4.1
Quality2.9
Difficulty72%
Would Retake103
Reviews72%
Would Retake
103
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Rating DistributionOfficial
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What Students Say
“Took the youtube online connevtions class”
IDS2891 - 4.0 rating“There is lots of writing assignments and 16 exams”
MMC2000 - 3.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
73%
Textbook Required
36%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.49 avg changeRatings by Course
2000
5.0
(1)READING
5.0
(1)FILMENGLISH
5.0
(1)FRESHENG12
5.0
(1)ENGLISH2
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
SLS1501
4.0
REA0020
4.0
MMC2000HYBRID
4.0
MMC1000
3.7
MMC2100C
3.7
Reviews (103)
Great teacher!!!!!!!!!!!
hes a great guy and not too stiff. he makes things easy to understand and farily enjoyable.
Great professor, easy classes and works hard to help you pass. Take him 100%.
He is a wonderful teacher, he is willing to help his students....
Dr.Gaspar is very helpful, he cares about his students, especially when they move on.
Excellent teacher who knows his stuff. Good personality too.
i have never seen proffesor like him. he so helpfull!!!
hands down the best teacher you will every have.
Very clear and methodical in his teaching. Watched videos relating to the materials. Helpful info that will help me throughout the years. Extremely nice guy and always willing to help.
understandable teacher , helpfull, and easy to get along with and understand
Keep up the good work
Dr. Gaspar is a nice person. He has a great personality but the problem is he never teaches. When I was in his REA 0001 class, that is college Prep Reading, he really didn't care about his students at all.Like basically you had to teach yourself. Worse yet, when we had exams, he didn't even show up to give us the exam, instead he sent someone else.
Great Professor! I highly recommend him, he is worth every penny!
Great Professor. Easy to follow. Requires a lot of homework, but reviews it in class. Anyone who pays attention will actually learn something!
Dr.Gaspar is a nice person but he is extremely fast of what he is talking about.You would have to go to his office to do one on one tutoring and he is never there. I would not recommend this teacher you would be in misary.He is a nice guy but he expects you to complete the whole book and do work online and if you dont done you fail.
I don't know if it was because I took the class online but this professor NEVER teach. I'm sure he is a nice person but he shouldn't be teaching an online class because apparently he doesn't have time to get involved. He doesn't grade papers or answer questions on time. We had to read 3 novels and wrote 4 essays!!!!! that was too much. Y
I took this class online, and the teacher took forever to grade the papers, didnt give good feedback. He was not helpfull when i needed help. We had to read 3 books and write 4 essays. the essays werent the problem, it was the whole having to pretty much teach myself.
as long as you pay attention to his syllabus you will do great!!
I took this class online.Feedback was clear and easy to follow. There is a lot of information to cover, but the handouts and flow of the class are great. Too many students think the will not have to work hard online. This class is no exception.
Cool Teacher. Very laid back. Offered lots of extra credit opportunities. Do your homework,put an effort into your assignments, and you will do well. I got an A
Easy class, but he didn't teach AT ALL. I'm a journalism major, so I was extremely disappointed with his performance.
GREAT TEACHER! Taught me a lot about writing for publication. Presents a variety of materials to help you get started in publishing. Also, always available in his office. Cool guy!
Class involves lots of online work, but Professor Gaspar presents the main points pretty clearly. A good amount of outside work, but very interesting class with worthwhile activities. Also provides opportunities to get involved in student clubs and activities. Best teacher I had at HCC so far.
Easily the best professor at HCC! Dr. Gaspar's class is interesting and fun to attend. Course work is four writing assignments, 2 AP style quizes, and one blog a week. Communications majors transferring to USF Mass Comm, know that the EDT test you take there has information that ISN'T covered at all in this class.
Dr. Gaspar is very helpful, interesting class.
Cool class. Lots of work, but you can resubmit until you get an "A". Good practical journalism experience and we had the opportunity to travel.
He is really helpful. He gives you a lot of opportunities for extra credit and to improve your grade. He is a great teacher!
I took Dr. Gaspar for Intro to Mass Comm, Writing for Mass Comm and even Freshman English. He is a good professor, goes into depth about his subjects. He is also very helpful and is willing to help you in finding internships, good sources for assignments etc.
This class is very fast pace. I don't recommend to anyone who doesn't like to read or is self-motivated
Easily one of the worst teachers i have had at HCC. Taking this class entirely turned me off from majoring in Mass Communications, which had been my dream for quite some time. He missed class more than anyone else it seemed and I literally didn't learn anything useful. Perhaps this was because it was half online half in class. Do not take.
Dr. Gaspar was a cool professor. Class was half online, but he covers the material in class as well. He also provides info on interning in mass media.
This professor is engaging. You can tell he studies a lot in his personal time. He is so funny. I am not a mass communication major but it didn't matter, I learned a lot. Great class. Awesome classroom and lab!
Dr. Gaspar is a great professor. I took him for English and Mass Comm. Awesome!
Dr. Gaspar is a great choice for a professor.
I made an A in this class, but there were lots of assignments. Definitely learned a lot, but would recommend to take this class with a lighter load if you want an A. Don't need to buy the textbook, but the $12 AP Style book is worth it if you are going into Mass Comm. I really learned a lot in this class. Very nice professor.
Took the YouTube connections class, super easy! You just have to do the homework!
I took his online class, and if you were interested in Mass Communications be ready to be turned off. He is a tough grader and expects everything to be turned in 72 hours before the due date. There is lots of writing assignments and 16 exams. I would not recommend taking this course online.
This class shouldn't be taken online, I really wished it was offered on campus. Especially considering it's an Intro Class. I didn't really get a good feel of the subject or was able to engage with others. Very strict and structured. The textbook is a joke........
Dr. Gaspar is inspiring! He is an excellent role model. I had bad study habits in high school. After taking his class, I want to be a better student in college. Professional, personable, take his class!
Amazing! Take him, very organized professor.
Dr. Gaspar uses great resources. I learned a lot this semester.
He gave some chances for EX Credit. I believe this what passed me cuz I messed up some at first. He is a very fair man. I learn so much for being an adult. You will be bless to take his class.
Great teacher, strict with turning in your homework on time, I have a bit of hard time with my tests, you have to read long chapters and have to do very specific tests after. But I do like the class and working with Dr. Gaspar.
He knows journalism well. I learned a lot in this class.
Best class I have ever taken at HCC. Professor Gaspar is very helpful and accessible.
Awesome person.
Very cool!
Great experience! Join Hawk Media Club.
Dr. Gaspar was great to learn from this semester. Great class!
Took the youtube online connevtions class. The best choice. You have to record 5 videos of you talking for a minute in each and post them to youtube and class discussions. If not comfortable with that, then do not take this class. Easy grader as long as you do the work. takes points off if you dont reply to discussions. Fun 5 week class no book
Does not actually teach or explains things properly. Do not take course if you want to learn how to write AP style he will direct you to an online website to learn it. He misses several days of classes and spends lectures playing old fashioned irrelevant videos awful experience.
Professor Gaspar is a great role model to his students. I started at UCF and then transferred to HCC for general education credits. I was not expecting for his classes to be engaging and they were, but I learned a lot from his assignments and projects. I am leaving for UCF again tomorrow and I just wanted to recommend him, he put me back on track!
Dr. Gaspar has a great online class. He is really cool when I called him about some problems. He was very nice!
Dr. Gaspar is a great professor. This was my first online class and I could not believe how many great resources his class offered. If you are a good English student, I would take him. The only surprise was the students who always complained about something--on discussion boards! Have some class and do your work people.
I just received my grade and I was not surprised to make an A in this class. It is efficient when you know what is going on with your assignments each week. Dr. Gaspar gives good feedback and I learned a lot of new skills. He uses cool resources and you will learn a lot. I cannot wait to be a journalist. Great class. I enjoyed his class.
Scattered unorganized takes months to grade papers, misses several days of class. Barely teaches and makes you go online to learn everything. Does not make grading criteria clear.
Dr. Gaspar has an interesting and engaging style of teaching. I am an inspiring journalist. I highly recommend. Excellent!
Dr. Gaspar is excellent! You will appreciate having a professor that actually knows the craft!
Dr. Gaspar loves teaching and it shows. Enthusiastic, intelligent, and gives excellent lectures. I learned a lot from his class. Take him!
Very cool Professor! I took him for several classes and ended up joining Hawk Media Club. I was able to publish stories in the school paper and learn so much from him. He takes time to mentor you and I really lucked-out. Great personality, engaging and professional. He is a solid choice to take at HCC.
Dr. Gaspar was a solid choice for MMC. I learned a lot and was able to meet with him during office hours. Take!
Dr. Gaspars IDS class isnt very difficult. If you put in the work, youll easily pass.
He was the best professor to taken online out of the four classes I took this summer. Super uber easy class online. Just do your discussions which were super easy and you'll be set for the quizzes. Use quizlet, it will be your best friend I promise.
I took this class online and although Mass Communication is no longer my major, the class was not hard. Professor Gaspar responds quickly to any questions or concerns and has a clear grading system. Just do the work and you will pass the class.
Dr. Gaspar is incredible! I was blown away at how much I learned in such a short time. I recommend you join Hawk Media, the best club on campus. Fun, interesting, you will learn so much. Take.
Dr. Gaspars online class is very organized and manageable. Great Professor! I learned a lot, if was my first online class. I highly recommend him.
Such an amazing professor. I took IDS online with the YouTube concentration and it was one of my favorite classes ever. Highly recommend. Show effort, and you'll pass. He's more interested in you actually learning than anything else. Highly recommend professor Gaspar.
This class was not too difficult, there were 16 quizzes where most if not all the answers are in the textbook, 5 discussion boards that have to be at least 250 words or more along with 3 responses to classmates on separate days, a 1,200 to 1,500 word MLA essay where you pick between two topics, and a video writing assignment. Easy grader!
This class was more time consuming than hard. They're numerous small writing assignments that are pretty easy along with 5 fun projects and 4 story essays that only have to be 450 words or more in AP format. The lectures were interesting, and there were 2 AP exams and 2 Textbook exams, both were very easy. The professor is an easy grader! take him
I've emailed him three times to upgrade my grades to reflect that I did the assignments. I sent him the requested screenshots as proof from LitWeb and he still hasn't updated the grades. He's not very clear what he expects from you and he makes up grading criteria off the top of his head.
Shout out to Gaspar for helping me realise that I'm too thick for college and trying to come back after 3 years of no education was a waste of my time and money. Too hard for me. Found the readings too difficult to digest. Thankful for introducing me to a classic though. That was cool. Couldn't complete an outline for my life so I learned that.
Its been three years since I took this class, but Im still dealing with the consequences of how mediocre it was. Sure, hes a cool dude and he knows his stuff, but between his absences and the lack of feedback I was thrown without a parachute into my current journalism program. I didnt even know AP style but somehow I still got an A.
Dr. Gaspar is excellent. He will teach you everything you need to move ahead in journalism. Engaging and professional.
I thought I wanted to have Mass Communications as my backup career, but Dr. Gaspar definitely made me rethink my choice. Be ready to sit for long amounts of time, read, take notes, and be ready to work. He has 3 HUGE writing assignments that are 400 total points of your grade. I struggled hard with this course & don't recommend it.
Dr. Gaspar is a brilliant professor and I would highly recommend. He is very helpful. The material is engaging. He has a great club, Hawk Media. I recommend joiing it. Through his connections, I was hired when I graduated and will now move on to USF.
Dr. Gaspar was always available to speak with and give guidance. Great choice!
Really enjoyed his class. He's accessible outside of class and answers emails pretty quickly. As long as you do all the assignments by the due dates and ask questions you will easily pass.
Dr. Gaspar was excellent at teaching Mass Comm. online class. I recommend him completely. He is very patient and will work with you to be successful. Great choice.
This class has few assignments but boy are they lengthy! All of the assignments weigh heavy on your grade so be careful about due dates. He takes days to respond to emails sometimes and does not explain directions when you ask. Take class at your own risk!
Dr. Gaspar's online class was great. I learned everything I needed to go to USF. I recommend!
Professor. Gaspar did strike me to be rude. As one incident occurred where I have an excused absence due to a religious holiday. Prof. Gaspar completely rejected me, said I get no extra time, and said my grade will be a zero if I don't turn it in. In the HCC handbook, religious holidays are excused however he did not follow this rule.
He only had one paper, but there were 4 assignments for the one paper, and each took at least an hour each and was only worth 50 points. He takes forever to grade anything and when he does, he grades it different than the rubric says. He doesn't give clear instructions. He is adamant about NO late work no matter the reason. lots of reading + essays
Dr. Gaspar is a class act. I read some of the other comments and cannot believe it. He is so respectful and intelligent. If you do the work, you will make excellent grades. He was always available to help me before and after class. I loved his class!
Mr Gasper wasn't a terrible teacher, but it was impossible to communicate with him. I was having trouble submitting an assignment that was worth a lot of points, so I messaged him asking if I could email it to him, he said that it was fine which I did appreciate. the assignment was never graded DESPITE reaching out for two months. I don't recommend
Dr. Gaspar was a perfect for me and I highly recommend his class!
Overall, the class did feel a little meandering to a degree of pointlessness, but it wasn't bad. If you hate writing for the love of God don't take this class....at least one written assignment each week will, in fact, be the death of you.
Great professor!!!
Assignments are simple and straightforward, does not assign a lot of work so do what's assigned to the best of your ability and you will be pleased with the result. Not lenient with deadlines so make time to get your work done without procrastinating. OVERALL awesome readings and experience. 10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
I would recommend this professor, I have always struggled in english but I enjoyed his class. The only way to fail is by not completing your assignments. You can literally do all assignments and skip out on the final essay and still pass the class. Pretty straightforward instructions and grading criteria
Do not take this professor for any course. He has a high rating, and that is why I signed up for his online class. He assigned so much writing and a crazy amount of discussions. The instructions are not clear. Do yourself a favor and don't take his classes.
I needed this course for my degree and I would not recommend for anyone to take this course. Too much work, no time, exams every other day and work is due everyday. I've taken online courses before but it has never been this much.We have a essay in this class and the way he grades is like we're in a English class.
Dr. Gaspar is amazing! I can't believe some of the comments students leave. Do your work and stop complaining, please. I would retake him for an subject.
His class was so ezy. We had to listened to a podcast and do an assignment each Wednesday about it (podcast was actually interesting). We read Frankenstein and some other book. We had like 4 discussions posts in total. Make sure to read the rubric!!! I do everything last minute and I get everything turned in on time easy. coming from a Highschooler
The skills learned in Magazine Writing and Design can be applied to everything from designing a resume to publishing your own book. Dr. Gaspar is extremely helpful and tailors the course to who is in his class by incorporating their various interests on why they took his course. He is very knowledgeable about the latest technology and how to use it
Prof Gaspar's class was actually fun! Some work was in the Serial podcast and reading Frankenstein + The War of worlds. The essay written at the end is heavily influenced by these. I'm a DE student , this was my first ever DE class, and this was light work for me. I only finished with a C because I forgot to submit the final essay.
Class was easy. Course material is heavily outdated, using references from early 2000's to 2010's. Class material needs an update, this course is a waste of time and money and adds no value to the student.
Professor is very lenient with work and offers lots of extra credit opportunities to improve your grade. Would recommend taking him as his course contains actually entertaining stories and multiple ways of learning: podcasts, videos, and pdf books.
Professor Gaspar's class was challenging but rewarding. The workload was heavy, but unstuck study and the textbook were invaluable study aids. Attend class, engage with the material, and you'll learn a lot.
This class was hard! I'm not sure if it is because I signed up for a shortened class, but we had at least 2 papers due each week! Overall, however, he was a very fair grader. Only downside was that it was difficult to get in contact with him.
WARNING: Do not take his 6 week condensed Online Summer Course. I dropped from the class before the deadline. Workload would've been inhumane; you'd need to use the help of AI like Unstuck for every single assignment to keep up. Around 3 papers per week. He may be a good in person teacher, but his online Summer Course would be hard.
WARNING: Do not take his 6 week condensed Online Summer Class. I dropped before the deadline. Workload would've been inhumane, you'd need to use help from AI like Unstuck for every single assignment to keep up. Around 3 papers per week plus the reading required for it. He may be a good in person teacher, but his summer course would be hard.
He's decent. The class is pretty interesting, but he is a slow grader, and even slower responder. Don't expect him to own either of those issues either. He does seem to know what he's doing once you finally get him to show up. I wouldn't pick him again because responsiveness is important to me. Other than that, great course material.
Dr. Gaspar was very accomodating. I have a lot of disabilite and he was caring and help me learn.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
73%
Textbook Required
36%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.49 avg changeRatings by Course
2000
5.0
(1)READING
5.0
(1)FILMENGLISH
5.0
(1)FRESHENG12
5.0
(1)ENGLISH2
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
SLS1501
4.0
REA0020
4.0
MMC2000HYBRID
4.0
MMC1000
3.7
MMC2100C
3.7