AI Rate Professor

De Anza College · Film Television

Martin McNamara

FTV66A · FTVD0075G · 2 lifetime ratings

AI rating
49/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
2.0

The decision

if you are comfortable learning independently and want animation-focused instruction.

Best fit · Self Taught ProMixed Teaching QualityProject CritiquesLow DifficultyMandatory AttendanceAnimation Focus
  • Reviews are split between a bad stop-motion teaching experience and a positive Japanese animation experience.
  • The course difficulty looks low, but and heavy listening demands can make learning uneven.
  • There is , and all usable evidence comes from old in-person reviews.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

72/100

The one reported grade is an A and difficulty is low, but easy A.

Evidence ; there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

The rated difficulty is low, but and lecture listening demands add friction.

Evidence comes only from in-person reviews, with no online comparison.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

One review explicitly says attendance was mandatory, while the .

; online evidence is absent.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Recommendation is mixed because one student wanted to drop while .

Both recommendations come from in-person reviews, with no online evidence.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

70/100

The only reported grade is an A, and one tag says the class is graded by few things.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

58/100

The workload does not sound heavy, but projects and .

Format shift

Workload .

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Teaching quality is sharply mixed, with one review praising his animation teaching and one criticizing poor guidance.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

15/100

Comments mention projects and assessment evidence.

Format shift

Assessment .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mixed, with one student calling him a bad teacher and another recommending him for animation majors.

Main concern

Students may struggle if and structured guidance.

What students said

“Cool guy, bad teacher.”
FTV66A
“Prof McNamara is a really nice animation teacher.”
FTVD0075G

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Reviews do not clearly prove the , or final format.

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

policy or .

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Cool guy, bad teacher.”

Voice snapshots generated from 2 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading; credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“Cool guy, bad teacher.”

👍 Recommendation Split

48/100

“I took the Japanese Animation class, and and .”

📈 Difficulty & Effort

62/100

“his lecture might be a little bit difficult and required a lot on listening”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He doesn't give prompts for his stop motion class and expects us to know how to do everything
  • For me, Prof McNamara is a really nice animation teacher.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Course DIFFICULTY rating: 2
  • A
  • Graded by few things

Data context

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Analysis sample

2

Recent reviews read by the AI

2

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

, and their opinions conflict.

Inside 2 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

FTV66A1 review
FTVD0075G1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

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D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values