AI Rate Professor

Art & Design

Mike Dillinger

ARTD220 · ARTD150 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
86/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
2.3

The decision

Strong pick for hands-on Adobe design in person if you follow his criteria; be cautious about hands-off remote sections.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLenient project gradingAdobe/Youtube tutorialsFun design projectsHelpful but slow emailRemote quality varies
  • , and often easy A with reasonable effort.
  • Workload stays light with , and no textbook in many sections.
  • One remote ARTD150 review reports MIA teaching and , so online quality is uneven.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Students say put in , and A grades come easily with lenient scoring.

; online still reports easy homework but weaker teaching in one case.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

74/100

and if you know basic Adobe tools.

Both formats describe manageable creative work; remote ARTD150 was easy but poorly taught.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

; others say yes, so flexibility is generally high.

In-person shows both optional and mandatory notes; online has mixed or .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

74/100

and help, tempered by remote disappointment and control over art choices.

In-person recommendations dominate; online is split one yes and one no.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

83/100

and effort against stated criteria with leeway when time is tight.

Format shift

In-person evidence is strongest; but not described as harsh.

Workload

Light

78/100

and often no textbook.

Format shift

; remote still had few lessons assigned.

Teaching experience

Good

80/100

Strong industry knowledge and ; remote delivery quality is inconsistent.

Format shift

In-person teaching praised; one online course called poorly taught and MIA.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

and tutorials rather than traditional high-stakes exams.

Format shift

Project focus holds across online and in-person design courses.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and lenient grading when you meet project criteria.

Main concern

He can be demanding about his preferred artistic direction and .

What students said

“ . Very understanding. Put in the effort and you will get A's easily.”
ARTD220
“ but he is very hard-headed and demanding about what he wants.”
ARTD220
“Super helpful and patient!”
ARTD220

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ranges from easy YouTube-lecture courses to a remote section where students felt abandoned with .

Main concern

Remote engagement can collapse if he stays MIA and .

What students said

“He remained mostly MIA during the entire ”
ARTD150
“He posts his video lectures on you tube, the if you understand the Adobe apps.”
ARTD220

Exam style

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Assessment is project and .

Project-based gradingYoutube tutorialsFew graded itemsNo textbook

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

86/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

lenient effort-based scoring.

Fun projectsGraded by few thingsCompletion criteria
“Put in the effort and you will get A's easily. ”
ARTD220
“Grades you on completion of ”
ARTD150

Online

and video-lecture driven with .

Video lecturesLight homeworkDelayed grading
“ . He doesn't give much homework.”
ARTD220

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Very understanding. Put in the effort and you will get A's easily.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 reviews (2 online, 7 in , and remote risk. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

80/100

“he knows his stuff. an will break things down to where you can understand it more easily”

⚖️

83/100

“ , as long as you try”

🛠️ Project Workload

78/100

“ under 10 hrs)”

⚠️ Remote Risk

30/100

“He remained mostly MIA during the entire ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Super helpful and patient
  • He's a super cool guy that
  • he is very hard-headed and demanding about what he wants

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Put in the effort and you will get A's easily
  • , as long as you try
  • the if you understand the Adobe apps

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • He posts his video lectures on you tube
  • He remained mostly MIA during the entire semester

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Nine detailed reviews across years support patterns, but only two online samples and mixed remote experiences limit confidence.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

ARTD2206 reviews
ARTD1503 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 2 · A 5

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values