AI Rate Professor

Communication

Matthew Mckaig

R101 · COMMV01 · COMM101 · COMMR101 · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
17/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
17.65%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

; only take if you want intense speech coaching and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderStrict AttendanceSpeech PerfectionistAnxiety-InducingPicky Outlines
  • , and minor delivery flaws.
  • Attendance and participation are effectively mandatory.
  • A minority value strong feedback for serious public-speaking growth.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

20/100

As and high marks require near-perfect speeches and outlines; minor pauses or .

Both formats report tough grading; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Public , and packed summer pacing make content and performance hard.

Online and ; summer in-person feels especially crammed.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Skip class and you will not pass is a repeated tag and warning across reviews.

; online also marks attendance yes often.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Only about 18% would take again; most say run unless you specifically want hard speech training.

in-person and one online positive.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

18/100

Tough grader tags dominate; .

Format shift

and in person.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Multiple speeches, outlines, quizzes, tests, and dense summer pacing create heavy work.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

26/100

and engagement, but most describe rudeness, anxiety, and unhelpful pickiness.

Format shift

A and in-person complaints.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Speeches, outlines, quizzes, midterms, and participation all matter heavily.

Format shift

In-person details more live speeches and timed quizzes; online still speech and outline focused.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews , and occasional strong feedback for serious speakers.

Main concern

Perfectionist speech standards and .

What students said

“RUN”
COMMV01
“I am shocked by his grading, point deductions on near perfect speeches for a split second pause, or a break in eye contact.”
R101
“Professor McKaig is a very tough critic. This will by no means be an easy A.”
R101

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students report tough expectations without model speeches from the instructor, vague lectures, and harsh participation scores.

Main concern

High speech standards with limited modeling and .

What students said

“One of . .”
COMMV01
“He is really repetitive with his lectures, though content is seemingly vague or irrelevant to actual speech-making.”
COMM101
“Took this class for summer, had trouble doing outlines but nevertheless a good professor. !”
COMM101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Core risk is graded live or recorded speeches plus quizzes and tests, not special proctoring software.

Speech PerformancesStrict OutlinesQuizzesMidterms/TestsParticipation Grades

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person features graded speeches, perfect outlines, timed quizzes, and .

In-Person SpeechesStrict OutlinesTimed QuizzesMidtermsMandatory Attendance
“ split second pause, or a break in eye contact.”
R101
“don't be late even if 30 seconds is late !”
COMMR101

Online

Online work includes speeches, outlines, quizzes, and exams with tough participation scoring; proctoring not clearly described.

SpeechesOutlinesQuizzesExamsParticipation
“Despite this, I only received a 120/150 in participation.”
COMMV01
“had trouble doing outlines but nevertheless a good professor. !”
COMM101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“RUN”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Recommendation Rate

22/100

“ ..”

🎯

18/100

“ split second pause, or a break in eye contact.”

📌

12/100

“You have to go to class or you will not pass.”

📣

55/100

“However, and .”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This will by no means be an easy A.
  • Nothing was ever good enough in his eyes.
  • .

Theme 2

😰 About Classroom Stress

  • Brings a lot of anxiety into the class atmosphere.
  • Public speaking is already hard enough and at the end of the semester I felt drained and defeated.
  • if you have anxiety to begin with .

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Hes so rude that makes it seem like hes unapproachable.
  • !
  • He makes a required class interesting and engaging.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

19 reviews with and mixed positives, but smaller sample than ideal.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 53
2 out of 50
1 out of 512

Course coverage

R1019 reviews
COMMV015 reviews
COMM1013 reviews
COMMR1012 reviews

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

3

B 2 · B- 1

C range

5

C 2 · C- 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1