Great teacher. Makes learning history fun and exciting.

I thought he was very helpful & insightful. I learned a lot of things that I didn't catch in high school. Good professor. Made an A

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this is the best professor I have ever had in college he is very helpful and extends all of his assignments to help you make the best grades possible

great fun.....

I cannot say enough about Prof. Ball. He is a wonderful Professor with great assignments. He is extreamly helpful and his classes are fun and exciting. He is extreamly funny and informative. I would suggest his class to anyone!!!!!

Great fun, tough but fair, helpful study guides and practice exams too, interesting assignments...wants students to love history and learn.

terrific

good Prof..tough by helpful....understanding of computer problems...helped me out of jam

Fan-freaking-tastic professor. Really wants you to LEARN SOMTHING. Compleatly cool, great professor!!

Awesome teacher, took his class online and scored a B. I actually learned much about history in our country.

His tests are hard to get an A. He lectures and leave the class. I don't have any problem with him. I just kept my mouth shut and roll by the class with an A. All you people are not at a college level yet and you all need to have a nice glass of stfu.

This was a challenging online class. History is my subject, but the tests are all online and open book...with lots of chances to get a grade because of all the bonus points. I feel that Mr. Ball went out of his way to help, He even opened an exam earlier so that I could take the test and go on vacation with my family.

I've had worse!

Very easy online class. Mr. Ball provides optional extra credit and if you actually read the book you will get an A. He is a very kind teacher and responds quickly to emails.

This is my second time taking this class. The first time was last semester online but I totally underestimated how hard it would be. I was failing so I dropped the class. I was better prepared this time and got a B. He gave us the option to get 65 extra points and he provides a review as well. If you do the review,study,and do ec pts,you will pass

open book exams and study guides

I have had harder classes!

I'm not sure why others are saying his online class is hard... There are ten question quizzes maybe once a week, if that, and you have an hour to take them. I take it online so I use my book, his power points, and the internet. He only takes like the top 10 of your quizzes and a majority of the test questions are replicas of quizzes.

Great Course! HAD LOTS OF QUIZZES AND EASY EXAMS, IF YOU DID THE QUIZZES.

I overestimated the necessity of reading the chapters I thought I could skim it and be good, Don't do that. The material isn't too bad to read about&learn. When I misread the calendar for an assignment that closed, I emailed him&he opened it w/ two tries&a good luck. Do your work, read and you'll pass. Fair & good professor w/ extra credit

Pretty good professor, doesn't make you respond to other students ridiculous board postings (online), and seems to choose topics that make the class actually contribute rather than just giving the easiest answer. Feedback is good, I feel like he gives grades on effort, which is nice.

This class was literally so easy with Professor Ball. He is very clear on what he expects from you. You have to read the material to pass unless you're some kind of history know-it-all. The quizzes are open book and he gives you an hour to complete them. The exams were pretty easy too if you did well on the quizzes.

Super easy class... Quizzes each week with 10 questions. Plenty of time to take them and open book. Other than that, just post one post per week and two replies on the message board, each with 250 characters, and you are good.

I really enjoyed taking this course from Professor Ball. I felt like the workload and grading were very fair. He often provides current event articles that tie in to the topics we are covering in class and you can tell he is passionate about history.

I don't know why he has so many bad reviews, prof. ball was a delight to work with. He is a history nerd, and a photographer. Very approachable, communicative and laid back. The discussion forum is like easily 50% of your grade. Quizzes were very simple, usually 10 questions and 50 mins to do. Exams are open book as well.

I first thought Professor Ball was going to be a difficult class to take because of the amount links he post on each assignment page, although it's confusing I understood why he put all those links, but I then realized that it was an easy class. As long as you participate you are good. He is also very good at responding to emails on a daily basis.

Professor Ball was a very nice professor & his amounts of homework are pretty normal. I took a summer class so it was 2x the work, but I did fine, & it was my first college class. He grades fairly & tells you exactly what he wants. Meet the requirements & know what you are talking about & you will be fine!

Responds to emails. Clear instructions. Do all the assignments and youll get an A. If youre unorganized and miss due dates then its your fault if you dont receive an A. This class gives you plenty of time to complete all assignments. Hes a great professor, definitely recommend taking this professor for this class.

He is super easy! The ratings say it all. I had a A + and he told us if we had reached a certain amount of points we didnt have to take the essay final. (However, if we wanted to we could). He is pretty laid back and loves history.

Loved this class! Just read the materials and you will ace this class!

Professor Ball is wonderful at communicating with the students. We had a terrible snowstorm during my class, and he extended the deadlines for all work so we could worry about staying safe instead of our class. He's a great professor and fair with expectations and grading. Definitely take his online class if you can.

For an 8 week class the class was great! The professor was nice and fast at responding! It is a lot of reading with essays and discussion post but thats really it! Definitely recommend!

Pretty easy class, simply do the work and you'll pass. Lots of reading 2 discussion every week, 3 multiple choice exams with essay portions, 2 projects. Can come off as passive aggressive but all in all it was an easy class.

I enjoyed this class set up and Professor Ball's lectures he sent through emails. He provided the best resources produce discussions and replies. I was motivated because the material presentation was so interesting. I loved the online set up, Prof. Ball's ease of presenting material calmly and consistently, and his quick grading of assignments

Compared to other professors, his class was so easy. I heard post-civil war was easier than pre-civil-war but Professor Ball made the class easy. Everything had a set due date, word limits for his class were generally low, the highest one was 500 words and that was barely 2 or 3 pages. I got 100s on everything except tests. He's very laid back.

Really nice guy and very understanding if you communicate with him. The only downside in my opinion was all of the work was discussion posts but nothing too bad. Overall easy class

I had open heart surgery two weeks before the end of class. I worked ahead up until the surgery date, then only had to submit my final essay when I got home. Read the material and apply it. If you don't pass this class, it is not Prof. Ball's fault.

He assigns a lot of reading, but you can get by with reading only a few of the sources. Make sure to read the textbook pages assigned though! Not a hard class. I forgot about an exam once and emailed him about it, and he let me take it that day. Super nice guy. Just do the work and you'll be fine.

A lot of peer reviewing but all of the assignments were unique and fun.

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In this class you're gonna have about 8 discussion posts, a google slide presentation, and 3 exams. The discussion posts are very quick and easy, it takes maybe two hours to do a full weeks worth of work. Look up the exam answers on google, online textbook is completely useless. He also lets you review movies for extra credit, but you wont need it

I had him for an online course. Liked his class & how he graded. Never had a problem with him. Easy course for the most part.

Professor Ball is a grade A teacher, meaning he'll help you get an A if you really want it. Everything is laid out pretty well, you just have to do the work or do the extra credit to make up for it. He seems to understand and enjoy what he teaches which is always helpful when dealing with professors.

Awesome class!! Does require a lot of reading especially for the discussions, but if you just do the work, you will succeed. He is pretty lenient and fair. Responds back very quickly and will answer any questions you have. Caring and respectful, very helpful if needed. He enjoys what he teaches and wants you to enjoy it as well! Great professor!

Professor Ball is very passionate and knowledgeable about the subject he teaches. Just make sure to really look at the instructions clearly for each assignment and please use ALL the resources that he provides or suggests.

It's been a long time. I took this professor in Spring 2022, and he was a pretty chill and respected professor, assignments were long, but I learned a lot in the 8-week online course.

This was a really easy course, I put in about three hours a week and finished a week early too. He will give feedback on the essay and if you make corrections to what he said it will definitely help bump your grade up. I even looked for him for my other history class, I loved him so much.

I really enjoyed this class, if you read and work hard he is very understanding. I had a family emergency at the end so my quality of work suffered a little. I let him know and he was understanding.

He is a very sweet professor, very fast with responses, and lets you redo your homework! I loved his weekly update videos his class was pretty easy and I wish more professors were like him.

cool dude he was nice he taught well