ACI Learning Reviews

I feel like paying for this was a waste of time, and I know a few other classmates agree. It felt crammed. Disorganized. Out of date. And required more self study than information provided and broken down by the instructor. I could've learned the same amount if not more, for free, on my own. My "success" in this class was provided by myself and my other classmates

There was poor communication between some staff and our instructor, I think, or perhaps the other way around. In summary, until the end of the course, expectations for homework etc were not clear, and us students banded together to clear up several of the issues. So, in addition to trying to learn something foreign to me, we were also working through a lot of logistical challenges along the way which made retention difficult; even though I was present for every minute of class, and took it seriously.

In my opinion this class was not as what i expected. if the instructor is going to read from a powerpoint and give me material already available (professor messer videos and study guides, etc...) that i can find on my own on youtube for free and it does exactly what the instructor does, then it makes me question what is the purpose of the class and why do i need to pay actual money for it.

The length of the course was too short. Felt like a rush going through so much content for just two weeks.

Wish we had classroom time to do labs and complete assessment

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The powerpoints provided by ACI are not pertinent. I have learned more from Professor Messer and the CompTIA learn courses than I have from the powerpoints. They are not even reviewed when I study. These provide a crutch for the instructor to go off of and just causes them to read it. There is no expanded information such as drawn examples or useful and logical comparisons. The instructor simply reads the slides and then ends the class. We are asked many times if we have questions and on every slide I have a question because there is not enough explanation or information, just a word and its definition. If I were to ask my questions, we would not complete the material in time.

A lot of the lectures didn't teach us how to do things in the labs

I wished we would focus on one thing at a time not just read a definition and move on.

I'm just going to harp on the course presentation. 12 years in the military and I have never seen such a dependence on PowerPoint. I realize we are in a pandemic, however, that doesn't mean you should pick at the lowest hanging fruit (ex...PP) for educational disbursement.