The lectures are terrible. He can be funny, but what a waste of time. The discussion groups are good, but the lectures are awful. Not a hard class if you make it to the discussion section.

Camillo is a nice guy but the worst math teacher I have ever been subjected to. At the beginning of the semester there were easily 500 students at lecture. Now I would guess a maximum of 50 show up. Usually less. Discussion groups a great however.

He is difficult to understand and very unorganized.

Worst professor!!!! If you want to learn math do not ever take his class.

Totally clueless. There were times when it seemed like he was learning the material with us. Often just copies exactly whats in the textbook (sometimes word for word). However, still a nice guy with a good sense of humor. Can be charming despite his lack of teaching skills.

Frequent mistakes when doing problems on the board. Even one of the tests had wrong answers! Always late for class and once forgot to even show up! A super nice guy, but a seemingly uninterested teacher.

Horrible teacher. Often made mistakes and used too much time joking around instead of teaching math. Never learned anything in class. He was too busy proving stuff instead of showing us actual problems. Most problems came from the book - probably could have done a better job teaching myself.

Impossible to learn from if you have no prior calc experience. Does not spend much time explaining things, and goes off on random stories all the time. Told us several times that he doesn't like teaching calc and hopes he doesn't have to next semester. I would not recommend him to anyone.

Horrible, goes off on random stories, seems to hate what he does. Impossible to understand what he is trying to teach you because he SUCKS!

If you have no prior calculus experience entering this class Camilo will teach you nothing. He talks in circles repeating the same things consistenetly and goes off on random tangents. Wouldnt reccomend him to anyone

omg worst teacher ever so confusing

Dude was terrible. If you've never taken calculus before then good luck, because you won't learn it with him.

Because I took Calc in high school, this class was really easy. If i hadn't I would've been screwed. He is an awful teacher. Going to lecture only confused me on the simplest stuff. Plus a TA that didn't speak english, it could have been very bad if I didn't have a good grasp on Calc. Do not take him if you can avoid it.

Horrible professor. he can Not teach to save his life. Less than 30% came to his lectures. If you have taken calc before, or are doing OK self studying, don't even bother to come. His tests are "easy" but he tries to bring in completely unnecessary things (like basing a q. on changing m^2 to ft^2 when it adds nothing to the problem)

He's a nice enough guy but a terrible teacher. I had a good TA for this class and he saved me, otherwise you're screwed trying to learn calculus from this class. Even the TAs seemed confused about whether the weekly quizes were graded and even what was going on in class. Homework was not graded.

Professor has good intentions, but I was unable to understand what points he was trying to make during lectures, TA's were as (or even more) confused than the students, grading system has many grey areas. Basically, if you don't already know the information, you're going to have a rough time learning in the classroom.

Vic is a unique guy with lots to say... about anything but what he is teaching. He is very witty and entertaining to listen to, but I would not go to lecture expecting to learn a lot. I took his class first semester and did not attend a lecture after the week of Halloween and still received an A.

If you have not taken high school calculus; this will be hard. It is very hard to follow his lectures, but he does have some good tidbits. Lectures are humorous and decently empty. Homework is easy and tests are easy if you use the practice tests to study. Not challenging if you have high school calc experience.

Gives wrong examples and makes a lot of mistakes on his examples

I got a B without going to lecture once all semester. The lectures truly are worthless. If you have a good TA, stick to discussion and doing practice on your own. Extremely disorganized course.

Professor Camillo is a joke. He is very unorganized in his note, hard to understand, and treats lectures as a joke. I stopped going after a month and ended up with an A. Just go to discussions and you will be fine. Don't waste your time going to his lectures.

Just no! The math department needs a makeover and this starts with camillo! The class isn't difficult, but if you have never taken a calculus class before, it will be more challenging. He won't teach you a thing.

pretty much need to have a background in calculus to do well. don't count on his lectures to make sense unless you have prepared. weekly quizzes in discussion so can't skip those. hardly anyone showed up to his lectures as the semester progressed.

Don't get me wrong, Vic is really a great guy. He's just not a great professor. You'll definitely pass with flying colors if you took calculus in high school. If you have not, be sure to study hard and to utilize the amazing TAs that run the discussion sessions. Most effective way to study- use practice exams; the ones you'll take are very similar.

He has a good heart but should have retired 10 years ago. If you took Calc in high school, you will be fine. If you did not, hope for a good TA.

His lectures were confusing and a waste of time because he can't remember such simple details, and I succeeded better in the class by doing textbook work on my own and going to my TA. The only upside to Victor being 20 years past retirement; compared to my friends who had a different calculus professor, Victor's calculus was 10x easier.

Lectures were incoherent

Lectures are incredibly heavy as well as confusing. He often uses incorrect math during his lectures and will email later in the day to correct himself. Quizzes and homework are all over the place and its hard to know what is due and when.

This online semester has been horrible. We have been lucky to have 20 question exams with plenty of time, unproctored. If it wasn't for that I would probably be doing horrible in this class. The professor is unaccesable. Idk when/if he has office hours. His lectures and homework do not go along with the online text book. Very unorganized.

He is terrible. He doesnt know what he is doing and his lectures are confusing. Never take this class.

Doesn't make good use of lecture time, can be very confusing to understand

Would give this guy zero stars if I could. Absolutely terrible class, the lectures are an awful use of time. I didnt learn a single thing in any of the lectures because he is so incapable of actually teaching. Grades on icon are never correct. Makes more typos and mistakes on exams than one would think possible. Worst experience Ive had in awhile

This guy cannot teach. His only method of teaching is to write out example after example, but the kicker is, sometimes they are simply wrong or the handwriting is so bad you cant read what is going on anyway. Sometimes the exams have no correct answer or no question actually asked. Impossible to get in contact with. 0/10

If you can, try not to get Victor as a professor. He is a nice guy who clearly likes to teach but he cannot teach at all online. He can only get through about 2-3 problems the whole 50 min class period. He messes up his work a lot and it is confusing. I think its time for Victor to retire, I don't think he understands how to work online.

Victor seems like a nice guy but he just doesn't know how to teach. He will only use example problems which aren't helpful when you need to know how to actually solve it.

I don't know how this man is still allowed to teach. Be prepared to be consistently confused during lecture, confused with your grade, and confused by your TAs in discussion since he doesn't communicate with any of them. This course is mostly online and Victor doesn't understand how to manage any online platform. Your teaching yourself math here.

Lectures are useless, don't even bother going unless there's a quiz. Frequently makes mistakes in the lecture notes and students correct him at least once a class. Just read the textbook and try to read through his notes on the class page (if possible, as they're barely legible). He's funny and a nice guy, but probably shouldn't be teaching.

Victor seems like a really nice guy, he seems to care about his students, and seems to enjoy teaching. But I think he's to old to be teaching anymore and its ultimately it's costing students. His lecutres were often unfollowable and confusing. I wish the best for Victor as a person, but he needs to stop teaching, as he's doing a terrible job of it.

Horrible at lecturing

He was the worst professor I have ever had. DO NOT TAKE MATH IV WITH HIM!!!!!! He doesn't know what he is doing and tells us that, and then doesn't know how to help if you ask questions. He started bringing pre-written notes to class and then just reading line to line instead of doing a problem because he frequently made so many errors.

He struggles to keep up with what is going on in the class and does not tell the students if there is homework, quizzes, etc, cuz he doesn't know when. The only reason you should go to class is if there is a quiz. He's a good person and tries his best, but his lectures are hard to follow as he doesn't explain what he is doing or why he is doing it.

Victor is a very nice guy, but made this class much harder. His lectures were unclear and lacked any communication on what he was doing. He often messes up and does not communicate via email and makes lectures feel like a chore. Do not need to attend to pass the class, the discussions help but I felt like I taught myself the whole course.

I felt like I lost knowledge attending his lectures. No need to go to lectures, the TAs have to reteach everything anyway. He seems like a nice person, but he does not know how to do calculus. He doesn't know what is going on in the course at all. Shout out to the amazing TAs who have to pick up so much slack!!

Lectures you didn't have to attend because there are no in-class questions. Lectures are very hard to understand unless you already know what you're doing. You don't have to attend the discussion, but only on quiz days, which are Thursdays. Overall, I would recommend taking this class online through a community college.

I love math and am usually pretty decent at it, but this class was horrible. Could not understand what he was trying to say and didn't explain what he was doing. The tests are also like 25 questions (but they are multiple choice) so there's not a lot of room to make mistakes. Would not recommend him at all unless.

Camillo should not be a professor anymore, plain and simple. He cannot teach in any capacity, a majority of the class (at least out of the 5 that actually showed up in a 23 person class) just spent the lectures going through the textbook themselves because that was the only way you could actually learn anything. Do NOT take a class with him.

Professor Camillo seems like a genuinely nice guy, and he tries to be funny. However, his skills with technology are not great, which makes ICON and lectures sooooo painful. This class was not difficult, which I why I was able to obtain a decent grade, but I cannot imagine taking a higher level course with him. Do not reccomend.

Worst teacher I've ever had in my life, hands down. Terrible at lecturing. He would constantly make errors in his notes, forget his hearing aid, and strictly "teach" (copy down) with example problems. Lectures for Math 4 were horrendous, in turn making the class much harder than it should've been. I can't see any reason why he is still teaching.

Victor Camillo is just old and out of it. Your experience will most likely be worse than mine, and I felt like my education struggled purely because of him as a professor. He is funny and I have nothing against him as a person, but he is not a quality teacher anymore, the guy is insanely smart but out of his prime.

Lectures for this course were nothing more than him showing up and copying his worked through textbook problems without explaining anything. Don't expect him to tell you when you need to do the homework, online quizzes, or when an upcoming midterm is. If you find yourself taking this class with him expect to do a lot of self teaching.

Quite possibly the worst professor known on campus, due to his old age. Quite sad he's still teaching, when constantly he would remind us that his wife was in the hospital, and couldn't hear a student sitting legit 2 feet away from him. It felt like watching a dying horse everyday, truly just out of his prime. His time here at Iowa needs to be cut.