Lack of face
    • Too much group work.
    • Nothing.
    • nothing really. Everything was great.
    • Coordinating group assignments
    • We had a chat session one night and it was very chaotic.
    • It's harder to work in groups.
    • Group projects
    • Finding the time to access WebCT from work.
    • impersonal
    • nothing
    • not having an instructor teach us
    • lack of teacher
    • Being new to taking online courses  since this was my first time.
    • It was sometimes nervewracking worrying about whether my connection would last through a test
    • A physical assessment course should not be an online course.
    • we did not have the classroom  so i felt like we were on a different page than our teacher.
    • That I needed hands on lab work
    • many classes will be wonderful online.``i don't think a health assessment class``is best online. someone with less nursing experience would have a hard time
    • not enough information provided for test
    • THE PARTICULAR CLASS I TOOK FOR NURSING SKILLS NEEDED TO BE MORE LECTURE AND HANDS ON PRACTICE TO GRASP CONCEPTS
    • Not enough hands on lab time with this health assessment course.
    • needed hands on practice in clinical setting for the assesment portion of this class
    • everything
    • I missed hearing instructor lecture.
    • No weekly interaction.  I missed the lectures.  They would definitely have helped.
    • No personal interaction (face to face).
    • Need to meet several times face
    • I had trouble with web CT a few times.  One time  I even had to drive to the classroom where I teach to sign on using my computer there.  I signed on with my computer at home the next night making no changes to my computer and having no problems.
    • Nothing.
    • sometime difficulty in getting on line sometime slow processing by computers as participants type in text
    • not SEEING an instructor regularly  but Dr. Roberts made it very easy
    • none
    • Sometimes it was hard to communicate  understand what another person was saying.
    • I spent more time trying to figure out what to do than anything else. I felt like I was just teaching myself. What is the point of having an instructor at all.
    • This class was definitely not a class designed for online learning.
    • I think the face
    • Sometimes the webct is down and difficult to use.
    • offer more! Especially to those of us who live so far away and really want to finish our Masters.
    • face feels more secure for me.
    • The constant tech problems and no personal contact.
    • I would often like my questions answered face to face.  Spontaniety was also a factor.
    • Couldn't get into chat rooms; trouble posting messages (or some that I posted disappeared off after I know they were on there).  The length of time it took for a response because it wouldn't post right away.  My firewall at school and my home computer crashing at home keeping me off the site when I needed it the most.
    • Chatting  it was too unorganized  lack proper flow
    • Not always having the teacher face to face
    • Work was lost and hard copies had to be kept.
    • Nothing
    • the whole class was not online!!
    • nothing
    • Person interaction
    • Nothing
    • the responses during chats got out of order sometimes and were hard to follow
    • not always having to teacher face to face.
    • Getting behind when we didn't meet
    • nothing
    • mail the professor easily and communicate with him regularly beyond class time. We did not use the on
    • Too much work!
    • I did not like when the server went down.
    • The course itself was too demanding! Too much busy work
    • All of my assignment were not recorded in a timely manner or not recorded at all by the instructor.
    • I did not like when my information was lost.
    • not having enough time to do all the work.
    • to confusing in the beginning
    • Everything was fine.
    • I do not have a computer at home and my classroom time was limited to mornings before class and the afternoons.
    • I was pleased with the online portion of this course.
    • Nothing  I enjoyed the online course.
    • The workload was very difficult when all things were considered.
    • I didn't like the professor not receiving my assignments that I placed on
    • mail everything.
    • Cutting and pasting