AI Rate Professor

Communication

Jan McKissick

PUBLICSPEAKING · CMST60 · CMST10 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless no alternative exists and you can spare 15-plus hours a week for rigid speech and paper work.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOverwhelming homeworkTough speech rubricsExtra credit lifelineConfusing Canvas modulesProctored tests
  • Workload is the dominant complaint across public speaking and CMST courses.
  • A grades are possible but usually after huge time sinks and rigid outline rules.
  • A and available if you over-communicate and use .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some earn A or A+ with and constant work, but meeting long rubrics is a grind and basics often land near C.

Nearly all grade evidence is from online sections; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Public speaking content plus dense readings, outlines, groups, and .

Online reviews drive the difficulty picture; the .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most reviews mark attendance mandatory with heavy participation expectations and little accommodation language.

Online and the one in-person review both emphasize mandatory or intense participation demands.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Low take-again rate and with constant effort.

Recommendation split is almost entirely online; the .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Long rubrics, outline compliance, and nice or an easy grader with effort.

Format shift

Online .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Students , and multi-hour weekly speech prep.

Format shift

Both formats call the assignment volume excessive.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

A few praise availability and care, but , and stress over learning.

Format shift

Online experience is polarizing; .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Speeches, outlines, papers, group projects, and .

Format shift

Online explicitly mentions Lockdown or Proctorio plus speech outlines; in person stresses participation and groups.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

The single in-person accelerated and participation heavy.

Main concern

Rigid group collaboration schedule and .

What students said

“This class required absurd amounts of participation, and .”
CMST60

Remote format

Online

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online CMST and , and poorly paced for busy students.

Main concern

, and proctoring make the class feel incompatible with jobs or family life.

What students said

“expects way too much for a 3 credit communications class.”
CMST60
“Expect to spend anywhere from 15-25 hours each week on your classwork if you are taking this as a summer class.”
CMST10

Exam style

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Tests can use lockdown or Proctorio tools, and .

Lockdown RespondusProctorio open-book testsTurnitinLong speech rubrics

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

The lone in-person review focuses on heavy participation and .

Heavy participationGroup collaboration
“Expect to spend hours per week collaborating with your group via zoom.”
CMST60

Online

Online reviews explicitly mention Lockdown Respondus, Proctorio, Turnitin, and strict speech outline cycles.

Lockdown RespondusProctorioTurnitinOutline drafts before speeches
“This class requires lockdown respondus. I did not like that feature at all!”
CMST10
“Uses the programs "Proctorio" for and uses "Turnitin" which is anti-plagiarism software”
CMST10

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“The amount of unnecessary and a waste of time. If you need to fulfill the communications criteria, not her.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews, highlighting workload, rubrics, and rare positive care notes. Credibility rating: Medium.

⚠️ Workload Shock

12/100

“This class is VOLUMINOUS. Teacher does not grade on a and if you meet the basics of the .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

28/100

“ if you can. She makes it hard to learn anything with how much she throws at you.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“She and instruction, ”

🛟 Path

55/100

“Do the to pass.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • this was one of the hardest classes I have ever taken. However, she does offer !
  • Lots of writing but an .
  • You had to work really hard to get a good grade in this class but it is possible.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • expects way too much for a 3 credit communications class.
  • Expect to spend anywhere from 15-25 hours each week on your classwork
  • Way too time consuming, for something that shouldn't 't be.

Theme 3

🧭 About Instructions

  • instructions are rarely clear for speeches the instructions are on 3 different posts all over the modules.
  • The calendars and and there are several overlaps and .

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

16 mostly recent online reviews with consistent workload complaints give medium .

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 58

Course coverage

CMST607 reviews
CMST105 reviews
PUBLICSPEAKING4 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 6 · A 2

B range

1

B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1