TDDD25 mid-term evaluation 2025

The course has been mid-term-evaluated by the muddy card method on 12/2/2025 during the 7th lecture.
18 students attended the lecture, and I received 18 cards.
I summarize in the following the main issues, and comment where appropriate.

Overall, the course seems to run very well. Several cards explicitly write that they like the course.

Lectures:
Lectures are, on most cards, appreciated, and are characterized as interesting, well-structured, clear and thorough. The lecturing pace is considered good on all cards that mention it, except one who finds it is too fast.
The examples in the lectures are appreciated; two cards ask for more examples, and several cards ask for more usage examples from the real world.
The slides (and their public availability) are generally appreciated.
A few cards mention a lack of coherence with the labs, while other cards say the opposite.
Several cards find that there is a lot of theory to go through (which is expected, as we are currently in the middle of a theory block in the lecture series). Please note that this mostly is a theory course, focusing on fundamental concepts and algorithms.
Two cards ask for lessons with theory exercises. - Comment: This would be nice indeed, but there is unfortunately no budget for more lessons in the course. Please note that the course book contains lots of exercises on the different topics covered (see the reading directions on the exam page, where you also can find some former exams for training). Please organize yourself in small groups and go through these on your own. If there should be some time left in the last lecture, I will use it for going through some of the old exam questions.

Labs:
The labs are generally appreciated on many cards (well structured, fun, well connected with the lectures, right level of difficulty, easy to get started).
Two cards find that the labs are too easy, while one card asks for more lab instructions.
Several cards explicitly appreciate the good lab assistance (and lab assistant). However, several cards complain about long waiting times for help and demo.
- Comment: Due to the relatively low number of participants this year (implying reduced course budget), we can only offer one lab pass, hence a few more students per session, but compensate this by offering (43%) more lab time slots compared to previous years. Occasional longer queuing to the lab assistant is not entirely avoidable, especially in the first lab sessions, but should level out later in the course.

Working environment:
One card mentions being annoyed by "noisy" students. Apart from one student coming in late today, I did not notice any such issue for the lectures. Please be more concrete; if the problem should reoccur, please talk to me immediately so we can sort out the problem.

Thanks for all comments and suggestions!

Christoph Kessler, course leader TDDD25

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Last updated: 2025-02-17