I thought Andrew and Sharrah were great with the questions, responding to chat and verbal questions. I thought going slowly through the example was helpful. I think 5 hours sessions were long, especially at the end of a workday. Maybe spread it out more and then give more opportunity for homework in between? Less time spent with the lecture, could have given more time for the examples, where I thought the most value was. Alternatively incorporate the building science into the example to break it up?
Slow down:-) Quite fast-paced course. Let people know beforehand they will need multiple screens to follow along. Course should be longer. It should probably explained beforehand that there will be an assignment that is not done within the course hours. Recording the class and rewatching it would've helped me immensely.
He clearly knows his information. It was a fast presentation and should be extended by a day. At least one day should be spent on breaking down the HLHG calculator sections into segments to help students understand the process and how the data is integrated into the software.
The instructor really knows his stuff. Unfortunately, it was a lot of math related material presented to a lots of not math related people much more quickly than they expected or needed.
I have talked to some of our guys who took this course before and they mentioned, there is an exam (few questions) after the course and every student needs to pass, to be able to get the certificate, which is fair.
Instructor did exceptionally well engaging the class. Recommend to do a super quick overview where the class only watches the instructor do inputs on a very simple project. See the results. THEN follow along with the inputs. Also be aware of display screen size on Zoom. At times the instructor's screen displayed too small to be able to focus clearly on what was being shown. (I watch on a large monitor - it would be worse for people on laptops or other devices)
Chris knows the software by heart. This is great, but also a bit problematic. The speed at which he can move through the spreadsheet makes it difficult to follow along. Also particular to Zoom meetings is that it is difficult to follow a small cursor on the screen due to the reduced resolution. Switching to a larger cursor might help with this, but also pausing and indicating where clicks are happening with a highlighted curser would help.
