AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

John Blyzka

ENTRYVB · CISW21 · CISP21 · CISN21 · CSC18A · CISW15 · CISP31 · CISB15 · CISD21CISN21 · CISB21 · CISB · CIS11 · CISD21 · CISB11 · 70 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
89.19%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

Great for self-motivated CIS students who want a structured easy path; avoid if you need heavy live instruction.

Best fit · Self Taught ProZybooks Easy AClear Canvas StructureExtra Credit FriendlySelf-Teach HeavyOpen Book Exams
  • Many students earn easy As , and
  • some love real-world tips and humor, others say read the book and teach yourself
  • manageability and flexibility

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Large A , and make high grades common if you keep up.

Online zybooks sections feel especially easy; but .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

70/100

Most CIS intro content is manageable with reading and practice, though SQL or programming can feel harder without background.

Online intro courses score easier; some in-person programming and SQL sections feel more demanding.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

60/100

Many online and some in-person sections treat attendance as optional, while .

Online is generally more flexible; several in-person CIS sections still require showing up or .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Strong majority recommend him for structure, care, and and bare-minimum complaints.

Online reviews skew more positive on manageability; and boring-lecture critiques.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

82/100

Easy grader with late-work flexibility, , and open-book assessments when students communicate.

Format shift

Online students especially note late turns and ; .

Workload

Moderate

62/100

Weekly quizzes and but usually manageable; a minority report lots of homework.

Format shift

Online workload is structured and predictable; and labs.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

, and industry stories earn praise, but some sections feel like book recitation with little real teaching.

Format shift

Online interaction is limited; in-person humor and accessibility score higher when students attend.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

, and projects outweigh high-stakes closed exams in most reviews.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize quizzes and assignments; exams are often open book.

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

31 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person classes mix corny jokes, real-world experience, and and occasional boredom.

Main concern

Some students find lectures unnecessary or outdated and feel left to learn from the book alone.

What students said

“The two midterms and and open computer so no need to stress over studying.”
CISB11
“Lectures are straight from book and not necessary.”
CISD21
“By far one of . Sac!”
CISW21

Remote format

Online

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are often well organized with , and flexible late work, though some call them pure self-taught read-the-book courses.

Main concern

and minimal interaction for students who need active teaching.

What students said

“All work was done on zybooks, and the work was really simple as long as you knew the material.”
CISP21
“ bad experience.”
CIS11
“This online class is .”
CISD21

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Quizzes and and drawn straight from textbook or zybooks material.

Open BookOpen ComputerZybooksQuizzes From Textbook

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

85/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and open-computer midterms and finals plus weekly book-based quizzes.

Open BookOpen ComputerQuizzes From Book
“The two midterms and and "open computer" so no need to stress over studying.”
CISB11
“quizzes and .”
CISD21

Online

Online assessments center on zybooks, reading quizzes, and .

ZybooksReading QuizzesNo Proctoring Mentioned
“All work was done on zybooks, and the work was really simple as long as you knew the material.”
CISP21
“Homework and and easy to understand.”
CISB11

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Uses zybooks, overall chill guy and easy class to learn intro to C++”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (19 online, 31 in person), . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Easy Structured Path

84/100

“Really simple and straightforward class.”

👍

78/100

“ bad experience.”

📖

40/100

“You are pretty much left to teach yourself the whole subject.”

😄 Humor And Care

75/100

“ , and creative teacher.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he does not always convey concepts concisely and accurately to students
  • Lots of corny jokes which keeps the class lively.
  • he's the funniest and easiest person to get along with!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy going class!
  • VERY easy. quizzes and
  • Easy A for class!

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • the !
  • Blyzka let me turn them in late with no penalty
  • Does the absolute bare minimum; an utterly terrible instructor.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

70

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews with large online and in-person samples, many detailed comments, consistent easy-structure themes, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 538
4 out of 510
3 out of 59
2 out of 57
1 out of 56

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

39 reported outcomes

A range

33

A+ 2 · A 31

B range

4

B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not_Sure_Yet 1 · Rather not say 1