I completed teaching my university database course at the end of August. The class went more smoothly than I thought. It was similar to teaching at a conference, except it was twice a week for ten weeks. I had a teaching assistant who graded the homework, and an experienced professor helped with exams and grading, so I focused mostly on lectures.

All the students had heard of Postgres and knew of its reputation. They all used Postgres for homework assignments, including one that required writing an application that connected to Postgres. No one had major problems, which is a good indication that our one-click installers are easy for new users.

Though the course is over, I am still on the Drexel faculty and will probably be involved in database and open source activities there in the future.