PICKAPROF.COM

Pickaprof combines a public university¿s course schedule with a database of grade distributions, course evaluation distributions, professor comments, and student online comments The tool consists of 5 main pieces, working collectively 1) The course schedule This is the course schedule printed by the university, and obtained electronically in database format This is the central part of the tool and is used as a hub for most queries It contains the following fields-- Department, Course, Unique Identifier(1), Unique Identifier(2), Year, Semester, Name of the class, Date / Time of the class, Professor Name, Professor Key, Class Availability and Location of the class 2) Grade distributions This information is used to create graphs describing the way a professor grades, how his grading has changed over time, and the way a class is generally graded These are obtained from the school in electronic format, and contain the following fields-- Department, Course, Unique Identifier(1), Unique Identifier(2), Year, Semester, Professor Name, (Number of) A¿s, B¿s, C¿s, D¿s, F¿s, and Dropped students 3) Course Evaluations This table is different depending on the school, but in general contains the answers a small number of questions that are consistent in every course evaluation the students fill out If some sort of consistency does not exist this section can be left out of the site Fields in this table include but are not limited to-- Professor, Department, Course, Semester, Year, Professor Name, and the answers to the questions 4) Online Evaluations Registered members of the site write these online They include the ¿handle¿ (anonymous nickname) of the student writing the evaluation, the class take, name of the professor, a 1 to 5 rating, and a paragraph description of the course They are organized by professor name and department for accuracy 5) Professor Information This section is also not mandatory, and can be left out if necessary It is information from the professor about (a) themselves and (b) their classes The professor can say as much or as little as they wish about both, and are encouraged to include information such as test types, writing requirements, and personal policies