This guy is SO SO SO easy. He thinks we're still in kindergarden. I suggest this teacher. Easy, Easy, Easy.

The (only) Comp.Sci. teacher is good to work with, helpful lectures, appropriate prog. assigns/labs. Curves and has multi-part (scan/short/prog) exams. Pretty easy if you're serious about CS. Personality OK if a bit picky over things like style,PC use,foo

I think that this teacher was great. He was very nice and very helpful. He was the only teacher in CLC that i enjoyed. In addition, he is not a very hard grader as long as you do what you're supposed to.

This guy is an easy professor. He's more than fair on his grading and his material is pretty clear. Our class got to use a note card on each exam, and the homework and projects were a breeze. Just another math class...learn the stuff and plug in numbers.

A nice, funny layed back teacher!

He was a great teacher. He really helps you pass the class, if you show him you really can do it!

Mr. Reed is an excellent teacher. You will have no problem passing his class, just show up and do as he ask and you should have no problems. grading is light and wants his student to pass. If you fail this class it's because YOU wanted to. Take this class and you are guaranteed to pass plus he takes his time to explain the material. Great instructo

This guy is easy. when people complain they didn't put forth the effort. He made himself avali. PLUS the math center was there for added help. Easy, easy class. I haven't had algebra in 12 years. I was able to understand AND PASS! good teacher.

Good teacher. Easy to pass as long as you come to the class and do the hw.

Took this as a summer accelerated online class. He answered questions and was a little slow to get exams back but I got an A and he was helpful clarifying problems. You need to dicipline yourself with these classes and the online Mathlab is invaluable. Great learning tool!

He is a good guy.Yes,don't expect to learn a lot in his class but it's not a big deal if math is not your priority.You can negotiate with him a lot,easy grader,curves everything.And willing to help you.However,very slow in grading tests and projects

He is a very nice guy! Very easy grader, curves the grades a lot ! He wants you to have a good grade! Although do not expect to learn a whole lot!

Good algebra morning!

Uses Blackboard for communication.

I actually got a B in math for the first time in my life. Mr. Reed was super helpful and easy. He grades on a curve so your pretty much guaranteed to pass.

good instructor!

Took for online math 108. easy deadlines, easy tests if you do the homework. Very friendly. The math projects sounded dumb at first, but actually made the class less monotonous.

Very Helpful and Funny ;) I wish I could have him like Teacher for all my Classes

Wonderful teacher. He is so understanding and willing to work with you. I would take him again.

GREAT!!! :)

Mr. Reed explains the math so that it is easy to understand. Class participation helps the learning environment.

Mr. Reed is not as funny as he thinks he is but he is a good teacher. The class is a good class of students who want to learn.

It was my first online course. I was scared, but Mr. Reed made it easy! He is always willing to answer questions and help you understand the material. He's also patient with a student who emails too much (me). Highly recommend. Good quality and exams aren't too hard if you prepare.

Summer math online is extremely fast paced- LOTS of homework! Don't think you're taking the easy way out. You really are your own teacher (although website animations and videos can be very helpful). Mr. Reed is really understanding when it comes to grading. Exams can be difficult and count towards 65% of your grade, but often have a huge curve.

pretty good teacher. very helpful and great at teaching and driving points home.

Class was easy. Mr. Reed was a very nice teacher and cracked a lot of jokes(none of which were funny at all) but he's cool. He didn't require attendence but he had in class labs that worth a small percent of your grade. His tests were straight forward and pretty simple. I would recommend Mr. Reed to any student who wants to learn java.

Scott is a very nice fellow, and knows a lot about Java. Sadly, I did not find the lectures or the labs to be very helpful to learn this material. My failing grade in MCS-142 was all I needed to determine that computer science is not a good subject to major in, even if I want to keep learning Java on my own. Exams are open book, but not easy.

"Good algebra morning!" Mr. Reed is fabulous! Always upbeat and positive. Very clear in class. Always helpful. Algebra is so easy with him!

First let me congratulate you on doing something no teacher has been able to do before. I have had several algebra teachers and in each class I either fell asleep or did my best to simply loose myself in other thoughts. You however make a subject that for me seemed like a plague actually interesting and a class engaging.

I had Mr. Reed for mcs141 and mcs142. I transferred to NIU and felt prepared for CS classes. I have used a lot of the CS stuff so far, like data structures. Mr. Reed did great for my NIU transfer.

He's funny when it comes to math. He's willing to help you out if your stuck on a problem

He's very easy and friendly :). His class is easy and trust me he'll help you out.

Makes class interesting. Helps when a student asks during or after class. Will go over previous day assignment if anyone has a question on something, but still manages to maintain daily schedule.

Professor Reed is a great teacher if you are willing to pay attention and learn in class. His Stats class that was half in class and half online was easy, I did not like the concept but it worked out well. He cracks some funny jokes as well.

His online class is awesome (if know what you are doing). Class is best fit for students that are familiar with the criteria. However, if you dont know what you doing, take this class on campus. If you don't know what you are doing and still choose to take the class expect a lot of reading, in this case it would be smart to take it on campus.

He is a very good teacher! he assigns daily homework and will go over everything and anything you ask. He's also hilarious. Makes stats fun and doable with his teaching. As long as you do homework you will pass the tests.

I loved him. would def take him again.

Mr. Reed keeps it real with you if you keep it real with him, I had a lot of questions and he was willing to see me during office hours to talk about them. He's easy to talk too and fair. I took his class online but needed to go in to school a lot to get extra help and better understanding. Personally I would recommend a face to face class.

I took Mr. Reed's 102 online. He is responds very quickly to questions and gives clear and helpful answers. If each chapter's homework is done on time, you are given the option to do more practice for extra credit. As long as you keep up with the work, an A or B is easy to earn.

Mr. Reed is a great teacher! He is very easy going. You will always have homework but it helps with the quizzes and tests. I would definitely take him again.

He's a great teacher! TAKE HIS CLASS. YOULL LOVE HIM!

This professor is VERY helpful in and out of class. There is homework almost every night but sometimes there is no homework. You have to pay attention or you won't know what to do.

Highly recommend. Explains the material in easily understand ways, provides opportunities for extra credit, good class learning community.

It is a stats class and very calculator heavy. You need it to do mean and standard deviation, i.e. 1varStat. And for hypothesis tests to calculate the p-value. And also for linear regression, LinReg.

Wonderful thank you! I will be doing CS at UIS this upcoming spring :D

I wanted to take the time to tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed your class and liked the way you kept it very lighthearted and interesting as well. It is not too often you have a professor that keeps class fun and you can also learn a ton. I learned a lot! Thank you,

If you want to meet in person then he was available to discuss homework and grade. Thank you for all your works and appreciate it!

Very accommodating the distance. I'm registering for 4 CS classes at UIS next semester. I do all the work and exams in the exact same way I would if I was in f2f class. I will leave a good reputation for CLC and the CS program.

The PowerPoints provided for teaching during the semester and for the time and effort provided were helpful. I consider to have learned much during this summer semester.

heads up about the time commitment. Although I am involved in some extracurriculars, I think it is something that you will spend time in class, especially considering the fact that you write programs!

Attendance is only mandatory in the scenes that this is the time to do your labs. If you are present for the lab you will most likely get a 100%. He walks the class through the lab because every lab is crustal to understand as they are exactly what's on the test. As long as you are willing to put in the work, you should see success in Reed's class.

I am preparing for the final as we speak and I want to do as good as possible! It was great teaching for a great semester amidst all the chaos of 2020.

Mr. Reed was super nice! I struggle with math so taking this class online was challenging. It occasionally took him awhile to grade things, which was sometimes frustrating. I had a 79.6 after the final and when I asked if I could do anything, he said he was going to round up, and was extremely nice in all conversations.

Super nice guy. Definitely does his best to teach the material to you the best as he can, however he does not always do the best job. I suggest showing up to his office hours so that he can explain the material better. Entire grade is pretty dependent on how you do on the quizzes, no tests. Gets carried away from time to time talking about canvas.

I really enjoyed statistics a lot more than I thought hahah may be in my next life I will indeed be a math major :)

I saw that final grades are in because I took my final yesterday. It was a great class. I was appreciative of him letting me accelerate the first half of the class to fit my summer schedule. I really feel like I have a solid grasp of statistics now and will enter business school (If I get in....) with a good, refreshed foundation.

I think spending a bit more time on arrays would be a good idea! I think one way to have good practice with arrays is building a project that focuses on implementing various sorting algorithms (like binary search and sequential search, which were discussed in class).

I like professor Reed, but, if you are genuinely interested in learning java, I would not recommend him. He gives lots of extra credit opportunity. There's just one thing, he does not stop talking during lectures. The whole class just tuned out what he was saying two weeks in. Was hard to pay attention to lectures because of this, but I managed.

Gives extra credit if impressed by quality of work. took his online class so can't say much about him personally. Grading is pretty clear, the tests reflect assignments he gives. If something is wrong with assignments speak up and you'll be okay. I advise looking for resources outside of what Mr.Reed provides to ensure you get a good grade though.

Inspirational teaching. Passion for the course and dedication to students. He made every class engaging and memorable. One of the best teachers I will forever remember. Jack

Professor is very understanding and patient. Easiest class ever. Although he did take quite a long time to grade assignments. He redeems himself by giving extra credit when you volunteer during lectures. He is still the best professor for comp sci.

Professor Reed can be chatty, but his lectures are worth attending to break down the concepts. The class is manageable with the free textbook and extra credit. unstuck study was a lifesaver for practice problems alongside other study aids.

Besides the crazy circumstances I'm in, it was a great semester. Professor Reed is always helping and answering my questions when I needed help. It was a great semester!

Old fashioned; rewards professionalism & doesn't navigate technology the best. Reasonably flexible & lenient. Generous with extra credit. I wasn't in the top 25% for online tests, but scored the highest (90%) while >50% of students failed the final (>60% on final to pass) — if you cheese tests with AI, study before the final. Timely enough grading.

Professor Reed is a very lenient grader. You get extra points for just volunteering the class. If you need an easy A then take him but you won't learn alot independatly as he solves the coding with the class. He may yap alot but he is a nice guy who might take a while to grade your assignments.