Is this an easy A?
HardWork
24/100Even strong speech effort often yields C-range grades because and the five-audience rule can zero out work.
Both online and ; online students more often report incomplete or ungraded speeches.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Even strong speech effort often yields C-range grades because x x x and the five-audience rule can zero out work.
Both online and x x x x x x; online students more often report incomplete or ungraded speeches.
Is the course easy?
Public speaking content is manageable, but memorization, live audiences, and zero flexibility make the class feel hard.
Online winter/fast sessions add pace stress; x x x x x x and professor demeanor.
Is attendance flexible?
x x x x x and students report points lost for absences even when the professor is late.
x x x x x x x; a few online reviews say attendance was not enforced.
Is this professor recommended?
x x x x and most comments warn others away because of grading and reliability issues.
Nearly all online reviews advise avoidance; a few older in-person COMM151/COMM101 reviews still recommend him.
Course guide
Grading
Harsh
18/100
x x x x and students report grades outside the x x x x.
Format shift
Online x x x x x x x x; in-person students stress nitpicking on speeches.
Workload
Heavy
30/100
Multiple speeches, papers, and audience logistics create a heavy load for a lower-division comm class.
Format shift
Online students struggle most with x x x x x x x x.
Teaching experience
Poor
30/100
Many students describe missed classes, late starts, sarcasm, and weak support despite occasional engaging lectures.
Format shift
In-person complaints center on no-shows; x x x x x x and slow responses.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
28/100
Grade is driven by speeches and assignments more than traditional exams.
Format shift
Both formats revolve around speech submissions; online adds video-audience logistics.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
x x x x x x x x speech coaching and many reports of no-shows, rudeness, and harsh grading.
Main concern
Professor often misses or arrives late while x x x x and speech rules.
What students said
“he doesn't show up half the time and when he does show up he shows up late.”
“Professor requires 5 people to watch the speech or he will not even grade your speech.”
“Professor Moorehead is a caring teacher and a x x.”
Remote format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
Online COMM101 is widely panned for x x x x x x x, and the inflexible five-audience rule that can leave work ungraded.
Main concern
No audience x x x x x x, and grades that feel disconnected from the rubric.
What students said
“x x x!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.”
“Moorehead is strict on his no audience-no grade policy, hence my incomplete for the class.”
“This teacher grades maliciously outside of the x x.”
Exam style
Assessment is mainly graded speeches with strict audience and x x x x x x x.
Assessment risk
Standard
45/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
x x x x x x x x standards and uneven feedback.
“professor is very x x x x x x”
“The x x! x x x x x and then grades super harsh.”
Online work is speech and assignment heavy; missing the five-person audience often means the speech is not graded.
“He will insist on getting 5 audience members and does not compromise or listen to any reasoning.”
“I turned in x x x x x x x and he told me he cannot grade them.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“x x x!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.”
“This teacher grades maliciously outside of the x x.”
“Professor requires 5 people to watch the speech or he will not even grade your speech.”
“x x x x!!!”
“he doesn't show up half the time and when he does show up he shows up late.”
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Data context
Analysis sample
27
Recent reviews read by the AI
26
Lifetime ratings
82/100
Evidence confidence
27 recent detailed reviews across online and x x x x x x and reliability themes.
Inside 27 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
24 reported outcomes
A+ 1 · A 3 · A- 1
B+ 1 · B 1 · B- 1
C 3 · C- 3
D+ 1 · D 1
No reported values
Drop/Withdrawal 4 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1