4.6
Quality2.4
Difficulty94%
Would Retake102
Reviews94%
Would Retake
102
Reviews
Rating DistributionOfficial
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What Students Say
“She is very nice and helpful”
COSC1301 - 5.0 rating“All classwork was open all semester but with due dates”
ITSC1305 - 5.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
65%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.30 avg changeRatings by Course
1301
5.0
(1)1401
5.0
(1)COMPUTERSCIENC
5.0
(1)CPMT1403
5.0
(18)ITNW1309
5.0
(13)Difficulty by Course
COMPUTERSCIENC
4.0
ITSC1305
3.1
COSC
3.0
CPMT1403
2.9
ITSC1425
2.6
Reviews (102)
This is an easy A but I learned nothing. She was learning the material with us so forget asking her questions. She would just ask other students that knew more than her. But she is very nice and her heart is in the right place.
I learned a lot in Mrs. Merchant's class. I did not know a lot about computers like some others in the class did. She was always willing and available to give me extra help. She never made feel dumb because I didn't understand.
Mrs. Merchant was the most caring teacher I have ever had. She would spend extra time working with me. I'm a single mom and she made me feel like I could accomplish anything. I really enjoyed her class.
I took this as a summer class, so I had to really work to keep up. Mrs. Merchant is a great teacher. She was always available to help.
She is amazing and helps you with anything and everything, even on tests! She explains plenty and even sends you notes over the test in email.
Mrs. Merchant is an excellent teacher. She explains everything and helps you so you don't get behind. I wish she taught all my classes.
Mrs. Merchant is an awesome teacher! I learned so much from her. I wish she taught other courses because I would definitely sign up for another class with her.
Mrs. Merchant is the best teacher I ever had. She truly cared about us and got to know us personally. She's a little lady with a big heart. Thanks Mrs. Merchant for a great class.
Mrs. Merchant is a really good teacher. This class was Easy and she is really helpful and clear the way she teaches. It is hard not to pass her class. If I had to take another class like this I would take her because I know I am going to pass. If your not much of a computer person- its o.k. she make it fun and EASY
She is great teacher, very helpfull and good personalty, she is the best teacher the Tccd.
Great teacher! I really looked forward to coming to her class each day. I did not know anything about computers but she kept telling me I could do it. By the end of the semester I was doing it. Thanks Mrs.M&M!
I had heard many great things about you before I took your class. They were all true and more. Thanks for a great semester.
I was so scared of computers that I wanted to drop the first week. Mrs. Merchant convinced me to stay and I'm glad I did. She is so caring and helpful. I would definitely take another class with her.
easy freaking teacher, thats all you need to know
Your class was my favorite this semester. Thank you for everything Mrs Merchant.
Awesome professor!!! Cares about her student and the course. She wants you to succeed in college. I went in knowing nothing about computers and she taught me a lot. Take her you won't regret it!!!!
Thanks Mrs. Merchant for sticking by me through this class. I wouldn't have made it without you.
This was my first college class. Mrs. Merchant was very kind and helpful and fun. She likes M&Ms tpp.
awsome!!!!
The only problem with this class is. If you aren't fast with computers and following her you will get lost! I watched a lot of the older generation struggle tremendously in this class cause they couldn't keep up! But it was perfect for me.
Mrs. Merchant is a really good teacher. I would recommend this class to someone that knows very little about computers or to someone who wants an easy class. You learn a lot and if you show interest she will go the extra mile for you. I would not buy the text book though, get the code for SAM and you should be fine.
I came back to school after 20 years of being out. Mrs. Merchant gave up her lunch time to help me after class. She really wants you to make it. Be sure and come to class everyday and take good notes.
I love this class, its absolutely perfect if you are already basic computer savvy. Now if you're not, be prepared to go huh throughout the whole semester. My class has people who are past the age of 30 and they are struggling badly. Professor Merchant often has to stop teaching us how to do something in order to help them. But I love her class!!
Great teacher! She breaks down the topic down so you can understand it. Very helpful. Take her and you'll learn a lot.
She is amazing with lecture and helpful with everything you ask. Take her !!!!
Best teacher I've had here.
I love Mrs. Merchant. She is so helpful. She cares about us and wants us to do good. She also brings us candy!
She is very helpful and amazing explanation.
Mrs. Merchant is very nice and jokes around. She misses a lot of class though. Would normally have to go only once a week cause she would cancel class regularly. Her test are open book and labs are easy as well. Wish we could have spent more time learning instead of always playing catch for all the days she missed. But if you want a easy A , take.
Take her. She will go the extra mile for you if you do the work.
She was very nice. We got to do a lot of hands-in stuff which I like. Lots of information to learn.
I know nothing about computer. Mrs. Merchant help me many times. now i can do it by myself.
Took her during summer. Pace was fast but she was always willing to help if you got stuck. She is strict on deadlines so keep up. I would definitely take her again for another course.
You can tell she loves what she does. Fun class but keep up with your work. She does not take late work or extra credit,
If you complete all your assignments and study for tests, you'll get an easy A.
Mrs. Merchant is a great teacher. She walks you through everything step by step. Would definitely take her again
Great teacher. Turn in work before deadlines because she won't accept late work. Doesnt give extra credit either but keep up with assignments and you will do fine.
Very clear grading expectations. Speaks to the class at the level of the course (which mine was a beginner course). Overall great at explaining and using analogies to understand the concepts better. Would definitely recommend and taker her again.
Really easy and fun class.
She's a great professor!
The best teacher ever! She is so sweet, fun and easy class! And I learned a lot!
She is very nice and helpful. Would definitely recommend her.
If she sees you working hard, she is very willing to help you. Would definitely recommend her.
She is very helpful and kind.
She is very sweet and cares about every student. She likes hard work and will help those who really try. Definitely would recommend her as she is one of my favorite professors.
Great teacher. This was an online class, but she kept in touch and answered questions quickly.
All classwork was open all semester but with due dates. It allowed me to work ahead so when work was busy I didn't get behind.
This was an online class. She was very positive and encouraging. Stay ahead of due dates.
Best professor ever. She's super positive, supportive, and answers emails quickly.
I took her online ITSC 1305 class. She was very helpful and understanding when the software didn't work. Several times I got frustrated and wanted to quit. Mrs. Merchant helped me keep going.
Mrs. Merchant is straightforward, but fun. Gives lots of assignments to get practice but if you keep up it is not hard.
I took her class online, she has a very clear grading structure and plenty of time to finish assignments. She is very supportive and cares about her students, just stay ahead of the assignment due dates and it's an easy A! Highly recommend her for ITSC-1305 online
Online class, uses Cengage. Lots of online computer labs but they are not hard. Professor is somewhat unorganized but posts reminders frequently. Pretty easy A.
Just terrible. Syllabus uploaded 6 weeks into class, unorganized, and added "something new" quizzes the 5th week of class on top of the TestOut homework and quizzes already assigned. She doesn't transfer your points from TestOut to Blackboard to see what your points are for the first 6 weeks of the course minimum. DON'T TAKE HER CLASS.
I totally disagree with the previous post. I took this class this semester. Mrs. Merchant was great! Class was more difficult than I first thought, but not impossible. Work was steady, but had plenty of time to complete it.
proffesor merchant is awesome participation matters get involved and attend class easiest A you can earn.
Prof Merchant was an excellent teacher. She did have some technical issues with Testout, but she kept everyone informed and even moved the due dates to the end of the semester to accommodate for the technical issues. The final was 1 question and incredibly easy! Overall great professor and a great class. I highly recommend her!
Mrs. Merchant is such a sweet heart. She made me exempt from the final one semester because I couldnt make it the day of as I had some life issues going on. She super helpful sweet and caring. Take her if you can.
Professor Merchant is incredible. When we went online, I was nervous. I like going to a real class and had never done online. She emailed or texted me every day to see how I was doing. Very caring teacher. Would highly recommend her.
Hands down best class I have ever taken. Professor Merchant is the sweetest teacher and everything was given upfront. Do the work you can finish early and she very understanding if more time is needed on an assignment. laid back but still cares overall.
Great and caring prof. Been taking online due to Covid. Im not a huge fan of TestOut, the program she uses, but its manageable. Sometimes it doesnt give you the info needed to due the labs but people have uploaded how to do them on youtube. Id only do this class if you plan on doing something involving computers. Otherwise, pass.
Took her for PC Operating Systems class. Nice Prof. Would definitely recommend..
Professor Merchant is a very nice, caring person. She was very generous with the amount of work and due dates. She is rather unorganized and was often a bit late posting / grading assignments - had a lot of difficulty w the online stuff. The entire online course was taught by software (TestOut), unfortunately, she did not do ANY teaching herself.
She knows what shes doing! Amazing professor always willing to help you out and understands everyone has struggles especially during this time! Would 10/10 recommend this professor! Very straightforward and easy to understand makes learning fun!
Clear expectations. She wants you to know your stuff so she focuses on practical aspects of lessons. You are assigned lot of lab work that helps you with that. Would definitely take her again.
I had Mrs. Merchant for my hardware class. Loved her! I'm taking her PC Operating Systems class next semester. Both classes use same book so I save myself some $$$. Definitely would recommend her.
This is the easiest class I've ever taken. There are 4 exams in total, no final. 3-4 assignment each weeks, multiple chances to get a 100 on all of them. She is very generous and understanding with due date, she expands due dates if you have problems with Simnets. Unfortunately this is a course which you teach yourself, she didn't do any teachings.
This class was very easy. The only issue I had with this professor is that she doesn't reply to your emails until 4-10 days have happened. She as a professor was not there to teach us throughout the whole semester.
Super easy class but you're on your own. Zero videos and doesn't always answer questions on discussion board despite being its purpose. Takes 5+ days to answer emails (if at all). However, she has been in-n-out of the hospital all semester. Lots of projects and chapters but infinite tries until due date. No exams. Seems to struggle with Canvas
I have took online classes before, I have never had this much issue with an online class. She never responds to emails and you basically have to teach your self. I would not take this class with her again. The content in the course was not difficult it was just a lot.
Mrs Merchant was in the hospital and tried to keep the class going as best as she could under the circumstances.
I am really enjoy Mrs.Merchant's class this semester. She give you study guide for the tests. I am brand new to computers and she is very helpful.
Great teacher! Take her for CPMT 1403.
I liked this prof a lot. Lab-a-longs and study guides were very helpful.
This professor was great! Communication was on point and she will help as much as possible. Clear instructions and made the class fun. 100% would take another class with her as the teacher.
I was worried about this class as I am not great with computers but not only learned a lot, but enjoyed this class! The concepts were well explained and I felt very prepared for each Lab and Lecture Test.
Having hands on and informative videos and materials helped expand my knowledge of computers. A very knowledgable and reassuring figure, I would take Proffesor Merchants course again.
I enjoyed this class. Professor was informative and helpful, would take her again if she taught a future course.
This is a really good course for learning hardware and software. Professor Merchant is really good as well.
Professor Merchant is very kind and caring. I felt very prepared for the tests and her lab-a-longs were very helpful.
a lot of the material was visual so that helps a ton for visual learners like me. her descriptions about terms and items were very clear during her lectures!!
Professor Merchant is a great teacher. Her communication is great. If you make a mistake, you teaches you and mentors you to learn from it. Her communication is on point and always has humor as in addition to clear instruction. She is also very accessible with the remind app, email etc.. I highly recommend Professor Merchant.
Adored this class, and ACTUALLY learned from it - It's as if she's adjusted regular learning into entertainment. Most important, there are many tests/quizzes to solidify the unit's lessons, and getting there on time is crucial to understanding the daily tasks, most of the lecture time was silent assignments. She's great, I highly recommend her!
Mrs. Merchant is very encouraging and she build my confidence.
Mrs. Merchant was prepared for class, never wasted our time. She was encouraging, uplifting and inspiring us to strive to achieve more in the IT field
I think this was a fantastic class and I would love to have this professor a third time.
Her teaching style was interactive but still gave us grace for mistakes. Would highly recommend this class with this instructor
I liked how how informative and knowledgeable Miss Merchant is and how precise she is in wanting you to learn the material to the dot where its impossible for you to say its never on there all is taught and given well mannered and precise and clear.
The videos that went along with the labs were very helpful, and helped me understand the material way better. Amazing class! Loved the positive environment Ms. Merchant created, and I really learned a lot.
I like how Professor Merchant explains the slides and videos with additional feedback. Great experience!
Professor Merchant was wonderful. The course load was well balanced, and she provided adequate study material for all tests. I had asked her for recommendations on any additional books in regards to the class content and she was very helpful. She wants to see you succeed. I would definitely take a class she teaches again.
I was really struggling because of job and I have young children. Mrs. Merchant talk with me and really listened. I made choice to unenroll class and wait until summer when I have more time and assistance.
Mrs. Merchant broke down many complex materials to being super easier to grasp. Good reviews, games, and very clear explainations.She has a very creative way to learn stuff.
I told Professor Merchant that I love the way she makes our lecture so easy to understand, she goes straight to the point without making it longer than it should be. Her classes are really easy to remember by how organized she is. If I see more courses led by her, I will sign up for sure.
Mrs. Merchant was straight forward with the content and taught everything we needed to know. I passed my first cloud certification after her class.
Definitely the best computer science course I've taken at TCC. I feel like I learned twice as much in Mrs. Merchant's class in half the time compared to the other CS courses offered at this college.
Absolute gem of a teacher. Uses all the proper channels to somehow teach really well despite not being very difficult. Only complaint was that her use of canvas was a bit wonky, but it was well worth that little inconvenience for one of the best classes I've had so far.
I've taken two classes with Mrs Merchant. She really cares about you and will help in any way she can.
It was impossible NOT to learn in this course thanks to the attention to detail, fantastic lessons that were outlined in an easy to understand manner and uplifting communication style. I hope I get the opportunity to take more classes with her.
Great class and amazing teacher, the work helps retain the material.
Having CompTIA (the industry standard) was very beneficial. The instructor maintained a very positive learning environment. Very good class.
Professor Merchant utilizes Canvas and instruction incredibly well. She is easy to understand and you do not feel intimidated to ask questions.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
65%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.30 avg changeRatings by Course
1301
5.0
(1)1401
5.0
(1)COMPUTERSCIENC
5.0
(1)CPMT1403
5.0
(18)ITNW1309
5.0
(13)Difficulty by Course
COMPUTERSCIENC
4.0
ITSC1305
3.1
COSC
3.0
CPMT1403
2.9
ITSC1425
2.6