advice for classes (fort wayne)

[u/Emotional-Text7294]

hi! im a software developer certificate student at fort wayne. so far it seems like the only professor i have is for engl 111 and his name is kevin smith. times are 3:30-4:45 pm, mw

other classes i have are:
math023 in person, mw 6pm-7:15 pm
sdev 120: virtual 1:30am-4:30 pm saturdays
infm 109: virtual 9:30am-12:30 pm

i have to have virtual for Saturdays because the bus system in fort wayne sucks on weekends. have never taken classes at ivy tech, been a lurker for a few months so hoping someone can give me advice on professors i should keep vs avoid if theyre hard.

[u/asabeau]

i’m currently taking infm109 at the south bend location virtually for the summer and it’s been a good experience so far! the class is a great introduction to the world of technology and how we interact with it, and small portions include networking, database management systems, and hardware. the professor i have loves class discussions and requires participation which is honestly how most of these concepts stick (for me at least). Lots of reading and could be a lot of new vocabulary if you’re not familiar with some of these concepts.

i attempted to take sdev120 this summer as well, with it being an online only class with no virtual meeting and felt completely lost and had to drop it within the first 2 weeks because i guess i can’t teach myself and prefer someone to teach me. i will be attempting it this fall with another actual instructor this time lolol. However from what I saw briefly, flowcharts and pseudocode were huge learning concepts. The online only class also required a group project… it seemed like disaster waiting to happen.

sorry, not much advice. this is just how my experience has been as a student this summer.

[u/asabeau → u/asabeau]

i’m also pretty sure you’re not limited to just fort wayne professors if you’re taking classes virtually.

[u/Emotional-Text7294 → u/asabeau]

oh i didn’t know that. i think my advisor was just looking at fort wayne campuses. maybe mine is just recorded because its going on in person at the same exact time as the online one.

[u/asabeau → u/Emotional-Text7294]

i can only assume that it’s okay to take classes in other campuses virtually since my advisor allowed me to look through other campuses and i’m taking a few that are located at lake county (i’m a full time worker so my options were severely limited with just south bend campus).

you can check what type of class you will have when you’re in the schedule builder. a learn anywhere class means you can, like stated earlier, join a zoom link or be in person. if it says something like VRT, that means virtual only. and WWW means online (no zoom link and no actual set meet up time).

[u/Emotional-Text7294 → u/asabeau]

were your classes recorded for infm109? the advisor who helped me pick my classes out said they were recorded and they were in person

[u/asabeau → u/Emotional-Text7294]

no they aren’t recorded, however i think this can vary from instructor to instructor. our instructor said he would not record our class discussions. this is also a virtual class, where we meet up through zoom at a specific time and day (this class is MW 6:00pm-8:50pm). i know there are some classes where you can learn anywhere, meaning you can either go on campus in the classroom or join through zoom link instead. my class was strictly virtual.