She is terrible.. I dont know why shes a professor.

she doesnt teach, she just asks us to figure stuff on our own, whats the difference between joining her lecture and consulting google? NOTHING. After searching in google for some guidance, I am very lucky to get a C in this class.

Terrible professor, teaches the course as if we're all CS majors. I do not recommend taking her class if you have no prior experience

Doesn't know how to use lecture capture or the microphone correctly, so you miss a lot of lecture if you don't go. If you ask her a question via Piazza, which she uses instead of email, she'll just tell you to look at the slides. Teaches as if you already know how to code. Homework is insanely tough then gets way easier after the drop date.

Teaching style is learn on ur own. How can someone learn coding like that??? Projects get WAY too hard and she doesn't event teach in class. I enjoy coding and learning but she made me hate this class and never wanna take CS ever again.

she's the worst ever, I don't recommend anyone taking her. she takes points a lot on anything and she doesn't like projects to be done even in pairs, like how???? she makes coding so much harder and she is so so rude at all times even in her office hours. i don't recommend at all

Choose a different professor if you care about yourself. But i think she is the only one who teaches cs109 class. Rude and unhelpful, but very well organized.

Terrible teacher. Ive never met someone is who is more rude than her and believe me I have my fair share of mean teachers. When I asked for help, she didnt help me. She wouldnt ever listen to when I talked. I would never ever take this class again. Truly the worst teacher I have ever had. Labs are really easy. Projects are extremely difficult.

Stupied class ever in UIC. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS EVER. Dont trust on student grade distribution.

Shes the worst ever and dont think about taking her if you have any other option, tough projects!! and should work individually and couple days to complete. and don't get shocked if she called u saying u copied the code from someone when you didn't because she asks 300 students to do the same project with the same approach and the gives an F

She is literally one of the worst professors I've ever had. She does not have any of the skills required to teach this class. She makes the projects 10 times harder than they need to be, and she does not give any examples during lecture. For an introductory CS class, we were expected to teach ourselves all of the material. DO NOT RECOMMEND HER!

She is really strict and tough about her rules and it really makes it difficult to get through her class. She will never bend in any way shape or form so if you think you are sick or not feeling well, don't miss lab because she will just use the lowest lab score that she is supposed to drop to cover it.

Worst class Ive ever taken in my entire life. Get ready to spend at least 6+ hours every single week. If you dont have any experience in coding then youre screwed. You wont be able to have a life since you get homework, lab, and projects every single week. I thank god in heaven this semester over with.

THANK GOD IN HEAVEN THIS SEMESTER IS OVER!!!!!! I never put so much time and effort into a 3 credit hr class. She expects way too much!! weekly hw assignments labs and insanely difficult projects, 2 midterms and a final. Don't think these exams are any easier than the projects. You're going to be lost the entire semester bc she doesn't even teach!!

Have fun starting at the computer screen for hours not knowing what to do

lost my motivation to be a computer scientist after this class wouldn't recommend at all, take literally anyone else

Worst professor. her lecture videos are about something which you can easily find in youtube or know it already but doesnt clear concepts from depth at alll. Has understanding ofcourse but doesn't know how to explain. She literally drained all my energy and interest for this class. P.s she has made grading even more difficult for this online sem.

The way the class is graded is really messed up. One guy i knew took her class twice and won her semester final project competition both semesters in a row and probably knew matlab better than any student yet he still failed the first time. Her way of grading is terrible at judging how good her students are at using matlab.

This is the most disorganized class I have EVER taken online. This makes a kindergartner look comprehensive. It almost as if she expects robots to comb through the disjointed information and create a course for her. Guess who isn't a robot

The project grading made no sense. You could do 6/7 milestones and have hundreds of lines of code, but if you are not able to solve the hardest function by far(all were quite complicated) you will receive a maximum of about 30-35% on the project. The professor's lectures were atrocious. They were simple 10-15 min videos that barely touched the subj

Literally does not teach, you watch prerecorded 8 min videos and are expected to learn everything alone. Do not waste your time or money.

She is the worst professor I have ever had in my life. Let me tell you again. THE WORST. She doesn't know how to teach.. how did she even became a professor. UIC, you have gotta expel this stupid professor and hire a new one cause people will transfer the college and you will get nothing but loss. Worst thing ever happened to my life is SHANON RECK

Take this class if u want to loose any motivation to be a programmer.

Needs to get fired or work on her social skills. The most RUDE antisocial human I ever talked to. Ask her a question, she will make you feel dumb. Email her, she will respond in the most disrespectful way possible. Many students complain about her rude behavior. Save yourself the headache, use Google instead. Quit your job since you hate it Shanon

Reckinger is rude and doesn't listen to students advice. The help sessions are useless since it's so hard to get help when the sessions are always packed. Along with this, the projects are not clear. It's a toxic class overall. I would recommend waiting for another professor to teach the class.

The systems used in this class like Codio are absolute trash. Ironic how a CS class is using horrible grading systems. Be ready to lose points for no reason and re-grade requests to be ignored. During exams we aren't allowed to ask questions even if they are clarifying questions because "that is how college is". Save your sanity, don't take her.

Whatever she teaches in class is easy and so is the normal homework given but the labs and projects way too Overcomplicated by her and give with inadequate knowledge, only people able to do them are the ones that have done python for years before. Please stay away do not take even if you have no other choice, rather take next sem.

horrible take anyone else

The professor herself is a good person, but her CS111 class was pure torture. She gives simple, basic information in the lectures and homework, then proceeds to drop the most complicated versions on you for lab/projects. Office hours were uselss because so many kids needed help just to start many of the projects.

Just bad

2/3 of the class failed the 2nd exam. She will preach that she wants everyone to get an A in the exam but will not make a practice exam. If she does put out a test review it is irrelevant to the exam. She did not like how people would randomly click in and encouraged students to not come in if you do that. Clickers are 10% of your final grade.

Good luck if you don't have any background info of python. Tests are hard. Labs will destroy your grade if you don't do well on them, I had a TA in lab and could not understand because of his accent and also does not reply to any emails. Projects are tough.

Everything just not good

Said that we have been givin the special opportunity to learn coding in a class setting rather than being online and we should take advantage of that because it's "special" but yells at us when we help each other out with learning coding.

Not a good professor. If you are taking CS111, hayes is much better and a lot nicer.

Please be clear when asking questions during the exam

The projects were extremely hard and it was in no way an intro to cs class. She was really inconsiderate and rude too at times.

She refused to give me even one point to let me pass the course (I ended up failing). She might give you the illusion that she's a nice and sweet professor, but in fact, she's not. She does not respond to your emails personally; it's the TA who responds. It was very inconvenient to get in touch with her personality she's always busy.

Passive aggressive, bad teaching style, and seems nice but rude

Please avoid this teacher. Do not take her if you are new to CS. CS111 did not feel like an intro class based on the pacing and the difficulty level of the projects given. Take Hayes or someone else but please avoid her. After like the fourth project, you will have trouble balancing the due dates and exam preparation.

Talks the whole class, goes way too fast. Horrible teacher avoid her at all costs.

She is unnecessarily strict and double sided when treating students. Not very good at communicating although very organized.

I'm not sure why anyone thought forcing students to pick up an entire programming language like JavaScript outside of class was a good idea. The entire class is built around Python, but you will magically lose a ton of points in your final project if your front-end programming is 'not up to par'. Very unfair grading criteria. Avoid at all costs.

Professor does not accommodate students with disabilities per the LOA, but rather creates a set of conditions in which to meet in order to receive accommodations, which are not always feasible given different disabilities.

Quote from her announcement on blackboard btw: "it is the student's responsibility to study and prepare for an exam. And asking an instructor to provide materials is hand holding. I hope some of you appreciate that a good coach/teacher doesn't create an illusion of success." All you need to know...

She made exams 65% of our grade, raw score, no curve, just pure coding on exams Hope this is enough

Nothing good about this professor. It was CLEARLY her first time teaching 341. She makes the exams long enough to where you might not finish and if you do it will be right at the last minute. She doesn't care if you fail. She also made it very clear that the most she will do for exams is give you the topics and that won't help you at all.

This professor is a very tough grader, her individual + group test format caused a lot of trouble working with and giving low result after. The pace was too dense to work with and no help were made studying for the exams

The first exam, and I quote "designed to not be completed". Also, she had no motivation to give us any study materials of her own and instead did the lazy way and gave review questions that a different professor made. Expects you to give your all to the class but she can't even create things of her own to teach. I cannot respect her as a professor.

She's a very tough grader. The individual portion of exams was worth 90% while the group portion was a mere 10%, so the individual exam time was wasted on this useless portion. The class is not supportive of students who struggle with conceptual or coding-heavy exams. If you struggle in these areas like me, I recommend avoiding this professor.

Pros: Explains concepts really well. Worksheets given during lectures to help you stay focused & give feedback. Cons: Exams are long with limited time. Many questions are difficult to interpret (cant ask ANY questions during exam) & some focus on minor concepts briefly covered in lecture. Study guides were not helpful & are considered hand holding.

VERY EXAM HEAVY, 65% of the class is exam. Bad at teaching, would literally stare at her notes for a couple of minutes before teaching us that slide. Worksheets were helpful, ws are the only reason I passed the class. First exam was a complete mess, had to take it in 50 mins, because of the group exams. DON'T TAKE HER.

This professor scares me. For the final exam, she repeated to us many times how she felt more nervous than we are about the exam. And it uneases me if a professor is scared about the same exam they made... and the exam was 120 questions for 120 mins.

I think this professor goes to bed at night plotting how to input misery into exams, and laughs about trick questions students failed. I'm sad for students who have to take her in their first CS classes. Taking Shanon should be a choice, not everyone wants to waste tuition dealing with misery. Avoid at all cost, her teaching needs an investigation

The course itself was good, but the professor was not and did not know how to teach. The class was very exam heavy 65 percent of the grade, yet she provided no study guides or sample exams. She also refused valid regrade requests and never admitted mistakes, always wanting to be right and the course was not structured at all.