AI Rate Professor

Communication

Jim Helmer

MEDIA77 · MEDIA4 · MEDIA79A · MEDIA · COMM7 · MEDIA5328 · CS7421D · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
66/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
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Difficulty
1.4

The decision

Take him for a low-stress media Easy A if ; avoid if you want structured, high-learning instruction.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy ALaid-backLow learning rigorVideo projectsOptional attendance
  • Repeated Easy A and late-work flexibility with light or no exams
  • Nice and available, but many say lectures are dry and learning is limited
  • film or media projects

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

WalkInThePark

94/100

Students repeatedly report Easy A with late work accepted and .

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Is the course easy?

Introductory

86/100

Content demand is low; .

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

88/100

No roll and filming and still pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

56/100

Recommended as an Easy A or fun project class, not for rigorous skill-building teaching.

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Course guide

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Grading

Generous

90/100

and often grades loosely on projects.

Format shift

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Workload

Featherlight

90/100

Few or and quizzes; mainly a handful of video or media projects.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Nice and available, but lectures are often dry and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades mostly come from projects and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person media and comm classes are relaxed with , and sparse structure after early weeks.

Main concern

Little real teaching after early lectures and weak learning outcomes for some.

What students said

“Easy A. Lenient on work. Not much learning but .”
MEDIA5328
“And guess what, I got an A. Easy A for sure. But on the learning scale...not so high.”
MEDIA79A
“ . Just show up, make a video and present it. Easy A for sure.”
MEDIA77

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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Many sections have no exams; work.

Few or no examsProject-basedOccasional written testsLate work accepted

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person media and grade on projects, with occasional written tests.

No homework or exams in some sectionsProject presentationsOccasional written tests
“ . Just show up, make a video and present it.”
MEDIA77
“There is , and he grades based on how you answered it”
MEDIA4
“there's a and no one seems to abide by his project requirements.”
MEDIA77

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Easy A. Lenient on work. Not much learning but .”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 in-person reviews, highlighting Easy A, attendance, and learning tradeoffs. Credibility rating: Medium.

🅰️ Easy A Machine

94/100

“Easy A for sure. But on the learning scale...not so high.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“He's a nice guy, but he hardly knows his subject and his info is outdated.”

📅

88/100

“Lots of "Filming days" so you don't have to show up often.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • won't get in the way of however you wanna learn
  • his lectures are very dry to say the least
  • he really facilitates creativity

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A for sure
  • and accepts work late
  • VERY easy..easy A

Theme 3

🎬 About Projects

  • just making videos
  • Just show up, make a video and present it
  • Fun to make the videos if

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

13 in-person reviews from 2005-2014 consistently describe Easy A and low rigor with mixed teaching praise.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

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A 1

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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