Professor Mankekar genuinely cares about her students. She's one of my favorite professor, so much that I make a point to look up classes taught by her just because I liker her so much! The lectures are podcasted and she usually posts the slides, but honestly going to class you get a fuller experience and can laugh along to her jokes. The midterm and final are really inclusive of the lectures and readings, so make sure you skim them or just pay attention in lecture/discussion.

The class (and most of her classes) are broken down grading as so:
10% - class and discussion participation
30% - reading responses (theres two so 15% each)
30% - in-class midterm (multiple choice)
30% - in-class final (multiple choice)