feedback from xpath-xquery

[kimpham54]

first delivery of the lesson on july 28:

• stopped right before XPath Axes
• originally allotted 1.5 hours for lesson, ended up having 1.25 hours, spend about 20-30 minutes on installation

Good about workshop:

• majority of comments said good, simple exercises and examples
• majority of comments said good content and lesson notes
• useful information
• applicable to work

Room for improvement:

• vast majority of comments said that I went too fast

Recommendation:

• have less exercises. the examples are still useful, but focus on building and understanding only one query for each new concept.
• have a cheat sheet on hand and provide solutions

Room for improvement:

• speak louder

Recommendation:

• speak louder, speak into microphone

Room for improvement:

• switch less between windows

Recommendation:

• have only BaseX, etherpad, sample XML file displayed, don't show them the lesson. make sure have audience attention at the same time. have a cheatsheet and explain syntax by demo instead - split displays would be ideal but it'd be hard for presenter to view the BaseX windows

Room for improvement:

• installation issues, having files downloaded. too much time spent on this portion

Recommendation:

• have dedicated time to install software and go step by step to show them how to download files