| Doc_id | Review | Left | Term | Right | Sentiment | Polarity | Rating |
| -0BI9jXyEeWa2g6sjqf03Q | I really appreciate the process we were walked through, it's awesome to really get an understanding of Blogging Best Practices through this MOOC. I wish we could have covered additional styles and turned in more large assignments. I suppose that's what the Capstone is for! | styles and turned in more large | Assignment | I suppose that's what the Capstone | Negative | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| -0BI9jXyEeWa2g6sjqf03Q | I really loved the course. It was so useful as at same time I was changing my website and re-doing my blog. Shame i missed timing and couldn't submit my assignments.As english is not my first language it would took some time for me to write on the basis I was taught. Anyways I've done a much better job in portuguese in my blog. I would like to submit an english version of what I've been writing after the course. | missed timing and couldn't submit my | Assignment | As english is not my first | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| -0BI9jXyEeWa2g6sjqf03Q | good course. Positives: very practical, interesting assignments Development areas: 4 stars because sometimes want more to the point and less not very improtant info in the lections. sorry. for the sake of time In overall, a good course. would recommend | good course. Positives: very practical, interesting | Assignment | Development areas: 4 stars because sometimes | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -0BI9jXyEeWa2g6sjqf03Q | Fun and engaging. The blog post assignment is very much for the beginner but there things to learn for the experienced too. Give it a try if you are interested in marketing, branding or social media. | Fun and engaging. The blog post | Assignment | is very much for the beginner | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The course already needs and actualization, plus they must fix the order of the first assignment. Besides that, this is a really useful and fulfilling course. | fix the order of the first | Assignment | Besides that, this is a really | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This was another very useful course in the series, with (peer reviewed) assignments taking on a very significant role. | in the series, with (peer reviewed) | Assignment | taking on a very significant role. | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Excellently designed course! I loved how the course content and assignments were designed and delivered. | loved how the course content and | Assignment | were designed and delivered. | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The course was good. I enjoyed it. The biggest problem was the un-moderated participation of at least one other student. This particular student drove the discussion of assignments, leaving little room for others to explore, ask, and answer questions. As far as I know the student was not a mentor/TA, but It would have been most helpful for staff to weigh in on some of the student's post. I really believe the student was feeding his/her ego. | particular student drove the discussion of | Assignment | leaving little room for others to | Positive | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Course is generall very good and lots of fun! 2 things i would change: ... the Assignment 1 is too early in the course or the Lectures are disordered, but I needed the second and third week material to do the first weeks assignment. ... Add Jupyter Notebooks in the Specialization in addition to Knit-R | would change: . . . the | Assignment | 1 is too early in the | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Course is generall very good and lots of fun! 2 things i would change: ... the Assignment 1 is too early in the course or the Lectures are disordered, but I needed the second and third week material to do the first weeks assignment. ... Add Jupyter Notebooks in the Specialization in addition to Knit-R | material to do the first weeks | Assignment | . . . Add Jupyter Notebooks | Negative | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Overall I found this course useful. My only complaint is that the material needed to complete the first assignment in week 1 came in week 2. | material needed to complete the first | Assignment | in week 1 came in week | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | I've already written a review but it seems to have been removed... This is an awful course, there is very little purpose to it whatsoever, it is basically a module in markdown which will in all honesty not have much application for most learners. In addition, the course is not at all balanced / laid out well, there is a peer assignment in week 1, which you need to have covered week 2's content for. Lastly, the recording quality of some of the lectures is awful, it is clear that they have simply used some recordings of an actual classroom session of a related course instead of recording for Coursera. In all honesty, this entire specialisation is of awful quality, it is not a data science course, it is a "here's a few useful things in R" course, and the instructors should be ashamed that their institution makes money from it. | out well, there is a peer | Assignment | in week 1, which you need | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The first assignment should occur during the second week instead of the first given how the material is presented. The second and final project is very time consuming. Ideally this course should run for 6 weeks instead of 4 because of this. The second project is challenging and it definitely drives home the point about reproducible result given the state of the raw data. | The first | Assignment | should occur during the second week | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Instructor not as good. A big fail when you need the 2nd lesson in order to complete the 1st programming assignment. | order to complete the 1st programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This is a great course that teaches students about the importance of reproducibility for research and data analyses. It provides tools that help a scientist to thoroughly document and publish their research in a fully reproducible way and it shows the current best practices for reproducibility. All the course content is very clearly explained and the assignments help reinforce the students' learning process. | is very clearly explained and the | Assignment | help reinforce the students' learning process. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Week1 can be explained better. First assignment i was clueleass on Kintr and how to generate report. | Week1 can be explained better. First | Assignment | i was clueleass on Kintr and | Negative | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The first week assignment should really be the second week assignment since all the lessons about knitr would have made the assignment much easier. | The first week | Assignment | should really be the second week | Negative | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The first week assignment should really be the second week assignment since all the lessons about knitr would have made the assignment much easier. | should really be the second week | Assignment | since all the lessons about knitr | Negative | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The first week assignment should really be the second week assignment since all the lessons about knitr would have made the assignment much easier. | about knitr would have made the | Assignment | much easier. | Negative | 0.89 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | First week has an assignment that requires knowledge from the second week. It would be better for the course if both assignments has two weeks for accomplishment. | First week has an | Assignment | that requires knowledge from the second | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | First week has an assignment that requires knowledge from the second week. It would be better for the course if both assignments has two weeks for accomplishment. | better for the course if both | Assignment | has two weeks for accomplishment. | Positive | 0.62 | 4.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Overall a good course for self-study. The assignments in particular are excellent for data cleaning, analysis and interpretation. The quizzes are very basic though and appear to be there only to check if the student has gone through the lectures. The knowledge needed to answer the quizzes and achieve the desired results in the assignments are vastly different and should be addressed. The case studies at the end are insightful and more use could be made of them in a more advanced course. There is a lot of repetition of concepts throughout the course and this can become distracting. THe format for the lecture videos varies throughout and this inconsistency (along with extreme audio volume changes) also becomes distracting. Other than that, excellent for driving the need for reproducible research (RR) home, presenting and explaining some tools available to achieve RR and ways of publishing results/reports from these studies. | a good course for self-study. The | Assignment | in particular are excellent for data | Positive | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Overall a good course for self-study. The assignments in particular are excellent for data cleaning, analysis and interpretation. The quizzes are very basic though and appear to be there only to check if the student has gone through the lectures. The knowledge needed to answer the quizzes and achieve the desired results in the assignments are vastly different and should be addressed. The case studies at the end are insightful and more use could be made of them in a more advanced course. There is a lot of repetition of concepts throughout the course and this can become distracting. THe format for the lecture videos varies throughout and this inconsistency (along with extreme audio volume changes) also becomes distracting. Other than that, excellent for driving the need for reproducible research (RR) home, presenting and explaining some tools available to achieve RR and ways of publishing results/reports from these studies. | achieve the desired results in the | Assignment | are vastly different and should be | Positive | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| -A_ToPNPEeSAEiIAC9TCSQ | As a state government employee in environmental protection, I found this course to be extremely helpful in understanding the history of environmental common and statutory law. Professor Don Hornstein is extremely knowledgeable and well spoken on every topic he covers and is clearly passionate about his work. The assigned readings are interesting and illustrate the evolution of environmental law very well. Professor Hornstein's commentary encompasses these readings well and extends further to provide a better contextual understanding of each. The assignments are straightforward for anyone who completes the readings and watches the videos and help with retention of the lessons. Overall, the course was very good for those wanting a general knowledge of Environmental Law, and Professor Hornstein is a very fine teacher! | better contextual understanding of each. The | Assignment | are straightforward for anyone who completes | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | I really enjoyed the course. It was divided into clear parts that were short and thus easy to follow anytime during a quick break. It was not too demanding as there were no assignments or things to write. I felt I was learning interesting information. I would have liked more detailed information though on what dogs can and cannot do... perhaps a follow-up course. As I just adopted my dog a month ago from the shelter not sure if I can already use dognition with him. | too demanding as there were no | Assignment | or things to write. I felt | Negative | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Dr. Hare: Thank you for this assignment and I really appreciate your advise for helping me and my Perrhijos (dogs sons) | Dr. Hare: Thank you for this | Assignment | and I really appreciate your advise | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -GA2-bmnEeWkwBIgnN7tuw | LOVE the topic/content. I would like more small assignments to solidify defining terms and ideas before applying the course ideas to case study samples. I would take more courses in this topic and similar topics! | topic/content. I would like more small | Assignment | to solidify defining terms and ideas | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | While the subject matter was extremely relevant, I didn't think this course was taught well. Much of the lecture and exercise focused on providing direction than actually teaching. I felt as though I was just copying and pasting sample code. At times it was as though the professor was rushing to introduce new modules rather than discussing how and why certain concepts should be used. In most cases, I could have learned the Ionic modules just as well by reading the documentation and looking at sample code, which is often what this course felt like. I'd have much rather seen the concepts explained in more detail than rushing to add new modules without any context. The quizzes are not challenging (the professor always puts the correct answer as the first choice) and the exercises just provide cut/paste code snippets without any reasoning or explanation. I would have preferred to have the exercises conducted by providing a high level goal and then a solution to check against rather than the "put this code here" approach that's used. The assignment grading is either far too obvious (whether a required module was injected or not) or completely arbitrary. Generally the assignments lacked nuance and complexity as well. I didn't feel like I really learned any of the concepts behind this material after going through the course. | code here" approach that's used. The | Assignment | grading is either far too obvious | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | While the subject matter was extremely relevant, I didn't think this course was taught well. Much of the lecture and exercise focused on providing direction than actually teaching. I felt as though I was just copying and pasting sample code. At times it was as though the professor was rushing to introduce new modules rather than discussing how and why certain concepts should be used. In most cases, I could have learned the Ionic modules just as well by reading the documentation and looking at sample code, which is often what this course felt like. I'd have much rather seen the concepts explained in more detail than rushing to add new modules without any context. The quizzes are not challenging (the professor always puts the correct answer as the first choice) and the exercises just provide cut/paste code snippets without any reasoning or explanation. I would have preferred to have the exercises conducted by providing a high level goal and then a solution to check against rather than the "put this code here" approach that's used. The assignment grading is either far too obvious (whether a required module was injected or not) or completely arbitrary. Generally the assignments lacked nuance and complexity as well. I didn't feel like I really learned any of the concepts behind this material after going through the course. | not) or completely arbitrary. Generally the | Assignment | lacked nuance and complexity as well. | Positive | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Quite comprehensive, entertaining course. Unfortunately, not being able to submit the assignments without paying a fee is rather offputting - Especially taking into account we're talking about peer-to-peer reviews | not being able to submit the | Assignment | without paying a fee is rather | Negative | 0.65 | 3.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The lectures and assignments dealing with Ionic were useful and informative, but that's only the first half of the course. The Android/iOS portion felt extremely rushed. For all of the hassle of setting up my Android environment, I get one week of lectures/exercises out of it and that only covers rudimentary functionality. | The lectures and | Assignment | dealing with Ionic were useful and | Positive | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Sometimes It's not so easy to finish some assignments, but you must to do it again and again. Great amount of useful information | not so easy to finish some | Assignment | but you must to do it | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | I can't just rating and didn't write a preview. Because this course is so useful and have a great lecturer. What I like most is, the exercise, the assignment is so really EXCITING and make me want to learn more about whole MEAN stack. Biggest thank's for the Lecturer. Really recommended for you who still reading and don't want to purchase this course. Because this is really WORTH it! Thank you. God Bless you! | like most is, the exercise, the | Assignment | is so really EXCITING and make | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | This course serves as a great introduction to mobile web development. Notice that multiplatform in this case means iOS and Android (no Windows Phone) and you do get a bit of hands on work on Android SDK and XCode, although mostly for setting up both environments. Professor Muppala is again outstanding in the class, covering a wide range of topics combined with multiple exercises which in my case really furthered my understanding. One thing I believe could improve would be having either at least one assignment forcing you to deploy to Android and another one to iOS. In my case, it was just too comfortable to simply deploy to an iOS device and barely look at Android. Also, the vibration function should not be part of an assignment, as not everyone will have a device to test it and neither of the emulators really use it. One final recommendation for those pressed with time: I was able to follow Professor Muppala quite easily while playing the lectures at 1.75x (it's funny how slow he seems to speak when I set in back to 1x :-) ). | be having either at least one | Assignment | forcing you to deploy to Android | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | This course serves as a great introduction to mobile web development. Notice that multiplatform in this case means iOS and Android (no Windows Phone) and you do get a bit of hands on work on Android SDK and XCode, although mostly for setting up both environments. Professor Muppala is again outstanding in the class, covering a wide range of topics combined with multiple exercises which in my case really furthered my understanding. One thing I believe could improve would be having either at least one assignment forcing you to deploy to Android and another one to iOS. In my case, it was just too comfortable to simply deploy to an iOS device and barely look at Android. Also, the vibration function should not be part of an assignment, as not everyone will have a device to test it and neither of the emulators really use it. One final recommendation for those pressed with time: I was able to follow Professor Muppala quite easily while playing the lectures at 1.75x (it's funny how slow he seems to speak when I set in back to 1x :-) ). | should not be part of an | Assignment | as not everyone will have a | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | I took the initial offering of this courser. It is an excellent class that I am sure will only improve over time. Prof. Muppala is a wonderful instructor and I learned so much in this course. My only suggestion would be to clarify some of the grading details as there were some questions on certain items in the last assignment. I would definitely recommend this series of courses and I am looking forward to taking the final course in this Full Stack Web Development series. | on certain items in the last | Assignment | I would definitely recommend this series | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Awesome course. The instructor is analytical and clear and the assignments are just great. | is analytical and clear and the | Assignment | are just great. | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | really great course i wish it had automatic test to assignment results | wish it had automatic test to | Assignment | results | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | By learn through the courses without submit the assignments. The course was still very impressive and easy to learn, thanks proffessor! See you in next course. | through the courses without submit the | Assignment | The course was still very impressive | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| -gcU5xn4EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Would have given full, but the assignments are paid..like WTF!!! | Would have given full, but the | Assignment | are paid. . like WTF! ! | Negative | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | For me, this course was disappointing. Here is why: First, the level, at which the course material is presented, is very low. It might be freshman level, but certainly not more. There are many buzzwords but no real explanations. The programming assignments are only doable because most of the work has been done by the people designing the assignments. There is very little left for the students. Furthermore, the procedures, that are already given, are not very well documented. Hence, a lot of guess work is required to figure out how things should work. Furthermore, little effort has been spent to structure the procedures that are already given. Altogether, this makes doing the programming assignments very unsatisfying. Finally, the professor presenting the materials does not take part in the discussion forums. Contrary to other courses that I have attended at Coursera, this time the discussion forum was no help at all. | but no real explanations. The programming | Assignment | are only doable because most of | Negative | 0.97 | 1.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | For me, this course was disappointing. Here is why: First, the level, at which the course material is presented, is very low. It might be freshman level, but certainly not more. There are many buzzwords but no real explanations. The programming assignments are only doable because most of the work has been done by the people designing the assignments. There is very little left for the students. Furthermore, the procedures, that are already given, are not very well documented. Hence, a lot of guess work is required to figure out how things should work. Furthermore, little effort has been spent to structure the procedures that are already given. Altogether, this makes doing the programming assignments very unsatisfying. Finally, the professor presenting the materials does not take part in the discussion forums. Contrary to other courses that I have attended at Coursera, this time the discussion forum was no help at all. | done by the people designing the | Assignment | There is very little left for | Negative | 0.92 | 1.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | For me, this course was disappointing. Here is why: First, the level, at which the course material is presented, is very low. It might be freshman level, but certainly not more. There are many buzzwords but no real explanations. The programming assignments are only doable because most of the work has been done by the people designing the assignments. There is very little left for the students. Furthermore, the procedures, that are already given, are not very well documented. Hence, a lot of guess work is required to figure out how things should work. Furthermore, little effort has been spent to structure the procedures that are already given. Altogether, this makes doing the programming assignments very unsatisfying. Finally, the professor presenting the materials does not take part in the discussion forums. Contrary to other courses that I have attended at Coursera, this time the discussion forum was no help at all. | Altogether, this makes doing the programming | Assignment | very unsatisfying. Finally, the professor presenting | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The assignments are excellent and help understand the algorithms and concepts taught in the course. There are some garbling in the subtitles/transcripts (including the quirky one that every time the lecturer says EM - the "EM" doesn't appear, and the following word is capitalized). As usual Graphlab Create / Sframes can't handle apply(). however mostly apply() appears in the part of the assignment that inputs files and turns them into data matrices and the explanations how to run the assignment with Scikit-Learn include pre-computed input files | The | Assignment | are excellent and help understand the | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The assignments are excellent and help understand the algorithms and concepts taught in the course. There are some garbling in the subtitles/transcripts (including the quirky one that every time the lecturer says EM - the "EM" doesn't appear, and the following word is capitalized). As usual Graphlab Create / Sframes can't handle apply(). however mostly apply() appears in the part of the assignment that inputs files and turns them into data matrices and the explanations how to run the assignment with Scikit-Learn include pre-computed input files | appears in the part of the | Assignment | that inputs files and turns them | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The assignments are excellent and help understand the algorithms and concepts taught in the course. There are some garbling in the subtitles/transcripts (including the quirky one that every time the lecturer says EM - the "EM" doesn't appear, and the following word is capitalized). As usual Graphlab Create / Sframes can't handle apply(). however mostly apply() appears in the part of the assignment that inputs files and turns them into data matrices and the explanations how to run the assignment with Scikit-Learn include pre-computed input files | the explanations how to run the | Assignment | with Scikit-Learn include pre-computed input files | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Excellent course! Subjects are explained very well! Excellent quizzes that allow understanding of lectures better and excellent (challenging ) programming assignments. | better and excellent (challenging ) programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Good survey of the material, but assignments are superficial and don't test thorough understanding. | Good survey of the material, but | Assignment | are superficial and don't test thorough | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The retrieval part of this course is great, it deserve five starts. The clustering part was going well until it reached LDA. The LDA module is very poorly covered, and also very hard to understand. I had to watch the videos more than two times to try to figure out what was LDA, and a Quora article posted in the Forum could explain it much better. Then we get to the Hierarchical Clustering module, which was the most poorly module in all this specialization. There is only one video talking about HMM models, and Markov Chains deserve at least one week to even get started with it. And to complete, there is just one Assignment with only 3 questions. The specialization was going perfect until now. I am very disappointed with this course. I hope the last two courses are much better covered and not just ran over like this this one was. | to complete, there is just one | Assignment | with only 3 questions. The specialization | Negative | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Excellent course, well thought out lectures and problem sets. The programming assignments offer an appropriate amount of guidance that allows the students to work through the material on their own. | lectures and problem sets. The programming | Assignment | offer an appropriate amount of guidance | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | An interesting topic, presented well by the instructor and reinforced by intermediate-level programming assignments. | instructor and reinforced by intermediate-level programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I used to run into a wall at work trying to train models with recursive partitioning or neural nets because of the long time they took to train for high dimensional data. These clustering techniques are an immense help. Awesome course, with a brilliant instructor and brilliant assignments. | with a brilliant instructor and brilliant | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Still a very good course. Week 4 was very tough. The general concept can be understood from a 10,000 feet altitude but the lesson and programming assignment need to be reviewed, maybe with a slower step by step example. As some other student mentioned, it was... "brutal". Other than that looking forward to the next course in the specialization! | altitude but the lesson and programming | Assignment | need to be reviewed, maybe with | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The things I liked: -The professor seems very knowledgeable about all the subjects and she also can convey them in a very understandable way (kudos to her since talking to a camera is not easy) -The course was well organized and the deadlines were adjusted when a technical difficulty was found by several students -All the assignments are easy to follow and very detailed -The testing code provided for the programming assignments is a huge help to make sure we are solving it the right way What can be improved: -Some of the concepts during weeks 4 and 5 seemed a bit rushed. Although the professor explained that some details were outside of the scope of this course, I felt that I needed a more thorough explanation in order to understand better -Some links to the documentation of libraries used in the programming assignments were lacking information on how to really use them, I wish we had some other link to worked examples too In general I can say this was another good course for this series. Making a course like this is not easy at all and I can see that they are putting a lot of effort to produce them. All of their hard work is really appreciated on my end. | found by several students -All the | Assignment | are easy to follow and very | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The things I liked: -The professor seems very knowledgeable about all the subjects and she also can convey them in a very understandable way (kudos to her since talking to a camera is not easy) -The course was well organized and the deadlines were adjusted when a technical difficulty was found by several students -All the assignments are easy to follow and very detailed -The testing code provided for the programming assignments is a huge help to make sure we are solving it the right way What can be improved: -Some of the concepts during weeks 4 and 5 seemed a bit rushed. Although the professor explained that some details were outside of the scope of this course, I felt that I needed a more thorough explanation in order to understand better -Some links to the documentation of libraries used in the programming assignments were lacking information on how to really use them, I wish we had some other link to worked examples too In general I can say this was another good course for this series. Making a course like this is not easy at all and I can see that they are putting a lot of effort to produce them. All of their hard work is really appreciated on my end. | testing code provided for the programming | Assignment | is a huge help to make | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The things I liked: -The professor seems very knowledgeable about all the subjects and she also can convey them in a very understandable way (kudos to her since talking to a camera is not easy) -The course was well organized and the deadlines were adjusted when a technical difficulty was found by several students -All the assignments are easy to follow and very detailed -The testing code provided for the programming assignments is a huge help to make sure we are solving it the right way What can be improved: -Some of the concepts during weeks 4 and 5 seemed a bit rushed. Although the professor explained that some details were outside of the scope of this course, I felt that I needed a more thorough explanation in order to understand better -Some links to the documentation of libraries used in the programming assignments were lacking information on how to really use them, I wish we had some other link to worked examples too In general I can say this was another good course for this series. Making a course like this is not easy at all and I can see that they are putting a lot of effort to produce them. All of their hard work is really appreciated on my end. | of libraries used in the programming | Assignment | were lacking information on how to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The course, and indeed the whole specialization, was advertised as not requiring the Graphlab Create toolkit. This is untrue, as the final programming assignment does require it. The general dependence on SFrame is understandable since it is open source, but requiring any interaction with a licensed product (even if temporary and research licenses are available) greatly negatively impacted my experience in this course. | is untrue, as the final programming | Assignment | does require it. The general dependence | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | very good course but the last few topics could be improved with better assignments that could be broken down into smaller sub assignments | topics could be improved with better | Assignment | that could be broken down into | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | very good course but the last few topics could be improved with better assignments that could be broken down into smaller sub assignments | be broken down into smaller sub | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I found this Course less well prepared than the previous 3 modules. Misleading hints in the assignments, code errors, etc... Also, I found the amount of work required higher, which is not in itself a bad thing, just a bit unexpected. | 3 modules. Misleading hints in the | Assignment | code errors, etc. . . Also, | Negative | 0.88 | 3.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Another great introduction. The assignments are notably a little bit harder than the previous courses. | Another great introduction. The | Assignment | are notably a little bit harder | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I loved the previous 3 courses and what I saw in this course so far seems pretty interesting. I'm really sad that Coursera decided to block access to assignments for not paying users. I really wanted to continue with the specialization but I already purchased another specialization, so I'm going to have to put this course on hold for a now. | Coursera decided to block access to | Assignment | for not paying users. I really | Negative | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Not for the faint of heart but this course does a really good job of explaining clustering (and retrieval) of images and text. It includes several programming assignments which can be tackled with minimal programming experience if one perseveres. | and text. It includes several programming | Assignment | which can be tackled with minimal | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | A very nice experience. I expected an entry level course, but Erin organised a well rounded path. I got a new effective approach to the Ableton Live 9 software. I recommend to develop carefully your assignments: you will improve your own skills by comparing your solutions with those of the classmates. In addiction you'll find some "veteran" student willing to help. Good luck! | I recommend to develop carefully your | Assignment | you will improve your own skills | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | While I did not have time to complete the final assignment I did find this course useful for creating a firmer understanding of Ableton Live. The peer review process is a great idea and something which I found to be both engaging and useful for networking with fellow artists. The content of the course I feel is probably useful to someone with no prior knowledge of DAWs, but this is not my first DAW. As such the course felt a little slow and the assignments a little unchallenging. Personally my peer review experience ranged from listening to fully fleshed out ideas to listening to uninspired loops of nonsense. I still feel as though I benefited from the process, however, and I gained an invaluable resource in Blend. I would love a next level - fleshing out some of the ideas touched on throughout the course, as well as exploring other ideas such as sidechaining. | have time to complete the final | Assignment | I did find this course useful | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | While I did not have time to complete the final assignment I did find this course useful for creating a firmer understanding of Ableton Live. The peer review process is a great idea and something which I found to be both engaging and useful for networking with fellow artists. The content of the course I feel is probably useful to someone with no prior knowledge of DAWs, but this is not my first DAW. As such the course felt a little slow and the assignments a little unchallenging. Personally my peer review experience ranged from listening to fully fleshed out ideas to listening to uninspired loops of nonsense. I still feel as though I benefited from the process, however, and I gained an invaluable resource in Blend. I would love a next level - fleshing out some of the ideas touched on throughout the course, as well as exploring other ideas such as sidechaining. | felt a little slow and the | Assignment | a little unchallenging. Personally my peer | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | This course covers a lot of ground in a short period of time, and does it in a way that makes it easy to quickly leverage the power of Ableton in production and live performance. I appreciated the simplicity and thoroughness of the videos, and the assignments kept me motivated. It's a great class for complete beginners, as well as intermediate users in need of a brush up. Erin has a good approach to teaching: she's efficient and clear, and her basic examples don't overwhelm the student. | thoroughness of the videos, and the | Assignment | kept me motivated. It's a great | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Great Course, lots of feedback from your assignments! | Course, lots of feedback from your | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The time commitment required for each week's assignment was perfect. I learned several techniques to aid me in going forward in my musical endeavors and look forward to many years of continuing to explore Ableton Live. | time commitment required for each week's | Assignment | was perfect. I learned several techniques | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Very good introduction to this software, teatcher is great and very easy to understand. I have learned a lot of good stuffs such as how to warp audio, convert audio to midi and so on... I was used to work on cubase and I have discovered the specifities and the advantages of Live. Moreover thanks to the assignment objectives I had to force myself to be creative and It was a great feelig. Thanks for this course :) | of Live. Moreover thanks to the | Assignment | objectives I had to force myself | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | I enjoyed very much the lessons and I had a very good time on preparing the assignment on Ableton. A great course. | very good time on preparing the | Assignment | on Ableton. A great course. | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Fantastic Teacher - very clear. Fun assignments and a very participatory community of students! | Fantastic Teacher - very clear. Fun | Assignment | and a very participatory community of | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Fun and interesting course. I learned a lot, despite already being a Live user. Reviewing the assignments of other course-takers widened my horizons and helped me gain valuable insights. | being a Live user. Reviewing the | Assignment | of other course-takers widened my horizons | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Real a great course if you are looking to learn the basics of Ableton Live 9 or just need a refresher after the break. Erin does a wonderful job of explaining the basics with out overloading you with to much information. Each assignment is to make a song. It starts with basic stuff and works toward more advanced stuff near the end. It's helped motivate me to put more time into making music and use the tools and software that I have at my disposal. A personal thanks to Erin, this class is just what I needed! | you with to much information. Each | Assignment | is to make a song. It | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| -qKIDPnAEeS1QCIACy-KcQ | Great course on introductory computer programming! The video lectures are clear, concise, and well-produced. Quizzes and assignments integrate and reinforce learning objectives well, while still adding new challenges. The fact that Instructor Areti Manataki is gorgeous, very articulate and knowledgeable, and enthusiastic is an added bonus!! | clear, concise, and well-produced. Quizzes and | Assignment | integrate and reinforce learning objectives well, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -qKIDPnAEeS1QCIACy-KcQ | You will have to make a Scratch account (free) for this course. Areti is a very clear instructor that explained concepts very well for complete beginners into programming, like myself and I found the course insightful. 1) Presentation - I couldn't help but wonder whether they had a lower target age (teenagers or younger) in mind, which was entertaining at some points but also distracting at other times. // Also, I only realized halfway through the course that it is in fact possible to see what Areti is doing on the Scratch program once the quality of the video is adjusted. 2) Projects/Time Commitment - Going through the lectures and quizzes are not time consuming at all, but the projects (especially the final project) takes a lot of time. It took longer than expected because I felt like much of the practical instructions on how to use Scratch for specific purposes were not provided during the course, leaving me to work by myself. 3) Discussion Forum - When I took the course, the discussion forum was close to being dead (especially compared to some of the other courses that I was taking simultaneously on Coursera). Gerry (mentor) did an amazing job responding to my inquiry, but I noticed that although there were a lot of students talking at the beginning, introducing themselves, there weren't that many discussions concerning the final assignment, making me feel like I was working alone. It would be great if there was more time to work on the final project, and perhaps a way in which students can collaborate and help out others when faced with a bug (ie preliminary project submission and feedback session). I recommend taking this course, but realistically, you won't be program proficient after 5 weeks. You will, however, learn some basic programming theory, understand how programming works, and learn how to make a fun interactive game on Scratch! | that many discussions concerning the final | Assignment | making me feel like I was | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| -Y69EP9dEeSa0SIACyGBQw | Very good content and delivered in an effective manner. Lots of information and examples are quite valuable and not provided in the slides so I recommend everyone to have the handouts at hand when studying for the assignments and exams. | at hand when studying for the | Assignment | and exams. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| -zH9iof2EeWGBwqGAoUFww | Absolutely amazing experience! Every week was very captivating . Focus is on concepts and assignments test the understanding of them. Thank you Dr. Blewitt!! | . Focus is on concepts and | Assignment | test the understanding of them. Thank | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 00A5f3pyEeWUswr9_O_RKw | This course should be taken by anyone involved in the processs of applying for job interviews! It's both useful and pleasant to take. I work for a big company, in France, in the field of "science & technology R&D", and my lab recently opened a position for which we started interviewing applicants a few weeks ago. As a member of the team the position is opened to work with, I've been involved in the interview process. I was just amazed to see how unprepared the applicants were : they made mistake after mistake. Since we also have trainees and Ph.D students in the lab, who'll soon have to search for their first job, I had a look at the MOOC offer in the field of "preparing for job interviews", in order to see what advice I could provide for them to get prepared for this key step in building their career. I registered to this MOOC, as an auditor, and started browsing through their videos and accompanying documents. I just got caught in right away, despite the fact that I couldn't participate (neither submit nor evaluate) in assignments: one needs to be pay for that, and I had no real interest in doing so, for now, although I truly think it's worth the cost if one is in the position of preparing for job interviews. I realised that, if the job applicants we interviewed in my lab had taken this remarkable course prior to their interviews, this would have saved them so many basic mistakes. If you never had the opportunity to reflect on what a job interview process is, and are applying for interviews, just give it a try: I bet you'll benefit from this experience a lot... and it might simply change your life! This course is the second of a series of 5 from a specialization. I already audited the first 2 courses, and I'm just eager to see the next two come on stage (the last is a capstone project I'll skip for now.) | participate (neither submit nor evaluate) in | Assignment | one needs to be pay for | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| 01XLylXyEeWKXg4Y7_tPaw | Спасибо за познавательный курс! Константин Вячеславович великолепный лектор: материал подан лаконично, но в достаточном объеме. Отличное введение, отличная сводка. Приятно видеть в курсе нормальную математику и отсутствие объяснений "на пальцах". Для успешной сдачи programming assignments, к сожалению, не требуется глубокого понимания предмета, достаточно навыка писать несложные скрипты. На мой взгляд, эта часть могла бы быть интереснее и сложнее. Стоило включить в задания реализацию базовых алгоритмов ML, помимо использования готовых из пакетов. Спасибо! | пальцах" . Для успешной сдачи programming | Assignment | к сожалению, не требуется глубокого понимания | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 01XLylXyEeWKXg4Y7_tPaw | very little relationship between lectures and assignments. was expected more practices | very little relationship between lectures and | Assignment | was expected more practices | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 01XLylXyEeWKXg4Y7_tPaw | Too complex lectures for novices, too easy assignments for experienced python programmers. | complex lectures for novices, too easy | Assignment | for experienced python programmers. | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | This is a good course for non-finance folk. My only wish is that the assignments or the lectures had more examples where we could practice and find out if we are making mistakes or getting things right. More math please! Highly recommended for anyone wishing to enter the world of P/E ratios, discounted cash flows, ROIs etc. | My only wish is that the | Assignment | or the lectures had more examples | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| 0HiU7Oe4EeWTAQ4yevf_oQ | The quality of the presentation is very low, and way below the quality in other courses. The assignments are very poorly designed. This is not a subjective personal experience. This is based on discussions with other learners in the forum who have expressed disappointment and frustration. | the quality in other courses. The | Assignment | are very poorly designed. This is | Negative | 0.94 | 1.0 |
| 0jVDw8z0EeSMfSIAC4tSZw | I highly recommend this course if you have enthusiasm for structural Geology, and have taken intro-level Geology courses. The resources available are current. The class is helpful for Earth Science educators as it reviews the new teaching standards, and the lectures are specific to the research done by the AMNH Scientists leading the course. I especially enjoyed the field assignment and reviewing others from around the world. A great course! I just wish it would have been longer! | course. I especially enjoyed the field | Assignment | and reviewing others from around the | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 0MxqCTygEea1gAouz62QPw | More information on Programming Assignment would have been helpful . Overall a good course to begin the specialization | More information on Programming | Assignment | would have been helpful . Overall | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 1b9VUDu6EeWdUgozVKt3nw | The design of the course is great with lectures, interviews, and project assignments. I was able to reflect on my past experience and learn better. The only improvement I could think of is related to the delivery of the lectures. It could be more natural. They sounded like they were reading instead of lecturing. | great with lectures, interviews, and project | Assignment | I was able to reflect on | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | This course is not for someone who hasn't taken much advanced math. There's a strong requirement of linear algebra, calculus, and probability. Someone who is relying only on the math prep they give you in the course will likely be very under-prepared for some of the more theoretical homework assignments. With that disclaimer out of the way, this course gives a fairly good overview of important econometric techniques, though I wish they would have done more with time series analysis. A major shortcoming of this course is some of the more complicated material (RESET test, Chow test, endogeneity, etc) were not presented in a complete way (in my opinion). I found myself referring to quite a few outside sources in order to figure out some of the more complicated material. Keep this in mind when taking the class and give yourself extra time to read farther into the concepts discussed in class. | some of the more theoretical homework | Assignment | With that disclaimer out of the | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | I like the structure of the course that different professor is in charge of different chapter but the contents of each chapter are linked to the others. Each chapter offers different topic (of course) but the style and structure are the same. In detail, there are always theoretical and practical part as well as small quizzes in each chapter. In addition, the guideline and syllabus provide students with great details. On top of that, chapter assignments are provided with solution which are necessary for students to check their knowledge. I would love to participate in follow up course which might deal with more advanced topics after this basic one. | details. On top of that, chapter | Assignment | are provided with solution which are | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 1cz3WSsXEeWccAqzeA4VPw | I thoroughly enjoyed this course and it inspires me to do more to help the our Earth's future. I hope to be able to spread the word of science to others so that they can begin to make a difference. Great videos and explanations of some things I wasn't aware of til now. Maybe adding a what if scenario and how we could fix the issue or help would be a great assignment to add, covering everything we had gone over. But overall, thank you for a well informed course with so many links of information.[I have many of them saved in my bookmarks :-) ] | or help would be a great | Assignment | to add, covering everything we had | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | The content is very good but the lecture presentation and structure could use improvement. Assignment instructions are not as clear as they could be. | presentation and structure could use improvement. | Assignment | instructions are not as clear as | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | Instructive lectures and assignments. | Instructive lectures and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | This course is great! There is a lot of information available, a wide range of topics are covered, some complex subjects are explained quite well and especially the Chinese professor makes it easy to understand them. Still, there is room for improvement. Considering this is a 4-week course and the coverage of the material, sometimes it feels too squeezed and cramped together. This could be improved by providing access to more references to other materials to complement the studies. A bibliography for instance would be much welcome. Also there are some annoying typos in the slides in the formulas and its derivations that can cost you some precious time to figure out, especially during the Matlab assignments. These are the only reasons I don't give this course 5 stars, but it's definitely worthwhile. You will not regret it! | figure out, especially during the Matlab | Assignment | These are the only reasons I | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | It is certainly the most comprehensive course in computer vision that can be provided in a span of four weeks. It is much time consuming compared to the other four courses (I have done this at the end); however, each and every bit of it is worth it. The teaching is incredible, especially, Prof. Shi's teaching includes intuition and physical interpretation which helps in appreciating the equations much more. The assignments equally match with the lecture content. Trust me, by the end of four weeks you will be comfortable in reading and understanding papers in visual SLAM, pose estimation, etc. A small suggestion: in a few lectures, for instance in SIFT lecture, Prof. Daniilidis is not shown in the screen whereas his actions are necessary to better understand the content in the slides. The Professors and the TAs have done a commendable job and thank you all for this course. | appreciating the equations much more. The | Assignment | equally match with the lecture content. | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | very good assignment! | very good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | I really loved the dense collection of relevant information, this course is a great introduction to computer vision-related algorithms. Unfortunately the lecture videos are poorly edited and subtitles are inaccurate, however the slides are quite good and verbose enough to understand every topic. Assignments are quite good, however formula derivation explanations could be better. | verbose enough to understand every topic. | Assignment | are quite good, however formula derivation | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | The assignments and weekly work is by far much more than the hours estimated. Finally I feel as I didn't learn anything. | The | Assignment | and weekly work is by far | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | This course should have been very good. Lots of detail. But the material is not presented very clearly. The Assignments are also not setup so that it is easy to fix your work. It either passes, or you get minimal feedback. | is not presented very clearly. The | Assignment | are also not setup so that | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | Professors very hard to understand, and videos don't have the best editing. Also extremely math heavy, lectures being just math formulas, without a lot of real life applicability (ex. the assignments where you have to project a logo, or cube, when the program gives you the location corners in a file, which will NEVER happen when you use your camera; finding that position is a pre-requisite of the entire program) | of real life applicability (ex. the | Assignment | where you have to project a | Positive | 0.64 | 2.0 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | This course gave me a great foundation and some super tools that I started applying immediately to reorganize my work so I can get back to completing tasks and assignments efficiently and effectively. This course also provided me with | get back to completing tasks and | Assignment | efficiently and effectively. This course also | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | I liked the course, however I'd like to give some feedback that might be useful to you: I was surprised a bit how short the course is. When I read this "4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes" I thought that there will be 4-8 hours of videos _besides_ readings and quizzes. So this one is a bit misleading. Despite of this I liked the course. It gave me a lot of tricks and tips. However I don't understand the final 96.4% either. Maybe I missed something because after the last assignment the result has gone away in less then 1 second. As far as I know all my assignments were 100%. The design of the videos is a bit "spartan" :) I finished a couple of other Coursera courses (HCI, Gamification etc.) where the videos were much more delightful. This white background, black text is very disappointing. Anyway: Thanks! | missed something because after the last | Assignment | the result has gone away in | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | I liked the course, however I'd like to give some feedback that might be useful to you: I was surprised a bit how short the course is. When I read this "4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes" I thought that there will be 4-8 hours of videos _besides_ readings and quizzes. So this one is a bit misleading. Despite of this I liked the course. It gave me a lot of tricks and tips. However I don't understand the final 96.4% either. Maybe I missed something because after the last assignment the result has gone away in less then 1 second. As far as I know all my assignments were 100%. The design of the videos is a bit "spartan" :) I finished a couple of other Coursera courses (HCI, Gamification etc.) where the videos were much more delightful. This white background, black text is very disappointing. Anyway: Thanks! | far as I know all my | Assignment | were 100%. The design of the | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Very disappointed that the assignments are not part of the f | Very disappointed that the | Assignment | are not part of the f | Negative | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | A good course with good assignments | A good course with good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Loved the final assignment, challenging and really put to test the things we learned | Loved the final | Assignment | challenging and really put to test | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Very mixed feelings about this course. Generally speaking, the course lectures are informative and well organized. Mentors are reallly of great help, they are doing a great job, honestly: they are very active, they give good insights, they know the subject matter. But in the course lectures, there are occasions where concepts are used which were not formally introduced before their actual use. One example: in the lectures on probability, the first "slide" in the lecture talks about random processes, outcomes of random process,... On the next slide, the notion of probability of an event is introduced, but the very notion of "event" was never introduced. It is introduced in the accompanying book, but if it is the case that the book chapters should be read PRIOR to watching the course videos, that fact should be made clear. Further in the course on probability, some words are used "interchangeably" without the context making it clear why they can be used interchangeably. For instance, on some occasions, the concept of independent events is used, but then, later on, the discussion talks of independent processes. Which is which??? Is there a difference? If so, what is it? When do I need to use independent events as opposed to independent processes? The graded assignments are of varying quality. The most disturbing thing about them is that, on some occasions, concepts are used in the quiz questions (either directly in the questions and answer choices, or indirectly in the "correction" for the quiz after you have submitted it) that were never touched upon in the course. I have had two occasions of concepts not introduced in the course but used in the graded assignments. The first occurrence of a gap between course content and quiz questions was on a quiz question about inference. I failed the question, and understood why I failed based on the course content litterally minutes after failing the question (and one mentor actually rightly corrected me). But the question "correction" (the explanation text you receive after submitting, as justification for what the correct answer is) referred to the concept of "two-sided hypothesis test". Where did THAT come from?? I checked and rechecked the course videos, no mention at all of it. I checked the accompanying book, and the first mention of two-sided hypothesis test is way way way further in the book, in a chapter that is entirely focusing on inference. The second occurrence was in week 4. The course lectures cover two distributions: normal and binomial. The recommended reading in the book also focus on these two distributions (the recommended reading actually skips the section on geometric distribution, if I remember well). But in one of the quiz question, there was one of the possible answers referring to the geometric distribution. If it is the case that we are supposed to know and understand about geometric distributions, then the course content should cover the subject. Or at the very least, the course lecture should mention clearly that learners are advised to read about it in the accompanying book. The guidelines for the project assignment (week 5) are not all that clear as to what is expected from the learners. Sure, there are instructions on where to find the info, what structure should be followed,... There is also a very nice "example" project (designed by one of the mentors), which provides a lot of useful info (how to filter missing values from variables,...). But there is no real hint as to the depth of analysis we are expected to complete. This is definitely a source of confusion, not only for me, but also for a few other learners, from what I gathered in the discussion forums. The result is that the projects you get to review are of very disparate levels. Some end up in calculating one figure per research question, without any attempt at deriving trends or patterns, others do not include any plots at all,... The thing is that the peer review criteria do not really provide a good basis to ensure that learners did indeed assimilate the course contents. Most of the questions in the peer review assignment have a lot more to do with following a canvas and not so much with the course substance itself. For instance, some of the peer review criteria have to do with the narratives for computed statistics and plots. The criteria are: "Is each plot/R outout followed by a narrative", "Does the narrative correctly interpret the plots, or statistics", "Does the narrative address the research question". But when the research question is a question of the type "What it the IQR for income per state", for instance, the narrative can be very short: "IQR per state shows that the state with higher variability of income is...". So, the narrative meets the 3 evaluation criteria: there is a narrative, it does address the research question, and it does correctly interpret the statistics. But it is not particularly useful. I do understand that Internet-based peer review is challenging, and that you have to settle for "neutral" criteria that are easy to assess by learners. But the peer review grading "grid" as it currently stands is not "that" helpful in assessing whether the course contents has been assimilated. To conclude, when I took the course, my initial plan was to follow the entire specialization. But after having completed the first course of the specialization, I have radically changed my mind, and will look for alternatives "elsewhere" to get the knowledge/skillset that I am after. | opposed to independent processes? The graded | Assignment | are of varying quality. The most | Negative | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Very mixed feelings about this course. Generally speaking, the course lectures are informative and well organized. Mentors are reallly of great help, they are doing a great job, honestly: they are very active, they give good insights, they know the subject matter. But in the course lectures, there are occasions where concepts are used which were not formally introduced before their actual use. One example: in the lectures on probability, the first "slide" in the lecture talks about random processes, outcomes of random process,... On the next slide, the notion of probability of an event is introduced, but the very notion of "event" was never introduced. It is introduced in the accompanying book, but if it is the case that the book chapters should be read PRIOR to watching the course videos, that fact should be made clear. Further in the course on probability, some words are used "interchangeably" without the context making it clear why they can be used interchangeably. For instance, on some occasions, the concept of independent events is used, but then, later on, the discussion talks of independent processes. Which is which??? Is there a difference? If so, what is it? When do I need to use independent events as opposed to independent processes? The graded assignments are of varying quality. The most disturbing thing about them is that, on some occasions, concepts are used in the quiz questions (either directly in the questions and answer choices, or indirectly in the "correction" for the quiz after you have submitted it) that were never touched upon in the course. I have had two occasions of concepts not introduced in the course but used in the graded assignments. The first occurrence of a gap between course content and quiz questions was on a quiz question about inference. I failed the question, and understood why I failed based on the course content litterally minutes after failing the question (and one mentor actually rightly corrected me). But the question "correction" (the explanation text you receive after submitting, as justification for what the correct answer is) referred to the concept of "two-sided hypothesis test". Where did THAT come from?? I checked and rechecked the course videos, no mention at all of it. I checked the accompanying book, and the first mention of two-sided hypothesis test is way way way further in the book, in a chapter that is entirely focusing on inference. The second occurrence was in week 4. The course lectures cover two distributions: normal and binomial. The recommended reading in the book also focus on these two distributions (the recommended reading actually skips the section on geometric distribution, if I remember well). But in one of the quiz question, there was one of the possible answers referring to the geometric distribution. If it is the case that we are supposed to know and understand about geometric distributions, then the course content should cover the subject. Or at the very least, the course lecture should mention clearly that learners are advised to read about it in the accompanying book. The guidelines for the project assignment (week 5) are not all that clear as to what is expected from the learners. Sure, there are instructions on where to find the info, what structure should be followed,... There is also a very nice "example" project (designed by one of the mentors), which provides a lot of useful info (how to filter missing values from variables,...). But there is no real hint as to the depth of analysis we are expected to complete. This is definitely a source of confusion, not only for me, but also for a few other learners, from what I gathered in the discussion forums. The result is that the projects you get to review are of very disparate levels. Some end up in calculating one figure per research question, without any attempt at deriving trends or patterns, others do not include any plots at all,... The thing is that the peer review criteria do not really provide a good basis to ensure that learners did indeed assimilate the course contents. Most of the questions in the peer review assignment have a lot more to do with following a canvas and not so much with the course substance itself. For instance, some of the peer review criteria have to do with the narratives for computed statistics and plots. The criteria are: "Is each plot/R outout followed by a narrative", "Does the narrative correctly interpret the plots, or statistics", "Does the narrative address the research question". But when the research question is a question of the type "What it the IQR for income per state", for instance, the narrative can be very short: "IQR per state shows that the state with higher variability of income is...". So, the narrative meets the 3 evaluation criteria: there is a narrative, it does address the research question, and it does correctly interpret the statistics. But it is not particularly useful. I do understand that Internet-based peer review is challenging, and that you have to settle for "neutral" criteria that are easy to assess by learners. But the peer review grading "grid" as it currently stands is not "that" helpful in assessing whether the course contents has been assimilated. To conclude, when I took the course, my initial plan was to follow the entire specialization. But after having completed the first course of the specialization, I have radically changed my mind, and will look for alternatives "elsewhere" to get the knowledge/skillset that I am after. | course but used in the graded | Assignment | The first occurrence of a gap | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Very mixed feelings about this course. Generally speaking, the course lectures are informative and well organized. Mentors are reallly of great help, they are doing a great job, honestly: they are very active, they give good insights, they know the subject matter. But in the course lectures, there are occasions where concepts are used which were not formally introduced before their actual use. One example: in the lectures on probability, the first "slide" in the lecture talks about random processes, outcomes of random process,... On the next slide, the notion of probability of an event is introduced, but the very notion of "event" was never introduced. It is introduced in the accompanying book, but if it is the case that the book chapters should be read PRIOR to watching the course videos, that fact should be made clear. Further in the course on probability, some words are used "interchangeably" without the context making it clear why they can be used interchangeably. For instance, on some occasions, the concept of independent events is used, but then, later on, the discussion talks of independent processes. Which is which??? Is there a difference? If so, what is it? When do I need to use independent events as opposed to independent processes? The graded assignments are of varying quality. The most disturbing thing about them is that, on some occasions, concepts are used in the quiz questions (either directly in the questions and answer choices, or indirectly in the "correction" for the quiz after you have submitted it) that were never touched upon in the course. I have had two occasions of concepts not introduced in the course but used in the graded assignments. The first occurrence of a gap between course content and quiz questions was on a quiz question about inference. I failed the question, and understood why I failed based on the course content litterally minutes after failing the question (and one mentor actually rightly corrected me). But the question "correction" (the explanation text you receive after submitting, as justification for what the correct answer is) referred to the concept of "two-sided hypothesis test". Where did THAT come from?? I checked and rechecked the course videos, no mention at all of it. I checked the accompanying book, and the first mention of two-sided hypothesis test is way way way further in the book, in a chapter that is entirely focusing on inference. The second occurrence was in week 4. The course lectures cover two distributions: normal and binomial. The recommended reading in the book also focus on these two distributions (the recommended reading actually skips the section on geometric distribution, if I remember well). But in one of the quiz question, there was one of the possible answers referring to the geometric distribution. If it is the case that we are supposed to know and understand about geometric distributions, then the course content should cover the subject. Or at the very least, the course lecture should mention clearly that learners are advised to read about it in the accompanying book. The guidelines for the project assignment (week 5) are not all that clear as to what is expected from the learners. Sure, there are instructions on where to find the info, what structure should be followed,... There is also a very nice "example" project (designed by one of the mentors), which provides a lot of useful info (how to filter missing values from variables,...). But there is no real hint as to the depth of analysis we are expected to complete. This is definitely a source of confusion, not only for me, but also for a few other learners, from what I gathered in the discussion forums. The result is that the projects you get to review are of very disparate levels. Some end up in calculating one figure per research question, without any attempt at deriving trends or patterns, others do not include any plots at all,... The thing is that the peer review criteria do not really provide a good basis to ensure that learners did indeed assimilate the course contents. Most of the questions in the peer review assignment have a lot more to do with following a canvas and not so much with the course substance itself. For instance, some of the peer review criteria have to do with the narratives for computed statistics and plots. The criteria are: "Is each plot/R outout followed by a narrative", "Does the narrative correctly interpret the plots, or statistics", "Does the narrative address the research question". But when the research question is a question of the type "What it the IQR for income per state", for instance, the narrative can be very short: "IQR per state shows that the state with higher variability of income is...". So, the narrative meets the 3 evaluation criteria: there is a narrative, it does address the research question, and it does correctly interpret the statistics. But it is not particularly useful. I do understand that Internet-based peer review is challenging, and that you have to settle for "neutral" criteria that are easy to assess by learners. But the peer review grading "grid" as it currently stands is not "that" helpful in assessing whether the course contents has been assimilated. To conclude, when I took the course, my initial plan was to follow the entire specialization. But after having completed the first course of the specialization, I have radically changed my mind, and will look for alternatives "elsewhere" to get the knowledge/skillset that I am after. | book. The guidelines for the project | Assignment | (week 5) are not all that | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Very mixed feelings about this course. Generally speaking, the course lectures are informative and well organized. Mentors are reallly of great help, they are doing a great job, honestly: they are very active, they give good insights, they know the subject matter. But in the course lectures, there are occasions where concepts are used which were not formally introduced before their actual use. One example: in the lectures on probability, the first "slide" in the lecture talks about random processes, outcomes of random process,... On the next slide, the notion of probability of an event is introduced, but the very notion of "event" was never introduced. It is introduced in the accompanying book, but if it is the case that the book chapters should be read PRIOR to watching the course videos, that fact should be made clear. Further in the course on probability, some words are used "interchangeably" without the context making it clear why they can be used interchangeably. For instance, on some occasions, the concept of independent events is used, but then, later on, the discussion talks of independent processes. Which is which??? Is there a difference? If so, what is it? When do I need to use independent events as opposed to independent processes? The graded assignments are of varying quality. The most disturbing thing about them is that, on some occasions, concepts are used in the quiz questions (either directly in the questions and answer choices, or indirectly in the "correction" for the quiz after you have submitted it) that were never touched upon in the course. I have had two occasions of concepts not introduced in the course but used in the graded assignments. The first occurrence of a gap between course content and quiz questions was on a quiz question about inference. I failed the question, and understood why I failed based on the course content litterally minutes after failing the question (and one mentor actually rightly corrected me). But the question "correction" (the explanation text you receive after submitting, as justification for what the correct answer is) referred to the concept of "two-sided hypothesis test". Where did THAT come from?? I checked and rechecked the course videos, no mention at all of it. I checked the accompanying book, and the first mention of two-sided hypothesis test is way way way further in the book, in a chapter that is entirely focusing on inference. The second occurrence was in week 4. The course lectures cover two distributions: normal and binomial. The recommended reading in the book also focus on these two distributions (the recommended reading actually skips the section on geometric distribution, if I remember well). But in one of the quiz question, there was one of the possible answers referring to the geometric distribution. If it is the case that we are supposed to know and understand about geometric distributions, then the course content should cover the subject. Or at the very least, the course lecture should mention clearly that learners are advised to read about it in the accompanying book. The guidelines for the project assignment (week 5) are not all that clear as to what is expected from the learners. Sure, there are instructions on where to find the info, what structure should be followed,... There is also a very nice "example" project (designed by one of the mentors), which provides a lot of useful info (how to filter missing values from variables,...). But there is no real hint as to the depth of analysis we are expected to complete. This is definitely a source of confusion, not only for me, but also for a few other learners, from what I gathered in the discussion forums. The result is that the projects you get to review are of very disparate levels. Some end up in calculating one figure per research question, without any attempt at deriving trends or patterns, others do not include any plots at all,... The thing is that the peer review criteria do not really provide a good basis to ensure that learners did indeed assimilate the course contents. Most of the questions in the peer review assignment have a lot more to do with following a canvas and not so much with the course substance itself. For instance, some of the peer review criteria have to do with the narratives for computed statistics and plots. The criteria are: "Is each plot/R outout followed by a narrative", "Does the narrative correctly interpret the plots, or statistics", "Does the narrative address the research question". But when the research question is a question of the type "What it the IQR for income per state", for instance, the narrative can be very short: "IQR per state shows that the state with higher variability of income is...". So, the narrative meets the 3 evaluation criteria: there is a narrative, it does address the research question, and it does correctly interpret the statistics. But it is not particularly useful. I do understand that Internet-based peer review is challenging, and that you have to settle for "neutral" criteria that are easy to assess by learners. But the peer review grading "grid" as it currently stands is not "that" helpful in assessing whether the course contents has been assimilated. To conclude, when I took the course, my initial plan was to follow the entire specialization. But after having completed the first course of the specialization, I have radically changed my mind, and will look for alternatives "elsewhere" to get the knowledge/skillset that I am after. | the questions in the peer review | Assignment | have a lot more to do | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | This course is absolutely fantastic. The lectures great and the assignment was excellent | fantastic. The lectures great and the | Assignment | was excellent | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | I really liked this course. The course comprises of lectures, which are clear and are rich in examples, and of practical assignments, which you do in R. The practical tasks is where the course shines - everything is explained very clearly, there is a lot of content, and the course works with databases that are huge (thousands of cases and hundreds of variables) and have some of the more common problems (eg. missing data). I have little to no prior programming experience, just for the record. Mind you, this is an introductory course, as the name states, so don't expect to be a master of R or data handling after finishing it, but I feel I learned a lot here. | rich in examples, and of practical | Assignment | which you do in R. The | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Can not find a single flaw in teaching, and in assignment design. | single flaw in teaching, and in | Assignment | design. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | This course is definitly suitable for learners who don't have any related background. Dr. Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel has an amiable speaking style and always highlighted the key points in teaching videos, which helped me understand other contents in the textbook. Besides, the time and assignment arrangement of this course are also very reasonable. The only thing I could complain about is a system bug of the Amazon AWS and the grading system. My final project file went blank after the system told me the file uploading is sucessfully completed on August 3, and I got three 0 point from three peers since they only saw a blank file, of which I had no idea, and all I could see is "Grading in progress" on the system. Until the final grading day is over, which is August 12, the system finally reminded me of this horrible thing. I came to mentors, disscussion forum as well as the help center, reuploaded my file, desperately tried to find peers who can still spare some time to review my file, and it is finally fixed today. I got my certificate in the end, but the grading process is really frustrating. Hope this bug won't happen to anyone ever ag | the textbook. Besides, the time and | Assignment | arrangement of this course are also | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | I am an O Level graduate and the course is perfectly designed for anybody to start learning basic statistics and R. The quizzes and assignments make it more interesting. | statistics and R. The quizzes and | Assignment | make it more interesting. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | This course was excellent, the teaching material top-notch and with excellent pedagogy. It's amazing that the course authors offer a statistics textbook almost exactly covering the course content for free. The idea to combine R and statistics is right on the money too, thanks to this one can learn 2 skills at the same time, with statistical analysis letting you practice coding in R and R helping you visualise your statistics. The lectures are divided into small, easy to absorb chunks and the teacher does an excellent job explaining the material, giving very good examples and analogies to help the students understand concepts. The exercises and assignments are fun to complete, and the course offers a flexibility in how much time you spend on it per week, e.g. there are non-mandatory exercises to do. | students understand concepts. The exercises and | Assignment | are fun to complete, and the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Nice course. But the week 5 project is a little vague. It would be beter if we had a lab assignment instead. | beter if we had a lab | Assignment | instead. | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Great course. Videos were easy to understand and follow. Assignment instructions were a little vague and left to interpretation. Great community of learners! Instructors were extremely responsive to inquiries. | were easy to understand and follow. | Assignment | instructions were a little vague and | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 2g7bdO-KEeWTgg7cwVeSqQ | This course is extremely basic. It took me about four hours to complete the entire course (minus the peer reviewed assignment since I audited). This wouldn't be an issue in and of itself, but there were quite a number of issues with the presentation, from questions appearing in the wrong video, to badly worded and misleading questions. It's as if the course material was quickly thrown together and not reviewed or tested. Overall, there is some good info in it if you have no background in accounting and no idea what a balance sheet is, but if you're looking for insight into interpreting balance sheets, this is not the class for you. | entire course (minus the peer reviewed | Assignment | since I audited). This wouldn't be | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Provided Unity scripts for projects don't work properly with newer versions of Unity. Quality of video recording is kind of crappy esp. audio. Most of the stuff learned in this course you'd be able to learn straight from the Unity tutorials anyway. Not recommended unless you absolutely need scheduled assignments in order to learn. | recommended unless you absolutely need scheduled | Assignment | in order to learn. | Negative | 0.86 | 2.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Great class packed full of info! The videos were fully explanatory in what they hoped to achieve, instructing in the basics of Unity 3D. An overall well balanced introductory course, my only problem was with a broken link to an assignment. I had to get the specific course materials from another student because the download link didn't work for me. I was hoping for a Moderator/Admin to get back to my complaint, but after a few days a fellow student that had the problem previously was the one to help me out. 4/5 Stars. Be kind to your classmates, you'll learn a lot from them as well! | with a broken link to an | Assignment | I had to get the specific | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | This course was very informative and hands-on. I learned so much from watching the lectures, working on the assignments, and from the amazing community. I highly recommend this course for anyone that wants to start game development. | watching the lectures, working on the | Assignment | and from the amazing community. I | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Great for getting started in game development with Unity 3D! I had a lot of fun with the assignments. | a lot of fun with the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Good for beginners. I am not sure if anyone who has designed even a small game in Unity will be interested in this course. I was quite bored and had to go through all the videos just to complete the assignment which cannot be completed if you don't go through all the videos which I think is the drawback for this course. But again, its for beginners. As for me, I am looking forward to interesting and in-depth topics to learn about. The specialization will hold no value if it doesn't pose any challenge to its pursuers. | the videos just to complete the | Assignment | which cannot be completed if you | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Excellent course to get started with. Concise and fun lessons with really fun assignments. I do wish the quizzes were slightly more challenging/longer. Would recommend, 8/10! | and fun lessons with really fun | Assignment | I do wish the quizzes were | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | The first course in this Specialization was very fulfilling and I've learned a lot in a short time, even though I had quite a bit of prior knowledge on some topics. The assignments were fitting and realistic, the instructor sympathic and the course was overall great. | prior knowledge on some topics. The | Assignment | were fitting and realistic, the instructor | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | quality of the video-presentations is top! assignments and quizzes are fair | quality of the video-presentations is top! | Assignment | and quizzes are fair | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Excellent course and very good intro to Unity. Videos, assignments and everything really helped to become familiar with Unity and adopt good practices when making projects. | very good intro to Unity. Videos, | Assignment | and everything really helped to become | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | The only thing that stands between the 5 and 4 stars evaluation of this course is the fact that assignments should have a broader range of grades for the peer review (like 0-2.5-5-7.5-10). On all the rest, congratulations! It is a great course! | this course is the fact that | Assignment | should have a broader range of | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Didactically I was a little disappointed since, as so often, allegedly innovative e-learning is based on a conventional transmission pedagogy, with the instructur delivering frontal-teaching-style lectures and the learner imitating the instructions. As a comparative novice in the field, I'm not sure that I am now able to apply independently what I imitated for the assignments. Scripting went right over my head. Rhetorically, many of the lectures were preformulated written texts rattled off, sometimes quite fast, in spite of the complexity of some of the information. Where the instructor formulated freely, the excessive Uuuhms and "go ahead's" nearly drove me bonkers. On the whole, a useful course, though. | independently what I imitated for the | Assignment | Scripting went right over my head. | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Good course that gets you going with Unity3D. Very simple to follow the hands-on lectures, just repeat in your own editor. The assignments are very easy, this is the easiest course I've completed on Coursera. Very basic coding involved, and you don't need to write anything from scratch. I will take the next Course offered by Michigan State University as well! | repeat in your own editor. The | Assignment | are very easy, this is the | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I loved the course through every single lecture and assignment. I think the projects we worked on were a perfect introduction for people who had never worked in Unity before, and for an experienced Unity user (like me) they were a great way to touch up on the basics and even learn a few new ways to organize projects. I'd take this course again a thousand times over, and recommend it for anyone interested in getting into the game development industry, programmer or otherwise. | course through every single lecture and | Assignment | I think the projects we worked | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Ever wondered how games are made ? After taking this course you will be able to make your very own video game. Very hands on course with lots of practical assignments. | on course with lots of practical | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | The instructor did a great job of presenting new aspects of game development in Unity, week after week. The deadlines and assignments did a good job of reinforcing what I'd learned while still letting me to have the creativity to feel like I made the game 'my own'. | week after week. The deadlines and | Assignment | did a good job of reinforcing | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I enjoyed the course. Very fun playing with the Unity editor, and the assignments give you some freedom in how you tackle assignments. The class was fairly easy and doesn't need much time commitment. | with the Unity editor, and the | Assignment | give you some freedom in how | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I enjoyed the course. Very fun playing with the Unity editor, and the assignments give you some freedom in how you tackle assignments. The class was fairly easy and doesn't need much time commitment. | some freedom in how you tackle | Assignment | The class was fairly easy and | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | The content of this course is well explain and easy to follow, I have a lot of fun doing the assignments, it was sort of playing. | a lot of fun doing the | Assignment | it was sort of playing. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | This was much less about the development of games as it was an intro to Unity. Furthermore, the assignments weren't graded on a timely basis, which left very room to collaborate and refine. Overall, I felt like I learned to follow a few basic things about Unity, nothing more. | an intro to Unity. Furthermore, the | Assignment | weren't graded on a timely basis, | Negative | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Excellent video content and quality, engaging assignments and helpful resources. | Excellent video content and quality, engaging | Assignment | and helpful resources. | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Good course, I learned a lot about Unity. However, I feel that it does not promote investigation by ourselves. Basically, the videos are the steps we need to do to complete one half of the assignment, and the other half is just about repeating those steps we were shown. Also, I expected a bit more depth in the scripts week, but I understand it's hard to add a lot of content for just a week. The course is still good, but maybe too easy. | to complete one half of the | Assignment | and the other half is just | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Awesome! :) Covers all you need to be introduced to Game development basic concepts and also experience using this knowledge in projects and assignments. thanks Mr.Winn, coursera and spartans! | using this knowledge in projects and | Assignment | thanks Mr. Winn, coursera and spartans! | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| 2InHZhR3EeW_mxLPrCkAqw | The teacher explains concepts very well. Really worth the time to go over the lectures several times. The programming assignments however lack instructions and the online judgement system has some strange requests which are not illustrated in the instruction. You have to guess what the assignment is about each time. Overall very good lectures but poor assignments. | the lectures several times. The programming | Assignment | however lack instructions and the online | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 2InHZhR3EeW_mxLPrCkAqw | The teacher explains concepts very well. Really worth the time to go over the lectures several times. The programming assignments however lack instructions and the online judgement system has some strange requests which are not illustrated in the instruction. You have to guess what the assignment is about each time. Overall very good lectures but poor assignments. | You have to guess what the | Assignment | is about each time. Overall very | Positive | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| 2InHZhR3EeW_mxLPrCkAqw | The teacher explains concepts very well. Really worth the time to go over the lectures several times. The programming assignments however lack instructions and the online judgement system has some strange requests which are not illustrated in the instruction. You have to guess what the assignment is about each time. Overall very good lectures but poor assignments. | Overall very good lectures but poor | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 2y_2_3REEeWKsgrp3VnvAw | Could be better. The teacher sometimes explain the concepts in a hard way, and not always shows how to do in practice. But you will get curious and in case of doubts, you can find more simple explanations on the web, and the forum is very good. The assignments are hard, you will need do research to accomplish then, but is the best way to learn. I think the specialization is good to someone without much knowledge on the field (like me). But it's only the start! | the forum is very good. The | Assignment | are hard, you will need do | Positive | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I would prefer more complex assignments and more advanced math concepts in the course. Otherwise it is great. | I would prefer more complex | Assignment | and more advanced math concepts in | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The assignments are well thought out and explain the algorithms step-by-step. The subtitles/transcripts are a disappointment :( . Full of mistakes. Sometimes to the point of being useless or even worse - saying the exact of opposite of what the lecturer says. Since the lecturer sometimes is unclear - this is problematic. As usual - Graphlab Create sometimes crashes, however there are explanations how to run the assignments using Scikit-Learn. | The | Assignment | are well thought out and explain | Positive | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The assignments are well thought out and explain the algorithms step-by-step. The subtitles/transcripts are a disappointment :( . Full of mistakes. Sometimes to the point of being useless or even worse - saying the exact of opposite of what the lecturer says. Since the lecturer sometimes is unclear - this is problematic. As usual - Graphlab Create sometimes crashes, however there are explanations how to run the assignments using Scikit-Learn. | are explanations how to run the | Assignment | using Scikit-Learn. | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The lectures are very well prepared and clear. With regards to the assignments: I think it will be nice to design the assignments in a way that allows people to use the language and libraries they prefer as much as possible. I would also prefer to write more of the coding assignments by myself, instead of trying to fill in the blanks in some pre-written code and complete them. That will help the students to learn a lot more. | and clear. With regards to the | Assignment | I think it will be nice | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The lectures are very well prepared and clear. With regards to the assignments: I think it will be nice to design the assignments in a way that allows people to use the language and libraries they prefer as much as possible. I would also prefer to write more of the coding assignments by myself, instead of trying to fill in the blanks in some pre-written code and complete them. That will help the students to learn a lot more. | will be nice to design the | Assignment | in a way that allows people | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The lectures are very well prepared and clear. With regards to the assignments: I think it will be nice to design the assignments in a way that allows people to use the language and libraries they prefer as much as possible. I would also prefer to write more of the coding assignments by myself, instead of trying to fill in the blanks in some pre-written code and complete them. That will help the students to learn a lot more. | to write more of the coding | Assignment | by myself, instead of trying to | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Good survey of the material, but assignments are superficial. | Good survey of the material, but | Assignment | are superficial. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | It covers many aspects in clustering and the assignments are very helpful | many aspects in clustering and the | Assignment | are very helpful | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The good: -Good examples to learn the concepts -Good organization of the material -The assignments were well-explained and easy to follow-up -The good humor and attitude of the professor makes the lectures very engaging -All videolectures are small and this makes them easy to digest and follow (optional videos were large compared with the rest of the lectures but the material covered on those was pretty advanced and its length is justifiable) Things that can be improved: -In some of the videos the professor seemed to cruise through some of the concepts. I understand that it is recommended to take the series of courses in certain order but sometimes I felt we were rushing through the material covered -I may be nitpicking here but I wish the professor used a different color to write on the slides (the red he used clashed horribly with some of the slides' backgrounds and made it difficult to read his observations) Overall, a good course to take and very easy to follow if taken together with the other courses in the series. | -Good organization of the material -The | Assignment | were well-explained and easy to follow-up | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | All of the courses lecture are great until it reaches week 5 where it's really hard to catch, the programming assignment doesn't give enough hints and lecture in this topic doesn't help much. | really hard to catch, the programming | Assignment | doesn't give enough hints and lecture | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Very easy to follow and didactic. Very good material in the assignments. | didactic. Very good material in the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | This course is very nice and covers some of the very important concepts like decision trees, boosting, and online learning apart form logistic regression. More importantly, everything here has been implemented from scratch and so the understanding of codes becomes very easy. The lectures and slides were very intuitive. Carlos has explained everything very properly and even some of the very tough concepts have been explained in a proper manner from figures and graphs. There are lots lots of python assignments to review what have we learned in the lectures. Overall, its a must take course for all who wants an insight about classification in ML. | There are lots lots of python | Assignment | to review what have we learned | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Assignments were a little too easy, considering that students are expected to have taken the first two courses in the specialization. Otherwise, great course! | | Assignment | were a little too easy, considering | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Highly recommended course, looking under the hood to examine how popular ML algorithms like decision trees and boosting are actually implemented. I'm surprised at how intuitive the idea of boosting really is. Also interesting that random forests are dismissed as not as powerful as boosting, but I would love to know why! Both methods appear to expose more data to the learner, and a heuristic comparison between RF and boosting would have been greatly appreciated. One can immediately notice the difference between statistician Emily, who took us through the mathematical derivation of the derivative (ha.ha.) function for linear regression (much appreciated Emily!), and computer scientist Carlos, who skipped this bit for logistic regression but provided lots of verbose code to track the running of algorithms during assignments (helps to see what is actually happening under the hood). Excellent lecturers both, thank you! | track the running of algorithms during | Assignment | (helps to see what is actually | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I really love this Classification course as well as Regression course!! This course is covering both mathematical background and practical implementation very well. Assignments are moderately challenging and it was a very good exercise for me to have a good intuition about classification algorithms. I only used standard Python libraries such as numpy, scikit-learn, matplotlib and pandas, and there were no problems for me to complete all of the assignments without any use of IPython, SFrames, GraphLab Create at all. I would say thank you so much to Carlos and Emily to give me such a great course!! P.S. This course would be perfect if it covered bootstrap and Random Forest in details. | background and practical implementation very well. | Assignment | are moderately challenging and it was | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I really love this Classification course as well as Regression course!! This course is covering both mathematical background and practical implementation very well. Assignments are moderately challenging and it was a very good exercise for me to have a good intuition about classification algorithms. I only used standard Python libraries such as numpy, scikit-learn, matplotlib and pandas, and there were no problems for me to complete all of the assignments without any use of IPython, SFrames, GraphLab Create at all. I would say thank you so much to Carlos and Emily to give me such a great course!! P.S. This course would be perfect if it covered bootstrap and Random Forest in details. | me to complete all of the | Assignment | without any use of IPython, SFrames, | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Awesome course..Very depth in concepts and tough challenging assignments | depth in concepts and tough challenging | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I think this is an excellent course to give an idea about the machine learning concept of classification. I felt the lectures were to the point, straight forward and more importantly dealt with practical issues and solutions. The assignments are pretty cool, though large amount of code is written at a few points - I still found them pretty engaging. | with practical issues and solutions. The | Assignment | are pretty cool, though large amount | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Excellent course that details important concepts in supervised classification. The programming assignments can be a little easy to complete (and consequently easy to forget later), but I believe it's a well paced course and the lecture material is at any incredibly accessible pace, with options for more advanced material. One suggestion would be to include more papers for additional technical details in the lecture or programming assignments as you did with dealing with unbalanced data. | concepts in supervised classification. The programming | Assignment | can be a little easy to | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Excellent course that details important concepts in supervised classification. The programming assignments can be a little easy to complete (and consequently easy to forget later), but I believe it's a well paced course and the lecture material is at any incredibly accessible pace, with options for more advanced material. One suggestion would be to include more papers for additional technical details in the lecture or programming assignments as you did with dealing with unbalanced data. | details in the lecture or programming | Assignment | as you did with dealing with | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Thank you Prof. Carlos for this amazing course. You covered the topics in a very easy to understand way and the course was full of cool applications and humor! The only downside that I felt was that the programming assignments sometimes felt too easy. Even as a complete Python novice (I started learning Python with the first course), I felt the programming assignments could have been made more interesting. But in the larger scheme of things it doesn't matter because the course was really well taught and easy to understand. I'm really looking forward to the next course! :) | I felt was that the programming | Assignment | sometimes felt too easy. Even as | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Thank you Prof. Carlos for this amazing course. You covered the topics in a very easy to understand way and the course was full of cool applications and humor! The only downside that I felt was that the programming assignments sometimes felt too easy. Even as a complete Python novice (I started learning Python with the first course), I felt the programming assignments could have been made more interesting. But in the larger scheme of things it doesn't matter because the course was really well taught and easy to understand. I'm really looking forward to the next course! :) | first course), I felt the programming | Assignment | could have been made more interesting. | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | This course is friendly to machine learning beginners for the learning material is easy to understand as well as the assignment is easy to accomplish. | to understand as well as the | Assignment | is easy to accomplish. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Just one comment about how the course could be improved: the assignments should be more hands-on with fewer pieces of code written in advance. I say this is even though I am not a skilled programmer. The assignments would be a bit harder, but also a bit more rewarding. | the course could be improved: the | Assignment | should be more hands-on with fewer | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Just one comment about how the course could be improved: the assignments should be more hands-on with fewer pieces of code written in advance. I say this is even though I am not a skilled programmer. The assignments would be a bit harder, but also a bit more rewarding. | am not a skilled programmer. The | Assignment | would be a bit harder, but | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The course provides an overview on classification methods in machine learning. The lectures are clear and easy to understand due to the quality of the slides and of the explanations. The limit of this course lies in the assignments: too easy if done with the provided notebooks and tools. Sometimes impossible to do with different tools (the suggested machine learning package is free for educational purposes, but otherwise it needs a license). | of this course lies in the | Assignment | too easy if done with the | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Excellent Course, I'm very found of Carlos jokes mixed with the hard concepts ^^. Lectures are precise, concise and comprehensive. I really enjoyed diving in depths of the algorithms' mechanics (like Emily did in the Regression Course). I also deeply appreciated the real-world examples in the lectures and real world datasets of assignments. Some may regret the absence of a few "classic" algorithms like SVM but Carlos definitely made his point about it in the forum and did not exclude the addition of an optional module about it. I found some of the assignments less challenging than during the Regression Course, but maybe I'm just getting better at Machine-Learning and Python ^^. Thanks again to Emily and Carlos for the brilliant work at this very promising specialization. | lectures and real world datasets of | Assignment | Some may regret the absence of | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Excellent Course, I'm very found of Carlos jokes mixed with the hard concepts ^^. Lectures are precise, concise and comprehensive. I really enjoyed diving in depths of the algorithms' mechanics (like Emily did in the Regression Course). I also deeply appreciated the real-world examples in the lectures and real world datasets of assignments. Some may regret the absence of a few "classic" algorithms like SVM but Carlos definitely made his point about it in the forum and did not exclude the addition of an optional module about it. I found some of the assignments less challenging than during the Regression Course, but maybe I'm just getting better at Machine-Learning and Python ^^. Thanks again to Emily and Carlos for the brilliant work at this very promising specialization. | it. I found some of the | Assignment | less challenging than during the Regression | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | This is a very good course on classification as previous two. Good explanation on topics like logistic regression, stochastic gradient descent. The assignments are well designed. However the decision tree part should introduce entropy and gini which are mainly used for choosing the splitting feature. Also the random forest is worth discussing. Overall, this is a good course which contains a handful of knowledge. | logistic regression, stochastic gradient descent. The | Assignment | are well designed. However the decision | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Very useful & with interesting assignments. | Very useful & with interesting | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Assignments were more challenging than previous course. Loved solving them. Enjoyed the optional videos. | | Assignment | were more challenging than previous course. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Great course. The decision tree part is particularly great. However, there was a lot of repetition of overfitting principles and the programming assignments have too much code given. It is clear that it removes the complexity a bit, but it also makes it harder to fully understand because we "don't implement it ourself", we just fill up the gaps by translating a few sentences and formulas. The main challenge in Python, is to understand what each variables holds. Nevertheless, this course was amazing. Really enjoyed it. Good job! Thanks | of overfitting principles and the programming | Assignment | have too much code given. It | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| 3cmY9AVPEeWr2CIAC20DIw | Having an essay as a final assignment was great! | Having an essay as a final | Assignment | was great! | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 3cmY9AVPEeWr2CIAC20DIw | Very well done. I would have liked it if there were more assignments. | liked it if there were more | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | It is a very good course for everyone to learn basic of Korean. For me who have learned Korean by read Korean lesson book somehow this course not give much thing to learn. GRAMMAR (5/5) This course is good because it give me more insight about Korean grammar (difference between normal. formal, and informal speech; the using of 예요/ 이에요, 이/가, etc). THE TEACHER (5/5) She explain clearly and give some exercise in the video to make us practice. I like the method. VOCABULARY (3/5) There were not much vocabulary in the course. I hope Yonsei University would add more new vocabulary in the course. TEST/ ASSIGNMENT (3/5) I've taken another language online course at another site that similar to Coursera. That site's assignments more complex than this course's given. This site only test our reading and listening but there were not speaking aspect that scored here. And I wish you will add writing aspect to the course. LESSON (3/5) The lessons those given here really simple. They were easy to understand, but I hope there will be a sequel of this course that will give us more advance lessons. Recommendation: - add more vocabulary, - add speaking and writing assignment, - a sequel of this course. Thank you for coursera and Yonsei University for giving me an opportunity to learn Korean Language for free. | new vocabulary in the course. TEST/ | Assignment | (3/5) I've taken another language online | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | It is a very good course for everyone to learn basic of Korean. For me who have learned Korean by read Korean lesson book somehow this course not give much thing to learn. GRAMMAR (5/5) This course is good because it give me more insight about Korean grammar (difference between normal. formal, and informal speech; the using of 예요/ 이에요, 이/가, etc). THE TEACHER (5/5) She explain clearly and give some exercise in the video to make us practice. I like the method. VOCABULARY (3/5) There were not much vocabulary in the course. I hope Yonsei University would add more new vocabulary in the course. TEST/ ASSIGNMENT (3/5) I've taken another language online course at another site that similar to Coursera. That site's assignments more complex than this course's given. This site only test our reading and listening but there were not speaking aspect that scored here. And I wish you will add writing aspect to the course. LESSON (3/5) The lessons those given here really simple. They were easy to understand, but I hope there will be a sequel of this course that will give us more advance lessons. Recommendation: - add more vocabulary, - add speaking and writing assignment, - a sequel of this course. Thank you for coursera and Yonsei University for giving me an opportunity to learn Korean Language for free. | that similar to Coursera. That site's | Assignment | more complex than this course's given. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | It is a very good course for everyone to learn basic of Korean. For me who have learned Korean by read Korean lesson book somehow this course not give much thing to learn. GRAMMAR (5/5) This course is good because it give me more insight about Korean grammar (difference between normal. formal, and informal speech; the using of 예요/ 이에요, 이/가, etc). THE TEACHER (5/5) She explain clearly and give some exercise in the video to make us practice. I like the method. VOCABULARY (3/5) There were not much vocabulary in the course. I hope Yonsei University would add more new vocabulary in the course. TEST/ ASSIGNMENT (3/5) I've taken another language online course at another site that similar to Coursera. That site's assignments more complex than this course's given. This site only test our reading and listening but there were not speaking aspect that scored here. And I wish you will add writing aspect to the course. LESSON (3/5) The lessons those given here really simple. They were easy to understand, but I hope there will be a sequel of this course that will give us more advance lessons. Recommendation: - add more vocabulary, - add speaking and writing assignment, - a sequel of this course. Thank you for coursera and Yonsei University for giving me an opportunity to learn Korean Language for free. | vocabulary, - add speaking and writing | Assignment | - a sequel of this course. | Negative | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | A good course that I would recommend to everyone that want to follow a career in creative writing or to improve their passion. It helped me to acknowledge things that you have to take in account when writing a book.I could not imagine some of this things when I was thinking about an action,and,how to put it on paper and sound good for the reader. The assignments are very good and you can also complete them in audit only mode , but only for yourself , no one will revive you. It`s not that easy to write something when you don`t know much things about the structures , how to build a character and so on , but , here you have everything you need and it`s free. I finished the course in audit only mode but if you have the possibility to buy it , don`t hesitate. | sound good for the reader. The | Assignment | are very good and you can | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I really enjoyed how the instructor broke down plot, the examples and assignments. I would definitely recommend it. | broke down plot, the examples and | Assignment | I would definitely recommend it. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Great class! Simple and direct. Brando Skyhorse has a great demeanor and very open and warm. Very encouraging. The assignments were clear and manageable and yet challenging. Stimulating to push past my comfort zone. Definitely recommend it! Thanks so much, Brando! | open and warm. Very encouraging. The | Assignment | were clear and manageable and yet | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I loved doing the course, and especially while doing each assignment of writing a story. The short guiding videos were to the point and interviews with personalities was engaging, Thanks for the course!! | course, and especially while doing each | Assignment | of writing a story. The short | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The course materials are really useful as they are not just oversimplified guidelines, but practical skills that I can really utilize in my writing. The constraints in every writing assignment gave me new inspirations as I must come up with something that fits into the constraints. I especially like the interviews with other writers, which are included as part of the course materials. They serve to give me another perspective on the same matter discussed by the teacher and hence to stimulate my own thoughts on it. | writing. The constraints in every writing | Assignment | gave me new inspirations as I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I enjoyed this course. Brando did a good job in breaking down the important aspects of plot and providing examples. I liked that lessons were concise. Each one contained roughly three videos, most less than 10 minutes. I thought this was very beginner friendly. I found Feyman's pyramid and Alice Adam's ABDCE of plot structure particularly useful and I especially enjoyed the Shop Talk videos where fellow writers discussed their approach to writing. I only audited this course, but it bugged me that my board kept displaying overdue assignments when that feature was locked. | that my board kept displaying overdue | Assignment | when that feature was locked. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I found this course useful in focusing my short stories. I found the lectures useful, interesting, and directly applicable to the assignments. | interesting, and directly applicable to the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The course is nice and informative. Unfortunately one can not do any of the pear rated assignments or pear reviews. | do any of the pear rated | Assignment | or pear reviews. | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Didn't pay to unlock the assignments but still enjoyed it. Lecturer explains points clearly and gives examples from familiar literature. Even if you aren't an aspiring (or struggling) writer, you'll still learn a lot about the structure of good storytelling. Ever wondered why movies and novels seem to follow the same pattern, yet it always works? You'll find out here. Great course. My only regret is that assignment reviews are locked until you pay for them. It would've been nice if only the capstone project required payment. | Didn't pay to unlock the | Assignment | but still enjoyed it. Lecturer explains | Negative | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Didn't pay to unlock the assignments but still enjoyed it. Lecturer explains points clearly and gives examples from familiar literature. Even if you aren't an aspiring (or struggling) writer, you'll still learn a lot about the structure of good storytelling. Ever wondered why movies and novels seem to follow the same pattern, yet it always works? You'll find out here. Great course. My only regret is that assignment reviews are locked until you pay for them. It would've been nice if only the capstone project required payment. | course. My only regret is that | Assignment | reviews are locked until you pay | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Clean, succinct, and clear explanation of the fundamentals of successful plot structure and movement. I appreciated the warm, encouraging manner of the instructor, and found the assignments well designed and helpful. | of the instructor, and found the | Assignment | well designed and helpful. | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The peer reviewed assignments are next to useless, as there is no oversight on them. I think there needs to be a basic comprehension assessment done first, before allowing fellow learners the ability to pass/fail students in the course. | The peer reviewed | Assignment | are next to useless, as there | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Fantastic class! The teachers is organized, charismatic, a respected author of such interesting subject matter. He brings relevant outside writers to interview about their viewpoints. The assignments are clear and really opened my mind to other ways of thinking. This series of classes is more than worth time and cost. | to interview about their viewpoints. The | Assignment | are clear and really opened my | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I am very much enjoying how my professor breaks everything down to the simplest form. I find myself applying what I have learned to my everyday writing as well as things I read and watch. He is upbeat and energetic and the assignments are fun! Although he asks for 200 words and I find that difficult because I am accustomed to writing a small novel for each answer, as you can clearly tell from my review of this course. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to begin writing or to writers who want a fundamental understanding of what they are already doing. | is upbeat and energetic and the | Assignment | are fun! Although he asks for | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I audited this course so I was locked out of submitting assignments; however, I would recommend this course to any creative writing beginner (like myself). The course was well organized and concise and the concepts were clear. It was easy to apply the concept to the assignments and I was surprised at what I was able to write as a result of auditing this course. | to apply the concept to the | Assignment | and I was surprised at what | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This course involved challenging assignments and very interesting lessons. I thought the course was well thought out and would recommend it to anyone. | This course involved challenging | Assignment | and very interesting lessons. I thought | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The course is easy to follow and informative. Challenging assignments and guest speakers add variety, clarity, and creativity to the way you think about telling a story. It touches on important points like structuring and editing. Plus, the instructor compares much of what he's teaching to how it's used in popular novels. | easy to follow and informative. Challenging | Assignment | and guest speakers add variety, clarity, | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot is simply one of the best video courses I have found on the subject. Easy to follow, great examples, clearly explained, engaging presentations and assignments, tips from the experts; all those things made this one course I couldn't "put down". Brando Skyhorse comes across as a phenomenal teacher who really knows his subject and truly cares about it, that alone makes the course worth watching. I will definitely be referring back to this again. Keep an eye on the dedication should my novel ever hit the shelves! | examples, clearly explained, engaging presentations and | Assignment | tips from the experts; all those | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The instructor has done a good job with the structure and assignments for this course. He explains the course and the assignments very well. I enjoyed the course. | good job with the structure and | Assignment | for this course. He explains the | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The instructor has done a good job with the structure and assignments for this course. He explains the course and the assignments very well. I enjoyed the course. | He explains the course and the | Assignment | very well. I enjoyed the course. | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | A good introductory course to the craft of plot. Covers the basics, though I would appreciate some more complex assignments. Perhaps offer some more advanced course in the future? Maybe an advanced fiction specialization? Either way, good introductory course. | I would appreciate some more complex | Assignment | Perhaps offer some more advanced course | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The content is interesting, but not rich enough for a course. I finished all the videos and assignments in only 2 days. | I finished all the videos and | Assignment | in only 2 days. | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Brando did a great job in presenting a structure for plot. I think his insights are valuable and he did tried to offer practical guidelines writers can use. What I didn't like was the reviewing of the assignments. Some times I didn't receive valuable feedback ( the same sentence copy/pasted in every section) and someone failed me for not understanding my intentions because he was not an English speaker. Away from that, I really liked Brando, his style, and his involvement. | like was the reviewing of the | Assignment | Some times I didn't receive valuable | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Felt very much like an exercise in writing-by-numbers. Assignment instructions were too vague and the pass/fail grading system meant lots of classmates were upset that their work was not appreciated or understood. So many people on the course do not have English as a first language that the marking is often erratic. Great that non-native speakers are trying to write in English, enriching the canon, but in those circumstances a pass/fail system seems misguided. | much like an exercise in writing-by-numbers. | Assignment | instructions were too vague and the | Negative | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | easy to understand and funny Assignment | easy to understand and funny | Assignment | | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | highly inspirational, clear, to the point. just sorry that assignments are only for fully registered course followers | to the point. just sorry that | Assignment | are only for fully registered course | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Pretty good class; good information. The classmates are engaged and have good feedback to give. I'm frustrated at the lack of instructor (or even staff presence) until at least week 3, when finally a staff member answered *one* of the many student questions that have been piling up. Students are a great resource for critiquing work, but we can't help each other with technical questions, or with assignment clarifications. So there *definitely* needs to be staff on hand for that. | other with technical questions, or with | Assignment | clarifications. So there *definitely* needs to | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Good class, good lectures. The plot devices taught are very specific, but helpful for beginning writers for whom conflict, and movement are not easy. I'm a beginning writer and I struggle with finishing a story because at some point I just think, well now what? what's supposed to happen? The class helps you push the characters into conflict, and make choices, which is the heart of a good story. My only complaint - the assignments were so structured that they were tedious. the peer reviews in this class were also painful. Reading other people's work, I felt like perhaps we needed less structure and more space to practice simpler techniques. But overall, i'm using what I've learned in my writing, and its definitely helped! | story. My only complaint - the | Assignment | were so structured that they were | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Thank you for giving me some concrete guidelines. I enjoyed following along without doing the assignments. Grateful to be able to be a part of the learning. | enjoyed following along without doing the | Assignment | Grateful to be able to be | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The course was pretty easy to learn, but the assignments were challenging, which is the best combination of theory and practice in my opinion. Although I didn't have enough time to dive into discussions and get to know with the community, I'd recommend this course to anyone who's making his first steps in creative writing. It will teach you how to limit yourself in your writing, be consize and yet create stories that are both entertaining and thought provoking. | pretty easy to learn, but the | Assignment | were challenging, which is the best | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The video lectures are very nicely done. They outline the basics of how a story line (Plot!) should be, how the characters should be developed and how scenes should be depicted. The tips given are practical and clearly defined - even for noobs The course motivated me to write, to refine my thoughts while writing and since there was always pressure of peers reviewing my work - I always revised what I wrote. I discovered that revision helps immensely, and I found I could express the same things in better ways and using lesser words Some students did have difficulties in understanding assignments - something that can get better with time. Also, I felt some learners received the brunt of bad grading since the grading guidelines weren't clear. Shaving off 1 star due to that | students did have difficulties in understanding | Assignment | - something that can get better | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I enjoyed this course; it provided a thorough overview of plot - well worth the time spent watching the videos and completing the assignments for myself. | watching the videos and completing the | Assignment | for myself. | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | While this course was interesting, it seemed very light. There was only about 10 or so minutes of 'content' a week, plus some interviews (which were very interesting, but didn't feel as though they taught too much). The assignments were all good except for the third one about the physical object. It was a weird prompt and not in a good way. I would recommend this course, but I'd also love to see it expanded a bit. | though they taught too much). The | Assignment | were all good except for the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The content of the course is very useful and delivered in a structured and effective way. I enjoyed the writing assignments and feedback opportunities. My only complaint is that there are a great number of people auditing the course and we had to create our own google community to share and get feedback as the assignments and feedback sections of the course are locked for all of the non-paying students. Other than that is was very enjoyable and informative. | effective way. I enjoyed the writing | Assignment | and feedback opportunities. My only complaint | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The content of the course is very useful and delivered in a structured and effective way. I enjoyed the writing assignments and feedback opportunities. My only complaint is that there are a great number of people auditing the course and we had to create our own google community to share and get feedback as the assignments and feedback sections of the course are locked for all of the non-paying students. Other than that is was very enjoyable and informative. | share and get feedback as the | Assignment | and feedback sections of the course | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The videos are quite interesting, though I think they are overly committed to very specific techniques. I did not, however, find the assignments and peer review system very helpful. People had a tendency, particularly on the first assignment, to read in requirements that were not actually stated or written down and failed people accordingly. There also does not seem to be enough people to review all of the assignments, either--perhaps due to the paywall for assignments. The very nature of the peer review system also guarantees you see a real range on the individual criteria you are evaluated on and the depth of the review. This exacerbates the very harsh "0 or 1" point option for all assignments (i.e. either you get a 1 and pass or you get a 0 and fail). Bottom line: I think the course materials are useful and at the very least interesting for developing writers, but I'm not sure it's worth the $79 entry fee to gain access to the peer review, unless you really need or want the course certificate. | I did not, however, find the | Assignment | and peer review system very helpful. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The videos are quite interesting, though I think they are overly committed to very specific techniques. I did not, however, find the assignments and peer review system very helpful. People had a tendency, particularly on the first assignment, to read in requirements that were not actually stated or written down and failed people accordingly. There also does not seem to be enough people to review all of the assignments, either--perhaps due to the paywall for assignments. The very nature of the peer review system also guarantees you see a real range on the individual criteria you are evaluated on and the depth of the review. This exacerbates the very harsh "0 or 1" point option for all assignments (i.e. either you get a 1 and pass or you get a 0 and fail). Bottom line: I think the course materials are useful and at the very least interesting for developing writers, but I'm not sure it's worth the $79 entry fee to gain access to the peer review, unless you really need or want the course certificate. | a tendency, particularly on the first | Assignment | to read in requirements that were | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The videos are quite interesting, though I think they are overly committed to very specific techniques. I did not, however, find the assignments and peer review system very helpful. People had a tendency, particularly on the first assignment, to read in requirements that were not actually stated or written down and failed people accordingly. There also does not seem to be enough people to review all of the assignments, either--perhaps due to the paywall for assignments. The very nature of the peer review system also guarantees you see a real range on the individual criteria you are evaluated on and the depth of the review. This exacerbates the very harsh "0 or 1" point option for all assignments (i.e. either you get a 1 and pass or you get a 0 and fail). Bottom line: I think the course materials are useful and at the very least interesting for developing writers, but I'm not sure it's worth the $79 entry fee to gain access to the peer review, unless you really need or want the course certificate. | people to review all of the | Assignment | either--perhaps due to the paywall for | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The videos are quite interesting, though I think they are overly committed to very specific techniques. I did not, however, find the assignments and peer review system very helpful. People had a tendency, particularly on the first assignment, to read in requirements that were not actually stated or written down and failed people accordingly. There also does not seem to be enough people to review all of the assignments, either--perhaps due to the paywall for assignments. The very nature of the peer review system also guarantees you see a real range on the individual criteria you are evaluated on and the depth of the review. This exacerbates the very harsh "0 or 1" point option for all assignments (i.e. either you get a 1 and pass or you get a 0 and fail). Bottom line: I think the course materials are useful and at the very least interesting for developing writers, but I'm not sure it's worth the $79 entry fee to gain access to the peer review, unless you really need or want the course certificate. | either--perhaps due to the paywall for | Assignment | The very nature of the peer | Positive | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The videos are quite interesting, though I think they are overly committed to very specific techniques. I did not, however, find the assignments and peer review system very helpful. People had a tendency, particularly on the first assignment, to read in requirements that were not actually stated or written down and failed people accordingly. There also does not seem to be enough people to review all of the assignments, either--perhaps due to the paywall for assignments. The very nature of the peer review system also guarantees you see a real range on the individual criteria you are evaluated on and the depth of the review. This exacerbates the very harsh "0 or 1" point option for all assignments (i.e. either you get a 1 and pass or you get a 0 and fail). Bottom line: I think the course materials are useful and at the very least interesting for developing writers, but I'm not sure it's worth the $79 entry fee to gain access to the peer review, unless you really need or want the course certificate. | or 1" point option for all | Assignment | (i. e. either you get a | Negative | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Someone needs to review/proofread the final part and assignment. Many students were/are confused about the final assignment. Revise the video too. | to review/proofread the final part and | Assignment | Many students were/are confused about the | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Someone needs to review/proofread the final part and assignment. Many students were/are confused about the final assignment. Revise the video too. | students were/are confused about the final | Assignment | Revise the video too. | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I finished this course in a single day in roughly about 8 hours, including taking notes and doing writing assignments. The material is quite good, more geared towards the beginner to the concepts of Plot. But, in my favorite parts - the interviews with Amity Gaige and Amy Bloom, I discovered new sides and tones to Character and Setting. And, they now compel me towards doing the rest of the courses in this specialization. I really wish I could submit my assignments even without the certificate version of the course. Thank you Mr. Skyhorse and the Coursera team. :) | including taking notes and doing writing | Assignment | The material is quite good, more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I finished this course in a single day in roughly about 8 hours, including taking notes and doing writing assignments. The material is quite good, more geared towards the beginner to the concepts of Plot. But, in my favorite parts - the interviews with Amity Gaige and Amy Bloom, I discovered new sides and tones to Character and Setting. And, they now compel me towards doing the rest of the courses in this specialization. I really wish I could submit my assignments even without the certificate version of the course. Thank you Mr. Skyhorse and the Coursera team. :) | really wish I could submit my | Assignment | even without the certificate version of | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Extremely innovative exercises and guidelines. Really opens one s brain to think creatively. The intructions for assignments need a bit more clarification. A worthy ue of hard earned money. Thanks Coursera | to think creatively. The intructions for | Assignment | need a bit more clarification. A | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | All the videos contain necessary information. The assignments are clear and very well structured. It is really a great course! | the videos contain necessary information. The | Assignment | are clear and very well structured. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The instructor really gives the nitty-gritty of how to write a plot that will intrigue readers. He explains what a plot is (and it may not be what you think! The assignment is much harder than it looks! Believe me, it took three days for me to get mine done, sign of a good assignment as I can typically write 250 words in a snap (this review for example!). If you want to write, this is a good beginning. | not be what you think! The | Assignment | is much harder than it looks! | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The instructor really gives the nitty-gritty of how to write a plot that will intrigue readers. He explains what a plot is (and it may not be what you think! The assignment is much harder than it looks! Believe me, it took three days for me to get mine done, sign of a good assignment as I can typically write 250 words in a snap (this review for example!). If you want to write, this is a good beginning. | mine done, sign of a good | Assignment | as I can typically write 250 | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | at 10000 feet level and the | Assignment | are very challenging and the course | Positive | 0.79 | 2.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | the skills required to complete the | Assignment | I recommend the Machine Learning Course | Positive | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | and understanding of how to complete | Assignment | (though still very challenging). | Positive | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | This course was in some ways a disappointment. Although the lectures were intriguing and clear, I felt like the assignments were essentially "Go and pick up R on your own," which was pretty frustrating. | and clear, I felt like the | Assignment | were essentially " Go and pick | Negative | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | I enjoy this course. The delivery and the course topics were very interesting. I learnt a lot and peer reviewing other people assignments is a great learning opportunity . | lot and peer reviewing other people | Assignment | is a great learning opportunity . | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | A nice and informative course. The only negative side were the problems with the automatic evaluation of the R assignment. In my opinion, the question should have been automatically removed and/or all submittions reevaluated, or all students should have been notified about the need for manual resubmission. As it was, some (like myself) were left with fewer points that they should have received just because they did not check the discussion forums every day (mainly because of other obligations). | the automatic evaluation of the R | Assignment | In my opinion, the question should | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | Very nice assignments and content. You learn a lot when you complete all assignments. | Very nice | Assignment | and content. You learn a lot | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| 3mA6QTIyEeWsOA5fzAmxbw | Very nice assignments and content. You learn a lot when you complete all assignments. | a lot when you complete all | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 3Vo3Am1LEeWMPAqsmzmVew | The material is great; and learning to use Shiny and creating an application is a lot of fun. The only complaint I have with this course was it being put into the new Coursera platform. I felt like I was beta testing the new platform and that distracted from focusing on the course and the assignments within it. | focusing on the course and the | Assignment | within it. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 3Vo3Am1LEeWMPAqsmzmVew | This course gives a good introduction on how to develop an application. It gives all the available tools in the field out for us to try and use them. The course is enjoyable and not stressful. I find the assignment as meant to get us to do the project and not really there to fail us. It is difficult to fail to course as only the minimum is required. | and not stressful. I find the | Assignment | as meant to get us to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The last assignment has irrealistic delas (seek for a profissional feedback on a single week end). The review is subjective and without any information or comment it is impossible to improve. | The last | Assignment | has irrealistic delas (seek for a | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The course overall gave me insights into my role as a manager. I found the course content easy to understand and it gave me cause to reflect on my own role as a manager. The assignments made sense and relates to my every day work. | own role as a manager. The | Assignment | made sense and relates to my | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great instructors, clear assignments, and actionable lessons I was able to apply as I was taking the course. Fellow students were engaged and helpful. Both professors provided great lessons and really understand how to present info. | Great instructors, clear | Assignment | and actionable lessons I was able | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Some of the videos made too long by unnecessary clips from hollywood which illustrate the point but are too long. The assignment of the final week felt tacked on and not at all related to what was taught that week. | point but are too long. The | Assignment | of the final week felt tacked | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | the only problem i have with this course and the others in this specialization is that the instructors think we are all employed people, leaders, and we are responsible for a team. In fact I am taking this specialization because i will need it in near future. I am a college student and do not have a team i am leading. So some assignments are difficult to complete because they particularly ask you for real life experience, which students my age most probably don't have. | team i am leading. So some | Assignment | are difficult to complete because they | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent course with just the right amount of video and homework assignment to keep you engaged. The videos and data presented were very well curated and there were plenty of fun examples that helped clarify different points. Peer review is a good way of hearing lots of different perspectives. Overall, very enjoyable, thanks. | right amount of video and homework | Assignment | to keep you engaged. The videos | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | the peer feedback is not working that well. the time range is very short and the rating quality varies, so resubmissions of assignments can mean you have to re-enroll for the following course and lose your cohort. | rating quality varies, so resubmissions of | Assignment | can mean you have to re-enroll | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I like this course. It took me about 5 hours per week including quizzes. Yes, assignment was a bit tricky to me due to language capacity and need to write about two pages for each. Hence, it took me extra 2 hours per week. I learn and took with me from course some easy and practical tools such as MU model of Leadership, SMART goals setting etc. Lectures were not boring at all and I enjoyed very much. Unfortunately I consider this Specialization overpriced yet very useful. I can not afford 530 USD for continuing. | hours per week including quizzes. Yes, | Assignment | was a bit tricky to me | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very good content, interesting, inspiring, somehow challenging assignments. Meets my expectations so far. | good content, interesting, inspiring, somehow challenging | Assignment | Meets my expectations so far. | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great course, and I can tell the professors put a lot of work into preparing it. My only real critique is that the final assignment of the last week required an unusual amount of people-dependent preparation, interviewing colleagues and supervisors. This would have been fine, but there was no advance warning about this, so it was very difficult for me to complete the assignment by the deadline, because I normally did my week's lessons the day they were due. It would have been nice if they could have provided some kind of warning about that, as I think others were also caught by surprise. | real critique is that the final | Assignment | of the last week required an | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great course, and I can tell the professors put a lot of work into preparing it. My only real critique is that the final assignment of the last week required an unusual amount of people-dependent preparation, interviewing colleagues and supervisors. This would have been fine, but there was no advance warning about this, so it was very difficult for me to complete the assignment by the deadline, because I normally did my week's lessons the day they were due. It would have been nice if they could have provided some kind of warning about that, as I think others were also caught by surprise. | difficult for me to complete the | Assignment | by the deadline, because I normally | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is hands down the best MOOC I've taken so far on any subject. Both instructor's lectures excel in both choice and presentation of content, and the writing assignments force students to think about and understand the material to some degree of completion. Suggestions: There should be a non-trivial graded writing assignment every week. In the whole MOOC format, peer-graded writing assignments are the only instrument developed so far serving as a meaningful assessment device while forcing students to think about the material in a more than casual manner. The multiple choice quizzes are easily passed by listening to lectures and the material is quickly forgotten afterwards. Students submitting late may also be given the option to transfer their work so far to the next offering of the class. | presentation of content, and the writing | Assignment | force students to think about and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is hands down the best MOOC I've taken so far on any subject. Both instructor's lectures excel in both choice and presentation of content, and the writing assignments force students to think about and understand the material to some degree of completion. Suggestions: There should be a non-trivial graded writing assignment every week. In the whole MOOC format, peer-graded writing assignments are the only instrument developed so far serving as a meaningful assessment device while forcing students to think about the material in a more than casual manner. The multiple choice quizzes are easily passed by listening to lectures and the material is quickly forgotten afterwards. Students submitting late may also be given the option to transfer their work so far to the next offering of the class. | should be a non-trivial graded writing | Assignment | every week. In the whole MOOC | Negative | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is hands down the best MOOC I've taken so far on any subject. Both instructor's lectures excel in both choice and presentation of content, and the writing assignments force students to think about and understand the material to some degree of completion. Suggestions: There should be a non-trivial graded writing assignment every week. In the whole MOOC format, peer-graded writing assignments are the only instrument developed so far serving as a meaningful assessment device while forcing students to think about the material in a more than casual manner. The multiple choice quizzes are easily passed by listening to lectures and the material is quickly forgotten afterwards. Students submitting late may also be given the option to transfer their work so far to the next offering of the class. | the whole MOOC format, peer-graded writing | Assignment | are the only instrument developed so | Negative | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 487jV_KLEeS5LyIAC3lSsg | Organization of the class is clear and easy to follow. However, it might be better to place the Supplementary Readings after the Essential Readings for each unit. At times I would miss these required readings on the outline. Other times I would think they were required readings for the upcoming unit, when in actuality they were still part of the required readings for the previous unit. Most of the time, I come across the supplementary readings after the quiz has been taken. And when you're following the steps on the website the computer screen determines where you go once each step is completed. The quizzes at the end of each unit should be placed at the end of each unit. I appreciate the ability to take quizzes at least three times and that you use the same quiz for each time it is retaken. Something I would change about the quizzes is, that the quizzes display the questions that were asked, instead of just marking with a green check mark or red X next to the number and the question that was asked, once the quiz has been submitted. The videos and transcripts of those videos is very helpful. The videos are very clear and easy to understand. The content of the supplementary readings at times went over my head, but the content is both helpful and useful information.The due dates for each assignment was reasonable and flexible. Aside from including the questions asked for each quiz after submission I would change your policy of establishing the honor code. When attempting to have my picture taken along with my ID to establish identification my head didn't quite line up with the Head Frame displayed on my screen and the button needed to be pressed in order to take the picture. The button was either not visible or the head shot frame was too high up. I understand the need to establish ones identity during online classes, but wouldn't it be better to create a electronic pledge for the students to agree to? One that would uphold and honor the Coursera Honor Code; When someone is asked to type the same sentence repeatedly they're typing speed can increase because of the familiarity of that sentence. Also, the need to take more than one photo of the student before a quiz might make them feel uncomfortable. Especially, when the student is taking a quiz later in the day and may not exactly be "picture really". | information. The due dates for each | Assignment | was reasonable and flexible. Aside from | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 4G2HtIWlEeSlzyIACiGe0w | I think is really useful! I found it in a great time, because I was desperate and I didn't know what to do about my professional project and I lived worried all the time. This course made me feel better, with a all world to make things different. Thanks. I didn't finish the last item: write my assignment. It is my fail. Outside of that, I think is a great course. The course is in spanish (I'm mexican), I think it would be great for non-speaking spanish people the use of subtitles in english. | finish the last item: write my | Assignment | It is my fail. Outside of | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 4JSB920jEeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | The View on Mobile app and Desktop is so different. When I posted week two work an old website I'd built populated. I didn't have time to even notice it. It did not meet assignment rubric. And once my classmates reviewed it and moved on I was forced to switch sessions because "nobody" was left to grade any resubmissions. That should have been visible in the mobile app. For a week I kept searching for the "problem" and the mobile app said all complete, the desktop assignment tab finally revealed my issue. | notice it. It did not meet | Assignment | rubric. And once my classmates reviewed | Negative | 0.65 | 3.0 |
| 4JSB920jEeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | The View on Mobile app and Desktop is so different. When I posted week two work an old website I'd built populated. I didn't have time to even notice it. It did not meet assignment rubric. And once my classmates reviewed it and moved on I was forced to switch sessions because "nobody" was left to grade any resubmissions. That should have been visible in the mobile app. For a week I kept searching for the "problem" and the mobile app said all complete, the desktop assignment tab finally revealed my issue. | app said all complete, the desktop | Assignment | tab finally revealed my issue. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | very interesting and inspiring; the assignment is good but could test our knowledge deeper. | very interesting and inspiring; the | Assignment | is good but could test our | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | First certificate obtained! This is a rich course where we can learn theory and get to know the industry. The course provides guest speaker videos, detailed lecture notes, and other forms of interactive learning. Although the lecturers have an Italian accent, it does not hurt at all. Thank you so much! Suggestion: 1. making assignments a little bit more challenging, so students could have a deeper thought about the topics; 2. the final quiz could be an essay or branding/marketing plan. | you so much! Suggestion: 1. making | Assignment | a little bit more challenging, so | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | The content of the course is very interesting, and I plan to go go through with it. A huge downside is that it is very difficult to follow the course because of the professors' strong accent and, at times, incorrect pronunciation. It is distracting. Also, it would be good to have weekly assignments, to stay on track. | would be good to have weekly | Assignment | to stay on track. | Negative | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | Course is interesting, but sometimes its so hard to perceive the information with such accent :( I`m not lazy to read the subtitles, no.. but they also, from time to time work improperly and its not feasible at all to conceive the information . Plus, its absolutely inconvenient when you provide one huge assignment for several weeks at once! Why couldn`t you make it a few smaller to every week? (( I think I`ll disenroll | inconvenient when you provide one huge | Assignment | for several weeks at once! Why | Positive | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 4vLX1NAeEeWihQ6ogHC6vQ | Stepic issues with not syncing progress and assignment completion. All else was good. Well paced. | issues with not syncing progress and | Assignment | completion. All else was good. Well | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It was awesome course, helped me to get through all topics of Angular JS and assignments gave me very good grip on Angular coding. Thanks much. | all topics of Angular JS and | Assignment | gave me very good grip on | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The tutor is exceptionally good. It included all the sources for documentation but I felt I learned more from by reading the Angularjs official documentation than from this course. Assignments covered a variety of concepts. | official documentation than from this course. | Assignment | covered a variety of concepts. | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course will help you to fall in love with AngularJS. Great explanation and exercise, assignments. Thank you very much. | with AngularJS. Great explanation and exercise, | Assignment | Thank you very much. | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The course was just fine. Some of the lectures were really good while some lectures were really confusing. The good thing is that course provides excellent resources for further exploring the topics in the course. So i had to consult these additional resources when i find lectures confusing. Course Assignments were really simple. Hardly any assignment took me more than an hour to complete. | when i find lectures confusing. Course | Assignment | were really simple. Hardly any assignment | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The course was just fine. Some of the lectures were really good while some lectures were really confusing. The good thing is that course provides excellent resources for further exploring the topics in the course. So i had to consult these additional resources when i find lectures confusing. Course Assignments were really simple. Hardly any assignment took me more than an hour to complete. | Assignments were really simple. Hardly any | Assignment | took me more than an hour | Negative | 0.85 | 3.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It was informative course. Assignments could be more involved, and exercises could be more open-ended. | It was informative course. | Assignment | could be more involved, and exercises | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course needs an easier way to peer review. Downloading individual files to computer and plugging into your project without overwriting your own work is a nuisance. Especially during assignment 4 where everything needed to be hosted in the server in order to work; this made is extremely difficult to review. | work is a nuisance. Especially during | Assignment | 4 where everything needed to be | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | not good as usual one, the code you provided can not work, I had to debug again and the instructions for the assignments are not concrete as the last two courses | again and the instructions for the | Assignment | are not concrete as the last | Positive | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | also, good course but not free to access the assignment | but not free to access the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course is deceivingly full of content. If you want to get through this course you need to have a lot of time on your hands because of the shear amount of debugs your code will produce even if you follow the steps to the letter. So many things are taught over a 4 week period that if you do not do the extra reading to understand what is happening you will get an overview of angularjs, bower, gulp, grunt, yo, yeoman and so on without really knowing how to use any of these tools again. Also because of the number of interdependent parts to the application you create, when the professor decides to give you one of the html or js files again to do an assignment, chances are everything will break and you will spend a long time figuring out which variables' names have been changed and blabla... The professor does not give you a good basis for debugging your code, you need to modify the set up of gulp to show understandable stack traces to figure out what is going wrong. If you want a challenging course where you have to go the extra mile learning things from documentation and blogs to substitute the lack of detail in order to complete the course, than this is the course for you! I think this course needs to be restructured and the length increased to 6 weeks instead of 4, with more detailed content and understand of each tool and especially more on angularjs | js files again to do an | Assignment | chances are everything will break and | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very good course.. Assignments should be independent of lectures to test understanding. | Very good course. . | Assignment | should be independent of lectures to | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Update: Coursera or the course content provider has changed this course in a bad way: You have to PAY for the course IN FULL AMOUNT JUST to get your assignments submitted and reviewed by peer learner. What a pity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great course! Material is very useful and interesting! The course introduces concepts in a progressive and comprehensive way so that knowledge is easy to be understood. Practise quiz and assignments perfectly reflects course materials. Also, professor Muppala is quite funny. Enjoy the course! | FULL AMOUNT JUST to get your | Assignment | submitted and reviewed by peer learner. | Negative | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Update: Coursera or the course content provider has changed this course in a bad way: You have to PAY for the course IN FULL AMOUNT JUST to get your assignments submitted and reviewed by peer learner. What a pity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great course! Material is very useful and interesting! The course introduces concepts in a progressive and comprehensive way so that knowledge is easy to be understood. Practise quiz and assignments perfectly reflects course materials. Also, professor Muppala is quite funny. Enjoy the course! | to be understood. Practise quiz and | Assignment | perfectly reflects course materials. Also, professor | Positive | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | excellent course, assignments and marvelous teacher. Though an example of writing personal directive would be a nice addition. | excellent course, | Assignment | and marvelous teacher. Though an example | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great course. A lot of information in lectures and detailed tasks for assignments. The course gives the review and the basis of Angular and helps to create your own Angular application. Thanks | in lectures and detailed tasks for | Assignment | The course gives the review and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Thank you for this great course. Great teacher, really useful assignment which push my skills to understand more of angular's way. Very recommended | great course. Great teacher, really useful | Assignment | which push my skills to understand | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Professor's lecture is pretty good, and assignment is well designed. | Professor's lecture is pretty good, and | Assignment | is well designed. | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This one was much tougher than the previous two courses. Out of four weeks, I ended up delivering my assignments overdue on three occasions, which really has not impact on your grade, but it shows that this time around it is a bit more difficult to complete them. AngularJS is the bread and butter in the industry. All in all, I would say you could already code a basic website from head to toe, including very basic server setup, after completing this class. | weeks, I ended up delivering my | Assignment | overdue on three occasions, which really | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The course is nice, however the assignments are the same every time and the pace is too slow. The final week suddenly too compact, and testing/yo is not assigned at all. | The course is nice, however the | Assignment | are the same every time and | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very good overview and step by step dive into this javascript framework. The instructor knows how to deliver one piece of information at a time and with simple exercices to put it into practice. The assignments are not very hard, but they give you confidence in what you have learned. | to put it into practice. The | Assignment | are not very hard, but they | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Highly recommended for beginners! The professor explain concepts in a neat, well-paced and clear manner. There's ample support for all the assignments too! | There's ample support for all the | Assignment | too! | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great course. Very methodical and a great example of incremental learning. Every assignment built on the previous assignment and I always felt I was being very well guided through my first learning experience with Angularjs. | great example of incremental learning. Every | Assignment | built on the previous assignment and | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great course. Very methodical and a great example of incremental learning. Every assignment built on the previous assignment and I always felt I was being very well guided through my first learning experience with Angularjs. | Every assignment built on the previous | Assignment | and I always felt I was | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Excellent course. Going through all the exercises and doing the assignments was a great way to get introduced to Front-end development for me. | all the exercises and doing the | Assignment | was a great way to get | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Pretty good coverage of Angular as whole, how to setup a Angular project, and how it fits into bigger picture web development. Criticisms: - Overall, the code presentation (in exercises, provided files, and the slides) was ugly. Good looking and properly styled code is important to ingrain, and this course fell pretty short there. Code was (very) poorly indented, had inconsistent single vs. double quotes, and didn't follow any style guide out there. Use some beautifier and make sure jshint doesn't have any suggestions for improvement! Slides need at least some monospaced font; better would be colored code snippets or screenshots. - The Gulp and Grunt week felt pretty strangely structured. The two task runners just had such long lectures videos that it was a really big hump to get over, especially since we didn't use Grunt later. - (harder to fix) My files got pretty inconsistent with what I needed to copy/download over week-by-week from the course. Some sort of git repository and easier way to pull changes would be good. I ended up version controlling every week and every week's assignment. So yeah, I'd say this was worth taking, but some parts of the setup are pretty frustrating and version controlling makes life much easier. | controlling every week and every week's | Assignment | So yeah, I'd say this was | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Amount of AngularJS topics covered by the course is too small. All assignments are very typical, just copy-paste from lecture exercises. | the course is too small. All | Assignment | are very typical, just copy-paste from | Positive | 0.65 | 3.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course had some rough spots here and there, but taking it as a whole, I still give it 5 stars. Why? a) The professor. Professor Jogesh has a great sense of humour and was entertaining enough to keep the classes lively and entertaining to the end. (Even if I did play the video at 2x speed most of the time :) b) The forums. There were a lot of experienced dudes on the forums who were willing to help out with bugs and any configuration issues. The professor also appeared on the forums from time to time. That's gold dust when learning a topic for the first time. c) Depth and pace of coverage. A lot of different topics were introduced and covered well enough for me to be able to use them in my projects and to further explore them without feeling overwhelmed. d) The assignments. They were not too daunting, but were excellent to drive home key points covered in the lectures. e) Peer review of assignments. I learnt some good techniques by reviewing the code of more experienced fellow classmates taking the course. f) Most important of all, the structure and pace of the course were balanced well enough for me to stay with it and to feel that I'd learnt a lot by its end. You will not be an AngularJS expert after 4 weeks, but will have covered relevant subtopics in enough depth to be able to progress further with confidence. | them without feeling overwhelmed. d) The | Assignment | They were not too daunting, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course had some rough spots here and there, but taking it as a whole, I still give it 5 stars. Why? a) The professor. Professor Jogesh has a great sense of humour and was entertaining enough to keep the classes lively and entertaining to the end. (Even if I did play the video at 2x speed most of the time :) b) The forums. There were a lot of experienced dudes on the forums who were willing to help out with bugs and any configuration issues. The professor also appeared on the forums from time to time. That's gold dust when learning a topic for the first time. c) Depth and pace of coverage. A lot of different topics were introduced and covered well enough for me to be able to use them in my projects and to further explore them without feeling overwhelmed. d) The assignments. They were not too daunting, but were excellent to drive home key points covered in the lectures. e) Peer review of assignments. I learnt some good techniques by reviewing the code of more experienced fellow classmates taking the course. f) Most important of all, the structure and pace of the course were balanced well enough for me to stay with it and to feel that I'd learnt a lot by its end. You will not be an AngularJS expert after 4 weeks, but will have covered relevant subtopics in enough depth to be able to progress further with confidence. | the lectures. e) Peer review of | Assignment | I learnt some good techniques by | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Thank you Professor Muppala. I learned lot of thinks and enjoyed this course.I was able to complete all the assignment with the help of this tutorials.It is organized in a very good manner. | was able to complete all the | Assignment | with the help of this tutorials. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I love the style of the courses in this specialization. The exercises are useful and set you up for the assignments. I also really appreciate how the instructor guides you in the use of tools like bower, grunt, gulp and yo, and that he takes the time to cover unit and end-to-end testing. Looking forward to the next course! | and set you up for the | Assignment | I also really appreciate how the | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | its a great course with so much to learn in a short period. course is well structured and intructor knows his stuff. the assignments are well designed to reinforce the presentations | and intructor knows his stuff. the | Assignment | are well designed to reinforce the | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I was able to grasp the overview of the course. The instructions are delivered well and the flow seems in order. However my lack of background with the topic discussed cause me to stop watching everything. Plus, I can't do the said assignment because I am a beginning on this topic. it seems this is not a course for me to rate based on content. However I will rate it in terms of the aesthetic, organization or structure of the slides . The organization of the content of the slides needs to be properly organized. Long paragraphs are a pain to read. Further when comparing, two concepts, it is easier to comprehend when they are in table form. For instance in FrontEnd JavaScript Framework Overview video, it is better in terms of organization and aesthetic to show library vs. framework in table form. Also, the volume of Introduction to AngularJS video is too loud. Though I can adjust it and lower the volume, but sudden high volume sound is discouraging when the next video has normal volume causing me to adjust it again. I was only able to watch few of the videos but they are good. Just a little improvement needed. | Plus, I can't do the said | Assignment | because I am a beginning on | Negative | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | The course is fine as far as content. My complaint is that there is no one to contact regarding papers or questions. You are left to the other students for your grading and assignment completion, meaning that some of your assignments can hang there for weeks before ever getting reviewed. | other students for your grading and | Assignment | completion, meaning that some of your | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | The course is fine as far as content. My complaint is that there is no one to contact regarding papers or questions. You are left to the other students for your grading and assignment completion, meaning that some of your assignments can hang there for weeks before ever getting reviewed. | completion, meaning that some of your | Assignment | can hang there for weeks before | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | This was a great class for review of what I learned years ago. I only wish I could have participated in the assignments w/o purchasing the class, as I have been able to in all of my other classes. But, I loved the class and would recommend it. | I could have participated in the | Assignment | w/o purchasing the class, as I | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | Very easy steps to learn. lot of assignments to practice. Good work. Thank you. | easy steps to learn. lot of | Assignment | to practice. Good work. Thank you. | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| 5D-g-HEiEeWKsgrp3VnvAw | I found this course very interested since it covers some important tools for managing people through quiz, and some external HR people are being interviewed during the course session, where we can learn from them what they experienced as HR managers, one more thing is, regarding the peer assignment which helped me too, I would probably advise my friends to take this course, reason why I gave you 5 stars... | more thing is, regarding the peer | Assignment | which helped me too, I would | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| 5epfT7cBEeScDCIAC9REiQ | This is a great course on energy technologies, with quite in-depth lectures on the technologies, current research, future prospect and delivered by experts in their field of study. The assignments were also interesting, and tailored to inspire what you can do to be more energy efficient and explore your local surroundings on existing or future initiatives on sustainability. I'd recommend this course to anyone interested to know the current and future energy and renewable technologies, or aspiring researchers to explore and zoom in their field of interest. Great job! | in their field of study. The | Assignment | were also interesting, and tailored to | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | The course material is invaluably helpful for anyone looking for a new approach to innovation and provides learners with a "method" or path for what often appears as magic or intuition. Assignments are a little bit too easy to complete imo and could be made harder to deepen our understanding and make information stick for the long run. | often appears as magic or intuition. | Assignment | are a little bit too easy | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | Good course. Introduce you to agile methodology, and show how to do first steps in agile development. Also the is excellent, interesting assignment project | development. Also the is excellent, interesting | Assignment | project | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| 5JJoCSsxEeWWnhJMxi0Z9Q | not too good ,,because in assignments session they doesnt know what the right ans is, as in first assignment ,the ques is about circumference of circle as in google the exact ans is what they wronged it | too good , , because in | Assignment | session they doesnt know what the | Negative | 0.73 | 1.0 |
| 5JJoCSsxEeWWnhJMxi0Z9Q | not too good ,,because in assignments session they doesnt know what the right ans is, as in first assignment ,the ques is about circumference of circle as in google the exact ans is what they wronged it | right ans is, as in first | Assignment | , the ques is about circumference | Positive | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| 5NGh4meREeSxSCIAC1SPQw | I think this course was excellent! Definitely more of a workload than I anticipated, but the information was excellent. I would have just preferred more notice about the assignment as I had to rush mine at the end! | just preferred more notice about the | Assignment | as I had to rush mine | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 5uY4gGkTEeSOPSIAC2gGHg | Very inspiring course, focusing on building and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. Very well made, fast paced, and the assignments ask you to go out and act. I enjoyed the course so much, and found Professor Goldberg so inspiring, that I'm very proud to be one of the community mentors on it now. Come join us, and learn how to enable entrepreneurs in your region! | well made, fast paced, and the | Assignment | ask you to go out and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | The instructor is very bad. She made the lectures so boring with her lack of preparation that I switched to just reading the transcript. The assignments were lacking in case studies and were very textbooky. I could have skipped this course and simply read from the E-book. Tried to get a refund but its too late so I will have to force through this one and the next. I hope it doesn't adversely affected my grades as I have scored above 96% in the previous 3 courses in this specialisation. Very disappointed and frustrated. I came to Coursera to avoid teachers and teaching styles like this. This really shakes my confidence in Coursera for future courses. Im definitely not going to pay for any courses in the future. | to just reading the transcript. The | Assignment | were lacking in case studies and | Negative | 0.85 | 1.0 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | The first week was a bit dry but improved the following weeks. Articles we read were interesting and the assignments were engaging. Since I wanted to achieve a high grade, I found that the weekly assignments took longer to complete than described. | we read were interesting and the | Assignment | were engaging. Since I wanted to | Negative | 0.95 | 2.0 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | The first week was a bit dry but improved the following weeks. Articles we read were interesting and the assignments were engaging. Since I wanted to achieve a high grade, I found that the weekly assignments took longer to complete than described. | grade, I found that the weekly | Assignment | took longer to complete than described. | Negative | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | Not up to my expectations. Compared to the previous modules in this specialisation, the lectures are dry, the presenter is not focused and slides are sometimes mixed up. The reading material is great and a definite plus is that it is free. But the lectures should be more practical (not just the bullet points of the book), and the weekly assignment should not be a chapter summary question. The course developers should have taken the time to develop a case study for each topic, like in the first module in this spec. I highly recommend reviewing and improving the content. | of the book), and the weekly | Assignment | should not be a chapter summary | Positive | 0.63 | 2.0 |
| 6-AmfoyrEeWbIxKn7M-nSQ | Awesome course, I never realized how fun a course could be. I am learning a ton of stuff and am passing all the quizzes and assignments so far and the professors are so easy to learn from, they really thought of everything when programing this business writing course. I would recommend that anyone that is thinking of writing as a career that you will learn a lot and that any career you are going for that writing will help you in every way. | am passing all the quizzes and | Assignment | so far and the professors are | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 68PSjeudEeWwngojZhi1dw | The explanation is detailed and clear. But the missing star is because I hoped the course would have programming assignments using popular language as python. | hoped the course would have programming | Assignment | using popular language as python. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 68PSjeudEeWwngojZhi1dw | The videos could not be too longer than they actually are. If this change, could be done, the student or user could have more time to dig into the assignments problems and even read more textbooks related to the main topic. | more time to dig into the | Assignment | problems and even read more textbooks | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 68PSjeudEeWwngojZhi1dw | The course is interesting and you can learn a lot. The professor is very knowledgeable in the area of search engines. However the course goes very early into mathematical details without too much context. The programming assignments are great and I would focus more on them as they really show you how the engine works. | without too much context. The programming | Assignment | are great and I would focus | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I liked the way each assignment directly built on the previous one, and encouraged me to work on different aspects of a single game. While this is something I did, it was by no means mandatory, students were also free to create entirely new games from one week to the next. | I liked the way each | Assignment | directly built on the previous one, | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was a well presented course that was easy to follow but offered a lot of information. It helped me put my gaming activities and plans to get into the industry into context. I thoroughly enjoyed the assignments and making a paper based game for my peers to review. I highly recommend taking this course. The use of the puppet was an inspired and well chosen addition. | into context. I thoroughly enjoyed the | Assignment | and making a paper based game | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I wasn't really interested in basic concepts of game design, but couldn't stop watching videos until the very end of the course! Blue pal is awesome! Also, I was glad that the assignments are open even for those who don't pay for course | Also, I was glad that the | Assignment | are open even for those who | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I love this course. I love the videos and the assignments. I want to go to Cal Arts and actually take a real course. I would recommend anyone to take this course. | I love the videos and the | Assignment | I want to go to Cal | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I enjoyed the course and assignments greatly. It really tested by creativity to design a game and laid out the basic elements of game design! | I enjoyed the course and | Assignment | greatly. It really tested by creativity | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course provides a nice insight into the gaming theory. Do not expect to make a dive into video game analysis. This game focuses on the fundamental ideas behind gaming, which includes all games. However, the assignments revolve around building board games, so you do not need to worry about not knowing any coding to make video games. Assignment criteria could use some polish, as the rubrics focus too much on mechanics (is it one page long?) rather than content elements. The delivery of the content is interesting. The instructor has gone to great lengths to bring in features that will help you focus better. There could be a better 100% integration between the material in the videos and the assignments, as sometimes you are asked to use only a tiny portion of 30 minutes of videos for the week, and that can make the videos less useful, or the assignment not as educational. | which includes all games. However, the | Assignment | revolve around building board games, so | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course provides a nice insight into the gaming theory. Do not expect to make a dive into video game analysis. This game focuses on the fundamental ideas behind gaming, which includes all games. However, the assignments revolve around building board games, so you do not need to worry about not knowing any coding to make video games. Assignment criteria could use some polish, as the rubrics focus too much on mechanics (is it one page long?) rather than content elements. The delivery of the content is interesting. The instructor has gone to great lengths to bring in features that will help you focus better. There could be a better 100% integration between the material in the videos and the assignments, as sometimes you are asked to use only a tiny portion of 30 minutes of videos for the week, and that can make the videos less useful, or the assignment not as educational. | any coding to make video games. | Assignment | criteria could use some polish, as | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course provides a nice insight into the gaming theory. Do not expect to make a dive into video game analysis. This game focuses on the fundamental ideas behind gaming, which includes all games. However, the assignments revolve around building board games, so you do not need to worry about not knowing any coding to make video games. Assignment criteria could use some polish, as the rubrics focus too much on mechanics (is it one page long?) rather than content elements. The delivery of the content is interesting. The instructor has gone to great lengths to bring in features that will help you focus better. There could be a better 100% integration between the material in the videos and the assignments, as sometimes you are asked to use only a tiny portion of 30 minutes of videos for the week, and that can make the videos less useful, or the assignment not as educational. | material in the videos and the | Assignment | as sometimes you are asked to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course provides a nice insight into the gaming theory. Do not expect to make a dive into video game analysis. This game focuses on the fundamental ideas behind gaming, which includes all games. However, the assignments revolve around building board games, so you do not need to worry about not knowing any coding to make video games. Assignment criteria could use some polish, as the rubrics focus too much on mechanics (is it one page long?) rather than content elements. The delivery of the content is interesting. The instructor has gone to great lengths to bring in features that will help you focus better. There could be a better 100% integration between the material in the videos and the assignments, as sometimes you are asked to use only a tiny portion of 30 minutes of videos for the week, and that can make the videos less useful, or the assignment not as educational. | the videos less useful, or the | Assignment | not as educational. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The course material is funny and easy to follow, it breaks down important aspects of game design into easy chunks and assignments. As for reviews I feel like you get back what put in, if you make the effort for someone else you will get in return. | game design into easy chunks and | Assignment | As for reviews I feel like | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The lecture is interesting, I enjoy a lot. And the assignment makes me learn a lot. | I enjoy a lot. And the | Assignment | makes me learn a lot. | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Engaging material, and the assignments and the way in which they built on each other were really ingenious. An impressive way to teach game design without any coding! | Engaging material, and the | Assignment | and the way in which they | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Very little content. Most of the value comes from working on games for the assignments. | from working on games for the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was an entertaining course which you can build things on paper. Which is nice if you are not friendly with computers. The only not-so-liked part was try to fit the assignments in a single side A4 page only. We had 4 assignments in each of the assignments except one, we are encouraged to build our assignments on previous assignments. So I needed more 2 papers in the last because I included graphics, a story, explanations on how to play, on multiplaying, etc. But it is fun, so it was worth trying it. | part was try to fit the | Assignment | in a single side A4 page | Negative | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was an entertaining course which you can build things on paper. Which is nice if you are not friendly with computers. The only not-so-liked part was try to fit the assignments in a single side A4 page only. We had 4 assignments in each of the assignments except one, we are encouraged to build our assignments on previous assignments. So I needed more 2 papers in the last because I included graphics, a story, explanations on how to play, on multiplaying, etc. But it is fun, so it was worth trying it. | A4 page only. We had 4 | Assignment | in each of the assignments except | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was an entertaining course which you can build things on paper. Which is nice if you are not friendly with computers. The only not-so-liked part was try to fit the assignments in a single side A4 page only. We had 4 assignments in each of the assignments except one, we are encouraged to build our assignments on previous assignments. So I needed more 2 papers in the last because I included graphics, a story, explanations on how to play, on multiplaying, etc. But it is fun, so it was worth trying it. | 4 assignments in each of the | Assignment | except one, we are encouraged to | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was an entertaining course which you can build things on paper. Which is nice if you are not friendly with computers. The only not-so-liked part was try to fit the assignments in a single side A4 page only. We had 4 assignments in each of the assignments except one, we are encouraged to build our assignments on previous assignments. So I needed more 2 papers in the last because I included graphics, a story, explanations on how to play, on multiplaying, etc. But it is fun, so it was worth trying it. | we are encouraged to build our | Assignment | on previous assignments. So I needed | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was an entertaining course which you can build things on paper. Which is nice if you are not friendly with computers. The only not-so-liked part was try to fit the assignments in a single side A4 page only. We had 4 assignments in each of the assignments except one, we are encouraged to build our assignments on previous assignments. So I needed more 2 papers in the last because I included graphics, a story, explanations on how to play, on multiplaying, etc. But it is fun, so it was worth trying it. | to build our assignments on previous | Assignment | So I needed more 2 papers | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course, though fun, was not intensive at all. The main issue I have is probably with the Coursera structure itself. Many of your homework assignments are based off of if people can understand the instructions of the game- which, if you have mostly non-English speakers, sort of takes the homework from being "be creative and challenge yourself" to "make sure everything you write down is 3 words max or else the people GRADING you won't understand it". This is also true when looking at these students' games- when half of your grade depends on your clarity, these kids are ultimately at a disadvantage. I'm sure there were amazing games made by some of the non-English speaking students, but I wasn't able to understand and play many of them. It is fantastic that Coursera is open to everyone, but when your grades are based off of clarity of language, it gets tricky. | structure itself. Many of your homework | Assignment | are based off of if people | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The videos are entertaining to watch and to develop a paper-based game as assignment isfun. | to develop a paper-based game as | Assignment | isfun. | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I loved how this course built on the same assignment every week, so I ended up with a really fleshed out game idea by the end of the four weeks. Also, the peer feedback was useful and pushed me to be clear about my game rules, which was definitely a task. | this course built on the same | Assignment | every week, so I ended up | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This was a great course! Well put-together in terms of material, well made in terms of video quality (editing, etc.), and well laid out in terms of pacing. The homework assignments were fun and pushed you every week to change something about your simple paper game. A+ | in terms of pacing. The homework | Assignment | were fun and pushed you every | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The lectures tend to be a bit boring. However the hands on assignments give great insight into understanding the basic concepts of game design and narration. | bit boring. However the hands on | Assignment | give great insight into understanding the | Positive | 0.85 | 2.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I'm enjoying the classes so much, all easy to get and actually fun. The assignments are great too. | to get and actually fun. The | Assignment | are great too. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I really liked this course.The lecture was really interesting and its the first time i felt like the assignments was fun. | first time i felt like the | Assignment | was fun. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | My review is when i'm already in week 3 of this course. Really worthed to participate in this course, especially when you've finished your assignment and your classmate review your works! :) | course, especially when you've finished your | Assignment | and your classmate review your works! | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Instructor was fun, but a little stiff. It's his first time teaching, so I can forgive it though. The work was a little tedious. I wish there was more variety in the assignments than just updating the same game. | there was more variety in the | Assignment | than just updating the same game. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The course was fun and the progression through the weeks assignments was good. The contents were presented in a interesting way and were pertinent, but i would know a little more deeper. | and the progression through the weeks | Assignment | was good. The contents were presented | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I really enjoyed this course! The videos were fun and informational, the assignments were enjoyable, and reviewing other student work was helpful. I also liked hearing from my fellow students and their ideas about my work and improvements I could make. I would give the course five stars except for one thing - there was no one from the university to interact with. No one answered our questions on the forums, so questions went unanswered, ambiguities remained, and some issues grew as we progressed. Someone, even just a grad student or two, needs to be involved with the course in my opinion. | videos were fun and informational, the | Assignment | were enjoyable, and reviewing other student | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Awesome course, Great instructor, And Fun assignments. | Awesome course, Great instructor, And Fun | Assignment | | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Even if simple (it's an introduction, after all), the contents are well structured and I appreciate how the assignments can derive from the previous one and peers' feedback. It's satisfying to see the initial idea evolve into something more developed. | structured and I appreciate how the | Assignment | can derive from the previous one | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I liked the fact that the course starts from and covers the very basics. The videos were fun to watch and the course taught a lot through the assignments. With very less time commitment , the course taught me to make my first board game. | course taught a lot through the | Assignment | With very less time commitment , | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course was interesting. It's truly an introduction to the field. I've actually read about Game Design in my spare time and it was nice to remember some of the concepts I've seen. It's all positive and good but I'd have liked to see the assignments handled a bit differently. It just felt too much one way, especially with one page rule. I do understand this is done to keep people organized and not going crazy with their ideas because since it's peer reviewed it should be fair. Also, once your game idea from an earlier week didn't have much room to introduce the aspect presented in the current week you feel kind of stuck. Although assignments mention we should build on previous weeks' games there is also mention to building a new game too. That part could be clarified or the nature of the exercise can be much more varied than one page requirement. | I'd have liked to see the | Assignment | handled a bit differently. It just | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course was interesting. It's truly an introduction to the field. I've actually read about Game Design in my spare time and it was nice to remember some of the concepts I've seen. It's all positive and good but I'd have liked to see the assignments handled a bit differently. It just felt too much one way, especially with one page rule. I do understand this is done to keep people organized and not going crazy with their ideas because since it's peer reviewed it should be fair. Also, once your game idea from an earlier week didn't have much room to introduce the aspect presented in the current week you feel kind of stuck. Although assignments mention we should build on previous weeks' games there is also mention to building a new game too. That part could be clarified or the nature of the exercise can be much more varied than one page requirement. | you feel kind of stuck. Although | Assignment | mention we should build on previous | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I'M LEARNING,ENJOYING THIS COURSE. LECTURE IS SO GOOD. ASSIGNMENTS ARE EAST AND CHALLENGING. | THIS COURSE. LECTURE IS SO GOOD. | Assignment | ARE EAST AND CHALLENGING. | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The course is helpful as a game designer in trainee, the community is friendly, and the assignments are fun to do. | the community is friendly, and the | Assignment | are fun to do. | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I have been really enjoying this course! The professor is engaging in the videos and he explains things well. I also really like the assignments and the games are fun to make and review. I am learning a lot from this course! | well. I also really like the | Assignment | and the games are fun to | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Simple and fun method of education. short length videos, kind instructor and fun assignments. i have learned some basics in game world. i like this course and thanks to coursera,calARTS,Fran and his cool puppet friend :) | length videos, kind instructor and fun | Assignment | i have learned some basics in | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Good: The video lectures cover a nice variety of topics giving you a good introduction of journalism, ethics, and other important considerations for becoming a journalist. Bad: The entire course feels hastily put together. Some of the videos have summarizing points, which is helpful when taking notes, but they flash on the screen briefly, then cut to a closeup of the lecturer, then cut back to the summery points so quickly that you can't copy them down and it becomes super distracting. The quizzes are a joke. They usually consist of 1-3 questions with two answers each and once choice so outrageous that they don't take any thought at all to complete. You could just skip to the quizzes without watching a single lecture and "ace" them easily. The assignments are also a joke. They ask for 1-2 sentence answers max! Some of them ask you to "use more than one word" to respond. I've taken free courses on here than involve 1000 word essays and then at least you're forced to process the information in the lectures. You can pass this course without watching a single lecture and that's a travesty to Michigan State. It is full of typos and oversights that could have been avoided if they had once person run through the course as a quality control. One of the quizzes has the answer included right beneath the question as a typo! The simple assignments are described in 3 different places, sometimes with conflicting instructions. They tell you what to do and how to review your peers in one section and then the actually assignment has different instructions on what to do than the page prior so you end up unsure of what the assignment actually wants you to do. For example: the final assignment at firsts asks you how to engage with your audience, and then you click next and the SAME question is now asking you how you distribute content. Did they even try?? In Summery: The content in the lectures are a good but shallow overview of journalism, but don't expect to be challenged to do anything but fill in ovals and regurgitate questions. Not too much to learn here. | and " ace" them easily. The | Assignment | are also a joke. They ask | Negative | 0.85 | 2.0 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Good: The video lectures cover a nice variety of topics giving you a good introduction of journalism, ethics, and other important considerations for becoming a journalist. Bad: The entire course feels hastily put together. Some of the videos have summarizing points, which is helpful when taking notes, but they flash on the screen briefly, then cut to a closeup of the lecturer, then cut back to the summery points so quickly that you can't copy them down and it becomes super distracting. The quizzes are a joke. They usually consist of 1-3 questions with two answers each and once choice so outrageous that they don't take any thought at all to complete. You could just skip to the quizzes without watching a single lecture and "ace" them easily. The assignments are also a joke. They ask for 1-2 sentence answers max! Some of them ask you to "use more than one word" to respond. I've taken free courses on here than involve 1000 word essays and then at least you're forced to process the information in the lectures. You can pass this course without watching a single lecture and that's a travesty to Michigan State. It is full of typos and oversights that could have been avoided if they had once person run through the course as a quality control. One of the quizzes has the answer included right beneath the question as a typo! The simple assignments are described in 3 different places, sometimes with conflicting instructions. They tell you what to do and how to review your peers in one section and then the actually assignment has different instructions on what to do than the page prior so you end up unsure of what the assignment actually wants you to do. For example: the final assignment at firsts asks you how to engage with your audience, and then you click next and the SAME question is now asking you how you distribute content. Did they even try?? In Summery: The content in the lectures are a good but shallow overview of journalism, but don't expect to be challenged to do anything but fill in ovals and regurgitate questions. Not too much to learn here. | question as a typo! The simple | Assignment | are described in 3 different places, | Positive | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Good: The video lectures cover a nice variety of topics giving you a good introduction of journalism, ethics, and other important considerations for becoming a journalist. Bad: The entire course feels hastily put together. Some of the videos have summarizing points, which is helpful when taking notes, but they flash on the screen briefly, then cut to a closeup of the lecturer, then cut back to the summery points so quickly that you can't copy them down and it becomes super distracting. The quizzes are a joke. They usually consist of 1-3 questions with two answers each and once choice so outrageous that they don't take any thought at all to complete. You could just skip to the quizzes without watching a single lecture and "ace" them easily. The assignments are also a joke. They ask for 1-2 sentence answers max! Some of them ask you to "use more than one word" to respond. I've taken free courses on here than involve 1000 word essays and then at least you're forced to process the information in the lectures. You can pass this course without watching a single lecture and that's a travesty to Michigan State. It is full of typos and oversights that could have been avoided if they had once person run through the course as a quality control. One of the quizzes has the answer included right beneath the question as a typo! The simple assignments are described in 3 different places, sometimes with conflicting instructions. They tell you what to do and how to review your peers in one section and then the actually assignment has different instructions on what to do than the page prior so you end up unsure of what the assignment actually wants you to do. For example: the final assignment at firsts asks you how to engage with your audience, and then you click next and the SAME question is now asking you how you distribute content. Did they even try?? In Summery: The content in the lectures are a good but shallow overview of journalism, but don't expect to be challenged to do anything but fill in ovals and regurgitate questions. Not too much to learn here. | one section and then the actually | Assignment | has different instructions on what to | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Good: The video lectures cover a nice variety of topics giving you a good introduction of journalism, ethics, and other important considerations for becoming a journalist. Bad: The entire course feels hastily put together. Some of the videos have summarizing points, which is helpful when taking notes, but they flash on the screen briefly, then cut to a closeup of the lecturer, then cut back to the summery points so quickly that you can't copy them down and it becomes super distracting. The quizzes are a joke. They usually consist of 1-3 questions with two answers each and once choice so outrageous that they don't take any thought at all to complete. You could just skip to the quizzes without watching a single lecture and "ace" them easily. The assignments are also a joke. They ask for 1-2 sentence answers max! Some of them ask you to "use more than one word" to respond. I've taken free courses on here than involve 1000 word essays and then at least you're forced to process the information in the lectures. You can pass this course without watching a single lecture and that's a travesty to Michigan State. It is full of typos and oversights that could have been avoided if they had once person run through the course as a quality control. One of the quizzes has the answer included right beneath the question as a typo! The simple assignments are described in 3 different places, sometimes with conflicting instructions. They tell you what to do and how to review your peers in one section and then the actually assignment has different instructions on what to do than the page prior so you end up unsure of what the assignment actually wants you to do. For example: the final assignment at firsts asks you how to engage with your audience, and then you click next and the SAME question is now asking you how you distribute content. Did they even try?? In Summery: The content in the lectures are a good but shallow overview of journalism, but don't expect to be challenged to do anything but fill in ovals and regurgitate questions. Not too much to learn here. | end up unsure of what the | Assignment | actually wants you to do. For | Negative | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Good: The video lectures cover a nice variety of topics giving you a good introduction of journalism, ethics, and other important considerations for becoming a journalist. Bad: The entire course feels hastily put together. Some of the videos have summarizing points, which is helpful when taking notes, but they flash on the screen briefly, then cut to a closeup of the lecturer, then cut back to the summery points so quickly that you can't copy them down and it becomes super distracting. The quizzes are a joke. They usually consist of 1-3 questions with two answers each and once choice so outrageous that they don't take any thought at all to complete. You could just skip to the quizzes without watching a single lecture and "ace" them easily. The assignments are also a joke. They ask for 1-2 sentence answers max! Some of them ask you to "use more than one word" to respond. I've taken free courses on here than involve 1000 word essays and then at least you're forced to process the information in the lectures. You can pass this course without watching a single lecture and that's a travesty to Michigan State. It is full of typos and oversights that could have been avoided if they had once person run through the course as a quality control. One of the quizzes has the answer included right beneath the question as a typo! The simple assignments are described in 3 different places, sometimes with conflicting instructions. They tell you what to do and how to review your peers in one section and then the actually assignment has different instructions on what to do than the page prior so you end up unsure of what the assignment actually wants you to do. For example: the final assignment at firsts asks you how to engage with your audience, and then you click next and the SAME question is now asking you how you distribute content. Did they even try?? In Summery: The content in the lectures are a good but shallow overview of journalism, but don't expect to be challenged to do anything but fill in ovals and regurgitate questions. Not too much to learn here. | to do. For example: the final | Assignment | at firsts asks you how to | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | I appreciate the fact that this course doesn't go into the fine detail on how to code everything, I believe there is still more information on the coding and data management practices that could be included in the course content. In addition to that, I feel the course could use the following adjustments to make it better: 1 - Have Python students grade other Python students and SAS students grade other SAS students. While it is nice to get exposure to another language, it is more than enough to learn one at a time. 2 - Add quizes and/or other well formed questions that are graded (automatically, not peer graded) to help enforce the concepts being taught. 3 - Make the assignment instructions/expectations more clear. I feel there are times when the grading criteria don't exactly match the requested assignment. While people follow the spirit of the assignment, the grading questions may ask for slightly different or additional items. 4 - Certain aspects of statistical analysis are glossed over and should be covered in more depth in the training videos. While I like the short videos for brevity, I would prefer to watch 10-15 minutes more content and really feel like the material was well covered. | being taught. 3 - Make the | Assignment | instructions/expectations more clear. I feel there | Negative | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | I appreciate the fact that this course doesn't go into the fine detail on how to code everything, I believe there is still more information on the coding and data management practices that could be included in the course content. In addition to that, I feel the course could use the following adjustments to make it better: 1 - Have Python students grade other Python students and SAS students grade other SAS students. While it is nice to get exposure to another language, it is more than enough to learn one at a time. 2 - Add quizes and/or other well formed questions that are graded (automatically, not peer graded) to help enforce the concepts being taught. 3 - Make the assignment instructions/expectations more clear. I feel there are times when the grading criteria don't exactly match the requested assignment. While people follow the spirit of the assignment, the grading questions may ask for slightly different or additional items. 4 - Certain aspects of statistical analysis are glossed over and should be covered in more depth in the training videos. While I like the short videos for brevity, I would prefer to watch 10-15 minutes more content and really feel like the material was well covered. | criteria don't exactly match the requested | Assignment | While people follow the spirit of | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | I appreciate the fact that this course doesn't go into the fine detail on how to code everything, I believe there is still more information on the coding and data management practices that could be included in the course content. In addition to that, I feel the course could use the following adjustments to make it better: 1 - Have Python students grade other Python students and SAS students grade other SAS students. While it is nice to get exposure to another language, it is more than enough to learn one at a time. 2 - Add quizes and/or other well formed questions that are graded (automatically, not peer graded) to help enforce the concepts being taught. 3 - Make the assignment instructions/expectations more clear. I feel there are times when the grading criteria don't exactly match the requested assignment. While people follow the spirit of the assignment, the grading questions may ask for slightly different or additional items. 4 - Certain aspects of statistical analysis are glossed over and should be covered in more depth in the training videos. While I like the short videos for brevity, I would prefer to watch 10-15 minutes more content and really feel like the material was well covered. | people follow the spirit of the | Assignment | the grading questions may ask for | Positive | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Simple and powerful Course. If you are a beginner. Just follow the instructions and Assignment Schedule. The course may seem a bit easy, if you are good at math and have some prior programming experience, yet you can be surprised with what new you learned by the end of the Course, considering the time you spend. Also you develop sound reasoning to answer your own questions regarding handling and presenting Data. The clarity you develop is worth it. | beginner. Just follow the instructions and | Assignment | Schedule. The course may seem a | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Thank you so much for the course! I liked the research project, it game me a lot of interesting knowledge. I thought in the beginning it is pretty easy course but the last assignment took me a while. | pretty easy course but the last | Assignment | took me a while. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Very disappointed about this course. The topic is very interesting, for me at least, but the course organization is horrible. Lectures do not provide enough information to complete the assignments. Zero interaction from course staff. Issues with getting assignments graded. In previous session the staff just refered you to the coursera helpdesk, but you cannot easily contact coursera directly. Main focus of course seems to be earning money and not educating. Be warned and don't pay for this course! I really don't get why this course has so many good reviews. | provide enough information to complete the | Assignment | Zero interaction from course staff. Issues | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Very disappointed about this course. The topic is very interesting, for me at least, but the course organization is horrible. Lectures do not provide enough information to complete the assignments. Zero interaction from course staff. Issues with getting assignments graded. In previous session the staff just refered you to the coursera helpdesk, but you cannot easily contact coursera directly. Main focus of course seems to be earning money and not educating. Be warned and don't pay for this course! I really don't get why this course has so many good reviews. | from course staff. Issues with getting | Assignment | graded. In previous session the staff | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | The highest video production values of any class I've seen on Coursera so far. Unfortunately, that's the best part of the class; the support is simply nonexistent (a post by someone associated with the staff from a previous run of the course suggests getting help troubleshooting Python from Coursera staff), the instructions for the class software are out of date, the source material for the assignments is sometimes unsuitable to the task you're asked to perform (e.g. statistical analysis on a data set aggregated from disparate sources), and the pretty videos are at times completely unrelated to the actual assignments (the very first week with the literature review). Dropping this specialization like a hot coal; it looked quite promising, but the aggravation over the poor organization and lack of support considerably outweighs anything I could get out of it. | date, the source material for the | Assignment | is sometimes unsuitable to the task | Positive | 0.74 | 1.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | The highest video production values of any class I've seen on Coursera so far. Unfortunately, that's the best part of the class; the support is simply nonexistent (a post by someone associated with the staff from a previous run of the course suggests getting help troubleshooting Python from Coursera staff), the instructions for the class software are out of date, the source material for the assignments is sometimes unsuitable to the task you're asked to perform (e.g. statistical analysis on a data set aggregated from disparate sources), and the pretty videos are at times completely unrelated to the actual assignments (the very first week with the literature review). Dropping this specialization like a hot coal; it looked quite promising, but the aggravation over the poor organization and lack of support considerably outweighs anything I could get out of it. | times completely unrelated to the actual | Assignment | (the very first week with the | Positive | 0.81 | 1.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | I really enjoyed this course. Have been using Python for years but never jumped into data management and visualization. This course helped me doing that and presenting results in a beautiful and useful way. I am not rating with 5 starts because the rating system is cumbersome. I submitted my first assignment late and they were not peers to review my work so I am still waiting after a month of rejoining the course. | is cumbersome. I submitted my first | Assignment | late and they were not peers | Negative | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | The content is OK, but that's about it. Near zero interaction from staff, short videos leave a lot to be desired, and worst of all, there seems to be a problem getting everyone's assignments peer reviewed (which makes no sense). There is a somewhat comical thread wherein staff direct students to contact coursera directly via a "contact us" link on a page, but get this, the link isn't there. Students repeatedly pointed this out only to get directed again to the non-existant link. In an online forum it's important to actually address concerns. Replys that avoid directly addressing concerns sound like automated messages. And that's the feeling I get here. This course requires a DIY attitude and a willingness to proceed without feedback. If you're looking for a good example of online learning, look elsewhere. | to be a problem getting everyone's | Assignment | peer reviewed (which makes no sense). | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | The support from the faculty and the website is beyond explainable bad. The user interface gets stuck without reasons. There is no direct way to contact the faculty, if you are stuck on any assignments. There is hardly anyone who responds to the feedback that is sought for!! I will never recommend someone to do this course. | if you are stuck on any | Assignment | There is hardly anyone who responds | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Well presented and useful; assignments mirror lectures | Well presented and useful; | Assignment | mirror lectures | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | This class is well produced and suitable for people who might be a little intimidated by coding or statistics. It's definitely a great place to start, and with only a few hours a week and simple pointed assignments, it was a soft re entry for me into the academic world. | hours a week and simple pointed | Assignment | it was a soft re entry | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| 6K8l2CwFEeaU1xK12iolBQ | boring assignments | boring | Assignment | | Negative | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| 6kAowBObEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | I found the lectures very interesting; but was surprised at how the quizzes / assignments focused so much on facts and figures - surely these aren't nearly as important as understanding the content? | surprised at how the quizzes / | Assignment | focused so much on facts and | Positive | 0.89 | 3.0 |
| 6kAowBObEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Thank you to the instructors and the university! A very interesting course that not only focuses on the content and quality of Scandinavian TV and movie productions but also on the broader (institutional and cultural) framework in which they are produced. I would have rated it 4.5 starts if possible, but as halves are not possible I give it 4. Possible improvements: -the delivery of the course can be a bit livier, smoother; some instructors seem a bit at unease with this format -while an interest in Scandinavian movies and TV series is an implicit prerequisite for a course like this, sometimes simply mentioning 'lists' of directors, movies, series you might never have heard of can make it a bit overwhelming, hard to relate to -students' engagement could be enhanced with more interactive assignments | could be enhanced with more interactive | Assignment | | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| 6lQZLjVvEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Good overview of agile practices. If you're doing the specialization, they say you can take courses 2 & 3 in any order. Technically that's true, but my recommendation is to do them in order. They refer to course 2 in course 3, and the difficulty of assignments decreases if you do them in opposite order like I did. | course 3, and the difficulty of | Assignment | decreases if you do them in | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| 6lQZLjVvEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Good course. Information is concise and well structured. I have completed the assignments spending approximately 1.5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy. | well structured. I have completed the | Assignment | spending approximately 1. 5 hours a | Negative | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Very good course which I'd highly recommend to writer beginners and those, like myself, who need to brush up and learn a few more techniques. All the lessons were very useful and the assignments were challenging and interesting | lessons were very useful and the | Assignment | were challenging and interesting | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Very generic advice although the interviews with children's writers were illuminating and helpful. The marking system was inaccurate, for example it deducted marks for submitting an assignment over word count when it wasn't! Good, solid advice about setting character, scene and place and ideas to help you out of writer's block. The two main presenters were very knowledgeable and it was pitched to an international audience. Some of the activities were repetitious but I guess the craft of writing is but there was a sense of the course tapering away at the end with a proposal letter to a publisher with very little exemplar material being provided to assist. | it deducted marks for submitting an | Assignment | over word count when it wasn't! | Negative | 0.75 | 2.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Writing for Young Readers course was very interesting and packed with great brainstorming topics to launch your writing assignments. | brainstorming topics to launch your writing | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Provides good basic information. The assignments are simple and can easily be "passed" by following directions, not necessarily by writing well. Many reviews say the critiquing is the draw-point of this class, but that is all done by fellow students not by publishing experts or professionals. So while this course "opens the treasure chest," it leaves you a long way from publishable | Provides good basic information. The | Assignment | are simple and can easily be | Positive | 0.96 | 3.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | This is a great course to get you writing. The interviews with writers are particularly helpful. The assignments are well thought out though there was some confusion when it came to peer reviews and how to assess word count which the staff are trying to sort out. Peer reviews were very varied as some people just wrote one word down which was no help at all, while someone inexperienced wil struggle with this I think the course should include an early module on reading and critically as reviewing someone's work is a great aid to writing and editing your own work. Course paperwork could include a critical checklist to help with peer reviews. I would have found that helpful so that I could be confident Of doing a good job. I think you should also be able to edit your reviews as a mistake will mean your fellow writer could be marked down. All in all though well worth doing. Many Thanks to the tutors, staff and guest writers. | with writers are particularly helpful. The | Assignment | are well thought out though there | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Well paced. Assignments are very doable and the lectures are well focused. | Well paced. | Assignment | are very doable and the lectures | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I learned some helpful tips on how to edit and how to better structure a story. But there were assignments particularly on the last two that should have used assignment two or three. | structure a story. But there were | Assignment | particularly on the last two that | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I learned some helpful tips on how to edit and how to better structure a story. But there were assignments particularly on the last two that should have used assignment two or three. | last two that should have used | Assignment | two or three. | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I loved this course. Although I was familiar with a most of the topics already. I think from way back at school, and also from some reading on my own, but it has been a while, so it was good to go through it again. The assignments were really good. Week 5, about publishing, was what was most new to me. Would be nice if there's a follow-up course on 'Publishing'. One more thing, not sure why it's called 'Writing for young readers',.... I feel, there's not a lot specifically on writing for young readers.I'd say it's more like a (general) "introduction to writing stories". Still, this is a great course for anyone interested in starting to write. | to go through it again. The | Assignment | were really good. Week 5, about | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I wanted this course to focus specifically on strategies for engaging young readers, but it did not. Additionally, the method of assignment sharing is a file upload/download dropbox. I had fully intended to participate until I saw that. As a MOOC, I realize that there could be any number of individuals registering for this course using false information and uploading nefarious scripts that could hijack my computer should I download something from here. No thanks, Coursera. Epic fail. | did not. Additionally, the method of | Assignment | sharing is a file upload/download dropbox. | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | This course should be given a basic or starter level tag. Some of the videos are great, but they cover very basic: things like genre and narration. I thought the presenters/teachers were great, and I liked their author interviews. I wish there had been more writing assignments. I am very glad I took the course. | wish there had been more writing | Assignment | I am very glad I took | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | The course didn't feel as though it was aimed at a university level audience, which is what I expect from Coursera courses. I I did appreciate the prompt that the assignments gave me to actually sit down and write, but so far the feedback wasn't very helpful. I think that there should be much more guidance on how to give good feedback to peers. Reading a good number of submissions from members of the course, I didn't feel that this course gave them the practical skills needed for good prose, but w | did appreciate the prompt that the | Assignment | gave me to actually sit down | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I loved the non-UK / American basis for the writing and the study texts: fascinating reads and great eye openers to other styles and languages. Such a rich source! The videos and interviews were great and I loved the transcriptions - they made life so much easier to make notes and annotate from. The main issue I have is with the 'peer' marked work throughout the course. I feel this was meant to be a collaborative tool for us to use, but instead turned out to be a rather awkward device. Some students gave leeway to the 500 words limit; others not. I was failed because my explanatory note - not the piece itself, just a note for context - took me 34 words over. How pedantic was that reader? Another piece I read was over 2000 words long and had obviously been taken from some other assignment: it barely fit the study brief. Additionally, are non English speaking students penalised by having to write in English? Grammar and syntax in the west is very different depending on the country you come from - German syntax vs Italian vs English. All are different. How can I be fairly marked if the reader of my work has English as a second / third language? By that same token, can I really pass a student who has met the course criteria, yet has mis-spelled many words, has little or no punctuation and has jumbled tenses all over the place. This needs to be sorted out I feel, as it has marred this course for me. I don't feel it gave an even playing field to all. Thank you for the opportunity though, I did enjoy it! | obviously been taken from some other | Assignment | it barely fit the study brief. | Negative | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Very cool easy going course. The videos are short and to the point and the authors in it speak clearly and are easy to understand and follow. The assignments are great fun to do and the community and forms are friendly. If you have an interest in writing in general and want to start writing I'd recommend it as it's good way to get started. | easy to understand and follow. The | Assignment | are great fun to do and | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | An excellent course. The inclusion of excerpts allows one to develop a greater understanding of the different topics dealt in the MOOC. Also, several excerpts are from stories written by authors based in different continents; this makes reading the excerpts all the more interesting. Also, the course allows one to adjust the deadlines for submitting assignments, which is a good thing. | to adjust the deadlines for submitting | Assignment | which is a good thing. | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Very nice course! It makes me finally start writing things instead of reading books about how to do the writing. And it is definately a great course with so many writers' interview and techniques. Reading other's assignments is also great. | writers' interview and techniques. Reading other's | Assignment | is also great. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 6OW7QJ3WEeWILQ7D3uPEMw | I am working as an organisational consultant and thought this would add some knowledge - however it is really difficult to follow because it seems repetitive to me... I have paid for the certificate and still it is difficult for me to focus. It seems there is too much information and too much talk for things that are easily understood and do not need all this going over and over again. I got bored by the time I got to week 3 and it is seems impossible to stay focused and complete all assignments. I hope this changes in my third and last chance to get the certificate... | to stay focused and complete all | Assignment | I hope this changes in my | Positive | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| 6r0j3li_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This was the worst course I have taken with ASU on Coursera. Feedback was minimal and the system had many technical issues. Videos didn't start properly and there was no help or feedback from the instructors or the peers. I have wasted a lot of time resubmitting my assignments due to technical issues. Waste of my time. | a lot of time resubmitting my | Assignment | due to technical issues. Waste of | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 6r0j3li_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | The course provide intensive practice. After completing all of the assignments I feel myself more confident as a teacher. | practice. After completing all of the | Assignment | I feel myself more confident as | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 71uAg8wYEeSyoSIACwgCjw | It requires you to use a lot of personal information - I did not do well on a peer graded assignment because I didn't give out enough information about what my teaching level is. I fail to see how it is relevant to learning the course and do not feel comfortable volunteering the amount of information many other people do. | do well on a peer graded | Assignment | because I didn't give out enough | Negative | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good , If its more Exercise/ Assignment problems it good | Good , If its more Exercise/ | Assignment | problems it good | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The professor is very good at making Python easy and fun to learn. It made learning very fun and it kept my motivation to complete assignments high. | it kept my motivation to complete | Assignment | high. | Negative | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I enjoyed all the sessions, quiz and assignments. Many Many thanks to instructor:). | enjoyed all the sessions, quiz and | Assignment | Many Many thanks to instructor:). | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very clear classes and fun assignments. Really good! | Very clear classes and fun | Assignment | Really good! | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very slow paced. I appreciate that it is bringing me up to speed for the next courses but I found the learning pace to be a bit slow with very simple test assignments. The practical code implementation assignments were great. I found they were an effective way to learn | bit slow with very simple test | Assignment | The practical code implementation assignments were | Positive | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very slow paced. I appreciate that it is bringing me up to speed for the next courses but I found the learning pace to be a bit slow with very simple test assignments. The practical code implementation assignments were great. I found they were an effective way to learn | test assignments. The practical code implementation | Assignment | were great. I found they were | Positive | 0.88 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The pace is perfect for beginners. I've done a fair amount of programming in the past but I definitely appreciate how the tutor goes through the material patiently. The assignments were fairly easy for me due to my background but I thought they were challenging enough for any first-time programmers | goes through the material patiently. The | Assignment | were fairly easy for me due | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Could benefit from harder assignments or more | Could benefit from harder | Assignment | or more | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Wonderful course, however, I think the assignments should be more challenging! | Wonderful course, however, I think the | Assignment | should be more challenging! | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Extremely easy to follow. The last assignment was a little difficult considering the simplicity of the other assignments, but well worth it. I've already recommended the course to co-workers and I'm looking forward to completing the series. | Extremely easy to follow. The last | Assignment | was a little difficult considering the | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Extremely easy to follow. The last assignment was a little difficult considering the simplicity of the other assignments, but well worth it. I've already recommended the course to co-workers and I'm looking forward to completing the series. | considering the simplicity of the other | Assignment | but well worth it. I've already | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Basics were explained in a very simplified manner, quizzes and assignments were based on what was taught in the slides/videos. Excellent way to understand concepts | a very simplified manner, quizzes and | Assignment | were based on what was taught | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A good introductory course. Lots of time spent explaining basic concepts with good examples. Be sure to get the book (free pdf available) and read the chapters to help you with the assignments. | chapters to help you with the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great tempo, explanations, and exercises.... To give 5 starts, I would have liked more assignments. | starts, I would have liked more | Assignment | | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Nice and well structured class. I liked it to learn the basic Python syntax (loops, functions etc.), before you get to data structures in the second class. At first, that was counter-intuitive to me, since in other courses on different programming languages, it was the other way around, but it worked quite nicely. The only weakness of the class: In the assignments where you have to enter your code to get a specific output, just getting the output was not enough. A more or less concrete code was required. It was sometimes a bit frustrating to figure out what went wrong. But anyhow: A good course for anyone with little programming experience and a wish to learn Python! | weakness of the class: In the | Assignment | where you have to enter your | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent course!! Dr. Chuck is so good that he is making a learning video so interactive. Perfect teaching perfect syllabus. Just want the assignments to be bit more tough | teaching perfect syllabus. Just want the | Assignment | to be bit more tough | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course - very well prepared for people, who start working with Python. The tutor explains everything very clearly so that the assignments are doable. | everything very clearly so that the | Assignment | are doable. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I felt this course was perfect for a beginner,such as myself. I felt challenged by the assignments, yet not overwhelmed. If you have no prior knowledge of programming, I think this class is perfect. | myself. I felt challenged by the | Assignment | yet not overwhelmed. If you have | Negative | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Best programming course I have ever taken. Charles Severance explains all concepts clearly and demonstrates them in a fun and practical way that makes it easy for people to work at assignments at their own speed and learn how to build relatively complex programs with little or no background in programming. :) | easy for people to work at | Assignment | at their own speed and learn | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | good course. Can be better in terms of information and assignments. | better in terms of information and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Well paced lectures and assignments . Quiz's at the end of every class keeps you motivated .. | Well paced lectures and | Assignment | . Quiz's at the end of | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great teacher and easy to follow, detailed examples. More assignments or answers to exercises from the book would be helpful. | easy to follow, detailed examples. More | Assignment | or answers to exercises from the | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great intro to python for non programmers. I have experience with programming and Python; was looking for a refresher, so I ended up finding this remedial (not surprising). Ended up breezing through the content in a weekend on 2x speed. With that said, this class is an excellent introduction to programming and python. Anyone should be able to pick Python up from this class. However, the only downside to this course in my opinion is that the programming assignments are trivial. In order to start thinking in terms of algorithms, you need to program. If you supplement this class with some programming challenges (which should be easy to find online), this will be a great way to get into Python. | my opinion is that the programming | Assignment | are trivial. In order to start | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Assignments are really very usefull,and the videos are clearly understandable it can be of more depth | | Assignment | are really very usefull, and the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very easy material, with a bit boring assignments. With not much more effort more material could be covered. | easy material, with a bit boring | Assignment | With not much more effort more | Negative | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course for the beginner with balanced video lecturing, assignments and hands on. | the beginner with balanced video lecturing, | Assignment | and hands on. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It really is python for EVERYBODY, was a bit too simple for me. With very little python experience I completed all assignments in 2 days. | little python experience I completed all | Assignment | in 2 days. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Wish they had more assignments to test you. | Wish they had more | Assignment | to test you. | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great Course for beginners with no background in programming. The professor takes his time and explains everything in details. The material is clear and the assignments are good way to practice and test your understanding. Thank you! | The material is clear and the | Assignment | are good way to practice and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is a really great class, you must be sure to follow along in the free book, don't just do the graded assignments, there are assignments in the book as well that will allow you to hone your skills. Don't worry the book is free to download. I have mine on my ipad. | book, don't just do the graded | Assignment | there are assignments in the book | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is a really great class, you must be sure to follow along in the free book, don't just do the graded assignments, there are assignments in the book as well that will allow you to hone your skills. Don't worry the book is free to download. I have mine on my ipad. | do the graded assignments, there are | Assignment | in the book as well that | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent beginner course for learning Python. The instructor slowly guides your thinking so that your thought process matches that of a Python programmer. Quizzes and especially assignments are relevant to testing your newly acquired skills. If you have a bit of experience in other languages, I recommend going quickly through the course, as I found a great deal of overlap in language that let me speed ahead. | a Python programmer. Quizzes and especially | Assignment | are relevant to testing your newly | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Love it! Lectures, notes and assignments all are very good! Thanks! | Love it! Lectures, notes and | Assignment | all are very good! Thanks! | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course, made python learning challenging, but absolutely not terrifying. The assignments I felt were enough, nd look forward to trying out the capstone project when i have the available funds. Thank you so much Charles Severance for the intuitive and fun lectures and book. | challenging, but absolutely not terrifying. The | Assignment | I felt were enough, nd look | Negative | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good course, but a little bit easy for programmers who have experience in other programming languages. Better to add more challenging assignments. :) | languages. Better to add more challenging | Assignment | :) | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | assignment is a bit too easy, suitable for totally new beginners | | Assignment | is a bit too easy, suitable | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I have absolutely no programming experience, with minor reading I was able to write a few perl and shell scripts. But python, I have never even wrote a hello world program, the course was simple and straight forward, I enjoyed every piece of the material and the assignments. | piece of the material and the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Goes over the fundamental basics of programming quite well. One area for improvement would be more exercises and assignments. Students at this stage in beginning programming could always use more smaller exercises to solidify knowledge. Although it would seem pointless to experienced programmers coming from other languages, I think it would benefit beginners. | improvement would be more exercises and | Assignment | Students at this stage in beginning | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Prof Chuck is one of the funniest professor I've ever heard. Good sense of humor paired with high experiences in teaching, excellent teaching materials (perfect difficulty for the quizzes and assignment). I would like to be such a good lecturer once! | (perfect difficulty for the quizzes and | Assignment | I would like to be such | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent Course Content with good assignment work !!! Dr Severance is a Great Professor. | Excellent Course Content with good | Assignment | work ! ! ! Dr Severance | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great Introduction, great assignments | Great Introduction, great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | beautifully taught :) thank you Sir. Also, if there were more assignments it would have been even better. | Sir. Also, if there were more | Assignment | it would have been even better. | Negative | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is a great class for someone who has no experience with Python at all. Dr. Chuck does an excellent job helping you understand the core concepts in a manner that is easy to learn. The lectures are interesting, easy to follow, and full of great material. The quizzes are simple enough but you do have to pay attention in order to get them correct. The assignments were a lot of fun and made you think of how best to incorporate everything you learned. This was a better experience than I have had in other courses I have been through. I am definitely taking the next class from Dr. Chuck! | order to get them correct. The | Assignment | were a lot of fun and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent vidoes and very helpful assignments. | Excellent vidoes and very helpful | Assignment | | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Easy to follow and well informed assignments to try on first go !!!! | Easy to follow and well informed | Assignment | to try on first go ! | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Course and assignments were very easy. Could have been more challenging if assignments were little difficult. | Course and | Assignment | were very easy. Could have been | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Course and assignments were very easy. Could have been more challenging if assignments were little difficult. | Could have been more challenging if | Assignment | were little difficult. | Negative | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Breaks down material in an easy to understand manner and makes effective use of technology to administer exams and assignments. | of technology to administer exams and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Amazing course.... but there should be some more assignments and little difficult quiz.... just little not much difficult | but there should be some more | Assignment | and little difficult quiz. . . | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very easy to understand and the assignments properly tested our ability to apply my programming skills. I strongly recommend this course if you just want to understand the basic structure of python scripts. | Very easy to understand and the | Assignment | properly tested our ability to apply | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is an excellent course for a complete newcomer to programming and the professor has taken great care to address the newcomers. However, I would advise anybody with any programming experience to not take the course. If you have a non python programming background and are learning python, then you can quickly learn some syntax, do all the assignments and clear the course. | learn some syntax, do all the | Assignment | and clear the course. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It was really useful and it was really for a beginner. Now i can explore more in Python. Assignments were useful. | i can explore more in Python. | Assignment | were useful. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | While the videos are a good guide, the quizzes and assignments are way too easy. I find that, whenever I am studying, finding out how to do difficult exercises are the best way to really learn. Good course | a good guide, the quizzes and | Assignment | are way too easy. I find | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The lectures are very good. But the Discussion forum became a "hidden question - mistic answer" panel lately. Could we get some non-scored assignments to discuss them openly with mentors and to learn more ? | lately. Could we get some non-scored | Assignment | to discuss them openly with mentors | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I have previous education in programming. This was a good refresher to start programming with again, especially Python - a language I'm new to. I just wish the interactive Python assignment submission tool would accept both Python 2 and 3. Otherwise, it's pretty great! | I just wish the interactive Python | Assignment | submission tool would accept both Python | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good for beginners, very detailed, convenient assignment system. | Good for beginners, very detailed, convenient | Assignment | system. | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course for those who have zero programming experience. The course is very well structured and designed to walk you through the learning process to more advanced material in the future courses. The assessment is done through interactive assignments and quizzes. I'm glad to have a privilege of taking this course and would like to thank Dr. Chuck, University of Michigan and Coursera for this wonderful opportunity! Thank you! | The assessment is done through interactive | Assignment | and quizzes. I'm glad to have | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The lectures are clear and easy to follow. The assignments are interesting, challenging, and actually want the student to pass and understand, instead of being tricky barriers to stop progress. | clear and easy to follow. The | Assignment | are interesting, challenging, and actually want | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Fantastic experience. Great explanation and good assignments. | Fantastic experience. Great explanation and good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The pace of this course & the course content, along with the Creative Commons material is fabulous for anyone who has no prior experience in programming. Prof. Severance is great at what he does, and the assignments are also brilliant. I wished there were more peer review assignments or more assignments so that we could practice more. | at what he does, and the | Assignment | are also brilliant. I wished there | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The pace of this course & the course content, along with the Creative Commons material is fabulous for anyone who has no prior experience in programming. Prof. Severance is great at what he does, and the assignments are also brilliant. I wished there were more peer review assignments or more assignments so that we could practice more. | wished there were more peer review | Assignment | or more assignments so that we | Negative | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The pace of this course & the course content, along with the Creative Commons material is fabulous for anyone who has no prior experience in programming. Prof. Severance is great at what he does, and the assignments are also brilliant. I wished there were more peer review assignments or more assignments so that we could practice more. | more peer review assignments or more | Assignment | so that we could practice more. | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Brilliant course, Professor Chuck is awesome. The amount of time he takes explaining the concepts is remarkable and the assignments and quizzes makes great sense. | the concepts is remarkable and the | Assignment | and quizzes makes great sense. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good course. The materials are perfect, the videos clear, funny and comprehensible, the assignments easy if one does follow and learn. | videos clear, funny and comprehensible, the | Assignment | easy if one does follow and | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good and entertaining lessons to start with Python. Also highly recommended for people that have no prior experience with programming. This course is much better structured with its tasks, assignments and lessons than a lot of other (very confusing) coursera courses. | much better structured with its tasks, | Assignment | and lessons than a lot of | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent, personable teacher, great video lectures, assignments are simple, but great at demonstrating key concepts | Excellent, personable teacher, great video lectures, | Assignment | are simple, but great at demonstrating | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Fantastic! Clear, concise and interesting assignments. | Fantastic! Clear, concise and interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great (and gentle) introduction or review of fundamental concepts in Python programming and basic computer science. The lectures are clear and the assignments are relevant/well-designed. This course series is second only to MITx 6.00.1x over at edX, which is considerably more challenging, time-consuming, and somewhat better executed. The code grader for the MIT course test a wide array of cases to ensure that the student has minimal leeway in terms of shortcuts while one could easily fool the auto-grader in this course. The assignments also lack depth and challenge compared to the MIT assignments. Overall, the course is well organized and a great option for beginners. | The lectures are clear and the | Assignment | are relevant/well-designed. This course series is | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great (and gentle) introduction or review of fundamental concepts in Python programming and basic computer science. The lectures are clear and the assignments are relevant/well-designed. This course series is second only to MITx 6.00.1x over at edX, which is considerably more challenging, time-consuming, and somewhat better executed. The code grader for the MIT course test a wide array of cases to ensure that the student has minimal leeway in terms of shortcuts while one could easily fool the auto-grader in this course. The assignments also lack depth and challenge compared to the MIT assignments. Overall, the course is well organized and a great option for beginners. | the auto-grader in this course. The | Assignment | also lack depth and challenge compared | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great (and gentle) introduction or review of fundamental concepts in Python programming and basic computer science. The lectures are clear and the assignments are relevant/well-designed. This course series is second only to MITx 6.00.1x over at edX, which is considerably more challenging, time-consuming, and somewhat better executed. The code grader for the MIT course test a wide array of cases to ensure that the student has minimal leeway in terms of shortcuts while one could easily fool the auto-grader in this course. The assignments also lack depth and challenge compared to the MIT assignments. Overall, the course is well organized and a great option for beginners. | and challenge compared to the MIT | Assignment | Overall, the course is well organized | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I have taken this course before. It is my third challenge. I could pass all the assignments now. I feel like I get something from this course and I really appreciate all the Coursera staffs and Dr.chuck for helping me to pass this course. thank you jongchan | challenge. I could pass all the | Assignment | now. I feel like I get | Negative | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good lectures, assignments, and examples. An excellent course. | Very good lectures, | Assignment | and examples. An excellent course. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A fair approach to programming basics. A couple of funny videos as well. Certain topics are a little bit over discussed. Liked the assignments although those could be a little bit more difficult to complete | little bit over discussed. Liked the | Assignment | although those could be a little | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is an excellent introduction for beginners and there are good explanations by the instructor. I just wish there were more problems or assignments provided for practice. Overall, I recommend this course to anyone with no programming background looking to take a step into that world. | wish there were more problems or | Assignment | provided for practice. Overall, I recommend | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It's a very good course for beginners for python. The course material is put together very well. The assignments are not really challenging if you already know programming, but for beginners it should be very exciting. | is put together very well. The | Assignment | are not really challenging if you | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I'm sure this is a fantastic introduction for those with no prior programming experience, but as someone with even just a little bit of prior scripting experience, I found it extremely slow-paced. Rather than suffer through the lectures, I did DataCamp's Intro. to Python and then did all the quizzes & assignments for this class as extra practice. | then did all the quizzes & | Assignment | for this class as extra practice. | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Formation of assignment is very much appreciable. | Formation of | Assignment | is very much appreciable. | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Really good course for a person who is new to programming although writing assignments with the autograder is a bit irritating as it catches mistakes like an extra space or small and capital so make sure u take care of these small issues | is new to programming although writing | Assignment | with the autograder is a bit | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Easy, and slow paced. Took an average python user just two hours to complete the assignments. Recommended for anyone not versed in the dark arts. | just two hours to complete the | Assignment | Recommended for anyone not versed in | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This course was completely exceptional. The video lectures by Dr.Chuck was helpful throughout the course. The assignments added to each section of the course help us improve some creative thinking and it improves our programming skills as well. Hats off to Coursera! I will still take more courses from coursera having a fruitful experience like this. | was helpful throughout the course. The | Assignment | added to each section of the | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The method of teaching, quizzes and assignments helped me to learn as much as possible from this course. Thankyou for providing this course! | The method of teaching, quizzes and | Assignment | helped me to learn as much | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Loved the assignments and the quizzes. | Loved the | Assignment | and the quizzes. | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This introductory course to the Python programming language boosted my confidence in my ability to learn programming for data analysis. Without any prior background in programming and just a bit of algebra several years ago in college, I was able to make it through this course fairly easily. The time estimate for each week accurately reflected the amount of time required for me to complete an assignment. After completing this first course in the Specialization, I decided to sign-up for the entire five-course series. | required for me to complete an | Assignment | After completing this first course in | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I do not have any background in computer science and this course was easy to follow along and learn the basics. I thoroughly enjoyed Dr.Severance's way of explaining abstract concepts and how we repeatedly go over concepts. The quizzes and assignments were a great way to review ideas in the book while giving us the opportunity to use our newly acquired knowledge. | go over concepts. The quizzes and | Assignment | were a great way to review | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course. Really enjoyed learning Python fundamentals. More exercises should be included as part of assignment. Thanks! | should be included as part of | Assignment | Thanks! | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent introduction to Python, well explained, helpful skill-building assignments and very good learning environment. Fantastic book! Thanks. | to Python, well explained, helpful skill-building | Assignment | and very good learning environment. Fantastic | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | i have fun in this course, also it was easy to understand the subjects of the course and the comands of python. Dr Chuck did a great job explaining how to program with python. Maybe the assignments were sometimes too easy, on the other hand, they were fun to do. | to program with python. Maybe the | Assignment | were sometimes too easy, on the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Course is pitched at a very elementary level--which I liked a lot. Assignments are doable and helpful. Instructor is simply amazing! | elementary level--which I liked a lot. | Assignment | are doable and helpful. Instructor is | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It's a great intro course to Python Professor Severance is really great and brings it down to the lowest level one can understand. The assignment tool is pretty great as well. Gives you the errors you need to work on. | lowest level one can understand. The | Assignment | tool is pretty great as well. | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Completely worth the time I invested in this course. Clear and to the point instruction with practical assignments. I feel I really learned something through this. It was my first experience with Coursera, thanks to Dr. Charles and the support team of mentors and classmates. I ended up purchasing the certification and am continuing my studies with Coursera. | to the point instruction with practical | Assignment | I feel I really learned something | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Best professor and amazing course. Need to make people work more. Assignments are interesting. Include more than 2 assignments as people taking online courses don't get time to work on their own. | Need to make people work more. | Assignment | are interesting. Include more than 2 | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Best professor and amazing course. Need to make people work more. Assignments are interesting. Include more than 2 assignments as people taking online courses don't get time to work on their own. | are interesting. Include more than 2 | Assignment | as people taking online courses don't | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good material and funny professor makes it easy. However, assignments are a bit too easy. | funny professor makes it easy. However, | Assignment | are a bit too easy. | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The course assignments weren't challenging enough for me and lectures were too slow for my liking. But, I do understand that the course is more suited for people without prior experience in programming, so I have nothing to complain about. Good beginner course! | The course | Assignment | weren't challenging enough for me and | Negative | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Well built, seriously oriented for someone who never had any contact with programming before. Perhaps, some more advanced optional assignments could be added for those who know how to write code, but in different languages, at beginner's level. GREAT WORK! | before. Perhaps, some more advanced optional | Assignment | could be added for those who | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Despite being slow and the tutor being a tad too gregarious (though I like it), the course really sets a fine foundation for late entrants to coding world. The examples used are often simple or even silly (they do come with that disclaimer) but they make a point to encourage you to try harder stuff on your own. I suggest you try out your own little codes before attempting the session end assignments. | codes before attempting the session end | Assignment | | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Dr. Chuck makes the course (and python) very interesting! The course is simple enough for complete beginners to start learning Python. The assignments are challenging but manageable with the help of TAs and fellow classmates. I feel great to have finished this course and I will start the next one in this specialization soon! | beginners to start learning Python. The | Assignment | are challenging but manageable with the | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great introduction to programming, I brought the course book, it makes the assignments easier and the content is better understood and retained. The pdf version is available free, but for me having a paper copy is just easier to flick through, read and reference. | the course book, it makes the | Assignment | easier and the content is better | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Teacher Charles is doing a wonderful job to me, a very beginning learner. I've never thought I could take a programming class, and I didn't know if I can do that. Professor is really interesting during class video and with proper level of assignments help me more understand the materials I learned. | video and with proper level of | Assignment | help me more understand the materials | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This course is a perfect one for people who are beginning to take their first steps in the world of Python (and programming, in general).. All the lectures, assignments, and the course materials offer quite good insight to basic and fundamental programming concepts.. And, considering the syntactical ease of Python, it makes programming easy to learn and understand, removing the extra clutter found in the more traditional languages like C/C++ or Java,, And, finally, the instructor, Prof. Charles Severance, who is more affectionately called Dr. Chuck just mixes fun and learning to create quite an exciting and memorable teaching environment, But, while all of this good, I felt that this course lacked the bite for a more advanced learner or someone who has spent sometime in the world of programming.. The complexity of the quizzes or the assignments are at beginner level... Best for complete beginners.. But, like i mentioned earlier, it is very easy to rush the whole course in a couple of days time or at most, one week for an advanced learner. This course lays the foundation for the more advanced courses in Python.. Technically, it is the first part of the Programming for Everybody specialization, which consists of 5 courses, revolving around the world of Python.. So, my final advice to all beginners is to take their sweet time understanding and grasping these fundamental concepts,, These form the foundation stone for any programming language as well as Computer Science world. Don't worry about the assignments, you will get more than ample time to complete them and succeed in them.. Plus, I feel that you will also enjoy some of the bonus interviews.. They could be quite motivating or thought-provoking.. And, for advanced beginners, you can rush through this course and brush up on some basic concepts to move into more advanced courses, which will not only be a lot more challenging and catering more advanced and diverse concepts and topics.. And, in my opinion, this specialization package could be, at this current moment, the best possible experience when compared to learning the basics of Python online.. And, could be the closest thing to a face-to-face learning experience.. | in general). . All the lectures, | Assignment | and the course materials offer quite | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This course is a perfect one for people who are beginning to take their first steps in the world of Python (and programming, in general).. All the lectures, assignments, and the course materials offer quite good insight to basic and fundamental programming concepts.. And, considering the syntactical ease of Python, it makes programming easy to learn and understand, removing the extra clutter found in the more traditional languages like C/C++ or Java,, And, finally, the instructor, Prof. Charles Severance, who is more affectionately called Dr. Chuck just mixes fun and learning to create quite an exciting and memorable teaching environment, But, while all of this good, I felt that this course lacked the bite for a more advanced learner or someone who has spent sometime in the world of programming.. The complexity of the quizzes or the assignments are at beginner level... Best for complete beginners.. But, like i mentioned earlier, it is very easy to rush the whole course in a couple of days time or at most, one week for an advanced learner. This course lays the foundation for the more advanced courses in Python.. Technically, it is the first part of the Programming for Everybody specialization, which consists of 5 courses, revolving around the world of Python.. So, my final advice to all beginners is to take their sweet time understanding and grasping these fundamental concepts,, These form the foundation stone for any programming language as well as Computer Science world. Don't worry about the assignments, you will get more than ample time to complete them and succeed in them.. Plus, I feel that you will also enjoy some of the bonus interviews.. They could be quite motivating or thought-provoking.. And, for advanced beginners, you can rush through this course and brush up on some basic concepts to move into more advanced courses, which will not only be a lot more challenging and catering more advanced and diverse concepts and topics.. And, in my opinion, this specialization package could be, at this current moment, the best possible experience when compared to learning the basics of Python online.. And, could be the closest thing to a face-to-face learning experience.. | complexity of the quizzes or the | Assignment | are at beginner level. . . | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This course is a perfect one for people who are beginning to take their first steps in the world of Python (and programming, in general).. All the lectures, assignments, and the course materials offer quite good insight to basic and fundamental programming concepts.. And, considering the syntactical ease of Python, it makes programming easy to learn and understand, removing the extra clutter found in the more traditional languages like C/C++ or Java,, And, finally, the instructor, Prof. Charles Severance, who is more affectionately called Dr. Chuck just mixes fun and learning to create quite an exciting and memorable teaching environment, But, while all of this good, I felt that this course lacked the bite for a more advanced learner or someone who has spent sometime in the world of programming.. The complexity of the quizzes or the assignments are at beginner level... Best for complete beginners.. But, like i mentioned earlier, it is very easy to rush the whole course in a couple of days time or at most, one week for an advanced learner. This course lays the foundation for the more advanced courses in Python.. Technically, it is the first part of the Programming for Everybody specialization, which consists of 5 courses, revolving around the world of Python.. So, my final advice to all beginners is to take their sweet time understanding and grasping these fundamental concepts,, These form the foundation stone for any programming language as well as Computer Science world. Don't worry about the assignments, you will get more than ample time to complete them and succeed in them.. Plus, I feel that you will also enjoy some of the bonus interviews.. They could be quite motivating or thought-provoking.. And, for advanced beginners, you can rush through this course and brush up on some basic concepts to move into more advanced courses, which will not only be a lot more challenging and catering more advanced and diverse concepts and topics.. And, in my opinion, this specialization package could be, at this current moment, the best possible experience when compared to learning the basics of Python online.. And, could be the closest thing to a face-to-face learning experience.. | Science world. Don't worry about the | Assignment | you will get more than ample | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Perfect for beginners, clear and fun lecturing, very focused assignments. One of the best lectureres I have ever had. Highly recommanded. | clear and fun lecturing, very focused | Assignment | One of the best lectureres I | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course that makes the content self-paced. The book is accessible and the expectation of assignments is reasonable. I highly recommend. | is accessible and the expectation of | Assignment | is reasonable. I highly recommend. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I would like to have more assignment added to this course. | I would like to have more | Assignment | added to this course. | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I feel there could have been more assignments (and perhaps ones that start from scratch). I personally felt having more [forced] practice would be good. As we only wrote code to apply each concept maybe once, and even these applications were already half worked out for us. | feel there could have been more | Assignment | (and perhaps ones that start from | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Charles Severance is perhaps the greatest instructor of a programming language that I have ever encountered. Not only are the lectures engaging but the assignments are relevant and I have been able to apply what I have learned immediately to my day to day life. | are the lectures engaging but the | Assignment | are relevant and I have been | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | this course is very basic course for python and assignments are good. | very basic course for python and | Assignment | are good. | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The programming assignments need to be more challenging and have more variety. | The programming | Assignment | need to be more challenging and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very nice introduction to python with great instructor, practical assignments and free ebook provided. I recommend this course to beginners with no prior or small amount of experience with programming. | to python with great instructor, practical | Assignment | and free ebook provided. I recommend | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The difficulty of assignments should be increased. | The difficulty of | Assignment | should be increased. | Positive | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great beginning course in Python, concepts are well articulated and assignments reinforce core concepts. | Python, concepts are well articulated and | Assignment | reinforce core concepts. | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | it was a great course. Mr. Chuck, knows how to teach quality material to the masses. i would only suggest that on the programming assignments, it would be best if the instructor doesn't write half of the code. one reason is that having some of the code written would make that student think that the piece of code provided must be a part of the whole code. and as i worked on the programming assignments i realized that much of the code provided wasn't needed, in fact it took me longer than necessary to solve the assignments because i kept using the code provided, and upon solving the assignment none of the code that was provided was a part of the code i wrote. .... on to the next course. Data Structure. thank you coursera and UM. | only suggest that on the programming | Assignment | it would be best if the | Negative | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | it was a great course. Mr. Chuck, knows how to teach quality material to the masses. i would only suggest that on the programming assignments, it would be best if the instructor doesn't write half of the code. one reason is that having some of the code written would make that student think that the piece of code provided must be a part of the whole code. and as i worked on the programming assignments i realized that much of the code provided wasn't needed, in fact it took me longer than necessary to solve the assignments because i kept using the code provided, and upon solving the assignment none of the code that was provided was a part of the code i wrote. .... on to the next course. Data Structure. thank you coursera and UM. | as i worked on the programming | Assignment | i realized that much of the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | it was a great course. Mr. Chuck, knows how to teach quality material to the masses. i would only suggest that on the programming assignments, it would be best if the instructor doesn't write half of the code. one reason is that having some of the code written would make that student think that the piece of code provided must be a part of the whole code. and as i worked on the programming assignments i realized that much of the code provided wasn't needed, in fact it took me longer than necessary to solve the assignments because i kept using the code provided, and upon solving the assignment none of the code that was provided was a part of the code i wrote. .... on to the next course. Data Structure. thank you coursera and UM. | longer than necessary to solve the | Assignment | because i kept using the code | Negative | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | it was a great course. Mr. Chuck, knows how to teach quality material to the masses. i would only suggest that on the programming assignments, it would be best if the instructor doesn't write half of the code. one reason is that having some of the code written would make that student think that the piece of code provided must be a part of the whole code. and as i worked on the programming assignments i realized that much of the code provided wasn't needed, in fact it took me longer than necessary to solve the assignments because i kept using the code provided, and upon solving the assignment none of the code that was provided was a part of the code i wrote. .... on to the next course. Data Structure. thank you coursera and UM. | code provided, and upon solving the | Assignment | none of the code that was | Negative | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Dr. Chuck is da man! Awesome class. Dr. Chuck touched upon all the nuances of basic Python that most students are too embarrassed to ask about but which are nevertheless mission-critical to effective programming. This capacity to address unspoken concerns both in presentations and assignments is one of the secrets of a good MOOC professor since students can't ask questions. This class is especially useful for those students who just completed codecademy.com's Python class since it explicitly addresses several issues that weren't addressed there. Finally, no one can rival Dr. Chuck's ability to access celebrity programmers whose presence adds an important dimension of context and helps students feel like they already belong to the international community of coders. Job well done. | unspoken concerns both in presentations and | Assignment | is one of the secrets of | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I am currently learning Python from few other sources. I recommend this course for beginners with no or minimum coding experience. The course structure is helping me to gradually gain more understanding of Python. Personally, I like the last assignment because it taught me that the solution is sometimes simpler than we thought. It is just that I think as human rather than how computer would think. Dr Chuck and mentors are helpful and encouraging. I would definitely sign up for part 2 of the course. | Python. Personally, I like the last | Assignment | because it taught me that the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is very good and understandable course. I specially thanks to Professor who explain each thing in very expressive manner and assignments are too good. Thanks for the developers and Coursera which give me this opportunity. | thing in very expressive manner and | Assignment | are too good. Thanks for the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The lectures are clear and step-by-step approach makes it easier for beginner to start to learn this programming language and the practical assignments are very nice! | this programming language and the practical | Assignment | are very nice! | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great classes! But need to read the notes before doing the assignment! :) | read the notes before doing the | Assignment | :) | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Wonderfully composed and paced course. Dr. Severance does a fantastic job of scaling technical descriptions from basic terminology up to the specific programming jargon. The assignments are well detailed, explained, and the technology in the course works well. The book is free and also a treat because it ties so nicely back into the course materials making is probably the best learning Python book available today based on what I've seen. Thank you for continuing to support this program. It is FANTASTIC. | to the specific programming jargon. The | Assignment | are well detailed, explained, and the | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It is as stated: Programming for Everybody (who hasnt had any expsoure to programming). If you dont know about computers and you dont know about programming, this course is for you. On the other hand: if you do have a basic understanding of computers and/or programming, than this may no be the right course for you: The beginning is too slow - the stuff about CPUs & memory etc. is really for people who dont know about computers at all. The overall pace is too slow. My suggestion would be to a) shorten the introductiory part b) increase lurning-curve & depth c) add more complex assignments -> maybe as "bonus assignments" | & depth c) add more complex | Assignment | -> maybe as " bonus assignments" | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It is as stated: Programming for Everybody (who hasnt had any expsoure to programming). If you dont know about computers and you dont know about programming, this course is for you. On the other hand: if you do have a basic understanding of computers and/or programming, than this may no be the right course for you: The beginning is too slow - the stuff about CPUs & memory etc. is really for people who dont know about computers at all. The overall pace is too slow. My suggestion would be to a) shorten the introductiory part b) increase lurning-curve & depth c) add more complex assignments -> maybe as "bonus assignments" | assignments -> maybe as " bonus | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The course materials such as the lecture videos, slides , assignments and pdf helped me to grasp and implement the basics of Python very well. I have recommended this course to my colleagues who are interested in learning Python | as the lecture videos, slides , | Assignment | and pdf helped me to grasp | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | very well explained. although i'm a experienced programmer, there were some tweeks of python i didn't know. i loved the platform to complete de the programming assignments. | platform to complete de the programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The explanations were very good and the exercises and assignments reinforced my understanding. | very good and the exercises and | Assignment | reinforced my understanding. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Dr. Chuck makes the course quite simple. At the beginning of the course, he patiently introduces some preparing steps such as python installation and screenshot tools, which is quite useful for students with little computer knowledge. During the course, Dr. Chuck manages to use the simplest language to explain the concepts. The slides use different colors to differentiate different elements in a script, indicating Dr. Chuck's consideration for the students. The course reminds me of the sentence from The Zen of Python, "simple is better than complex." The course is a beginning course for python. I studied Visual Basic in my freshman year, and now, three years after VB, I found the assignments quite easy. So I advise that if you have prior knowledge of other languages, you can use the book provided by Dr. Chuck to quickly understand the concepts and view some example code. Then you can directly jump to the assignments and I suppose that it would not be too hard for you. I heard MOOC one year ago and enrolled several courses at Coursera. However, this is my first finished course. Sometimes the network speed of the school was too slow to view the videos and this really slowed me down. I also had some school work and exams. Now I am at the end of my undergraduate study and have enough time to take MOOCs. $310 is quite expensive for me but I hope I can accomplish the five courses of this specialization and some day I'll come back to pay for the certification. Thanks to Dr. Chuck and mentors. Tao.Zheng Huazhong University of Science&Technology, P.R.China | years after VB, I found the | Assignment | quite easy. So I advise that | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Dr. Chuck makes the course quite simple. At the beginning of the course, he patiently introduces some preparing steps such as python installation and screenshot tools, which is quite useful for students with little computer knowledge. During the course, Dr. Chuck manages to use the simplest language to explain the concepts. The slides use different colors to differentiate different elements in a script, indicating Dr. Chuck's consideration for the students. The course reminds me of the sentence from The Zen of Python, "simple is better than complex." The course is a beginning course for python. I studied Visual Basic in my freshman year, and now, three years after VB, I found the assignments quite easy. So I advise that if you have prior knowledge of other languages, you can use the book provided by Dr. Chuck to quickly understand the concepts and view some example code. Then you can directly jump to the assignments and I suppose that it would not be too hard for you. I heard MOOC one year ago and enrolled several courses at Coursera. However, this is my first finished course. Sometimes the network speed of the school was too slow to view the videos and this really slowed me down. I also had some school work and exams. Now I am at the end of my undergraduate study and have enough time to take MOOCs. $310 is quite expensive for me but I hope I can accomplish the five courses of this specialization and some day I'll come back to pay for the certification. Thanks to Dr. Chuck and mentors. Tao.Zheng Huazhong University of Science&Technology, P.R.China | you can directly jump to the | Assignment | and I suppose that it would | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I was a little bit late to start doing assignments, but now I've even caught up with the course! I like the way how Mr. Charles teaches and explains the things! | little bit late to start doing | Assignment | but now I've even caught up | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great introduction for programming. I think it can be improved with more logic content and assignments, as well as some real cases (such as real examples of text file parsing, etc). | improved with more logic content and | Assignment | as well as some real cases | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Can have more rigorous assignments. Right now the code snippets are already provided. Maybe keep some optional tough assignments to cater to all levels of programming abilities :) | Can have more rigorous | Assignment | Right now the code snippets are | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Can have more rigorous assignments. Right now the code snippets are already provided. Maybe keep some optional tough assignments to cater to all levels of programming abilities :) | provided. Maybe keep some optional tough | Assignment | to cater to all levels of | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good for starters, but should enhance the complication of assignments. | but should enhance the complication of | Assignment | | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great fundamental course! Its a bit remedial of you already know the basics of python though. I recommend just doing all the assignments and quizzes in a day for a refresher if you do. | I recommend just doing all the | Assignment | and quizzes in a day for | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great introduction to Python, videos were excellent - instructions were clear and easy to follow along. Really enjoyed learning using the assignments and autograder, thank you! | along. Really enjoyed learning using the | Assignment | and autograder, thank you! | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | in programming assignments they dont have testcases so it is easy to fool the grader | in programming | Assignment | they dont have testcases so it | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is THE best course for beginners. I love the way Dr. Chuck has taught Python programming. His lectures are very interesting and easy to understand and the entire course has been a lot of fun with all its quizzes and programming assignments. His book is as great as are his lectures. I am looking forward to learning more about python through his courses. This is just the type of course that I was wanting to do for some time and I am lucky I found this through Coursera! Thank you Dr. Chuck! | with all its quizzes and programming | Assignment | His book is as great as | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Straight-to-the-point yet fun lectures. Slow and easy pace at the start for appreciation, but gradually becomes more challenging towards the end to force you to learn hands-on coding, In my opinion, the best part is the python coding tool used in the coding assignments. | coding tool used in the coding | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good primer to Python. Quizzes were spot on and the assignments were clear. Highly recommended for a beginner. | Quizzes were spot on and the | Assignment | were clear. Highly recommended for a | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great start for anyone who wants to begin with python programming. Course is well designed and love the way it progresses along with the assignments and the small videos in between. | way it progresses along with the | Assignment | and the small videos in between. | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good introduction to Python. Examples and assignments were just what I needed to get a jumpstart. Professor has an amazing and funny teaching style (if you're someone from the coding industry), helps chill out and relax and learn at the same time !! Thank you very much !! Can't believe it's all free ... | Good introduction to Python. Examples and | Assignment | were just what I needed to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very intuitive and easy to understand course. the flow of the learning course coupled with the assignments makes this a must go to course for anyone who wants to learn python from scratch. | the learning course coupled with the | Assignment | makes this a must go to | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I am very disappointed with this programming course. The course lacks detail and deepth and could be taught in 45 to 60 minutes instead of 7 weeks. The quizzes and assignments were to easy and basic (solved in less than 5 minutes) and definitely not enough. Annoying was the overuse of colours in almost every video (almost everything was coloured - highlighting everything is just as usefull as highlighting nothing, green box with white text inside - did you try to read that on a different monitor than yours?), the pointless and useless doodles, smilies and whatsoever, wasting my time by watching you dispose your teabag/drinking tea or coffee/talking about your mug/etc., why do you even need to drink in a 20 minute-or-less video. The Tutor tried to loosen a dry topic. Mostly it wasn't my humor but I can live with that. I had hoped for more :( | of 7 weeks. The quizzes and | Assignment | were to easy and basic (solved | Positive | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | While being super intuitive, the course is too easy even for beginners, The lectures are coherent and smooth, assignment could be slightly more difficult. | The lectures are coherent and smooth, | Assignment | could be slightly more difficult. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good info; just wish the Android app, desktop app, and iOs app all updated more gracefully (maybe a critique of Coursera more generally?) Assignments are pretty easy. | critique of Coursera more generally? ) | Assignment | are pretty easy. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Well structured course which makes it easy to learn the material and includes lots of exercises to test your understanding. Assignment solutions are thoroughly discussed which makes it easier to assess the efficiency of your own code compared to the professor. | of exercises to test your understanding. | Assignment | solutions are thoroughly discussed which makes | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | very helpful course for beginners, we can learn a lot and the assignment tool and the problems in it are challenging | can learn a lot and the | Assignment | tool and the problems in it | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I thought the class was good, although if you are already an experienced programmer (like me), I suggest that you do a quick review of the python documentation to understand python syntax, then simply complete each assignment rather than sitting through the videos. | python syntax, then simply complete each | Assignment | rather than sitting through the videos. | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent overview of first few concepts in Programming in Python. Useful in understanding programming concepts (early early stages) for those who have never done programming and refresher for those who have, but it has been a while, I look forward to seeing how the other courses in the this series are. Only reason I didn't give a 5 star rating is because I think in addition to the given assignments there should be an extra assignment per week with practical applications. Granted not enough of the language is know yet to warrant anything really complex, but perhaps just number converter for scientific notation, or a tip calculator with code given that can make it practical to use (connect it to a website or phone application). | think in addition to the given | Assignment | there should be an extra assignment | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent overview of first few concepts in Programming in Python. Useful in understanding programming concepts (early early stages) for those who have never done programming and refresher for those who have, but it has been a while, I look forward to seeing how the other courses in the this series are. Only reason I didn't give a 5 star rating is because I think in addition to the given assignments there should be an extra assignment per week with practical applications. Granted not enough of the language is know yet to warrant anything really complex, but perhaps just number converter for scientific notation, or a tip calculator with code given that can make it practical to use (connect it to a website or phone application). | assignments there should be an extra | Assignment | per week with practical applications. Granted | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The course was very basic. It was nicely taught and the examples and the lectures were really enjoyable. However, some shortcomings I felt were that the colors in the slides could have been a bit clearer. Another thing was that some concepts were introduced in the lectures which were not explained completely. A real beginner would not be able to understand them which would in some parts defeat the purpose of the course. Other than that, I felt the course was really structured well. The assignments were easy and the quizzes did test the knowledge about the subject taught so far. It was such that any new person would not feel discouraged. Keep up the good job people. | course was really structured well. The | Assignment | were easy and the quizzes did | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This course is indicated to anyone looking for an overview of Python programming. All Assignments and Quizzes are quite simple problems. To be honest, I expected more of this course. | an overview of Python programming. All | Assignment | and Quizzes are quite simple problems. | Positive | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Course can have more content and little complex assignments. | have more content and little complex | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| 7fljFneTEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | O curso é bom, gostei dos professores, porém os assignments podem ser otimizados. Em alguns casos a especificação deixa o escopo muito aberto, o que gera muita interpretação. Eu não pretendo continuar a especialização pois não gostei da forma de avaliação. Além disso, pode ser interessante fazer melhorias no áudio e vídeo, pois a edição está um pouco precária. Do resto, achei o curso muito bom. | bom, gostei dos professores, porém os | Assignment | podem ser otimizados. Em alguns casos | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Content of the course is very good, useful and interesting, I greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But assignments could improve: -All module assignments seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In assignments, i would like to see more exercises so that students learn through practice of business cases. For example, I prefer the way modules are organized in courses 1,2, and 3: concepts with examples, practice exercise, then assignment through similar exercise + a quiz. -In last assignment, there was no suggested solution(s) for the last question, i think this is missing for a good understanding. | greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But | Assignment | could improve: -All module assignments seems | Positive | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Content of the course is very good, useful and interesting, I greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But assignments could improve: -All module assignments seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In assignments, i would like to see more exercises so that students learn through practice of business cases. For example, I prefer the way modules are organized in courses 1,2, and 3: concepts with examples, practice exercise, then assignment through similar exercise + a quiz. -In last assignment, there was no suggested solution(s) for the last question, i think this is missing for a good understanding. | But assignments could improve: -All module | Assignment | seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy | Negative | 0.65 | 3.0 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Content of the course is very good, useful and interesting, I greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But assignments could improve: -All module assignments seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In assignments, i would like to see more exercises so that students learn through practice of business cases. For example, I prefer the way modules are organized in courses 1,2, and 3: concepts with examples, practice exercise, then assignment through similar exercise + a quiz. -In last assignment, there was no suggested solution(s) for the last question, i think this is missing for a good understanding. | focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In | Assignment | i would like to see more | Positive | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Content of the course is very good, useful and interesting, I greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But assignments could improve: -All module assignments seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In assignments, i would like to see more exercises so that students learn through practice of business cases. For example, I prefer the way modules are organized in courses 1,2, and 3: concepts with examples, practice exercise, then assignment through similar exercise + a quiz. -In last assignment, there was no suggested solution(s) for the last question, i think this is missing for a good understanding. | concepts with examples, practice exercise, then | Assignment | through similar exercise + a quiz. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Content of the course is very good, useful and interesting, I greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But assignments could improve: -All module assignments seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In assignments, i would like to see more exercises so that students learn through practice of business cases. For example, I prefer the way modules are organized in courses 1,2, and 3: concepts with examples, practice exercise, then assignment through similar exercise + a quiz. -In last assignment, there was no suggested solution(s) for the last question, i think this is missing for a good understanding. | exercise + a quiz. -In last | Assignment | there was no suggested solution(s) for | Negative | 0.97 | 3.0 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The Course is well laid out with plenty of assignments that allow you master the BI by using Microstrategy. Thanks to professor Karimi, it was by far the best BI course that I have ever taken. | well laid out with plenty of | Assignment | that allow you master the BI | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 7Iw3cbCiEeS-qCIACimRTw | The course is perfect. The assignments and grading are not well developed. | The course is perfect. The | Assignment | and grading are not well developed. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7Iw3cbCiEeS-qCIACimRTw | Great course, great ideas and creative course and great assignments, really makes you think about alot of things in a new perspective | ideas and creative course and great | Assignment | really makes you think about alot | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 7jEat7ioEeWfYA612mWHZw | Meta-analysis 101. This course introduces some basic concepts of evidence-based medicine and meta-analysis. The peer assignments are well designed, which encourage students to read papers critically. However, practical and advanced meta-analysis skills are not introduced in lectures. Looking forward to future advanced courses! | evidence-based medicine and meta-analysis. The peer | Assignment | are well designed, which encourage students | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| 7jEat7ioEeWfYA612mWHZw | One of the best courses coming from Johns Hopkins University. Assignments are meaningful and teachings are very engaging. This gave the topic of systematic review and meta-analysis a rigorous treatment. | courses coming from Johns Hopkins University. | Assignment | are meaningful and teachings are very | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| 7O843CBJEeWcQw5YiljpGw | Great introductory level course for undergraduates. More emphasis on commercial application with basic phenomenon of fluid flow and structural mechanics given in the course which could have been upgraded to 2 weeks more of special lectures. Overall a nice experience in solving problems and undertaking tricky scenarios in assignments. | problems and undertaking tricky scenarios in | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 7O843CBJEeWcQw5YiljpGw | Fantastic course, I enjoyed every module and the assignments. My only comment is for there to be full working answers to Assignments available afterwards so that people can understand where they went wrong if they did not get a question correct. I really enjoyed the aerodynamic section and look forward to more advance modules if any do happen to put out. Also from doing this module I defiantly want to learn much more about the wind Industry. | I enjoyed every module and the | Assignment | My only comment is for there | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 7O843CBJEeWcQw5YiljpGw | Fantastic course, I enjoyed every module and the assignments. My only comment is for there to be full working answers to Assignments available afterwards so that people can understand where they went wrong if they did not get a question correct. I really enjoyed the aerodynamic section and look forward to more advance modules if any do happen to put out. Also from doing this module I defiantly want to learn much more about the wind Industry. | to be full working answers to | Assignment | available afterwards so that people can | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| 7Sx79iWNEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Great course. I learned a lot. Too bad they still say they're verifying my assignments... no certificate so far.. :( | they still say they're verifying my | Assignment | . . no certificate so far. | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| 7Sx79iWNEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | very fundamental. however, I do think it was a bit bold to state that on completion of the course that students would have the skills to write essays independently. Following the grading of some peer assignments, I would be concerned if that were still the case. Otherwise, I found some useful tools for writing in all the courses. Thank you. | Following the grading of some peer | Assignment | I would be concerned if that | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| 7Sx79iWNEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | This course doesn't have any writing assignments. I appreciated it because it truly did help me understand the ins and outs of citations, which I needed to know in order to continue on with this course. I tend to get lazy and cute incorrectly because I never had the chance to learn how to do it in school. This professor is very understanding and straight to the point. It's what I need for this type of course. If you listen to the professor, it's no problem to pass the assignments and quizzes. | This course doesn't have any writing | Assignment | I appreciated it because it truly | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| 7Sx79iWNEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | This course doesn't have any writing assignments. I appreciated it because it truly did help me understand the ins and outs of citations, which I needed to know in order to continue on with this course. I tend to get lazy and cute incorrectly because I never had the chance to learn how to do it in school. This professor is very understanding and straight to the point. It's what I need for this type of course. If you listen to the professor, it's no problem to pass the assignments and quizzes. | it's no problem to pass the | Assignment | and quizzes. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 7Sx79iWNEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | This class setting is interesting. You cannot participate in assignments and quizzes unless pay for certificate. | is interesting. You cannot participate in | Assignment | and quizzes unless pay for certificate. | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| 7wfVmobsEeWgjA5cAvYgmw | This wasn't quite what I expected. A lot of the "lectures" were very repetitive, which was annoying. However, I learned a lot and enjoyed the assignments. The Arch of Titus Project sounds really interesting and I'm looking forward to their next findings! | learned a lot and enjoyed the | Assignment | The Arch of Titus Project sounds | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| 7wfVmobsEeWgjA5cAvYgmw | Historically the basic background have been discussed. Effort was to make it nationalistic and emotional. Significance of Menorah as a symbol is absolutely missing. All the emphasis was on the Arch but the Arch looses its very significance without the menorah. So this should be covered or shared properly. For example Questions like why 7 hands needs to be replied. Why 3 legs needs to be replied Why painting ? This learning was not supposed to be in it. Someone might or might not like painting as a concept to learn and the course title also gave no indication towards that.. Wrong to make it a mandatory part as an assignment. | it a mandatory part as an | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 7wfVmobsEeWgjA5cAvYgmw | I really enjoyed this course. It both further my reading and knowledge in some areas, while introducing new topics to me that I'd not yet encountered. My only problem was with the final assignment - it does not do justice to the topic of the final week, which is the issue of colour on ancient monuments (in particular the arch, of course) and the implications of colour on composition and on later perceptions of antiquity. The assignment itself did not give me an opportunity to really explore these issues. | only problem was with the final | Assignment | - it does not do justice | Negative | 0.62 | 4.0 |
| 7wfVmobsEeWgjA5cAvYgmw | I really enjoyed this course. It both further my reading and knowledge in some areas, while introducing new topics to me that I'd not yet encountered. My only problem was with the final assignment - it does not do justice to the topic of the final week, which is the issue of colour on ancient monuments (in particular the arch, of course) and the implications of colour on composition and on later perceptions of antiquity. The assignment itself did not give me an opportunity to really explore these issues. | on later perceptions of antiquity. The | Assignment | itself did not give me an | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| 7wfVmobsEeWgjA5cAvYgmw | The last assignment is a time-waster and really poorly designed. Not all adults are into coloring; this is not elementary school and what's the point of coloring a picture of the Arch for you? Frankly I can't be bothered to look up sources for the descriptions of Roman soldiers' attire, and especially to figure what each number is pointing to. It wasn't even always clear what the numbers on the template referred to and two of the numbers were missing. In addition, there were a lot of glitches with the grading software. Finally our questions were almost never answered. Otherwise I found this to be an interesting course and I learned quite a bit from it, although it could have been condensed into three or four classes at the very most. The video lectures were videotaped a bit strangely, with Professor Fine often seeming to talk to an invisible person on the right or the left of the camera, instead of at the viewer. The videos I liked were mostly the office hours ones and the one with the interview with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove at Park Avenue Synagogue. I could have gotten a very good grade on this course, but the last assignment ruined that. No, I will not be recommending this course or any others by this Professor. | The last | Assignment | is a time-waster and really poorly | Negative | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| 7wfVmobsEeWgjA5cAvYgmw | The last assignment is a time-waster and really poorly designed. Not all adults are into coloring; this is not elementary school and what's the point of coloring a picture of the Arch for you? Frankly I can't be bothered to look up sources for the descriptions of Roman soldiers' attire, and especially to figure what each number is pointing to. It wasn't even always clear what the numbers on the template referred to and two of the numbers were missing. In addition, there were a lot of glitches with the grading software. Finally our questions were almost never answered. Otherwise I found this to be an interesting course and I learned quite a bit from it, although it could have been condensed into three or four classes at the very most. The video lectures were videotaped a bit strangely, with Professor Fine often seeming to talk to an invisible person on the right or the left of the camera, instead of at the viewer. The videos I liked were mostly the office hours ones and the one with the interview with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove at Park Avenue Synagogue. I could have gotten a very good grade on this course, but the last assignment ruined that. No, I will not be recommending this course or any others by this Professor. | on this course, but the last | Assignment | ruined that. No, I will not | Negative | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| 7_kA050XEeWIXgpWJNgyEw | Overall this course has some valuable information. Although, I found the pace was a bit fast, only covered enough to get by, not gradually building up to a point. Each assignment or lab you first have to struggle figuring out the skeleton code where they could have provided a bit more comments, tips and guidance. I would recommend this course for someone that at least have a basic Java or programming background. Not for complete new developers. | building up to a point. Each | Assignment | or lab you first have to | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 7_kA050XEeWIXgpWJNgyEw | Like part 1 this course is very informative for anyone new to android development. Pacing is good. The assignments are well developed and clear, although I found one to be on the really tricky side. Good course. | android development. Pacing is good. The | Assignment | are well developed and clear, although | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| 8H8wFp3KEeWoKRLkmmHLTQ | This course is much more informative than the previous two in my opinion. I liked the sample spreadsheets provided. I still however feel the price is a bit steep compared to other similar courses you can find online. The quizzes aren't that challenging and it may be nicer to expand the assignments to practice more. | may be nicer to expand the | Assignment | to practice more. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 8LAp90EaEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | There could be more work in the assignments in this course. The Quizzes are very simple. | could be more work in the | Assignment | in this course. The Quizzes are | Positive | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| 8om3I-4LEeSbxyIACw0OOQ | The best introduction to functional programming I've seen. The course lectures make for a smooth learning experience and the exercises in the assignments range from simple to moderately challenging and are a good complement for the lectures. | experience and the exercises in the | Assignment | range from simple to moderately challenging | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| 8TKORJrSEeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | On the positive side I emphasise the importance of bringing this topic to a Coursera course. Also the readings were important and added value to the learning experience. On the other hand there are - in my opinion some aspects that made this course a not so rich experience. First, there are some audio issues in the videos. Second, the quizzes are excessively easy and the in video quizzes should not appear in the weekly assignments. If there are required readings, some of the quiz questions should relate to those readings. This way students had an incentive to go over those readings. But the most salient thing that made my experience very limited was the fact that one of the instructors - the one that presented most of the videos, was excessively nervous and all that he did was read the slides, in most cases not doing so naturally and committing errors, rephrasing, stopping, changing speed. I found it very, very difficult to follow along what he was saying. I had to focus only on the slides, otherwise I would get distracted. I think it is ok to be nervous or at ease, but the team should alerted him to this, and shoot the videos again and again until they had acceptable and balanced quality. A minor thing, I would like to had available the weekly slides to further reflection. I think the video issues that I've mentioned should been carefully planned before this course made it mainstream. This is my opinion. Hope it will help you for future improvements of the course and/or other offerings. Ricardo Oliveira | should not appear in the weekly | Assignment | If there are required readings, some | Negative | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| 8To4DTVtEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great material, a bit confusing to follow on certain assignments where there's live code writing, troubleshooting and turning off/on of the recording. | bit confusing to follow on certain | Assignment | where there's live code writing, troubleshooting | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Well done, well explained, good assignments, looking forward to take the second. | Well done, well explained, good | Assignment | looking forward to take the second. | Negative | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | As other reviewers have noted, this course is NOT for beginning programmers! (Unless maybe you are a mathematical genius with total recall.) I have a little background in programming, HTML and CSS, but I found this course to be an absolute nightmare. It would be interesting to find out if any of the rave reviews came from real beginners. Most of the problems have already been noted by other reviews, so I will only mention a few that I did not see mentioned. The course requirements should include hardware and software essentials. In particular, the student has no choice but to use Android Studio. If their system is not running a 64bit OS at 2.4 GHz with at least 8 GB of RAM, it can literally take DAYS for Studio to complete the build so that the student can do anything with assignment code. There is a desperate need for a glossary. The course dives in with more acronyms than the military, and assumes the attmpting learner already has a handle on APIs, SDKs, etc., not to mention many other technical terms (interfaces, ...). If I asked the average programmer to evaluate the MT based on comparisons with the Complutensian Polyglot and Codex Alexandricus, the effect would probably be about the same. Another glaring omission for beginners is a battery of exercises for each concept/skill. As for "We've organized all these topics into units that represent roughly 4-6 hours of work each," that is absurd! If you multiplied that by 10, it would still be a stretch. I have no doubt about the programming and technical competence of the instructors (though there are some errors in a number of the instructions). And I'm sure they are very nice people who really want others to learn. The root problem seems to be what professional communicators call "The Curse of Knowledge" -- a syndrome in which a person is so familiar with their subject that they cannot begin to imagine what it is like for someone who is not. My recommendation to a beginner is to look somewhere else. Take a good introductory course in Java before diving into the vastly more complex world of the Android environment. I am not qualified to evaluate the course from the perspective of an experienced programmer, but I have noted that they are frustrated by clutter caused by token attempts to make this a beginner course. My recommendation to the faculty is to completely re-engineer this whole specialization. They should have a separate set of courses truly designed for beginners, and they should get help from qualified instructional designers who specialize in online adult education. (Might not be a bad idea to get the VU English department to review the lecture text as well.) My recommendation to anyone is to never believe anything Coursera tells you about a course. Audit the course BEFORE you pay any money! This is especially important if the course has not actually started. This course started two months late, and I could not get a refund before the course even got under way! After taking nearly 6 months to wade through a little over half the course requirements, I decided to look at the rest of the assignments and project. This removed all doubt that to continue was a hopeless waste of time. So, I decided to end the nightmare, and I'm glad it's over! | the student can do anything with | Assignment | code. There is a desperate need | Negative | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | As other reviewers have noted, this course is NOT for beginning programmers! (Unless maybe you are a mathematical genius with total recall.) I have a little background in programming, HTML and CSS, but I found this course to be an absolute nightmare. It would be interesting to find out if any of the rave reviews came from real beginners. Most of the problems have already been noted by other reviews, so I will only mention a few that I did not see mentioned. The course requirements should include hardware and software essentials. In particular, the student has no choice but to use Android Studio. If their system is not running a 64bit OS at 2.4 GHz with at least 8 GB of RAM, it can literally take DAYS for Studio to complete the build so that the student can do anything with assignment code. There is a desperate need for a glossary. The course dives in with more acronyms than the military, and assumes the attmpting learner already has a handle on APIs, SDKs, etc., not to mention many other technical terms (interfaces, ...). If I asked the average programmer to evaluate the MT based on comparisons with the Complutensian Polyglot and Codex Alexandricus, the effect would probably be about the same. Another glaring omission for beginners is a battery of exercises for each concept/skill. As for "We've organized all these topics into units that represent roughly 4-6 hours of work each," that is absurd! If you multiplied that by 10, it would still be a stretch. I have no doubt about the programming and technical competence of the instructors (though there are some errors in a number of the instructions). And I'm sure they are very nice people who really want others to learn. The root problem seems to be what professional communicators call "The Curse of Knowledge" -- a syndrome in which a person is so familiar with their subject that they cannot begin to imagine what it is like for someone who is not. My recommendation to a beginner is to look somewhere else. Take a good introductory course in Java before diving into the vastly more complex world of the Android environment. I am not qualified to evaluate the course from the perspective of an experienced programmer, but I have noted that they are frustrated by clutter caused by token attempts to make this a beginner course. My recommendation to the faculty is to completely re-engineer this whole specialization. They should have a separate set of courses truly designed for beginners, and they should get help from qualified instructional designers who specialize in online adult education. (Might not be a bad idea to get the VU English department to review the lecture text as well.) My recommendation to anyone is to never believe anything Coursera tells you about a course. Audit the course BEFORE you pay any money! This is especially important if the course has not actually started. This course started two months late, and I could not get a refund before the course even got under way! After taking nearly 6 months to wade through a little over half the course requirements, I decided to look at the rest of the assignments and project. This removed all doubt that to continue was a hopeless waste of time. So, I decided to end the nightmare, and I'm glad it's over! | look at the rest of the | Assignment | and project. This removed all doubt | Negative | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Few thoughts: The very first videos describing Java For Android were containing really too many keywords/concepts, and it might be discouraging for someone new to programmation who just started the class, try to make it less dense. That's my point of view as someone who already had a good programming background. The lessons were okay. However the slides could be really improved and make things concise for someone who is new to Java. Finally I was really disappointed by the assignments. I often spent more time reading and trying to understand a long assignment (which could be reduced to a few lines), than writing the solution. Also, the frequent use of "rand" seems to be leading a lot of people to "almost correct" solutions, and they spend a long time debugging (that's what I understood reading the forums). | I was really disappointed by the | Assignment | I often spent more time reading | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Few thoughts: The very first videos describing Java For Android were containing really too many keywords/concepts, and it might be discouraging for someone new to programmation who just started the class, try to make it less dense. That's my point of view as someone who already had a good programming background. The lessons were okay. However the slides could be really improved and make things concise for someone who is new to Java. Finally I was really disappointed by the assignments. I often spent more time reading and trying to understand a long assignment (which could be reduced to a few lines), than writing the solution. Also, the frequent use of "rand" seems to be leading a lot of people to "almost correct" solutions, and they spend a long time debugging (that's what I understood reading the forums). | and trying to understand a long | Assignment | (which could be reduced to a | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | The assignments are challenging and well balanced. The extra provided code adds a good opportunity to see how professional programmers code and the course videos explain all the content clearly and in an organized fashion. Overall, the course is made easy through the videos and the assignments do well to compel good and continuous practice. | The | Assignment | are challenging and well balanced. The | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | The assignments are challenging and well balanced. The extra provided code adds a good opportunity to see how professional programmers code and the course videos explain all the content clearly and in an organized fashion. Overall, the course is made easy through the videos and the assignments do well to compel good and continuous practice. | easy through the videos and the | Assignment | do well to compel good and | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | I watched the videos and made the assignments without submitting. I was a little bit familiar with Java and Android already, still there were a lot of things I learned, and there were a lot of confusions in my head clarified with this MOOC. | watched the videos and made the | Assignment | without submitting. I was a little | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Now that I have completed the course I'd like to give some feedback on how I think it was. 1. Quizzes are horrible. The fact we get no feedback on incorrect answers is not very helpful. There are only 3 quizzes where I missed just one question but no matter what, I can't get them correct. It would be helpful if there was some explanation why an answer your selected was wrong, a hint or something. Also while some of the quiz answers are obvious from watching the lessons, some are totally not and if someone doesn't have ANY programming experience I think they would find some questions almost impossible to answer. I have a programming background and out of all the quizzes I just missed 1 question on 3 of them, but I've been trying to answer them again, and again, and again and I just can't get them right. If there was feedback after taking a quiz I'm sure it would of helped. For those 3 quizzes, I took them so many times all the other answers are memorized and I just keep trying to get that one right. It's not helpful and then it turns into a "just keep selecting different things until it's right" thing instead of understanding it. 2. The course says it's for beginners to programming but I beg to differ. I think the way the material is presented and how the assignments are laid out I do not think someone(or not many people) would have gotten through that Week two ascii assignment. I thought they assignments in some cases were harder than the lessons. Maybe it's because they way they were explained in the lessons which brings me to #3 3. I do not think the instructors use the best/most clear examples to present the material to students. There are many easier examples to teach about looping than showing an Ascii art example. Because not only does the student have to grasp the concept of loops, then also have to think about ascii print logic. I think to someone with no experience would get pretty lost pretty quickly in this course. Some of the things explained in the lessons I would actually look up other videos of other people explaining it to get a clearer picture. 4. Some material is not consistent. Like in some assignments the text is wrong, for the Account code example, you never really mention the mOut or the interface the class uses which are in the example files and what to do with them when you write the other constructors (The course goes over this later when talking about the constructors and calling a constructor from another constructor but not that early on when you're working with the Account example files 5. It seems this course really isn't fully developed yet and is still going through it's growing pains Overall, I would say there are many other courses that are far better at teaching the basics of Java. For me, since I do have some Java experience and a programming background it wasn't too bad, But I'm thinking of the guy who has never touched a line of code before. I just don't think the course does a good enough job at explaining things to someone like that. I really hope the next courses in the specialization are better organized than this because starting with the next course because the next ones are more important to me than this course was only because of my prior background | material is presented and how the | Assignment | are laid out I do not | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Now that I have completed the course I'd like to give some feedback on how I think it was. 1. Quizzes are horrible. The fact we get no feedback on incorrect answers is not very helpful. There are only 3 quizzes where I missed just one question but no matter what, I can't get them correct. It would be helpful if there was some explanation why an answer your selected was wrong, a hint or something. Also while some of the quiz answers are obvious from watching the lessons, some are totally not and if someone doesn't have ANY programming experience I think they would find some questions almost impossible to answer. I have a programming background and out of all the quizzes I just missed 1 question on 3 of them, but I've been trying to answer them again, and again, and again and I just can't get them right. If there was feedback after taking a quiz I'm sure it would of helped. For those 3 quizzes, I took them so many times all the other answers are memorized and I just keep trying to get that one right. It's not helpful and then it turns into a "just keep selecting different things until it's right" thing instead of understanding it. 2. The course says it's for beginners to programming but I beg to differ. I think the way the material is presented and how the assignments are laid out I do not think someone(or not many people) would have gotten through that Week two ascii assignment. I thought they assignments in some cases were harder than the lessons. Maybe it's because they way they were explained in the lessons which brings me to #3 3. I do not think the instructors use the best/most clear examples to present the material to students. There are many easier examples to teach about looping than showing an Ascii art example. Because not only does the student have to grasp the concept of loops, then also have to think about ascii print logic. I think to someone with no experience would get pretty lost pretty quickly in this course. Some of the things explained in the lessons I would actually look up other videos of other people explaining it to get a clearer picture. 4. Some material is not consistent. Like in some assignments the text is wrong, for the Account code example, you never really mention the mOut or the interface the class uses which are in the example files and what to do with them when you write the other constructors (The course goes over this later when talking about the constructors and calling a constructor from another constructor but not that early on when you're working with the Account example files 5. It seems this course really isn't fully developed yet and is still going through it's growing pains Overall, I would say there are many other courses that are far better at teaching the basics of Java. For me, since I do have some Java experience and a programming background it wasn't too bad, But I'm thinking of the guy who has never touched a line of code before. I just don't think the course does a good enough job at explaining things to someone like that. I really hope the next courses in the specialization are better organized than this because starting with the next course because the next ones are more important to me than this course was only because of my prior background | gotten through that Week two ascii | Assignment | I thought they assignments in some | Negative | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Now that I have completed the course I'd like to give some feedback on how I think it was. 1. Quizzes are horrible. The fact we get no feedback on incorrect answers is not very helpful. There are only 3 quizzes where I missed just one question but no matter what, I can't get them correct. It would be helpful if there was some explanation why an answer your selected was wrong, a hint or something. Also while some of the quiz answers are obvious from watching the lessons, some are totally not and if someone doesn't have ANY programming experience I think they would find some questions almost impossible to answer. I have a programming background and out of all the quizzes I just missed 1 question on 3 of them, but I've been trying to answer them again, and again, and again and I just can't get them right. If there was feedback after taking a quiz I'm sure it would of helped. For those 3 quizzes, I took them so many times all the other answers are memorized and I just keep trying to get that one right. It's not helpful and then it turns into a "just keep selecting different things until it's right" thing instead of understanding it. 2. The course says it's for beginners to programming but I beg to differ. I think the way the material is presented and how the assignments are laid out I do not think someone(or not many people) would have gotten through that Week two ascii assignment. I thought they assignments in some cases were harder than the lessons. Maybe it's because they way they were explained in the lessons which brings me to #3 3. I do not think the instructors use the best/most clear examples to present the material to students. There are many easier examples to teach about looping than showing an Ascii art example. Because not only does the student have to grasp the concept of loops, then also have to think about ascii print logic. I think to someone with no experience would get pretty lost pretty quickly in this course. Some of the things explained in the lessons I would actually look up other videos of other people explaining it to get a clearer picture. 4. Some material is not consistent. Like in some assignments the text is wrong, for the Account code example, you never really mention the mOut or the interface the class uses which are in the example files and what to do with them when you write the other constructors (The course goes over this later when talking about the constructors and calling a constructor from another constructor but not that early on when you're working with the Account example files 5. It seems this course really isn't fully developed yet and is still going through it's growing pains Overall, I would say there are many other courses that are far better at teaching the basics of Java. For me, since I do have some Java experience and a programming background it wasn't too bad, But I'm thinking of the guy who has never touched a line of code before. I just don't think the course does a good enough job at explaining things to someone like that. I really hope the next courses in the specialization are better organized than this because starting with the next course because the next ones are more important to me than this course was only because of my prior background | two ascii assignment. I thought they | Assignment | in some cases were harder than | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Now that I have completed the course I'd like to give some feedback on how I think it was. 1. Quizzes are horrible. The fact we get no feedback on incorrect answers is not very helpful. There are only 3 quizzes where I missed just one question but no matter what, I can't get them correct. It would be helpful if there was some explanation why an answer your selected was wrong, a hint or something. Also while some of the quiz answers are obvious from watching the lessons, some are totally not and if someone doesn't have ANY programming experience I think they would find some questions almost impossible to answer. I have a programming background and out of all the quizzes I just missed 1 question on 3 of them, but I've been trying to answer them again, and again, and again and I just can't get them right. If there was feedback after taking a quiz I'm sure it would of helped. For those 3 quizzes, I took them so many times all the other answers are memorized and I just keep trying to get that one right. It's not helpful and then it turns into a "just keep selecting different things until it's right" thing instead of understanding it. 2. The course says it's for beginners to programming but I beg to differ. I think the way the material is presented and how the assignments are laid out I do not think someone(or not many people) would have gotten through that Week two ascii assignment. I thought they assignments in some cases were harder than the lessons. Maybe it's because they way they were explained in the lessons which brings me to #3 3. I do not think the instructors use the best/most clear examples to present the material to students. There are many easier examples to teach about looping than showing an Ascii art example. Because not only does the student have to grasp the concept of loops, then also have to think about ascii print logic. I think to someone with no experience would get pretty lost pretty quickly in this course. Some of the things explained in the lessons I would actually look up other videos of other people explaining it to get a clearer picture. 4. Some material is not consistent. Like in some assignments the text is wrong, for the Account code example, you never really mention the mOut or the interface the class uses which are in the example files and what to do with them when you write the other constructors (The course goes over this later when talking about the constructors and calling a constructor from another constructor but not that early on when you're working with the Account example files 5. It seems this course really isn't fully developed yet and is still going through it's growing pains Overall, I would say there are many other courses that are far better at teaching the basics of Java. For me, since I do have some Java experience and a programming background it wasn't too bad, But I'm thinking of the guy who has never touched a line of code before. I just don't think the course does a good enough job at explaining things to someone like that. I really hope the next courses in the specialization are better organized than this because starting with the next course because the next ones are more important to me than this course was only because of my prior background | is not consistent. Like in some | Assignment | the text is wrong, for the | Negative | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Content was good. But organization could have been better. Assignments and auto-grader had issues and the problem statements were modified during the course. | But organization could have been better. | Assignment | and auto-grader had issues and the | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | I feel this course was severely misrepresented. This clearly not a beginner level class by any measurement. And the "4-6 hours" of expected student involvement is ridiculous. A beginner (NO programming experience) should expect to spend 15 to 20 hours on the first week alone and at least 10 hours for each of the remaining weeks. I have over 25 years of programming experience in Assembly language, Visual Basic, C and C++. I am clearly NOT at the beginner level yet I spent more than 11 hours on the first week, mostly due to trying to download and setup properly for the course. Also, there are over 3 hours of videos in the 1st week plus 3 quizzes and a programming assignment. If anyone spent less than 6 hours on week 1, then that was NOT the first time they took this class. I also am keenly disappointed in the restrictive nature of the assignments/quizzes. Having to type "-1*1+11" instead of "-i+11" (and you better not have any leading or lagging spaces!!) for instance. Bottom line, I would not recommend this course for anyone wanting to Learn Java for Android Programming unless you already know Java and just want some intro on Android development with Android Studio. And if you are indeed at the beginner level, do yourself a favor and start with introductory courses in Computer Science. | plus 3 quizzes and a programming | Assignment | If anyone spent less than 6 | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Good course. First time enrolled course in Coursera. I really enjoyed it. Lots of quiz and weekly assignment kept me busy for 4 weeks. And because of these ( assignment due date), i really learned by forcing myself to complete all in time. Quite tough on week 3, and i watched the videos multiple times and google the subject in order to understand the contents. Take this course, and struggle for 4 weeks. Will not regret. | it. Lots of quiz and weekly | Assignment | kept me busy for 4 weeks. | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Good course. First time enrolled course in Coursera. I really enjoyed it. Lots of quiz and weekly assignment kept me busy for 4 weeks. And because of these ( assignment due date), i really learned by forcing myself to complete all in time. Quite tough on week 3, and i watched the videos multiple times and google the subject in order to understand the contents. Take this course, and struggle for 4 weeks. Will not regret. | weeks. And because of these ( | Assignment | due date), i really learned by | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | The course is nice, lectures is fine. But assignments is a bullshit. The instructions are uncertain, with typos. There is random number used, and you have to do magic with your algorithm in order to match expected output. I strongly dislike it. | is nice, lectures is fine. But | Assignment | is a bullshit. The instructions are | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | I am relatively experienced programmer trying to just understand the Android app development framework and solve some interesting challenges along the way. I feel the course, was very painstaking in terms of code reviewing other people's work. If I were to break up the time I spent doing the course work, it would be as follows: 30 % useful work 70 % taking care of course logistics (code review, writing comments on every line of code just so that people being asked to review my work are happy). Why do we have to do so many code reviews? Not every assignment requires people's coding style to be evaluated. It places an unnecessary time burden on people who are taking this course not as full time student. Its also reducing the total amount of knowledge that is being disseminated. We should be learning about Android for 4 more hours rather than reviewing code for other people for 4 more hours. The thing I found most frustrating is that the assignments are trying to force a particular coding style on everyone. Since I am an experienced programmer, I understand the importance of coding style, creating functions and all that. However, how I structure my code and how many comments I write are entirely my choice. Now, while I understand that the course material itself does not ask you to structure code one way or another; the review guidelines that are being given to some very inexperienced programmers, makes them believe that this is the only way things should be done. Its a subtle form of style enforcement which I did not appreciate. | so many code reviews? Not every | Assignment | requires people's coding style to be | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | I am relatively experienced programmer trying to just understand the Android app development framework and solve some interesting challenges along the way. I feel the course, was very painstaking in terms of code reviewing other people's work. If I were to break up the time I spent doing the course work, it would be as follows: 30 % useful work 70 % taking care of course logistics (code review, writing comments on every line of code just so that people being asked to review my work are happy). Why do we have to do so many code reviews? Not every assignment requires people's coding style to be evaluated. It places an unnecessary time burden on people who are taking this course not as full time student. Its also reducing the total amount of knowledge that is being disseminated. We should be learning about Android for 4 more hours rather than reviewing code for other people for 4 more hours. The thing I found most frustrating is that the assignments are trying to force a particular coding style on everyone. Since I am an experienced programmer, I understand the importance of coding style, creating functions and all that. However, how I structure my code and how many comments I write are entirely my choice. Now, while I understand that the course material itself does not ask you to structure code one way or another; the review guidelines that are being given to some very inexperienced programmers, makes them believe that this is the only way things should be done. Its a subtle form of style enforcement which I did not appreciate. | found most frustrating is that the | Assignment | are trying to force a particular | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Java for Android was everything I expected. The lectures and assignments were very clear. The instructors and mentors were very helpful. I am looking forward to the next class. | everything I expected. The lectures and | Assignment | were very clear. The instructors and | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | A good introduction to java programming, the mentor team was really helpful and interactive and it was a pleasure to interact with them! Unfortunately, it is clear that this course still needs to be polished: some assignments contained mistakes or where even bugged. Mistakes and bugs have been fixed when they were reported but it still left an "amateur" aftertaste (especially considering that we had to wait for a few weeks for this course). | still needs to be polished: some | Assignment | contained mistakes or where even bugged. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | i gave this course 1 star not because its bad in content, its just because i was expecting more due to the fact it has been delayed several times; then when it finally came it was like any other youtube or online tutorial. i was expecting something as big as udacity but unfortunately its not. Don't expect to know or understand java with this course, no practical or step by step example in this course. what makes it worst is the fact they never show you how to build an app from scratch while the only app they have in this course, they dont do it. you have to do it on your own. dont get me wrong. all of them are good instructors but the way they did it, its definitely is not a beginner friendly. give a calculator as an assignment to build while you never built one app in this course, i think its not an effective way to teach. i will not pay for this specialization. i will do the udacity nanodegree one | friendly. give a calculator as an | Assignment | to build while you never built | Positive | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | The Assignment questions are unclear due to which a lot of time has to be invested. | The | Assignment | questions are unclear due to which | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | It's about 4.4 actually. Not enough to give 5 though. First about positive sides. I think course is well structured (except for a few minor drawbacks), quizzes fit to the material. An assignments truly buck up the material. And I think material give a grounding in future Android Development. But I think it can be problem with the learning process, mostly with programming assignment. I think it's common that when course come out for the first time it's almost inevitably that there are some issues with autograder. It' s just common. But these issue are usually easy to spot, because the output of autograder contains test cases. So one can easily find out what the problem is, if it's with autograder. As for this course, the autograder output is very minimalistic, and if the problem is with autograder it's rather hard to spot. I myself spent entire evening, trying to find what is wrong with my code, and it was pure luck that I finely spotted the problem (and, yes, it was autograder issue). Such thing could be very frustrating, really. Another problem with programming assignments is about Peer Review. The students actually get access to assessment criteria, after they have submitted they code. And their code not necessary fit these criteria. I think it could spoil the learning process as well. I actually aware that these drawbacks can be corrected in release course, and if they will be, I will be glad to change the rating. | quizzes fit to the material. An | Assignment | truly buck up the material. And | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | It's about 4.4 actually. Not enough to give 5 though. First about positive sides. I think course is well structured (except for a few minor drawbacks), quizzes fit to the material. An assignments truly buck up the material. And I think material give a grounding in future Android Development. But I think it can be problem with the learning process, mostly with programming assignment. I think it's common that when course come out for the first time it's almost inevitably that there are some issues with autograder. It' s just common. But these issue are usually easy to spot, because the output of autograder contains test cases. So one can easily find out what the problem is, if it's with autograder. As for this course, the autograder output is very minimalistic, and if the problem is with autograder it's rather hard to spot. I myself spent entire evening, trying to find what is wrong with my code, and it was pure luck that I finely spotted the problem (and, yes, it was autograder issue). Such thing could be very frustrating, really. Another problem with programming assignments is about Peer Review. The students actually get access to assessment criteria, after they have submitted they code. And their code not necessary fit these criteria. I think it could spoil the learning process as well. I actually aware that these drawbacks can be corrected in release course, and if they will be, I will be glad to change the rating. | the learning process, mostly with programming | Assignment | I think it's common that when | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | It's about 4.4 actually. Not enough to give 5 though. First about positive sides. I think course is well structured (except for a few minor drawbacks), quizzes fit to the material. An assignments truly buck up the material. And I think material give a grounding in future Android Development. But I think it can be problem with the learning process, mostly with programming assignment. I think it's common that when course come out for the first time it's almost inevitably that there are some issues with autograder. It' s just common. But these issue are usually easy to spot, because the output of autograder contains test cases. So one can easily find out what the problem is, if it's with autograder. As for this course, the autograder output is very minimalistic, and if the problem is with autograder it's rather hard to spot. I myself spent entire evening, trying to find what is wrong with my code, and it was pure luck that I finely spotted the problem (and, yes, it was autograder issue). Such thing could be very frustrating, really. Another problem with programming assignments is about Peer Review. The students actually get access to assessment criteria, after they have submitted they code. And their code not necessary fit these criteria. I think it could spoil the learning process as well. I actually aware that these drawbacks can be corrected in release course, and if they will be, I will be glad to change the rating. | frustrating, really. Another problem with programming | Assignment | is about Peer Review. The students | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | Interesting and informative. The only reason it is not 5-stars is because some lectures were too much PR, and some assignments required non-scientists to name-drop microbes and design a study without proper reference. | were too much PR, and some | Assignment | required non-scientists to name-drop microbes and | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | Course content was very good and I'd highly recommend this class. However the course policy of getting other students to grade the assignments results in people with big egos assigning other students arbitrarily bad grades. Maybe this can be fixed on the next iteration. Otherwise, bravo. | getting other students to grade the | Assignment | results in people with big egos | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | Really interesting. I knew a bit about the importance of the microbiome but this course has made me more aware of how I can influence my own. And it has helped me understand why it is that antibiotics are best avoided when possible. The course was well set up. I enjoyed all the lectures from the various speakers and the assignments made me think. | from the various speakers and the | Assignment | made me think. | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | Very good course. I like the course assignments. For one who have not taken a biology course before, it is tough, though broad reading over the years about health, and having worked in a biotechnology companies helped. | good course. I like the course | Assignment | For one who have not taken | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| 94jQ-3EnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I gave the first course a very bad review and the second course an ok review. Now I am very impressed about how they are constantly working to improve all aspects of the course. For example: Now you can download the assignments on word (before you had to copy item by item from a pdf) and the test are not so ambiguous as they used to be. I remember, in the past, to continuously have the feeling that questions in test were too open to interpretation and that the right answer will be defined by some random detail, now they are definitely more straight forward. I also happened to have to log-in in the Online University where I got my Master's Degree years ago and saw their interface is still the same 0 user friendly and a very bad feeling of impossible communication so it really helped me appreciate the effort in improving the course. I really appreciate how they are willing to apply agile methodology to the course and with each iteration they make it better! | example: Now you can download the | Assignment | on word (before you had to | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I wouldn't recommend this course to anyone who's paying. The assignments instructions are too vague to understand and there's no example given. | course to anyone who's paying. The | Assignment | instructions are too vague to understand | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I very much enjoyed this course, and found it to be very useful and effective in improving my writing. The format of interviews with different writers iengaging and interesting. The most valuable part was the weekly writing assignments, and the peer reviews. The feedback I received was very useful to me, and I found that giving feedback to others also helped to advance my own insights and understanding. | valuable part was the weekly writing | Assignment | and the peer reviews. The feedback | Negative | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Excellent lectures. Assignments were a little too "exercisey" for me. | Excellent lectures. | Assignment | were a little too " exercisey" | Positive | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I liked the course -- there were plenty of useful tips throughout. However, I felt some of the assignments were unnecessarily oblique and complicated (particularly the second assignment). Ultimately, it was a helpful course, though I feel much of the information, expectation, and specific instruction could be more streamlined. | However, I felt some of the | Assignment | were unnecessarily oblique and complicated (particularly | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I liked the course -- there were plenty of useful tips throughout. However, I felt some of the assignments were unnecessarily oblique and complicated (particularly the second assignment). Ultimately, it was a helpful course, though I feel much of the information, expectation, and specific instruction could be more streamlined. | oblique and complicated (particularly the second | Assignment | Ultimately, it was a helpful course, | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The lectures in this class are well done and informative, and they provide a lot of good material. However, the assignment portion needs a lot of work. The instructions weren't clear for anyone taking the class which resulted in incredibly difficult grading. It was hard to even understand the basic ideas of what was required for an assignment. I think the teacher very much needs to go back and change the wording of the assignments, add more information in the instructions, and also post an example to show what is expected since a lot of the assignments are very strange, like a describing a character without mentioning the character in any way. | lot of good material. However, the | Assignment | portion needs a lot of work. | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The lectures in this class are well done and informative, and they provide a lot of good material. However, the assignment portion needs a lot of work. The instructions weren't clear for anyone taking the class which resulted in incredibly difficult grading. It was hard to even understand the basic ideas of what was required for an assignment. I think the teacher very much needs to go back and change the wording of the assignments, add more information in the instructions, and also post an example to show what is expected since a lot of the assignments are very strange, like a describing a character without mentioning the character in any way. | of what was required for an | Assignment | I think the teacher very much | Positive | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The lectures in this class are well done and informative, and they provide a lot of good material. However, the assignment portion needs a lot of work. The instructions weren't clear for anyone taking the class which resulted in incredibly difficult grading. It was hard to even understand the basic ideas of what was required for an assignment. I think the teacher very much needs to go back and change the wording of the assignments, add more information in the instructions, and also post an example to show what is expected since a lot of the assignments are very strange, like a describing a character without mentioning the character in any way. | and change the wording of the | Assignment | add more information in the instructions, | Positive | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The lectures in this class are well done and informative, and they provide a lot of good material. However, the assignment portion needs a lot of work. The instructions weren't clear for anyone taking the class which resulted in incredibly difficult grading. It was hard to even understand the basic ideas of what was required for an assignment. I think the teacher very much needs to go back and change the wording of the assignments, add more information in the instructions, and also post an example to show what is expected since a lot of the assignments are very strange, like a describing a character without mentioning the character in any way. | expected since a lot of the | Assignment | are very strange, like a describing | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The peer reviewed assignments are next to useless, as there is no oversight on them. I think there needs to be a basic comprehension assessment done first, before allowing fellow learners the ability to pass/fail students in the course. | The peer reviewed | Assignment | are next to useless, as there | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Excellent teaching, be aware the meat of this course is in the interviews. If you read and watch them then the assignments are self-explanatory. The discussion boards were however a disappointment. | read and watch them then the | Assignment | are self-explanatory. The discussion boards were | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | simple easy but not that easy Assignment tho it's good for you | simple easy but not that easy | Assignment | tho it's good for you | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The material is interesting and relevant. I found the assignments challenging and the review questions slightly lengthy. | interesting and relevant. I found the | Assignment | challenging and the review questions slightly | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I didn't find this course particularly helpful or useful. I'm not sure why, there was a disconnect somewhere, I think maybe that I didn't receive the help that I feel I still need on the subject of how to create a great, memorable, believable character. Also, some of the assignments were confusing. Nothing really stands out about this course, and it was actually a bit boring and I don't feel I learned anything related to the subject. Everything about this class needs some work: the videos, the instruction/syllabus/content, and the assignments. Sorry, I didn't like it. =( | believable character. Also, some of the | Assignment | were confusing. Nothing really stands out | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I didn't find this course particularly helpful or useful. I'm not sure why, there was a disconnect somewhere, I think maybe that I didn't receive the help that I feel I still need on the subject of how to create a great, memorable, believable character. Also, some of the assignments were confusing. Nothing really stands out about this course, and it was actually a bit boring and I don't feel I learned anything related to the subject. Everything about this class needs some work: the videos, the instruction/syllabus/content, and the assignments. Sorry, I didn't like it. =( | the videos, the instruction/syllabus/content, and the | Assignment | Sorry, I didn't like it. =( | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The course was great. I really liked the way the teacher explained about the characters, it was really helpful. Also, I like the fact she suggested a lot of books to read about characters. Last, but not least the assignments to do were really interesting. I suggest this course to anybody who is interesting in writing. | characters. Last, but not least the | Assignment | to do were really interesting. I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | This course was very interesting and the assignments were good. I thought it relied too much on conversations with other authors but overall it was enjoyable and I learned new skills. | course was very interesting and the | Assignment | were good. I thought it relied | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Excellent course. Great assignments. | Excellent course. Great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I have enjoyed Amy Bloom's lectures and guidance on character. I feel as if I'm making different choices in the words that I use now, as well as focusing more on characters and how they can move (or not) a story. The assignments really helped me to lazer in on specific language that helps to illuminate character. | move (or not) a story. The | Assignment | really helped me to lazer in | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Good course, but assignment instructions were difficult to understand at times and no examples were given. | Good course, but | Assignment | instructions were difficult to understand at | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | This was a great course...so much detail and she asked to many questions that it really makes you think and then helps you to determine how to apply it to your story. Amy Bloom was very easy to listen to and learn from. The assignments were thought provoking and definitely helped me to hone my writing skills. | listen to and learn from. The | Assignment | were thought provoking and definitely helped | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | This was my least favourite course in the the Creative Writing Specialisation. I learnt a bit about creating characters but I found the lessons bland and the assignments difficult to understand. | found the lessons bland and the | Assignment | difficult to understand. | Negative | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | This is my best course in this specialization. The assignments were challenging and fun, and it also made me realize that I'm more of a character person. I find it easier to create a character then to write about the setting. | best course in this specialization. The | Assignment | were challenging and fun, and it | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | this was my least favorite of the classes - the lectures ere not informative, and far too lofty. The style class, the plot class and the setting class all had detailed, concrete teachings, whereas these lectures were too airy. Most of them consisted of authors chatting with each other. The assignments required real craft however, and it would have been helpful to LEARN those skills in the modules. For example, one assignment asked us to describe a character in a setting, while they were not actually there - say a divorced nurse in a hospital. Not once in the lectures were we ever taught HOW to do this. We watched a series of author fireside chats, and then people bumbled through the assignment. I really wanted Amy Bloom to just walk over to the board and draw a character and say "this is a woman, she's divorced, she's middle class, she tends to get very angry when things don't go her way" or whatever,and then draw out a list of how her internal states might manifest in the world around her - she throws things, she's disorganized, she writes mean notes in the patient charts. I wanted her to teach. She seems to think we already know how to do things like imply a characters state of mind through action. I mean, for a beginning writer, its helpful to just make a list of details about a character - where they're from, what they like or don't like, what sort of flaws they might have and so on. We did barely any of this. It was assumed we knew the basics of characterization, but most students did not! some of the other students frustration and confusion came out in the peer review, which was a bad sign. | authors chatting with each other. The | Assignment | required real craft however, and it | Positive | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | this was my least favorite of the classes - the lectures ere not informative, and far too lofty. The style class, the plot class and the setting class all had detailed, concrete teachings, whereas these lectures were too airy. Most of them consisted of authors chatting with each other. The assignments required real craft however, and it would have been helpful to LEARN those skills in the modules. For example, one assignment asked us to describe a character in a setting, while they were not actually there - say a divorced nurse in a hospital. Not once in the lectures were we ever taught HOW to do this. We watched a series of author fireside chats, and then people bumbled through the assignment. I really wanted Amy Bloom to just walk over to the board and draw a character and say "this is a woman, she's divorced, she's middle class, she tends to get very angry when things don't go her way" or whatever,and then draw out a list of how her internal states might manifest in the world around her - she throws things, she's disorganized, she writes mean notes in the patient charts. I wanted her to teach. She seems to think we already know how to do things like imply a characters state of mind through action. I mean, for a beginning writer, its helpful to just make a list of details about a character - where they're from, what they like or don't like, what sort of flaws they might have and so on. We did barely any of this. It was assumed we knew the basics of characterization, but most students did not! some of the other students frustration and confusion came out in the peer review, which was a bad sign. | in the modules. For example, one | Assignment | asked us to describe a character | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | this was my least favorite of the classes - the lectures ere not informative, and far too lofty. The style class, the plot class and the setting class all had detailed, concrete teachings, whereas these lectures were too airy. Most of them consisted of authors chatting with each other. The assignments required real craft however, and it would have been helpful to LEARN those skills in the modules. For example, one assignment asked us to describe a character in a setting, while they were not actually there - say a divorced nurse in a hospital. Not once in the lectures were we ever taught HOW to do this. We watched a series of author fireside chats, and then people bumbled through the assignment. I really wanted Amy Bloom to just walk over to the board and draw a character and say "this is a woman, she's divorced, she's middle class, she tends to get very angry when things don't go her way" or whatever,and then draw out a list of how her internal states might manifest in the world around her - she throws things, she's disorganized, she writes mean notes in the patient charts. I wanted her to teach. She seems to think we already know how to do things like imply a characters state of mind through action. I mean, for a beginning writer, its helpful to just make a list of details about a character - where they're from, what they like or don't like, what sort of flaws they might have and so on. We did barely any of this. It was assumed we knew the basics of characterization, but most students did not! some of the other students frustration and confusion came out in the peer review, which was a bad sign. | and then people bumbled through the | Assignment | I really wanted Amy Bloom to | Negative | 0.97 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I do not understand why these courses over lap. I finished #2 today, tried to start #3 but found that I had 10 hours to complete the first weeks assignment? Who is in charge out there? | hours to complete the first weeks | Assignment | Who is in charge out there? | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Great insight into character, voice and connecting with our story. The professor also references books that can be read to further our understanding. The only drawback is that auditing students cannot participate in feedback on assignments. | students cannot participate in feedback on | Assignment | | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I didn't find this module very helpful and some of the assignments were truly confusing. I wish there was more "meat" in the sessions and more availability to access the lecturers more readily when there was confusion. I don't like the fact I pay money for other people to "assess" my work when half of them don't even read my submissions properly. Or the question. Or both. So if the lectures don't stretch me, I find my money spent unwisely. | very helpful and some of the | Assignment | were truly confusing. I wish there | Positive | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | I enjoyed Amy Bloom's guidelines and am keen to create some well rounded characters. Thank you for enabling me to follow along without having to pay ( no evaluation of the assignments). | pay ( no evaluation of the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Another 5-star Wesleyan University creative writing course. Again, if you want to submit assignments and receive feedback from peers, this is not permitted if you're auditing the course. That aside, this course helps you consider character development on a more complex level. | Again, if you want to submit | Assignment | and receive feedback from peers, this | Negative | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| 9D3LWblUEeWbNBLZhfEI2Q | i enjoyed the course, however i am having an immense problem trying to get the certificate despite having paid for it and completing all my assignments. i need help in this. thanks | for it and completing all my | Assignment | i need help in this. thanks | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I think this is an excellent course very informative and interesting. The only complaint I have isn't with this course in particular but seems to happen frequently in various Coursera courses. I submitted my week 3 assignment 2 days late but the course was still going on for another couple of weeks so I didn't think my assignment would not get graded. I tried live chat, learner help until finally I kept posting in the forums begging someone to grade my course. Finally I got a response from a mentor, Michael Fortune who really offered help to me. There was something wrong with my link that I still need to find out what it was. It wasn't until the next session of this course had completed until Michael, who stuck it out with me trying and ultimately succeeding in getting other students to grade my assignment so I could complete my course and move on to the Capstone Project. I still enjoyed the course despite all that time it took Michael and I to get the assignment graded. | courses. I submitted my week 3 | Assignment | 2 days late but the course | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I think this is an excellent course very informative and interesting. The only complaint I have isn't with this course in particular but seems to happen frequently in various Coursera courses. I submitted my week 3 assignment 2 days late but the course was still going on for another couple of weeks so I didn't think my assignment would not get graded. I tried live chat, learner help until finally I kept posting in the forums begging someone to grade my course. Finally I got a response from a mentor, Michael Fortune who really offered help to me. There was something wrong with my link that I still need to find out what it was. It wasn't until the next session of this course had completed until Michael, who stuck it out with me trying and ultimately succeeding in getting other students to grade my assignment so I could complete my course and move on to the Capstone Project. I still enjoyed the course despite all that time it took Michael and I to get the assignment graded. | weeks so I didn't think my | Assignment | would not get graded. I tried | Negative | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I think this is an excellent course very informative and interesting. The only complaint I have isn't with this course in particular but seems to happen frequently in various Coursera courses. I submitted my week 3 assignment 2 days late but the course was still going on for another couple of weeks so I didn't think my assignment would not get graded. I tried live chat, learner help until finally I kept posting in the forums begging someone to grade my course. Finally I got a response from a mentor, Michael Fortune who really offered help to me. There was something wrong with my link that I still need to find out what it was. It wasn't until the next session of this course had completed until Michael, who stuck it out with me trying and ultimately succeeding in getting other students to grade my assignment so I could complete my course and move on to the Capstone Project. I still enjoyed the course despite all that time it took Michael and I to get the assignment graded. | getting other students to grade my | Assignment | so I could complete my course | Negative | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I think this is an excellent course very informative and interesting. The only complaint I have isn't with this course in particular but seems to happen frequently in various Coursera courses. I submitted my week 3 assignment 2 days late but the course was still going on for another couple of weeks so I didn't think my assignment would not get graded. I tried live chat, learner help until finally I kept posting in the forums begging someone to grade my course. Finally I got a response from a mentor, Michael Fortune who really offered help to me. There was something wrong with my link that I still need to find out what it was. It wasn't until the next session of this course had completed until Michael, who stuck it out with me trying and ultimately succeeding in getting other students to grade my assignment so I could complete my course and move on to the Capstone Project. I still enjoyed the course despite all that time it took Michael and I to get the assignment graded. | Michael and I to get the | Assignment | graded. | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | not all apps wok on my devices so I was unable to do assignment. Apple Annie was difficult | so I was unable to do | Assignment | Apple Annie was difficult | Negative | 0.75 | 1.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | This was by far the worst course in the series. There is a lot of good content in this course that needs to be shared, but I just felt the delivery failed in a lot of ways. Here are some issues 1) Often, concepts are thrown out but aren't explained clearly. Speaker glosses over them without giving concrete examples 2) The structure of the course is poorly configured. On several occasions, inline quizzes test you on concepts that haven't been introduced until later in the video, forcing you to guess at answers. Also, the assignment portion of the course asks you to submit a word or pdf with images, but it wasn't configured to allow uploads. You could only submit text in a text box. I realized I wasn't the only person with the issue when I graded assignments from others who had trouble submitting their assignment. In some cases, I believe students failed that portion of the course because they could not figure out how to submit. I have some IT background and was able to share my homework through my shared drive fortunately. 3) The speaker should re-record his lecture. It was obvious (or at least seemed as if) he was reading a teleprompter. There were many awkward pauses between sentences that made it hard to listen to. Often times, the audio presentation were inconsistent with the words in the slide, making it confusing because I didn't know which I should be following. | to guess at answers. Also, the | Assignment | portion of the course asks you | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | This was by far the worst course in the series. There is a lot of good content in this course that needs to be shared, but I just felt the delivery failed in a lot of ways. Here are some issues 1) Often, concepts are thrown out but aren't explained clearly. Speaker glosses over them without giving concrete examples 2) The structure of the course is poorly configured. On several occasions, inline quizzes test you on concepts that haven't been introduced until later in the video, forcing you to guess at answers. Also, the assignment portion of the course asks you to submit a word or pdf with images, but it wasn't configured to allow uploads. You could only submit text in a text box. I realized I wasn't the only person with the issue when I graded assignments from others who had trouble submitting their assignment. In some cases, I believe students failed that portion of the course because they could not figure out how to submit. I have some IT background and was able to share my homework through my shared drive fortunately. 3) The speaker should re-record his lecture. It was obvious (or at least seemed as if) he was reading a teleprompter. There were many awkward pauses between sentences that made it hard to listen to. Often times, the audio presentation were inconsistent with the words in the slide, making it confusing because I didn't know which I should be following. | with the issue when I graded | Assignment | from others who had trouble submitting | Positive | 0.91 | 1.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | This was by far the worst course in the series. There is a lot of good content in this course that needs to be shared, but I just felt the delivery failed in a lot of ways. Here are some issues 1) Often, concepts are thrown out but aren't explained clearly. Speaker glosses over them without giving concrete examples 2) The structure of the course is poorly configured. On several occasions, inline quizzes test you on concepts that haven't been introduced until later in the video, forcing you to guess at answers. Also, the assignment portion of the course asks you to submit a word or pdf with images, but it wasn't configured to allow uploads. You could only submit text in a text box. I realized I wasn't the only person with the issue when I graded assignments from others who had trouble submitting their assignment. In some cases, I believe students failed that portion of the course because they could not figure out how to submit. I have some IT background and was able to share my homework through my shared drive fortunately. 3) The speaker should re-record his lecture. It was obvious (or at least seemed as if) he was reading a teleprompter. There were many awkward pauses between sentences that made it hard to listen to. Often times, the audio presentation were inconsistent with the words in the slide, making it confusing because I didn't know which I should be following. | others who had trouble submitting their | Assignment | In some cases, I believe students | Positive | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | The course has bugs, but it shouldn't distract from gaining knowledge. The 5 star given due to comprehensive tools used and final assignment preparation. | to comprehensive tools used and final | Assignment | preparation. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | There were several technical issues (no submission button for peer-reviewed assignment, right answers listed as wrong and vice versa in the clips, etc.). The lecturer also sounded a bit unnatural with pauses in sentences where you wouldn't expect them, making it harder to process information. The course material itself wasn't bad, but the execution just seemed a little unfinished. | issues (no submission button for peer-reviewed | Assignment | right answers listed as wrong and | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Submit button wasn't working for assignment, assignment was heavily weighted on mobile app (which was the least pertinent part of the course for me), generally seemed disorganized. | Submit button wasn't working for | Assignment | assignment was heavily weighted on mobile | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Submit button wasn't working for assignment, assignment was heavily weighted on mobile app (which was the least pertinent part of the course for me), generally seemed disorganized. | Submit button wasn't working for assignment, | Assignment | was heavily weighted on mobile app | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| 9h_j5XEiEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | The peer review assignment needs to improve the requirements. | The peer review | Assignment | needs to improve the requirements. | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | The assignments and theory are interesting enough to get you started on world design. | The | Assignment | and theory are interesting enough to | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Enjoyable course with engaging presentation. I really enjoyed the assignments which encouraged me to actually try out the concepts, without getting too hung up on it being perfect. I also appreciated the assignment examples that were provided - it helped give me a guide as to how detailed or not I should be each week, and gave me | engaging presentation. I really enjoyed the | Assignment | which encouraged me to actually try | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Enjoyable course with engaging presentation. I really enjoyed the assignments which encouraged me to actually try out the concepts, without getting too hung up on it being perfect. I also appreciated the assignment examples that were provided - it helped give me a guide as to how detailed or not I should be each week, and gave me | being perfect. I also appreciated the | Assignment | examples that were provided - it | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | In general the course was really good, I just had the problem that some points weren't as clearly explained as I wished them to be. It's a bit hard to follow up, since sometimes the examples are not what is asked for in the homework and there's nothing to compare your work to, so the student as well as the grading peers are not always sure what is important in the assignment. Add some more examples and explain them directly, I think that would help a lot. :) | sure what is important in the | Assignment | Add some more examples and explain | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Great content and great assignments ! | Great content and great | Assignment | ! | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Compare to Last Course in this Specialization this course lacked the good pace through the assignments, they were out of pace or out of tune, and also there were mostly general talks more than tips to make the student get in to the flow and create a better work, All in All it was Great but compared to the course before it, it had issues :D | lacked the good pace through the | Assignment | they were out of pace or | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Fantastic course - doing the assignments forces you to really think about your game world. | Fantastic course - doing the | Assignment | forces you to really think about | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | I had good assignments, but less content than I expected. | I had good | Assignment | but less content than I expected. | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Short, simplistic. Could be done in a week. Very much a beginner's course for those who have not mindfully observed the game worlds in which they play. The student may come away with a few new ideas and the greatest value is in having peers review the homework assignments. Worth the time, if you quickly breeze through it. | in having peers review the homework | Assignment | Worth the time, if you quickly | Positive | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| 9suomDeIEeWJaxK5AT4frw | This capstone project is a bad joke and I'm gonna tell you why! First, ESSEC TAs were never available! We had to contact Coursera several times for weeks to get a simple yet not helpful reply from ESSEC. And it was too late for anything, really... Remember, the whole project lasts for 4 weeks only! Second, several documents required for the weekly assignments were missing! It's fair to say we were all free-styling (i.e. making wild assumptions) our ways through the entire capstone due to lack of necessary information. Third (and most importantly). most of the participants didn't have any basic business background whatsoever. Be prepared to get a bad grade from someone who's clueless about hotel business, not to mention revenue or demand management. That really makes you wonder how these people even passed the last three core courses.... Forth, this capstone is great for those who just want to get a certificate for the sake of having a certificate. Did you notice those 4 or 5 star ratings with no written reviews? Yeah, they were probably trying to show their appreciation for the easy certificate. After all, it's easy to walk away with a decent grade when there's no one knows what's going on. ANYTHING GOES! However, if you are a serious learner who wants to actually learn something, run away from this capstone. You will be thanking me later. All in all, a horrible experience and I wish I could get those 4 weeks of my life back! | several documents required for the weekly | Assignment | were missing! It's fair to say | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| 9tZaH-SOEeWVyArzYsqChQ | Good at explaining concepts Good Quizzes& assignments | Good at explaining concepts Good Quizzes& | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| 9zXfqf2IEeSnBSIACi-PoQ | This was a very good course for a down and dirty review of WACC, NPV, IRR, EVA, etc. The instructor covers the material well and I found that the reading material was a very good compliment to the lectures and helped embed the material for use in the assignments. I recommend this course for those looking for a review or an introduction to Corporate Finance. | the material for use in the | Assignment | I recommend this course for those | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| a0fzUULWEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | A great course with a great instructor! Perfect for beginners - the course is simple and is laden with many relevant examples, which help you understand concepts easily. The interactive assignments and homeworks are very interesting too! | you understand concepts easily. The interactive | Assignment | and homeworks are very interesting too! | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| a0fzUULWEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Really awesome course! Especially the peer review assignments. They give an overall view of what are the problems being faced by everyone around the world! The course structure is really good and is optimal for learning. After the course, one really has a changed perspective towards the earth and you would be inspired with purpose! A purpose to work for the betterment of humankind! | awesome course! Especially the peer review | Assignment | They give an overall view of | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | It was a good course, however, it seems that the recording was from the earlier course. Which I don't mind, however, some of the comment wasn't relevant, so it was a bit weird. In terms of content and how the course run, it was beyond my expectation. The list of literature provided were quite extesive and strategicaly chosen. I wish there's a whole syllabus that we can access in the beginning of the course to prepare for the assignment. | the course to prepare for the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Well done, well explained, and very interesting assignments | done, well explained, and very interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | This course was useful and exciting. I often feel that I am the sole millennial born without social media skills. Now, I feel that I have the tools to succeed in the social media world. Thank you Kimberley Barker! Your course was well crafted and your videos were great! All of the assignments brought forth new insights. I appreciate the personality you brought in to the class, including the Hobbit references and Star Trek paraphernalia in the background! Live long and prosper. The road goes ever on and on:P | videos were great! All of the | Assignment | brought forth new insights. I appreciate | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | Good course to study. Clearly understood the aspects of business strategy with the help of the examples and the assignments. | help of the examples and the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | Fascinating course so far, with useful concepts and great assignments designed to improve learning by applying frameworks and concepts to actual companies. Would highly recommend! | far, with useful concepts and great | Assignment | designed to improve learning by applying | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | A very good foundation course. The final assignment is a very good practice and test of application and knowledge gained from the course. Very practical and good. It lets the learner walks away knowing how to apply logical reasoning using the tools than just understanding and forgetting it later as humans always does. | very good foundation course. The final | Assignment | is a very good practice and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | This is an excellent course. You learn more if you commit to doing all the assignments. | you commit to doing all the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | Really enjoyed taking this course. The course material was well-explained in the videos, and the assignments and final case study did a stand-up job of covering all of the material. Granted, I already have an undergraduate degree in business, but I found this course to be a fantastic refresher for the 3 strategy courses that had begun to fade from memory in the 3 years since I finished university. A big 'thank you!' to the Darden School of Business - I've no doubt that I'll be looking for other courses of interest offered from your team, once returning to the office in the new-year. Kevin | well-explained in the videos, and the | Assignment | and final case study did a | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | Very good teachers, always trying to explain the theory with real examples. Very good course, that stimulates you to do the final assignment, the moment when you really learn. | stimulates you to do the final | Assignment | the moment when you really learn. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| a3f86i8hEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | May be there is a technical glitch in answering the Questions of daily assignments while selecting options of the question type 'select all that apply '. | in answering the Questions of daily | Assignment | while selecting options of the question | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Very well structured and extremely clear videos and also helpful staff and mentors to our questions. Assignments were very diverse and challenges us to fully understand the concept and functions of the program. | staff and mentors to our questions. | Assignment | were very diverse and challenges us | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Very well thought out and methodical approach. Assignments are in accordance with the lectures and challenges in a good way. | well thought out and methodical approach. | Assignment | are in accordance with the lectures | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Lessons are very good but the Assignments for the later weeks are way too hard for people with no math or programming experience. | Lessons are very good but the | Assignment | for the later weeks are way | Positive | 0.87 | 2.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Very well done, I loved the lectures and enjoyed the assignments. I had no previous experience of programming and I found the explanation of the concepts very clear. The main critique for me is that ,for some of the problems, not having a background in physics might be..well..too challenging! It took me hours only to read about the theory behind the question, to find out the appropriate formula to use in the code, whilst writing the actual program was pretty quick. Other than that, I would certainly recommend the course. | loved the lectures and enjoyed the | Assignment | I had no previous experience of | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This course has done exactly what it advertised. Anyone with or without a programming background can learn MATLAB easily. The video lectures and course material are very very helpful. All the assignments are designed o enhance your learning. Excellent course!!! | are very very helpful. All the | Assignment | are designed o enhance your learning. | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This course was ultimately frustrating to take. There is a gap in the material presented and the skill set needed to complete the assignments. Using optional methods to complete this course, such as to use the textbook and forums, is too time consuming (deciphering a text book) or insulting (forum mentor responses). To to solve the assignments, it usually involved trying to 1. refreshing yourself in math concepts not used by a beginner or non-mathematician, 2. deciphering what exactly the poorly written questions were asking, 3. scouring the textbook or internet for functions or strategies never covered in the lecture, 4. having snarky and unhelpful remarks by mentors. The unprofessional behavior of the mentors was especially hard to handle. Even from the early week's lectures we learned about semantics, and how simple mistyping could lead to programming errors, so I wrongly assumed the mentors would understand that some of us would probably make simple errors. For example, in the final homework I had a simple mistake, but since we cannot show code, it led to more frustration and a mentor basically just saying "we covered this already." I'm well aware of what we covered, but if someone is stuck on a problem, there needs to be a much better way of helping that person. I did not want to write in the forums after my initial foray in the forum led one mentor to just tell me "your logic is wrong", and the spout the same simple strategies of the lecture that could not help on the complex assignment. There probably will not be anything fixed with this course since it seems like it has been the same for years now. Please fix the questions, stop using Project Euler, and let people directly message code to mentors. Will probably save time rather than try to blindly (and frustratingly) explain code over and over again. Ultimately, I felt that unless someone either has previous experience in coding, or has no work to do other than to do this course, it still is not worth it to just obtain a certificate. | skill set needed to complete the | Assignment | Using optional methods to complete this | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This course was ultimately frustrating to take. There is a gap in the material presented and the skill set needed to complete the assignments. Using optional methods to complete this course, such as to use the textbook and forums, is too time consuming (deciphering a text book) or insulting (forum mentor responses). To to solve the assignments, it usually involved trying to 1. refreshing yourself in math concepts not used by a beginner or non-mathematician, 2. deciphering what exactly the poorly written questions were asking, 3. scouring the textbook or internet for functions or strategies never covered in the lecture, 4. having snarky and unhelpful remarks by mentors. The unprofessional behavior of the mentors was especially hard to handle. Even from the early week's lectures we learned about semantics, and how simple mistyping could lead to programming errors, so I wrongly assumed the mentors would understand that some of us would probably make simple errors. For example, in the final homework I had a simple mistake, but since we cannot show code, it led to more frustration and a mentor basically just saying "we covered this already." I'm well aware of what we covered, but if someone is stuck on a problem, there needs to be a much better way of helping that person. I did not want to write in the forums after my initial foray in the forum led one mentor to just tell me "your logic is wrong", and the spout the same simple strategies of the lecture that could not help on the complex assignment. There probably will not be anything fixed with this course since it seems like it has been the same for years now. Please fix the questions, stop using Project Euler, and let people directly message code to mentors. Will probably save time rather than try to blindly (and frustratingly) explain code over and over again. Ultimately, I felt that unless someone either has previous experience in coding, or has no work to do other than to do this course, it still is not worth it to just obtain a certificate. | mentor responses). To to solve the | Assignment | it usually involved trying to 1. | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This course was ultimately frustrating to take. There is a gap in the material presented and the skill set needed to complete the assignments. Using optional methods to complete this course, such as to use the textbook and forums, is too time consuming (deciphering a text book) or insulting (forum mentor responses). To to solve the assignments, it usually involved trying to 1. refreshing yourself in math concepts not used by a beginner or non-mathematician, 2. deciphering what exactly the poorly written questions were asking, 3. scouring the textbook or internet for functions or strategies never covered in the lecture, 4. having snarky and unhelpful remarks by mentors. The unprofessional behavior of the mentors was especially hard to handle. Even from the early week's lectures we learned about semantics, and how simple mistyping could lead to programming errors, so I wrongly assumed the mentors would understand that some of us would probably make simple errors. For example, in the final homework I had a simple mistake, but since we cannot show code, it led to more frustration and a mentor basically just saying "we covered this already." I'm well aware of what we covered, but if someone is stuck on a problem, there needs to be a much better way of helping that person. I did not want to write in the forums after my initial foray in the forum led one mentor to just tell me "your logic is wrong", and the spout the same simple strategies of the lecture that could not help on the complex assignment. There probably will not be anything fixed with this course since it seems like it has been the same for years now. Please fix the questions, stop using Project Euler, and let people directly message code to mentors. Will probably save time rather than try to blindly (and frustratingly) explain code over and over again. Ultimately, I felt that unless someone either has previous experience in coding, or has no work to do other than to do this course, it still is not worth it to just obtain a certificate. | could not help on the complex | Assignment | There probably will not be anything | Negative | 0.74 | 1.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Homework assignments are much more difficult and time-consuming than the contents of the lectures, especially for the last three weeks. Fortunately, the tutors are very patient and respond to your questions quickly. | Homework | Assignment | are much more difficult and time-consuming | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This course is a very good introduction to programming in general and covers all the basic concepts that is used in most of the programming languages. The lecturer makes things interesting with a sense of humour. The assignments which comes later on can be a tad difficult for someone new to programming, but as the professor says , stick with it, solve it, and the feeling you get when you finish it is unparalleled. All the doubts and queries in the discussion forums are answered quickly and efficiently. Great course and a great experience over all. | with a sense of humour. The | Assignment | which comes later on can be | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Excellent! Challenging HW Assignments. Lecture notes & Presentations cover the fundamentals of matlab in details. Good course to get started with programing using Matlab. | Excellent! Challenging HW | Assignment | Lecture notes & Presentations cover the | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Positive points: -this really is a beginners course, without any knowledge about coding or the syntax of MATLAB necessary. -you learn by solving the problems yourself. This gives you great insight about the thought processes necessary, about different approaches and how to realize your ideas. -Mentors are responding quickly (sometimes within a half hour) and are doing there best to help you out. Negative points: -The video lectures, although informative have a very slow paste and the earlier ones do not prepare you that well for the homework assignments. However once you get used to it you will manage to get an idea about the assignments from the lectures. Still the same problem is illustrated way too often in the same lecture. One could either add different problems or shorten the lectures a lot. With time it is possible to learn when one can skip a section but it makes it especially hard for people to start the course, since one spends hours watching videos for just learning about basic syntax in the beginning - For some of the homework assignments the mathematical part was the bigger challenge for me than the coding part, which is really frustrating when you just want to learn how to code. | you that well for the homework | Assignment | However once you get used to | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Positive points: -this really is a beginners course, without any knowledge about coding or the syntax of MATLAB necessary. -you learn by solving the problems yourself. This gives you great insight about the thought processes necessary, about different approaches and how to realize your ideas. -Mentors are responding quickly (sometimes within a half hour) and are doing there best to help you out. Negative points: -The video lectures, although informative have a very slow paste and the earlier ones do not prepare you that well for the homework assignments. However once you get used to it you will manage to get an idea about the assignments from the lectures. Still the same problem is illustrated way too often in the same lecture. One could either add different problems or shorten the lectures a lot. With time it is possible to learn when one can skip a section but it makes it especially hard for people to start the course, since one spends hours watching videos for just learning about basic syntax in the beginning - For some of the homework assignments the mathematical part was the bigger challenge for me than the coding part, which is really frustrating when you just want to learn how to code. | to get an idea about the | Assignment | from the lectures. Still the same | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Positive points: -this really is a beginners course, without any knowledge about coding or the syntax of MATLAB necessary. -you learn by solving the problems yourself. This gives you great insight about the thought processes necessary, about different approaches and how to realize your ideas. -Mentors are responding quickly (sometimes within a half hour) and are doing there best to help you out. Negative points: -The video lectures, although informative have a very slow paste and the earlier ones do not prepare you that well for the homework assignments. However once you get used to it you will manage to get an idea about the assignments from the lectures. Still the same problem is illustrated way too often in the same lecture. One could either add different problems or shorten the lectures a lot. With time it is possible to learn when one can skip a section but it makes it especially hard for people to start the course, since one spends hours watching videos for just learning about basic syntax in the beginning - For some of the homework assignments the mathematical part was the bigger challenge for me than the coding part, which is really frustrating when you just want to learn how to code. | - For some of the homework | Assignment | the mathematical part was the bigger | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Great teaching and very thought provoking assignments. A really good course! | Great teaching and very thought provoking | Assignment | A really good course! | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | I really enjoy the course. It helped me to know and understand how to use MATLAB in a basic way. This course will strength your MATLAB skill with a lot of assignments. The longer you go, the harder exercises but I believe that's a good way to learn. | MATLAB skill with a lot of | Assignment | The longer you go, the harder | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | very much engaging assignments. I am learning plenty of things in Matlab. Thank you for your committed and sincere effort. | very much engaging | Assignment | I am learning plenty of things | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| A97cQkR4EeawVwo82dylKw | +: I reached my goal for the course and now I understand a bit about R. I succeeded to pass within much shorter time than anticipated course duration. The course certificate is posted to my Linkedin profile. -: No human mentors on the course discussion forum - all questions answered by other students. Automatic tests in swirl are too restrictive and do not accept perfectly correct student solutions slightly different to those anticipated by the authors. Week 2 assignment is much different from the reading material. Nothing taught about charting in R. Overall comment: I think it is good value for money. | anticipated by the authors. Week 2 | Assignment | is much different from the reading | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course feels a lot like it's being taught by a non-teaching professor. The lectures are very long, not chunked for easy viewing (to the point where I couldn't download to my phone for offline/off-wifi use). There are very long locally-hosted readings (so they're hard to print and you can't add them to an offline reader app), and the Reading section for each lesson seems to be a bibliography (rather than actual reading assignments), because there are no links and some refer to "Selections" without giving page numbers or, in at least one case, a multi-volume book. The information is comprehensive and very valuable, but the delivery is very lacking as a MOOC. | a bibliography (rather than actual reading | Assignment | because there are no links and | Negative | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| aAo9tS8NEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | The information was interesting but sort of long. In fact, I started this so long ago that I don't remember most of what was said, only that it was long. I did enjoy the first course, America's Written Constitution but someone was paying attention then and it was on the older format so it was better. I rate the course so poorly, however, because of the total lack of staff involvement and the worthless peer review papers. I have a huge problem with the peer review process. It is of no value and should be banned. Be that as it may, however, it takes weeks to get reviews and there is NO ONE FROM THE COURSE STAFF PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THE COURSE!! There is not one posting from course staff in the forums. There has been no response to any of the so called, "comment on this assignment" messages I've been leaving since JULY. There has been no response to an e-mail, supposedly sent to the instructor on my behalf by the Coursera help desk weeks ago. It is obvious that the instructor has abandoned this course. If no one is going to pay attention to it, it should be taken down. If you just want the information, watch the videos but don't expect anything else, including any response whatsoever from this course. I've wasted too much time on this. I'm done. | so called, " comment on this | Assignment | messages I've been leaving since JULY. | Negative | 0.72 | 1.0 |
| aAo9tS8NEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | Excellent course! I enjoyed the lectures and writing assignments and it was a good introduction to Constitutional Law. I also took Part 1 of this course. Thanks to Yale, Coursera, and Professor Amar for making this available online. | I enjoyed the lectures and writing | Assignment | and it was a good introduction | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Assignments are not always relevant or clearly explained. More resources on how to complete them properly (for example, suggestions about how to do prototyping and what tools to use) would also help improve this course. | | Assignment | are not always relevant or clearly | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | I'm several months into this specialization. It seems to practice little of what it preaches in its design and pedagogy. I've paused repeatedly because I find the whole experience needlessly clunky and frustrating, and I rarely feel like I've learned much at the end of the assignments. I often wonder if anyone on the UCSD/Coursera side ever actually tries to complete the assignments. The quiz is missing key links and the questions read as if they were written by someone who's first language is not English. Pretty sloppy effort. | much at the end of the | Assignment | I often wonder if anyone on | Negative | 0.69 | 2.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | I'm several months into this specialization. It seems to practice little of what it preaches in its design and pedagogy. I've paused repeatedly because I find the whole experience needlessly clunky and frustrating, and I rarely feel like I've learned much at the end of the assignments. I often wonder if anyone on the UCSD/Coursera side ever actually tries to complete the assignments. The quiz is missing key links and the questions read as if they were written by someone who's first language is not English. Pretty sloppy effort. | ever actually tries to complete the | Assignment | The quiz is missing key links | Negative | 0.77 | 2.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This was the paper I was most looking forward to in the Interaction Design specialisation. Unfortunately it seems as if they ran out of time to design it properly (despite extending its start date several times). I didn't learn what I would've expected and all of the assignments blurred into one another | would've expected and all of the | Assignment | blurred into one another | Negative | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | While i really liked these assignments some of the assignment briefs could use some flushing out and more details would help. Also this course could benifit from a mentor. Another thought more up-to-date visual examples, and reading materials. | While i really liked these | Assignment | some of the assignment briefs could | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | While i really liked these assignments some of the assignment briefs could use some flushing out and more details would help. Also this course could benifit from a mentor. Another thought more up-to-date visual examples, and reading materials. | liked these assignments some of the | Assignment | briefs could use some flushing out | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Unfortunately, this is one the worst paid courses I've taken on Coursera. The material is very brief, the assignments are poorly explained and structured. As with all the other sections in this specialization, there is no feedback for professor or TAs, which is very-very frustrating. | The material is very brief, the | Assignment | are poorly explained and structured. As | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | A bit of a mess. If you are going in expecting to learn nuances of creating effective wireframes and mockups, you will be disappointed. Assignments are good and thought-provoking, but not clearly written. You will get out of the course what you invest in it. Take your assignments seriously and invest a lot of time, even if you know that you are able to pass with a lesser effort. | and mockups, you will be disappointed. | Assignment | are good and thought-provoking, but not | Positive | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | A bit of a mess. If you are going in expecting to learn nuances of creating effective wireframes and mockups, you will be disappointed. Assignments are good and thought-provoking, but not clearly written. You will get out of the course what you invest in it. Take your assignments seriously and invest a lot of time, even if you know that you are able to pass with a lesser effort. | you invest in it. Take your | Assignment | seriously and invest a lot of | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Poor video editing. Homework assignments were poorly written making it difficult to know exactly what was being graded. Often times I had to submit a version and redo it after I started working through the grading criteria during peer review. Decent information covered, however I felt like this was more of a course on responsive design than specifically information design. | Poor video editing. Homework | Assignment | were poorly written making it difficult | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Videos were not ellaborative, examples sparse and were not edited to completion. After months of this course repeatedly being delayed we see a complete failure with 'Information Design', both in course and in practice. I was very dissapointed with this course and the time-wasting assignments. I have enjoyed the courses leading up to this one, but this course was obviously rushed and poorly planned. | with this course and the time-wasting | Assignment | I have enjoyed the courses leading | Positive | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| afay6xVFEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Great course. Easy to understand and build on concepts, but the Week 2 and 3 assignments were very similar. Might want to do something different there. | but the Week 2 and 3 | Assignment | were very similar. Might want to | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| AMBr8zelEeWJaxK5AT4frw | I liked this course, but there were a couple of advanced topics (Core Data, WatchOS/TvOS) that I wish we could have more time to spend on. I feel like there wasn't enough time to complete the assignment as we had in the previous courses. | wasn't enough time to complete the | Assignment | as we had in the previous | Negative | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | I think this course might have been great if I did it like 5th or 6th in the certificate sequence. I think this course assumes you have a lot of knowledge about both biology and statistics that I do not have, nor will anyone else who has only taken the first intro course. Even after having submitted my final assignment and peer reviewing others, it is not clear whether or not I or any of my classmates used the correct methods to complete the assignment. A valid solution to the final project hasn't even been given to us as part of the course, so I'll never know whether or not I did it correctly. | Even after having submitted my final | Assignment | and peer reviewing others, it is | Positive | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | I think this course might have been great if I did it like 5th or 6th in the certificate sequence. I think this course assumes you have a lot of knowledge about both biology and statistics that I do not have, nor will anyone else who has only taken the first intro course. Even after having submitted my final assignment and peer reviewing others, it is not clear whether or not I or any of my classmates used the correct methods to complete the assignment. A valid solution to the final project hasn't even been given to us as part of the course, so I'll never know whether or not I did it correctly. | the correct methods to complete the | Assignment | A valid solution to the final | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | Course assignment requires knowledge that is not discussed in the course. Various inconsistencies throughout the course. Week 4's material is not really helpful and I had a feeling that the instructior just wanted to "wrap up" the course and didn't really care if the material is appropriate. Poorly written quizzes. | Course | Assignment | requires knowledge that is not discussed | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | This course did not make any effort until I had to dig deep into biology by myself. The course content is insufficient. I think if a sample input was used and every field of the input were explained and also the outputs were explained then it would make much more sense. Poorly designed and demonstrated. Thankfully I started the last assignment very quickly, it took me 10 days to understand how to proceed with the assignment. The TA is excellent, without his help I wouldn't pass this course. | demonstrated. Thankfully I started the last | Assignment | very quickly, it took me 10 | Positive | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | This course did not make any effort until I had to dig deep into biology by myself. The course content is insufficient. I think if a sample input was used and every field of the input were explained and also the outputs were explained then it would make much more sense. Poorly designed and demonstrated. Thankfully I started the last assignment very quickly, it took me 10 days to understand how to proceed with the assignment. The TA is excellent, without his help I wouldn't pass this course. | understand how to proceed with the | Assignment | The TA is excellent, without his | Positive | 0.97 | 1.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | This was a bit challenging, not in content, but more in organization. I felt like I was getting freshman-level lectures and than was given a graduate-level assignment. The directions and expectations could have been clearer but the TA was terrific in trying to help us thru our difficulties. | and than was given a graduate-level | Assignment | The directions and expectations could have | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| aPvqvZlYEeWQGBKrxISOrQ | It gives a quick background on Galaxy and its softwares. Content is appropriate but does not prepare you for even the final assignment or real genomic problems. | prepare you for even the final | Assignment | or real genomic problems. | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| At1XBOAAEeWoTg63tTECEQ | This course is very informative and gives starting platform to pursue this field. I really like this course. There is one thing that I felt missing. I could use some coding assignment to better grasp the course contents. it can be made optional. This could provide more help to people who wants to have a deeper understanding. | missing. I could use some coding | Assignment | to better grasp the course contents. | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | A very good introduction to major branches of Philosophy. While some questions on assignments were rather vague, and some lectures rather dull (I don't think I bothered watching the videos from the third week on... just relied on the- excellently put together!- handouts). Overall, a great course to take for a beginner to the world of Philosophy :D | of Philosophy. While some questions on | Assignment | were rather vague, and some lectures | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Good introduction to Philosophy. Course length is appropriate and assignments are at the right level of difficulty. | Philosophy. Course length is appropriate and | Assignment | are at the right level of | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| aySVfHahEeWYyRL_9oqa4Q | Great course for those who learn English. Very good tests and challenging assignments. | English. Very good tests and challenging | Assignment | | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | This course is the first one in the Data Science series to lapse in terms of the clarity of the lectures, and the sense of cohesiveness of the material. Brian Caffo's lectures in Statistical Inference were good; in this course they seem to veer left and right rather than get straight to the essence of whatever subject he is lecturing about. A more structured final project would have been helpful. The instructions on this project weren't quite so blunt as to say "Take this data set, do some regression-y stuff and come back with something about these two variables," but that's basically as far as our instructions went. It could have been a great learning experience to have a more detailed guide through the construction of a regression analysis, but instead an assignment which was 40% of our grade was put together as an afterthought. It was the assignment equivalent of stopping in the 7-11 a block away from a birthday party to buy a card. Also, in terms of delivering the content: Mr. Caffo needs to structure his slide/video arrangements so that he is not standing in front of the text. Think of it from the point of view of somebody wanting to listen and read at the same time. | a regression analysis, but instead an | Assignment | which was 40% of our grade | Negative | 0.79 | 2.0 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | This course is the first one in the Data Science series to lapse in terms of the clarity of the lectures, and the sense of cohesiveness of the material. Brian Caffo's lectures in Statistical Inference were good; in this course they seem to veer left and right rather than get straight to the essence of whatever subject he is lecturing about. A more structured final project would have been helpful. The instructions on this project weren't quite so blunt as to say "Take this data set, do some regression-y stuff and come back with something about these two variables," but that's basically as far as our instructions went. It could have been a great learning experience to have a more detailed guide through the construction of a regression analysis, but instead an assignment which was 40% of our grade was put together as an afterthought. It was the assignment equivalent of stopping in the 7-11 a block away from a birthday party to buy a card. Also, in terms of delivering the content: Mr. Caffo needs to structure his slide/video arrangements so that he is not standing in front of the text. Think of it from the point of view of somebody wanting to listen and read at the same time. | as an afterthought. It was the | Assignment | equivalent of stopping in the 7-11 | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| B07TSjljEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I loved the assignment but getting answers to questions was hard. I think overall the course was terrific and I would recommend it to my coworkers. | I loved the | Assignment | but getting answers to questions was | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| b75Wh7MYEeWKaQ6n__gsuQ | Wonderful Course very Handy for those who work with emails and memos . Easy to follow and the assignments are very practical for those who work and mange studying . a Big Thank you to the Instructors | . Easy to follow and the | Assignment | are very practical for those who | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | Overall it was a good course but the only thing I would recommend is relating with the assignments. What I saw in almost all the assignments we should have had experience on the work to do them. But since not everybody has that experience it would be nice to think even for beginners as well. | would recommend is relating with the | Assignment | What I saw in almost all | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | Overall it was a good course but the only thing I would recommend is relating with the assignments. What I saw in almost all the assignments we should have had experience on the work to do them. But since not everybody has that experience it would be nice to think even for beginners as well. | I saw in almost all the | Assignment | we should have had experience on | Negative | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | Again the content and presentation is great. But the web site is getting really annoying, especially in the assignment area. The editor is faulty and on the submission on visualization you cannot use visualizations(!) to make your point due to technical limitations (can't paste charts or screenshots).Sometimes verification does not work. Support is sometimes very good, sometimes useless, depends with whom you chat. | getting really annoying, especially in the | Assignment | area. The editor is faulty and | Positive | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | I preferred the third course that emphasized practical application in the specialization over the second course that was mostly theory. The assignments were geared to engage your insights / ideas about what you know and/or are learning about real-life projects. Although it still only scratches the surface, I liked the ability to apply some of the assignments to a company with which I've been working. | course that was mostly theory. The | Assignment | were geared to engage your insights | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | I preferred the third course that emphasized practical application in the specialization over the second course that was mostly theory. The assignments were geared to engage your insights / ideas about what you know and/or are learning about real-life projects. Although it still only scratches the surface, I liked the ability to apply some of the assignments to a company with which I've been working. | ability to apply some of the | Assignment | to a company with which I've | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | Extremely well designed course in my opinion. Very clear and to the point information delivered well. Great introduction to the subject. Assignments were not too daunting and enough resources were offered that directly related to the questions asked. | well. Great introduction to the subject. | Assignment | were not too daunting and enough | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | I am not impressed with this course so far. The quizzes and assignments are out of order with the materials being presented - the questions on each come from readings and lecture content that have not been introduced to the audience at that particular point in the course. The first module was a very, very basic outline of a generic analysis process, and really has nothing to do with digital marketing analytics in particular. | course so far. The quizzes and | Assignment | are out of order with the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | I was somewhat disappointed in this course as I expected much more "practice". The assignments did not have you actually perform any analytics activities. The course materials seem very out of date considering how much things change in the digital age. Reading Blogger posts from 2006 on a Blogger blog that hasn't been updated since 2012 is not forward thinking in my view. Yes, things don't always change, but the face of analytics changes daily. | much more " practice" . The | Assignment | did not have you actually perform | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | Good course overall. I gave it only four stars because I expected it to be more practical and more hands-on analysis to do for assignments, instead of just discussing things. | more hands-on analysis to do for | Assignment | instead of just discussing things. | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | Interesting course with great insights on web analytics. It will be good if there were some assignments where we could execute some analytics concepts | be good if there were some | Assignment | where we could execute some analytics | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | When going through the Theory course, I often wondered why the assignments are so abstract and theoretical, and I thought that maybe when we come to practice, we will be able to do something with our hands. No way! While reinforcing the theoretical background (mostly repeating same postulates from the Theory course), this course contributes very little to its name (practice). Only the last module on presenting goes a little further than making you ponder on abstract themes. This is surprising - there are lots of practical tools discussed in the course, and you have no opportunity to get hands on at least one of them (except Google Trends) and evaluate it, at least for primitive purposes. Why does the teacher not take the example of the brilliant Aric Rindfeisch's course Marketing in the Digital World with really well-crafted practical assignments? | course, I often wondered why the | Assignment | are so abstract and theoretical, and | Negative | 0.76 | 2.0 |
| bGZkCuIJEeSqWiIAC0gGHw | When going through the Theory course, I often wondered why the assignments are so abstract and theoretical, and I thought that maybe when we come to practice, we will be able to do something with our hands. No way! While reinforcing the theoretical background (mostly repeating same postulates from the Theory course), this course contributes very little to its name (practice). Only the last module on presenting goes a little further than making you ponder on abstract themes. This is surprising - there are lots of practical tools discussed in the course, and you have no opportunity to get hands on at least one of them (except Google Trends) and evaluate it, at least for primitive purposes. Why does the teacher not take the example of the brilliant Aric Rindfeisch's course Marketing in the Digital World with really well-crafted practical assignments? | Digital World with really well-crafted practical | Assignment | | Positive | 0.88 | 2.0 |
| BJXF0TLTEeSasiIACxClrQ | Very well organised, specially the lab work + assignments + Quiz. | organised, specially the lab work + | Assignment | + Quiz. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | Good material, would be helpful to have more feedback of the course staff regarding assignment's issues. | feedback of the course staff regarding | Assignment | issues. | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | I mean I cannot do the assignment without the certification process. It is a bad point ㅠㅠ | I mean I cannot do the | Assignment | without the certification process. It is | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | Very well explained. Examples are shown in every case. The course is well structured and the assignments help with clearing up the concepts. | course is well structured and the | Assignment | help with clearing up the concepts. | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | Brief and accurate course. It provides useful information for writing professional emails. It´s a pity that the free version does not include assignments and peer´s review. | the free version does not include | Assignment | and peer´s review. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | It is a very useful course. However I am again dissapointed about Coursera's new plocy about assigments, only paid students can participate. I was woundering pier review assignments can be opened for all stdents, perhaps certificate can be given to paid students. | participate. I was woundering pier review | Assignment | can be opened for all stdents, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | You can't do the assignments unless you pay the subscription. The founding idea of MOOCs was to make education more accesible. How do you test your knowledge if you can't submit assignments? I understand paying for a certificate, but I don't want the certificate. | You can't do the | Assignment | unless you pay the subscription. The | Negative | 0.77 | 1.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | You can't do the assignments unless you pay the subscription. The founding idea of MOOCs was to make education more accesible. How do you test your knowledge if you can't submit assignments? I understand paying for a certificate, but I don't want the certificate. | your knowledge if you can't submit | Assignment | I understand paying for a certificate, | Negative | 0.77 | 1.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | Great tips, however assignments are mandatory even for users who don't want to upgrade. | Great tips, however | Assignment | are mandatory even for users who | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| BK2bam0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | I liked this course. There are a lot of useful information. It's well-structured and includes a lot of examples. A moment I didn't like is locked assignments. In my opinion, it's ok when you can't get a certificate without payment but I can't see a reason for practice lock. | moment I didn't like is locked | Assignment | In my opinion, it's ok when | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| BkWivH6zEeSXPiIACxeBkA | Amazing! The course, with the instructor's charismatic and powerful delivery, lives up to its name. It truly presents management perspectives critically and with great impact! The delivery style is unique because the lectures are filmed at real lectures, with the instructor speaking to students and students contributing their voices. It feels like you're part of the real lecture when listening to the instructor's teaching. Beside exceptional delivery style, the course structure is very engaging with business lessons that draw from history all over the world. The assignments are thought-provoking and make students think critically about management through practical scenarios that were discussed during the lectures. This is really great! One of the best courses from IE Business School. | history all over the world. The | Assignment | are thought-provoking and make students think | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| BkWivH6zEeSXPiIACxeBkA | Great course, extremely pragmatic and the teacher is engaging and brings interesting views on both past and present firms. I learned much from these short 6 weeks and greatly appreciated the extra reading assignments that were optional. | and greatly appreciated the extra reading | Assignment | that were optional. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | The videos are beautifully edited and interesting to watch. There's a good amount of information, without making the course overwhelming. The assignments are clear and focused on the content. | without making the course overwhelming. The | Assignment | are clear and focused on the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I liked the course. The videos showed the ideas very clear. Allthough the assignments were not that fun to make. Maybe because working with the same topic the 3 last assignments felt I little bit repetitive. | the ideas very clear. Allthough the | Assignment | were not that fun to make. | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I liked the course. The videos showed the ideas very clear. Allthough the assignments were not that fun to make. Maybe because working with the same topic the 3 last assignments felt I little bit repetitive. | the same topic the 3 last | Assignment | felt I little bit repetitive. | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | This course was even better than the previous course of the specialization. It explains historical, technical part of the typography and assignments were very well related. Well designed course. | technical part of the typography and | Assignment | were very well related. Well designed | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I've always wanted to learn typography but learning on it's own without any practice is really boring. The assignments are really good in applying what I have learnt, making the learning really enjoyable. The course teacher is super zen and loving his style of teaching. I would want to take this full design course some day. | any practice is really boring. The | Assignment | are really good in applying what | Negative | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Really good course! The assignments are very well designed and just make you to learn more about typography. | Really good course! The | Assignment | are very well designed and just | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Loved it. Great content. Userful assignments. Most importantly, kept it interesting. Thank you. | Loved it. Great content. Userful | Assignment | Most importantly, kept it interesting. Thank | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Excellent coverage. The assignments are good and the quality of the video is gret | Excellent coverage. The | Assignment | are good and the quality of | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Well-made videos. Assignments could be more rigorous. Not too much overlap with first course in specialization. | Well-made videos. | Assignment | could be more rigorous. Not too | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I loved and enjoyed the course, the in course assignments helped me develop my skills and think more carefully about design choices in typography. | enjoyed the course, the in course | Assignment | helped me develop my skills and | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | This was just a top-notch course. Despite the fact that the lectures were not particularly long, nor the assignments really onerous, I think I learned more in this course than in other similar courses. Perhaps it was because there were so many "aha!" moments, as I realized why my previous attempts to combine typefaces had not been so successful, or exactly what it was that attracted me (or not) to the appearance of a particular type family. The story is that Steve Jobs was captivated by typography in the days when the text on the screen did not look at all like the text that would print -- people had to use codes for even simple things like bold-face or underline, and wouldn't know what it looked like until it printed on their single-typeface printer. He fell in love with type, and that contributed a lot to the way the Macintosh developed. I never understood that story until I took this course. Thank you for a great course, and for giving me enough knowledge that I can continue to build on it. | were not particularly long, nor the | Assignment | really onerous, I think I learned | Negative | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | This course was incredibly interesting and informative, even for an introduction class. The layout made a lot of sense even for someone with only a little bit of experience in typography. Definitely do all of the assignments because they have been planned out with a lot of care and thought to further your understanding in the topic. | typography. Definitely do all of the | Assignment | because they have been planned out | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I loved this course. Everything is explained really well and the assignments are pretty good too. 5 stars! | is explained really well and the | Assignment | are pretty good too. 5 stars! | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | The course material is very informative and delves into the history and evolution of typography. The assignments are very interesting and help understand the concepts better. | history and evolution of typography. The | Assignment | are very interesting and help understand | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Very interesting topic, but even for an introductory course not nearly enough to justify a full 4 week course for € 71! The first course, Fundamentals of Graphic Design, had more content, more (optional) assignments, and covered Typography, too. | Design, had more content, more (optional) | Assignment | and covered Typography, too. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | This was a quite technical course which allowed me to learn a lot about typography and how it works. I found the video material very interesting and liked how all the assignments were linked to one other by building off each other. Great course! | interesting and liked how all the | Assignment | were linked to one other by | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | A very good introduction to typography. Makes you face some aspects of text editing that were obscure before. Assignments are not overwhelmingly hard but tricky in details and interesting for investigation and execution. | text editing that were obscure before. | Assignment | are not overwhelmingly hard but tricky | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Would have welcomed more or longer lectures, and more variety in the assignments. | lectures, and more variety in the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Very informative and a lot of fun to learn about! I also thought the assignments were very beneficial. | learn about! I also thought the | Assignment | were very beneficial. | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | It was truly inspirational. Loved the theory associated with more practical assignments and, above all, the teacher was extremely clear and concise | the theory associated with more practical | Assignment | and, above all, the teacher was | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | great introduction to key concepts of typography and typographic design. lectures were easy to follow, assignments had clear instructions. | design. lectures were easy to follow, | Assignment | had clear instructions. | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Very basic course. I enjoyed the lessons and the assignments. Gave some fundamental view and perspective about the field of typography. | I enjoyed the lessons and the | Assignment | Gave some fundamental view and perspective | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Deep information, given in easy way, interesting assignments | information, given in easy way, interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Nice, brief intro to typography. Good, clear lecture content and interesting assignments. I feel like the "by the book" assignment should not be entirely peer graded. | Good, clear lecture content and interesting | Assignment | I feel like the " by | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Nice, brief intro to typography. Good, clear lecture content and interesting assignments. I feel like the "by the book" assignment should not be entirely peer graded. | like the " by the book" | Assignment | should not be entirely peer graded. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Good material, but not nearly enough to justify a full course. Should've been 2X as many lectures and assignments at least. | been 2X as many lectures and | Assignment | at least. | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | Learning finance with Prof. Kaul was so much fun. Loved the anecdotes, and the bits and pieces of elderly advice interwoven into the course lectures. The course content as well as assignments were well structured, and had the right level of difficulty. I must admit that the difficulty level for the assignments was higher than what I had expected, and it took some time to figure out how to apply the concepts learned in class to the real world problems in the assignments. But I am glad this was the case, because that kept me on my toes. Thank you Prof. Kaul and Coursera for this awesome class, and for rekindling my passion for Finance. | The course content as well as | Assignment | were well structured, and had the | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | Learning finance with Prof. Kaul was so much fun. Loved the anecdotes, and the bits and pieces of elderly advice interwoven into the course lectures. The course content as well as assignments were well structured, and had the right level of difficulty. I must admit that the difficulty level for the assignments was higher than what I had expected, and it took some time to figure out how to apply the concepts learned in class to the real world problems in the assignments. But I am glad this was the case, because that kept me on my toes. Thank you Prof. Kaul and Coursera for this awesome class, and for rekindling my passion for Finance. | that the difficulty level for the | Assignment | was higher than what I had | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | Learning finance with Prof. Kaul was so much fun. Loved the anecdotes, and the bits and pieces of elderly advice interwoven into the course lectures. The course content as well as assignments were well structured, and had the right level of difficulty. I must admit that the difficulty level for the assignments was higher than what I had expected, and it took some time to figure out how to apply the concepts learned in class to the real world problems in the assignments. But I am glad this was the case, because that kept me on my toes. Thank you Prof. Kaul and Coursera for this awesome class, and for rekindling my passion for Finance. | the real world problems in the | Assignment | But I am glad this was | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | The lectures are good, but in the assignments he asks for tasks that are not at all explained in the videos. For a beginner's course it is way too difficult and time consuming. | lectures are good, but in the | Assignment | he asks for tasks that are | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | Great course. Instructor takes time to explain the concepts in detail. Assignments are really good! | to explain the concepts in detail. | Assignment | are really good! | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | The assignment and material provided are solid for learning finance. | The | Assignment | and material provided are solid for | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | While Professor Kaul's enthusiasm and passion for finance is inspiring, his lectures are not entirely helpful come time to face assignments. He often rambles through the material, spending more time talking about his life rather than the material at hand. When he decides to finally talk about the material, it presented in a disorganized and confusing fashion. If he developed a disciplined schedule with material that was on par with the assignments, this course would not have been nearly as frustrating; challenging assignments, I agree, are crucial for learning the material well. I just wish I didn't have to spend more time browsing the internet finding material pertinent to answering his arbitrarily open-ended questions. | entirely helpful come time to face | Assignment | He often rambles through the material, | Positive | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | While Professor Kaul's enthusiasm and passion for finance is inspiring, his lectures are not entirely helpful come time to face assignments. He often rambles through the material, spending more time talking about his life rather than the material at hand. When he decides to finally talk about the material, it presented in a disorganized and confusing fashion. If he developed a disciplined schedule with material that was on par with the assignments, this course would not have been nearly as frustrating; challenging assignments, I agree, are crucial for learning the material well. I just wish I didn't have to spend more time browsing the internet finding material pertinent to answering his arbitrarily open-ended questions. | that was on par with the | Assignment | this course would not have been | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Bq5Eo50bEeW_wArffOXkOw | While Professor Kaul's enthusiasm and passion for finance is inspiring, his lectures are not entirely helpful come time to face assignments. He often rambles through the material, spending more time talking about his life rather than the material at hand. When he decides to finally talk about the material, it presented in a disorganized and confusing fashion. If he developed a disciplined schedule with material that was on par with the assignments, this course would not have been nearly as frustrating; challenging assignments, I agree, are crucial for learning the material well. I just wish I didn't have to spend more time browsing the internet finding material pertinent to answering his arbitrarily open-ended questions. | have been nearly as frustrating; challenging | Assignment | I agree, are crucial for learning | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Really good explanation by the instructor. Good assignments. The assignments gave a good insights into functional programming. I loved the way the problems were decomposed into neat smaller functions. | good explanation by the instructor. Good | Assignment | The assignments gave a good insights | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Really good explanation by the instructor. Good assignments. The assignments gave a good insights into functional programming. I loved the way the problems were decomposed into neat smaller functions. | by the instructor. Good assignments. The | Assignment | gave a good insights into functional | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Excellent intro course, but not without issues. In general, pro's include reasonable length lectures, provided by _the_ leading expert in the field, and designer of the Scala language. Focus on functional programming techniques versus syntax nuance is a significant benefit - Scala is easy to get bogged down in. Pro's also include the fact that lectures have had at least some amount of post-production work done, and manage to make voiceover/slides/whiteboard consistent and coherent better than most similar online classes/tutorials. The assignments are reasonable, and the time estimates of ~3 hrs each was about right on the average, at least in my case (senior programmer with deep background in C/C++, and just enough Java to be dangerous and dislike boilerplate). Some drawbacks - there was no clear segue from "basic syntax" to "collections framework". That's _IMPORTANT_. In 20/20 hindsight, I would have benefitted from a big, bold slide before the first mention of "foreach" that said "stop here, go to the text, and skim the chapters on collections for 'foreach' and other common operations. This is a building block for everything to follow, and NOT unique to just lists." The major factor keeping this from being a '5' in my mind were that the assignments didn't always make sense as written, and I had to go back and forth between the assignment writeup, the source code and the test cases to really sort out what was required. The assignments could become _much_ more effective if they were provided with more test cases, including expected FAILURE cases and not just bare minimal acceptance cases. | than most similar online classes/tutorials. The | Assignment | are reasonable, and the time estimates | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Excellent intro course, but not without issues. In general, pro's include reasonable length lectures, provided by _the_ leading expert in the field, and designer of the Scala language. Focus on functional programming techniques versus syntax nuance is a significant benefit - Scala is easy to get bogged down in. Pro's also include the fact that lectures have had at least some amount of post-production work done, and manage to make voiceover/slides/whiteboard consistent and coherent better than most similar online classes/tutorials. The assignments are reasonable, and the time estimates of ~3 hrs each was about right on the average, at least in my case (senior programmer with deep background in C/C++, and just enough Java to be dangerous and dislike boilerplate). Some drawbacks - there was no clear segue from "basic syntax" to "collections framework". That's _IMPORTANT_. In 20/20 hindsight, I would have benefitted from a big, bold slide before the first mention of "foreach" that said "stop here, go to the text, and skim the chapters on collections for 'foreach' and other common operations. This is a building block for everything to follow, and NOT unique to just lists." The major factor keeping this from being a '5' in my mind were that the assignments didn't always make sense as written, and I had to go back and forth between the assignment writeup, the source code and the test cases to really sort out what was required. The assignments could become _much_ more effective if they were provided with more test cases, including expected FAILURE cases and not just bare minimal acceptance cases. | in my mind were that the | Assignment | didn't always make sense as written, | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Excellent intro course, but not without issues. In general, pro's include reasonable length lectures, provided by _the_ leading expert in the field, and designer of the Scala language. Focus on functional programming techniques versus syntax nuance is a significant benefit - Scala is easy to get bogged down in. Pro's also include the fact that lectures have had at least some amount of post-production work done, and manage to make voiceover/slides/whiteboard consistent and coherent better than most similar online classes/tutorials. The assignments are reasonable, and the time estimates of ~3 hrs each was about right on the average, at least in my case (senior programmer with deep background in C/C++, and just enough Java to be dangerous and dislike boilerplate). Some drawbacks - there was no clear segue from "basic syntax" to "collections framework". That's _IMPORTANT_. In 20/20 hindsight, I would have benefitted from a big, bold slide before the first mention of "foreach" that said "stop here, go to the text, and skim the chapters on collections for 'foreach' and other common operations. This is a building block for everything to follow, and NOT unique to just lists." The major factor keeping this from being a '5' in my mind were that the assignments didn't always make sense as written, and I had to go back and forth between the assignment writeup, the source code and the test cases to really sort out what was required. The assignments could become _much_ more effective if they were provided with more test cases, including expected FAILURE cases and not just bare minimal acceptance cases. | go back and forth between the | Assignment | writeup, the source code and the | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Excellent intro course, but not without issues. In general, pro's include reasonable length lectures, provided by _the_ leading expert in the field, and designer of the Scala language. Focus on functional programming techniques versus syntax nuance is a significant benefit - Scala is easy to get bogged down in. Pro's also include the fact that lectures have had at least some amount of post-production work done, and manage to make voiceover/slides/whiteboard consistent and coherent better than most similar online classes/tutorials. The assignments are reasonable, and the time estimates of ~3 hrs each was about right on the average, at least in my case (senior programmer with deep background in C/C++, and just enough Java to be dangerous and dislike boilerplate). Some drawbacks - there was no clear segue from "basic syntax" to "collections framework". That's _IMPORTANT_. In 20/20 hindsight, I would have benefitted from a big, bold slide before the first mention of "foreach" that said "stop here, go to the text, and skim the chapters on collections for 'foreach' and other common operations. This is a building block for everything to follow, and NOT unique to just lists." The major factor keeping this from being a '5' in my mind were that the assignments didn't always make sense as written, and I had to go back and forth between the assignment writeup, the source code and the test cases to really sort out what was required. The assignments could become _much_ more effective if they were provided with more test cases, including expected FAILURE cases and not just bare minimal acceptance cases. | sort out what was required. The | Assignment | could become _much_ more effective if | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Good pace, very educational. The assignments are well designed. Great course, one of the best I took. | Good pace, very educational. The | Assignment | are well designed. Great course, one | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Enjoyable and informative. The assignments were workable, though they were not always super-well coordinated with the course material. The in-lecture exercises are of uneven quality. The course material is obviously spliced together from other sources in places. All this notwithstanding, the lectures are interesting, and the exercises help a lot to cement in the concepts. As an experienced programmer, but a newcomer to functional techniques, this was satisfying. I'm aware that the other courses in this sequence suffer from similar issues to what I outlined, but I'm moving ahead anyway. | Enjoyable and informative. The | Assignment | were workable, though they were not | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The assignments are so much fun and professor Odersky really explained all the concepts well! I also love the exercises too! | The | Assignment | are so much fun and professor | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great Instructor and challenging problems. The exercises help to reinforce the ideas presented in the lessons and the weekly assignments force you to use the skills. I will say that the programming assignments seemed a bit harder than they needed to be to help reinforce the ideas. | in the lessons and the weekly | Assignment | force you to use the skills. | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great Instructor and challenging problems. The exercises help to reinforce the ideas presented in the lessons and the weekly assignments force you to use the skills. I will say that the programming assignments seemed a bit harder than they needed to be to help reinforce the ideas. | I will say that the programming | Assignment | seemed a bit harder than they | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Tremendous course. Explanations can be terse at times, especially after going over quizzes (where you may only follow what is going along if you successfully solved the quiz, otherwise you may miss important insight), but on the whole, lectures are very strong and help you gain a working understanding of functional programming. The assignments are carefully crafted and really give you an opportunity to try the stuff from the lecture. Definitely felt like I learned a lot during the assignments. I found that the last two assignments took more than the recommended 3 hours (closer to 5-6 for me), so plan accordingly. Personally, I found that this course is even better if you read through the first 4 chapters of Functional Programming in Scala (https://www.manning.com/books/functional-programming-in-scala) before doing this course. By getting two separate, excellent explanations for the same topics, I was able to understand the material much better than just from one. | working understanding of functional programming. The | Assignment | are carefully crafted and really give | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Tremendous course. Explanations can be terse at times, especially after going over quizzes (where you may only follow what is going along if you successfully solved the quiz, otherwise you may miss important insight), but on the whole, lectures are very strong and help you gain a working understanding of functional programming. The assignments are carefully crafted and really give you an opportunity to try the stuff from the lecture. Definitely felt like I learned a lot during the assignments. I found that the last two assignments took more than the recommended 3 hours (closer to 5-6 for me), so plan accordingly. Personally, I found that this course is even better if you read through the first 4 chapters of Functional Programming in Scala (https://www.manning.com/books/functional-programming-in-scala) before doing this course. By getting two separate, excellent explanations for the same topics, I was able to understand the material much better than just from one. | I learned a lot during the | Assignment | I found that the last two | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Tremendous course. Explanations can be terse at times, especially after going over quizzes (where you may only follow what is going along if you successfully solved the quiz, otherwise you may miss important insight), but on the whole, lectures are very strong and help you gain a working understanding of functional programming. The assignments are carefully crafted and really give you an opportunity to try the stuff from the lecture. Definitely felt like I learned a lot during the assignments. I found that the last two assignments took more than the recommended 3 hours (closer to 5-6 for me), so plan accordingly. Personally, I found that this course is even better if you read through the first 4 chapters of Functional Programming in Scala (https://www.manning.com/books/functional-programming-in-scala) before doing this course. By getting two separate, excellent explanations for the same topics, I was able to understand the material much better than just from one. | I found that the last two | Assignment | took more than the recommended 3 | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I really enjoyed this course, the assignments are challenging and well designed. The course content is really relevant for those who want to learn the principles of functional programming. | I really enjoyed this course, the | Assignment | are challenging and well designed. The | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very good course. A bit fast paced for someone with no significant programming experience but as stated in the description this is not a beginners course. Nevertheless, the concepts are explained in depth in the lectures and the assignments which are quite challenging even for someone with good programming background provide great insight to the issues discussed in the lectures. Highly recommended. | depth in the lectures and the | Assignment | which are quite challenging even for | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The course is worth learning. It is interesting and challenging. Even though I needed more time than one session to complete the course because of some of the assignments, I don't think that they should be made easier. | course because of some of the | Assignment | I don't think that they should | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | It's a good course,although it starts a little slowly and then really builds up a lot of steam towards the end. I think it should be paced out to be an 8-week course and include shorter, less ambitious assignments. I personally found that the assignments lead to onerous difficulty unless one actively seeks out different aspects of the language other than what was taught in this course (particularly native list methods), and once that has begun, then the last two weeks of it seem like a long-winded slog. It's nice to be able to learn programming style from Odersky himself. I recommend the text "Functional Programming in Scala" to read and work through during the course. | course and include shorter, less ambitious | Assignment | I personally found that the assignments | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | It's a good course,although it starts a little slowly and then really builds up a lot of steam towards the end. I think it should be paced out to be an 8-week course and include shorter, less ambitious assignments. I personally found that the assignments lead to onerous difficulty unless one actively seeks out different aspects of the language other than what was taught in this course (particularly native list methods), and once that has begun, then the last two weeks of it seem like a long-winded slog. It's nice to be able to learn programming style from Odersky himself. I recommend the text "Functional Programming in Scala" to read and work through during the course. | assignments. I personally found that the | Assignment | lead to onerous difficulty unless one | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very helpful course for beginners, and congratulations for putting up such a great work together! But a few suggestions - 1) Most importantly, the assignments were very VERY hard for starters in functional programming and Scala. It would be much more enjoyable to many more if it's made a little easier. 2) The content was great, but I believe a little more (both in breadth and depth) was needed to be covered. Moreover the categorization can be rethought and a little re-organized. Nevertheless, a great course! Will surely recommend this one. | suggestions - 1) Most importantly, the | Assignment | were very VERY hard for starters | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | A great introduction to scala. Really enjoyed the assignments! | introduction to scala. Really enjoyed the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | A very good beginners course for learning Scala. The lectures are a bit dry but overall a very good course with good assignments. | a very good course with good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Although I have some experience with Scala and I been reading about the course it is challenging. It forces you to think functional. There is no other way to solve the assignments but doing them with a functional approach. Before you attempt this class you should have some knowledge about the language. The lectures are interesting. I never saw a better explanation of variant and co-variant than here is this class. | no other way to solve the | Assignment | but doing them with a functional | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great class! I really liked the style of teaching and the home assignments. | style of teaching and the home | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | A lot of new information (Pattern Matching, Variance, Call-by-value & Call-by-name strategies) that was presented in structural and stimulating way. Also challenging and exciting assignments that always keep you in a loop. | stimulating way. Also challenging and exciting | Assignment | that always keep you in a | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I really enjoyed the assignments, and thought they were a good way to get to know the basics of the language. They were similar to the type of "toy problem" that I like to do myself when learning another language, and were at a reasonable level of difficulty. I could have done without the proofs; I sort of skipped over these parts (about an hour of lecture, I guess). That's just my preference - I guess I'm not super proofy. There were very minor parts of the course that need updating, but nothing that required additional effort to get past. | I really enjoyed the | Assignment | and thought they were a good | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The material was fantastic, but the lectures seemed to be a bit basic in comparison to the actual coding assignments. Even after understanding the martial covered in the lectures it felt at times as if the coding assignments were drafted against an entirely unrelated topic (or at least by someone with a completely different approach). | in comparison to the actual coding | Assignment | Even after understanding the martial covered | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The material was fantastic, but the lectures seemed to be a bit basic in comparison to the actual coding assignments. Even after understanding the martial covered in the lectures it felt at times as if the coding assignments were drafted against an entirely unrelated topic (or at least by someone with a completely different approach). | at times as if the coding | Assignment | were drafted against an entirely unrelated | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Pace of progression of concepts was just right. You may need to spend more time with the course than what is suggested. I found myself spending more than 3hrs on the assignments consistently. | spending more than 3hrs on the | Assignment | consistently. | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very informative and challenging assignments. Well organized lectures and moderate pace. Kudos to the entire team for organizing this course. Thanks. | Very informative and challenging | Assignment | Well organized lectures and moderate pace. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Functional Programming Principles in Scala is one of the best courses for those who want to start with Scala and learn about it's functional aspects and where to apply them. It introduces the language of Scala and is a great course for those who want to explore into the functional programming aspect of Computer Science. The concepts are explained lucidly and the assignments are relatively difficult and help the individuals to apply the learnt concepts in an incremental manner. I was really excited on taking this course, and it has lived up to all my expectations from it. | concepts are explained lucidly and the | Assignment | are relatively difficult and help the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | This course is a little bit difficult to get started with if you do not have any code experience. However, it is a really great course because the content is sufficient but not too much and the course is clear enough. The last two assignments are tough for me and they took me a long time to figure out, also I read a number of materials about Scala functions on Internet. This is the first course that I finished and I really like this course. | is clear enough. The last two | Assignment | are tough for me and they | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great course to learn basics for Scala, but for me too much math related assignments. | for me too much math related | Assignment | | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I thought this was an excellent course. I found it challenging and had to re-read lecture notes and work through examples in order to be able to complete the assignments, but I felt that I learned a lot about both Scala and functional programming. My only criticism is that the setup section is unclear. I ended up using Eclipse and did not use IntellJ at all, yet the setup is unclear on this. Also there is a point when using Eclipse and importing a project where you have to type $ sbt Eclipse and if you get this wrong then you are stuck! So if you get stuck - go to the Discussion pages. | to be able to complete the | Assignment | but I felt that I learned | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | For someone without experience in Java, but with other programming experience (C/Python), I found this course to be interesting and challenging. There's a lot of recursion in the assignments, which made my head spin. .. but I thought the course coverage was quite good. I supplemented with the instructor's book. the main recommendation I'd have is more information about using the IDEs. A lot of my frustrations ended up being about particulars of those. | a lot of recursion in the | Assignment | which made my head spin. . | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great course about functional programming and Scala. The lectures are well constructed and well explained with some exercises in between. The sound is unfortunately sometimes low, but I used headphones for that. The assignments are challenging and help you deepen your knowledge effectively. However, the forum is not very lively. You might not find it difficult to do assignments on your own. I suggest to use StackOverflow in that case. It is not taught how to do debugging, though this course is not meant for beginners I think, and as such probably understanding and debugging a Scala program might be expected to be learned autonomously. | I used headphones for that. The | Assignment | are challenging and help you deepen | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great course about functional programming and Scala. The lectures are well constructed and well explained with some exercises in between. The sound is unfortunately sometimes low, but I used headphones for that. The assignments are challenging and help you deepen your knowledge effectively. However, the forum is not very lively. You might not find it difficult to do assignments on your own. I suggest to use StackOverflow in that case. It is not taught how to do debugging, though this course is not meant for beginners I think, and as such probably understanding and debugging a Scala program might be expected to be learned autonomously. | not find it difficult to do | Assignment | on your own. I suggest to | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great course and very helpful. The following details prevent me from giving it a 5 stars review: * the explanation of the tools to use during the course is very messy. It may discourage people that are less used to work their way around searching working tools. * The audio of the videos sometimes loses A LOT of quality. * For me it seemed like all the assignments were on spot with the balance between theory and standalone thinking. However, I really noticed the jump of time invested for the last assignment. I think the course would highly benefit from having an assignment on Week 5, instead of having that pause in between. Anyway, the course was greatly structured and interesting. Can't wait to go on with the whole specialization! | me it seemed like all the | Assignment | were on spot with the balance | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great course and very helpful. The following details prevent me from giving it a 5 stars review: * the explanation of the tools to use during the course is very messy. It may discourage people that are less used to work their way around searching working tools. * The audio of the videos sometimes loses A LOT of quality. * For me it seemed like all the assignments were on spot with the balance between theory and standalone thinking. However, I really noticed the jump of time invested for the last assignment. I think the course would highly benefit from having an assignment on Week 5, instead of having that pause in between. Anyway, the course was greatly structured and interesting. Can't wait to go on with the whole specialization! | of time invested for the last | Assignment | I think the course would highly | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great course and very helpful. The following details prevent me from giving it a 5 stars review: * the explanation of the tools to use during the course is very messy. It may discourage people that are less used to work their way around searching working tools. * The audio of the videos sometimes loses A LOT of quality. * For me it seemed like all the assignments were on spot with the balance between theory and standalone thinking. However, I really noticed the jump of time invested for the last assignment. I think the course would highly benefit from having an assignment on Week 5, instead of having that pause in between. Anyway, the course was greatly structured and interesting. Can't wait to go on with the whole specialization! | would highly benefit from having an | Assignment | on Week 5, instead of having | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | A very detailed and thorough explanation accompanied with a very apt set of assignments - and the plus point is that it all comes from the creator of SCALA himself. What can one ask for more? | with a very apt set of | Assignment | - and the plus point is | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The last assignment was definitely a step-up from the other weekly assignments which I found very challenging, this coming from a novice in FP. The lectures were well presented and clearly demonstrated functional techniques as well as the theories behind them. Some may find the lectures a bit tad too academic but thankfully most of such lectures can be skipped without too much detriment to completing the assignment. All in all an excellent course. | The last | Assignment | was definitely a step-up from the | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The last assignment was definitely a step-up from the other weekly assignments which I found very challenging, this coming from a novice in FP. The lectures were well presented and clearly demonstrated functional techniques as well as the theories behind them. Some may find the lectures a bit tad too academic but thankfully most of such lectures can be skipped without too much detriment to completing the assignment. All in all an excellent course. | a step-up from the other weekly | Assignment | which I found very challenging, this | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The last assignment was definitely a step-up from the other weekly assignments which I found very challenging, this coming from a novice in FP. The lectures were well presented and clearly demonstrated functional techniques as well as the theories behind them. Some may find the lectures a bit tad too academic but thankfully most of such lectures can be skipped without too much detriment to completing the assignment. All in all an excellent course. | too much detriment to completing the | Assignment | All in all an excellent course. | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very interesting course. Amazing assignments. | Very interesting course. Amazing | Assignment | | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great way to start learning functional programming. Lectures are very well explained and the assignments are fun to implement. | are very well explained and the | Assignment | are fun to implement. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Interesting assignments with challenging tasks | Interesting | Assignment | with challenging tasks | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Excellent course, really interesting. Progressive assignments. Sometimes it is needed to spend more time in some lectures ( a little theory) | Excellent course, really interesting. Progressive | Assignment | Sometimes it is needed to spend | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Mostly Great!! There were certain things in penultimate assignment that were only talked about after the assignment which was a little intimidating but in general the course was well sructured and useful | There were certain things in penultimate | Assignment | that were only talked about after | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Mostly Great!! There were certain things in penultimate assignment that were only talked about after the assignment which was a little intimidating but in general the course was well sructured and useful | were only talked about after the | Assignment | which was a little intimidating but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The assignments and exercises are very well thought out and are extremely helpful for us as students. | The | Assignment | and exercises are very well thought | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | excellent assignments and lectures | excellent | Assignment | and lectures | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | This is a great course for learning Functional Programming language. All the course content including Assignments are up to the mark. I thank the tutors for providing such great information. | language. All the course content including | Assignment | are up to the mark. I | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I found it to be a good introduction to functional programming and/or scala, and the assignments are challenging enough to be interesting to those who are not complete beginners in those subjects. | functional programming and/or scala, and the | Assignment | are challenging enough to be interesting | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Assignments up until the last one were relatively easy, which is the only criticism I have. | | Assignment | up until the last one were | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | A thorough introduction to the functional programming parts of Scala, with new topics introduced in a sensible order, justifications and explanations provided where expected, and assignments at an appropriate challenge level. | and explanations provided where expected, and | Assignment | at an appropriate challenge level. | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Great Course with assignments that really stretch your ability to think about a problem. | Great Course with | Assignment | that really stretch your ability to | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very good lectures and Assignments. Assignments are thought provoking. Cheers! | Very good lectures and | Assignment | Assignments are thought provoking. Cheers! | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very good lectures and Assignments. Assignments are thought provoking. Cheers! | Very good lectures and Assignments. | Assignment | are thought provoking. Cheers! | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Good introduction to functional programming and Scala. Although, the lectures and assignments can get rather mathy (pointless proof of refactoring using maths, Pascals Triangle, Huffman Coding, Counting Change, etc) If you don't have a mathematical background, I would suggest getting the basics of programming down before starting this course so you have less to worry about. I found myself reading up about the maths behind some of the assignments before tackling them, when this could've been avoided with less mathematical assignments. I looked into the first assignment of the next module in the specialization and thought to myself: "Why bother" as it just continues the trend of solving more complex mathematical problems -- something rarely tackled as a professional developer. I would've liked to see the standard collection functions taught and used more frequently: map, flatmap, fold, etc. | and Scala. Although, the lectures and | Assignment | can get rather mathy (pointless proof | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Good introduction to functional programming and Scala. Although, the lectures and assignments can get rather mathy (pointless proof of refactoring using maths, Pascals Triangle, Huffman Coding, Counting Change, etc) If you don't have a mathematical background, I would suggest getting the basics of programming down before starting this course so you have less to worry about. I found myself reading up about the maths behind some of the assignments before tackling them, when this could've been avoided with less mathematical assignments. I looked into the first assignment of the next module in the specialization and thought to myself: "Why bother" as it just continues the trend of solving more complex mathematical problems -- something rarely tackled as a professional developer. I would've liked to see the standard collection functions taught and used more frequently: map, flatmap, fold, etc. | the maths behind some of the | Assignment | before tackling them, when this could've | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Good introduction to functional programming and Scala. Although, the lectures and assignments can get rather mathy (pointless proof of refactoring using maths, Pascals Triangle, Huffman Coding, Counting Change, etc) If you don't have a mathematical background, I would suggest getting the basics of programming down before starting this course so you have less to worry about. I found myself reading up about the maths behind some of the assignments before tackling them, when this could've been avoided with less mathematical assignments. I looked into the first assignment of the next module in the specialization and thought to myself: "Why bother" as it just continues the trend of solving more complex mathematical problems -- something rarely tackled as a professional developer. I would've liked to see the standard collection functions taught and used more frequently: map, flatmap, fold, etc. | could've been avoided with less mathematical | Assignment | I looked into the first assignment | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Good introduction to functional programming and Scala. Although, the lectures and assignments can get rather mathy (pointless proof of refactoring using maths, Pascals Triangle, Huffman Coding, Counting Change, etc) If you don't have a mathematical background, I would suggest getting the basics of programming down before starting this course so you have less to worry about. I found myself reading up about the maths behind some of the assignments before tackling them, when this could've been avoided with less mathematical assignments. I looked into the first assignment of the next module in the specialization and thought to myself: "Why bother" as it just continues the trend of solving more complex mathematical problems -- something rarely tackled as a professional developer. I would've liked to see the standard collection functions taught and used more frequently: map, flatmap, fold, etc. | assignments. I looked into the first | Assignment | of the next module in the | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I use a lot of Java in my current job, but recently had a chance to dip my toes into Scala for a recent project. I liked it so much, I decided to take this course to get a little more knowledge of the language. I have to say, I don't think you can get much better of a teacher for an intro to Scala course than the designer of the language itself. The course was easy to follow, featured relevant assignments, and was quite useful. At one point, Odersky mentions basing the course partially off of SICP and that seemed apropos -- the course was sort of a condensed, Scala-based version of SICP. I'm definitely looking forward to taking the next course in the series. | was easy to follow, featured relevant | Assignment | and was quite useful. At one | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | It is my first course on Coursera and I have to admit that it is brilliant. The provided material is very helpful, lectures are very interesting and theory is interleaved with practice. Assignments are good and sometimes tricky. The lecturer, Martin Odersky, is very clear in conveying his message and, last but not least, is *the* person from whom to learn Scala. | and theory is interleaved with practice. | Assignment | are good and sometimes tricky. The | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I've been developing in imperative languages for the past 10 years, and my motivation for taking this course was to make sure that I was using the functional capabilities of the language. While I've embraced immutability and higher-order functions since I started writing Scala, I haven't solved significant programming challenges using functional thinking. Much of what I've already done with Scala so far has been relatively stateless request-response communication between systems, and the challenges so far tend to be on the architecture end. This first course taught me useful things that I hadn't encountered in my industry use of Scala. It has given me greater appreciation for the design of the language and the problems that Scala can solve elegantly. I've also acquired more interest in learning about more functional approaches to various problems -- perhaps I'll dig deeper into SICP at some point! The assignments were a good fit for me -- they were challenging enough that they got me to think but not so hard that I got stuck. Scala's rich type system came in handy for the assignments -- once you've got the right idea for an approach, you just have to get the data structures to click (with some help from the compiler), and things just work! I appreciate that the assignments and examples were realistic. Getting to implement Huffman Coding and basic data structures (functional and OO sets) helped me both appreciate the functional way to solve problems like these, and to understand the class of practical problems where similar solutions are applicable. Great course, and I'm excited for the next ones! Thanks to Martin and the course staff for their hard work on the course! | into SICP at some point! The | Assignment | were a good fit for me | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I've been developing in imperative languages for the past 10 years, and my motivation for taking this course was to make sure that I was using the functional capabilities of the language. While I've embraced immutability and higher-order functions since I started writing Scala, I haven't solved significant programming challenges using functional thinking. Much of what I've already done with Scala so far has been relatively stateless request-response communication between systems, and the challenges so far tend to be on the architecture end. This first course taught me useful things that I hadn't encountered in my industry use of Scala. It has given me greater appreciation for the design of the language and the problems that Scala can solve elegantly. I've also acquired more interest in learning about more functional approaches to various problems -- perhaps I'll dig deeper into SICP at some point! The assignments were a good fit for me -- they were challenging enough that they got me to think but not so hard that I got stuck. Scala's rich type system came in handy for the assignments -- once you've got the right idea for an approach, you just have to get the data structures to click (with some help from the compiler), and things just work! I appreciate that the assignments and examples were realistic. Getting to implement Huffman Coding and basic data structures (functional and OO sets) helped me both appreciate the functional way to solve problems like these, and to understand the class of practical problems where similar solutions are applicable. Great course, and I'm excited for the next ones! Thanks to Martin and the course staff for their hard work on the course! | system came in handy for the | Assignment | -- once you've got the right | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | I've been developing in imperative languages for the past 10 years, and my motivation for taking this course was to make sure that I was using the functional capabilities of the language. While I've embraced immutability and higher-order functions since I started writing Scala, I haven't solved significant programming challenges using functional thinking. Much of what I've already done with Scala so far has been relatively stateless request-response communication between systems, and the challenges so far tend to be on the architecture end. This first course taught me useful things that I hadn't encountered in my industry use of Scala. It has given me greater appreciation for the design of the language and the problems that Scala can solve elegantly. I've also acquired more interest in learning about more functional approaches to various problems -- perhaps I'll dig deeper into SICP at some point! The assignments were a good fit for me -- they were challenging enough that they got me to think but not so hard that I got stuck. Scala's rich type system came in handy for the assignments -- once you've got the right idea for an approach, you just have to get the data structures to click (with some help from the compiler), and things just work! I appreciate that the assignments and examples were realistic. Getting to implement Huffman Coding and basic data structures (functional and OO sets) helped me both appreciate the functional way to solve problems like these, and to understand the class of practical problems where similar solutions are applicable. Great course, and I'm excited for the next ones! Thanks to Martin and the course staff for their hard work on the course! | just work! I appreciate that the | Assignment | and examples were realistic. Getting to | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The assignments in particular were of very high quality and interesting. I liked the academic approach to teaching. | The | Assignment | in particular were of very high | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Interesting assignments. Good lectures | Interesting | Assignment | Good lectures | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Lectures were very clear and the topics were explained very well. The assignments were quite challenging and did take some time but, on completion, they were extremely rewarding and worth all of the effort. | topics were explained very well. The | Assignment | were quite challenging and did take | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Although I am just in the first week of this course, I'm loving every second of it. The tutorials to set up the IDE were very clear and understandable (even if a bit outdated compared to current Eclipse and IntelliJ versions), submitting assignments is easy and straightforward, and the lectures are interesting and informative. Coming from a Java background, I feel the lessons give enough background and theory to understand the difference between Object Oriented Programming and Functional Programming quite well. | current Eclipse and IntelliJ versions), submitting | Assignment | is easy and straightforward, and the | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| bT0Wwd7yEeWlNQ4GEaPmcw | Great Course. Assignments are the best part of the course. | Great Course. | Assignment | are the best part of the | Positive | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| bT0Wwd7yEeWlNQ4GEaPmcw | This course is very easy to follow with structured syllabus, nice videos and great assignment. Highly recommend for those who starts learning about Entrepreneurship with the beginning or intermediate level of English! | structured syllabus, nice videos and great | Assignment | Highly recommend for those who starts | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| bT0Wwd7yEeWlNQ4GEaPmcw | Why the assignment of "Week 2,3,4, and 5 Locked until June 13. Will it really open by then ?" | Why the | Assignment | of " Week 2, 3, 4, | Negative | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| bTYGrDVuEeW6RApRXdjJPw | I'm learning a lot in this class. I actually decided it was worth paying for. Thanks for making it $49 instead of $79. I think the videos are really helpful for explaining confusing concepts. The assignments were simple enough to make me not quit but challenging enough for a brand new iOS developer to have to spend some time on them to learn. | helpful for explaining confusing concepts. The | Assignment | were simple enough to make me | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| bTYGrDVuEeW6RApRXdjJPw | Be ready that the week 4 has much longer assignment than the previous weeks. | the week 4 has much longer | Assignment | than the previous weeks. | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| BuO0neR5EeWYOBIRup69HQ | Great class; interesting reading assignments | Great class; interesting reading | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | Excellent Course. Mr. Murayama is a talented lecturer and he made the subject matter very interesting. Brilliant examples, fun assignments, and a very well paced curriculum and structure. Highly recommended. | matter very interesting. Brilliant examples, fun | Assignment | and a very well paced curriculum | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | Introductory material presented by an authority in the field. Assignments were not difficult in the least. Entertaining and well done. | by an authority in the field. | Assignment | were not difficult in the least. | Negative | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| bVgqTevEEeWvGQrWsIkLlw | Forums were poorly organized and not well participated in. There was no forum topic for the honors assignment. Honors assignment appeared to require unix, which was not stated in the course requirements. Honors assignment was due too early in the term. | no forum topic for the honors | Assignment | Honors assignment appeared to require unix, | Negative | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| bVgqTevEEeWvGQrWsIkLlw | Forums were poorly organized and not well participated in. There was no forum topic for the honors assignment. Honors assignment appeared to require unix, which was not stated in the course requirements. Honors assignment was due too early in the term. | topic for the honors assignment. Honors | Assignment | appeared to require unix, which was | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| bVgqTevEEeWvGQrWsIkLlw | Forums were poorly organized and not well participated in. There was no forum topic for the honors assignment. Honors assignment appeared to require unix, which was not stated in the course requirements. Honors assignment was due too early in the term. | stated in the course requirements. Honors | Assignment | was due too early in the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| bVgqTevEEeWvGQrWsIkLlw | The coding assignment instructions are near impossible to follow. The lecture is monotonous in the later weeks. | The coding | Assignment | instructions are near impossible to follow. | Negative | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| bzhAuJ9sEeWJORITtzkPnQ | The course was very interesting and rich, with wonderful illustrations and examples. Thank you very much Professor Julian Birkinshaw for useful materials and assignments, as well as a special thank you Kursera team for organizing such training courses | Julian Birkinshaw for useful materials and | Assignment | as well as a special thank | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| bzhAuJ9sEeWJORITtzkPnQ | The course is a wonderful But the idea of a peer and the final assignment a very bad You need to wait ... for several days and a waste of your time in order to be assessed by other people These people may be incompetent and give you a zero for no reason And lost your effort and your time | of a peer and the final | Assignment | a very bad You need to | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| C-Eq4BUkEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This course is interesting, though the main theme--i.e., how Socrates was a model for much of Kierkegaard's views--gets to be a bit redundant. Also, I did not find the final assignment to be as stimulating/interesting as the course material. | I did not find the final | Assignment | to be as stimulating/interesting as the | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| C-Eq4BUkEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | excellent structured approach- interesting lectures, reading and assignments | structured approach- interesting lectures, reading and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| c8dPVxUQEeWpKw4zIcjkHw | It is an amazing course which will truly boost your creativity, help you interact better and bring about change in society. The assignments in this course are also fun-filled! :) | bring about change in society. The | Assignment | in this course are also fun-filled! | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| c8dPVxUQEeWpKw4zIcjkHw | This is a creat course. It gives hands-on practical knowledge and material one can use straight away to generate ideas and solution. It shows, how each one is creative, in a different way. Once one knows this, one can apply the different procedures accordingly. The assignments allow to think about ones own life and wishes. The results will be very usefull. | apply the different procedures accordingly. The | Assignment | allow to think about ones own | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| c8dPVxUQEeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Amazing course that helped me a lot improving my creativity. This course can help you with a lot of nice assignments and useful techniques to push you to develop your ideas, with very interesting steps. You will discover that you are creative even you think you weren't! I really suggest this course to free your mind and re-organize it. Thanks to the teachers team, very inspiring and clear in the lessons. | you with a lot of nice | Assignment | and useful techniques to push you | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| c8dPVxUQEeWpKw4zIcjkHw | At first the topic was not as concrete as I would like however after I got into the rhythm of the course, and the more practical frameworks of the course, and was more proactive about the coursework, assignments and grading component I really am enjoying the course. Would highly recommend. | was more proactive about the coursework, | Assignment | and grading component I really am | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| c8dPVxUQEeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I am very happy for joined this course and now that is over I can say I miss it! The weekly assignments were really useful and I know they'll still be useful for my daily activities. Thank you all for that! | say I miss it! The weekly | Assignment | were really useful and I know | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Reviewing process is quite slow, thus you have to wait until someone review your assignment and grade it, even if you complete this course in just 1 week but you can't pursue certificate in just 1 week because review of assignment 3-4 days minimum for each one. Coursera should improve that problem, but overall teaching quality was great. | to wait until someone review your | Assignment | and grade it, even if you | Negative | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Reviewing process is quite slow, thus you have to wait until someone review your assignment and grade it, even if you complete this course in just 1 week but you can't pursue certificate in just 1 week because review of assignment 3-4 days minimum for each one. Coursera should improve that problem, but overall teaching quality was great. | just 1 week because review of | Assignment | 3-4 days minimum for each one. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | awesome instructor with great peer reviewed assignments! | awesome instructor with great peer reviewed | Assignment | | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I loved the way Prof. Ian Harris teaches. It is so easy to understand. This is a nice introductory course for IoT and Embedded System. An easy one! Except for second week's assignment (which was slightly vague), rest was all good! | easy one! Except for second week's | Assignment | (which was slightly vague), rest was | Negative | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | The lectures give you a good overview of the material, and the assignments help you solidify your understanding of embedded systems in the real world. | overview of the material, and the | Assignment | help you solidify your understanding of | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Brilliant. Simple, straight to the point delivery. Interesting and encouraging assignments boosts enthusiasm. Thank you | the point delivery. Interesting and encouraging | Assignment | boosts enthusiasm. Thank you | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Not very detailed and quite general. Nevertheless, you get a good sense of what IoT devices are and how the work. For an introduction, it's ok, but I expected more information and more assignments to make it really useful. In terms of value for money, I'd say you're better of spending a few hours on Google and forums. | I expected more information and more | Assignment | to make it really useful. In | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | This will probably be the worst course in the specialization and for good reason. The entire course is designed to overload you with terminology to get you up to speed for the follow courses. As a result this is a pretty bland and boring 4 weeks. The assignments feel like tedious filler an a lot of the questions in them are very poorly worded. The saving grace is that the course is just 4 weeks and can be completed in a fairly short amount of time. | bland and boring 4 weeks. The | Assignment | feel like tedious filler an a | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Pros:- Gives a brief overview of IoT ecosystem. Dr. Harris teaches complex things in an easy manner. Cons:- Assignments are not available for audit students. Request coursera to open assignments for audit students as well. | things in an easy manner. Cons:- | Assignment | are not available for audit students. | Positive | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Pros:- Gives a brief overview of IoT ecosystem. Dr. Harris teaches complex things in an easy manner. Cons:- Assignments are not available for audit students. Request coursera to open assignments for audit students as well. | audit students. Request coursera to open | Assignment | for audit students as well. | Positive | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Won't teach anything to anyone with the most basic computer science background and knowledge. The most useless assignments in any Coursera course I've ever seen, that require no useful (or any) knowledge to complete. | background and knowledge. The most useless | Assignment | in any Coursera course I've ever | Negative | 0.72 | 1.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I think this is easy introduction to the topic and assignments put you to think. If you're more seasoned with the topic or you have background in e.g. embedded systems this course does not bring much to you but can be used as easy refresher. | easy introduction to the topic and | Assignment | put you to think. If you're | Positive | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I did the certificate course. I have taken embedded systems during college but didn't understand anything. The teacher here made it so easy to understand and also the assignments encouraged us to do self discovery. This was the first course I completed on Coursera. I am looking forward to more such courses and completing them with my new found confidence and discipline. | easy to understand and also the | Assignment | encouraged us to do self discovery. | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I thought the content was great, but I thought the assignments were too onerous. I did the first one, but I didn't feel like I learned from it and peer feedback was very slow. I looked at the other assignments, but I thought they only asked me to put to paper things I was already thinking about anyway. Given the untimely and low quality of peer feedback on the first assignment, I didn't feel like I'd learn anything from completing and submitting any assignments. I refuse to buy a webcam for Coursera (I have a phone with that capability but the Coursera app doesn't support it for identity verification), so I can't get a certification anyway. I thought the content was interesting, but too basic to pay for. The major value I see in the certification path is extensive feedback on the capstone project, as I thought peer feedback came too late and wasn't extensive enough to be valuable. I do think the instructor does a good job of presenting the content | was great, but I thought the | Assignment | were too onerous. I did the | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I thought the content was great, but I thought the assignments were too onerous. I did the first one, but I didn't feel like I learned from it and peer feedback was very slow. I looked at the other assignments, but I thought they only asked me to put to paper things I was already thinking about anyway. Given the untimely and low quality of peer feedback on the first assignment, I didn't feel like I'd learn anything from completing and submitting any assignments. I refuse to buy a webcam for Coursera (I have a phone with that capability but the Coursera app doesn't support it for identity verification), so I can't get a certification anyway. I thought the content was interesting, but too basic to pay for. The major value I see in the certification path is extensive feedback on the capstone project, as I thought peer feedback came too late and wasn't extensive enough to be valuable. I do think the instructor does a good job of presenting the content | slow. I looked at the other | Assignment | but I thought they only asked | Negative | 0.89 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I thought the content was great, but I thought the assignments were too onerous. I did the first one, but I didn't feel like I learned from it and peer feedback was very slow. I looked at the other assignments, but I thought they only asked me to put to paper things I was already thinking about anyway. Given the untimely and low quality of peer feedback on the first assignment, I didn't feel like I'd learn anything from completing and submitting any assignments. I refuse to buy a webcam for Coursera (I have a phone with that capability but the Coursera app doesn't support it for identity verification), so I can't get a certification anyway. I thought the content was interesting, but too basic to pay for. The major value I see in the certification path is extensive feedback on the capstone project, as I thought peer feedback came too late and wasn't extensive enough to be valuable. I do think the instructor does a good job of presenting the content | of peer feedback on the first | Assignment | I didn't feel like I'd learn | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I thought the content was great, but I thought the assignments were too onerous. I did the first one, but I didn't feel like I learned from it and peer feedback was very slow. I looked at the other assignments, but I thought they only asked me to put to paper things I was already thinking about anyway. Given the untimely and low quality of peer feedback on the first assignment, I didn't feel like I'd learn anything from completing and submitting any assignments. I refuse to buy a webcam for Coursera (I have a phone with that capability but the Coursera app doesn't support it for identity verification), so I can't get a certification anyway. I thought the content was interesting, but too basic to pay for. The major value I see in the certification path is extensive feedback on the capstone project, as I thought peer feedback came too late and wasn't extensive enough to be valuable. I do think the instructor does a good job of presenting the content | anything from completing and submitting any | Assignment | I refuse to buy a webcam | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | I thought the material was presented at an overly high level and was not particularly useful, particularly in the second half of the course. Add more detail. Furthermore, the presentation style of the professor is not engaging, nor does he address interesting archetypes or examples in his lectures. The early material was fine but again presentation could be dramatically improved. Lastly, the assignments were rather interesting early on but once again quality decreased as the course progressed. | could be dramatically improved. Lastly, the | Assignment | were rather interesting early on but | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | The course is far too much introductory and the practical assignments are not challenging enough. Yet it is only an introductory course for the IoT specialization. | too much introductory and the practical | Assignment | are not challenging enough. Yet it | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Excellent Delivery, Covered on the Breath and had excellent Assignment Experience. | on the Breath and had excellent | Assignment | Experience. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | The assignment at the beginning feels more like an essay than a technical course assignment. But I enjoy the course - thanks a lot!!! | The | Assignment | at the beginning feels more like | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | The assignment at the beginning feels more like an essay than a technical course assignment. But I enjoy the course - thanks a lot!!! | an essay than a technical course | Assignment | But I enjoy the course - | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | The peer reviewed assignments in this course are discriminatory towards people with learning disabilities. Coursera is unwilling to provide any accommodation to relieve this discrimination. | The peer reviewed | Assignment | in this course are discriminatory towards | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | This class is an extreme example of an introduction to a subject - very basic information. I would guess that anyone who actually knows the term "Internet of Things" and was able to find this course already knows all of the content presented here. For completeness and ensuring that everyone is on the same page, I suppose it it required. I took off one star for how basic, yet drawn-out the information is (it could have been covered in a single week). The other two stars came off because of how tedious the peer-review assignments are and how little they add to the understanding of the content (it is not hard to understand, so the assignment ends up just being busy work). The two stars I gave were because the instructor seems knowledgable and the rest of the specialization looks promising. | because of how tedious the peer-review | Assignment | are and how little they add | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | This class is an extreme example of an introduction to a subject - very basic information. I would guess that anyone who actually knows the term "Internet of Things" and was able to find this course already knows all of the content presented here. For completeness and ensuring that everyone is on the same page, I suppose it it required. I took off one star for how basic, yet drawn-out the information is (it could have been covered in a single week). The other two stars came off because of how tedious the peer-review assignments are and how little they add to the understanding of the content (it is not hard to understand, so the assignment ends up just being busy work). The two stars I gave were because the instructor seems knowledgable and the rest of the specialization looks promising. | not hard to understand, so the | Assignment | ends up just being busy work). | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great content and I like the peer graded assignments the most. | and I like the peer graded | Assignment | the most. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent course to learn javascript applied to frontend. I didnt give 5 points just because i felt the final assignment was too easy and that the course should have go just a bit deeper, like applying iteration to apply changes in class elements. Still Colleen is an excellent teacher, really helps to understand stuff, maybe the course feel easy just because of her teaching skills. | just because i felt the final | Assignment | was too easy and that the | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Colleen Ma'am you are just awsome! But, I did wanted bit tougher assignments on Jscript! Could be optional but a bit more tough. | But, I did wanted bit tougher | Assignment | on Jscript! Could be optional but | Negative | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I was very reticent about this course because Js was the one code I hadn't even really done at all. With HTML & CSS, I had done and had a basic knowledge;but Dr Van Lent makes it easier to grasp and understand with the material she presents and the assignments. You are really forced to become a better coder, problem-solver and researcher as well during these 4 week courses. | the material she presents and the | Assignment | You are really forced to become | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It didn't give us enough knowledge to cover the final assignment. Need to research a lot online. | enough knowledge to cover the final | Assignment | Need to research a lot online. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | the information was not good consolidated, between week 2 and week 4 the rhythm changed considerably fast. The assignments and the examples in the videos weren't so clear and concatenate like in CSS3 and HTML5 | the rhythm changed considerably fast. The | Assignment | and the examples in the videos | Positive | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I thing this course should have one or two more modules. It's definitely to short to grasp the basics of JavaScript. For complete beginners it should start with a module about Foundations of Programming and after explain in depth what is a method, a property, an event, a calculation, a variable, an object, etc.... After I finished all the modules of this course, always coding along the lectures and having done all the assignments to practice and having read the extra material, by the end of this course I didn't had a solid foundation about how to program in JavaScript. So, if you enrolled the Web Design Specialization, after the HTML & CSS's courses you will have solid foundation about those languages, you will also grasp the basics of Responsive Design course but you will have to do other JavaScript courses to became a Junior Front-End Developer in the "real life". | lectures and having done all the | Assignment | to practice and having read the | Negative | 0.64 | 2.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | A good introductory course in JAVA after you taking HTML and CSS. Course materials are harder( or broader) than actual assignments. Background: some experience in scientific computing, but no experience in java before. | are harder( or broader) than actual | Assignment | Background: some experience in scientific computing, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The course is great. I like the lectures and assignments. | great. I like the lectures and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | An excellent course, my JavaScript has improved greatly since I completed the requirements. Colleen is a fantastic teacher, I found the lectures to be highly informative and the assignments good fun. | to be highly informative and the | Assignment | good fun. | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The course is well structured and focused on the front-end as is the idea of the whole web design track. However, for a person with no previous knowledge of basic programming, the assignments would be hardly possible to complete or would require far more hours. The course is strictly focused on JS UI and DOM and should be probably preceded by another course covering javascript basics. | previous knowledge of basic programming, the | Assignment | would be hardly possible to complete | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good. Probably could use more assignments or links to further tutorials. The final assignment's instructions as they are written mislead English as a Second Language students to use methods that don't contribute to the functionality required in the script. A prior review from a longterm coder who was previously apprehensive of JavaScript before taking this course echoes 80% of my sentiments. This is a gentle but robust introduction for the intimidated, and success in this course is a confidence boost. | Good. Probably could use more | Assignment | or links to further tutorials. The | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good. Probably could use more assignments or links to further tutorials. The final assignment's instructions as they are written mislead English as a Second Language students to use methods that don't contribute to the functionality required in the script. A prior review from a longterm coder who was previously apprehensive of JavaScript before taking this course echoes 80% of my sentiments. This is a gentle but robust introduction for the intimidated, and success in this course is a confidence boost. | links to further tutorials. The final | Assignment | instructions as they are written mislead | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I think this course does a pretty good of introducing JavaScript. It covers the essentials of how to create functions and implement event handlers that react to the users, which is the most common use of JS. As an introductory course, it correctly assumes some of its audience has no prior programming background. However, it is difficult to teach programming in such a short time. As an experienced programmer, I would recommend reviewing the order in which some of the concepts are presented to try to help in this aspect. I was personally hoping that the final assignment would be a bit more challenging, but it was very straightforward. Form handling (the topic in the final week) is certainly where I've used JS the most during my career, so I was glad that it was given special attention. Again, this is a really good course for beginners; Dr. Van Lent is awesome. | was personally hoping that the final | Assignment | would be a bit more challenging, | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course. | taught is easy to understand. What | Assignment | asked to do is useful. This | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Clear lectures, but the assignments were a little too trivial to solidify what was learned. | Clear lectures, but the | Assignment | were a little too trivial to | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Well done. I think Javascript is hard to start out in, it makes it hard to review the class. But it was just about right for me. The first assignment almost had me giving up, but it all ended up ok. | about right for me. The first | Assignment | almost had me giving up, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good course if you want to learn how JavaScript works with HTML and CSS elements to make site pages more engaging but don't have a lot of time for lengthy lectures or assignments that take hours. There's room for the course to grow though. There's so much more a web designer can do with JavaScript to manipulate the DOM and provide a great experience for a site user, and I feel the instructor fell short in explaining event handlers and other cool animation trends seen in the industry. But I understand that this is for new web designers who may or may not be completely interested in programming as opposed to front-end design, so Colleen's teaching provides a good balance. Love the fact that the lectures are straight to the point. I was able to finish 4 weeks of material in less than 3 days, which for someone busy like me, is awesome! | of time for lengthy lectures or | Assignment | that take hours. There's room for | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Dr. Colleen is still so cheerful in this class and thank you. I think this class homework assignments lack in skin. Great lectures !!! | you. I think this class homework | Assignment | lack in skin. Great lectures ! | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Clear and good pace of teaching and assignments! Good Job!! | and good pace of teaching and | Assignment | Good Job! ! | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Cn3HgzTdEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Many thanks to our professor for taking the time to patiently explain and describe PR's key elements, giving numerous examples and giving a rich overview. As I strongly enjoyed the course I will be continue with followup lessons. However, regarding improvements I would have preferred written assignments instead of Quizzes as they were too 'easy' to pass. Also, PR being a field which requires strong written skills, I would have liked to improve this. | improvements I would have preferred written | Assignment | instead of Quizzes as they were | Negative | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Very Much Useful to Student Community, particularly when these are given in form of assignments to student groups. the videos are interesting at the same time it gives a joy of Fun Learning | these are given in form of | Assignment | to student groups. the videos are | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | It was a good start, but I wish the assignments were a little bit harder. | good start, but I wish the | Assignment | were a little bit harder. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This course is beneficial for a person who wants to write well or to pursue career in writing. The teacher is very good. The course is very informative and productive. She prepared the course very well. Assignments and exercises will help you to learn things easily. Each and every second of lecture is worth to listen and they are very precise also. The professor has provided useful material which you can read later. I'm so glad that I took this course. | She prepared the course very well. | Assignment | and exercises will help you to | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I really like the way students are involved in activities through the assignments. They students are also introduced among themselves and get to review each others work which boosts confidence and also inflicts more interest | are involved in activities through the | Assignment | They students are also introduced among | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | really nice and good can be learn in this course, l studied many words that known about grammar and punctuation in English language. assignment of this course is helping me to improve my language. the lecture look at good and friendly.. | grammar and punctuation in English language. | Assignment | of this course is helping me | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | It's a good course with some interesting resources. Most of the practice resources use Flash and one of the assignment submissions is inconsistent with the other submission formats. The content of the course itself is 4.5 stars. For me there is one element that I wish had an explanation or somewhere to ask about it. Instead I'll need to search the internet for an answer and hope what I find is correct! | use Flash and one of the | Assignment | submissions is inconsistent with the other | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This course was challenging, yet it was easy to follow. It helped me a lot in writing better. I was able to practice my knowledge of the lessons, by giving feedbacks to my co-learners' assignments. | by giving feedbacks to my co-learners' | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Even though the course was pretty basic, there were many new things I learned, especially certain tips and tricks. The lessons are simple; the examples were good for understanding and to the point. The course-content, video and audio qualities are good. Links to extra materials are also provided towards the end of each week. I felt the assignments were too simple. They were reviewed by other students and not by the course organisers. Though peer-review is a good practice, comments from the teachers would be much appreciated. I would prefer more options for discussion on a topic, other than through the assignments alone. | of each week. I felt the | Assignment | were too simple. They were reviewed | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Even though the course was pretty basic, there were many new things I learned, especially certain tips and tricks. The lessons are simple; the examples were good for understanding and to the point. The course-content, video and audio qualities are good. Links to extra materials are also provided towards the end of each week. I felt the assignments were too simple. They were reviewed by other students and not by the course organisers. Though peer-review is a good practice, comments from the teachers would be much appreciated. I would prefer more options for discussion on a topic, other than through the assignments alone. | a topic, other than through the | Assignment | alone. | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I feel much comfortable with the lectures and assignments. | much comfortable with the lectures and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Good course, although no proctor or supervision at all. No place to go for questions or help. Please be aware this is primarily designed for non-native english speakers. This was not clear to me when I joined. And although the content is thorough, it is dull and the assignments uninspiring. If you want to know more about grammar, good (be sure to bone up through, because she assumes a lot about what you might remember from high school and for those of us over 40 ... hmmm). If you want to feel inspired to write something of value and interest to yourself or others, not so good. Over all I would not recommend this course or series of courses. And would suggest seeking out a course that has some kind of proctor or supervisory help available. | thorough, it is dull and the | Assignment | uninspiring. If you want to know | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I couldn't finish it without purchasing it, in spite of active participation and high scores on all the assignments I had access to. | and high scores on all the | Assignment | I had access to. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This was a very well done course with many different ways to practice the skills being taught. There are a few bugs in the assignment section, particularly in week 4, that impacted students' ability to review one anothers' work. | are a few bugs in the | Assignment | section, particularly in week 4, that | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | It's really easy to follow instructions and well structured. It is a great tool that do not take you much time to complete assignments and helps you to learn in a positive way. | take you much time to complete | Assignment | and helps you to learn in | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | It was overall, alright. All of the group assignments killed it for me, though. | overall, alright. All of the group | Assignment | killed it for me, though. | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | The information was quite was good, but the practice and assignments were too easy. Thanks for providing full explanations and a set of in-video examples for every rule. | was good, but the practice and | Assignment | were too easy. Thanks for providing | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This is should be your go to option if you are looking for brushing up / learning fundamentals of english grammar. The course material is simple , to the point and accessible to a all regardless of the level of your English fluency levels. However, this course lacks a an active discussion forum and the peer graded assignments are designed in such a way that often it is impossible to discuss doubts or explore further nuances . Other than that, the course meets all that it sets out to achieve. | discussion forum and the peer graded | Assignment | are designed in such a way | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I loved the explanation of the objects and students. Enjoyed duscussions and assignments. Thanks! | objects and students. Enjoyed duscussions and | Assignment | Thanks! | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I enjoyed this course very much. Going into this course, my goal was to review English grammar and improve my writing. After finishing it, I feel like I accomplished that goal. I enjoyed concise and clear style of the videos and clarity of examples given in them. Assignments and exercises, although challenging at times, were of comfortable length and fun to do. Personally, this course helped me to become aware of the sentences I write, and gave me the tools to revise and edit my writings more efficiently on my own. | clarity of examples given in them. | Assignment | and exercises, although challenging at times, | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Some types of assignments and quizes are not comfortable to use. But thas is just about technical issues. Educational part of this course in great. | Some types of | Assignment | and quizes are not comfortable to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I simply loved the methodology of this course. Being my first self-paced course with lots of quizzes and assignments and participation, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenges it posed to learn new skills. I have recommended lots of friends to join this. | course with lots of quizzes and | Assignment | and participation, I thoroughly enjoyed the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I would have liked some more depth in the course. While the course name says "punctuation", it deals only with commas and to a small extent, with semicolons. The assignments and practice exercises need to be tougher. Also, given that this course is taken by students from all over the globe, it should mention that the "serial comma" is not mandatory in all writing styles. | a small extent, with semicolons. The | Assignment | and practice exercises need to be | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| ct7G8DVLEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | This is a brilliant course. The information is presented in a structured and clear manner. The assignments are very interesting and really test your logical thinking. I am looking forward to studying the second part. | a structured and clear manner. The | Assignment | are very interesting and really test | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| ct7G8DVLEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | A fantastic course that should be considered as a requirement for any one working as a software developer. The tutors did an excellent job here, the course material was clear, and the assignments were fun and rewarding. I can honestly say I've now built my own computer from simple Nand gates and it was fun and educational. | course material was clear, and the | Assignment | were fun and rewarding. I can | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| ct7G8DVLEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Great glass! The assignments were well designed and a lot of effort was put in to making sure students could understand what they were supposed to do. I've found that good assignments are were most other courses are very lacking. Having good assignments is what really motivates me to finish a class, and it's what helps me verify I've actually learned something. | Great glass! The | Assignment | were well designed and a lot | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| ct7G8DVLEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Great glass! The assignments were well designed and a lot of effort was put in to making sure students could understand what they were supposed to do. I've found that good assignments are were most other courses are very lacking. Having good assignments is what really motivates me to finish a class, and it's what helps me verify I've actually learned something. | to do. I've found that good | Assignment | are were most other courses are | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ct7G8DVLEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Great glass! The assignments were well designed and a lot of effort was put in to making sure students could understand what they were supposed to do. I've found that good assignments are were most other courses are very lacking. Having good assignments is what really motivates me to finish a class, and it's what helps me verify I've actually learned something. | courses are very lacking. Having good | Assignment | is what really motivates me to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ct7G8DVLEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | The course is fantastic. The teachers are both very good at explaining the concepts and the project assignments. The experience of building a computer from basic logic gates is enlightening and the course material is very good and straightforward. I also bought their book (The Elements of Computing Systems) which is also very good and I recommend. It's a very rewarding experience. We really learn how computers *work*. | explaining the concepts and the project | Assignment | The experience of building a computer | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| ct9K_oG4EeWyzwo1CAL63Q | Excellent assignment, the most demanding I have seen so far on Coursera. Hope to be able to take it successfully the second time. | Excellent | Assignment | the most demanding I have seen | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The teachers and instructors really should make better videos and stop giving peer edit assignment when people are picky and do not grade your assignment. The instructors should also give their contacts to let their students contact them when the discussion forums dont work | videos and stop giving peer edit | Assignment | when people are picky and do | Negative | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The teachers and instructors really should make better videos and stop giving peer edit assignment when people are picky and do not grade your assignment. The instructors should also give their contacts to let their students contact them when the discussion forums dont work | picky and do not grade your | Assignment | The instructors should also give their | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great videos, interesting content. Quizzes were good, assignments were clearly stated. There could have probably been more coding work involved, but it is definitely a good first course as an introduction to programming in general. | videos, interesting content. Quizzes were good, | Assignment | were clearly stated. There could have | Negative | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Material is relevant. Most of the assignments require student guesswork, writing functions not covered in the lecture. | Material is relevant. Most of the | Assignment | require student guesswork, writing functions not | Negative | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | No consistency, from very easy web design fundamentals to advanced Javascript with no explanation videos to help over a series of quizzes and assignments in week 3 lesson 3. | over a series of quizzes and | Assignment | in week 3 lesson 3. | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | great course except the charging assignment | great course except the charging | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Lectures are boring but the assignments are interesting and useful for the future, and quite involved. | Lectures are boring but the | Assignment | are interesting and useful for the | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A seriously fabulous course, well prepared and with really cool coding assignments. | prepared and with really cool coding | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It was an amazing Course. High quality videos, good practice quiz and interesting assignments. also the idea of final mini-project is very good. Thanks all of you for preparing this course | videos, good practice quiz and interesting | Assignment | also the idea of final mini-project | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Nice... the final assignment stegonography I found was difficult to convert RGB pixel values to 8 bit decimal values | Nice. . . the final | Assignment | stegonography I found was difficult to | Positive | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | No ancillary reading material or text to help along with the assignments lead me to fail the course. | text to help along with the | Assignment | lead me to fail the course. | Positive | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Final assignment is too difficult to do for beginners. It's crucial for them not to pass the course unless getting a certain score on the final assignment. | Final | Assignment | is too difficult to do for | Negative | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Final assignment is too difficult to do for beginners. It's crucial for them not to pass the course unless getting a certain score on the final assignment. | a certain score on the final | Assignment | | Positive | 0.78 | 2.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well, I think I learnt some things about JavaScript, HTML and CSS. However, the course hasn't been focused on programming with JavaScript to solve real problems. All assignments are based on the creation of images from scratch, the modification of these images and hide messages in an original image. I really don't think these types of assignments can help students to learn Web technology. In fact, I know some professional Web programmers that they don't use javascript to manipulate images but in some cases when it is really necessary. I'd change the way of how the assignments are presented to prove the students' skills. For example, a possible assignment could be the implemention of a counter on a Web page using JavaScript or the creation of a web page with buttons, emerging messages, menus etc. On the web (Googling), there are a lot of codes that allow these funcionalities and could be used and modified by other students to create their own Web page. | JavaScript to solve real problems. All | Assignment | are based on the creation of | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well, I think I learnt some things about JavaScript, HTML and CSS. However, the course hasn't been focused on programming with JavaScript to solve real problems. All assignments are based on the creation of images from scratch, the modification of these images and hide messages in an original image. I really don't think these types of assignments can help students to learn Web technology. In fact, I know some professional Web programmers that they don't use javascript to manipulate images but in some cases when it is really necessary. I'd change the way of how the assignments are presented to prove the students' skills. For example, a possible assignment could be the implemention of a counter on a Web page using JavaScript or the creation of a web page with buttons, emerging messages, menus etc. On the web (Googling), there are a lot of codes that allow these funcionalities and could be used and modified by other students to create their own Web page. | really don't think these types of | Assignment | can help students to learn Web | Negative | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well, I think I learnt some things about JavaScript, HTML and CSS. However, the course hasn't been focused on programming with JavaScript to solve real problems. All assignments are based on the creation of images from scratch, the modification of these images and hide messages in an original image. I really don't think these types of assignments can help students to learn Web technology. In fact, I know some professional Web programmers that they don't use javascript to manipulate images but in some cases when it is really necessary. I'd change the way of how the assignments are presented to prove the students' skills. For example, a possible assignment could be the implemention of a counter on a Web page using JavaScript or the creation of a web page with buttons, emerging messages, menus etc. On the web (Googling), there are a lot of codes that allow these funcionalities and could be used and modified by other students to create their own Web page. | change the way of how the | Assignment | are presented to prove the students' | Positive | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well, I think I learnt some things about JavaScript, HTML and CSS. However, the course hasn't been focused on programming with JavaScript to solve real problems. All assignments are based on the creation of images from scratch, the modification of these images and hide messages in an original image. I really don't think these types of assignments can help students to learn Web technology. In fact, I know some professional Web programmers that they don't use javascript to manipulate images but in some cases when it is really necessary. I'd change the way of how the assignments are presented to prove the students' skills. For example, a possible assignment could be the implemention of a counter on a Web page using JavaScript or the creation of a web page with buttons, emerging messages, menus etc. On the web (Googling), there are a lot of codes that allow these funcionalities and could be used and modified by other students to create their own Web page. | students' skills. For example, a possible | Assignment | could be the implemention of a | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Waaay too basic and simple for a comprehensive principles course. One or two concepts is not enough to gain an understanding. The power behind online learning is that if it takes you three views to understand it all, you have the luxury. Please beef up the videos and the assignments. The assignments had no feedback mechanism so I could easily plow through them without any knowledge of whether I did them right. | beef up the videos and the | Assignment | The assignments had no feedback mechanism | Negative | 0.73 | 2.0 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Waaay too basic and simple for a comprehensive principles course. One or two concepts is not enough to gain an understanding. The power behind online learning is that if it takes you three views to understand it all, you have the luxury. Please beef up the videos and the assignments. The assignments had no feedback mechanism so I could easily plow through them without any knowledge of whether I did them right. | the videos and the assignments. The | Assignment | had no feedback mechanism so I | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| d086Bc9YEeSS_CIACzcAUg | Covered a broad range of religious beliefs about the afterlife. Solid overview of Darwin and evolution as well as good videos e.g. Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris. The videos of actual classroom delivery with students provided a realism to the online experience. Both profs. were excellent teachers with the necessary skills to handle sensitive topics. The course could be improved by more clearly written assignments. The content of these assignments was appropriate but the word structure was too vague and in some cases disjointed. Excellent course. Well done Rutgers. | be improved by more clearly written | Assignment | The content of these assignments was | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| d086Bc9YEeSS_CIACzcAUg | Covered a broad range of religious beliefs about the afterlife. Solid overview of Darwin and evolution as well as good videos e.g. Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris. The videos of actual classroom delivery with students provided a realism to the online experience. Both profs. were excellent teachers with the necessary skills to handle sensitive topics. The course could be improved by more clearly written assignments. The content of these assignments was appropriate but the word structure was too vague and in some cases disjointed. Excellent course. Well done Rutgers. | written assignments. The content of these | Assignment | was appropriate but the word structure | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| d086Bc9YEeSS_CIACzcAUg | This course is the most interesting course I've done. It has so many facets and different topics, yet a clear line of thought. The lectures are interesting and the assignments helpful. I would recommend this to everyone... who is ready for his/her ideas and beliefs to be shaken up ! | The lectures are interesting and the | Assignment | helpful. I would recommend this to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| d086Bc9YEeSS_CIACzcAUg | I really enjoyed this course. An interesting mix of history, philosophy and psychology. I enjoyed the written assignments as it made me think harder about the course material than just passing the quizzes. Reviewing others' work was fascinating too, as it made me consider things from different points of view (though I do think the reviewing criteria would've benefitted from being just a little bit more detailed, to better reflect the huge variation in standard between submissions). I'm very much looking forward to the next module! | and psychology. I enjoyed the written | Assignment | as it made me think harder | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| d086Bc9YEeSS_CIACzcAUg | My first choice and completed course here, two additional courses on soul beliefs follow and I will certainly be doing those as well. I found the material (both lectures and reading references) very interesting and it connected to daily life and many conversations I find myself referencing things that are discussed here. Retired professor, Daniel Ogilvie, is the primary lecturer and he's very easy to listen to. He has a good personality and gets you thinking. Because of the nature of soul and afterlife beliefs is a personal topic (controversial as well) he and the other lecturers I found to be very passionate and thoughtful in their presentations. I especially enjoyed the writing assignments and learned not only from writing my own submissions but also doing peer reviews. This is truly a one of a kind course in that you would be hard pressed to find one book or class that is inclusive of many different sources of soul and afterlife beliefs covered collectively. His own writing is one of the reading references (as an overview) specifically because you won't find it all under one roof elsewhere. The course discusses mythology, philosophy, many religions as well as atheism, psychology and neuroscience... some might consider the religious segments taboo or unsettling. Hopefully if you are considering this course you are an open-minded individual. I chose this course to work on for the purpose of personal enrichment and it has sparked motivation for me to continue auditing courses after not having formally studied in over 20 years. It was a challenge but well worth it! | presentations. I especially enjoyed the writing | Assignment | and learned not only from writing | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| d1D5SCmGEeWEOhKP8F7imw | The quality of the lectures is very good but the material of the course has some little deficiencies, at least compared to the previous courses of the specialization: -Some slides are not completed. Dr. Khurram Afridi completes these slides in the lecture, but there are not the slides with the final result. I had to take screen captures to save this final result. -Subtitles impede to watch correctly the video when explaining in the subtitles area. I had to switch off the subtitles to be able to watch the video correctly. -I missed the pdfs of the homework assignments. I like to work on them off line, so I had to enter into the assignments to be able to see them. -I also missed the questions alternated during the videos as in previous courses. For these reasons I only give 4 stars instead of 5. | missed the pdfs of the homework | Assignment | I like to work on them | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| d1D5SCmGEeWEOhKP8F7imw | The quality of the lectures is very good but the material of the course has some little deficiencies, at least compared to the previous courses of the specialization: -Some slides are not completed. Dr. Khurram Afridi completes these slides in the lecture, but there are not the slides with the final result. I had to take screen captures to save this final result. -Subtitles impede to watch correctly the video when explaining in the subtitles area. I had to switch off the subtitles to be able to watch the video correctly. -I missed the pdfs of the homework assignments. I like to work on them off line, so I had to enter into the assignments to be able to see them. -I also missed the questions alternated during the videos as in previous courses. For these reasons I only give 4 stars instead of 5. | I had to enter into the | Assignment | to be able to see them. | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Really wonderful course in many different ways..... how it was laid out, the instructors unique way of coverage, content provided, nature of assignment and of course Coursera platform adds that ease of use and trust-quotient.... I wonder if they can find some course on "speech analysis" or "acoustic phonetics" or "Praat programme". For language teachers this situate them quite nicely into framework of various language theories.... | of coverage, content provided, nature of | Assignment | and of course Coursera platform adds | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I really enjoyed this course. Professional, fun, filled with tons of useful information. I recommend to take the Lesson Design as well. Then it really clicks, all the theory they teach you is actually applied to all the courses of this Specialization in the videos, the assignments...reinforces the message😉 Great job team ASU👍😊 | this Specialization in the videos, the | Assignment | . . reinforces the message😉 Great | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Not happy...the peer review assignments people choose to comment but not grade, honestly I think the tests are enough to show understanding of concepts and approaches. | happy. . . the peer review | Assignment | people choose to comment but not | Negative | 0.62 | 4.0 |
| dB1qehnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very good course. I hope there can be automated grader or feedbacks on codes or hints on quizzes to make the programming assignments more manageable. | on quizzes to make the programming | Assignment | more manageable. | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| dB1qehnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Some interesting concepts are being taught, but the course is uneven. The first project required a lot of work, while the last week had no project at all. Minor errors in videos and programming assignments. Somewhat messy code. | Minor errors in videos and programming | Assignment | Somewhat messy code. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| dB1qehnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Great course. Lots of great programming assignments. | Great course. Lots of great programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This is a great course I've learned a lot. I felt, that the assignments were not balanced right, the first one was way more challenging than the others. | a lot. I felt, that the | Assignment | were not balanced right, the first | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Excellent course! Very informative, and well designed. Assignments are very engaging. Great experience. | course! Very informative, and well designed. | Assignment | are very engaging. Great experience. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The Course was well structured and it gave a good introduction to Interaction Design. The videos were short and informative. The Assignments were exciting to do. | videos were short and informative. The | Assignment | were exciting to do. | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The lectures were great. While some people complained that "the instructor is reading off something else" that never seemed to be a problem. Mr. Klemmer did a good job of making the lectures friendly and understandable. The best part of the course was the assignments. I loved how I actually had to go to people and interview them, draw storyboards of ideas I have and heuristically evaluate sites. The assignments made sure I was actually engaged in doing them. One thing I would suggest is to try different motifs for different sessions. It seems that students always work with a "transportation problem" in this course. That can be mixed up from time to time I think to give the students a more diversified experience of Human Centered Design. | part of the course was the | Assignment | I loved how I actually had | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The lectures were great. While some people complained that "the instructor is reading off something else" that never seemed to be a problem. Mr. Klemmer did a good job of making the lectures friendly and understandable. The best part of the course was the assignments. I loved how I actually had to go to people and interview them, draw storyboards of ideas I have and heuristically evaluate sites. The assignments made sure I was actually engaged in doing them. One thing I would suggest is to try different motifs for different sessions. It seems that students always work with a "transportation problem" in this course. That can be mixed up from time to time I think to give the students a more diversified experience of Human Centered Design. | have and heuristically evaluate sites. The | Assignment | made sure I was actually engaged | Negative | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This course is structured to simple reasoning and sound logic. The assignments were an excellent application of the course theory. Easily understandable and thoroughly interesting. | simple reasoning and sound logic. The | Assignment | were an excellent application of the | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Very well designed. Estimated time required to complete the assignments were inappropriate, it took me longer. | Estimated time required to complete the | Assignment | were inappropriate, it took me longer. | Negative | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Love the succinct quality of the videos. The information was clear, and the assignments easy to follow. I learned a lot, and felt supported by the community. I felt a bit rushed for some assignments, specially the rapid prototyping one. Better understanding of the time that would take me to conceptualize and draw was needed (the 2 hours observed on the time estimate were not realistic on my part - it took me 7 hours give or take for the whole assignment - and apparently other students have the same issue, since 4 assignments I graded were missing sketches or re-using the same ones for different scenarios.) | The information was clear, and the | Assignment | easy to follow. I learned a | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Love the succinct quality of the videos. The information was clear, and the assignments easy to follow. I learned a lot, and felt supported by the community. I felt a bit rushed for some assignments, specially the rapid prototyping one. Better understanding of the time that would take me to conceptualize and draw was needed (the 2 hours observed on the time estimate were not realistic on my part - it took me 7 hours give or take for the whole assignment - and apparently other students have the same issue, since 4 assignments I graded were missing sketches or re-using the same ones for different scenarios.) | felt a bit rushed for some | Assignment | specially the rapid prototyping one. Better | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Love the succinct quality of the videos. The information was clear, and the assignments easy to follow. I learned a lot, and felt supported by the community. I felt a bit rushed for some assignments, specially the rapid prototyping one. Better understanding of the time that would take me to conceptualize and draw was needed (the 2 hours observed on the time estimate were not realistic on my part - it took me 7 hours give or take for the whole assignment - and apparently other students have the same issue, since 4 assignments I graded were missing sketches or re-using the same ones for different scenarios.) | give or take for the whole | Assignment | - and apparently other students have | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Love the succinct quality of the videos. The information was clear, and the assignments easy to follow. I learned a lot, and felt supported by the community. I felt a bit rushed for some assignments, specially the rapid prototyping one. Better understanding of the time that would take me to conceptualize and draw was needed (the 2 hours observed on the time estimate were not realistic on my part - it took me 7 hours give or take for the whole assignment - and apparently other students have the same issue, since 4 assignments I graded were missing sketches or re-using the same ones for different scenarios.) | have the same issue, since 4 | Assignment | I graded were missing sketches or | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Overall fantastic course with great content and homework assignments. The difficulty level was a little low, and the amount of work we were required to do was a little less than I wanted / expected. Sometimes the peer grading was not accurate, and I wish there had been more feedback in the discussion forums. | course with great content and homework | Assignment | The difficulty level was a little | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Some assignments could have been better explained | Some | Assignment | could have been better explained | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | great course! I loved every assignment they gave! | great course! I loved every | Assignment | they gave! | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This course was a very good introduction of HCI, videos were very clear and the heuristical theme had plenty of examples which make really easy to understand them. I would have appreciated more assignments, since there were so many topics there was many themes that could not be learned in a deeper way. | them. I would have appreciated more | Assignment | since there were so many topics | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Amazing first hand course by Mr. Klemmer. He is very informative and clear onto his lectures. The assignments feel relevant and are just in the right doses. I have learned HCD in Industrial Design School before but Mr. Klemmer hits it out better out of the park. For the first time, I've actually understood and wrapped my head around the topic of HCD. | and clear onto his lectures. The | Assignment | feel relevant and are just in | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Very good intro to the course, but the assignments could have been a little more specific. | intro to the course, but the | Assignment | could have been a little more | Negative | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The assignments could have been more rigorous. Coursera should review the assignment submission process. I lost points (despite handing in a 100% worthy assignment) because my peers found it difficult to locate necessary information on my submission due to Coursera's system. | The | Assignment | could have been more rigorous. Coursera | Negative | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The assignments could have been more rigorous. Coursera should review the assignment submission process. I lost points (despite handing in a 100% worthy assignment) because my peers found it difficult to locate necessary information on my submission due to Coursera's system. | more rigorous. Coursera should review the | Assignment | submission process. I lost points (despite | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The assignments could have been more rigorous. Coursera should review the assignment submission process. I lost points (despite handing in a 100% worthy assignment) because my peers found it difficult to locate necessary information on my submission due to Coursera's system. | (despite handing in a 100% worthy | Assignment | because my peers found it difficult | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Awesome course! It would be more awesome if the assignments were easier to understand. | would be more awesome if the | Assignment | were easier to understand. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Good information and assignment design, but please just have someone on your team go through this. I could list the issues with your lectures, but they're so easy to detect by anyone who is watching them actively. It makes me think that QC isn't a part of your workflow, and worry about the quality of future courses in this specialization. | Good information and | Assignment | design, but please just have someone | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | A very challenging and worthwhile course! The homework assignments took hours but taught me a lot. Highly recommended if you have the time and effort to commit to this course. | challenging and worthwhile course! The homework | Assignment | took hours but taught me a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Not a great deal in the way of lectures and notes, but the value of the course lies in the hands-on assignments. Would recommend taking this course along with doing some independent reading for a more comprehensive primer of UX/UI. | the course lies in the hands-on | Assignment | Would recommend taking this course along | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Good intro - I'm learning a lot. But in the end I feel that this specialization is not focused enough on developing portfolio pieces. One portfolio piece at the end of an 8-month course does not seem adequate to me. So I wish we focused more on developing high fidelity work - in addition to the need-finding, user research, sketches, short weekly assignments. This high fidelity, digital work could even be optional, but I need some guidance on what work to develop and how the overall process should look. Or even being allowed to enroll in the capstone before completing the first 7 sections would be helpful. | need-finding, user research, sketches, short weekly | Assignment | This high fidelity, digital work could | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Great intro to HCD. The assignments were well thought out. Excellent instruction. | Great intro to HCD. The | Assignment | were well thought out. Excellent instruction. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The quality of the lectures and teaching was the lowest i have ever seen on Coursera. I wanted to do the whole specialty, but after this first one i was so disappointed that i will stop. The assignments were overly complicated and demanding for no real reason. I have used Coursera for years and this is the first time I have wanted a refund. | disappointed that i will stop. The | Assignment | were overly complicated and demanding for | Negative | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | An awesome course, the assignments are so cool. | An awesome course, the | Assignment | are so cool. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | As a developer, I had no idea about the designing process and fundamentals. This course helped me in getting familiar with key designing concepts and processes. The assignments were very hands on as well. | key designing concepts and processes. The | Assignment | were very hands on as well. | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Excellent course! This is a great introduction to HC Design and rapid prototyping. There is a lot more to learn, but the specialization has all the courses needed to get a much deeper understanding. The peer assessment of the assignments is a very smart way to make the class more engaging and involved. I hope more classes are like this! | understanding. The peer assessment of the | Assignment | is a very smart way to | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The course is really good. It helps in understanding what HCI deals with, specially to a person who has very little background in this area. The assignments are really fun. The only issue is in the quiz evaluations, specially where there are multiple answers. Its a bug that can be resolved. | little background in this area. The | Assignment | are really fun. The only issue | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Great content, very well constructed assignments. Well done! | Great content, very well constructed | Assignment | Well done! | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Very learning course and assignments. | Very learning course and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Great course. A lot of practical knowledge is shared and staff is really quick and helpful to respond. I've learned much more than I expected (given that it is the first course in the specialization). The wording when assignments are given should be better, to make it clear what exactly is required from a student, especially when it comes to things that are going to be considered in grading. | in the specialization). The wording when | Assignment | are given should be better, to | Negative | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The course has a good level. The course mates helps to get new ideas. For non anglo speakers students the course is a hard challenge. The lessons has translations but a lot of ideas, concepts, the immaterial things... is hard to follow some explanations. My English has improve throught course. If you work you needs the weekend to end the assignments. I think is a good course with good materials. I recommend it | needs the weekend to end the | Assignment | I think is a good course | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Learned a lot about HC Design, and I can apply this knowledge right away on my professional environment. All lessons are interesting and I love to get feedback from other students around the world about my assignments. | students around the world about my | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Very good info, fun assignments just be sure to stay up to date week after week, the information, fresh, is a real help. Thanks alot. | Very good info, fun | Assignment | just be sure to stay up | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | I loved all the materials and assignments! I learnt a lot. | I loved all the materials and | Assignment | I learnt a lot. | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The videos are slow and unengaging and way too much text on each slide. A few of the assignments have been weird, not so good brief and hard to find out how to do it correct and well. | each slide. A few of the | Assignment | have been weird, not so good | Negative | 0.64 | 2.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | I think the course covers pretty good range of topics and gives you a good information. I really liked the peer review assignments and I think they put pressure on you to achieve the goals and learn from them. I definitely did not like the multiple answer questions or the last assessment. The questions are not well presented and there is a clear violation of the help and error recovery heuristic for me. I also did not like the video set-up. The quality of the course material is really poor and disappointing. I would like to believe that on a UI course people would have come up with a better and more intuitive set-up. Finally, I would like to have a document in the course resources that students can download and keep that contains all the information we taught like quick reference guide. Again we can download the videos but when you are looking to fins something specific searching in 2-3 videos is not fun at all. | I really liked the peer review | Assignment | and I think they put pressure | Positive | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | it was a very good course with good peer reviews and assignments. it kept me glued to the course in its entire 6 week timeframe. | course with good peer reviews and | Assignment | it kept me glued to the | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This was a pretty good course. Assignment 1, especially, was very useful (conducting a need-finding interview). The storyboarding assignment was good, too. The assignments weren't always very clearly written, and I could tell from my peer-grading experience that some of the students had trouble understanding what was asked, especially the non-native English speakers. | This was a pretty good course. | Assignment | 1, especially, was very useful (conducting | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This was a pretty good course. Assignment 1, especially, was very useful (conducting a need-finding interview). The storyboarding assignment was good, too. The assignments weren't always very clearly written, and I could tell from my peer-grading experience that some of the students had trouble understanding what was asked, especially the non-native English speakers. | (conducting a need-finding interview). The storyboarding | Assignment | was good, too. The assignments weren't | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This was a pretty good course. Assignment 1, especially, was very useful (conducting a need-finding interview). The storyboarding assignment was good, too. The assignments weren't always very clearly written, and I could tell from my peer-grading experience that some of the students had trouble understanding what was asked, especially the non-native English speakers. | storyboarding assignment was good, too. The | Assignment | weren't always very clearly written, and | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Phenomenal course. The assignments are tough, and very insightful, doing a great job of educating the course content in a very applied and immediately useful way. The piece on heuristics is especially valuable. I will be applying what I learned here in my work regularly. Very satisfied with this course! | Phenomenal course. The | Assignment | are tough, and very insightful, doing | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | A wonderful course to understand various Usability concepts. I thoroughly enjoyed the course along with all the assignments! I will definitely recommend people to take this course. | the course along with all the | Assignment | I will definitely recommend people to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Thank you Scott! This course is so Informative and doing assignment is so helpful to develop my research skill. | course is so Informative and doing | Assignment | is so helpful to develop my | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I don't see how the assignments would make me a more creative person. Some of the content was new and interesting but overall I din't think it was a good use of my time. | I don't see how the | Assignment | would make me a more creative | Negative | 0.89 | 1.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | It was a life changing course for me. Although I didn't attempt the certificate or the assignments, yet it has helped me a lot to take a whole new approach in my business. | didn't attempt the certificate or the | Assignment | yet it has helped me a | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | There is some good content on creativity in this course, thoug it barely addresses problem solving. "Do something different" assingments were an interesting idea. Some content material is missing, including the link to a text that is needed to answer a quizz which will influence your final grade. Grading standards are weird: maximum grades are to be given to assignments performed in public, as if things done in private aren't creative; there are better ways to have someone get out of their comfort zone. Assingments request that you be photographed or filmed, and there is no disclaimer that your photos or your privacy will be protected. If you are an introvert or simply a person who values privacy, this is not the course for you. | grades are to be given to | Assignment | performed in public, as if things | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I enjoyed this course a lot, it makes you expand your horizons and challenge yourself in order to be more creative, i liked going through the different assignments and forcing myself to think outside the box; however i wish there had been more material and emphasis in actual problem solving which was the reason why i wanted to take the course in first place. | i liked going through the different | Assignment | and forcing myself to think outside | Positive | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This was a really fun few weeks. I truely enjoyed the assignments of doing something different. I have to think about something. And firstly I always came up with 'normal' stuff. But just before the due date I had great ideas. I 'wasted' a lot of paper. Cutting, glueing, folding, writing questions, instructions. For the assignments I used the towns forest, which starts behind my place. I had not been there for years. And I liked, to have 'connected' with it again as a result of this course. I learnt many techniques. So I can choose one, that suits me and my problems-to-be-solved most. Thank you so very much for this course. | few weeks. I truely enjoyed the | Assignment | of doing something different. I have | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This was a really fun few weeks. I truely enjoyed the assignments of doing something different. I have to think about something. And firstly I always came up with 'normal' stuff. But just before the due date I had great ideas. I 'wasted' a lot of paper. Cutting, glueing, folding, writing questions, instructions. For the assignments I used the towns forest, which starts behind my place. I had not been there for years. And I liked, to have 'connected' with it again as a result of this course. I learnt many techniques. So I can choose one, that suits me and my problems-to-be-solved most. Thank you so very much for this course. | folding, writing questions, instructions. For the | Assignment | I used the towns forest, which | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | The assignments do not give you any practical methods for actual problem solving. They're just a succession of activities that pretend to be creative by making you do things "you wouldn't normally do". It's like they forgot the part about "problem solving". The assignments are to eat foods you've never eaten, talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to, take a photo of yourself smooching someone/something, and to "give" something to someone you "never have given anything before". That is not creative nor helpful at problem solving. It's just a series of activities for people who have too much time on their hand and need something to do to get out of their routine. Not a course I would recommend for anyone wanting to gain useful skills. | The | Assignment | do not give you any practical | Negative | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| dh3wTQZNEeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | The assignments do not give you any practical methods for actual problem solving. They're just a succession of activities that pretend to be creative by making you do things "you wouldn't normally do". It's like they forgot the part about "problem solving". The assignments are to eat foods you've never eaten, talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to, take a photo of yourself smooching someone/something, and to "give" something to someone you "never have given anything before". That is not creative nor helpful at problem solving. It's just a series of activities for people who have too much time on their hand and need something to do to get out of their routine. Not a course I would recommend for anyone wanting to gain useful skills. | about " problem solving" . The | Assignment | are to eat foods you've never | Negative | 0.74 | 1.0 |
| DmetrPp5EeScaiIAC9WIJw | This was a good introduction that bought in some new and previously visited concepts. I did find the course a little 'bitty' compared to other courses I have completed through Coursera, and the assignments were not very clearly structured. That said I would recommend it to anyone looking for a solid introduction to this area. | have completed through Coursera, and the | Assignment | were not very clearly structured. That | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| DmetrPp5EeScaiIAC9WIJw | What a fabulous course. The lectures are simple, yet full of golden information. The layout is easy to comprehend and all of the assignments help develop you as a teacher. I'll even go through it at again as a refresher! | to comprehend and all of the | Assignment | help develop you as a teacher. | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| DmetrPp5EeScaiIAC9WIJw | This was really disappointing. There is almost no connection between the experience of the lectures (and that's all the videos are - lectures that track a PowerPoint presentation) and the assignments, quizzes, etc. Reference and source materials are frequently mentioned in passing, but there is no comprehensive list of works cited anywhere. The assignments are often vaguely described and, in more than one case, were described entirely differently in different places. I have nothing good to say about this experience. You're watching a fundamentally disconnected series of mostly ad-hoc discussions of vague concepts. A simple list of books to read would be much more valuable. This is by far the worst MOOC I've taken, from any source, in any discipline. The fact that it actually costs money simply adds to the pain. | track a PowerPoint presentation) and the | Assignment | quizzes, etc. Reference and source materials | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| DmetrPp5EeScaiIAC9WIJw | This was really disappointing. There is almost no connection between the experience of the lectures (and that's all the videos are - lectures that track a PowerPoint presentation) and the assignments, quizzes, etc. Reference and source materials are frequently mentioned in passing, but there is no comprehensive list of works cited anywhere. The assignments are often vaguely described and, in more than one case, were described entirely differently in different places. I have nothing good to say about this experience. You're watching a fundamentally disconnected series of mostly ad-hoc discussions of vague concepts. A simple list of books to read would be much more valuable. This is by far the worst MOOC I've taken, from any source, in any discipline. The fact that it actually costs money simply adds to the pain. | list of works cited anywhere. The | Assignment | are often vaguely described and, in | Positive | 0.82 | 1.0 |
| dPkbnh6zEeWP0w4yK2369w | A really good course in usable security. A little more of assignments would have been better | usable security. A little more of | Assignment | would have been better | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| DzeIAhnpEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | this is an excellent and rigorous course and a valuable preparation for working with data warehouses. frustratingly, the assignments contained errors, inconsistencies, and vagaries that left me wondering if the professors did this on purpose, to simulate real world situations. anyway, the bottom line is that this course offers a great opportunity to learn and practice. they say you get out of it only what you put into it. be prepared to spend 8 to 16 hours on the assignments. but it definitely was worth it. THANK YOU, PROFESSORS! | working with data warehouses. frustratingly, the | Assignment | contained errors, inconsistencies, and vagaries that | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| DzeIAhnpEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | this is an excellent and rigorous course and a valuable preparation for working with data warehouses. frustratingly, the assignments contained errors, inconsistencies, and vagaries that left me wondering if the professors did this on purpose, to simulate real world situations. anyway, the bottom line is that this course offers a great opportunity to learn and practice. they say you get out of it only what you put into it. be prepared to spend 8 to 16 hours on the assignments. but it definitely was worth it. THANK YOU, PROFESSORS! | 8 to 16 hours on the | Assignment | but it definitely was worth it. | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | The course content is amazing and very informative. I am not from hospitality sector but I understood all the concepts and because of all the quizzes and assignments, now I feel more confident in finding a job in hospitality sector. | because of all the quizzes and | Assignment | now I feel more confident in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | Great course for introducing the fundamentals of hotel management and hotel distribution. This course enables us to learn important concepts related to hotel distribution and apply them in real-life situations through the course assignments. As well as this it is not necessary any relevant background to understand the concepts presented however it may be recommended basic financial/economics knowledge. I think that adding some quizzes during the videos would be interesting and productive as it would allow students to assure that all the concepts were understood. | in real-life situations through the course | Assignment | As well as this it is | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | Great content- videos and assignments were fantastic. Little partecipation and interaction with staff and other partecipants makes the course lose a lot of its attractiveness- most of the concepts are not rocket science and one would really benefit from confrontation with other students. | Great content- videos and | Assignment | were fantastic. Little partecipation and interaction | Positive | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | Before attending this course, I was really "lost" in the online travel distribution world with the feeling of falling behind in knowledge. Once I started the course, I got a very clear, structured and practical way of understanding what's happening in hotel distribution, apply acquired skills in quizzes, exercises and real-life examples and assignments and be prepared to assist or consult hotel managers on how to handle such issues. | quizzes, exercises and real-life examples and | Assignment | and be prepared to assist or | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | The content of the course is basically on how hotels distribute their contents (their rooms to sale). The different channels are explained, such as the OTA, brand.com, meta search, and direct channels. The course also includes a very interesting point of view from OTA where Expedia and Booking.com explains their offers to hotels. I would love to have the views from hotel too, which are missing here. The suggested readings are quite a lot, basically from the online sites, many from the hotel and travel industry (skift, for example). Those readings are very useful in digging deeper on the subject. The assignments, are, on the other hand, quite weak. It consists of 4 peer review assignments. The first week contains a pretty quantitative analysis, but the other 3 assignments are basically conversational and just repeating what you have learnt in the class. The non-noted quizzes were pretty easy, you almost no need to think deeper to answer those questions. | digging deeper on the subject. The | Assignment | are, on the other hand, quite | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | The content of the course is basically on how hotels distribute their contents (their rooms to sale). The different channels are explained, such as the OTA, brand.com, meta search, and direct channels. The course also includes a very interesting point of view from OTA where Expedia and Booking.com explains their offers to hotels. I would love to have the views from hotel too, which are missing here. The suggested readings are quite a lot, basically from the online sites, many from the hotel and travel industry (skift, for example). Those readings are very useful in digging deeper on the subject. The assignments, are, on the other hand, quite weak. It consists of 4 peer review assignments. The first week contains a pretty quantitative analysis, but the other 3 assignments are basically conversational and just repeating what you have learnt in the class. The non-noted quizzes were pretty easy, you almost no need to think deeper to answer those questions. | It consists of 4 peer review | Assignment | The first week contains a pretty | Negative | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | The content of the course is basically on how hotels distribute their contents (their rooms to sale). The different channels are explained, such as the OTA, brand.com, meta search, and direct channels. The course also includes a very interesting point of view from OTA where Expedia and Booking.com explains their offers to hotels. I would love to have the views from hotel too, which are missing here. The suggested readings are quite a lot, basically from the online sites, many from the hotel and travel industry (skift, for example). Those readings are very useful in digging deeper on the subject. The assignments, are, on the other hand, quite weak. It consists of 4 peer review assignments. The first week contains a pretty quantitative analysis, but the other 3 assignments are basically conversational and just repeating what you have learnt in the class. The non-noted quizzes were pretty easy, you almost no need to think deeper to answer those questions. | quantitative analysis, but the other 3 | Assignment | are basically conversational and just repeating | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | this course was not unto the standard i even completed all the assignment i did not pass one and still i got time to redo the assignment and submitted and never got the grade back for it.. | standard i even completed all the | Assignment | i did not pass one and | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | this course was not unto the standard i even completed all the assignment i did not pass one and still i got time to redo the assignment and submitted and never got the grade back for it.. | i got time to redo the | Assignment | and submitted and never got the | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I enjoyed this course! The topics were interesting and going through and passing the course assignments helped boost my confidence in discussing hotel business with industry partners. This course is highly recommended, thanks ESSEC and Coursera! | going through and passing the course | Assignment | helped boost my confidence in discussing | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| dZuQ4VicEeWbIxLOmbkGCQ | Needs to pay for submit assignments | Needs to pay for submit | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| d_71NKdPEeSOWCIAC2iDyw | This was a very interesting course - clearly presented and well paced. The assignments were at a good level - with my only recommendation being a bit more detail in the marking rubrik. Thank you - it was a thought provoking analysis on a topic that could be very emotional. | clearly presented and well paced. The | Assignment | were at a good level - | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Only one assignment at the end, so you go through 3 weeks before being asked to code (this seems like a big mistake for any programming course). The final assignment gives you a largely complete project and just asks you to make a few changes. You can't put that as a project on a resume, because you're doing 5% of the work with your hand held through it. Worst of all, the code given to you does not adhere to JavaScript best practices, like local variables not being declared (so that they become global variables, a big no-no), spacing being all over the place, etc. JavaScript has a bad reputation, and sloppy teaching with respect to best practices is very bad. | Only one | Assignment | at the end, so you go | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Only one assignment at the end, so you go through 3 weeks before being asked to code (this seems like a big mistake for any programming course). The final assignment gives you a largely complete project and just asks you to make a few changes. You can't put that as a project on a resume, because you're doing 5% of the work with your hand held through it. Worst of all, the code given to you does not adhere to JavaScript best practices, like local variables not being declared (so that they become global variables, a big no-no), spacing being all over the place, etc. JavaScript has a bad reputation, and sloppy teaching with respect to best practices is very bad. | for any programming course). The final | Assignment | gives you a largely complete project | Positive | 0.66 | 2.0 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course! When developing the assignments for this and previous courses, I had learned a lot of new. Then I read Meteor Guide, and catched myself on the thought that many of recommendations described in Meteor Giude I had already leant on my own experience. It's really great. Thanks a lot to Mattnew for his excellent lectures and very useful examples and starter applications. And yes, love the final assignment very much. It's absolutely great and powerful. | Great course! When developing the | Assignment | for this and previous courses, I | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course! When developing the assignments for this and previous courses, I had learned a lot of new. Then I read Meteor Guide, and catched myself on the thought that many of recommendations described in Meteor Giude I had already leant on my own experience. It's really great. Thanks a lot to Mattnew for his excellent lectures and very useful examples and starter applications. And yes, love the final assignment very much. It's absolutely great and powerful. | applications. And yes, love the final | Assignment | very much. It's absolutely great and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Review of documentation from meteorjs website. Slow and boring course. Last assignment is where something starts to be moving but that's the end of course :( You could dive deep into Subscribe/Publish, what is below meteor(node.js) etc. | website. Slow and boring course. Last | Assignment | is where something starts to be | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Yet another great contribution to the specialization with a focus on mechanics behind reactivity and security of applications. This, in fact means, that the module is quite unfortunately named. So far it was the hardest module, mainly because it mainly deal with back-end of the Meteor, but after completing the assignment, many aspects of real-time secure manipulation of the mongoDB become more clear. | the Meteor, but after completing the | Assignment | many aspects of real-time secure manipulation | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Interesting but would gain by digging more on each topic. And give more feedback from the real life. The worst part, for me, was one assignment (ambiguities) that I thought was neither well designed nor easy to peer review (due to its desing ;-). Then again the course was nice to follow and interesting! | worst part, for me, was one | Assignment | (ambiguities) that I thought was neither | Negative | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Very detailed and well designed, I specially liked the assignments. | well designed, I specially liked the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | really happy to take this course and are now waiting for my last assignment grading so that i can jump in to capstone project :) | are now waiting for my last | Assignment | grading so that i can jump | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I don't know how useful the ambiguous requirements exercise is when we only have one-way feedback. I also think that the ambiguous requirements exercise is the most important of the course, and the exercise missed the mark. I would suggest you structure that exercise as a dialogue, where a PM is working with the customer to elicit requirements, and not give us a big long wish-list of functionality. Structured as a dialogue, you can show that a PM would ask, "You said that the game would make noise. When is the first time it makes noise? How often would game noises be made? Does it ever stop? What makes it stop? Why even have the game make noise in the first place? Are there different noises made during the course of game play/" So, I can't recommend this particular course, and I'm concerned about what the capstone will look like if you give us an assignment where we're to make sense of functionality delivered as a block of text . | like if you give us an | Assignment | where we're to make sense of | Negative | 0.82 | 1.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Good course with an excellent assignment. Just if more details are supplied then the course be more valuable. | Good course with an excellent | Assignment | Just if more details are supplied | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Great production values and useful techniques and assignments for eliciting and expressing client needs. | production values and useful techniques and | Assignment | for eliciting and expressing client needs. | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Very consistent and interesting course, assignments are feasible and engaging, very practical course, thank you! | Very consistent and interesting course, | Assignment | are feasible and engaging, very practical | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | That's interesting course - a practical method of learning a theory topic. I like the way people interact in assignments. Thanks so much. | like the way people interact in | Assignment | Thanks so much. | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| EdKScTVwEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | An excellent, practically oriented course with great use of quizzes and assignments to re-enforce learning. | with great use of quizzes and | Assignment | to re-enforce learning. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Eeb34jesEeWXuQopUhAqaw | Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn programming. I started from basically zero and learned a lot throughout the Specialization. The instructors do a great job of giving you enough information throughout the lectures without over loading you and making the assignments challenging enough that you feel like you are really getting the most out of your time. | over loading you and making the | Assignment | challenging enough that you feel like | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| eEsmqKAMEeSI0SIAC2iJgw | I took this course completely for fun, so did not complete any assignments, but I want to say that I enjoyed it immensely! Our lecturer brought immense enthusiasm to the rather heavy topic of astronomy and physics and managed to make it reasonable even to those of a non-science background (like me!). The people interviewed also brought very unique views and experiences to the subject, and gave us a good first hand account of what it is like to research and work on NASA projects and other spacefaring missions. Thank you to everyone who made this happen, I hope many other students share the same satisfaction from taking this online course! | fun, so did not complete any | Assignment | but I want to say that | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| eGUHRneUEeWtpg5GoAM5Iw | A existência de mais "Hands-on" torna o ensino mais robusto, casando teoria e prática. Porém, em comparação com o primeiro curso da série, acho que houve maior descuido principalmente em relação aos assignments: alguns enunciados muito vagos (sim, faz parte do processo a interpretação) e os recursos mal formatados. Mas de forma geral, recomendaria para outros interessantes na nobre arte do desenvolvimento de software guiado por testes. | maior descuido principalmente em relação aos | Assignment | alguns enunciados muito vagos (sim, faz | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| EGWVwnE7EeWxvQr3acyajw | Poor English. Unfair assignments (( | Poor English. Unfair | Assignment | (( | Negative | 0.73 | 1.0 |
| EGWVwnE7EeWxvQr3acyajw | Unclear assignments unfit for an international participant base. | Unclear | Assignment | unfit for an international participant base. | Positive | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| EGWVwnE7EeWxvQr3acyajw | the quality of the lecture is poor - slides are dense and full of bullet points which the professor LITERALLY JUST READS OUT on videos. I did a google search, and found almost all of the analytical charts he presented, readily available on the internet. What exactly is the point in the lecture then? Instead, why don't you compress some valuable learning nuggets into half the course time, instead of hearing you ready through your ocean of bullet points, and needlessly underline (in red) the current bullet point your reading. Seriously, this is one the poorest quality lectures I've ever done! The quality of peer assignments to grade are a joke. Classmates are simply copying bits and pieces of the lecture material to make up the 'market sizing memo'. I seriously doubt the learning value in this class, and the quality of instruction. | ever done! The quality of peer | Assignment | to grade are a joke. Classmates | Negative | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | learned more than I did in other design type classes - clear information, clear assignments to lock in the lesson. Not a lot of filler fluff. | type classes - clear information, clear | Assignment | to lock in the lesson. Not | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | An excellent course. Highly recommendable! Loved the way the professor explains all the subjects, and the assignments are both challenging and entertaining. | explains all the subjects, and the | Assignment | are both challenging and entertaining. | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I loved this class! Professor Gude is really knowledgeable and fun. He has a casual, humble way of speaking that is funny and yet very credible. I learned a lot while taking this. I had no graphic design training and never used Adobe Illustrator before. That made it a bit more challenging, but his lessons on how to use the software were perfect for the assignments. I am really glad I took this course and would take another offered by this professor. The class community was great, too! Everyone was really participatory in the chats and comments on my assignments. Thank you to all. | the software were perfect for the | Assignment | I am really glad I took | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I loved this class! Professor Gude is really knowledgeable and fun. He has a casual, humble way of speaking that is funny and yet very credible. I learned a lot while taking this. I had no graphic design training and never used Adobe Illustrator before. That made it a bit more challenging, but his lessons on how to use the software were perfect for the assignments. I am really glad I took this course and would take another offered by this professor. The class community was great, too! Everyone was really participatory in the chats and comments on my assignments. Thank you to all. | the chats and comments on my | Assignment | Thank you to all. | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I did learn a lot in this course, especially for me that I am very new on this topic. It has been challenging enough for me. Some recommendations for improvements. 1) Adjust the estimated time to complete the assignments. It took me a lot more than the estimates to complete them. 2) The grading system especially on the final assignment is too difficult. You need to be EXCELLENT to pass and this is difficult to achieve in a subjective peer review rating. 3) I did not expect to be responsible of providing grades for classmates. It is not clear if the university offering the course will provide feedback. Feedback from the experts is what I expected when I bought the certificate. 4) I had to do my final assignment on a different software as my free trial subscription for Adobe Illustrator expired. Overall, it was a productive course for me and I did learn from it. | the estimated time to complete the | Assignment | It took me a lot more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I did learn a lot in this course, especially for me that I am very new on this topic. It has been challenging enough for me. Some recommendations for improvements. 1) Adjust the estimated time to complete the assignments. It took me a lot more than the estimates to complete them. 2) The grading system especially on the final assignment is too difficult. You need to be EXCELLENT to pass and this is difficult to achieve in a subjective peer review rating. 3) I did not expect to be responsible of providing grades for classmates. It is not clear if the university offering the course will provide feedback. Feedback from the experts is what I expected when I bought the certificate. 4) I had to do my final assignment on a different software as my free trial subscription for Adobe Illustrator expired. Overall, it was a productive course for me and I did learn from it. | grading system especially on the final | Assignment | is too difficult. You need to | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I did learn a lot in this course, especially for me that I am very new on this topic. It has been challenging enough for me. Some recommendations for improvements. 1) Adjust the estimated time to complete the assignments. It took me a lot more than the estimates to complete them. 2) The grading system especially on the final assignment is too difficult. You need to be EXCELLENT to pass and this is difficult to achieve in a subjective peer review rating. 3) I did not expect to be responsible of providing grades for classmates. It is not clear if the university offering the course will provide feedback. Feedback from the experts is what I expected when I bought the certificate. 4) I had to do my final assignment on a different software as my free trial subscription for Adobe Illustrator expired. Overall, it was a productive course for me and I did learn from it. | I had to do my final | Assignment | on a different software as my | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | Informative course; it dispelled some myths about infographics. If you're auditing the course, you can only view the material, not turn in assignments. | view the material, not turn in | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| eL9HZ2ItEeWpHwqwM9Gg0w | Excellent teachers, excellent assignments. My favorite MOOC so far, congrats! | Excellent teachers, excellent | Assignment | My favorite MOOC so far, congrats! | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| emCu12atEeW2DA58V0Z6GQ | The assignments are not really commensurate to the content, i.e. they are much simpler and superficial and do not really test the content, which is deeper and implies practical activities difficult to measure. The title is also partially misleading, at least for me, and I would rather call it a blues introduction to jazz improvisation. But the content and the exercises proposed are great, one of the best and no nonsense approach to bebop improvisation I've ever found | The | Assignment | are not really commensurate to the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | Very well done. The videos are well explained, with nice illustrations and examples to clearly understand each concept. The assignments are self directed and do not take too much time to write every week. I really recommend this month-long course for anyone who struggles with basic statistic and wants to know how and when to run an ANOVA, Chi-Square, Pearson Correlation. | to clearly understand each concept. The | Assignment | are self directed and do not | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | There was no explanation about background mathematics. Grading metrics are unclear because assessment of assignments are only peer grading. | metrics are unclear because assessment of | Assignment | are only peer grading. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | The instructors are pleasant, and the videos helpful. Unlike some classes where it feels like there is gulf between the toy examples covered in the lectures and what's requested in the assignments, the materials available speak directly to the homework. The virtually non-existent discussion board, lacking much activity from either students or staff, is a real downer. | lectures and what's requested in the | Assignment | the materials available speak directly to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | The manner how the course was done is very good. It was evenly paced. The only difficulty i encountered is when i try to submit assignments because for some reasons the internet in our area is so slow and i failed to create a tumblr account after several attempts. Also Im having difficulty with SAS also so i used other STAT software available on my laptop, it gives same outputs too. Great course! | is when i try to submit | Assignment | because for some reasons the internet | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| eUhVWo2iEeWJIAqFKsey7w | No instructor participates in discussion. No one ever passes the programming assignment because it won't accept any answer. | No one ever passes the programming | Assignment | because it won't accept any answer. | Negative | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | As a professional Instructional Designer, I can attest that this is the poorest-designed course I have ever seen. Regrettably, I paid for the entire specialization up-front, and I cannot get a refund or even a Coursera credit for enrolling in a different specialization. Be aware that the faculty who is the instructor of record does not participate in the course. The video lectures are poorly done, including errors and misstatements that could have been edited out, but it appears that no one bothered to edit the raw footage before uploading it. There is not so much instruction as an overview. There are no coding exercises until the final assignment, which is poorly-described and requires the student to self-teach using outside sources. There are app specializations in Coursera that appear much better-designed. Look elsewhere. | no coding exercises until the final | Assignment | which is poorly-described and requires the | Negative | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The lectures are fairly light and there are no assignments throughout the course to reinforce the material. Mostly they just introduce a few concepts then point you at the Apple Swift documentation. They really don't go into much detail. The final assignment is good for getting your feet wet but is poorly specified. | fairly light and there are no | Assignment | throughout the course to reinforce the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The lectures are fairly light and there are no assignments throughout the course to reinforce the material. Mostly they just introduce a few concepts then point you at the Apple Swift documentation. They really don't go into much detail. The final assignment is good for getting your feet wet but is poorly specified. | go into much detail. The final | Assignment | is good for getting your feet | Positive | 0.72 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I taked this course as part of the entire especialization; this course alone does not allow you to create programs but helps you to understand how swift works and the logic behind; also there is a nice optional chapter to compare against objective-c. There are few instructions that need to be updated to a newer version of swift but are minimal and you can live with that. Starting the final assignment to the final week is a mistake: I would recommend to go as fast as possible in te previous tasks and then take time to do the assignment. | live with that. Starting the final | Assignment | to the final week is a | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I taked this course as part of the entire especialization; this course alone does not allow you to create programs but helps you to understand how swift works and the logic behind; also there is a nice optional chapter to compare against objective-c. There are few instructions that need to be updated to a newer version of swift but are minimal and you can live with that. Starting the final assignment to the final week is a mistake: I would recommend to go as fast as possible in te previous tasks and then take time to do the assignment. | then take time to do the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Pros Concise Modular based learning Cons Course needs more auto graded assignments. Lack of feedback in discussion forums. Assignment language is not very clear. Overall I prefer this course to the android specialization but not for the reasons you may think. The android development platform is more or a less a mess compared to ios. Android studio feels more like a toy than a complete product. Emulation is slow and almost un-usuable with plenty of boilerplate code required to do simple events. Xcode by comparison is very smooth and easy to use. Swift syntax is also very clean compared to Java syntax. But is not without its grievances. At the end of the day you will choose the platform you work best in. | Cons Course needs more auto graded | Assignment | Lack of feedback in discussion forums. | Negative | 0.76 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Pros Concise Modular based learning Cons Course needs more auto graded assignments. Lack of feedback in discussion forums. Assignment language is not very clear. Overall I prefer this course to the android specialization but not for the reasons you may think. The android development platform is more or a less a mess compared to ios. Android studio feels more like a toy than a complete product. Emulation is slow and almost un-usuable with plenty of boilerplate code required to do simple events. Xcode by comparison is very smooth and easy to use. Swift syntax is also very clean compared to Java syntax. But is not without its grievances. At the end of the day you will choose the platform you work best in. | Lack of feedback in discussion forums. | Assignment | language is not very clear. Overall | Negative | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Very disappointed. Having coding assignments weekly would have been very helpful. The quizzes often asked for information that was never presented in the lessons. The instructors were never present in the forums to answer questions. The final project asked us to do things that hadn't even been mentioned in the course materials. I would not recommend this course to anyone. The only reason it got 2 stars instead of 1 was because I did learn some Swift. | Very disappointed. Having coding | Assignment | weekly would have been very helpful. | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course is overall very useful and I learned a lot, although a component of self-learning is essential to succeed. I think it would be ideal if the peer assignment would allow more shades in the grading, other than "Yes" or "No". | would be ideal if the peer | Assignment | would allow more shades in the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Having completed the assignment after many hours of trial & error; here are some suggestions for improving the class for future sessions. Increase the length and depth of the lectures so that more of the materials needed for the assignment are covered. For each week, have an optional programming exercise (not graded) but with a model answer (with explanations of why) so that students have a concrete example on which to practice key concepts on. As classes & structs are very important to completing the assignment (instead of just including the SWIFT manual chapter on classes & structs in the Follow Up Reading), include an actual lecture about this topic. Improve the description of the assignment to be completed. Be specific about what is required (e.g.; what does interface mean? Is is a User interface or is just a specified variable which can be changed in the program code? What do you mean by order of applying filters? Do you mean a variable which lets you decide order of filters and executes the filters accordingly or does the ability to manually rearranging the order of the calling of functions in the code suffice?) Improve the alignment between the assignment and the review criteria. The assignment asks for FIVE filters but there is no matching criterion in the review criteria. Based on the current review criteria, creating two filters would suffice to demonstrate ability to order and get full points for varying intensity for more than 1 filter. I hope the remainder of the modules are better otherwise I will be extremely disappointed ! | Having completed the | Assignment | after many hours of trial & | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Having completed the assignment after many hours of trial & error; here are some suggestions for improving the class for future sessions. Increase the length and depth of the lectures so that more of the materials needed for the assignment are covered. For each week, have an optional programming exercise (not graded) but with a model answer (with explanations of why) so that students have a concrete example on which to practice key concepts on. As classes & structs are very important to completing the assignment (instead of just including the SWIFT manual chapter on classes & structs in the Follow Up Reading), include an actual lecture about this topic. Improve the description of the assignment to be completed. Be specific about what is required (e.g.; what does interface mean? Is is a User interface or is just a specified variable which can be changed in the program code? What do you mean by order of applying filters? Do you mean a variable which lets you decide order of filters and executes the filters accordingly or does the ability to manually rearranging the order of the calling of functions in the code suffice?) Improve the alignment between the assignment and the review criteria. The assignment asks for FIVE filters but there is no matching criterion in the review criteria. Based on the current review criteria, creating two filters would suffice to demonstrate ability to order and get full points for varying intensity for more than 1 filter. I hope the remainder of the modules are better otherwise I will be extremely disappointed ! | of the materials needed for the | Assignment | are covered. For each week, have | Positive | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Having completed the assignment after many hours of trial & error; here are some suggestions for improving the class for future sessions. Increase the length and depth of the lectures so that more of the materials needed for the assignment are covered. For each week, have an optional programming exercise (not graded) but with a model answer (with explanations of why) so that students have a concrete example on which to practice key concepts on. As classes & structs are very important to completing the assignment (instead of just including the SWIFT manual chapter on classes & structs in the Follow Up Reading), include an actual lecture about this topic. Improve the description of the assignment to be completed. Be specific about what is required (e.g.; what does interface mean? Is is a User interface or is just a specified variable which can be changed in the program code? What do you mean by order of applying filters? Do you mean a variable which lets you decide order of filters and executes the filters accordingly or does the ability to manually rearranging the order of the calling of functions in the code suffice?) Improve the alignment between the assignment and the review criteria. The assignment asks for FIVE filters but there is no matching criterion in the review criteria. Based on the current review criteria, creating two filters would suffice to demonstrate ability to order and get full points for varying intensity for more than 1 filter. I hope the remainder of the modules are better otherwise I will be extremely disappointed ! | are very important to completing the | Assignment | (instead of just including the SWIFT | Positive | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Having completed the assignment after many hours of trial & error; here are some suggestions for improving the class for future sessions. Increase the length and depth of the lectures so that more of the materials needed for the assignment are covered. For each week, have an optional programming exercise (not graded) but with a model answer (with explanations of why) so that students have a concrete example on which to practice key concepts on. As classes & structs are very important to completing the assignment (instead of just including the SWIFT manual chapter on classes & structs in the Follow Up Reading), include an actual lecture about this topic. Improve the description of the assignment to be completed. Be specific about what is required (e.g.; what does interface mean? Is is a User interface or is just a specified variable which can be changed in the program code? What do you mean by order of applying filters? Do you mean a variable which lets you decide order of filters and executes the filters accordingly or does the ability to manually rearranging the order of the calling of functions in the code suffice?) Improve the alignment between the assignment and the review criteria. The assignment asks for FIVE filters but there is no matching criterion in the review criteria. Based on the current review criteria, creating two filters would suffice to demonstrate ability to order and get full points for varying intensity for more than 1 filter. I hope the remainder of the modules are better otherwise I will be extremely disappointed ! | topic. Improve the description of the | Assignment | to be completed. Be specific about | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Having completed the assignment after many hours of trial & error; here are some suggestions for improving the class for future sessions. Increase the length and depth of the lectures so that more of the materials needed for the assignment are covered. For each week, have an optional programming exercise (not graded) but with a model answer (with explanations of why) so that students have a concrete example on which to practice key concepts on. As classes & structs are very important to completing the assignment (instead of just including the SWIFT manual chapter on classes & structs in the Follow Up Reading), include an actual lecture about this topic. Improve the description of the assignment to be completed. Be specific about what is required (e.g.; what does interface mean? Is is a User interface or is just a specified variable which can be changed in the program code? What do you mean by order of applying filters? Do you mean a variable which lets you decide order of filters and executes the filters accordingly or does the ability to manually rearranging the order of the calling of functions in the code suffice?) Improve the alignment between the assignment and the review criteria. The assignment asks for FIVE filters but there is no matching criterion in the review criteria. Based on the current review criteria, creating two filters would suffice to demonstrate ability to order and get full points for varying intensity for more than 1 filter. I hope the remainder of the modules are better otherwise I will be extremely disappointed ! | ) Improve the alignment between the | Assignment | and the review criteria. The assignment | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Having completed the assignment after many hours of trial & error; here are some suggestions for improving the class for future sessions. Increase the length and depth of the lectures so that more of the materials needed for the assignment are covered. For each week, have an optional programming exercise (not graded) but with a model answer (with explanations of why) so that students have a concrete example on which to practice key concepts on. As classes & structs are very important to completing the assignment (instead of just including the SWIFT manual chapter on classes & structs in the Follow Up Reading), include an actual lecture about this topic. Improve the description of the assignment to be completed. Be specific about what is required (e.g.; what does interface mean? Is is a User interface or is just a specified variable which can be changed in the program code? What do you mean by order of applying filters? Do you mean a variable which lets you decide order of filters and executes the filters accordingly or does the ability to manually rearranging the order of the calling of functions in the code suffice?) Improve the alignment between the assignment and the review criteria. The assignment asks for FIVE filters but there is no matching criterion in the review criteria. Based on the current review criteria, creating two filters would suffice to demonstrate ability to order and get full points for varying intensity for more than 1 filter. I hope the remainder of the modules are better otherwise I will be extremely disappointed ! | assignment and the review criteria. The | Assignment | asks for FIVE filters but there | Negative | 0.78 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Certainly not a beginners course. You needed to have a good programming knowledge to make any sense of this course. The final assignment asked you to do things you hadn't been taught. As I hadn't done any programming for 20 years, I certainly found this difficult. Fell behind and there isn't really anyone there to help. Almost asked for a refund but decided to try to continue. I'm struggling to motivate myself into the second course. I really hope it's better than the first one. | sense of this course. The final | Assignment | asked you to do things you | Positive | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The weekly lectures/assignments did little to prepare for the final assignment. They were short and high level without any coding to back them up. It is possible to blaze through the first four weeks in a couple hours.....and then spend weeks on the final assignment because you will need to learn most of it on your own by looking through api documentation. To the instructors: If you want to see what a good "intro to language" course looks like, checkout: https://www.coursera.org/course/programming1 | little to prepare for the final | Assignment | They were short and high level | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The weekly lectures/assignments did little to prepare for the final assignment. They were short and high level without any coding to back them up. It is possible to blaze through the first four weeks in a couple hours.....and then spend weeks on the final assignment because you will need to learn most of it on your own by looking through api documentation. To the instructors: If you want to see what a good "intro to language" course looks like, checkout: https://www.coursera.org/course/programming1 | then spend weeks on the final | Assignment | because you will need to learn | Positive | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | It's not a university standard course. It's more like introduction to introduction DIY Swift. The videos are chaotic and lack explications, examples, exercises and practical assignments. Much better intro to Swift can be found on many youtube channels or just on swift documentation website. | lack explications, examples, exercises and practical | Assignment | Much better intro to Swift can | Negative | 0.85 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I liked it, everything is well described, clear and helpful. The last assignment description is not clear. The Peer Review reviewing criteria is not clear as well. It could be understood by many ways. They should enhance the peer review instructions. | described, clear and helpful. The last | Assignment | description is not clear. The Peer | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I think for somebody who has no prior knowledge in this course will find it difficult to understand. I have taken some introductory courses in swift programming and were much more elaborating than this; for instance, the part "i think" in week 4 were Jack Wu explains closures, functions, enums, structs... in less than 10min, i studied that in around 5 hours atleast in other visual tutorials online. in the last lecture on image processing, the instructor gave 16minutes tutorial on manipulating image pixels and then gave a link to a website to explain everything about ImageProcessing, a much heavier topic than working with pixels, and even it was not in Swift but Objective-C which i have no knowledge in that language and it wasnt stated in the course that it was a prerequisite. final assignment is quite vague on the requirements needed by the instructor. would have prefered to have more interaction with the instructors on the assignment atleast. Im not the only one complaining about this issue, you can check the discussion in the course. I guess im fortunate that i have already studied those courses from external sources before i started here. one of the instructors speaks quite fast with alot of anxiety making it quite difficult to understand without repeating the video. | that it was a prerequisite. final | Assignment | is quite vague on the requirements | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I think for somebody who has no prior knowledge in this course will find it difficult to understand. I have taken some introductory courses in swift programming and were much more elaborating than this; for instance, the part "i think" in week 4 were Jack Wu explains closures, functions, enums, structs... in less than 10min, i studied that in around 5 hours atleast in other visual tutorials online. in the last lecture on image processing, the instructor gave 16minutes tutorial on manipulating image pixels and then gave a link to a website to explain everything about ImageProcessing, a much heavier topic than working with pixels, and even it was not in Swift but Objective-C which i have no knowledge in that language and it wasnt stated in the course that it was a prerequisite. final assignment is quite vague on the requirements needed by the instructor. would have prefered to have more interaction with the instructors on the assignment atleast. Im not the only one complaining about this issue, you can check the discussion in the course. I guess im fortunate that i have already studied those courses from external sources before i started here. one of the instructors speaks quite fast with alot of anxiety making it quite difficult to understand without repeating the video. | interaction with the instructors on the | Assignment | atleast. Im not the only one | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Although I've programming experience, this course's assignment is not easy to complete. I recommend to study Object-oriented language such as Java or C++ before taking this course. | Although I've programming experience, this course's | Assignment | is not easy to complete. I | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The content is absolutely amazing. What I didn't really like was that the last assignment was a curve ball to me and most of the other students in my class. There was very little preparation to it and thus took a while to understand how to get started on it. | really like was that the last | Assignment | was a curve ball to me | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Loved it. allow time for the Final assignment. it can take awhile to do correctly | it. allow time for the Final | Assignment | it can take awhile to do | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course seemed to be very easy, I'd say even disappointingly easy, but then, when I started the final assignment, I realized that I was wrong. And it was so much fun developing filters. | then, when I started the final | Assignment | I realized that I was wrong. | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Huge gap between videos and final assignment. Videos should be edited, we are not interested in trials and errors of the instructors. | Huge gap between videos and final | Assignment | Videos should be edited, we are | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | i had no idea of swift, or even not much idea about oop. Got good idea of swift.. assignments can be improved. | Got good idea of swift. . | Assignment | can be improved. | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Went in a slow pace. Enjoyed the modules, especially final assignment. | pace. Enjoyed the modules, especially final | Assignment | | Positive | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course was very well organized, but the main topics of the course were still covered. The lessons needed to be more structured and not so ad-hoc. The final assignment was peer reviewed, but the feedback (based on student feedback) was not very useful. | and not so ad-hoc. The final | Assignment | was peer reviewed, but the feedback | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course was little more than a haphazard, ambling preview of a tiny bit of Swift. There was some useful content in the class but the organization was poor and there was almost no evidence of course design or use of the teaching techniques I expected to see from a major university. The best section of the course was week 5, where they syntax of Objective-C and Swift were superficially compared. That section did give some clear opinions on why Swift should be chosen over Objective-C for new development. The other sections just contained too many confusing, unrehearsed diversions into esoteric topics to be of much use. I ended getting more out of the Apple documentation on Swift than I did from this class. However, the instructors have received ample feedback of this nature and they do seem genuinely concerned with improving the course. Assuming that they will make major improvements for the next round and noting that Coursera's infrastructure is excellent, don't be scared to take the class. The email reminders from Coursera about assignments, etc... kept me on track and kept me in the class. | The email reminders from Coursera about | Assignment | etc. . . kept me on | Positive | 0.64 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Submission is buggy and final assignment is confusing. Almost more than half of students failed this course because of it. | Submission is buggy and final | Assignment | is confusing. Almost more than half | Negative | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Not the worst, but I did not think this was a well developed course. It felt like an informal conversation between the instructors with one of them repeatedly calling different aspects of Swift "cool". It was very distracting. I also thought the tests were vaguely worded and the final assignment was long and definitely more than the 30 minutes it said it would take to complete it. I am all for difficult challenges, but it felt like the final project was badly designed/described. Un-enrolling. | were vaguely worded and the final | Assignment | was long and definitely more than | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course really need examples in final assignment | course really need examples in final | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| eVrrS8E_EeWP5g5dlaZx4w | Amazing course by Dr. Dale Purvez! This is my second course from Duke University and i absolutely loved it all! This course was very unique in itself ! i.e It involved much more than just assignments. The final test which involved writing an essay which had to be peer reviewed was a good experience. Also reviewing the work done by fellow students have to be noted for it would be an amazing experience for anyone taking this course! I am very much looking for ward for such courses in future. Thank You Dr.Purves, Coursera and Duke University for this course! | It involved much more than just | Assignment | The final test which involved writing | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| eWC74yvREeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | Purely theoretical, I doesnt go deep enough, there arent any assignments, only a quiz at the end of the week. Poor material per week. | go deep enough, there arent any | Assignment | only a quiz at the end | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | the last assignment is too time consuming, I didn't completed it though I finished all the other assignments. | the last | Assignment | is too time consuming, I didn't | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | the last assignment is too time consuming, I didn't completed it though I finished all the other assignments. | though I finished all the other | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is a great course. It is challenging, but that comes with the territory if you want to write code. I like the fact that the assignments are challenging and long; the only issue I had is that I work full-time and hardly have the 20+ hours a week to spend on the programming assignments. Also, the estimated times listed for each assignments are not realistic for somebody learning the topics in this course for the first time. I would recommend this course to anybody wanting to learn how to develop web apps and api web services using Rails with MongoDB as the backend. Just be prepared to dedicate a lot of time each week. Especially week3's assigment. I ran out of time and had to transfer to a new session to complete the course because of my full-time job. It would be beneficial for students to have a spare week, in between the third and fourth assignment. | I like the fact that the | Assignment | are challenging and long; the only | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is a great course. It is challenging, but that comes with the territory if you want to write code. I like the fact that the assignments are challenging and long; the only issue I had is that I work full-time and hardly have the 20+ hours a week to spend on the programming assignments. Also, the estimated times listed for each assignments are not realistic for somebody learning the topics in this course for the first time. I would recommend this course to anybody wanting to learn how to develop web apps and api web services using Rails with MongoDB as the backend. Just be prepared to dedicate a lot of time each week. Especially week3's assigment. I ran out of time and had to transfer to a new session to complete the course because of my full-time job. It would be beneficial for students to have a spare week, in between the third and fourth assignment. | week to spend on the programming | Assignment | Also, the estimated times listed for | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is a great course. It is challenging, but that comes with the territory if you want to write code. I like the fact that the assignments are challenging and long; the only issue I had is that I work full-time and hardly have the 20+ hours a week to spend on the programming assignments. Also, the estimated times listed for each assignments are not realistic for somebody learning the topics in this course for the first time. I would recommend this course to anybody wanting to learn how to develop web apps and api web services using Rails with MongoDB as the backend. Just be prepared to dedicate a lot of time each week. Especially week3's assigment. I ran out of time and had to transfer to a new session to complete the course because of my full-time job. It would be beneficial for students to have a spare week, in between the third and fourth assignment. | the estimated times listed for each | Assignment | are not realistic for somebody learning | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is a great course. It is challenging, but that comes with the territory if you want to write code. I like the fact that the assignments are challenging and long; the only issue I had is that I work full-time and hardly have the 20+ hours a week to spend on the programming assignments. Also, the estimated times listed for each assignments are not realistic for somebody learning the topics in this course for the first time. I would recommend this course to anybody wanting to learn how to develop web apps and api web services using Rails with MongoDB as the backend. Just be prepared to dedicate a lot of time each week. Especially week3's assigment. I ran out of time and had to transfer to a new session to complete the course because of my full-time job. It would be beneficial for students to have a spare week, in between the third and fourth assignment. | in between the third and fourth | Assignment | | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Very long assignment | Very long | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This was a very challenging course, especially the programming assignments. However, it is very worthwhile. | very challenging course, especially the programming | Assignment | However, it is very worthwhile. | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Poor alignment between assignments and lectures. Lots of content poorly explained. | Poor alignment between | Assignment | and lectures. Lots of content poorly | Negative | 0.96 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The material was was too much for the estimated time given to spend on the course per week. The assignments are very lengthy and the grading doesn't always conform to what would be intuitive. Some gems used in the course material are also old versions. There are entries in the db seed data that cause trouble, leading to intensive debugging and modification of given files that require a much more experienced programmer to figure out. | on the course per week. The | Assignment | are very lengthy and the grading | Positive | 0.79 | 2.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I am a full-stack developer working mainly with Ruby on Rails. I took this course to learn about MongoDB and how it can be used with Rails, as well as to pick up certain aspects of Rails that I have not been using as much (like JBuilder) The materials and assignments are very detailed, which shows that a lot of effort has gone into them. Although some of the work turned out to be more time-consuming than expected, I enjoyed going through it and seeing the results. | much (like JBuilder) The materials and | Assignment | are very detailed, which shows that | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course was a challenge. Mostly because some core requirements of the assignments were not explained in the lectures. I spent more time searching google for information than I did the lecture videos because A. the lecture videos are not named or indexed in such a way as to make it easy to figure out which video to rewatch and B. in many cases the particular thing I was trying to do wasn't covered at all. It may be the instructors teaching style to get you to research yourself but I could have done that without paying for the course. | because some core requirements of the | Assignment | were not explained in the lectures. | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course's assignments (3 so far) are not very well designed. It takes me more time to search online and on the lecture's videos for information than to actually write and come to a solution. The lecture's videos show very little coding and they're more focused on explaining (redundantly) a key concept. I believe it would be much more easier for other people taking this course later on if the videos were more code-oriented. Greetings. | The course's | Assignment | (3 so far) are not very | Negative | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I would give this course 0 stars if possible. I am amazed that anyone rated this course better than 1 or 2 stars! The lectures are not focused on the information that is necessary for the obnoxiously long and tedious assignments. The assignments are poorly written and demand too much Ruby expertise for a course meant for Ruby novices. I spent over 15 hrs trying to complete week 2's assignment and still could not finish. I became so frustrated and actually angry at how difficult this course is designed I decided to quit. Coursera should not allow there to be courses that evoke such frustration and emotion. John Hopkins should be embarrassed that their name is associated with the pedagogical malpractice that is this specialization series. Foolishly, I paid for the entire specialization up front and Coursera refuses to refund me for the remaining two courses. (which I have not even taken) | for the obnoxiously long and tedious | Assignment | The assignments are poorly written and | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I would give this course 0 stars if possible. I am amazed that anyone rated this course better than 1 or 2 stars! The lectures are not focused on the information that is necessary for the obnoxiously long and tedious assignments. The assignments are poorly written and demand too much Ruby expertise for a course meant for Ruby novices. I spent over 15 hrs trying to complete week 2's assignment and still could not finish. I became so frustrated and actually angry at how difficult this course is designed I decided to quit. Coursera should not allow there to be courses that evoke such frustration and emotion. John Hopkins should be embarrassed that their name is associated with the pedagogical malpractice that is this specialization series. Foolishly, I paid for the entire specialization up front and Coursera refuses to refund me for the remaining two courses. (which I have not even taken) | obnoxiously long and tedious assignments. The | Assignment | are poorly written and demand too | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I would give this course 0 stars if possible. I am amazed that anyone rated this course better than 1 or 2 stars! The lectures are not focused on the information that is necessary for the obnoxiously long and tedious assignments. The assignments are poorly written and demand too much Ruby expertise for a course meant for Ruby novices. I spent over 15 hrs trying to complete week 2's assignment and still could not finish. I became so frustrated and actually angry at how difficult this course is designed I decided to quit. Coursera should not allow there to be courses that evoke such frustration and emotion. John Hopkins should be embarrassed that their name is associated with the pedagogical malpractice that is this specialization series. Foolishly, I paid for the entire specialization up front and Coursera refuses to refund me for the remaining two courses. (which I have not even taken) | hrs trying to complete week 2's | Assignment | and still could not finish. I | Negative | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Good contents but a bit over-complicated assignments. | Good contents but a bit over-complicated | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 2.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Not such a great course. Lectures don't cover what is needed in some assignments. Week 3 assignment was the hardest I ever took. Just plenty of work to be done and small amount of that work is going to stay with you. There is a lot of space to improve this course. | cover what is needed in some | Assignment | Week 3 assignment was the hardest | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Not such a great course. Lectures don't cover what is needed in some assignments. Week 3 assignment was the hardest I ever took. Just plenty of work to be done and small amount of that work is going to stay with you. There is a lot of space to improve this course. | needed in some assignments. Week 3 | Assignment | was the hardest I ever took. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | well done! all about i have to know about mongodb, but the assignment are too much time expensive for who have a job, like me | to know about mongodb, but the | Assignment | are too much time expensive for | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | All the information and content given is great and necessary to work with mongo db. unfortunately, the timing and pacing is really tough because it relies on pretty long assignments. Take this course if you can handle going through 20 pages of instructions for a homework or 2, or you need a fast paced review of mongo and mongoid coupled with rails. | because it relies on pretty long | Assignment | Take this course if you can | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The layout of this course is extremely well reasoned out. Each module gives important stepping stones for the students both to understand and to get practical skills to use the material after the course. For me it was an extra bonus to learn about teh Rails API in the 4th week of the course. I will surely need that in the future. All assignments include very thorough guidance on how you can check your own work one step at a time all the way through. In fact I have never before attended a course where so much effort had been but into that part by the teachers. Much praise for that. The graded assignments were hard. I had to put in a quite considerable effort in each of them, especially week 3. Much more work than I had anticipated. However I cannot point to any part of the material that could easily have been left out. Everything we learned seemed useful and important. So in spite of the hard work I am happy that I stayed in there to the end. | need that in the future. All | Assignment | include very thorough guidance on how | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The layout of this course is extremely well reasoned out. Each module gives important stepping stones for the students both to understand and to get practical skills to use the material after the course. For me it was an extra bonus to learn about teh Rails API in the 4th week of the course. I will surely need that in the future. All assignments include very thorough guidance on how you can check your own work one step at a time all the way through. In fact I have never before attended a course where so much effort had been but into that part by the teachers. Much praise for that. The graded assignments were hard. I had to put in a quite considerable effort in each of them, especially week 3. Much more work than I had anticipated. However I cannot point to any part of the material that could easily have been left out. Everything we learned seemed useful and important. So in spite of the hard work I am happy that I stayed in there to the end. | Much praise for that. The graded | Assignment | were hard. I had to put | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Unacceptable assignments length! The reason somebody would enroll to distance programme is due to personal high workload. It took me 2 weeks (not 6 hours as tutor mentions) to complete half of the second assignment and I am about to tell that I learnt nothing about MongoDB. The videos cover the very basics and in order somebody to complete the assignments needs searching in the internet. The videos must change to include more details about the presented topic. I am about to drop out of the specialization only because the specific course. | Unacceptable | Assignment | length! The reason somebody would enroll | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Unacceptable assignments length! The reason somebody would enroll to distance programme is due to personal high workload. It took me 2 weeks (not 6 hours as tutor mentions) to complete half of the second assignment and I am about to tell that I learnt nothing about MongoDB. The videos cover the very basics and in order somebody to complete the assignments needs searching in the internet. The videos must change to include more details about the presented topic. I am about to drop out of the specialization only because the specific course. | to complete half of the second | Assignment | and I am about to tell | Negative | 0.93 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Unacceptable assignments length! The reason somebody would enroll to distance programme is due to personal high workload. It took me 2 weeks (not 6 hours as tutor mentions) to complete half of the second assignment and I am about to tell that I learnt nothing about MongoDB. The videos cover the very basics and in order somebody to complete the assignments needs searching in the internet. The videos must change to include more details about the presented topic. I am about to drop out of the specialization only because the specific course. | in order somebody to complete the | Assignment | needs searching in the internet. The | Negative | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | An unexpectedly disappointing, and in fact, downright awful course. The lectures waste a good share of time as in places they barely scratch the surface of what is further required to be implemented in the assignments. The assignments themselves inherit the nice modular spec-test driven spirit of the first two classes. However, the instructions are mostly quite vague or even misleading, occasionally dropping some “hints”, which are often either not helpful, or just offer to copy-paste a quarter page of code. The tasks are very (and by “very" I mean EXTREMELY) long, tedious, boring to tears and to the point when you start to wonder if the authors are trolling the students. How about a 53 (yes, that is fifty three!) pages of assignment for the 3d week? To be fair, not all of this is the task statement, there is a lot of test code as well, but you know.. even one third of 53 is an impressive volume for a 4 weeks course (you get re-enrolled if you fail to be fair). Took me 44 hours of pure coding time (according to WakaTime) to finish the course. I have passed tens of courses on Coursera, and this one is by far the worst. That is taking into consideration that I would not rather call any other course (of those I have taken) “a bad one”. I suggest saving time and money by buying a book on Mongo and another one on Rails instead. I do believe though that the course is very green and certainly has to undergo some refinements and I will be happy to see future reviews shadow this one as obsolete. | required to be implemented in the | Assignment | The assignments themselves inherit the nice | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | An unexpectedly disappointing, and in fact, downright awful course. The lectures waste a good share of time as in places they barely scratch the surface of what is further required to be implemented in the assignments. The assignments themselves inherit the nice modular spec-test driven spirit of the first two classes. However, the instructions are mostly quite vague or even misleading, occasionally dropping some “hints”, which are often either not helpful, or just offer to copy-paste a quarter page of code. The tasks are very (and by “very" I mean EXTREMELY) long, tedious, boring to tears and to the point when you start to wonder if the authors are trolling the students. How about a 53 (yes, that is fifty three!) pages of assignment for the 3d week? To be fair, not all of this is the task statement, there is a lot of test code as well, but you know.. even one third of 53 is an impressive volume for a 4 weeks course (you get re-enrolled if you fail to be fair). Took me 44 hours of pure coding time (according to WakaTime) to finish the course. I have passed tens of courses on Coursera, and this one is by far the worst. That is taking into consideration that I would not rather call any other course (of those I have taken) “a bad one”. I suggest saving time and money by buying a book on Mongo and another one on Rails instead. I do believe though that the course is very green and certainly has to undergo some refinements and I will be happy to see future reviews shadow this one as obsolete. | be implemented in the assignments. The | Assignment | themselves inherit the nice modular spec-test | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| eXbmvDe9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | An unexpectedly disappointing, and in fact, downright awful course. The lectures waste a good share of time as in places they barely scratch the surface of what is further required to be implemented in the assignments. The assignments themselves inherit the nice modular spec-test driven spirit of the first two classes. However, the instructions are mostly quite vague or even misleading, occasionally dropping some “hints”, which are often either not helpful, or just offer to copy-paste a quarter page of code. The tasks are very (and by “very" I mean EXTREMELY) long, tedious, boring to tears and to the point when you start to wonder if the authors are trolling the students. How about a 53 (yes, that is fifty three!) pages of assignment for the 3d week? To be fair, not all of this is the task statement, there is a lot of test code as well, but you know.. even one third of 53 is an impressive volume for a 4 weeks course (you get re-enrolled if you fail to be fair). Took me 44 hours of pure coding time (according to WakaTime) to finish the course. I have passed tens of courses on Coursera, and this one is by far the worst. That is taking into consideration that I would not rather call any other course (of those I have taken) “a bad one”. I suggest saving time and money by buying a book on Mongo and another one on Rails instead. I do believe though that the course is very green and certainly has to undergo some refinements and I will be happy to see future reviews shadow this one as obsolete. | is fifty three! ) pages of | Assignment | for the 3d week? To be | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I really liked how the videos set up the assignments and enjoyed the assignments themselves. They worked really well for a couple different projects I'm working on -- so useful and versatile. | how the videos set up the | Assignment | and enjoyed the assignments themselves. They | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I really liked how the videos set up the assignments and enjoyed the assignments themselves. They worked really well for a couple different projects I'm working on -- so useful and versatile. | up the assignments and enjoyed the | Assignment | themselves. They worked really well for | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | The examples and the assignments are very cleverly thought out. Good teaching! | The examples and the | Assignment | are very cleverly thought out. Good | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This course was awesome. Every assignment was really challenging and the classes were so interesting. I think it was the best course in this specialization. Thank you very much to the teacher! | This course was awesome. Every | Assignment | was really challenging and the classes | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | The peer reviewed assignments are next to useless, as there is no oversight on them. I think there needs to be a basic comprehension assessment done first, before allowing fellow learners the ability to pass/fail students in the course. | The peer reviewed | Assignment | are next to useless, as there | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This was an excellent class. The assignments were specific, challenging, and enjoyable. I enjoyed the instructor's approach and insight to writing. Additionally, I found the supplemental materials very helpful. Finally, sharing past student work with current students helped clarify the subject matter and gave me perspective on the required assignments. I wish more instructors did that! | This was an excellent class. The | Assignment | were specific, challenging, and enjoyable. I | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This was an excellent class. The assignments were specific, challenging, and enjoyable. I enjoyed the instructor's approach and insight to writing. Additionally, I found the supplemental materials very helpful. Finally, sharing past student work with current students helped clarify the subject matter and gave me perspective on the required assignments. I wish more instructors did that! | gave me perspective on the required | Assignment | I wish more instructors did that! | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Great course and exciting writing assignments! The peer reviews were mostly constructive and the instructor was clear and brought her learnings across. Highly recommended! | Great course and exciting writing | Assignment | The peer reviews were mostly constructive | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | My favorite of the specialization. Rich in information, challenging and engaging assignments, and nuggets of wisdom. | Rich in information, challenging and engaging | Assignment | and nuggets of wisdom. | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This class was pretty good. I liked the reading assignments, and there was some helpful instruction as well. I liked learning about the second person perspective, and the section on credibility and research was also really helpful. | pretty good. I liked the reading | Assignment | and there was some helpful instruction | Negative | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I am thoroughly enjoying this course. There is the right mix of close reading, difficult assignments and thought provoking conversations with authors. | right mix of close reading, difficult | Assignment | and thought provoking conversations with authors. | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Creative writing being an art, one may try and describe its constituents but never an entire composition. One such constituent is setting and description. Amity Gaige presents this constituent with rare sensitivity. She recommends inspirational reading materials, and designs challenging assignments that defines the space yet affords freedom to the learner. Additionally, she possesses an effective screen presence. | inspirational reading materials, and designs challenging | Assignment | that defines the space yet affords | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Amity was nice. I liked the way she presented the materials the the instructions for the assignments. It would be nice to see more feedback from the staff. This is was the majority of the peers were expecting. | materials the the instructions for the | Assignment | It would be nice to see | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Clear lectures with practical advice, and very good assignments. The assignments in the plot class and the character class were too confusing and structured, but the assignments in the craft of setting class were perfectly designed to help the student practice whatever was taught in the modules. I know it sounds unimportant, but we're here to write, and when we're given awkward assignments, the peer reviews go haywire and the writing quality declines for everyone. I read some of the best work, peer work, in this class and in the style class. | with practical advice, and very good | Assignment | The assignments in the plot class | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Clear lectures with practical advice, and very good assignments. The assignments in the plot class and the character class were too confusing and structured, but the assignments in the craft of setting class were perfectly designed to help the student practice whatever was taught in the modules. I know it sounds unimportant, but we're here to write, and when we're given awkward assignments, the peer reviews go haywire and the writing quality declines for everyone. I read some of the best work, peer work, in this class and in the style class. | advice, and very good assignments. The | Assignment | in the plot class and the | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Clear lectures with practical advice, and very good assignments. The assignments in the plot class and the character class were too confusing and structured, but the assignments in the craft of setting class were perfectly designed to help the student practice whatever was taught in the modules. I know it sounds unimportant, but we're here to write, and when we're given awkward assignments, the peer reviews go haywire and the writing quality declines for everyone. I read some of the best work, peer work, in this class and in the style class. | too confusing and structured, but the | Assignment | in the craft of setting class | Negative | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Clear lectures with practical advice, and very good assignments. The assignments in the plot class and the character class were too confusing and structured, but the assignments in the craft of setting class were perfectly designed to help the student practice whatever was taught in the modules. I know it sounds unimportant, but we're here to write, and when we're given awkward assignments, the peer reviews go haywire and the writing quality declines for everyone. I read some of the best work, peer work, in this class and in the style class. | write, and when we're given awkward | Assignment | the peer reviews go haywire and | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I joined late, much too late to participate in many of the assignments with my busy schedule, but I took notes and read all the required reading. From this course I will take into my writing new, helpful skills. My favorite lesson was setting and description where I learned that the environment should not be described frivolously, but through the emotions and opinions of the character(s) who observe them. Thank you very much for your lessons, Amity Gaige, I'm now not as terrible as I was when I first started. | to participate in many of the | Assignment | with my busy schedule, but I | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I really liked Amity's style- a great presenter, great voice and very encouraging. She also really got into the meat of the subject. And her assignments were a challenge but really enjoyable. I have found out things about my writing in this course! | meat of the subject. And her | Assignment | were a challenge but really enjoyable. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Great follow-up course to "The Craft of Plot." As a side note, those auditing this creative writing series from Wesleyan University must choose one of their paid routes of they desire to turn in assignments and get feedback from classmates. I guess this is the new course structure for specialized topics on the Coursera platform. The inability to turn in assignments was of little concern to me, but it may disappoint some, so I thought I'd mention it. Otherwise, at the very least, you'll have a firmer understanding and appreciation for crafting detailed settings and descriptions after auditing this course. | of they desire to turn in | Assignment | and get feedback from classmates. I | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Great follow-up course to "The Craft of Plot." As a side note, those auditing this creative writing series from Wesleyan University must choose one of their paid routes of they desire to turn in assignments and get feedback from classmates. I guess this is the new course structure for specialized topics on the Coursera platform. The inability to turn in assignments was of little concern to me, but it may disappoint some, so I thought I'd mention it. Otherwise, at the very least, you'll have a firmer understanding and appreciation for crafting detailed settings and descriptions after auditing this course. | platform. The inability to turn in | Assignment | was of little concern to me, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| EZVzungdEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Excellent course that both informs and inspires. There is a good deal of content as well as advice. The student writer is encouraged to explore and be unafraid. The only draw back is that the online classroom does not allow the auditing students to post and get feedback on their assignments and it must be done externally to fully get the benefit of our fellow students. | post and get feedback on their | Assignment | and it must be done externally | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | The organization of this course was very good. I liked the themes and their order. I thought the videos could have been longer and more substancial, but the reading were great. I got confused on one of the assignments in which the questions of the given chapter were supposed to be answer. There were 3. I must have misunderstood or have another file, because no one I read had such question and I got not so great reviews. I think this should be looked at. Either way, thank you for this opportunity! | got confused on one of the | Assignment | in which the questions of the | Positive | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Interesting course, provides a good insight for beginners. Wish there were more assignments and multi choice quizzes. | for beginners. Wish there were more | Assignment | and multi choice quizzes. | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Great course, I managed to refine my research question through its assignments, and got a better idea of how to go about creating a good literature review. Have bookmarked most of the readings for future reference. | refine my research question through its | Assignment | and got a better idea of | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | the assignment is creative and very brilliant and lessons is very short it is a pleasure to learn from you | the | Assignment | is creative and very brilliant and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Came to know some basic research strategies. Enjoyed the assignments. Good course, catered for grad students but Undergrads can also benefit from the Reading material provided. | some basic research strategies. Enjoyed the | Assignment | Good course, catered for grad students | Positive | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Some parts were good but overall the course was lacking in its ability to add value. There were generic discussions. Week 3 was almost useless; had it not been for a good reading provided for an assignment, it was too basic. Add some specificity in the course or name it Basics of Research Methods. | a good reading provided for an | Assignment | it was too basic. Add some | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | This course was basic yet covered many important elements for research design. It helped me to better understand the parts of design. The readings were relevant and the assignments were thorough enough to solidify main ideas. The videos were interesting. I would recommend the course for beginners. | The readings were relevant and the | Assignment | were thorough enough to solidify main | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Great set up with attainable and realistic assignments that are relevant and thought provo for a new researcher. | set up with attainable and realistic | Assignment | that are relevant and thought provo | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Peer review evaluation for assignment work is a great way to foster collaboration and new ways of thinking.. what one reviewer might write could be varied from the next reviewer thereby the course adding a lot of value. | Peer review evaluation for | Assignment | work is a great way to | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Great introduction to research methods for anyone contemplating a research masters of Phd. I haven't studied for a while, so found the course content particularly useful. Course is taught through a combination of videos, readings and weekly assignments which are peer reviewed. Weeks 2 and 3 of the course are particularly useful. | combination of videos, readings and weekly | Assignment | which are peer reviewed. Weeks 2 | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I enjoyed this course and appreciated the fact that not all the assignments were multiple choice. It was great to be able to develop ideas through the case studies and exercises. I would have liked if actual TA's would review our work instead of other classmates, but I realize this might be unrealistic due to the high number of people enrolled in the course. | the fact that not all the | Assignment | were multiple choice. It was great | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great learning overall. The down side I've found is that Peer review assignment, some of the peers don't review my assignments nicely, I tried to make interaction but seems not working. | I've found is that Peer review | Assignment | some of the peers don't review | Negative | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great learning overall. The down side I've found is that Peer review assignment, some of the peers don't review my assignments nicely, I tried to make interaction but seems not working. | of the peers don't review my | Assignment | nicely, I tried to make interaction | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | It's an awesome course. I recommend this course to all those who want to pursue the career in Digital marketing. Apart from that, it's very easy to learn and the assignment are very interesting. I guarantee you will definitely enjoy this course and i recommend you to take all 6 of them. I rate it a 4 star only because the course study must be updated a bit. Else i would have given it a 5 star. | very easy to learn and the | Assignment | are very interesting. I guarantee you | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Detailed Engaging The assignments need thought and effort - makes you learn | Detailed Engaging The | Assignment | need thought and effort - makes | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | This Course needs a Update, im really disappointed of Week 4 and the Assignments are Outdated and nothing new | disappointed of Week 4 and the | Assignment | are Outdated and nothing new | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great course! Good videos, the assignments are challenging and the concepts clear. Perfect :) | Great course! Good videos, the | Assignment | are challenging and the concepts clear. | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | One of the best course in Digital Marketing for those who need to understand the concepts of Digital Marketing. I enjoyed all the modules and particularly right assignments based on the topics which makes the student to relate the concepts with real world scenarios. | all the modules and particularly right | Assignment | based on the topics which makes | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | The content of the course is very good. What I would improve are the Quizes; I'd concentrate more on key stuff, not include any questions concerning irrelevant details. Some of the assignment questions were also a bit unclear and the rating scales did not make sense at times. | concerning irrelevant details. Some of the | Assignment | questions were also a bit unclear | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great Course! Prof. Aric has done a marvelous job. From lectures, quizzes and assignments all were well structured from learning and testing the knowledge as well. I completed the course covering digitization of markets and learning how digital tools are changing the landscape of businesses globally. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested to learn digital marketing. I thank Prof. Aric for his hard work and Julie for assisting him. | marvelous job. From lectures, quizzes and | Assignment | all were well structured from learning | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Really liked the flow of content and the instructor. Some content is dated (RedLaser) and makes one assignment clunky since it was based on that app. Since this course focuses on digital and the inherent speed-to-market the platform affords, one would expect more up-to-date/timely examples for current content/exercises. Aside from that, the course was engaging and informative. Thanks, Aric! | is dated (RedLaser) and makes one | Assignment | clunky since it was based on | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | This course dedicates an entire week to very simple topics. The lectures could use some serious editing too. To help you understand what I expect, I'm taking this at the same time as I'm taking Wharton's Week 1 Entrepreneurship program. I've also taken Wharton's Intro to Marketing course which I highly suggest over this course. The quality is dramatically better. Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking is a University of Virginia course that also is a great example of how these courses should be done. I'm hoping the next courses in the Digital Marketing Capstone are much better so that I'm not watching a lecture and counting how many times the professor pushes his glasses back up. On the plus side, I did like the engagement this course encourages by forcing you to go to other websites & accomplish things as well as review your peers work. I wish your peer reviews had less of an outcome on your grade though. In my experience, many people did not even read the instructions on how to review the assignments. | instructions on how to review the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I think the content was quite interesting; as someone new to marketing, I was really looking forward to the lectures and exercises. However, the content was simply too much for me to complete. It's a bit ironic that a course about marketing missed its market. To give a bit more detail: there were 12 video lectures, 3 assignments that had to be done days before the end of the week to be peer-reviewed, and then I had to peer review others work, while also going through all the assigned reading. It seemed more like a courseload for a full time student or perhaps a part-time student. As online students typically are neither, I'm surprised the course content wasn't better managed. I take a lot of notes, so perhaps that's what slowed me down, but I also have a full time job and I intern on the weekends. I was hoping this course could easily be done in the evening hours. Other coursera courses provided an excellent balance of content and courseload, I'm disappointed that this course wasn't one of them. It seemed very useful and interesting. | there were 12 video lectures, 3 | Assignment | that had to be done days | Negative | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I think this is one of the best learning experiences I have had as a professional (adult). It's academically founded, but I don't get confounded. Its mix of short video lectures, pop quizzes, real life case studies and assignments is perfect for keeping my attention while ensuring that I actually learn and retain that learning. | quizzes, real life case studies and | Assignment | is perfect for keeping my attention | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Well structured content and interesting assignments! | Well structured content and interesting | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | An excellently designed and delivered course. Prof. Aric has delivered relevant lectures with relevant examples. The industry based case studies have been apt for the course and finally assignments help in enriching the knowledge gained. | apt for the course and finally | Assignment | help in enriching the knowledge gained. | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | This course definitely enhanced my marketing knowledge but I recommend it be updated. Assignments such as Red Laser should be updated considering the app has been shut down. | but I recommend it be updated. | Assignment | such as Red Laser should be | Positive | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | The videos are long and not engaging enough. Rather than digital marketing concepts, this was more an application of trends to traditional marketing concepts. Some of the topics are already outdated and some assignments were more applicable to those residing in the U.S. or are not exactly feasible to do at this point. | topics are already outdated and some | Assignment | were more applicable to those residing | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Exciting, insightful and I really enjoed it. Amazing assignment from which I learned a lot and I loved the structure, feeling and professor. To the point and very useful!!! So happy that I've done that! | and I really enjoed it. Amazing | Assignment | from which I learned a lot | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Learned the fundamentals of marketing with a digital slant. The most interesting portions of the class were interviews with experts in the field. Appreciated that the professor replied to comments I made throughout the course. The peer-reviewed grading for assignments was problematic because the explanation of the grade didn't align with the percent grade. Overall, I'd recommend this course for a great foundation to marketing. | the course. The peer-reviewed grading for | Assignment | was problematic because the explanation of | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Very interesting and exciting course material, lectures and assignment. Thank you Aric and the team for this wonderful experience of learning lots of interesting insights about digital marketing. | and exciting course material, lectures and | Assignment | Thank you Aric and the team | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I give this course 5 stars! I learned a lot and I like the hands on activities. The only thing I would change is how the assignments are graded. I know that they're graded by our peers but I don't think that everyone knows how to correctly grade assignments. I received some low scores and I disagree with them. I answered all of the questions with enough detail to be at least "good." | I would change is how the | Assignment | are graded. I know that they're | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I give this course 5 stars! I learned a lot and I like the hands on activities. The only thing I would change is how the assignments are graded. I know that they're graded by our peers but I don't think that everyone knows how to correctly grade assignments. I received some low scores and I disagree with them. I answered all of the questions with enough detail to be at least "good." | everyone knows how to correctly grade | Assignment | I received some low scores and | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Didn't think that this is the best course for people who want to learn about Digital Marketing. The learning process is very slow and sometimes I felt that more could be learnt by just reading a number of books or articles on this topic. There is no dialogue with the professor (or anyone who has more experience or knowledge, the assignments are checked by people who are also taking this course. Though one would expect to learn from the assignments and mistakes he or she makes during it. Instead some people who have ideas, maybe even wrong ones, about this specific area of knowledge, judge your work (I could be also wrong about those things and have to grade somebody's work, which is a bit confusing). Besides, the assignments are not very interesting or challenging. I wouldn't recommend passing this course. | has more experience or knowledge, the | Assignment | are checked by people who are | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Didn't think that this is the best course for people who want to learn about Digital Marketing. The learning process is very slow and sometimes I felt that more could be learnt by just reading a number of books or articles on this topic. There is no dialogue with the professor (or anyone who has more experience or knowledge, the assignments are checked by people who are also taking this course. Though one would expect to learn from the assignments and mistakes he or she makes during it. Instead some people who have ideas, maybe even wrong ones, about this specific area of knowledge, judge your work (I could be also wrong about those things and have to grade somebody's work, which is a bit confusing). Besides, the assignments are not very interesting or challenging. I wouldn't recommend passing this course. | would expect to learn from the | Assignment | and mistakes he or she makes | Positive | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Didn't think that this is the best course for people who want to learn about Digital Marketing. The learning process is very slow and sometimes I felt that more could be learnt by just reading a number of books or articles on this topic. There is no dialogue with the professor (or anyone who has more experience or knowledge, the assignments are checked by people who are also taking this course. Though one would expect to learn from the assignments and mistakes he or she makes during it. Instead some people who have ideas, maybe even wrong ones, about this specific area of knowledge, judge your work (I could be also wrong about those things and have to grade somebody's work, which is a bit confusing). Besides, the assignments are not very interesting or challenging. I wouldn't recommend passing this course. | is a bit confusing). Besides, the | Assignment | are not very interesting or challenging. | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Packed full of real world case studies and concepts! We had a very good idea of how to apply these concepts as well. There were also well-designed assignments to trigger our thinking and knowledge synthesis. | as well. There were also well-designed | Assignment | to trigger our thinking and knowledge | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I did not a lot about marketing in general, and even less about digital marketing. Having started a business with a friend, with an archaeological background, I felt like in the middle of a dark forest. This course is really well organized, the concepts are well explained and you have really the chance to understand the subject with case studies and assignments. I strongly suggest it! | the subject with case studies and | Assignment | I strongly suggest it! | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Exceptional course. Not only was Prof Rindfleisch an engaging host, the course materials were laid out in such a way as to prevent video-learner's fatigue. Each set of videos was interrupted by a graded assignment or practice quiz. The questions drew on the course materials but encouraged us to look deeper. I recommend this course highly. Great course and great community with it. | videos was interrupted by a graded | Assignment | or practice quiz. The questions drew | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Good class, with interesting points ans assignments and very god teacher | Good class, with interesting points ans | Assignment | and very god teacher | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Excellent introduction into Digital Marketing. Course covers the fundermentals with relevant examples and assignment | the fundermentals with relevant examples and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | The course content was comprehensive, thorough and required note taking with preparation for quizzes. Solid academically. Some of the assignments required use of third party applications and websites that did function as anticipated or are no longer supported. Peer grading was very poor. It frequently seemed students did not read submissions, off handedly grading. At times comments did not match the scores, such as "nice work," or "good job," while giving only 3 stars. | quizzes. Solid academically. Some of the | Assignment | required use of third party applications | Positive | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great Course, I loved the lectures and the assignments. Aric is terrific!! | I loved the lectures and the | Assignment | Aric is terrific! ! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Interesting! Professor opened the door that most marketing departments ignore or just mention from far away - 4 digital Ps. Loved all the examples and assignments. | Ps. Loved all the examples and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | It has great content but assignments are promotions... Like, really, shamy promoted assignments. | It has great content but | Assignment | are promotions. . . Like, really, | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | It has great content but assignments are promotions... Like, really, shamy promoted assignments. | . . Like, really, shamy promoted | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | It was a pleasure learning the course. Such vivid daily life examples to completely understand the topic. The assignments are a joy to do as well. | to completely understand the topic. The | Assignment | are a joy to do as | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | The professor is a bit monotone, he needs to be more animated. There are too many assignments , not all can be done while living outside the United States. | more animated. There are too many | Assignment | , not all can be done | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | good course but need more assignments | good course but need more | Assignment | | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | This was a good course. I really like the instructor. I think he gives good examples and practical assignments to demonstrate the principles in the course. | he gives good examples and practical | Assignment | to demonstrate the principles in the | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Loved this course. It gave me a great introduction to current concepts and trends in Digital Marketing. I was especially impressed by 3D Printers. I hope to visit a hub in my own city soon to try it out! Only suggestion is reduce the number of weekly workload. Too many assignments to complete in a single week! Most courses in Coursera give only one assignment per week. I was able to manage as this was a self-paced course. So this is not a complaint, just a suggestion :) | number of weekly workload. Too many | Assignment | to complete in a single week! | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Loved this course. It gave me a great introduction to current concepts and trends in Digital Marketing. I was especially impressed by 3D Printers. I hope to visit a hub in my own city soon to try it out! Only suggestion is reduce the number of weekly workload. Too many assignments to complete in a single week! Most courses in Coursera give only one assignment per week. I was able to manage as this was a self-paced course. So this is not a complaint, just a suggestion :) | courses in Coursera give only one | Assignment | per week. I was able to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | fresh and informative ....videos and assignments are relevant and entertaining.... i will go for other such related courses | . . . . videos and | Assignment | are relevant and entertaining. . . | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Excellent, interactive course! I enjoyed the assignments (both writing and reviewing of peers work). The quizzes were not obvious and did not require simple regurgitation of info but actual thinking! I found the lessons on DBI, PWYW and Choice Engines very interesting. Well done Aric and crew, your passion for marketing comes through in the lectures. | Excellent, interactive course! I enjoyed the | Assignment | (both writing and reviewing of peers | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Loved the content. The instructor was great. The assignments were interesting and beneficial. I feel like I learnt a lot. The only aspect I didn't like was the "view from the quad" section. I quality wasn't great, and I didn't learn any new insights. Plus they always had the same 4 people they were interviewing so not a great sample size. | content. The instructor was great. The | Assignment | were interesting and beneficial. I feel | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Well organized, great and helpful assignments, and a fantastic teacher: Aric Rindfleisch! | Well organized, great and helpful | Assignment | and a fantastic teacher: Aric Rindfleisch! | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great course! I've been very satisfied with the topics treated and about the teaching model. The exercises and the practical assignments have often been time consuming and this is why I found them effective and useful. Thank you | model. The exercises and the practical | Assignment | have often been time consuming and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| fjjF0gVfEeW0KyIACxqWIg | This is an excellent course and it really pushes you hard to learn Classical Composition. There are a few problems, however. Minor quibbles: 1) The instructor does not really explain Parallel Perfect Fifths or Octaves; I had to look them up on my own. They deserve a whole lecture. 2) One of the assignment solutions has a Parallel Octave by contrary motion, which is not supposed to be allowed. 3) He also neglected to explain the Harmonic Minor Key being used for minor chords in his Lecture 0 of Week 2. Just a very short explanation would have saved me 40 minutes of stressful researching, confusion, and doubts about my own sanity ;) The biggest problem: This course should really be an 8- or 12-week course. The weeks are very densely packed. In Week 2, I worked 3-4 hours every day, and then was greeted by 11 classes due in 7 days when I opened Week 3. The assignments are rated 10 or 20 minutes but actually take about 2 hours. It would often take me thirty minutes to an hour to get through one 5-15 minute video. (I do take detailed notes and do recall and mnemonic drills along the way, however). If you are already solidly grounded in music theory and have much of voice leading on autopilot, this class is faster. That said, I would not want him to cut out anything. Every class so far has been necessary. It has taken me from almost 0 musical theory understanding to feeling very comfortable with advanced concepts, all in an extremely short time. If you try to complete all of his video examples just before he does them, they work like a charm. I came here to get solid skills, and Just three weeks in I feel like I have made a years' worth of progress. I highly recommend this course, but know the kind of work you are getting into. | whole lecture. 2) One of the | Assignment | solutions has a Parallel Octave by | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| fjjF0gVfEeW0KyIACxqWIg | This is an excellent course and it really pushes you hard to learn Classical Composition. There are a few problems, however. Minor quibbles: 1) The instructor does not really explain Parallel Perfect Fifths or Octaves; I had to look them up on my own. They deserve a whole lecture. 2) One of the assignment solutions has a Parallel Octave by contrary motion, which is not supposed to be allowed. 3) He also neglected to explain the Harmonic Minor Key being used for minor chords in his Lecture 0 of Week 2. Just a very short explanation would have saved me 40 minutes of stressful researching, confusion, and doubts about my own sanity ;) The biggest problem: This course should really be an 8- or 12-week course. The weeks are very densely packed. In Week 2, I worked 3-4 hours every day, and then was greeted by 11 classes due in 7 days when I opened Week 3. The assignments are rated 10 or 20 minutes but actually take about 2 hours. It would often take me thirty minutes to an hour to get through one 5-15 minute video. (I do take detailed notes and do recall and mnemonic drills along the way, however). If you are already solidly grounded in music theory and have much of voice leading on autopilot, this class is faster. That said, I would not want him to cut out anything. Every class so far has been necessary. It has taken me from almost 0 musical theory understanding to feeling very comfortable with advanced concepts, all in an extremely short time. If you try to complete all of his video examples just before he does them, they work like a charm. I came here to get solid skills, and Just three weeks in I feel like I have made a years' worth of progress. I highly recommend this course, but know the kind of work you are getting into. | when I opened Week 3. The | Assignment | are rated 10 or 20 minutes | Negative | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| Fle9Xzu7EeW6UhL5OnDMBQ | I had a very poor experience being graded by peers. Although the Capstone Project Assignment itself is EXCELLENT, the peer grading rubric is not. I was not fairly graded, and I am sure of this 100%. | by peers. Although the Capstone Project | Assignment | itself is EXCELLENT, the peer grading | Positive | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | VERY good content and classes! Some questions in the quizzes are confusing, and there was the trouble with the required reading for Week 3. The first Honors assignment is confusing - specially its very last input question. | for Week 3. The first Honors | Assignment | is confusing - specially its very | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Fo72zMekEeWrYA6c7hw6vQ | I really like the course, would recommend to have more assignments. | course, would recommend to have more | Assignment | | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Fo72zMekEeWrYA6c7hw6vQ | This course SEEMS to be a great course. But personally I think it's not. It talks about so many things but none of them are explained clearly. I can't get the picture of this field clearly. The assignment looks nice. But it's not. First, it's not well-organized. Sometimes you need to look at next week's course to do this week's quiz. The programming assignment is VERY VERY unsatisfying. It's not explained clearly; there's no helpful instruction; and it is very confusing. You need to spend hours and hours just UNDERSTANDING what you need to do. And some algorithms are not even told in the course and you need to implement them! I know this could be a good exercise but I would hope it at least provide some useful resources. Generally, I am very disappointed. I feel like I'm spending hours and hours but learning nothing. Just confusion. Please consider reformat the homework; make it more doable for new learners in this field. | picture of this field clearly. The | Assignment | looks nice. But it's not. First, | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| Fo72zMekEeWrYA6c7hw6vQ | This course SEEMS to be a great course. But personally I think it's not. It talks about so many things but none of them are explained clearly. I can't get the picture of this field clearly. The assignment looks nice. But it's not. First, it's not well-organized. Sometimes you need to look at next week's course to do this week's quiz. The programming assignment is VERY VERY unsatisfying. It's not explained clearly; there's no helpful instruction; and it is very confusing. You need to spend hours and hours just UNDERSTANDING what you need to do. And some algorithms are not even told in the course and you need to implement them! I know this could be a good exercise but I would hope it at least provide some useful resources. Generally, I am very disappointed. I feel like I'm spending hours and hours but learning nothing. Just confusion. Please consider reformat the homework; make it more doable for new learners in this field. | do this week's quiz. The programming | Assignment | is VERY VERY unsatisfying. It's not | Negative | 0.76 | 2.0 |
| FOGKYF0gEeWK1woL5P9cGQ | Great course! I hope the team releases the following module. The material provided is really good and the lectures are dynamic and well edited. The short answer assignment could be peer reviewed! | and well edited. The short answer | Assignment | could be peer reviewed! | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The name of this course is misleading to me (and if it's misunderstood by one, you can assume there are other people affected as well) - it would be more clear what's expecting you if the course would be called something similar to the last assignment name "Creating a data-driven website". The responsive part that I was interested in, was basically done with "use bootstrap" - that's pretty poor. Of course the course isn't responsible for this, but an appropriate name would fix that. Throughout the course, the quizzes were entertaining - but the quality of the questions is questionable. Sometimes the answer is obvious because the other answers are ridiculous, sometimes you don't know what to click, even though you just watched the video carefully. Reason for this is that there are questions being asked, which weren't even touched in the lesson. It's basically the same with the last assignment - you can watch and do all the lessons before, you've got no idea how to start and what to do as there's simply no explanation of what affects what - which seems to be extremely important in javascript. Yes, it's often told in an overview-style explanation what a function is doing, but something in depth that tells you how to write working javascript functions is lacking. The quality of the explanations also varied in their quality. Some things that were pretty easy to understand, were explained over 10 very boring minutes, other things that were far more complex and tricky, were handled in half a minute. This made watching the videos frustrating at times. I'm not sure which kind of audience this course is supposed for, but the style varies way too much. Furthermore it's great that coursera is offering an iPad-app, but I'd like to be able to use and do everything that the app is offering me (and in the best case: everything that's necessary for the course). I can't even review classmates, as they're uploading .rar or .zip-files, which can't be accessed via iPad, and also javascript is a problem for ipads. Unpacking such files and running them on your servers would be an option, maybe. | called something similar to the last | Assignment | name " Creating a data-driven website" | Positive | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The name of this course is misleading to me (and if it's misunderstood by one, you can assume there are other people affected as well) - it would be more clear what's expecting you if the course would be called something similar to the last assignment name "Creating a data-driven website". The responsive part that I was interested in, was basically done with "use bootstrap" - that's pretty poor. Of course the course isn't responsible for this, but an appropriate name would fix that. Throughout the course, the quizzes were entertaining - but the quality of the questions is questionable. Sometimes the answer is obvious because the other answers are ridiculous, sometimes you don't know what to click, even though you just watched the video carefully. Reason for this is that there are questions being asked, which weren't even touched in the lesson. It's basically the same with the last assignment - you can watch and do all the lessons before, you've got no idea how to start and what to do as there's simply no explanation of what affects what - which seems to be extremely important in javascript. Yes, it's often told in an overview-style explanation what a function is doing, but something in depth that tells you how to write working javascript functions is lacking. The quality of the explanations also varied in their quality. Some things that were pretty easy to understand, were explained over 10 very boring minutes, other things that were far more complex and tricky, were handled in half a minute. This made watching the videos frustrating at times. I'm not sure which kind of audience this course is supposed for, but the style varies way too much. Furthermore it's great that coursera is offering an iPad-app, but I'd like to be able to use and do everything that the app is offering me (and in the best case: everything that's necessary for the course). I can't even review classmates, as they're uploading .rar or .zip-files, which can't be accessed via iPad, and also javascript is a problem for ipads. Unpacking such files and running them on your servers would be an option, maybe. | basically the same with the last | Assignment | - you can watch and do | Positive | 0.88 | 2.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The final assignment is challenging. But it would benefit a lot if you work hard to finish it. If there is more detailed instruction for the assignment would help the students finish the assignment. | The final | Assignment | is challenging. But it would benefit | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The final assignment is challenging. But it would benefit a lot if you work hard to finish it. If there is more detailed instruction for the assignment would help the students finish the assignment. | is more detailed instruction for the | Assignment | would help the students finish the | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The final assignment is challenging. But it would benefit a lot if you work hard to finish it. If there is more detailed instruction for the assignment would help the students finish the assignment. | would help the students finish the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is better than the previous course, but there were problems with the last assignment in which a lot of students could not acces to the details of the last assignment and the problem was not solved by the staff of the course. It was a fellow student who did a copy of the details of the assignment and let the others courserians the possibility to submit the assignment. For this reason i gave 4 stars. | there were problems with the last | Assignment | in which a lot of students | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is better than the previous course, but there were problems with the last assignment in which a lot of students could not acces to the details of the last assignment and the problem was not solved by the staff of the course. It was a fellow student who did a copy of the details of the assignment and let the others courserians the possibility to submit the assignment. For this reason i gave 4 stars. | to the details of the last | Assignment | and the problem was not solved | Negative | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is better than the previous course, but there were problems with the last assignment in which a lot of students could not acces to the details of the last assignment and the problem was not solved by the staff of the course. It was a fellow student who did a copy of the details of the assignment and let the others courserians the possibility to submit the assignment. For this reason i gave 4 stars. | copy of the details of the | Assignment | and let the others courserians the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is better than the previous course, but there were problems with the last assignment in which a lot of students could not acces to the details of the last assignment and the problem was not solved by the staff of the course. It was a fellow student who did a copy of the details of the assignment and let the others courserians the possibility to submit the assignment. For this reason i gave 4 stars. | courserians the possibility to submit the | Assignment | For this reason i gave 4 | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I enjoyed this course, but I was lost by the end. I understood the concepts presented in the videos (and got a high grade in the end), but the JavaScript needed for the last assignment was way over my head. I wish there had been more practice with actually using JavaScript; as it is I think I'll need to take another course or do independent study to learn what I should have learned to complete the last assignment. | the JavaScript needed for the last | Assignment | was way over my head. I | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I enjoyed this course, but I was lost by the end. I understood the concepts presented in the videos (and got a high grade in the end), but the JavaScript needed for the last assignment was way over my head. I wish there had been more practice with actually using JavaScript; as it is I think I'll need to take another course or do independent study to learn what I should have learned to complete the last assignment. | have learned to complete the last | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The grading criteria for the assignments were not quite strict enough in my opinion; it seemed like people had the option of creating relatively lame pure HTML websites that still more than met the minimum passing requirements for some of the more advanced assignments. I.e., Bootstrap or Handlebars should be a requirement to pass an assignment about Bootstrap or Handlebars. | The grading criteria for the | Assignment | were not quite strict enough in | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The grading criteria for the assignments were not quite strict enough in my opinion; it seemed like people had the option of creating relatively lame pure HTML websites that still more than met the minimum passing requirements for some of the more advanced assignments. I.e., Bootstrap or Handlebars should be a requirement to pass an assignment about Bootstrap or Handlebars. | for some of the more advanced | Assignment | I. e. , Bootstrap or Handlebars | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The grading criteria for the assignments were not quite strict enough in my opinion; it seemed like people had the option of creating relatively lame pure HTML websites that still more than met the minimum passing requirements for some of the more advanced assignments. I.e., Bootstrap or Handlebars should be a requirement to pass an assignment about Bootstrap or Handlebars. | be a requirement to pass an | Assignment | about Bootstrap or Handlebars. | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Its nice .But i don't have time for Assignment work .i feel good on templates. | But i don't have time for | Assignment | work . i feel good on | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The professors need to go into more detail with JavaScript. Our assignment required the use of JavaScript but it didn't fully explain how to use the code that was shared during our class. I enjoyed the class very much and I loved the challenge of figuring out how to complete the assignments. The best part of the assignments consisted of being able to view classmates submissions and learn from them by reviewing the code techniques that they used. | into more detail with JavaScript. Our | Assignment | required the use of JavaScript but | Positive | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The professors need to go into more detail with JavaScript. Our assignment required the use of JavaScript but it didn't fully explain how to use the code that was shared during our class. I enjoyed the class very much and I loved the challenge of figuring out how to complete the assignments. The best part of the assignments consisted of being able to view classmates submissions and learn from them by reviewing the code techniques that they used. | figuring out how to complete the | Assignment | The best part of the assignments | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The professors need to go into more detail with JavaScript. Our assignment required the use of JavaScript but it didn't fully explain how to use the code that was shared during our class. I enjoyed the class very much and I loved the challenge of figuring out how to complete the assignments. The best part of the assignments consisted of being able to view classmates submissions and learn from them by reviewing the code techniques that they used. | assignments. The best part of the | Assignment | consisted of being able to view | Positive | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course, I've learned a lot. I went from knowing little to know a lot!!. However the time I spent in the assignments is not exactly what was expected, I took probably 10 times more tan the expected time since the level of the last two weeks gets really high and lots of info is missing in order to complete assignments. Hope you improve this next time. | the time I spent in the | Assignment | is not exactly what was expected, | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course, I've learned a lot. I went from knowing little to know a lot!!. However the time I spent in the assignments is not exactly what was expected, I took probably 10 times more tan the expected time since the level of the last two weeks gets really high and lots of info is missing in order to complete assignments. Hope you improve this next time. | is missing in order to complete | Assignment | Hope you improve this next time. | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | You will really learn responsive web design.Great courses, great professors, great assignments. | design. Great courses, great professors, great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Practice makes perfect! This course built on knowledge from the previous course, and solidified my understanding of the subject matter. The instructors are great, and the practice quizzes and peer reviewed assignments really help. | the practice quizzes and peer reviewed | Assignment | really help. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very well paced course. Assignments are related to course material and are very good are cementing course topics. Very good course. | Very well paced course. | Assignment | are related to course material and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I like how this specialisation evolves... as in the previous block, it does not give you all details, but merely sets the direction. The homework assignments are quite good and, if executed properly, will teach you a lot. The only complaint - frequent ambiguity of multiple choice quiz questions. | merely sets the direction. The homework | Assignment | are quite good and, if executed | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Information is provided in clear form, lecture are easy to follow. Would like to learn more information about events (had some problem with assignment) and have more freedom on last assignment (another database, purpose of the website) | about events (had some problem with | Assignment | and have more freedom on last | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Information is provided in clear form, lecture are easy to follow. Would like to learn more information about events (had some problem with assignment) and have more freedom on last assignment (another database, purpose of the website) | and have more freedom on last | Assignment | (another database, purpose of the website) | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very good pace and good information. As with any course, the more you do above and beyond what is given as 'assignments' the better you will grasp the information. | and beyond what is given as | Assignment | the better you will grasp the | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | Nice introductory course. I thought Prof Balch was a interesting and engaging prof. The assignments were well thought out. Here are some tips: I would not recommend this course without a grasp of python. The more Python you know, the easier it will be. Next, and more importantly, spend time learning Pandas. Pandas is extraordinary, for timeseries data. You will save a tremendous amount of time as you get deeper into this subject if you have a grasp on Pandas. Read the professors text. It is compact and to the point. Expect that you will get more out of this course the harder you work. So, try your own experiments, read the recommended texts. Think of Prof Balch as more of a tour guide and it is up to you to go explore on your own. | a interesting and engaging prof. The | Assignment | were well thought out. Here are | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | I like Mr Balch but to be honest I learned next to nothing. Maybe this is a good course for somebody who has no background in finance. As for myself I felt that I was wasting time and money. The book associated with this course was just like the course itself: shallow and doesn't go in any depth to explain the matter fully and rigorously. If you want to know WHAT computational investing is, you can take this class. Googling a bit will have roughly the same effect, though. If you want to learn how to actually DO computational investing, do not take this course - its just not serious enough. As the name of this course implies, you probably expected to find part II somewhere, which was promised to be a course about using machine learning in investing. 3 or 4 years after part I went live, part II is still missing and probably will never come out. The software used in this course, QSTK, is buggy and has been so for 3+ years. Its not maintained by anyone, and the people taking this course had to find ways to overcome QSTK bugs to be able to complete their assignments. And lastly: the exercises. There are none. All you get is a lame quiz for every week which basically asks to change some variables in the scripts provided. I did some coding for week 3 but that was it. No coding practice after that. | to be able to complete their | Assignment | And lastly: the exercises. There are | Positive | 0.78 | 2.0 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | Highly appealing subject matter but this was not the course I should have chosen to learn it from. The topics discussed are relevant, but there were some major drawbacks to this course: Limited academic rigour applied to the actual topics; instead they are discussed in a somewhat wordy and vague manner. Very slow progression beyond the most basic topics. At the beginning and end of each video there are some odd sound effects, and during the course itself the microphone the instructor is using seems to be very temperamental - sometimes I can't hear him at all, sometimes it's way too loud The software that is meant to be used has not been updated in 3 years (Jul13), and you notice it: A bug results in the software 'failing' during one of the homework assignments - students in this course had to fix it ad hoc themselves by changing the source code installed on their machine. Further, the assignments were not quite instructive but more a method of 'rote learning' -- amend the existing code, and then change 1-3 inputs and copy-paste the output into the 'quiz'. I didn't feel I was gaining much insight into the theory + subject matter during homeworks + quiz. The course videos also seem to be much more ad-hoc than I was expecting: There are many examples of 'Uhms...' 'Err's and pauses - there only seems to be a vague description of what is meant to be taught in the individual videos, where a set of points and theories to be discussed in a organized rigid manner may have been more appropriate. To conclude, there is no doubt that the instructor knows what he is talking about, but I can't help but feel that this course was put together quite hurriedly without much quality testing and preparation. It also lacks the depth and breadth of other courses available here and elsewhere. I signed up to this course under the 'Verified Track' and am likely not going to complete it despite having paid $$ to sign up. Having said all that I would definitely sign up to Computational Investing , Part II, as I would expect the team behind this course to be doing things differently (ie a lot better) 3-4 years after this course was made! | 'failing' during one of the homework | Assignment | - students in this course had | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | Highly appealing subject matter but this was not the course I should have chosen to learn it from. The topics discussed are relevant, but there were some major drawbacks to this course: Limited academic rigour applied to the actual topics; instead they are discussed in a somewhat wordy and vague manner. Very slow progression beyond the most basic topics. At the beginning and end of each video there are some odd sound effects, and during the course itself the microphone the instructor is using seems to be very temperamental - sometimes I can't hear him at all, sometimes it's way too loud The software that is meant to be used has not been updated in 3 years (Jul13), and you notice it: A bug results in the software 'failing' during one of the homework assignments - students in this course had to fix it ad hoc themselves by changing the source code installed on their machine. Further, the assignments were not quite instructive but more a method of 'rote learning' -- amend the existing code, and then change 1-3 inputs and copy-paste the output into the 'quiz'. I didn't feel I was gaining much insight into the theory + subject matter during homeworks + quiz. The course videos also seem to be much more ad-hoc than I was expecting: There are many examples of 'Uhms...' 'Err's and pauses - there only seems to be a vague description of what is meant to be taught in the individual videos, where a set of points and theories to be discussed in a organized rigid manner may have been more appropriate. To conclude, there is no doubt that the instructor knows what he is talking about, but I can't help but feel that this course was put together quite hurriedly without much quality testing and preparation. It also lacks the depth and breadth of other courses available here and elsewhere. I signed up to this course under the 'Verified Track' and am likely not going to complete it despite having paid $$ to sign up. Having said all that I would definitely sign up to Computational Investing , Part II, as I would expect the team behind this course to be doing things differently (ie a lot better) 3-4 years after this course was made! | installed on their machine. Further, the | Assignment | were not quite instructive but more | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | I enjoyed this course. The content was good and the assignments challenging. The presenter was OK but he seemed a little unprepared at times. I think the course is a little dated in that the strategies taught simply don't work anymore, but as an introduction to some techniques and considerations for technical analysis then I recommend it. I also recommend that anyone considering this course without a strong python background takes some time to learn how to use Pandas - it will make your life much easier! | The content was good and the | Assignment | challenging. The presenter was OK but | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | GOOD: topics BAD: presentation (poor sound, unprepared and unrehearsed presentations, long intro's, unjustified use of greenscrenns, etc) shallow with regards to the theoretical aspects of what it is presented assignments are mechanical (easier than the tutorial and you have to perform the same tasks for different constants for several times) | aspects of what it is presented | Assignment | are mechanical (easier than the tutorial | Positive | 0.89 | 1.0 |
| fZN4SVfiEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | The course covers basic topics and tools to help excel in Law School. It's suggested reading and assignments shed more light on the issues discussed and gives a broader look into them. The Professor is brief and provides examples for every topic learned. If you are interested in Law school or Law in general then this is for you! | Law School. It's suggested reading and | Assignment | shed more light on the issues | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| fZN4SVfiEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | I enjoyed this course but you really need to have some legal background to get the most out of it. The assignments were worth the time they took and I learned a lot trying to grade my fellow students. | the most out of it. The | Assignment | were worth the time they took | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| G6m5MzTeEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Horrific. If I could rate this ZERO I would. The instructor will give you a one sentence explanation and definition for a term (literally, I downloaded the transcripts to help with my notes and assignments) and then say, "Now that we learned x..." and fly right into the next term. Worse, many of the sentences don't even make sense and completely incoherrant, even in the written transcript. I am having to go out and find additional textbooks to research the basic definitions of what is required to pass the course. There is even less explanation of real-world applications, examples, and demonstration. It is almost as though she tried to memorize a sheet of definitions and repeated them without the use of her notes. This results in a highly monotonous monologue with awkward gestures and little actual content. I was planning on going for the PR for Digital Media Certification, but I can't handle another course like this. It's a waste of time and money. | to help with my notes and | Assignment | and then say, " Now that | Positive | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| g9KhGjk_EeWXuQopUhAqaw | clear instructions, to the point assignments, side information. great course! | clear instructions, to the point | Assignment | side information. great course! | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| g9KhGjk_EeWXuQopUhAqaw | Great delivery, good content separation. great assignments helped the information deliver at their bests. | Great delivery, good content separation. great | Assignment | helped the information deliver at their | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| g9KhGjk_EeWXuQopUhAqaw | It was a nice course which helps you understand basic concepts. was expecting more peer graded assignments. | concepts. was expecting more peer graded | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| g9KhGjk_EeWXuQopUhAqaw | A great course within this spezialization. Great teaching skills! But the assignments are only optional and the peer review is sometimes a little weak. | spezialization. Great teaching skills! But the | Assignment | are only optional and the peer | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| g9KhGjk_EeWXuQopUhAqaw | Anyone expecting to learn every subtlety of Bootstrap will be disappointed--but they deserve to be, this is a fours week course! The course introduces the concept of responsive design both through manually coding your own webpages and using frameworks, taking Bootstrap as an example. Over three short videos the instructor gives just enough for students to start using Bootstrap while also giving them the tools to continue their later independent development. Colleen van Lent is an exceptional instructor who manages to be engaging and motivating while always remaining 'human'. I am not altogether happy with the decision to make all peer reviewed assignments optional, even though I understand the reasoning. For this reason alone I have dropped my review to four stars. If you are prepared to make the effort to take full part in the optional exercises this is a five star course--it's up to you! | decision to make all peer reviewed | Assignment | optional, even though I understand the | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Was very educational, learn't a lot and the great thing was having to implement the theory learn't in the notes and lectures during the assignments. The "curve" ball questions were great too as it forced you to apply understanding thus teaching you to apply your knowledge based on the core principles learn't. | the notes and lectures during the | Assignment | The " curve" ball questions were | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Unfortunately, no tutors/instructors present to supervise the course, which made inconsistencies between course material (slides, videos) and solutions calculated for assignments horribly annoying to deal with, especially for someone like me new to the topic. Further, the solver addin (needed for the week 6 assignment) is not consistent across different excel versions and libre calc, which resulted in a whole lot of guesswork to pass this assignment. I'm sorry to say the course never came close to my expectations, despite the very interesting topic. Would not recommend. | (slides, videos) and solutions calculated for | Assignment | horribly annoying to deal with, especially | Negative | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Unfortunately, no tutors/instructors present to supervise the course, which made inconsistencies between course material (slides, videos) and solutions calculated for assignments horribly annoying to deal with, especially for someone like me new to the topic. Further, the solver addin (needed for the week 6 assignment) is not consistent across different excel versions and libre calc, which resulted in a whole lot of guesswork to pass this assignment. I'm sorry to say the course never came close to my expectations, despite the very interesting topic. Would not recommend. | addin (needed for the week 6 | Assignment | is not consistent across different excel | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Unfortunately, no tutors/instructors present to supervise the course, which made inconsistencies between course material (slides, videos) and solutions calculated for assignments horribly annoying to deal with, especially for someone like me new to the topic. Further, the solver addin (needed for the week 6 assignment) is not consistent across different excel versions and libre calc, which resulted in a whole lot of guesswork to pass this assignment. I'm sorry to say the course never came close to my expectations, despite the very interesting topic. Would not recommend. | lot of guesswork to pass this | Assignment | I'm sorry to say the course | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | It is a brilliant course covering all the key concepts in the financial engineering and model calibrations! The assignments are challenging but really help me reinforce my understanding of concepts and practice basic excel modeling skills. Highly recommended | financial engineering and model calibrations! The | Assignment | are challenging but really help me | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Inconsitencies in instructions and information for some assignments otherwise very good | in instructions and information for some | Assignment | otherwise very good | Positive | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | This course is a great, from the perspective of how it is organized as well as the assignments provided at the end of each module. The way the content layout is well-suited and leads student step by step gaining insight to the mechanics of different financial derivatives and working on those assignments is a great method of pushing student spend time to understand how the mechanics works. Both instructors are great! and I appreciated greatly their effort as well as Coursera. The only one improvement I would suggest is that if a TA can be assigned for this course, it'll be a great help to all students. Thanks! | is organized as well as the | Assignment | provided at the end of each | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | This course is a great, from the perspective of how it is organized as well as the assignments provided at the end of each module. The way the content layout is well-suited and leads student step by step gaining insight to the mechanics of different financial derivatives and working on those assignments is a great method of pushing student spend time to understand how the mechanics works. Both instructors are great! and I appreciated greatly their effort as well as Coursera. The only one improvement I would suggest is that if a TA can be assigned for this course, it'll be a great help to all students. Thanks! | financial derivatives and working on those | Assignment | is a great method of pushing | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | The course provides a very thorough introduction on the basic models and mechanisms by which various financial products are priced. One issue I had, was that the quiz questions sometimes used terminology or jargon for which the link with the material covered in the videos was not always immediately obvious. Also, the course, especially the later modules, heavily relies on Microsoft Excel, which some people might not be willing to pay hard cash for. It is possible to pass by doing the assignments with e.g. Python, but it's a lot of work, and not for the faint of heart. | possible to pass by doing the | Assignment | with e. g. Python, but it's | Negative | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | The professor seems pretty nice and the class is great but even quizzes/answers and assignments are only available for payment | is great but even quizzes/answers and | Assignment | are only available for payment | Positive | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | The lecturer and structure were very good. Five Stars. Sadly, I felt the course could have used a bit more substance. Less than hour of lectures per week and only one programming assignment left me wanting more. By contrast after taking https://www.coursera.org/learn/matlab/home/welcome I realy felt like I had a grasp on the material. | per week and only one programming | Assignment | left me wanting more. By contrast | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Needs more than 4 weeks worth of material. Assignments and quizzes should be free. | than 4 weeks worth of material. | Assignment | and quizzes should be free. | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | this course is great for those who want to learn the basics of the micro controller ( arduino ) The assignments and quizes are very well designed. | micro controller ( arduino ) The | Assignment | and quizes are very well designed. | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Good course. Prof. Ian is very good. Only I miss a deeper discussion, more complete examples and assignments. Thanks a lot. | deeper discussion, more complete examples and | Assignment | Thanks a lot. | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | reviewing the classmates assignments should only be possible after submitting the own work. some more sophisticated programming challenges should be required. | reviewing the classmates | Assignment | should only be possible after submitting | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Great course! Great explanations! Great examples! Great assignments! | course! Great explanations! Great examples! Great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | As I was taking this class, I often wondered who the target audience was. Although the class has no listed prerequisites, I noticed a lot of engineering jargon being used without ever defining what it meant. I'm not sure that non-technical people would get much out of the lectures. On the other hand, the lectures were mostly at a superficial level, so I'm not sure that technical people would get much out of them either. The only topic that got a (somewhat) deep dive was serial communication, and it wasn't clear why; users of the Arduino don't need to understand it any more or less than any other aspect of how an Arduino works.There were other issues. The programs we wrote had to be pasted into a submission form that removed all the carriage returns when you hit Save; I had to manually fix my program each time. Perhaps most frustratingly, you could follow the assignment instructions to the letter, but after you submitted you might find out that the grading criteria included other requirements. In one case people asked about it, and it turned out that the grading criteria were wrong, but they were never updated. My sense was that not much effort went into the creation of this course. | most frustratingly, you could follow the | Assignment | instructions to the letter, but after | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | This is a brilliant course if you are looking at beginning with Arduino. The videos are short and crisp, the assignments are interesting too. Prof. Ian Harris has done a brilliant job with the course. Big thank you to University of California, Irvine. | videos are short and crisp, the | Assignment | are interesting too. Prof. Ian Harris | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| gHycGx0uEeaP7xL2JHHq4w | The course could use a programming assignment to go along with the lectures. | The course could use a programming | Assignment | to go along with the lectures. | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| GixeETxVEeW0tw4knrMo3Q | please try and make easier but not too easy to pass. meaning less assignments and more quizzes, which i find fun to do. | too easy to pass. meaning less | Assignment | and more quizzes, which i find | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| GixeETxVEeW0tw4knrMo3Q | I really liked how enthusiastic and well prepared the instructor was. I also thought the weekly assignments were absolutely great to stay on track and to apply what you have learned to a small assignment. For me, many of the topics were a bit too basic and I would have loved to learn some more in-depth aspects of behavior and nutrition. However, I am absolutely aware that this was not the goal of this course. I just thought the instructor was so great, that I would have loved to learn more. But overall, a great introductory course that is really well done. Keep up the great work! | was. I also thought the weekly | Assignment | were absolutely great to stay on | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| GixeETxVEeW0tw4knrMo3Q | I really liked how enthusiastic and well prepared the instructor was. I also thought the weekly assignments were absolutely great to stay on track and to apply what you have learned to a small assignment. For me, many of the topics were a bit too basic and I would have loved to learn some more in-depth aspects of behavior and nutrition. However, I am absolutely aware that this was not the goal of this course. I just thought the instructor was so great, that I would have loved to learn more. But overall, a great introductory course that is really well done. Keep up the great work! | you have learned to a small | Assignment | For me, many of the topics | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| GixeETxVEeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Best MOOC ever! I've taken a lot of MOOC courses, Coursera and others, but this has been the most fun I've ever had learning. And I learned more than I thought was possible without having equids myself. I never do assignments but these were fun and educational. Well Done !!!!! | having equids myself. I never do | Assignment | but these were fun and educational. | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| goJ9vXd_EeWtpg5GoAM5Iw | Very good! There's room for improvement in the assignments, especially the quizzes that have simple questions and some have only one. | There's room for improvement in the | Assignment | especially the quizzes that have simple | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| goJ9vXd_EeWtpg5GoAM5Iw | Thank you for sharing the Course. The course provides clear guidance and always reminding how important it is to be an ethical journalist. With the assignments for each lesson at each week push us to be more creative in ideas of preparing and planning news and types of resources. Appreciate, and hoping that Coursera will always be there for us who look forward to update and learn knowledge that can help us in compete with the current always changing world, the same time as Coursera will keep on updating and considering on the comments/reviews from your Learners. Would be great if the courses presented could be totally affordable and free for all :) | be an ethical journalist. With the | Assignment | for each lesson at each week | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| goJ9vXd_EeWtpg5GoAM5Iw | A basic course into ethics, principles etc of a journalist. Assignments are straight forward and interesting. | ethics, principles etc of a journalist. | Assignment | are straight forward and interesting. | Negative | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It is a well-organized course. I really learnt a lot from the course. And the assignment and exercise work as a good practice for me to put what I learnt in the course into use. | lot from the course. And the | Assignment | and exercise work as a good | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Learn MySQL and Teradata in one course. Lots of hands on work and help for assignments. The only way I actually learn something. Just do it. I have a SQL server background and had to experience life without CTEs. | hands on work and help for | Assignment | The only way I actually learn | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The technical support of this course is just terrible: just like many many other students (see the Discussion forums), I have experienced serious difficulties to access the databases platforms we need to learn and to complete our assignments. I can only echo the innumerable complains from my co-students about the lack of efficient support and technical reliability of this course; many of us are very unhappy about this, especially as they have paid for this course ... and what is Coursera doing about it, by the way? My advice: beware before enrolling in this course and even in this entire specialization, and search for alternative options (there are many, not only on Coursera but also on EdX and others ...)!!! | to learn and to complete our | Assignment | I can only echo the innumerable | Negative | 0.74 | 1.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It is a great course! There are plenty of online assignments to practice. | course! There are plenty of online | Assignment | to practice. | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | great videos, great tutorials. Felt like I learnt this way better than any module I took in college because lectures were kept to the point, no long winding stories that goes on and on, assignments were manageable and easy to follow. Felt like I learnt at least 90% of everything that was taught, instead of a ~~50-60% usually. | stories that goes on and on, | Assignment | were manageable and easy to follow. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | great course. great example databases. i would suggest renaming the course Managing Big Data with MySQL and TeraData. The Teradata component of the course was very heavy, and all graded pieces of the course used Teradata. I would also make the assignments graded --- they can be peer reviewed. I think doing the assignments really help, not just completing the quizzes. those are my thoughts. | Teradata. I would also make the | Assignment | graded --- they can be peer | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | great course. great example databases. i would suggest renaming the course Managing Big Data with MySQL and TeraData. The Teradata component of the course was very heavy, and all graded pieces of the course used Teradata. I would also make the assignments graded --- they can be peer reviewed. I think doing the assignments really help, not just completing the quizzes. those are my thoughts. | peer reviewed. I think doing the | Assignment | really help, not just completing the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| gPmGQZoiEeWXlw53nZA94w | No option of completing the course without paying. So why do you call your site FREE online courses? And why do we have to go into the trouble of attending the class and watching the videos, and reading the material without being capable of at least watching our results in assignments? I am a member of your site for many years and I have also recommended your site in many people. | at least watching our results in | Assignment | I am a member of your | Negative | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| gt5ybBU-EeWhTg59fTWfpQ | This course offers you a great opportunity to get a fresh sight on many things we see and do every day. Practical assignments are super fun! | see and do every day. Practical | Assignment | are super fun! | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| gt5ybBU-EeWhTg59fTWfpQ | Nice Course and enjoyed doing the assignments. | Nice Course and enjoyed doing the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Prof. Ng is very engaging and his explanations are crystal clear, even when dealing with complex topics. I would also like to thank the assistants that wrote the Matlab/Octave homework assignments: it shows that a lot of time and attention has been put into them and I thoroughly enjoyed doing my homework, which wasn't easy! I also found the Errata quite helpful. Thanks to all! | assistants that wrote the Matlab/Octave homework | Assignment | it shows that a lot of | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course was well organized. xamples and assignments helped my understanding. I was able to learn what I needed for much less time than I expected! | course was well organized. xamples and | Assignment | helped my understanding. I was able | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! Easy to follow, useful, and very practical. At the same time, if you want to understand deeper why things work the way they do and/or the math behind it, the lectures give you good directions to look further into it. The programming assignments are a bit on the basic side (in terms of what you have to do vs what they give you), but are still great to put these ideas into a practical setting, and the optional parts help you explore the applications in more depth. Really glad I put the time into it. Totally worth it. | look further into it. The programming | Assignment | are a bit on the basic | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Just completed the course myself and I have to say this is a great course for anyone who wants to get a comprehensive understanding of Machine Learning. First of all, the content of the course is very well structured. It covers a lot of machine learning algorithms and also includes a lot of practical applications. Professor Ng is very gifted in teaching and he can explain some difficult topics in very simple terms. I also found he is very engaging and the quick questions inserted in the middle of the videos are very helpful to keep the students focused on the lecture. The programming assignments are at the right level of difficulty, and I found the instruction for each assignment works like a great summary of the corresponding materials. Didn't use their discussion forum much, but for a couple times I used, the mentor was able to respond in a very timely manner. Overall, this is a great course and I am so happy to be able to take it myself. Thank you, Professor Ng! | focused on the lecture. The programming | Assignment | are at the right level of | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Just completed the course myself and I have to say this is a great course for anyone who wants to get a comprehensive understanding of Machine Learning. First of all, the content of the course is very well structured. It covers a lot of machine learning algorithms and also includes a lot of practical applications. Professor Ng is very gifted in teaching and he can explain some difficult topics in very simple terms. I also found he is very engaging and the quick questions inserted in the middle of the videos are very helpful to keep the students focused on the lecture. The programming assignments are at the right level of difficulty, and I found the instruction for each assignment works like a great summary of the corresponding materials. Didn't use their discussion forum much, but for a couple times I used, the mentor was able to respond in a very timely manner. Overall, this is a great course and I am so happy to be able to take it myself. Thank you, Professor Ng! | I found the instruction for each | Assignment | works like a great summary of | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Pretty good course by Andrew Ng, easy to understand. The programming assignment is awesome, through which I can acquire basic programming ability with respect to several types of machine learning problems. | Ng, easy to understand. The programming | Assignment | is awesome, through which I can | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This was a very good course. Actually one of the best that I completed. Lectures and programming assignments were very interesting challenges to me. Additional materials were helpfull. Thank You for your efforts to share material of this course in such a professional and well organized way. I hope to see more courses like this one. I recommend this course to everyone interested in machine learning. | that I completed. Lectures and programming | Assignment | were very interesting challenges to me. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic learning experience for anyone who wants to start learning or needs to brush up on a few topics. The content is very well explained and the assignments take you step by step to help you solve the problems | is very well explained and the | Assignment | take you step by step to | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | great course, and thanks Andrew Ng for excellent teaching. You know, so many courses on Coursera now need us to pay to access to all the quizzes and assignments, which may prevent us from effective learning. Machine learning class is, personally, the best course on Coursera. And again, thanks, Andrew. | access to all the quizzes and | Assignment | which may prevent us from effective | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A great course for Machine Learning beginners. The programming assignments are exciting. | for Machine Learning beginners. The programming | Assignment | are exciting. | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It was very fun! I really enjoyed the videos and programming assignments. I think the class contents are well-paced and Andrew is really good at explaining. Thank you! | really enjoyed the videos and programming | Assignment | I think the class contents are | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I enjoyed this course very much! I am an electrical engineering students and have some background on linear algebraic and gradient descent algorithm, this course difficulty was very suitable for me. Assignments are amazing - I didn't know certain simple algorithm like logistic regression can do powerful work like handwriting digit recognition! | difficulty was very suitable for me. | Assignment | are amazing - I didn't know | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | An excellent course, with well presented study material, good supplementary resources, enjoyable and moderately sophisticated assignments (these usually took me more than the claimed 3 hours to accomplish, yet everything is solvable with a bit of thinking and attention). Recommended for anyone interested in conceptual foundations and basic topics of machine learning (elementary math and programming skills would be desirable). Thank a lot. | supplementary resources, enjoyable and moderately sophisticated | Assignment | (these usually took me more than | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Overall a great course. But the assignments could be more challenging. | Overall a great course. But the | Assignment | could be more challenging. | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Nice course, but very practical at the expense of theory. A few mistakes in the lectures and some bugs in the scripts of the programing assignments that you need to manually correct, but not to bad. Very nice as a basic course if you have limited interest in math and just wanna start applying it. If you are interested in the math behind or mainly neural networks (which are only covered briefly), this is not the course for you. | in the scripts of the programing | Assignment | that you need to manually correct, | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This class was great fun. I don't think I ever got bored watching a video or doing a programming assignment. The assignments were well-written and did a good job of ensuring a good understanding of the concepts without dragging on for hours. | a video or doing a programming | Assignment | The assignments were well-written and did | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This class was great fun. I don't think I ever got bored watching a video or doing a programming assignment. The assignments were well-written and did a good job of ensuring a good understanding of the concepts without dragging on for hours. | or doing a programming assignment. The | Assignment | were well-written and did a good | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | More Programming Assignments !! | More Programming | Assignment | ! ! | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I liked this class a lot. You should include lot more assignments which will help solidify the understanding of the underlying concepts. | lot. You should include lot more | Assignment | which will help solidify the understanding | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course material and programming assignments were very helpful, but the test grader is not helpful, I was not allowed to post questions I had on the forums (nor provide meaningful answers) because of the strange version and interpretation of the Honor Code, and the mentor Tom Mosher was unhelpful bordering on outright rude. | The course material and programming | Assignment | were very helpful, but the test | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I got a good foundation on Machine Learning on which I hope to build. The course is well paced and structured and the weekly deadlines for the assignments have been useful to drive me to keep up and get my assignments done. The one thing I would change is add programming assignments for the last couple of weeks - it is somehow unsatisfying to go through the videos but not practice those concepts. | and the weekly deadlines for the | Assignment | have been useful to drive me | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I got a good foundation on Machine Learning on which I hope to build. The course is well paced and structured and the weekly deadlines for the assignments have been useful to drive me to keep up and get my assignments done. The one thing I would change is add programming assignments for the last couple of weeks - it is somehow unsatisfying to go through the videos but not practice those concepts. | to keep up and get my | Assignment | done. The one thing I would | Negative | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I got a good foundation on Machine Learning on which I hope to build. The course is well paced and structured and the weekly deadlines for the assignments have been useful to drive me to keep up and get my assignments done. The one thing I would change is add programming assignments for the last couple of weeks - it is somehow unsatisfying to go through the videos but not practice those concepts. | I would change is add programming | Assignment | for the last couple of weeks | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Nice course. Delicately designed programming assignments. | Nice course. Delicately designed programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course to begin understanding Machine Learning. The course focus on intuition and examples more than derivations which helps absorb the knowledge much more easily. The assignments are great to review the concepts and implementing the algorithms requires a through understanding of what you are doing. Would recommend to anyone who has little exposure to advanced maths and wants to have a basic understanding of the subject. | the knowledge much more easily. The | Assignment | are great to review the concepts | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Learnt a lot, concepts are made extremely easy with assignments that are related to real life problems and application based. Enjoyed the course, as ML involves high school maths :D. Thank you Andrew sir! | concepts are made extremely easy with | Assignment | that are related to real life | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I took this course seriously and worked all the way till the last assignment. As per my experience and understanding the course contents are quite dense, but the lucid and succinct presentation made it quite comprehensible and interesting. I was amazed to find how well the concepts were formulated in a suitable mathematical modelling. I wholeheartedly thank Prof. Ng and the support stuffs for this wonderful course. | all the way till the last | Assignment | As per my experience and understanding | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | After completing the Machine Learning Course and after going through all of these videos and assignments, now I can say that I have learnt a lot from this course and content of the course have good quality and helps you expertise this field. Thanks a ton Prof. Andrew NG. | through all of these videos and | Assignment | now I can say that I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Mr. Ng did a great job explaining complicated learning algorithms in a very intuitive and easy to understand way. The programming assignments are very well prepared. | easy to understand way. The programming | Assignment | are very well prepared. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Prof. Ng is very knowledgeable and explains each topic concisely and informatively. He does not assume that students have a lot of backgrounds in linear algebra or programming. He takes time to explain everything we need to know step by step and from the very basic. I really appreciate his effort in teaching this class and make it accessible to anyone. Also thanks to all mentors, tas, and other students who participated in the discussion forum and provided useful resources on completing the assignments. | provided useful resources on completing the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Prof Andew Ng explains concepts and algorithms in a clear way. I'm impressed with the quality of the programming assignments , which was very thoughtful and instructive. | with the quality of the programming | Assignment | , which was very thoughtful and | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course with detailed programing assignments | Great course with detailed programing | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Incredible... complex subject ... taught in a simplified way without trivialising the subject matter... practical examples and tips help a lot... beautifully relates the mathematics behind the algorithms to real-life scenarios. Hands-on programming assignments and quizzes are thoughtfully crafted and organised.. Great Learning. Thank you very much. | algorithms to real-life scenarios. Hands-on programming | Assignment | and quizzes are thoughtfully crafted and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing. Love the real-world application in every programming assignment, as well as the mathematics. | the real-world application in every programming | Assignment | as well as the mathematics. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | One of the best mooc that I have taken till date. Thanks a lot for Andrew Ng and team to make this high quality class accessible to everyone. Learnt a great deal from the lecture videos, assignments, quiz, tutorials & test cases. I highly recommend to people who are just starting to explore ML for learning or to make a career out of it. Thanks again Andrew Ng, Team and Coursera | great deal from the lecture videos, | Assignment | quiz, tutorials & test cases. I | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Just finished the course. This is indeed an amazing course which can get started you in practical machine learning in less than 3 months. You will developing your own neural networks from the scratch. Below are the pros and not pros (i won't call it cons) that i experienced. PROs : Gets onto topics right away. Information about practical implementation Doable. Not too difficult and not downright easy. You have to put effort if you do not have backgroud in undergraduate mathematics to understand the concepts. Prof. Andrew Ng. - He has knack of explaining something very complex in a very easy manner. Also, he justifies if he is not going to explain something Assignments evaluation and practical scenarios. Not PROs : Very High Level : This course does NOT go in detail to explain the derivations and mathematics behind machine learning course. I think its OK and that is what makes the course doable. I find it really hard to accept a formula if the reasons are not known and hence, sometimes our only task was to learn the formula. For example : in SVMs. What Next : It is just a feedback. I think at the end of course, course team should guide students, what do to next. May be which course can be a good follow up course for this. So, at the end, i just want to thanks Coursera team, Stanford Team, mentors, peers and Prof. Andrew Ng for spreading this knowledge for free. It is really helping people like me to study something not readily available in good quality in reach. Hopefully, i will also be able to give back to community some time soon. | is not going to explain something | Assignment | evaluation and practical scenarios. Not PROs | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course with interesting lectures and assignments. | Great course with interesting lectures and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A great introduction to Machine Learning techniques. Because learners do not build assignments from the ground up, do not expect to be adept at implementing any of the tools taught here. Figuring out what had already been done required about 40% of my time solving the exercises. Some errors in the provided code are not corrected, so check the errata! | techniques. Because learners do not build | Assignment | from the ground up, do not | Negative | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | it's a really good course, perfect assignments and tests. highly recommended! | it's a really good course, perfect | Assignment | and tests. highly recommended! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | awesome course with detail explanation and assignments | awesome course with detail explanation and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Well paced course. The assignment and course materials are well designed. | Well paced course. The | Assignment | and course materials are well designed. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Absolutely a must! Ng, through this courses, demystifies machine learning and imparts useful skills without getting bogged down by the mathematics - if you're math-shy. The assignments and their submission system are also easy and intuitive and instructive, never leaving the student wondering what they're doing. | mathematics - if you're math-shy. The | Assignment | and their submission system are also | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Ng and the entire coursera team on pulling off such a great introductory course. Honestly, machine learning is such a vast topic, that every nook and cranny of the internet has some opinion or the other on its methods. It can get pretty daunting for a beginner. This course is a perfect balance of theory and practice. It doesn't get too "mathy", nor does it get too dumbed down on it. The basic ideas, their implementations are discussed thoroughly, and Dr. Ng himself is such a smooth lecturer. A section on what to do after finishing this course would be helpful, as there are so many domains of machine learning, that it can get pretty confusing to decide. Also, I found the assignment tutorials a bit vague. Multiple times, I happened to scratch my head trying to figure what exactly the assignment in asking me to do. Clearer explanations of what to do in the assignments would be great. All in all, a wonderful course. Thanks a ton! | to decide. Also, I found the | Assignment | tutorials a bit vague. Multiple times, | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Ng and the entire coursera team on pulling off such a great introductory course. Honestly, machine learning is such a vast topic, that every nook and cranny of the internet has some opinion or the other on its methods. It can get pretty daunting for a beginner. This course is a perfect balance of theory and practice. It doesn't get too "mathy", nor does it get too dumbed down on it. The basic ideas, their implementations are discussed thoroughly, and Dr. Ng himself is such a smooth lecturer. A section on what to do after finishing this course would be helpful, as there are so many domains of machine learning, that it can get pretty confusing to decide. Also, I found the assignment tutorials a bit vague. Multiple times, I happened to scratch my head trying to figure what exactly the assignment in asking me to do. Clearer explanations of what to do in the assignments would be great. All in all, a wonderful course. Thanks a ton! | trying to figure what exactly the | Assignment | in asking me to do. Clearer | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Ng and the entire coursera team on pulling off such a great introductory course. Honestly, machine learning is such a vast topic, that every nook and cranny of the internet has some opinion or the other on its methods. It can get pretty daunting for a beginner. This course is a perfect balance of theory and practice. It doesn't get too "mathy", nor does it get too dumbed down on it. The basic ideas, their implementations are discussed thoroughly, and Dr. Ng himself is such a smooth lecturer. A section on what to do after finishing this course would be helpful, as there are so many domains of machine learning, that it can get pretty confusing to decide. Also, I found the assignment tutorials a bit vague. Multiple times, I happened to scratch my head trying to figure what exactly the assignment in asking me to do. Clearer explanations of what to do in the assignments would be great. All in all, a wonderful course. Thanks a ton! | of what to do in the | Assignment | would be great. All in all, | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The method of teaching is very good. The programming assignments help a lot in actual understanding of the the algorithm. Very interesting course. You will definitely enjoy it. Thank you!! Happy learning!! | teaching is very good. The programming | Assignment | help a lot in actual understanding | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great Course! This Course gives deep undersanding of algorithms and contains many interesting assignments. | of algorithms and contains many interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A very good introduction to the subject that moves at a good pace but doesn't make such big jumps that it is difficult to follow. Andrew Ng presents the subject clearly and gives some good insights. One of the most valuable aspects of the course are the assignments where actual code is developed and worked upon. The code provided gives a good starting point for people to move forward and develop their own applications as they progress further. I would like to thank Professor Ng very much for producing this course and making it available so easily. Also to the people working with him to mentor those participating on the course. The course has very much wet my appetite for machine learning and I am now keen to pursue the subject further both through developing my own applications and learning more about the subject | aspects of the course are the | Assignment | where actual code is developed and | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very nice course well adapted to students from any place in the world. Keeps you engrossed and focused during all 11 weeks. Materials are well structured and explain the topic completely clearly. Assignments are interesting and enthralling. | and explain the topic completely clearly. | Assignment | are interesting and enthralling. | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is one great course which is exciting throughout all the weeks of content. You'll be thorough with almost all basic concepts of machine learning by the end. But programming assignments are needed to be submitted using matlab or octave, Introducing python would be a great update to this. | learning by the end. But programming | Assignment | are needed to be submitted using | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A joy from start to finish. Very well structured, with new goals stemming from each lecture. The course could only be improved by adding additional assignments for Weeks 10 and 11, or a Capstone project. | only be improved by adding additional | Assignment | for Weeks 10 and 11, or | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | An outstanding course. It starts out a bit hard, especially if you aren't very familiar with Matlab/Octave as I wasn't. But the challenge is worth it. I feel much more confident in my understanding of many of these algorithms. I think, though, that after week 7, the class gets a bit too easy and routine, especially with the programming assignments. I was looking for something either more in-depth and/or challenging. I also would have liked to see topics like reinforcement learning covered, or further advice about how to design machine learning pipelines. Professor Ng is an excellent teacher, and I thank him for making this great course! | and routine, especially with the programming | Assignment | I was looking for something either | Negative | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great intro to machine learning. Not too simple, but not too complicated for those without calculus skills. Very good mix of theory vs. practice and reasonable assignments were very useful to learning. We need a machine learning 2! | of theory vs. practice and reasonable | Assignment | were very useful to learning. We | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is an extremely well taught course. I recommend taking it after learning Linear Algebra. "The Analytics Edge" through MITx (EdX.org) complements this course nicely. It would have been nice if the programming assignments had been a little more challenging. | have been nice if the programming | Assignment | had been a little more challenging. | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course presents in a very accessible way a variety of ML techniques. It is definitely a good introductory course. The programming assignments could have been harder and the quizes could have required some harder calculations in hand. | a good introductory course. The programming | Assignment | could have been harder and the | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a great opportunity for every one with a basic knowledge of programming and math to jump in the wonder world of the Machine Learning. I enjoyed my-self by watching the lessons on the Coursera platform and solving the programming assignments using MATLAB. Every thing is very well prepared by the course organizers to have a great experience when exploring the "Machine Learning". Hope you enjoy this course as well! | Coursera platform and solving the programming | Assignment | using MATLAB. Every thing is very | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is simply amazing, it treats advanced mathematical models for ML in a way that make them accessible to anyone regardless the background. Also Andrew is really clear and you can see the passion for ML shining through his face as he speaks, and this is a great added value that motivates you as nothing else! The only thing that I may want to suggest is to concentrate the programming assignment more on testing the learning algorithms on real world problems rather than on implementation details (as there are tons of libraries implementing learning algorithms out there) Thanks Andrew for the service you provided to the Coursera community, hope to meet you someday! | suggest is to concentrate the programming | Assignment | more on testing the learning algorithms | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The instructor Andrew Ng has put in lot of effort to explain the fundamentals and then the coding assignments take it to the next level. Video length and quality is optimum. Discussion forums are very useful whenever I get stuck with a technical or course related problem. | the fundamentals and then the coding | Assignment | take it to the next level. | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Gently-paced and reasonable in terms of course work load, even for a busy person. This course greatly demystified machine learning for me. Alvin's lectures are friendly and easy to follow, and progress smoothly from one point of interest to the next, always taking time to briefly recap on precursor topics that were previously discussed. I really appreciate how the assignments focus on the core algorithms and their implementation. Ancillary implementation steps and a scaffolding for testing and viewing the results are already given for the learner to use, play with, and go back and reference for educational purposes if need be, for refreshing on use of tools such as plotting methods. The way the assignments are structured, putting emphasis on filling in the gaps with implementation of the important algorithms, makes completing assignments a very satisfying and fulfilling experience. I feared I would get caught up in preliminary steps, i.e. getting plots to display correctly or cleaning up the data, but that's all taken care of so that one can focus on practicing the techniques most relevant to the topic and algorithms. I only wish there were more assignments to complete, both to cover more of the course's material and to have more chances to practice algorithm prototyping in Octave/Matlab. | discussed. I really appreciate how the | Assignment | focus on the core algorithms and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Gently-paced and reasonable in terms of course work load, even for a busy person. This course greatly demystified machine learning for me. Alvin's lectures are friendly and easy to follow, and progress smoothly from one point of interest to the next, always taking time to briefly recap on precursor topics that were previously discussed. I really appreciate how the assignments focus on the core algorithms and their implementation. Ancillary implementation steps and a scaffolding for testing and viewing the results are already given for the learner to use, play with, and go back and reference for educational purposes if need be, for refreshing on use of tools such as plotting methods. The way the assignments are structured, putting emphasis on filling in the gaps with implementation of the important algorithms, makes completing assignments a very satisfying and fulfilling experience. I feared I would get caught up in preliminary steps, i.e. getting plots to display correctly or cleaning up the data, but that's all taken care of so that one can focus on practicing the techniques most relevant to the topic and algorithms. I only wish there were more assignments to complete, both to cover more of the course's material and to have more chances to practice algorithm prototyping in Octave/Matlab. | as plotting methods. The way the | Assignment | are structured, putting emphasis on filling | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Gently-paced and reasonable in terms of course work load, even for a busy person. This course greatly demystified machine learning for me. Alvin's lectures are friendly and easy to follow, and progress smoothly from one point of interest to the next, always taking time to briefly recap on precursor topics that were previously discussed. I really appreciate how the assignments focus on the core algorithms and their implementation. Ancillary implementation steps and a scaffolding for testing and viewing the results are already given for the learner to use, play with, and go back and reference for educational purposes if need be, for refreshing on use of tools such as plotting methods. The way the assignments are structured, putting emphasis on filling in the gaps with implementation of the important algorithms, makes completing assignments a very satisfying and fulfilling experience. I feared I would get caught up in preliminary steps, i.e. getting plots to display correctly or cleaning up the data, but that's all taken care of so that one can focus on practicing the techniques most relevant to the topic and algorithms. I only wish there were more assignments to complete, both to cover more of the course's material and to have more chances to practice algorithm prototyping in Octave/Matlab. | of the important algorithms, makes completing | Assignment | a very satisfying and fulfilling experience. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Gently-paced and reasonable in terms of course work load, even for a busy person. This course greatly demystified machine learning for me. Alvin's lectures are friendly and easy to follow, and progress smoothly from one point of interest to the next, always taking time to briefly recap on precursor topics that were previously discussed. I really appreciate how the assignments focus on the core algorithms and their implementation. Ancillary implementation steps and a scaffolding for testing and viewing the results are already given for the learner to use, play with, and go back and reference for educational purposes if need be, for refreshing on use of tools such as plotting methods. The way the assignments are structured, putting emphasis on filling in the gaps with implementation of the important algorithms, makes completing assignments a very satisfying and fulfilling experience. I feared I would get caught up in preliminary steps, i.e. getting plots to display correctly or cleaning up the data, but that's all taken care of so that one can focus on practicing the techniques most relevant to the topic and algorithms. I only wish there were more assignments to complete, both to cover more of the course's material and to have more chances to practice algorithm prototyping in Octave/Matlab. | I only wish there were more | Assignment | to complete, both to cover more | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great overview of several ML concepts and topics. Being a python fan I was skeptical in taking a course where the assignments were restricted to using octave. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised by how every lecture and assignment set was explained via basic linear algebra, and was impressed by the speed and efficiency of octave's framework of working with matrices. I also a little surprised that Random Forests and Decision tree based algos were not covered in the course. | in taking a course where the | Assignment | were restricted to using octave. Yet, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great overview of several ML concepts and topics. Being a python fan I was skeptical in taking a course where the assignments were restricted to using octave. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised by how every lecture and assignment set was explained via basic linear algebra, and was impressed by the speed and efficiency of octave's framework of working with matrices. I also a little surprised that Random Forests and Decision tree based algos were not covered in the course. | surprised by how every lecture and | Assignment | set was explained via basic linear | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Lecture videos are clear and concise with a strong focus towards applications in industry. The best practice suggestions are extremely helpful. The programming assignments are all practical and very engaging. | suggestions are extremely helpful. The programming | Assignment | are all practical and very engaging. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The assignment is in the right level! | The | Assignment | is in the right level! | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Professor Ng is a great teacher, his course is both challenging and satisfying. The exercises require you to take one step beyond the lecture -- not just parrot back the transcript -- you have to think about the implications of what you've just studied. Yet Ng's presentations are lucid and informative and that next step is obvious, once you think about it. My greatest challenge is that, although I have been programming for decades, I've only dabbled in a functional language like Octave and my last math class dates back to the 70s. However, the math requirements are not onerous and I'm struggling through the Octave assignments with some success. Although the course is 11 weeks there are more than 16 lectures as some weeks have two complete sets of lectures PLUS there are assignments every week that take a few hours to complete. So while there is a little more work in this course than in other Coursera offerings there is great value for the money and time spent. If you're interested in Machine Learning this course is a great place to start. | and I'm struggling through the Octave | Assignment | with some success. Although the course | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Professor Ng is a great teacher, his course is both challenging and satisfying. The exercises require you to take one step beyond the lecture -- not just parrot back the transcript -- you have to think about the implications of what you've just studied. Yet Ng's presentations are lucid and informative and that next step is obvious, once you think about it. My greatest challenge is that, although I have been programming for decades, I've only dabbled in a functional language like Octave and my last math class dates back to the 70s. However, the math requirements are not onerous and I'm struggling through the Octave assignments with some success. Although the course is 11 weeks there are more than 16 lectures as some weeks have two complete sets of lectures PLUS there are assignments every week that take a few hours to complete. So while there is a little more work in this course than in other Coursera offerings there is great value for the money and time spent. If you're interested in Machine Learning this course is a great place to start. | sets of lectures PLUS there are | Assignment | every week that take a few | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It's a wonderful course. But I think the assignments are a bit difficult for design students like me to accomplish. | wonderful course. But I think the | Assignment | are a bit difficult for design | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course was a very good start to Machine learning for me. I have learned a lot, yet i think the programming assignments were too easy to do and most of the time the answer was almost given directly. I think more challenging assignments would be better | lot, yet i think the programming | Assignment | were too easy to do and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course was a very good start to Machine learning for me. I have learned a lot, yet i think the programming assignments were too easy to do and most of the time the answer was almost given directly. I think more challenging assignments would be better | given directly. I think more challenging | Assignment | would be better | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course with great quality assignments from a credible and reputed expert in the field. | Great course with great quality | Assignment | from a credible and reputed expert | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excelent course. Even if you have prior knowledge in ML it is worth doing. Programming Assignments could be less guided though (no reason do decrease ratings for this). | ML it is worth doing. Programming | Assignment | could be less guided though (no | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | For a busy professional, this course was accessible and practical, well paced and challenging programming assignments that are very well thought out as to teach the student the necessary knowledge to then apply this knowledge to other problems. | practical, well paced and challenging programming | Assignment | that are very well thought out | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome Course. Assignments are real fun.. | Awesome Course. | Assignment | are real fun. . | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The videos are of a helpful length and they are organized into lessons with constructive quiz questions and assignments interspersed to make a student progress logically and incrementally through the course. I found the mentors' guidance helpful to bridge the gap between video lectures and programming assignments. | lessons with constructive quiz questions and | Assignment | interspersed to make a student progress | Negative | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The videos are of a helpful length and they are organized into lessons with constructive quiz questions and assignments interspersed to make a student progress logically and incrementally through the course. I found the mentors' guidance helpful to bridge the gap between video lectures and programming assignments. | gap between video lectures and programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent! Especially, the programming assignments were well designed to help you understand the details in machine learning algorithms. | Excellent! Especially, the programming | Assignment | were well designed to help you | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It's quite good for beginners like me to learn about machine learning in this course. Practical advice on machine learning helps a lot. Some examples in the assignment are interesting though very few parts are required to implement by ourselves. I was struggling a lot when applying vectorization to the assignments, reminding me of my poor algebra :D | a lot. Some examples in the | Assignment | are interesting though very few parts | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It's quite good for beginners like me to learn about machine learning in this course. Practical advice on machine learning helps a lot. Some examples in the assignment are interesting though very few parts are required to implement by ourselves. I was struggling a lot when applying vectorization to the assignments, reminding me of my poor algebra :D | lot when applying vectorization to the | Assignment | reminding me of my poor algebra | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It is a great course and the assignments are exceptional.. I would rate it 5 star. | is a great course and the | Assignment | are exceptional. . I would rate | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Really have learnt a lot from this class. The programming assignments might be hard but are extremely practical. I would recommend this class to anyone who is interested in diving into Machine Learning. | lot from this class. The programming | Assignment | might be hard but are extremely | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The concepts are explained very well and at an understandable pace. Assignments help a lot to learn the concepts deeply. Discussion boards and mentors are quite active and help a lot. | well and at an understandable pace. | Assignment | help a lot to learn the | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great material and tutor! The only thing is that it is a bit hard to get starting if you are new to octave, coding and machine learning. I wasted days on small errors that would not let my code run. A not mandatory assignment for beginners might help where every step is spelled out in even more detail but you actually have to write it yourself and submit it. :-) But this is of course a very minor critique - again, GREAT COURSE! Thanks a lot | my code run. A not mandatory | Assignment | for beginners might help where every | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Pros: program is extremely well organized every concept behind clearly elaborated with example and visualisation Tutorial works amazingly (*i only know python, after reading tutorials, complete all assignment) Cons: A little bit difficult to handle Octave !! hard for people not familiar with algebra , matrix and vector | python, after reading tutorials, complete all | Assignment | Cons: A little bit difficult to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I really liked the course has been developed and delivered by Prof Andrew Ng. The course is cleverly designed to accommodate people at different skill levels. While the videos, assignments and lecture notes are very valuable and free to access, it would be more encouraging for people to join the Machine Learning working community if the certificate fee is lesser than what it is now. Thanks to Coursera, Prof Andrew Ng and all the volunteers. | different skill levels. While the videos, | Assignment | and lecture notes are very valuable | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Tough things are much easily taught and assignments have been wonderfully selected to increase the confidence level of students. | things are much easily taught and | Assignment | have been wonderfully selected to increase | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It would be helpful to work on a complex programming assignment at the end of the course | to work on a complex programming | Assignment | at the end of the course | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introductory course to machine learning. There were some quirks to workout in the assignments and the course could use a refresh to make it more current (content is from 2011, I think). However, many of the learnings will build a strong foundation upon which any learner can continue into the interesting discipline of machine and deep learning. | some quirks to workout in the | Assignment | and the course could use a | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a very fundamental introduction of machine learning. The course materials are suitable for beginners who are interested in machine learning. Going through all the quiz and programming assignments is not easy but they are really helpful for understanding the learning materials. | through all the quiz and programming | Assignment | is not easy but they are | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is just awesome! Thanks Prof. NG for that. Although the course has very less and easy programming assignments, but still the theory covered is pretty vast and well- contained. | has very less and easy programming | Assignment | but still the theory covered is | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you so much for offering this course! It has so much contents and explains those concepts very well. I love the programming assignments and the availability of different helps I can easily get from this course. | very well. I love the programming | Assignment | and the availability of different helps | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excelent. Just the assignments are sometimes not so easy to understand. | Excelent. Just the | Assignment | are sometimes not so easy to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very easy to understand, with little math needed. I enjoy the fact that he allows access to all quizzes and assignments without having to pay. | allows access to all quizzes and | Assignment | without having to pay. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A very good overview of the basics of Machine Learning. As a novice to computerized data sorting, I felt this course provided the best mix of practical and theoretical backgrounds for some very useful algorithms. The MATLAB assignments take some time to complete so planning ahead will be helpful. | some very useful algorithms. The MATLAB | Assignment | take some time to complete so | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very easy to follow, well explained by Andrew Ng, good examples and fun programming assignments | Ng, good examples and fun programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A good course! The assignments really add to the program and gives you alghorithms to really work with in your own projects. | A good course! The | Assignment | really add to the program and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic course - very interesting content and assignments are perfectly designed to come to grips with the content. Very engaging lecturer. | course - very interesting content and | Assignment | are perfectly designed to come to | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best course I've taken on Coursera so far. This was the first ever course offered on Coursera, by the founder himself, Andrew Ng. He's a great instructor, covering topics right from the ground to the sky. I'd say the implementation is in OCTAVE instead of popular languages like R/Python, which could have improved upon a lot for learners. But since Andrew has focussed this course upon beginners, I think OCTAVE is apt. The assignments were relatively easy as most of the implementation (ground work) was done, only the main functions were to be implemented. But yes I learnt a lot from the way the assignments are designed. You create a digit recogniser just by being through this course. I would recommend it to all learners who are beginning with Machine Learning or Data Sciences to take up this course. | I think OCTAVE is apt. The | Assignment | were relatively easy as most of | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best course I've taken on Coursera so far. This was the first ever course offered on Coursera, by the founder himself, Andrew Ng. He's a great instructor, covering topics right from the ground to the sky. I'd say the implementation is in OCTAVE instead of popular languages like R/Python, which could have improved upon a lot for learners. But since Andrew has focussed this course upon beginners, I think OCTAVE is apt. The assignments were relatively easy as most of the implementation (ground work) was done, only the main functions were to be implemented. But yes I learnt a lot from the way the assignments are designed. You create a digit recogniser just by being through this course. I would recommend it to all learners who are beginning with Machine Learning or Data Sciences to take up this course. | a lot from the way the | Assignment | are designed. You create a digit | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is the best Machine Learning Course I've ever had Andrew explains every algorithm and their intuition well. Assignment is very helpful as well, help us review most important parts. Thanks a lot! | every algorithm and their intuition well. | Assignment | is very helpful as well, help | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | great lectures, and great quiz and assignment to help me learn more. | great lectures, and great quiz and | Assignment | to help me learn more. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is really useful and the assignment system is very helpful. The core code need to be written by you. If you want to learn ML as a starter, it is the best choice. | course is really useful and the | Assignment | system is very helpful. The core | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very easy-to-understand but in-depth course contents, tough some assignments contained certain bugs. Highly recommended. | but in-depth course contents, tough some | Assignment | contained certain bugs. Highly recommended. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Highly recommend this course to anyone interested in machine learning. Dr. Andrew Ng does an excellent job covering the fundamentals of various supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as their practical applications. He also covers error analysis and provides programming assignments. Why should you choose this course over the other machine learning courses? Dr. Andrew Ng helped lead Google's AI efforts and now doing the same for Baidu. In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. Definitely give it a go; you won't be disappointed. | covers error analysis and provides programming | Assignment | Why should you choose this course | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I'm just finishing the 7th week, and the pace and material is just right for me. I have a math background, and have been working in software development for 17 years. You should be able to participate in this with a modest math background, and minimal computer science experience. Some assignments can be challenging, but they are definitely possible to complete in my spare time with some concerted effort. This seems to be a solid foundation to machine learning concepts. I enjoy the mathematical explanations of the algorithms. | and minimal computer science experience. Some | Assignment | can be challenging, but they are | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course introduces some basic concepts of machine learning. Particularly, neural networks and regularized regression are given a decent coverage. Some popular techniques such as decision trees and ensemble learning are not touched at all. It's a very well thought out course. The only reason I didn't give it 5 because it's in archival mode, i.e. Professor Ng doesn't support it anymore, doesn't participate in discussions, for instance. It was disappointing. Also, the assignments were too easy, in my opinion. I'd like them to be more challenging. | instance. It was disappointing. Also, the | Assignment | were too easy, in my opinion. | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A very nice introduction to machine learning. Well structured and with a lot of good practical assignments! I would definitely recommend it! | with a lot of good practical | Assignment | I would definitely recommend it! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I learned A LOT from Andrew, the assignments help you apply the materials you've learned. Even now that one year has passed since I finished the course I am using the materials whenever I need insight into Machine Learning. | learned A LOT from Andrew, the | Assignment | help you apply the materials you've | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Prof. Andrew Ng explains the main ML concepts in a very concise yet detailed manner that allows both students with a background in CS and those without it to learn so much in this course. The class is well structured and the assignments are amazing examples of the applications of the concepts learned. | class is well structured and the | Assignment | are amazing examples of the applications | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Outdated material, nightmare to submit assignments. Badly needs to be updated. | Outdated material, nightmare to submit | Assignment | Badly needs to be updated. | Negative | 0.92 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | only theory no practice. I don't need math at this point as I don't know even how to build simple machine learning program. Programming assignments come with no explanation. It is not possible to finish this course without learning from other sources on the web, materials attached to this course are not enough to understand the subject. I have trouble understanding what the teacher is trying to teach from the very beginning of course. | build simple machine learning program. Programming | Assignment | come with no explanation. It is | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is very well organized covering a lot of topics. The assignments are mapped well with the course content and help to understand the system development well. Professor ANg is very clear in his explanations and makes you feel very comfortable even with the difficult concepts. I highly recommend this course if you plan to learn machine learning using open source tools and practical examples. | covering a lot of topics. The | Assignment | are mapped well with the course | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very educational. Maybe a short course in Liner Algebra could be included on Coursera also I have noted some of the assignments are a few years old as I have seen a few attempts to solve these on the web dating back to 2011. Maybe these should be changed to keep the ideas fresh. | I have noted some of the | Assignment | are a few years old as | Negative | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course, easy to understand and very well paced. Would suggest everyone to take this course. Not much of knowledge in coding is required and anyone can do the assignments. | required and anyone can do the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very nice explanations, good mix of theory/tests and practical assignments | good mix of theory/tests and practical | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best online course I have ever taken!! The Instructor Mr. Andrew teaches really great. I just love the way he teaches. The pace of the course is also good and not that hard to keep up. The assignments and quizzes are also simple and effective. One can learn a lot from this course. Thank you. :) | that hard to keep up. The | Assignment | and quizzes are also simple and | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent for the machine learning beginners. Courser prepares the surroundings for each topics before going into deep. Intermediate quiz and assignments for each covered topics are very good idea to check learned concepts with practical. Thanks a lot. | going into deep. Intermediate quiz and | Assignment | for each covered topics are very | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Lectures are clear and easy to understand. Assignments are helpful. | are clear and easy to understand. | Assignment | are helpful. | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I found this course very useful to introduce the student to a wide variety of machine learning techniques. I found the assignments very manageable and the course load was very light, perfectly suited for a working professional. | machine learning techniques. I found the | Assignment | very manageable and the course load | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course, all the concepts are explained in a structured and clear way. The quizes reinforce the lessons, and the assignments focus on building understanding of the concepts and give practical examples of applications. | quizes reinforce the lessons, and the | Assignment | focus on building understanding of the | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome/Excellent/Outstanding !!! This course was my first step in Machine Learning en route to data science. The videos explain difficult concepts in easy to understand words with examples. The assignments will make you think real hard and they do a great job to ensure that you get basics down and give you wings to implement an algorithm to a real world data set. The discussion/forum/wiki_page is very helpful and thanks to the Mentors for immediate help with questions on the forums. Many thanks to Professor Ng. | to understand words with examples. The | Assignment | will make you think real hard | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is an amazing course. I have completed around 4 weeks of material. The concepts are covered both top-down and bottom-up. The instructor really adds value with every video. To improve this course, I would recommend covering more topics and make the assignments a bit harder. At least towards the end of each assignment. | covering more topics and make the | Assignment | a bit harder. At least towards | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is an amazing course. I have completed around 4 weeks of material. The concepts are covered both top-down and bottom-up. The instructor really adds value with every video. To improve this course, I would recommend covering more topics and make the assignments a bit harder. At least towards the end of each assignment. | least towards the end of each | Assignment | | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing course! Some more nuanced/ advanced applications as programming assignments would step up the course even more. Maybe keep them as optionals like many other assignments. Overall, a very good course for someone wanting to get into ML. | more nuanced/ advanced applications as programming | Assignment | would step up the course even | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing course! Some more nuanced/ advanced applications as programming assignments would step up the course even more. Maybe keep them as optionals like many other assignments. Overall, a very good course for someone wanting to get into ML. | them as optionals like many other | Assignment | Overall, a very good course for | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing. Concise, well written course. Excellent video material, even better homework assignments. | Excellent video material, even better homework | Assignment | | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Good overview of machine learning. In general focuses more on how to do, but due to course length skipped on some of the how or why in certain topics. Good mentor responses. Lecture video pause points are bugged. Lecture and assignments are quite detailed to walk you through it. Course content not designed to be difficult. Weeks are not very balanced. Some weeks take longer than other weeks, and you don't really know until the week starts. One thing I really dislike is you can't take notes online while watching the video. You'll have to do it elsewhere (on paper, on notepad). There isn't a quick summary of topics covered in the video you can go to. This would help if you wanted to rewatch a certain part but couldn't recall which video it was in. | pause points are bugged. Lecture and | Assignment | are quite detailed to walk you | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It is a great course! Finally machine learning become more clear to me! The class is interesting and focus on explaining it rather than knowledge deliver. The assignments are also well designed, which help me enhance my learning! I hope this course can be continuing, because it is a great help for us. | it rather than knowledge deliver. The | Assignment | are also well designed, which help | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Some of the most advanced learning taught in amazing simplicity and choice of real world examples to make learners understand the fundamentals. The quizzes were awesome and same were the assignments. | were awesome and same were the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great explanations and great assignments | Great explanations and great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Comprehensive course, well-designed assignments. Definitely a good start for learning ML. | Comprehensive course, well-designed | Assignment | Definitely a good start for learning | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Currently I am taking this course. So far it has been very good. All the Assignments I try to do it on my own with out referring to much of the hints. It gives 100% clarity on various algorithms once completing the assignments. Over all very very good course for beginners. For who look for mathematical rigour this is not the course as it is more of implementing the end expressions using Octaves. More useful for IT engineers who work in companies than Researchers. | has been very good. All the | Assignment | I try to do it on | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Currently I am taking this course. So far it has been very good. All the Assignments I try to do it on my own with out referring to much of the hints. It gives 100% clarity on various algorithms once completing the assignments. Over all very very good course for beginners. For who look for mathematical rigour this is not the course as it is more of implementing the end expressions using Octaves. More useful for IT engineers who work in companies than Researchers. | on various algorithms once completing the | Assignment | Over all very very good course | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This was an interesting and well planned overview of a wide range of topics in machine learning. For a beginner, this course gave me a great look at the bredth of the topic. both on elements I had some experience with (SVM, Unsupervised clustering) and stuff I hadn't ever looked into before (PCA, NN). I thought the video lectures were well made and the progamming assignments were really well targeted (even if they were a little hand hold-y). Thanks to Dr. Ng and his team! | were well made and the progamming | Assignment | were really well targeted (even if | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Taking this class was quite a challenge as I took many different classes on different platforms in preparation for my going to grad school. Professor Ng's class is, pedagogically, a very masterfully planned class. His simple but meaningful way of teaching made digestion of new information easy. He also used media to aid in teaching in an expert way, like using different colors to help keep track of variables, and using clear and meaningful diagrams. And also, in behalf of the TAs and mentors, I'd like Professor Ng to know that they are a great asset. Without their help, most notably in the form of programming assignment tutorials and test cases, this class would have been much harder. Their step by step guidance to those of us unfamiliar with R or computer programming was essential, all while upholding the code of conduct. The TAs and professor Ng make a formidable team. | notably in the form of programming | Assignment | tutorials and test cases, this class | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very comprehensive. The assignments were detailed and useful. The best course according to me on Machine Learning. | Very comprehensive. The | Assignment | were detailed and useful. The best | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The only reason that it does not get 5 star is due to the fact that the uploading of assignment is really confusing. The code is not uploaded till the solution is right which creates confusion whether the code is wrong or the upload mechanism is wrong | the fact that the uploading of | Assignment | is really confusing. The code is | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is an excellent course that will give users a working knowledge of machine learning and data science relatively quickly. The programming assignments are really interesting, too. | data science relatively quickly. The programming | Assignment | are really interesting, too. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Exceptionally good course material, Prof Ng's good job, great quizzes and well-guided assignments. | good job, great quizzes and well-guided | Assignment | | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well structured course with helpful assignments to help understand how each technique works | Very well structured course with helpful | Assignment | to help understand how each technique | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course had fantastic content, and very clear lecturing style, and minimal errors. At times I felt the lectures were a bit too long and repetitive, and found myself jumping through them quickly. I found that Andrew took minutes to say something that should only take 10 seconds; but I am aware that most students would appreciate this. The assignments were great, only with a few bits of information lacking and one assignment requiring me to dig around in the Discussion Boards for a solution (an error in the supplied code was causing me to fail the assignment). If I could give 4.5 stars I would, but I can't give the course 5 stars given the points above. Overall: Very enjoyable and insightful! | most students would appreciate this. The | Assignment | were great, only with a few | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course had fantastic content, and very clear lecturing style, and minimal errors. At times I felt the lectures were a bit too long and repetitive, and found myself jumping through them quickly. I found that Andrew took minutes to say something that should only take 10 seconds; but I am aware that most students would appreciate this. The assignments were great, only with a few bits of information lacking and one assignment requiring me to dig around in the Discussion Boards for a solution (an error in the supplied code was causing me to fail the assignment). If I could give 4.5 stars I would, but I can't give the course 5 stars given the points above. Overall: Very enjoyable and insightful! | bits of information lacking and one | Assignment | requiring me to dig around in | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course had fantastic content, and very clear lecturing style, and minimal errors. At times I felt the lectures were a bit too long and repetitive, and found myself jumping through them quickly. I found that Andrew took minutes to say something that should only take 10 seconds; but I am aware that most students would appreciate this. The assignments were great, only with a few bits of information lacking and one assignment requiring me to dig around in the Discussion Boards for a solution (an error in the supplied code was causing me to fail the assignment). If I could give 4.5 stars I would, but I can't give the course 5 stars given the points above. Overall: Very enjoyable and insightful! | was causing me to fail the | Assignment | If I could give 4. 5 | Negative | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Loved it. I was able to take this course while taking a graduate school course and working a full time job. Most of the work fit into a few nights or on the weekend. The assignments were challenging but I learned a lot and it's coming in handy in my graduate school research as well. I'll be back for more courses. | nights or on the weekend. The | Assignment | were challenging but I learned a | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Let me say that this is a great course and that I enjoyed it very much! My only problem is with the assignment that are, in my opinion, a bit limited and most of the time they focus on liner algebra implementations rather than give a better understanding of the algorithm. Most of the time the assignments focus on implementing a formula where the algorithm itself is already written for us. That is good as a first step but in the long run it doesn't give you some practical skills when you want to apply the algorithm to an external dataset. I would suggest to add some challenges (maybe ungraded) keggle style, like provided this dataset try to get a score better than a value. This will spark some discussion and it would help to apply the concepts and the practical tricks to a real (chewed) problem. | My only problem is with the | Assignment | that are, in my opinion, a | Positive | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Let me say that this is a great course and that I enjoyed it very much! My only problem is with the assignment that are, in my opinion, a bit limited and most of the time they focus on liner algebra implementations rather than give a better understanding of the algorithm. Most of the time the assignments focus on implementing a formula where the algorithm itself is already written for us. That is good as a first step but in the long run it doesn't give you some practical skills when you want to apply the algorithm to an external dataset. I would suggest to add some challenges (maybe ungraded) keggle style, like provided this dataset try to get a score better than a value. This will spark some discussion and it would help to apply the concepts and the practical tricks to a real (chewed) problem. | algorithm. Most of the time the | Assignment | focus on implementing a formula where | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is most useful for students not in the maths/engineering field. As a medical student with only high school maths and computing, I am happy to learn just enough to explore real problems in my field. It does not assume previous knowledge in advanced linear algebra, multivariable calculus and Matlab programming. I'm able to go through the whole course and finish the assignments in just 2 weeks. In contrast, I am unlikely to be able to go through the other online ML courses by famous universities or even the youtube version of Prof. Andrew Ng. | the whole course and finish the | Assignment | in just 2 weeks. In contrast, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course !! Excellent format with practical hands-on assignments to reinforce learning. | ! Excellent format with practical hands-on | Assignment | to reinforce learning. | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The true value of this course lies in the excellent programming assignments. From identifying hand-written digits in postal codes to providing plausible movie recommendations for users of a streaming service, you can be sure that the problems are non-trivial, applicable, and elucidating. As other users have pointed out, it is true that this is not a very mathematical introduction to the subject. Ng's concern is clearly with pedagogy and implementation over theorem-proof. However, given the abundance of rigorous (freely available) material on the subject online, this can hardly be classified as a serious shortcoming. Rather, each video lecture can be viewed as an appetiser which teaches you "just enough" to start coding, while opening the door for further independent study. | course lies in the excellent programming | Assignment | From identifying hand-written digits in postal | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a very good introductory course to Machine Learning that covers many different algorithms for a variety of applications. Not only does it approach the subject in a simple and intuitive way, it also provides very good advice for implementing and running these algorithms. The programming assignments are well done and, through the use of provided code, allow you to glimpse at interesting applications of machine learning without having to spend too much time on boilerplate/preprocessing code. | and running these algorithms. The programming | Assignment | are well done and, through the | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Its an excellent course. It gives exposure to variety of problems. Further, the basic concepts are explained nicely without going very deep in mathematics. The programming assignments are simply fantastic and it will enhance the understanding of the course content. | very deep in mathematics. The programming | Assignment | are simply fantastic and it will | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome course, great teacher. very useful material, quizzes, assignments, review questions and intutions throughout the course | great teacher. very useful material, quizzes, | Assignment | review questions and intutions throughout the | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I'd love the assignments. They are really hand-ons. | I'd love the | Assignment | They are really hand-ons. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The classes were awesome and very easy to follow. The assignments made the portions very clear. Thanks to Coursera and Professor Andrew N G for giving us this wonderful opportunity to dive into the field of Machine Learning. | and very easy to follow. The | Assignment | made the portions very clear. Thanks | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A good balance of theory and practical tips. MATLAB assignments take time but most of the work is done for you, so you only need to apply the concepts you've just learned. (Optional) deadlines help a lot too! | of theory and practical tips. MATLAB | Assignment | take time but most of the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A great collection of well designed lectures and practice assignments that helps you get familiar with the science of Machine Learning. | of well designed lectures and practice | Assignment | that helps you get familiar with | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | One of the best online courses I've ever taken. The videos are clear and concise, and most people with an interest should be able to follow along, while the assignments are still challenging enough to keep it interesting and increase learning. | able to follow along, while the | Assignment | are still challenging enough to keep | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I really enjoyed taking this! It was taught in an understandable way, and even with little MATLAB knowledge the assignments were very doable. I learned a lot and feel I'll be able to apply these skills to tasks in the future. | even with little MATLAB knowledge the | Assignment | were very doable. I learned a | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course gives a very thorough introduction to Machine Learning, Octave and concepts behind ML. Hands on assignments are very good at introducing students to a variety of problems and builds a very good foundation. | and concepts behind ML. Hands on | Assignment | are very good at introducing students | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Its a good beginner class. I found that the assignments were simplified to make it easier for folks not experienced in programming. | beginner class. I found that the | Assignment | were simplified to make it easier | Negative | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course for all those who would like to get started on Machine Learning. Prof.Andrew Ng has delivered this course in great style, that even the most complex aspects are made to look very simple. Course assignments are well designed to test the real learning of the student. I thoroughly enjoyed solving those real problems. I'm confident to claim, that I'm a Machine Learning product designer now. Its a huge leap for me, personally. Thankyou Prof.Andrew Ng and Coursera Team. | made to look very simple. Course | Assignment | are well designed to test the | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I truly enjoy the course with all lectures, assignments and discussions. Thank you Andrew for making such a great course! | enjoy the course with all lectures, | Assignment | and discussions. Thank you Andrew for | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The lectures were good to excellent. The homework assignments were decent but felt a little "dumbed down". If it had been based on Python or R instead of MATLAB/Octave it would have been better though. There were lots of problems with submission using Octave. I almost quit because I just couldn't get it to work correctly, at least on a Mac. Switching to MATLAB made it easier. But MATLAB isn't something I'm going to be able to freely use after the course. Overall I found it to be a nice basic introduction to Machine Learning. It seems to have really just scratched the surface in terms of depth, but the breadth was good. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction or first course in machine learning. | were good to excellent. The homework | Assignment | were decent but felt a little | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew is one of the best teachers I've ever had. Externally smart and articulated, but also super thoughtful and humble to explain the easiest things assuming we might not know. Assignments were challenging, but forums and mentors were totally worth it. This was a very hard class for me (non technical background), but the best online class that made me engaged all the way to the end. | things assuming we might not know. | Assignment | were challenging, but forums and mentors | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Extremely practical course for begineers. I earlier worked half way through "Learning from data by Caltech" which was much more theoretical for my taste. I highly recommend this one for begineers. And do complete the assignments! | for begineers. And do complete the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you Prof Ng. Your course was very clear and well designed. The quizzes and the programming assignments were perfect to test my understanding of each lecture. It was very understandable even without a deep background in computer science and mathematics thanks to your ability to simplify complex concepts. | designed. The quizzes and the programming | Assignment | were perfect to test my understanding | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Love this course! Definitely need decent maths and some coding experience. You can get frustrated doing assignment without good linear algebra and some debugging experience. But it will be very rewarding experience once you go through it. | experience. You can get frustrated doing | Assignment | without good linear algebra and some | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Only shortcoming: assignments and examples are in matlab rather than python or R. | Only shortcoming: | Assignment | and examples are in matlab rather | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic course! Simple, extremely well organized, the assignments are very clear. Highly recommend for someone getting started with ML. | course! Simple, extremely well organized, the | Assignment | are very clear. Highly recommend for | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a great intro to machine learning, but it needs to be polished and updated. There's too much discrepancy over the assignment descriptions and the tutorial discussions. Tom Mosher is fantastic in the tutorial forums - would have spent many hours wandering aimlessly if it wasn't for his guidance. However, he does point out many holes in the course as it currently is, and I'd have to agree with him. Linear algebra review should absolutely be a requirement prior to the beginning of this course. | There's too much discrepancy over the | Assignment | descriptions and the tutorial discussions. Tom | Negative | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing course: rather slow-paced but quite in-depth, great pedagogy, various quizzes and little questions in the videos that maintain interest and rhythm throughout the course. The programming assignments are also very well built, allowing people to focus on the core aspects of machine learning by taking care of all the language-specific environment. | rhythm throughout the course. The programming | Assignment | are also very well built, allowing | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | great lectures, great people who provide tutorials on the assignments, and the assignments truly give the student a deeper understanding of the course material. Plus, if I want to apply what I learned in the future, I have the code already written from the course assignments! | people who provide tutorials on the | Assignment | and the assignments truly give the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | great lectures, great people who provide tutorials on the assignments, and the assignments truly give the student a deeper understanding of the course material. Plus, if I want to apply what I learned in the future, I have the code already written from the course assignments! | tutorials on the assignments, and the | Assignment | truly give the student a deeper | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | great lectures, great people who provide tutorials on the assignments, and the assignments truly give the student a deeper understanding of the course material. Plus, if I want to apply what I learned in the future, I have the code already written from the course assignments! | code already written from the course | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I have been really impressed with the quality of this course. The subject of the lecures is undoubtedly fascinating, while the teacher, Andrew Ng, is able to introduce even the most complex topics with clarity and effectiveness. The weekly workload is reasonable and carefully planned, as the difficulty of assignments and tests. Many thanks for making this course available! | carefully planned, as the difficulty of | Assignment | and tests. Many thanks for making | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great videos and good course structure. I did feel the assignments were sometimes a bit too 'easy', a lot was pre-programmed and the to-be implemented formulas were often provided in the assignments. This made it quite time-efficient, but perhaps the understanding improves when working with lecture notes for people to refer to when recalling formulas from the lectures. | course structure. I did feel the | Assignment | were sometimes a bit too 'easy', | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great videos and good course structure. I did feel the assignments were sometimes a bit too 'easy', a lot was pre-programmed and the to-be implemented formulas were often provided in the assignments. This made it quite time-efficient, but perhaps the understanding improves when working with lecture notes for people to refer to when recalling formulas from the lectures. | formulas were often provided in the | Assignment | This made it quite time-efficient, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a wonderfully taught course. The lectures are clear, well-organized, and engaging, taking full advantage of the online format. The homework assignments take care of a lot of the legwork of machine learning for you (particularly data loading/cleaning) and let you focus on implementing the core algorithms. It's a powerful feeling to implement the heart of a neural network from scratch. I feel like I came out of the course with a solid understanding of many core concepts in machine learning. | of the online format. The homework | Assignment | take care of a lot of | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | One of the best course to learn machine learning. Assignments are just awesome. | best course to learn machine learning. | Assignment | are just awesome. | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is simply great. Complex topic and advanced mathematical concept are explained in a comprehensive way. Assignments are well explained and guide me in many problems requiring machine learning approach. | are explained in a comprehensive way. | Assignment | are well explained and guide me | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The professor explains machine learning algorithms in a way such that it is easy to understand. The coding assignments are very very good. I think the professor spend hundreds of hours on designing these coding assignments. | is easy to understand. The coding | Assignment | are very very good. I think | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The professor explains machine learning algorithms in a way such that it is easy to understand. The coding assignments are very very good. I think the professor spend hundreds of hours on designing these coding assignments. | of hours on designing these coding | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent pacing, content, instructional technique, and assignments. I particularly like how all the algorithms are grounded in real world problems and the assignments are using real data to demonstrate how the algorithms are applied. | Excellent pacing, content, instructional technique, and | Assignment | I particularly like how all the | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent pacing, content, instructional technique, and assignments. I particularly like how all the algorithms are grounded in real world problems and the assignments are using real data to demonstrate how the algorithms are applied. | in real world problems and the | Assignment | are using real data to demonstrate | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | One of the best courses I've taken. Absolutely enjoyed doing the coding assignments! | taken. Absolutely enjoyed doing the coding | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Material is intense but the instructor does a great job explaining and simplifying a complex topic into a easy to understand course. The projects/assignment are challenging but fulfilling and ties back to the course materials. I highly recommend doing the assignment to get a full understanding. | materials. I highly recommend doing the | Assignment | to get a full understanding. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Well-paces, great teacher. However, the assignments are a bit too simple. | Well-paces, great teacher. However, the | Assignment | are a bit too simple. | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Intuitive interpretation and valuable assignment | Intuitive interpretation and valuable | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I benefit a lot from this course. Most of details in this course are designed from practical perspective, so if you as a beginner want to learn ML well, you are highly recommended to take all questions and programming assignments. | to take all questions and programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Just after starting the course and properly doing programming assignments and quizzes, i was able to get a grip on machine learning. | the course and properly doing programming | Assignment | and quizzes, i was able to | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very nicely prepared course with interesting topics and valuable programming exercices. The deadlines of the assignments were sometimes a little bit tricky but neccesary to keep track of the course. | programming exercices. The deadlines of the | Assignment | were sometimes a little bit tricky | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent class design and course delivery!!! I think the assignments can be more difficult and less spoon-feeding. Thank you for making learning ML possible and fun!!! | delivery! ! ! I think the | Assignment | can be more difficult and less | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I had a great time taking this class and working through the assignments. Thank you Andrew for taking the time to put this wonderful class together. - Ikenna | this class and working through the | Assignment | Thank you Andrew for taking the | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is really informative. And we can learn a lot by solving the quizzes and assignments sincerely. | lot by solving the quizzes and | Assignment | sincerely. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Learned a lot of new concepts, perfectly organized content and assignments. I strongly recommend this course for the students in the domain of Data Science. | new concepts, perfectly organized content and | Assignment | I strongly recommend this course for | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best explanation of principles and ideas behind Machine Learning I have seen. Very inspiring. The assignments give you hands-on experience and brings the ideas to life. | I have seen. Very inspiring. The | Assignment | give you hands-on experience and brings | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | There are too many mistakes and misleading statements made in the course material. There were a lot difficulties with submitting assignments in order to move forward in the course. I had to give up because I don't have time to be bogged down like this. The students' comments and discussion would be useful if they can be accessed from within each lesson. I can't make heads or tails of what the discussions were referring to, when they are all clumped together at the course web site instead. | were a lot difficulties with submitting | Assignment | in order to move forward in | Positive | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It was a great introduction to the Machine Learning field. The lectures were very easy to follow and the programming assignments were fun to do. Although I missed some lessons about decision trees and Bayesian learning, I don't think that this makes the course less valuable. I really liked it and thank Professor Andrew Ng and the Coursera staff for it. | easy to follow and the programming | Assignment | were fun to do. Although I | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent Course. I am 4 weeks in and the videos are really presented by the professor, the tutorials are very good, and the discussion forums are really helpful. The assignments are challenging and well formulated. I look forward to the rest of the course and to completing it. | discussion forums are really helpful. The | Assignment | are challenging and well formulated. I | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a well-structure course covering the basics on machine learning. What differentiates this course from others is the regularity and depth offered by the programming assignments. Thanks to the Standford Uni team that has put it together! | and depth offered by the programming | Assignment | Thanks to the Standford Uni team | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good lecture. The assignments could be a bit more difficult/complex. | Very good lecture. The | Assignment | could be a bit more difficult/complex. | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Really good course. Interesting topics, and good assignments. | good course. Interesting topics, and good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I have seen other machine learning courses but it cannot get any simpler than this. Most of the other courses will directly dive you into complex formulas and theorems. But Mr. Andrew Ng made it so easy for me to understand the basic concepts with his real world examples that now I can apply them in my own projects with ease. The evaluation system is also pretty good with hands on assignments. The quizzes were a little bit tough at times, but they forced me to go back to the corresponding topic and review it so that my concepts become clear. The assignments were also realistic and at times challenging for people using Matlab or Octave for first time. Thank you very much for this course. I hope this will help a lot in my career as a researcher. | also pretty good with hands on | Assignment | The quizzes were a little bit | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I have seen other machine learning courses but it cannot get any simpler than this. Most of the other courses will directly dive you into complex formulas and theorems. But Mr. Andrew Ng made it so easy for me to understand the basic concepts with his real world examples that now I can apply them in my own projects with ease. The evaluation system is also pretty good with hands on assignments. The quizzes were a little bit tough at times, but they forced me to go back to the corresponding topic and review it so that my concepts become clear. The assignments were also realistic and at times challenging for people using Matlab or Octave for first time. Thank you very much for this course. I hope this will help a lot in my career as a researcher. | that my concepts become clear. The | Assignment | were also realistic and at times | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The podium which the MOOC's provide to gain knowledge simply amazes me. I will remain grateful to the people like Andrew Ng for sharing knowledge so beautifully. I personally was attracted to the idea of discussing machine learning applications via the programming assignment, they kept me motivated in difficult times. I look forward to doing other interesting courses in the data science track. Thank You!! | machine learning applications via the programming | Assignment | they kept me motivated in difficult | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Can't say I got a full understanding of what ML is all about, but at least I know what to search for should I need to use it now. The assignments seemed to be very hard in the beginning, but as soon as I got used to them they appeared to be too simple. All I had to do was to find correct order of matrices multiplication. I would like to be more involved in solving them. Nevertheless the course is quite interesting and, I hope, quite helpful. | need to use it now. The | Assignment | seemed to be very hard in | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best course I have taken on Coursera so far (I have taken six in all)!! The lectures are well structured; even a non-engineer can understand the concepts. The assignments were actually fun - not a term I usually use to describe assignments. Thanks for Prof. Andrew Ng for this engaging and worthwhile course. | non-engineer can understand the concepts. The | Assignment | were actually fun - not a | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best course I have taken on Coursera so far (I have taken six in all)!! The lectures are well structured; even a non-engineer can understand the concepts. The assignments were actually fun - not a term I usually use to describe assignments. Thanks for Prof. Andrew Ng for this engaging and worthwhile course. | term I usually use to describe | Assignment | Thanks for Prof. Andrew Ng for | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course. Makes sure to plan for the time to watch the movies and enough time for the assignments. They are well worth it and will re-enforce the video lecture material. | movies and enough time for the | Assignment | They are well worth it and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well constructed course and good assignments that bring out the essence of machine learning. | Very well constructed course and good | Assignment | that bring out the essence of | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Nice beginner level course. Shows the big picture without dwelling much into nitty-gritty. Basic knowledge of Linear Algebra would not hurt but that's not necessary. Needless to say, Prof Andrew's teachings/advices were fabulous during the course. Programming assignments were mostly trivial. They can be made a bit challenging. Thanks. | were fabulous during the course. Programming | Assignment | were mostly trivial. They can be | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Professor Andrew keeps us motivated throughout the session. The course coverage is extremely good and neatly presented. Assignments have sufficient instructions that guide us well. After an exhaustive search, I would say this is the best course ever for beginners of Machine Learning. | is extremely good and neatly presented. | Assignment | have sufficient instructions that guide us | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic course. I wish the assignments were python instead of octave, but a great course nevertheless. | Fantastic course. I wish the | Assignment | were python instead of octave, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a truly superb class. Professor Andrew Ng's lectures are clear, well-organized, and exceptionally informative. He's more than a brilliant researcher: he does a terrific job of presenting complex machine learning concepts in simple terms that a very easy for anyone to understand as well. I would add that the programming assignments are also very useful because they focus on core concepts and really help to reinforce the lectures. All around this is easily one of the best and most valuable courses I have ever taken, and I would be very quickly to recommend this course to any friend without reservation. Whether you're actively working with machine learning systems as I am or hoping to get into the field or merely curious, Andrew Ng's machine learning class is a very valuable class that covers the essentials and covers them very thoroughly. | I would add that the programming | Assignment | are also very useful because they | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very easy to understand, starting from statistics, well paced lectures and assignments. | from statistics, well paced lectures and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome course. Its even better if you make an effort to familiarize yourself with the mathematics behind the algorithms mentioned in the course. The MATLAB assignments are very useful in exhibiting the practical applications of the Machine Learning Algorithms taught. All in all, it is a must do course for anyone who is interested in ML and AI. People with good mathematical background and MATLAB experience will find completing this course a breeze. | mentioned in the course. The MATLAB | Assignment | are very useful in exhibiting the | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course to understand the basics of machine learning. Good assignments. | the basics of machine learning. Good | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great! This is a great course to learn the idea of machine learning even I am not a computer science and data science student. It provides a chance for us to study different type of machine learning algorithm. The assignment also gives you a chance to practice these algorithms on some application example. If this course can provide more deeply mathematics algorithm or guideline for future study on learning algorithm, it will be a perfect course! | type of machine learning algorithm. The | Assignment | also gives you a chance to | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | For sure, I am not the only one rating this course with 5 stars, I really learned a lot of new and useful things, regarding linear regression, supervised/unsupervised learning, bias/variance, neural networks (my initial motivation), SVM, etc. In fact many new things. There are minor aspects to improve (e.g. the need to apply patches in every assignment in order to submit my works, some wrong translations in spanish, etc). Thanks for everything | need to apply patches in every | Assignment | in order to submit my works, | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is verg good,and from assignment I also gain a lot.But I still expect teachers can tell us more details. | course is verg good, and from | Assignment | I also gain a lot. But | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The material is clearly presented and the quizes and homework assignments re-inforce the learning. This class left me hungry to learn more. | presented and the quizes and homework | Assignment | re-inforce the learning. This class left | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course. Tutorials easy to follow with good challenging programming assignments. | to follow with good challenging programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thanks a lot Andrew NG for one of the best and most descriptive online courses I took so far. Just as a small point open to improvement, in MATLAP/Octave assignments, students may be encouraged more to apply the core steps of the algorithms on their own. | point open to improvement, in MATLAP/Octave | Assignment | students may be encouraged more to | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well structured course for giving good overview of ML landscape, with programming assignments giving little sandboxes for student to be able to focus on crux of a particular ML technique. It gives good basic foundation to be able to appreciate various ML applications around and techniques used in them, and go out to explore ML further. | overview of ML landscape, with programming | Assignment | giving little sandboxes for student to | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is the course that started Coursera. Andrew Ng is the man! If I had one criticism, it would be that the matlab assignments are a little bit too "done for you" already. Ideally, we would implement everything ourselves using the tool of our choice, but I understand that that'd be impossible in the context of this course. | it would be that the matlab | Assignment | are a little bit too " | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great, although there are some trouble for completed assignments. eg. patch for octave. | there are some trouble for completed | Assignment | eg. patch for octave. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I am half way through this course and I feel this is the best online course available today. The content is superb, the subject is interesting and the instructor/the professor explains the topic in a very easy way. One more thing which makes this course great is the tools - the quizes and assignment framework (including the submission process) is very well designed. I aim to pursue career in Machine Learning at some point in time in (near) future. I am sure I am on right track. Anyone new to ML must start with this course. | the tools - the quizes and | Assignment | framework (including the submission process) is | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introduction to the field. If you complete the assignments, you'll have a powerful toolkit to apply to your own machine learning applications. You will definitely leave the coursed versed well enough in machine learning to both apply it and learn more from other sources, and be able to converse intelligently in the field. | the field. If you complete the | Assignment | you'll have a powerful toolkit to | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Information presented was well explained, efficient yet thorough. Assignments matched the content well and afforded learning at a challenging yet manageable levels. | was well explained, efficient yet thorough. | Assignment | matched the content well and afforded | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | well structured coursework, nice explanation , challenging assignments. | structured coursework, nice explanation , challenging | Assignment | | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew Ng does an amazing job explaining the mathematics behind each concept, striking a great balance between abstract mathematics and concrete ideas. I would also like to praise the coding assignments. Each comes with a great deal of code already written, allowing the student to focus on the core concepts rather than writing everything from scratch. A lot of work was invested just to ease the learning experience. Thank you very much for such an incredible course! | also like to praise the coding | Assignment | Each comes with a great deal | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | All topics are introduced well. The pace of the lectures could be faster. The programming assignments are a really good addition and help to understand how the techniques work! | lectures could be faster. The programming | Assignment | are a really good addition and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic introduction to machine learning, neural networks, SVM and more. Requires basic linear algebra skills - if you're new to LA - there is a refresher offered in week 1 which tells you everything you need to know. Be warned, some of the lectures and assignments are a bit out of order at the moment - but the discussion boards and course tutorials will set you straight. | warned, some of the lectures and | Assignment | are a bit out of order | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course!The instructor is great and has the ability of making a complex material look really simple. Assignments are really helpful in the learning process. Its actually hard to believe that its 100% free! | a complex material look really simple. | Assignment | are really helpful in the learning | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I'm about 3/4 into the class. Before the start I knew close to nothing about the subject. Prof. Ng has done an outstanding job in presenting the subject, explaining the underlying theory, and assigning problems and exercises that deepened my understanding. He is a highly organized teacher and excellent pedagogue. Special thanks to the course TAs as well who are very responsive to comments and questions, and have prepared great materials that always helped me to completed the assignments. This is a textbook example of a great online class that is fun to attend. Well done! | always helped me to completed the | Assignment | This is a textbook example of | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This was my first class on Coursera and I couldn't have been more happier about it. Content is very well presented, mathematics standing behind various ML models is served to the listener with just enough details to understand it, but not to add any confusion. Assignments are great and really help you to understand how algorithms works. The only thing I'd change is questions about Octave in Quizes. Octave is very nice tool, no doubt, but I personally want to stick to R language and I really didn't want to memorize certain functions or syntax that Octave is using. Great job! I can recommend this class to anyone with a clean conscious. | but not to add any confusion. | Assignment | are great and really help you | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | good videos. reasonable quiz questions. good programming assignments. | videos. reasonable quiz questions. good programming | Assignment | | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent teaching and materials, but the assignments held your hand too much. I wish EM was taught as well as gradient descent. However, I'm giving 5 stars because the explanations and examples were A+ work. | Excellent teaching and materials, but the | Assignment | held your hand too much. I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A lot of content to work through, but well worth it. An excellent professor, concepts were explained clearly, and the Programming assignments were just hard enough to be challenging, but not overwhelming. | were explained clearly, and the Programming | Assignment | were just hard enough to be | Negative | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good, complete course. It goes through a lot of different machine learning techniques, well explained. The assignments are interesting and sometimes a bit difficult but the forum is full of good tutoring and test cases which really helps to move through them. I enjoyed it very much! | machine learning techniques, well explained. The | Assignment | are interesting and sometimes a bit | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course, better than any course I had at university; it's very well structured, Prof Ng is a perfect didact and the assignments and quizzes are well chosen and informative. I can just recommend to anyone, who is interested in machine learning, to enroll this course and enjoy it! | is a perfect didact and the | Assignment | and quizzes are well chosen and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent Course! I am really learning a lot so far! The programming assignments are also very practical and fun to go through! | a lot so far! The programming | Assignment | are also very practical and fun | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | the lecture is great !! Prof. explained every complicated concept and theory in the way that easy to understand and remember. The programming assignments are also carefully designed to help us further capture the main points of course contents as well as exposing us to some real applications. | to understand and remember. The programming | Assignment | are also carefully designed to help | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew really did a great job in breaking down rather complicated algos and theories into simpler pieces for students to understand. The course is well structured and the assignments are very useful and focus on the key points. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested. | course is well structured and the | Assignment | are very useful and focus on | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The programming assignments are very well organized and give a good sense of the working principles of the algorithms. Also, the course enforces the reflection on how to potentialize the application of specific algorithms. | The programming | Assignment | are very well organized and give | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course. Makes it easy to understand basic concepts and algorithms of most popular ML methods through program assignments. Methods like logistic regression, SVM and Neural Networks become easy to comprehend and are not a "black box" anymore. | most popular ML methods through program | Assignment | Methods like logistic regression, SVM and | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is great course. The content is very focussed and is apt for professionals who wants a quick peek into the fundamentals but mostly focus on application of the theory. The delivery is awesome. The quizzes, assignments are very helpful. I ended up learning a very deep and complex subject with much ease. Kudos to the professor for making it look so simple. | The delivery is awesome. The quizzes, | Assignment | are very helpful. I ended up | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | My CS friend recommended me to take this course to learn more about how to use data in business, after he heard that I wanted to program an app for food. he warned me about the great deal of math involved (mainly linear algebra). me being a physics/engineering major I naturally got even more excited (it turned out that he was right, and it would also be a huge plus to know multivariate calculus, and I can see myself struggle with the concepts had I not studied both these topics to bits in school). incidentally, this was my first online coursera experience. I can tell you it will be life changing experience. No longer do I have to physically travel somewhere to listen to lectures or hand in assignments, nor download lecture notes off of the school server. This is a 24/7 always on always available service, with the best TA's to answer your questions if you get stuck on homework assignments and quizzes. Everything in the coding assignments tests your knowledge of the course lectures and is designed such that you can complete it in the shortest possible amount of time while reaping the maximum amount of benefit. It is "easy" sense does not require you to grind through mundane things like looking for your own training set data or writing code to plot and visualise the data, but it is "hard" in the sense that very often it takes an hour (or more) of studying the lectures and thinking to figure out how to solve the problem in the most efficient way as possible which often involves writing a single line of vectored matlab/octave code. It is more of an overview of the most important topics in machine learning, but will be a great springboard to go in depth into each aspect of it. Lastly, Andrew often offers wonderful insights into the day to day of machine learning professionals in his lecture videos, so I would advise watching every single minute of them to get the most out of the course instead of aiming to race over the finish line (which can be tempting at times when the deadline approaches) | listen to lectures or hand in | Assignment | nor download lecture notes off of | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | My CS friend recommended me to take this course to learn more about how to use data in business, after he heard that I wanted to program an app for food. he warned me about the great deal of math involved (mainly linear algebra). me being a physics/engineering major I naturally got even more excited (it turned out that he was right, and it would also be a huge plus to know multivariate calculus, and I can see myself struggle with the concepts had I not studied both these topics to bits in school). incidentally, this was my first online coursera experience. I can tell you it will be life changing experience. No longer do I have to physically travel somewhere to listen to lectures or hand in assignments, nor download lecture notes off of the school server. This is a 24/7 always on always available service, with the best TA's to answer your questions if you get stuck on homework assignments and quizzes. Everything in the coding assignments tests your knowledge of the course lectures and is designed such that you can complete it in the shortest possible amount of time while reaping the maximum amount of benefit. It is "easy" sense does not require you to grind through mundane things like looking for your own training set data or writing code to plot and visualise the data, but it is "hard" in the sense that very often it takes an hour (or more) of studying the lectures and thinking to figure out how to solve the problem in the most efficient way as possible which often involves writing a single line of vectored matlab/octave code. It is more of an overview of the most important topics in machine learning, but will be a great springboard to go in depth into each aspect of it. Lastly, Andrew often offers wonderful insights into the day to day of machine learning professionals in his lecture videos, so I would advise watching every single minute of them to get the most out of the course instead of aiming to race over the finish line (which can be tempting at times when the deadline approaches) | if you get stuck on homework | Assignment | and quizzes. Everything in the coding | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | My CS friend recommended me to take this course to learn more about how to use data in business, after he heard that I wanted to program an app for food. he warned me about the great deal of math involved (mainly linear algebra). me being a physics/engineering major I naturally got even more excited (it turned out that he was right, and it would also be a huge plus to know multivariate calculus, and I can see myself struggle with the concepts had I not studied both these topics to bits in school). incidentally, this was my first online coursera experience. I can tell you it will be life changing experience. No longer do I have to physically travel somewhere to listen to lectures or hand in assignments, nor download lecture notes off of the school server. This is a 24/7 always on always available service, with the best TA's to answer your questions if you get stuck on homework assignments and quizzes. Everything in the coding assignments tests your knowledge of the course lectures and is designed such that you can complete it in the shortest possible amount of time while reaping the maximum amount of benefit. It is "easy" sense does not require you to grind through mundane things like looking for your own training set data or writing code to plot and visualise the data, but it is "hard" in the sense that very often it takes an hour (or more) of studying the lectures and thinking to figure out how to solve the problem in the most efficient way as possible which often involves writing a single line of vectored matlab/octave code. It is more of an overview of the most important topics in machine learning, but will be a great springboard to go in depth into each aspect of it. Lastly, Andrew often offers wonderful insights into the day to day of machine learning professionals in his lecture videos, so I would advise watching every single minute of them to get the most out of the course instead of aiming to race over the finish line (which can be tempting at times when the deadline approaches) | and quizzes. Everything in the coding | Assignment | tests your knowledge of the course | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The assignments are really aimed toward learning the course. It would be more exciting if optional assignments were more complicated. | The | Assignment | are really aimed toward learning the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The assignments are really aimed toward learning the course. It would be more exciting if optional assignments were more complicated. | would be more exciting if optional | Assignment | were more complicated. | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic course. The assignments especially the programming exercises are challenging and gives a head start into this complex world of machine learning. Need to keep practicing these algorithms to keep in touch with the knowledge learnt from this course. Highly recommend! | Fantastic course. The | Assignment | especially the programming exercises are challenging | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Highly recommended. Quality lectures, each one with programming assignments which leave you with usable opensource code, with appropriate tutorials for those assignments and adequate test-cases. Well worth the time invested. | Quality lectures, each one with programming | Assignment | which leave you with usable opensource | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Highly recommended. Quality lectures, each one with programming assignments which leave you with usable opensource code, with appropriate tutorials for those assignments and adequate test-cases. Well worth the time invested. | code, with appropriate tutorials for those | Assignment | and adequate test-cases. Well worth the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The instructor is extremely clear. Very informative course to get an introduction to machine learning. The assignments are fairly easy, still some of them require some time. | an introduction to machine learning. The | Assignment | are fairly easy, still some of | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introduction to Machine Learning. However the assignments are often too simple. | introduction to Machine Learning. However the | Assignment | are often too simple. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great high-level overview of a lot of topics! Every lecture was very well explained. The written assignments and programming exercises were a good balance between getting your hands dirty while still being paced that you could finish them all in a timely manner and finish the course with a busy schedule. I had fun! | was very well explained. The written | Assignment | and programming exercises were a good | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! Challenging but doable and very interesting the whole way though. Presentation is clear and the assignments are well designed and engaging. | though. Presentation is clear and the | Assignment | are well designed and engaging. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I really liked this course and the way exercise and assignments are created such that even a no-maths student can learn it. Thumbs up. | course and the way exercise and | Assignment | are created such that even a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The lectures are great, and they are reinforced with the quizzes and programming exercises. The quizzes need critical thinking to get all of them correctly. The programming assignments are there to cover the basic concepts. The way the course it taught is suited for online courses. The topics are well-divided in short chunks, making it easier to watch the lectures at different times of the day. There are some mistakes on the English subtitles, but it doesn't hinder the learning. Overall, a well-taught course. | all of them correctly. The programming | Assignment | are there to cover the basic | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent insight into machine learning. Great logistics and course assignments | machine learning. Great logistics and course | Assignment | | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Lots of things to learn. Quizzes and assignments are really great. | of things to learn. Quizzes and | Assignment | are really great. | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course provides an excellent overview of the Machine learning . However, the programming assignments are quite basic once OCTAVE/MATLAB is well understood. The quizzes are interesting. Could include a capstone project with guidance. | Machine learning . However, the programming | Assignment | are quite basic once OCTAVE/MATLAB is | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I really enjoyed the course. It was a very good introduction to a lot of topics in machine learning. The quizes and assignments were manageable but not too easy. However, there were no written course materials to print out. Thats the reason I only rate the course 4 stars. | in machine learning. The quizes and | Assignment | were manageable but not too easy. | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I have only completed Week 3 so far but I am enjoying the course immensely so far. The instructor, Andrew Ng, does a great job of explaining complex concepts in a clear and concise manner. I found that the programming assignments were extremely useful in understanding the concepts. | manner. I found that the programming | Assignment | were extremely useful in understanding the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introductory course. Lectures are well organized and easy to follow, and assignments are just challenging enough and help reinforce the material. I've also found the course discussion active and useful. | organized and easy to follow, and | Assignment | are just challenging enough and help | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Outstanding course. My only feedback is you force the students to use Octave/MATLAB. I used Python do all the assignments but I didn't bother submitting my answers to get credit for the course because I would have had to reimplement it again in Octave. Maybe give some more in-depth optional assignments? I would have liked to have actually implemented a SVM rather than use a lib (at-least one time). | I used Python do all the | Assignment | but I didn't bother submitting my | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Outstanding course. My only feedback is you force the students to use Octave/MATLAB. I used Python do all the assignments but I didn't bother submitting my answers to get credit for the course because I would have had to reimplement it again in Octave. Maybe give some more in-depth optional assignments? I would have liked to have actually implemented a SVM rather than use a lib (at-least one time). | Maybe give some more in-depth optional | Assignment | I would have liked to have | Negative | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a very great introductory course to machine learning. Covers several models, videos are very thorough and programming assignments are very helpful in grasping and implementing what is discussed in the lectures. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in getting in the machine learning field. | videos are very thorough and programming | Assignment | are very helpful in grasping and | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great class, wonderfully taught! Complex topics have been explained very well for anyone to understand. Perfect if you want to get into developing Machine Learning applications on your own or if you just want to know more about them. The quizzes and programming assignments provided great opportunities to try out and better understand the topics covered in the lecture videos. Would definitely recommend! | about them. The quizzes and programming | Assignment | provided great opportunities to try out | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The programming assignments were quite heavy and challenging for me. But I enjoyed them and accomplished them. I could get practical knowledge about machine learning through this class, and I would like to use the techniques I learned from this class for my future work. Thanks. | The programming | Assignment | were quite heavy and challenging for | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The content of the course is very rich and first class, the instructor is great and. The software used is MATLAB or Octave. If you devote a lot of time and effort to this course, you will learn a lot about machine learning and algorithms used. The assignments are the most practical part of this course. | machine learning and algorithms used. The | Assignment | are the most practical part of | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent introduction for the basic understanding of the Machine Learning. Very good, structured, easy to follow and understand course for anyone whose has previous exposure to linear algebra using MATLAB and Octave. The mentors appear to be very active and hence should not be trouble for anyone without very strong background ( read prerequisite like Linear Algebra especially for the assignments). The Assignments are self explanatory enough that I did all of them in just 2-3 weeks, thanks to my 2-3 years of coding in MATLAB and linear algebra. Thanks very much Prof. Ng and the team! | like Linear Algebra especially for the | Assignment | The Assignments are self explanatory enough | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent introduction for the basic understanding of the Machine Learning. Very good, structured, easy to follow and understand course for anyone whose has previous exposure to linear algebra using MATLAB and Octave. The mentors appear to be very active and hence should not be trouble for anyone without very strong background ( read prerequisite like Linear Algebra especially for the assignments). The Assignments are self explanatory enough that I did all of them in just 2-3 weeks, thanks to my 2-3 years of coding in MATLAB and linear algebra. Thanks very much Prof. Ng and the team! | Algebra especially for the assignments). The | Assignment | are self explanatory enough that I | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Professor Andrew Ng's, Machine Learning course is excellent. The material is well presented, and thorough. The assignments were carefully constructed. My only regret is that I did not take this course a lot sooner! Matlab or Octave is the right tool for that course. | is well presented, and thorough. The | Assignment | were carefully constructed. My only regret | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course that holds one's hand through the field of ML and provides a hands on guide through the in-video questions, quizes & assignment tutorials. A great confidence builder. | through the in-video questions, quizes & | Assignment | tutorials. A great confidence builder. | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course. The videos provide a lot of intuitions and are technically sound. The weekly assignment are very helpful to better understand these new aspects. My only concern is that I wish Andrew Ng could teach other classes than Machine Learning :-) | and are technically sound. The weekly | Assignment | are very helpful to better understand | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is an excellent introduction to ML. Coming from a mathematical background, I felt that at times the course was a bit slow (e.g. Professor Ng would spend time performing steps on every element of a matrix, when a couple of examples would have sufficed), but jumping ahead in the video solved this problem easily. I was a bit more frustrated, however, with the few instances of, "here's the formula, you don't need to know the derivation." I guess those who want to understand the math behind the techniques can always look elsewhere, but Professor Ng obviously knows a great deal and is able to clearly and concisely explain difficult subjects, and so I was a bit disappointed to not be getting his instruction in the more difficult aspects. But, overall this course is great. In particular, I found the programming assignments to be excellent. They are a good level of difficulty, and manage to be quite interesting, as well. I will definitely hold onto the code I wrote for this course for reference as I move forward. Professor Ng, please create a more advanced course next! | In particular, I found the programming | Assignment | to be excellent. They are a | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is magnificent! It was a great pleasure to make programming assignments and watch lectures. Practically, it was so good, that I'm thinking of making some career choices soon. Thank you! | a great pleasure to make programming | Assignment | and watch lectures. Practically, it was | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent Course and Well detailed lectures. For a beginner in Machine learning, i am able to understand the concepts clearly. Quiz and Assignments are really good and interesting. I am hoping to complete this certification by new year | understand the concepts clearly. Quiz and | Assignment | are really good and interesting. I | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is very well planned and made the experience very productive. A great learning opportunity through completing the course's quizzes and programming assignments. | completing the course's quizzes and programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course. The material is presented clearly. The assignments give a great practical overview of Machine Learning. | The material is presented clearly. The | Assignment | give a great practical overview of | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome instructor and great course overall! Materials are well presented and the programming assignments helped me reinforce the contents from lecture videos! I definitely recommend anyone with even slight curiosity about what machine learning is about take this course from professor Andrew Ng! | are well presented and the programming | Assignment | helped me reinforce the contents from | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | However good the material and lectures may be, the use of an outdated version of Octave (which is not Mac-friendly and exceedingly brittle, to the extent where the supplied code requires manual patching in Windows and Linux) is a complete turn-off and makes it nearly impossible to complete the assignments on time unless you're prepared to spend at least twice as much time debugging your setup as doing the actual assignments. I'll come back when this is done with R or Python. | it nearly impossible to complete the | Assignment | on time unless you're prepared to | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | However good the material and lectures may be, the use of an outdated version of Octave (which is not Mac-friendly and exceedingly brittle, to the extent where the supplied code requires manual patching in Windows and Linux) is a complete turn-off and makes it nearly impossible to complete the assignments on time unless you're prepared to spend at least twice as much time debugging your setup as doing the actual assignments. I'll come back when this is done with R or Python. | your setup as doing the actual | Assignment | I'll come back when this is | Negative | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A truly fantastic course. Extremely useful, practical, relevant content and examples, plus such a great teacher as well as very helpful course staff and other students. Thanks Andrew, team and the rest of the students. For anyone considering doing the course, note that the time requirements can be a lot - the lectures are fine but two or three of the assignments took far more than 3 hours (if you plan on actually battling through the coding this is relevant. I'd highly recommend that anyone considering doing the course does the assignments since this is where the real magic happens - Andrew quite deviously leaves a bit of the theory to be fully worked out by yourself in the assignments). | but two or three of the | Assignment | took far more than 3 hours | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A truly fantastic course. Extremely useful, practical, relevant content and examples, plus such a great teacher as well as very helpful course staff and other students. Thanks Andrew, team and the rest of the students. For anyone considering doing the course, note that the time requirements can be a lot - the lectures are fine but two or three of the assignments took far more than 3 hours (if you plan on actually battling through the coding this is relevant. I'd highly recommend that anyone considering doing the course does the assignments since this is where the real magic happens - Andrew quite deviously leaves a bit of the theory to be fully worked out by yourself in the assignments). | considering doing the course does the | Assignment | since this is where the real | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A truly fantastic course. Extremely useful, practical, relevant content and examples, plus such a great teacher as well as very helpful course staff and other students. Thanks Andrew, team and the rest of the students. For anyone considering doing the course, note that the time requirements can be a lot - the lectures are fine but two or three of the assignments took far more than 3 hours (if you plan on actually battling through the coding this is relevant. I'd highly recommend that anyone considering doing the course does the assignments since this is where the real magic happens - Andrew quite deviously leaves a bit of the theory to be fully worked out by yourself in the assignments). | worked out by yourself in the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A large number of topics covered. A very good explanation of the material. Interesting programming assignments. | explanation of the material. Interesting programming | Assignment | | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Clear instruction and insightful assignments. | Clear instruction and insightful | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course was great! Andrew Ng did a wonderful job of explaining the material and keeping it engaging. The questions on the quizzes were relevant and provoked thought, not just recall. The programming assignments were interesting and have you implement actual ML algorithms. If Andrew offered another class, I'd take it! | thought, not just recall. The programming | Assignment | were interesting and have you implement | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A superb course which perfectly balances theory and practice with the help of interesting and easy-to-understand lectures, along with assignments which are synonymous with real-world examples. | interesting and easy-to-understand lectures, along with | Assignment | which are synonymous with real-world examples. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I believe this is the most enjoyable nine weeks course that I ever had. Prof. Andrew has his way explaining a complex mathematical concept in an easy and non-intimidating way. I used to be afraid & dislike when it comes to statistics, machine learning related field. After following this course, I've gained a bit more courage to learn more complex and exciting field. The Quiz and programming works are challenging but enjoyable to do. It gives me more understanding about the topic while having fun applying the concept to real problems in my field of work. The course itself is really interesting and relevant if you are in the software engineering field. There are a lot of concepts that you can apply to your work. I highly recommended to follow the course and do the assignment. | follow the course and do the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course provides a sizeable amount of pretty cohesive material, which can still be understood by non-CS students. It's very practical and it includes a very nice mix of quiz tests and great MATLAB/Octave programming assignments. After going through the assignments I started wondering about other problems which data sets I can plug with small modifications into the completed solutions. Andrew Ng keeps a great balance between explaining important details and skipping over parts that require straying too much from the main topic of the lecture. I still don't have very deep or broad knowledge in the Machine Learning domain, but it feels like the course doesn't miss anything of the fundamentals. Overall, I'd definitely recommend the course to CS students, high-school students with interests in the computer science area and even specialists in other areas with some knowledge in linear algebra with interest in the AI and ML domains. | quiz tests and great MATLAB/Octave programming | Assignment | After going through the assignments I | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course provides a sizeable amount of pretty cohesive material, which can still be understood by non-CS students. It's very practical and it includes a very nice mix of quiz tests and great MATLAB/Octave programming assignments. After going through the assignments I started wondering about other problems which data sets I can plug with small modifications into the completed solutions. Andrew Ng keeps a great balance between explaining important details and skipping over parts that require straying too much from the main topic of the lecture. I still don't have very deep or broad knowledge in the Machine Learning domain, but it feels like the course doesn't miss anything of the fundamentals. Overall, I'd definitely recommend the course to CS students, high-school students with interests in the computer science area and even specialists in other areas with some knowledge in linear algebra with interest in the AI and ML domains. | programming assignments. After going through the | Assignment | I started wondering about other problems | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | assignment might be bit more hard and complex. | | Assignment | might be bit more hard and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is how an online course should be! Quizzes, Programming assignments, Questions change when you retake quizzes! Would've been better if a reference textbook was suggested that one can grasp more information from. I couldn't rate the course below 5 though. Recommended! | online course should be! Quizzes, Programming | Assignment | Questions change when you retake quizzes! | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Nice lectures and amazing assignments :) ... | Nice lectures and amazing | Assignment | :) . . . | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The depth and breadth of the material was adequate for this type of MOOC and I loved professor's Ng's gentle way of presenting the material. Oh, and the course mentor was awesome. His guidance made accomplishing the assignments much more pleasant. | awesome. His guidance made accomplishing the | Assignment | much more pleasant. | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Lectures contents are clearly explained and well organized. Math is clear; equations and symbols are consistent. Programming assignments are well organized and to-the-point; everything you need to know to do the assignments was covered in lectures. Submission process is easy. | equations and symbols are consistent. Programming | Assignment | are well organized and to-the-point; everything | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Lectures contents are clearly explained and well organized. Math is clear; equations and symbols are consistent. Programming assignments are well organized and to-the-point; everything you need to know to do the assignments was covered in lectures. Submission process is easy. | need to know to do the | Assignment | was covered in lectures. Submission process | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a very good introduction to machine learning. It covers a very broad set of material, and the lectures are very clear. The quizzes and programming assignments are based directly on the course material, making it easy to complete the assignments if you understand the lecture material (in contrast with some other courses I have taken where the assignments require lots of extra material not taught in the course). It is very helpful to have some programming experience, and some knowledge of linear algebra, probability, and calculus. The course is very topical, so it does not go very deep into the material, but it does offer some practical advice for using machine learning algorithms in daily applications. | very clear. The quizzes and programming | Assignment | are based directly on the course | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a very good introduction to machine learning. It covers a very broad set of material, and the lectures are very clear. The quizzes and programming assignments are based directly on the course material, making it easy to complete the assignments if you understand the lecture material (in contrast with some other courses I have taken where the assignments require lots of extra material not taught in the course). It is very helpful to have some programming experience, and some knowledge of linear algebra, probability, and calculus. The course is very topical, so it does not go very deep into the material, but it does offer some practical advice for using machine learning algorithms in daily applications. | making it easy to complete the | Assignment | if you understand the lecture material | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a very good introduction to machine learning. It covers a very broad set of material, and the lectures are very clear. The quizzes and programming assignments are based directly on the course material, making it easy to complete the assignments if you understand the lecture material (in contrast with some other courses I have taken where the assignments require lots of extra material not taught in the course). It is very helpful to have some programming experience, and some knowledge of linear algebra, probability, and calculus. The course is very topical, so it does not go very deep into the material, but it does offer some practical advice for using machine learning algorithms in daily applications. | courses I have taken where the | Assignment | require lots of extra material not | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Although the course is requiring some time to spend on to benefit from, the topics covered are very well introduced with accurate examples and explanations to understand the practical side of this topic. Also, the programming assignments where really challenging while kept in line with the material provided during the classes. I definitely suggest this course to anyone interested in covering the basic and the most advanced topics in machine learning, having said that it still remain an introductory course to ML. Thanks a lot for the fun I had and the huge amount of new things I learned. | of this topic. Also, the programming | Assignment | where really challenging while kept in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I felt like the Octave tutorial was a little light. The concepts were explained well through the videos. Intuition was given which is always useful. I think an improvement would be more examples in the videos or as example sets for the sections to help. Jumping straight into the assignments without applying the lessons first in a mistake-allowable environment is a bit daunting and can feel overwhelming. | to help. Jumping straight into the | Assignment | without applying the lessons first in | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The content was well presented but perhaps the assignments could be made a bit more challenging. The amount of work required for the programming assignments was a bit on the small side. | was well presented but perhaps the | Assignment | could be made a bit more | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The content was well presented but perhaps the assignments could be made a bit more challenging. The amount of work required for the programming assignments was a bit on the small side. | of work required for the programming | Assignment | was a bit on the small | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The depths to which this course explores the field is unprecedented. Assignments are really well thought out. Kudos to Andrew Sir. :) | course explores the field is unprecedented. | Assignment | are really well thought out. Kudos | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best course I've had in Coursera so far. Magnifiscently explained and well-balanced with the practical assignments. I even found myself wishing there were more, despite being a very demanding course. Professor Ng did an excellent job and so did the mentors. My favorite course. | explained and well-balanced with the practical | Assignment | I even found myself wishing there | Negative | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course, gives you all the basis needed for Machine Learning. Great lecturer, good videos and fun assignments. | Great lecturer, good videos and fun | Assignment | | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very clear lectures. focusing a lot on making students understand the algorithms in addiction to teaching the algorithms. Also assignments are very nice. They are really practical examples such that we get a taste of what machine learning can do without having to spend a lot of time. | addiction to teaching the algorithms. Also | Assignment | are very nice. They are really | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great explanations, well-paced, effective assignments, and a likeable instructor (Andrew Ng)! | Great explanations, well-paced, effective | Assignment | and a likeable instructor (Andrew Ng)! | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Probably the best course i took so far at Coursera. Professor Andrew explains everythin in a way anyone can understand and he focus on what's really important. Besides, the hands-on projects are very valuable, giving us the opportunity to better understand the concepts shown in class. And it's also so cool the way we deliver the Matlab/Octave assignments. I'm very pleased to be part of this class. | the way we deliver the Matlab/Octave | Assignment | I'm very pleased to be part | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I like the way this course is designed. The lectures are very articulate. The thing that impressed me most about the Professor is; Students who doesn't have sound calculus and vector algebra understanding also can complete this course easily. Assignments are application oriented and some are challenging too. The Questions in Quiz assignments are in such a way that they test your understanding of that particular lecture and the summary of it. | also can complete this course easily. | Assignment | are application oriented and some are | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I like the way this course is designed. The lectures are very articulate. The thing that impressed me most about the Professor is; Students who doesn't have sound calculus and vector algebra understanding also can complete this course easily. Assignments are application oriented and some are challenging too. The Questions in Quiz assignments are in such a way that they test your understanding of that particular lecture and the summary of it. | challenging too. The Questions in Quiz | Assignment | are in such a way that | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Clear and to the point lectures, valuable assignments that contains useful code for deeper exploration and further use. | and to the point lectures, valuable | Assignment | that contains useful code for deeper | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very engaging and easy to follow course with a lot of good samples as part of assignment. Loving it so far. | of good samples as part of | Assignment | Loving it so far. | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The BEST lecture ever. Professor Andrew Ng magically makes everything so easy. The assignments are not that challenging but appropriate for all students who didn't even took any of computer science class.. overall, again, the best ! | magically makes everything so easy. The | Assignment | are not that challenging but appropriate | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course ! Just had to re-pass all my assignments when the certificate became available, because the first time I passed them my identity was not verified. Also, it would be nice to have some kind of "download all the course's content" link at the end of the course, to be able to save the material for later reference. Thank you for this fantastic course ! | Just had to re-pass all my | Assignment | when the certificate became available, because | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well structured course. Professor is excellent. Lecture videos are easy to understand, have good examples, and are well organized. The assignments are relevant and illustrate the process of actually running machine learning. However, the scope of topics does feel a bit too "intro/basic" and the material and assignments feel spoonfed. It would have been great if the course went deeper into each topic and also challenged the student to do more coding independently in Octave/Matlab. | examples, and are well organized. The | Assignment | are relevant and illustrate the process | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well structured course. Professor is excellent. Lecture videos are easy to understand, have good examples, and are well organized. The assignments are relevant and illustrate the process of actually running machine learning. However, the scope of topics does feel a bit too "intro/basic" and the material and assignments feel spoonfed. It would have been great if the course went deeper into each topic and also challenged the student to do more coding independently in Octave/Matlab. | " intro/basic" and the material and | Assignment | feel spoonfed. It would have been | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This was a pretty great course. With a focus on understanding and coding regression algorithms, I was engaged throughout the course. I'm a programmer with a physics B.Sc trying to make a shift away from product development and in to analytical problem solving. I found the lectures useful, the wiki useful when I didn't have time to watch the lectures, and the quizzes and assignments very practical. | the lectures, and the quizzes and | Assignment | very practical. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Concepts are explained clearly and without getting distracted by too much math. The quizzes and assignments are useful too. | too much math. The quizzes and | Assignment | are useful too. | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Prof Andrew seems to be very passionate about Machine Learning. The way he teaches is simply awesome, beyond I can express in words. Quizzes and assignments are challenging. Course offers a good blend of theory and hands on. overall I am really enjoying attending this course and encourage everyone to make best use of it ! | can express in words. Quizzes and | Assignment | are challenging. Course offers a good | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent introductory course with challenging and informative assignments. Primarily for those with previous programming experience but little exposure to machine learning. | introductory course with challenging and informative | Assignment | Primarily for those with previous programming | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good course with a lot of hands-on, direct-to-application assignments. It is fairly introductory, so all you need is first year calculus, which in itself is not bad but this course is fairly theory-light. The theory that is included is just enough to be able to refer to further theory not covered. | with a lot of hands-on, direct-to-application | Assignment | It is fairly introductory, so all | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is the first class I chosen from Coursera. I enjoy the wonderful learning material and assignment. Especially the idea inside machine learning let me feel exciting. Thank you Ng. | enjoy the wonderful learning material and | Assignment | Especially the idea inside machine learning | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well designed course, I just love. so much, I am learning here. If there is one thing, I have learned today after completing week 4 assignment is "Less is More". Vectorization is so powerful. Thank you, so much ... I'll let you know when I find that JOB. | learned today after completing week 4 | Assignment | is " Less is More" . | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A very good class introducing machine learning. The programming assignments help me understand the concept. I think there can be more optional materials. | class introducing machine learning. The programming | Assignment | help me understand the concept. I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Lots of great condensed content. I miss a written summary of the videos though. Furthermore, the quality of sound is awful. Well designed quizzes and assignments. Good: In-video quizzes. | is awful. Well designed quizzes and | Assignment | Good: In-video quizzes. | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course with a professor that puts emphasis on an intuitive understanding of the concepts. Many interesting algorithms are taught and the programming assignments help to get a deeper and very hands-on understanding of each week's content. Thanks to all people involved in creating that course! | algorithms are taught and the programming | Assignment | help to get a deeper and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course providing a basic introduction into several areas of Machine Learning. I would appreciate if the assignments were more challenging and references were provided for further study, however overall the course was great! | Learning. I would appreciate if the | Assignment | were more challenging and references were | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Pretty good course. Starts from very beginning of ML. Maybe there are too little of maths here (I needed to check and recap some chapters of algebra), but all presented concepts are reviewed very clear. Assignments are also very good and code from them is useful not only for the course. | presented concepts are reviewed very clear. | Assignment | are also very good and code | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome comprehensive course. Highly recommended for anyone trying to get started with Machine Learning. The quizzes and assignments really test your knowledge and understanding. This course needed a lot of time and effort, but it was all worth it. | with Machine Learning. The quizzes and | Assignment | really test your knowledge and understanding. | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Been asked to re-take all assignments *after* paying for a certificate! I wil never pay for a Coursera course again, and I would not recommend my friends to do so | Been asked to re-take all | Assignment | *after* paying for a certificate! I | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Coursera would benefit from more courses like this. The material is appropriate for beginners, but is quite profound for those who choose to spend more time "in class". The programming assignments are a great learning tool, and can teach much more than it's required to complete them. | " in class" . The programming | Assignment | are a great learning tool, and | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course! I particularly enjoyed the programming assignments, which where nicely putting into practice what had previously been discussed in the videos. I really recommend to anybody interested in Machine Learning. | course! I particularly enjoyed the programming | Assignment | which where nicely putting into practice | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course with many practical examples. Course organization is also very good. Assignments become a bit more challenging after week 5, but it is well worth it. | Course organization is also very good. | Assignment | become a bit more challenging after | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a great course with good methodology. I liked the assignments and I was motivated all the time. I really recommend this course. | with good methodology. I liked the | Assignment | and I was motivated all the | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Really fantastic course. The lecture videos are very informative, and the programming assignment really cut out the nitty-gritty overhead of programming and let you write the important core algorithms without dealing with annoying I/O stuff. | are very informative, and the programming | Assignment | really cut out the nitty-gritty overhead | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome course. Professor is great at teaching, very down-to-earth and practical material. Good assignments. I wish to have more Math theory(as optional) in PCA & Optimization. Perhaps adding a job Interview section related to Machine Learning would be great | very down-to-earth and practical material. Good | Assignment | I wish to have more Math | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is ok but the certification procedure is a mess! No statement of accomplishment and you have to retake all the assignments if you want the certificate and had not been verified .... | you have to retake all the | Assignment | if you want the certificate and | Negative | 0.89 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Can't thank enough for offering through this course ! The pace of lessons, insights, brevity of course material and very valuable assignments are right mix for anyone wishing to learn this subject, which one finds often hard to grasp and apply while learning directly from books, even with technical background. This course is an example of how access top quality learning can be democratized and be brought within reach of so many who wish to learn it. Thank again Prof. Ng and team for this enlightenment | of course material and very valuable | Assignment | are right mix for anyone wishing | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The materials and assignments are of great quality. | The materials and | Assignment | are of great quality. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | An extremely useful course designed very beautifully and presented in a very lucid manner. The assignments help in bringing out the technicalities of the course very efficiently. And the quiz questions help a lot in gaining intuition. However, it MUST have a sequel.. another course that takes students deeper into Machine Learning concepts and tools of the trade. | in a very lucid manner. The | Assignment | help in bringing out the technicalities | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The assignments give very nice practice. | The | Assignment | give very nice practice. | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I wish programming assignments were a little more in-depth. Otherwise a great course. Exceeded my expectations. | I wish programming | Assignment | were a little more in-depth. Otherwise | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Course is really good, it covers a lot of different topics at once on a good level, so you can continue studying by yourself. Forms good understanding of machine learning. In my opinion one of the most important things is that the lecturer tries to explain each and every topic and not just give the ability to use it, there are a lot of step-by-step examples and additional explanation videos. Programming assignments are also good, they cover a lot of material and give real examples. Definitely recommend this course. It's fun. | examples and additional explanation videos. Programming | Assignment | are also good, they cover a | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The programming exercises aren't really all that challenging...just implement the formulas provided in the course or in the assignment itself, and you're mostly done. I hate the questions on the quizzes that are "Select all the following that are true..." The only questions I ever got wrong on quizzes were of that sort. | in the course or in the | Assignment | itself, and you're mostly done. I | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The lectures and the assignments gives a perfect grip on concepts. | The lectures and the | Assignment | gives a perfect grip on concepts. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Machine learning is the best online module I've taken so far. Professor Ng makes those technical concepts visible us in a very understandable way, and the course assignments are at just right difficulty. I'm quite inspired by the content of machine learning and want to pursue a future career in this area. It would so great if some higher level courses come next, with focus on the application of machine learning algorithms. | very understandable way, and the course | Assignment | are at just right difficulty. I'm | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I missed some videos showing how to do the matrix manipulations we need for the ML algorithms using matlab/octave...not talking about a generic introduction to it but something specific to what we are trying to implement in the assignments... | are trying to implement in the | Assignment | . . | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Really well structured. Very clear and concise lectures. Interesting and useful assignments - much better than multiple-choice questions, whilst still being correctable by software. | and concise lectures. Interesting and useful | Assignment | - much better than multiple-choice questions, | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew Ng walks you through some complex material in a way that makes it easy to grasp the basic notions. The assignments are very well documented and the code skeleton that's provided makes it easy to complete them (maybe a bit too easy - someone would have a rough awaking when having to code all this from scratch again as they apply it to their real jobs). | to grasp the basic notions. The | Assignment | are very well documented and the | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This class was very useful introduction to machine learning. It goes into some detail in many common algorithms and the programming assignments make you more familiar with them, but the assignments were not overly tedious. I was familiar with much of the material already, but I learned a lot of practical tips and tricks that I wasn't aware of. | many common algorithms and the programming | Assignment | make you more familiar with them, | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This class was very useful introduction to machine learning. It goes into some detail in many common algorithms and the programming assignments make you more familiar with them, but the assignments were not overly tedious. I was familiar with much of the material already, but I learned a lot of practical tips and tricks that I wasn't aware of. | more familiar with them, but the | Assignment | were not overly tedious. I was | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It goes step by step leading you to a clear understanding of the subject. The assignments proposes you a challenge which inspires you to get good solutions. I've learnt a lot from thhis course. Thank you! | clear understanding of the subject. The | Assignment | proposes you a challenge which inspires | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I thought this was an excellent course and only have positive feedback for it. The lecture contents were interesting and well tied to exercise questions and programming assignments. The programming assignments were challenging overall but forced me to really learn the details of each machine learning algorithm. When things got a little too frustrating, such as for the neural network backpropagation assignment, the forums provided ample direction for me to move forward. | tied to exercise questions and programming | Assignment | The programming assignments were challenging overall | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I thought this was an excellent course and only have positive feedback for it. The lecture contents were interesting and well tied to exercise questions and programming assignments. The programming assignments were challenging overall but forced me to really learn the details of each machine learning algorithm. When things got a little too frustrating, such as for the neural network backpropagation assignment, the forums provided ample direction for me to move forward. | questions and programming assignments. The programming | Assignment | were challenging overall but forced me | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I thought this was an excellent course and only have positive feedback for it. The lecture contents were interesting and well tied to exercise questions and programming assignments. The programming assignments were challenging overall but forced me to really learn the details of each machine learning algorithm. When things got a little too frustrating, such as for the neural network backpropagation assignment, the forums provided ample direction for me to move forward. | as for the neural network backpropagation | Assignment | the forums provided ample direction for | Negative | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Ng for such an excellent course. It helped me to get through such enlightening subject. The instructor was very clear. The contents and other support materials are well organized and satisfying. The programming assignments are suitable even for the ones who have little knowledge on MATLAB/Octave, since it is required only to fulfill the core parts. I hope finding more courses like this on Coursera. | well organized and satisfying. The programming | Assignment | are suitable even for the ones | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a survey course in Machine Learning which isn't afraid to get seriously in-depth with the detailed math and coding techniques underlying popular ML topics like logistic regression, neural networks, and SVMs. Andrew Ng also spends considerable time on applications and methods for determining if your learner is robust. It is a very challenging course, both conceptually and with the assignments. The assignments are very difficult and will require considerable time and effort. Previous experience with Matlab/Octave is helpful. In terms of math, I think at least one course in Linear Algebra should be prerequisite as the use of vector and matrix operations abound in this class. A good understanding of the programming concept of vectorization is also very helpful...if you don't already understand it...you will after you get through this course. A special thanks to Tom Mosher, one of the class mentors....his help and advice was very helpful in completing the course. | course, both conceptually and with the | Assignment | The assignments are very difficult and | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a survey course in Machine Learning which isn't afraid to get seriously in-depth with the detailed math and coding techniques underlying popular ML topics like logistic regression, neural networks, and SVMs. Andrew Ng also spends considerable time on applications and methods for determining if your learner is robust. It is a very challenging course, both conceptually and with the assignments. The assignments are very difficult and will require considerable time and effort. Previous experience with Matlab/Octave is helpful. In terms of math, I think at least one course in Linear Algebra should be prerequisite as the use of vector and matrix operations abound in this class. A good understanding of the programming concept of vectorization is also very helpful...if you don't already understand it...you will after you get through this course. A special thanks to Tom Mosher, one of the class mentors....his help and advice was very helpful in completing the course. | conceptually and with the assignments. The | Assignment | are very difficult and will require | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome course. I would prefer if the assignments were in python but the prof gave a nice tutorial on Octave. All in all , a nice and concise introduction to Machine Learning. | course. I would prefer if the | Assignment | were in python but the prof | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | +: Great deal of useful knowledge conveyed, explanations step by step, quizzes during videos, assignments challenging but doable, awesome assignment submission tool via Octave (makes fun seeing it work :) ) -: Videoquality | step by step, quizzes during videos, | Assignment | challenging but doable, awesome assignment submission | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | +: Great deal of useful knowledge conveyed, explanations step by step, quizzes during videos, assignments challenging but doable, awesome assignment submission tool via Octave (makes fun seeing it work :) ) -: Videoquality | videos, assignments challenging but doable, awesome | Assignment | submission tool via Octave (makes fun | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great overview of Machine Learning. I've learnt a lot, so why not 5 stars? I put more time than advertised especially in solving practical assignments with Octave, but it's certainly because of my lack of math background. | than advertised especially in solving practical | Assignment | with Octave, but it's certainly because | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Extremely well structured and well taught course. Andrew Ng is fabulous in the way in which he encourages and explains through "intuitions". The programming assignments are well designed to focus on the maths rather than the coding. | through " intuitions" . The programming | Assignment | are well designed to focus on | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A great course with a great Instructor. It takes quite some effort to go through all the lectures and do all assignments, but it is definitely worth the effort. | all the lectures and do all | Assignment | but it is definitely worth the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Really great course. The lectures were instructive and detailed without wasting time. The quizes tested well that you understood the material, and the assignments made you learn not just how to do machine learning but how to do it well and intelligently. I can't imagine a better way to learn Machine Learning than with this course. The only potential negative is that those of us like me who started this course being terrible at matlab/octave have to become competent in it to succeed. I highly recommend this course to anybody who wants to learn Machine Learning. There isn't a better resource out there. | you understood the material, and the | Assignment | made you learn not just how | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Although I've only completed 2 week's of material, I found this to be extremely interesting. The videos are very good, assignments are excellent to better the understanding and the course seems to be understandable if some one has minimum but more than zero knowledge on linear algebra and programming. Great course, truly enjoying as I'm well ahead of my all deadlines :-) | interesting. The videos are very good, | Assignment | are excellent to better the understanding | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is very in-depth relative to other courses on Coursera. Professor Ng is very knowledgeable and does a really good job explaining such a difficult concept with zero prior experience. If you are coming into this course with no prior knowledge, you will have to use the discussion forums to do the assignments. Even if you do not know how to do the assignments, you will understand the theory behind the concepts regardless. My only gripe with this course is the use of Matlab or Octave which seems to be outdated. | the discussion forums to do the | Assignment | Even if you do not know | Negative | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is very in-depth relative to other courses on Coursera. Professor Ng is very knowledgeable and does a really good job explaining such a difficult concept with zero prior experience. If you are coming into this course with no prior knowledge, you will have to use the discussion forums to do the assignments. Even if you do not know how to do the assignments, you will understand the theory behind the concepts regardless. My only gripe with this course is the use of Matlab or Octave which seems to be outdated. | not know how to do the | Assignment | you will understand the theory behind | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course was very nicely done. Dr Ng's videos and narrative were excellent. They were long enough to convey the material properly and short enough not to loose my attention. Assignments were very good as they left you just enough room to fail, learn and ultimately succeed. The quizzes were thought provoking. On the questions that stated "choose all that apply," I would suggest that some form of feedback be provided so that the test taker could know which ones were incorrectly selected/not selected. Perhaps partial credit would be good instead of 0/20 with one wrong selection. Feedback, perhaps an explanation, would be appropriate on all questions incorrectly answered. I would also suggest a pdf document that showed how to do the various matrix operations in octave with an example or two. This would include basic and advanced operations. I know linear algebra, I just didn't know the syntax in octave and this cost me 3-5 hours over the whole course. Now off to do some simple applications here at work like spam filter and anomaly detection to start. Thanks for an excellent course. | enough not to loose my attention. | Assignment | were very good as they left | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Machine Learning is an excellent course with great presentations. This is not an easy course, and I found myself reviewing concepts and being challenged to dive deeper into the material. The assignments are difficult, but the tutorials on the discussion boards from the course mentor made all of the difference. I highly recommend the linear algebra review as well. I now have a much better understanding of how the machine learning algorithms work after having completed the course. | dive deeper into the material. The | Assignment | are difficult, but the tutorials on | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course for a beginner in Machine Learning. Nice explanation of concepts with good examples followed by programming assignments. I like the way of using an intuition to understand a new learning theory. Questions in quizzes will help check/improve basic concept of the learning algorithms with real world problems. | with good examples followed by programming | Assignment | I like the way of using | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent teaching skills, course material, hands-on assignments. I wish all my faculty courses were like this. Good job and thank you for this opportunity! | Excellent teaching skills, course material, hands-on | Assignment | I wish all my faculty courses | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course. My only criticism was that there was perhaps a little too much hand-holding in the assignments. Still learned a ton! Thank you! | little too much hand-holding in the | Assignment | Still learned a ton! Thank you! | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The class is well organized and Prof Andrew covers many ML topics that are very practical and easily to learn, even for people without any ML experience. I'm pretty sure if we follow the class and finish all the assignments the students should have a very comprehensive view of what ML does and how it can solve the real problem. For more advanced technologies and mathematics proofs, this class does not explore much. However it cannot stop me liking this class! | the class and finish all the | Assignment | the students should have a very | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I liked this course very much: The lectures follow up in a logical, natural way and the topics are very well explained. Personally, I had more problems with the quizzes (5 questions each) than with the programming assignments. The examples were interesting and the instructions so clear and detailed that I found it rather easy to do the programming. Another point that is worth to mention: The instructor, Andrew Ng, has not only an agreeable voice and speaks an easy-to-understand english (important for me as a non-english speaker) - He "transports" in addition his own passion for the subject and gives a lot of applicable advices. | questions each) than with the programming | Assignment | The examples were interesting and the | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | There should be more multiple choice questions; 20+ instead of just 5 questions. There should be more MCQ tests. 5+ instead of just one. There should be more assignments. 3+ instead of just one. Make it one easy, one medium and one hard. There should be more optional assignments. 5+ instead of just one. I know you guys are working hard as it is, but we learn by doing, not by listening or watching. Just food of thought. | just one. There should be more | Assignment | 3+ instead of just one. Make | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | There should be more multiple choice questions; 20+ instead of just 5 questions. There should be more MCQ tests. 5+ instead of just one. There should be more assignments. 3+ instead of just one. Make it one easy, one medium and one hard. There should be more optional assignments. 5+ instead of just one. I know you guys are working hard as it is, but we learn by doing, not by listening or watching. Just food of thought. | hard. There should be more optional | Assignment | 5+ instead of just one. I | Negative | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course isn't very complicated or mathy, it covers the main topics of machine learning theory and provides many illustrative examples. I like the programming assignments most due to completeness of resulting solutions and simplicity of implementation process. Also, I discovered Matlab/Octave as a very laconic programming language/tool to deal with complex numerical problems. Thank you, Andrew Ng and the Course team! | illustrative examples. I like the programming | Assignment | most due to completeness of resulting | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic course. Great mix of practical examples and theory. Good pace in the videos, great organization and clear explanations. The assignments are very well put together: difficult but with different checks built in along to way to help catch programming bugs. | great organization and clear explanations. The | Assignment | are very well put together: difficult | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course has apt assignments that help apply the lectures taught. | This course has apt | Assignment | that help apply the lectures taught. | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is the best online course in machine learning ! The teaching is fluid and clear and so are the learning materials and the assignments. I have learnt a lot ! Thank you ! | are the learning materials and the | Assignment | I have learnt a lot ! | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! Great teacher! There are so many interesting topics within course and many challengeable programming assignments! I adore it! | within course and many challengeable programming | Assignment | I adore it! | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Half-way between linear algebra and programming, very concrete with the assignments, and the presentation by M. Ng makes the whole course very clear and understandable. I learned a lot, and I am really grateful for all the funny things I am able to do now. I highly recommend this course. | and programming, very concrete with the | Assignment | and the presentation by M. Ng | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introduction to Machine Learning. Programming assignments are challenging, but very valuable - clearly a lot of thought went into preparing them. The supporting code for the assignments is also a great reference for future analysis and work. Professor Ng is great. Concretely, he made learning Machine Learning very pleasurable. | Great introduction to Machine Learning. Programming | Assignment | are challenging, but very valuable - | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introduction to Machine Learning. Programming assignments are challenging, but very valuable - clearly a lot of thought went into preparing them. The supporting code for the assignments is also a great reference for future analysis and work. Professor Ng is great. Concretely, he made learning Machine Learning very pleasurable. | them. The supporting code for the | Assignment | is also a great reference for | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course, assumes nothing, brilliantly explained, comprehensive, fun assignments, Andrew Ng is a hero! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! | assumes nothing, brilliantly explained, comprehensive, fun | Assignment | Andrew Ng is a hero! HIGHLY | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Good course, clear lectures, good assignments. Wish it was more in depth. | Good course, clear lectures, good | Assignment | Wish it was more in depth. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is an excellent course. I'm only part way through, but I feel like I am learning a lot. It is covering the material that it promised in the outline. The pacing is right on. And I've found the quizzes and assignments have really helped me understand the material better. I only have a few minor quibbles. For one, the audio, especially in the early lectures, is rather muffled. This might make the lectures difficult to view in a noisy environment (eg. in a crowded subway car), but it is fine --though a bit of a nuisance-- in a quiet one. Another problem I've noticed is that some of the assignments are ordered in the course listing ahead of the lectures that cover the material (eg. regularization). At worst, this is a nuisance and is easy to work around -- just proceed with the lectures. Overall, I'm very glad to be taking the course and am very satisfied with it so far. | And I've found the quizzes and | Assignment | have really helped me understand the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is an excellent course. I'm only part way through, but I feel like I am learning a lot. It is covering the material that it promised in the outline. The pacing is right on. And I've found the quizzes and assignments have really helped me understand the material better. I only have a few minor quibbles. For one, the audio, especially in the early lectures, is rather muffled. This might make the lectures difficult to view in a noisy environment (eg. in a crowded subway car), but it is fine --though a bit of a nuisance-- in a quiet one. Another problem I've noticed is that some of the assignments are ordered in the course listing ahead of the lectures that cover the material (eg. regularization). At worst, this is a nuisance and is easy to work around -- just proceed with the lectures. Overall, I'm very glad to be taking the course and am very satisfied with it so far. | noticed is that some of the | Assignment | are ordered in the course listing | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Pros: Really awesome course. Learned a lot from assignments . Andrew sir explained the difficult topics with so ease. Discussion forums helped a lot which i got stuck on particular assignment. The topics are structured well enough to guide step by step learning. Cons: The way this course is framed allows one to add only few lines of code. We don't learn to implement from scratch. I don't feel confident to apply the learned concepts to new real world problem. | awesome course. Learned a lot from | Assignment | . Andrew sir explained the difficult | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Pros: Really awesome course. Learned a lot from assignments . Andrew sir explained the difficult topics with so ease. Discussion forums helped a lot which i got stuck on particular assignment. The topics are structured well enough to guide step by step learning. Cons: The way this course is framed allows one to add only few lines of code. We don't learn to implement from scratch. I don't feel confident to apply the learned concepts to new real world problem. | which i got stuck on particular | Assignment | The topics are structured well enough | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew Ng is literally the best teacher I have ever known. He makes the whole course comprehensible even for a foreigner and newbie like me. Also, the discussions's assistants are extremely dedicated to help. I remember that I was stuck at my first time using MatLab, but as the discussion has the tutorial of the first programming assignment, I now understand vector and matrix multiplication that I have never ever confronted before. I'm 100% looking forward to finishing this course perfectly. | the tutorial of the first programming | Assignment | I now understand vector and matrix | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic learning experience. Clear and to the point. The assignments consolidate the lessons. | Clear and to the point. The | Assignment | consolidate the lessons. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | There are some duplicates within one presentation, so video editing could be done better. However after all, assignments are all well prepared, well explained with some not that much important things already prepared. Multiple algorithms are explained with reasoning about why and when to use it. I recommend this course to others. | be done better. However after all, | Assignment | are all well prepared, well explained | Negative | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Concepts well taught. Challenging Assignments. No road-blocks. Clear notations. Learned a lot! | Concepts well taught. Challenging | Assignment | No road-blocks. Clear notations. Learned a | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Some more help should be provided for solving assignment problems. | help should be provided for solving | Assignment | problems. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent explanations in the video lecture, quizzes that test your understanding of the course material and programming assignments to see how you can actually apply what you've learned. Great course! | of the course material and programming | Assignment | to see how you can actually | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course provides a very structured introduction to the subject of Machine Learning. Every week includes programming assignments in MATLAB/Octave. These come with templates and precise instructions. With a little experience in any programming language the assignments should be no problem. The assignments are well planned to keep the motivation up. Really great job! Learners should be familiar with vectors and matrices. Even though all the concepts are explained, being confident with the math will shorten the time for debugging the code immensely. The course team answers technical and other questions VERY quickly. Thanks again! | Machine Learning. Every week includes programming | Assignment | in MATLAB/Octave. These come with templates | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course provides a very structured introduction to the subject of Machine Learning. Every week includes programming assignments in MATLAB/Octave. These come with templates and precise instructions. With a little experience in any programming language the assignments should be no problem. The assignments are well planned to keep the motivation up. Really great job! Learners should be familiar with vectors and matrices. Even though all the concepts are explained, being confident with the math will shorten the time for debugging the code immensely. The course team answers technical and other questions VERY quickly. Thanks again! | experience in any programming language the | Assignment | should be no problem. The assignments | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course provides a very structured introduction to the subject of Machine Learning. Every week includes programming assignments in MATLAB/Octave. These come with templates and precise instructions. With a little experience in any programming language the assignments should be no problem. The assignments are well planned to keep the motivation up. Really great job! Learners should be familiar with vectors and matrices. Even though all the concepts are explained, being confident with the math will shorten the time for debugging the code immensely. The course team answers technical and other questions VERY quickly. Thanks again! | assignments should be no problem. The | Assignment | are well planned to keep the | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very suitable for a fresh student to know and understand the principal of machine learning. Assignments help a lot to hand on machine learning skills. | understand the principal of machine learning. | Assignment | help a lot to hand on | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This class is my first foray into online learning, and it is amazing! The lectures are clear for anyone who has had a little linear algebra. The programming assignments are a little tougher, but the tutorials are invaluable in completing them. Thanks Prof. Ng and Tom for putting together a great class! | a little linear algebra. The programming | Assignment | are a little tougher, but the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is absolute garbage. You get no feedback on your quizzes or assignments and the professor is one of the most boring I've ever seen. It's absurdly frustrating to repeatedly fail without any feedback as to why you're failing. The lectures are clearly from a math perspective, as the prof simply draws what he's talking about on the slides. His hand writing is poor, and he does a lackluster job of explaining what exactly he's doing. Finally, pure lecture with no notes is almost impossible to learn, as there's nothing to read and study. I'd rate this course a 1/10, take the course on iTunes from Caltech instead. | no feedback on your quizzes or | Assignment | and the professor is one of | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Assignments are too easy. I am not able to practice optimization methods implementation (Like - fmincg etc). Video lectures are good but at some places lack the explanation (Like how do we get the cost function of neuralnets). Still very helpful. | | Assignment | are too easy. I am not | Negative | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I'm taking a graduate level Data Mining course, and I found I learned so much more just by taking this course! The assignments are worthwhile and the material is relevant and well explained. | just by taking this course! The | Assignment | are worthwhile and the material is | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Although I have not finished it yet I certanly believe it to be an outstanding course. It gives a good insight into the many aspects comprised by 'Machine Learning'. Obviously is not, and neither intended to be, as comprehensive as it's presential counterpart CS229. In my opinion it offers a good balance of math/theory and some hands on experience in the form of programming assignments. | experience in the form of programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The assignments were the best part of this course. Kudos to Prof. Ng for creating such an interactive course, | The | Assignment | were the best part of this | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Overall, an awesome course. It covers many useful algorithms and approaches to machine learning, and presents the material in an easy to understand manner. The assignments really reinforce the material and give you a chance to try out the lessons learned in the lectures. The only downside to this course is that it doesn't cover some of the more theoretical aspects of machine learning. After participating in this course, it is natural to ask "what questions can't we solve with machine learning?" "What defines something as machine learnable?", or "What are the mathematics behind this method?" These are small problems with an otherwise amazing course. In fact, I would say that this course is more useful than quite a few you can take an accredited university. | an easy to understand manner. The | Assignment | really reinforce the material and give | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Suitable for students with not much mathematics background. Very clear teaching. Assignments are quite helpful for building realstic understanding on algorithms. | much mathematics background. Very clear teaching. | Assignment | are quite helpful for building realstic | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is one of the best I've taken. The videos are very clear, the assignments are challenging, but well within the scope of the course. Mixing great examples in the lectures with very detailed and comprehensive assignments, the student will experiment with several different algorithms for machine learning and understand how to optimize them to each different application. I can't overstate how great this course was! | The videos are very clear, the | Assignment | are challenging, but well within the | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is one of the best I've taken. The videos are very clear, the assignments are challenging, but well within the scope of the course. Mixing great examples in the lectures with very detailed and comprehensive assignments, the student will experiment with several different algorithms for machine learning and understand how to optimize them to each different application. I can't overstate how great this course was! | lectures with very detailed and comprehensive | Assignment | the student will experiment with several | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best Machine learning course ever. Provides intuition to every concept in this course. Prof. Andrew Ng makes things easier for beginners. Best lectures with fine balance of quiz and assignments. Thanks to Stanford University and prof. Andrew Ng. | with fine balance of quiz and | Assignment | Thanks to Stanford University and prof. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Easy to follow and practical. Assignments keep you engaged with the course. | Easy to follow and practical. | Assignment | keep you engaged with the course. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The topic is interesting, the course content is presented clearly, and the lectures are informative. While the assignments can be challenging, they really help to reenforce the lessons. From what I gather, the class was recently moved over from an older Coursera model/design. This is frustratingly apparent at times. Some information can be difficult to find, particularly in the Discussion section. I would love to see this class updated to match the quality of some more recent classes I have taken. | the lectures are informative. While the | Assignment | can be challenging, they really help | Positive | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Explanations are very clear. Perhaps my only discomfort is related with the usage of Matlab or Octave for the programming assignments instead of more modern languages. | Matlab or Octave for the programming | Assignment | instead of more modern languages. | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent, informative and fun introduction to machine learning. The programming assignments are carefully designed to incrementally ramp up the difficulty and the nuances of Octave/Matlab relevant to the assignments are explained beforehand. The quality is truly impressive, although I wish there was a little more mathematical depth to some of the lectures. Many derivations and details of linear algebra were kind of glossed over but I understand that there's a lot to cover in a fairly short period of time so it is understandable (and most people probably don't mind it anyway). This is one of the few courses that really keeps me motivated to complete all assignments. Thank you, Prof. Ng. | introduction to machine learning. The programming | Assignment | are carefully designed to incrementally ramp | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent, informative and fun introduction to machine learning. The programming assignments are carefully designed to incrementally ramp up the difficulty and the nuances of Octave/Matlab relevant to the assignments are explained beforehand. The quality is truly impressive, although I wish there was a little more mathematical depth to some of the lectures. Many derivations and details of linear algebra were kind of glossed over but I understand that there's a lot to cover in a fairly short period of time so it is understandable (and most people probably don't mind it anyway). This is one of the few courses that really keeps me motivated to complete all assignments. Thank you, Prof. Ng. | nuances of Octave/Matlab relevant to the | Assignment | are explained beforehand. The quality is | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent, informative and fun introduction to machine learning. The programming assignments are carefully designed to incrementally ramp up the difficulty and the nuances of Octave/Matlab relevant to the assignments are explained beforehand. The quality is truly impressive, although I wish there was a little more mathematical depth to some of the lectures. Many derivations and details of linear algebra were kind of glossed over but I understand that there's a lot to cover in a fairly short period of time so it is understandable (and most people probably don't mind it anyway). This is one of the few courses that really keeps me motivated to complete all assignments. Thank you, Prof. Ng. | keeps me motivated to complete all | Assignment | Thank you, Prof. Ng. | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing content Amazing teacher Cool interesting assignments Gives the big picture necessary to get going Some more optional videos with more mathematical details would be nice Why octave instead of python? | Amazing content Amazing teacher Cool interesting | Assignment | Gives the big picture necessary to | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course, good lecturer, and also practical and lets you try for yourself and test your gained knowledge. Too bad there is no way to prove that all the assignments were completed successfully and so that I passed the course. | way to prove that all the | Assignment | were completed successfully and so that | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Good course. Introduces the basics well with a good emphasis on the underlying math. Bayesian techniques are missing. Also another suggestion : assignment submission in other languages , especially R - the industry language for prototyping ML algorithms. | are missing. Also another suggestion : | Assignment | submission in other languages , especially | Positive | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is one of the most inspiring and enjoyable courses I took. I really enjoyed doing all the programming assignments and hope that the knowledge and techniques that I learned will help me in the future. | really enjoyed doing all the programming | Assignment | and hope that the knowledge and | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! easy to understand, good examples and assignments | easy to understand, good examples and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good introduction to Machine Learning with the right balance between Theory (Maths) & Practice What could have been even more awesome: Use R for assignments, An Overview of the other main ML Algorithms (decision trees, rules...) and a Summary of conditions where to use or not each category of algorithm Big thanks Andrew!! | even more awesome: Use R for | Assignment | An Overview of the other main | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Best way to start learning Machine Learning, clear concepts, good programming assignments. | Machine Learning, clear concepts, good programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Material is fascinating, assignments are useful, and Professor Ng is exceedingly clear. | Material is fascinating, | Assignment | are useful, and Professor Ng is | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The subject of the course concerns how to estimate parameters to make predictions about data and to classify data. The lectures are very clear and the examples are well chosen. The mentor, Tom Mosher, is also diligent, clear, and patient. In addition to the subject matter itself, it is interesting to learn that these are some of the key methods used in Silicon Valley. If you have a strong mathematical background, some of the early lectures are too slow. (On the flip side, for someone with less background, the course is self-contained.) However, by about lecture 3, I was glad I stuck with it. Instructors might consider adding some no-credit quizzes to help people "place out" of certain videos. If you can get past the assignment on backprojection for neural networks, you're home free! | If you can get past the | Assignment | on backprojection for neural networks, you're | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very clear explanation. Great assignment exercises. Help you understand the basics of Machine Learning. | Very clear explanation. Great | Assignment | exercises. Help you understand the basics | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Before starting this course, I had no previous knowledge of machine learning and I had never programmed in Octave and I have little/no programming skills. This is a 11-week course and so I was not sure if I would make it to the end (or even get through the first week) but I was keen to learn something new. Positive Aspects: The course is extremely well structured, with short videos (and test questions to help us verify if we have understood the concepts), quizzes and assignments. Prof. Andrew Ng presents the concepts (some very difficult) in a clear and almost intuitive manner without going too much into detail with mathematical proofs, making the course accessible to anyone. The mentors were fantastic and provided prompt responses, links to tutorials and test cases, which all helped me get through the course. Negative Aspects: Searching the Discussion Board for something specific was no easy task. I would have liked to have known the answers to some of the questions in the quizzes that I got wrong. What I loved about this course: Learning how powerful vectorization is, it allows us to write several lines of code in one single line and can be much faster than using for-loops. I was wowed several times. Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher. He is also extremely humble and very encouraging. During the course he often said, "It's ok if you don't understand this completely now. It also took me time to figure this out." This helped me a lot. He also said, "if you got through the assignments, you should consider yourself an expert!" and I laughed silly. By no means do I feel like an expert but now I have a basic understanding of the different types of learning algorithms, what they could be used for and more importantly this course has generated a spark in me to use this tool for things that I find interesting and for that I am very grateful. I don't think a teacher has ever thanked me for assisting a class. This is a first-time! So thank you Prof. Andrew Ng and everyone who worked to put this course together. Also, special thanks to Tom Mosher (mentor). My best MOOC so far! | have understood the concepts), quizzes and | Assignment | Prof. Andrew Ng presents the concepts | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Before starting this course, I had no previous knowledge of machine learning and I had never programmed in Octave and I have little/no programming skills. This is a 11-week course and so I was not sure if I would make it to the end (or even get through the first week) but I was keen to learn something new. Positive Aspects: The course is extremely well structured, with short videos (and test questions to help us verify if we have understood the concepts), quizzes and assignments. Prof. Andrew Ng presents the concepts (some very difficult) in a clear and almost intuitive manner without going too much into detail with mathematical proofs, making the course accessible to anyone. The mentors were fantastic and provided prompt responses, links to tutorials and test cases, which all helped me get through the course. Negative Aspects: Searching the Discussion Board for something specific was no easy task. I would have liked to have known the answers to some of the questions in the quizzes that I got wrong. What I loved about this course: Learning how powerful vectorization is, it allows us to write several lines of code in one single line and can be much faster than using for-loops. I was wowed several times. Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher. He is also extremely humble and very encouraging. During the course he often said, "It's ok if you don't understand this completely now. It also took me time to figure this out." This helped me a lot. He also said, "if you got through the assignments, you should consider yourself an expert!" and I laughed silly. By no means do I feel like an expert but now I have a basic understanding of the different types of learning algorithms, what they could be used for and more importantly this course has generated a spark in me to use this tool for things that I find interesting and for that I am very grateful. I don't think a teacher has ever thanked me for assisting a class. This is a first-time! So thank you Prof. Andrew Ng and everyone who worked to put this course together. Also, special thanks to Tom Mosher (mentor). My best MOOC so far! | " if you got through the | Assignment | you should consider yourself an expert! | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew Ng is very clear in his lecture. The assignments are well written. Most of all, this course inspires me to learn machine learning! | very clear in his lecture. The | Assignment | are well written. Most of all, | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Challenging, but the instructor walk through from the theory to the practical exercises and make you feel comfortable. I have re-learn algebra and the assignments are well designed to make you success, that means, understand what are you doing and why. The only issue are some technical problemas I have to submit. Thanks for this great course! | I have re-learn algebra and the | Assignment | are well designed to make you | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | High quality human learning :-). Priceless practical advises, wide range of topics, well designed assignments. Highly recommended. | wide range of topics, well designed | Assignment | Highly recommended. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is a highly valuable one. It has been organized extremely well. The instructor provides a lot of motivation around Machine Learning and its uses and explains everything in a very simplistic way that even a non Linear-Algebra expert can understand. Furthermore, there were also mentors that had been really helpful by responding to questions and providing unit tests and test cases for the programming assignments in order to make the debugging an easier task for those attending the course. | and test cases for the programming | Assignment | in order to make the debugging | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I give this course 4 stars as I did learn a lot from it, and thought most of it is well prepared and useful. I found some disappointment in some of the programming assignments where I wanted to understand the code better but it was not documented properly. In such cases the common response was that the material goes beyond the scope of the course. I thank Andrew Ng for the material and hope this gets resolved in the future. | disappointment in some of the programming | Assignment | where I wanted to understand the | Negative | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This was by far the best class I have had so far on Coursera. I feel that I now have a really good understanding of linear and logistic regression and neural networks as well as the other learning methods that we touched upon. I thought that the quizzes and assignments were very appropriate and helped me to further cement my understanding that I gained through watching the video. Professor Ang explains the material very clearly. I always walked away feeling that any questions I might have were answered completely in the videos or in the discussions. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who wants to have a good understanding of Machine Learning. | I thought that the quizzes and | Assignment | were very appropriate and helped me | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Course content is really good. Assignments are in depth and help you build your concepts. | Course content is really good. | Assignment | are in depth and help you | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I was a beginner of machine learning. Because of Ng's clear explanations and good MATLAB assignment, now I know many important algorithms and technics . It was a great course. | Ng's clear explanations and good MATLAB | Assignment | now I know many important algorithms | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I really liked the practical orientation of the class : despite being rather short you get to learn about real world applications. Professor Ng did an amazing job on his programming assignments as well : the problems are encapsulated in a framework that effectively hides the low level / checking routines to let us code the logic. If you want to push it further, the whole code is available too. An obvious recommendation :) | an amazing job on his programming | Assignment | as well : the problems are | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Yes. The teaching is fantastic and attractive and also the assignments are not difficult to master. | fantastic and attractive and also the | Assignment | are not difficult to master. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you to Andrew Ng for a great ML introductory course for a person with programming background. It gives a very good start for anyone who is clue-less about what "machine learning", "data scientist", "neural networks" etc. really mean. Assignments are designed just right - so that a newbie is not overwhelmed, gets confidence as s/he progresses. As I mentioned I consider it introductory course, because it gives lot of information which you tend to forget as you move through this course. So you need to practice a lot with real life example before you can become an expert. Now the challenge is finding a problem that has not been tackled using ML and trying to tackle it with what I have learned. | " neural networks" etc. really mean. | Assignment | are designed just right - so | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I would say this is the best coarse on machine learning for the beginners. Sir Andrew Ng, he's the best teacher I have I ever seen. The way he shaped the lectures, quizes and assignments is really matchless. Its free of cost above all. If someone wanna be expert at machine learning but he has no background knowledge, taking this coarse is the best way to get started. | he shaped the lectures, quizes and | Assignment | is really matchless. Its free of | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course, great instructor! P.S.: I rewrote (and submitted ;)) all assignments up until now (week 7) in Julia (with minor differences) and I would argue that the language is very readable, elegant and well suited for modern scientific computing. I hesitate to upload it to GitHub for obvious reasons, but if you're intereseted, please get in touch. | I rewrote (and submitted ;)) all | Assignment | up until now (week 7) in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is an excellent introduction to machine learning. Credit goes to Prof Ng for making a complex subject so simple. He made it easy for people without mathematical background to understand the concepts behind the various algorithms. The course covers the core algorithms of machine learning in adequate depth. That level of depth is required to get a good understanding of the concepts surrounding an algorithm. What I find very exciting is that after completing an assignment, one can use the code to solve any problem outside the assignment set. I found it very exciting to use the algorithms to solve external problems including those on Kaggle. I also found the documentation in assignments pdf documents and that in the code very helpful. Great job done there. My recommendation for improving this course would be to include some more algorithms which are commonly mentioned on various forums on the internet e.g. tree based algorithms, random forest etc. Or at least give an introduction to these algorithms for students to then explore them further on their own. | exciting is that after completing an | Assignment | one can use the code to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is an excellent introduction to machine learning. Credit goes to Prof Ng for making a complex subject so simple. He made it easy for people without mathematical background to understand the concepts behind the various algorithms. The course covers the core algorithms of machine learning in adequate depth. That level of depth is required to get a good understanding of the concepts surrounding an algorithm. What I find very exciting is that after completing an assignment, one can use the code to solve any problem outside the assignment set. I found it very exciting to use the algorithms to solve external problems including those on Kaggle. I also found the documentation in assignments pdf documents and that in the code very helpful. Great job done there. My recommendation for improving this course would be to include some more algorithms which are commonly mentioned on various forums on the internet e.g. tree based algorithms, random forest etc. Or at least give an introduction to these algorithms for students to then explore them further on their own. | to solve any problem outside the | Assignment | set. I found it very exciting | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is an excellent introduction to machine learning. Credit goes to Prof Ng for making a complex subject so simple. He made it easy for people without mathematical background to understand the concepts behind the various algorithms. The course covers the core algorithms of machine learning in adequate depth. That level of depth is required to get a good understanding of the concepts surrounding an algorithm. What I find very exciting is that after completing an assignment, one can use the code to solve any problem outside the assignment set. I found it very exciting to use the algorithms to solve external problems including those on Kaggle. I also found the documentation in assignments pdf documents and that in the code very helpful. Great job done there. My recommendation for improving this course would be to include some more algorithms which are commonly mentioned on various forums on the internet e.g. tree based algorithms, random forest etc. Or at least give an introduction to these algorithms for students to then explore them further on their own. | I also found the documentation in | Assignment | pdf documents and that in the | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is very instructive and detailed, easy to follow with enough quizes and programming assignments. The support in the discussions forum is excelent | follow with enough quizes and programming | Assignment | The support in the discussions forum | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent teaching, excellent material and excellent assignment. It feels great to finish this course knowing that I learnt a lot ML. | Excellent teaching, excellent material and excellent | Assignment | It feels great to finish this | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is explicit and easy to understand.And the programming assignment is great | easy to understand. And the programming | Assignment | is great | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesomessst Course,,,,Impressive Coding Assignment, Had a nice learning experience | Course, , , , Impressive Coding | Assignment | Had a nice learning experience | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The new self-paced version has a lot more content, including very practical cases and recommendations! And the programming assignments are still quite easy, so it makes it a perfect starter course after which you can dive into more technical material. | cases and recommendations! And the programming | Assignment | are still quite easy, so it | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course. Would have liked to have a final project and some more in-depth videos for the mathematics of some of the algorithms. Slides/notes for each lecture or unit or week would be extremely helpful for those who take the class in the future or for those who have finished and would like to review the material. The programming assignments were very interesting and close to the real world. Enjoyed the course overall. | to review the material. The programming | Assignment | were very interesting and close to | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Extremely well designed course. The assignments have also been tailored really well to test only course concepts and not extra coding. The mentors have been really helpful as well. | Extremely well designed course. The | Assignment | have also been tailored really well | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent explanations and proper and useful assignments given at the right time to implement the algorithms in practice immediately after theory material. | Excellent explanations and proper and useful | Assignment | given at the right time to | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Instructor is outstanding. Course Material and Programming assignment are well-crafted. | is outstanding. Course Material and Programming | Assignment | are well-crafted. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent Course! Every course is very clear and programming assignment is well-designed. | course is very clear and programming | Assignment | is well-designed. | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | He does a fantastic job of introducing a complex subject. Each programming assignment builds on the ones before it, adding more complexity. | introducing a complex subject. Each programming | Assignment | builds on the ones before it, | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course was very informative because there were not only theory lessons but practical assignments with lot of tips. I learnt a lot and hope to use it and learn more in future. Thanks to Prof. Andrew for the wonderful delivery and content. | not only theory lessons but practical | Assignment | with lot of tips. I learnt | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a really excellent course. I've learned various topics of machine learning including a fundamental algorithm to train models and predict cases and some practical tips like dealing with overfitting. Especially, programming assignments gave me a lot of intuition and understanding, that is helpful though it took some time to finish all of them. Thank Andrew Ng very much for the wonderful experience! | like dealing with overfitting. Especially, programming | Assignment | gave me a lot of intuition | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is perfectly designed and give an intuition on how machine learning works in application. The exercises especially the programming assignments, helps apply the knowledge and see the result and helps understanding the concepts. Kudos! | application. The exercises especially the programming | Assignment | helps apply the knowledge and see | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! Everything is really well explained and programming assignments are very educational and easy to submit. I love it! | is really well explained and programming | Assignment | are very educational and easy to | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is my first courser course taken and it is exceptional. Concepts are explained clearly and intuitively. Very easy to understand. The programming assignments are also very helpful. | Very easy to understand. The programming | Assignment | are also very helpful. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course gives great insights into the internals of machine learning. I recommend this course to any one who wants to secure a future in machine learning. Andrew Ng is a great instructor and the quizes and assignments are thought provoking. Learning a tool such as R can help you do the stuff, but knowing the internals can help you do the stuff better. | great instructor and the quizes and | Assignment | are thought provoking. Learning a tool | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well put together course. The lectures are logically structured and well presented with lots of meaningful and current examples. The Matlab programming assignments have been well thought out to incrementally step the student up through the different capabilities. 'Select All that Apply' quiz questions will likely drive you crazy as there is no feedback on no feedback on failed questions to understand where your mistake(s) was/were which means you spend hours more pouring over the videos/notes to try and better understand possible options for a subsequent attempt. | and current examples. The Matlab programming | Assignment | have been well thought out to | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is an amazing course. Gives you strong basics of the important techniques and concepts in ML. The assignments help you to understand the small details of implementation. This course has helped me to take other online data science courses and understand the concepts with ease. Thank you very much Prof. Andrew Ng, community TAs, and all the staff who put together this course. | techniques and concepts in ML. The | Assignment | help you to understand the small | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | This course had a lot of depth to it, both in the lectures and the programming assignments. The last assignment seemed needlessly complex with not enough focus on the parallel programming aspect. I wish there had been more of a focus on how to actually write the parallel and task constructs which were instead given already implemented without much explanation. | in the lectures and the programming | Assignment | The last assignment seemed needlessly complex | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | This course had a lot of depth to it, both in the lectures and the programming assignments. The last assignment seemed needlessly complex with not enough focus on the parallel programming aspect. I wish there had been more of a focus on how to actually write the parallel and task constructs which were instead given already implemented without much explanation. | and the programming assignments. The last | Assignment | seemed needlessly complex with not enough | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Rather theoretical introduction to the basics of an interesting subject. Regretfully examples and assignments are frequently overly complex in areas which are unrelated to the subject. In addition, people who work with software development should expect to look further if they aim to add to their toolbox. | an interesting subject. Regretfully examples and | Assignment | are frequently overly complex in areas | Positive | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Assignments are focused on problem-solving rather than the importance of parallelism, missing the point of the lecture. It is a Scala course, so it is always fun! | | Assignment | are focused on problem-solving rather than | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good course. But I have a strong feeling that would be nice to have more focus on the practice. Some lecture not really much with the results of assignments. Good course anyway. Pavel | really much with the results of | Assignment | Good course anyway. Pavel | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Appreciate the time spent by the authors to prepare all the course materials and the assignments. Everything clear and relatively self-contained. However, I still do not feel to be an expert in parallelism. | all the course materials and the | Assignment | Everything clear and relatively self-contained. However, | Positive | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Presentations were presented well and the assignments were interestingly varied but quite challenging for the newbie. | Presentations were presented well and the | Assignment | were interestingly varied but quite challenging | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | I feel the concepts which are necessary to use in programming assignments are not discussed in the lectures enough. As result figuring out what the assignment steps are all about takes too much time. Some tasks are absolutely trivial, and others are simply too difficult. | are necessary to use in programming | Assignment | are not discussed in the lectures | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | I feel the concepts which are necessary to use in programming assignments are not discussed in the lectures enough. As result figuring out what the assignment steps are all about takes too much time. Some tasks are absolutely trivial, and others are simply too difficult. | As result figuring out what the | Assignment | steps are all about takes too | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Very good introduction to the topic. Examples and programming exercises were very good, although last assignment was visibly less polished than earlier ones. | exercises were very good, although last | Assignment | was visibly less polished than earlier | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good explanations, relevant assignments. But too small, too little graded assignments as for subject. Be better if the assignments has less starter code. | Good explanations, relevant | Assignment | But too small, too little graded | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good explanations, relevant assignments. But too small, too little graded assignments as for subject. Be better if the assignments has less starter code. | But too small, too little graded | Assignment | as for subject. Be better if | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good explanations, relevant assignments. But too small, too little graded assignments as for subject. Be better if the assignments has less starter code. | for subject. Be better if the | Assignment | has less starter code. | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Parallel Programming course in Scala will help you to program at a higher level, reason about task and data parallel programs, express common algorithms in a functional style and solve them in parallel, competently microbenchmark parallel code, and write programs that effectively use parallel collections to achieve performance. The course content was well organized and it had in - depth assignments which were relatively difficult for me to complete. I would recommend this course to everyone, and one should take it only after taking the 'Fundamental Programming Principles in Scala' and 'Functional Program Design in Scala' courses. | and it had in - depth | Assignment | which were relatively difficult for me | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | The course was well covered and very informative. As someone with zero experience in parallelism, I felt I could've absorbed a lot more if the topics were not completely new to me. As mentioned in other reviews, the last assignment, Barnes Hut Simulation, was very time consuming and I found myself spending more time trying to understand the problem rather than implementing it. That was very challenging for someone with low academic background. | mentioned in other reviews, the last | Assignment | Barnes Hut Simulation, was very time | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | This course shows different techniques for parallel algorithm and is quite advanced. It succeeds to be deep yet understandable, challenging yet achievable. All in all it is very well taught with very interesting assignments. | very well taught with very interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | The course achieves its objectives, but the assignments require too much effort for solving general problems, and relatively little for parallelism-related tasks. In other words, understanding what the problem is takes far more time than solving it. The Lego-assisted teaching is a definite plus though! | course achieves its objectives, but the | Assignment | require too much effort for solving | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good course. The only thing I would suggest to improve is in the Assignments, the error messages are not always sufficient information to recreate the bug that caused the error, so it is hard to correct the bug (since if you don't recreate the bug, you don't find the root cause). On the other hand it's understandable, that giving away too much info from the grader makes it easier to "workaround" the failed test without necessarily providing a good solution. Tricky trade-off. Anyway, both the lecturers do a very good job of explaining fairly complex stuff in ways that non-computer-science students can understand. | suggest to improve is in the | Assignment | the error messages are not always | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | The course presents two core approaches to parallel programming - task and data parallelism. While these concepts are really useful, I expected more details on, for example, how to implement the _parallel_ construct used throughout the lectures. The materials were good and I can use some of the ideas straight after the lectures in my everyday coding, but the assignments were really slightly related to the topic. Barnes Hut simulation assignment. I'd say it has nothing in common with parallel programming in Scala. It looks like the authors looked for some real-life example or use case for Combiners and this simulation model looked nice. But, really, does any developer not working in university would ever use it? It's completely impractical, the most of the time I spent reading the description of simulation model, but the coding itself was just playing with 2D coordinates and some basic recursion. I'd expect something more practical, e.g. implementing simplified form of Hadoop map-reduce or something like that so I can use it after the course. But Barnes-Hut is too specific and is pretty far from everyday problems developers encounter. | in my everyday coding, but the | Assignment | were really slightly related to the | Positive | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | The course presents two core approaches to parallel programming - task and data parallelism. While these concepts are really useful, I expected more details on, for example, how to implement the _parallel_ construct used throughout the lectures. The materials were good and I can use some of the ideas straight after the lectures in my everyday coding, but the assignments were really slightly related to the topic. Barnes Hut simulation assignment. I'd say it has nothing in common with parallel programming in Scala. It looks like the authors looked for some real-life example or use case for Combiners and this simulation model looked nice. But, really, does any developer not working in university would ever use it? It's completely impractical, the most of the time I spent reading the description of simulation model, but the coding itself was just playing with 2D coordinates and some basic recursion. I'd expect something more practical, e.g. implementing simplified form of Hadoop map-reduce or something like that so I can use it after the course. But Barnes-Hut is too specific and is pretty far from everyday problems developers encounter. | to the topic. Barnes Hut simulation | Assignment | I'd say it has nothing in | Negative | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Programming assignments are somewhat challenging, but it's fun :) | Programming | Assignment | are somewhat challenging, but it's fun | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | This is very interesting course that contains a lot of useful information related to parallel programming. Assignments are challenging enough and it is also interesting to tweak some code in assignments even after submitting. | useful information related to parallel programming. | Assignment | are challenging enough and it is | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | This is very interesting course that contains a lot of useful information related to parallel programming. Assignments are challenging enough and it is also interesting to tweak some code in assignments even after submitting. | interesting to tweak some code in | Assignment | even after submitting. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | A very good course, the theories are explained well in the lectures and the assignments cover the learned information without being too difficult | well in the lectures and the | Assignment | cover the learned information without being | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Excellent lectures, let down by the difficulty of the assignments. While the tutors clearly know their stuff, I found the assignments really quite challenging and of limited educational value due to the mixture of new concepts introduced by the lectures along with new (to me) mathematics or CS that also needed to be grasped. I'm an experienced professional programmer with the EPFL 'FP in Scala' and FRP courses under my belt, so I thought I knew what to expect but this was much more time consuming than I'd thought. | down by the difficulty of the | Assignment | While the tutors clearly know their | Positive | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Excellent lectures, let down by the difficulty of the assignments. While the tutors clearly know their stuff, I found the assignments really quite challenging and of limited educational value due to the mixture of new concepts introduced by the lectures along with new (to me) mathematics or CS that also needed to be grasped. I'm an experienced professional programmer with the EPFL 'FP in Scala' and FRP courses under my belt, so I thought I knew what to expect but this was much more time consuming than I'd thought. | know their stuff, I found the | Assignment | really quite challenging and of limited | Positive | 0.63 | 2.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good course. The assignments should focus on the parallel programming itself instead of language stuff. | Good course. The | Assignment | should focus on the parallel programming | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Assignments weren't challenging. | | Assignment | weren't challenging. | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Very good. Only things I wish were better is more comments in some assignments and more prepared tests. Also I miss not having "Statement of Accomplishment" like some other Scala courses :-(. | better is more comments in some | Assignment | and more prepared tests. Also I | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good learning materials, however the assignments are designed for compute science students rather than professional software developers as the most important part of the assignments is not parallel code, but it is algorithms. Yes, there is parallel code in the code of the assignments, but it is mostly written and your task is to implement the algorithm using this existing parallel code, while in my opinion it should be the other way around - you should implement parallel code and algorithms code should be already provided for you. | Good learning materials, however the | Assignment | are designed for compute science students | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good learning materials, however the assignments are designed for compute science students rather than professional software developers as the most important part of the assignments is not parallel code, but it is algorithms. Yes, there is parallel code in the code of the assignments, but it is mostly written and your task is to implement the algorithm using this existing parallel code, while in my opinion it should be the other way around - you should implement parallel code and algorithms code should be already provided for you. | the most important part of the | Assignment | is not parallel code, but it | Positive | 0.96 | 3.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Good learning materials, however the assignments are designed for compute science students rather than professional software developers as the most important part of the assignments is not parallel code, but it is algorithms. Yes, there is parallel code in the code of the assignments, but it is mostly written and your task is to implement the algorithm using this existing parallel code, while in my opinion it should be the other way around - you should implement parallel code and algorithms code should be already provided for you. | code in the code of the | Assignment | but it is mostly written and | Positive | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Week 2 assignment was very interesting, thanks. Week 4 assignment was extremely hard to debug. Could you perhaps add more unit tests to BarnesHutSite? | Week 2 | Assignment | was very interesting, thanks. Week 4 | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| GVy8tIIKEeWXmQ4F86nmrw | Week 2 assignment was very interesting, thanks. Week 4 assignment was extremely hard to debug. Could you perhaps add more unit tests to BarnesHutSite? | was very interesting, thanks. Week 4 | Assignment | was extremely hard to debug. Could | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| gw4zh2MfEeWckg7qTYxfmw | This is by far the best course I've seen on cities. It's amazing. But having to translate all the assignment questions is annoying. Surely all the assignment questions could be translated very easily. Having it in English would make this so much more accessible to African students who aren't francophone. I am South African and want to share this with friends but they find the french too intimidating. | But having to translate all the | Assignment | questions is annoying. Surely all the | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| gw4zh2MfEeWckg7qTYxfmw | This is by far the best course I've seen on cities. It's amazing. But having to translate all the assignment questions is annoying. Surely all the assignment questions could be translated very easily. Having it in English would make this so much more accessible to African students who aren't francophone. I am South African and want to share this with friends but they find the french too intimidating. | questions is annoying. Surely all the | Assignment | questions could be translated very easily. | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| GY2Yx6DxEeSt6SIACzgCKw | I really enjoyed the assignments! And I was impressed by the teacher's track record. But the lectures were difficult to follow, and I still have no idea how to get started with nanotechnologies after this course. Wish there were more details on where/how to get started and practical examples to support it. | I really enjoyed the | Assignment | And I was impressed by the | Positive | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Gyll8Zh9EeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | This is a good (albeit short) introduction to algorithms for DNA sequencing. The instructor does a good job of explaining some select algorithms as well as the pitfalls they may have. The programming assignments are short but fairly challenging for inexperienced programmers. If you like this course, you will enjoy the 6-part Bioinformatics specialization from UCSD on Coursera where they go into these algorithms in much more detail. | pitfalls they may have. The programming | Assignment | are short but fairly challenging for | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gyll8Zh9EeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | I had a lot of fun doing the little programming assignments in this course. I did not know I like algorithms this much. The pace is good and it is well taught. | of fun doing the little programming | Assignment | in this course. I did not | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Gyll8Zh9EeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | The subject of the course is very interesting. Lectures are very engaging and professors do a great job explaining abstract concepts. On the other hand, assignments are extremely difficult and frustrating. The lack of feedback for the assignments leaves you with important knowledge gaps and that's a serious flaw for a course that offers so much most of the time. | abstract concepts. On the other hand, | Assignment | are extremely difficult and frustrating. The | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| Gyll8Zh9EeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | The subject of the course is very interesting. Lectures are very engaging and professors do a great job explaining abstract concepts. On the other hand, assignments are extremely difficult and frustrating. The lack of feedback for the assignments leaves you with important knowledge gaps and that's a serious flaw for a course that offers so much most of the time. | The lack of feedback for the | Assignment | leaves you with important knowledge gaps | Negative | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| gZ6cbKKkEeW1Bw7HN8tFsw | Clearly presented.course which focuses only on the principal question and themes of each of the 4 philosophies. I found it extremely valuable as it structured in a logical way these issues and also related themt modern life. My only criticism relates to the grading method of the final assignment 0 or 1 is far too simplistic. | the grading method of the final | Assignment | 0 or 1 is far too | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Was pretty good, but quite short and some assignments did not align as well with the lecture material as they could have. | good, but quite short and some | Assignment | did not align as well with | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Lectures are too complicated. I understand that material is not easy and one should do a lot of research and reading to understand the essence of the taught algorithms but the lecturer is also not very helpful and assignments are everywhere on the internet which nobody needs to get tired of thinking a little to do the homework as their product. | is also not very helpful and | Assignment | are everywhere on the internet which | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Unlike the rest of the modules in this specialisation, this one was well taught, a good blend of theory and practice and well paced. There were still a few issues with wording in quizzes (and some where there seemed to be two identical answers to one question, where one would be considered right and the other wrong - purely chance). In addition, the lack of consistency in how to submit assignments across the specialisation is frustrating, I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a way to show how to use github or something like that, but it shouldn't be the case. | of consistency in how to submit | Assignment | across the specialisation is frustrating, I'm | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It's very cookbook driven - it's not a deep dive into the topics. This can be dangerous: a little knowledge and all that. However references for more are provided. If you can imitate the coding examples, you should be OK for the assignments. Fair warning: the quizzes are hard to replicate unless you set up your environment to mirror exactly the version of the packages used in the course. | you should be OK for the | Assignment | Fair warning: the quizzes are hard | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments could be better explained, and lessons improved | | Assignment | could be better explained, and lessons | Negative | 0.89 | 3.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I learned a lot in this class. There are slight gaps from the depth of material covered in the lectures to the quizzes and assignment. If you're good at researching online, you'll be fine. | the lectures to the quizzes and | Assignment | If you're good at researching online, | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Of all the JHU Data Science specialization courses I've had, this was by far the most enjoyable. I really liked how the class was more in the style of 'here's some techniques, now do whatever you want on the project.' Prior courses are, and understandably so, more constrained in the assignments. It's not until here that the student really has the tools to be able to flex their analytical muscles, and it pays off. Also, of the three instructors, I am most favorable to Jeff Leek, who teaches this class. He communicates much clearer than Roger Peng or Brian Caffo. I find I learn more from his content than the others. Lastly, I will say that this class doesn't hold a torch to University of Washington's Machine Learning specialization. That's expected since this is one class and that's a whole series of classes. If you're hungry for more after this one, I highly recommend UWash's Machine Learning specialization. | understandably so, more constrained in the | Assignment | It's not until here that the | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The instructions for the final project were very unclear and even though I submitted all assignments well before their respective deadlines and reviewed the required number of projects my work was not processed for a grade thereby delaying my specialization completion. | and even though I submitted all | Assignment | well before their respective deadlines and | Positive | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Class materials and videos are confusing and do not go into enough detail. Assignments require a lot of search of extra information outside course materials. Also, the length that is needed to complete the assignments vary widely week to week. | do not go into enough detail. | Assignment | require a lot of search of | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Class materials and videos are confusing and do not go into enough detail. Assignments require a lot of search of extra information outside course materials. Also, the length that is needed to complete the assignments vary widely week to week. | that is needed to complete the | Assignment | vary widely week to week. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Thank you for inviting me to be a beta tester for Practical Machine Learning. I completed this course at the beginning of October of this year. When I was asked to be a "beta tester" I thought that I would be presented with new materials. However, the only thing that has changed is the look and layout of the Coursera web pages. The video lectures, quizzes, and assignment are the same as they have been for quite some time. Here are some specific comments: 1. The video lectures: To me, these are clear and easy to follow. However, like those in the other courses in the Data Science Specialization, this course covers a wide range of subjects but tends not to have much depth. When I compare this and other courses in the specialization to other moocs that I have taken including Machine Learning with Andrew Ng and the Stanford Online EdX Course Statistical Learning with Trevor Hastie and Rob Tibshirani, the somewhat cursory treatment of the topics in the Data Science Specialization becomes more noticeable. Perhaps in the interest of "truth in advertising" this course should be called "A Brief Introduction to Practical Machine Learning." In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that I have an undergraduate degree in economics and an MS and PhD in psychology with a quantitative bent. I have had lots of statistics courses, especially those related to ANOVA, MANOVA, nonparametric statistics, correlation and regression methods, and structural equation modeling. The latter is important in psychology because researchers in this field like to measure latent variables. I had been an analyst using SPSS for several decades and the courses in this specialization helped me to migrate to R. Also, there have been may new developments that have become more accessible through R packages (like the fancier tree methods) that were not available when I completed my PhD. Thus these courses (and others such as the ones by Ng and Hastie and Tibshirani) have helped me to keep abreast of these developments. So they are good for me, but I wonder to what degree do the courses in the Data Science Specialization actually make a person a "data scientist?" 2. The quizzes: I think these items are good practice and are at a reasonable level of difficulty. However, these items are the same ones that you have been giving for quite some time, with perhaps a few new ones added. A little googling will lead you to the answers to these quizzes posted online. I recommend that you put a little time and effort into writing all new items. 3. The final project: Again, this project is good practice and seems to be at a reasonable level of difficulty. And again, this is the same project that appears to have been given at the end of numerous iterations of this course. And again, numerous write-ups for this project can be found online. And again, I would recommend that you put a little time and effort into finding a new data set for people to analyze. This would help minimize some of the rampant cheating that I found in this and in other classes in the specialization. On the subject of cheating, when I was doing the peer grading for the courses in the Specialization, I would enter the code of the students that I was grading into the Google search box and all too often I found links to submissions for the project by students who had taken earlier sessions of the class. That is, students were copying these earlier submissions by other students and submitting them as their own. And I don't mean that they were similar: students were copying other people's work line by line, character by character. I found that to be quite irritating and I always reported it to Coursera. Of course, if the instructors would change their assignments once I a while, then this sort of copying would be impossible. As it is, it appears that the good professors put a lot of time and effort into creating what are indeed a worthwhile set of classes. However, after they created the classes, they seem to have pushed the "autopilot" button and gone off to do their day jobs. I would suggest that re-engaging with these courses and reading some of the comments that other students have made would be helpful. Overall, I appreciate the courses in the Data Science Specialization and specifically this course. I know that these class materials took considerable time and efforts to create. I wish the instructors continued success with these classes. | pages. The video lectures, quizzes, and | Assignment | are the same as they have | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Thank you for inviting me to be a beta tester for Practical Machine Learning. I completed this course at the beginning of October of this year. When I was asked to be a "beta tester" I thought that I would be presented with new materials. However, the only thing that has changed is the look and layout of the Coursera web pages. The video lectures, quizzes, and assignment are the same as they have been for quite some time. Here are some specific comments: 1. The video lectures: To me, these are clear and easy to follow. However, like those in the other courses in the Data Science Specialization, this course covers a wide range of subjects but tends not to have much depth. When I compare this and other courses in the specialization to other moocs that I have taken including Machine Learning with Andrew Ng and the Stanford Online EdX Course Statistical Learning with Trevor Hastie and Rob Tibshirani, the somewhat cursory treatment of the topics in the Data Science Specialization becomes more noticeable. Perhaps in the interest of "truth in advertising" this course should be called "A Brief Introduction to Practical Machine Learning." In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that I have an undergraduate degree in economics and an MS and PhD in psychology with a quantitative bent. I have had lots of statistics courses, especially those related to ANOVA, MANOVA, nonparametric statistics, correlation and regression methods, and structural equation modeling. The latter is important in psychology because researchers in this field like to measure latent variables. I had been an analyst using SPSS for several decades and the courses in this specialization helped me to migrate to R. Also, there have been may new developments that have become more accessible through R packages (like the fancier tree methods) that were not available when I completed my PhD. Thus these courses (and others such as the ones by Ng and Hastie and Tibshirani) have helped me to keep abreast of these developments. So they are good for me, but I wonder to what degree do the courses in the Data Science Specialization actually make a person a "data scientist?" 2. The quizzes: I think these items are good practice and are at a reasonable level of difficulty. However, these items are the same ones that you have been giving for quite some time, with perhaps a few new ones added. A little googling will lead you to the answers to these quizzes posted online. I recommend that you put a little time and effort into writing all new items. 3. The final project: Again, this project is good practice and seems to be at a reasonable level of difficulty. And again, this is the same project that appears to have been given at the end of numerous iterations of this course. And again, numerous write-ups for this project can be found online. And again, I would recommend that you put a little time and effort into finding a new data set for people to analyze. This would help minimize some of the rampant cheating that I found in this and in other classes in the specialization. On the subject of cheating, when I was doing the peer grading for the courses in the Specialization, I would enter the code of the students that I was grading into the Google search box and all too often I found links to submissions for the project by students who had taken earlier sessions of the class. That is, students were copying these earlier submissions by other students and submitting them as their own. And I don't mean that they were similar: students were copying other people's work line by line, character by character. I found that to be quite irritating and I always reported it to Coursera. Of course, if the instructors would change their assignments once I a while, then this sort of copying would be impossible. As it is, it appears that the good professors put a lot of time and effort into creating what are indeed a worthwhile set of classes. However, after they created the classes, they seem to have pushed the "autopilot" button and gone off to do their day jobs. I would suggest that re-engaging with these courses and reading some of the comments that other students have made would be helpful. Overall, I appreciate the courses in the Data Science Specialization and specifically this course. I know that these class materials took considerable time and efforts to create. I wish the instructors continued success with these classes. | if the instructors would change their | Assignment | once I a while, then this | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| H10rxZj0EeW5gxKDBxYMJw | This course was incredible! The videos were interesting and included field trips and dialogue that made it spectacular and enjoyable to learn. You were able to take every graded assignment and participate even if you did not have money to buy the certificate. I learned so much and feel like my mind has been widened. I wish it had talked a bit more about how humans are evolving because that was super interesting, and a few test items would not grade correctly, but other than that it was perfect! Thank you so much for providing this excellent course for free for us! It must of took so much time and collaborative effort I applaud you for your generosity. It makes me wish I could go to this school. | were able to take every graded | Assignment | and participate even if you did | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| H3HGeBK4EeS0RyIACp5OCg | Overall, this is a good subject. However, some slides are not well organized. Many questions in assignment are too tricky. | not well organized. Many questions in | Assignment | are too tricky. | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| HcvwN7WfEeWkwBIgnN7tuw | Needs to pay for submit assignments | Needs to pay for submit | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | So far so good! I like the way the lectures and quizzes are presented. I am loving the instructor and his style. However, I have to go through the whole course before I could say how productive the course will be. Anyway, thanks a lot for the team! Thanks a lot Nick Sanots, Coursera, UC Davis and all fellow learners. I was a week late and could not complete the final assignment in time. However, the course is great! The course is medium paced, and best even for newcomers and intermediates alike. The chapters presented in the course are very productive and vivid. I simply love the course. I don't feel there is any room for improvement. Its just perfect! I love this course. Looking forward for next session of this course and next course. | and could not complete the final | Assignment | in time. However, the course is | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This course has provided a great introduction to GIS. It was easy to follow the lectures and the assignments were really fun. In this course, although being on the introduction level, we have been provided with good explanations of how GIS works and why we, for instance, press a certain button and not another. The course has given me a better understanding of different GIS functions but also the abilty to think more independently about the logic behind these functions. I'm looking forward the next course! | to follow the lectures and the | Assignment | were really fun. In this course, | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Excellent course with step by step instruction for beginner. However the final assignment is challenging enough to summarize whatever I have learnt. | instruction for beginner. However the final | Assignment | is challenging enough to summarize whatever | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This course is a good introduction for anyone beginning to work with GIS, because it starts from the very basics. The course has a great format and content; it's one of the best I've taken on Coursera. The tutorial assignments and project are great for practicing the concepts. | I've taken on Coursera. The tutorial | Assignment | and project are great for practicing | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Excellent course. Explanations and assignments were very clear, complete and useful. | Excellent course. Explanations and | Assignment | were very clear, complete and useful. | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Excellent content, and the assignments were great as well. Even better is that now as I work through my workflows, I now have these videos to reference if I am having difficulty with anything. Cheers! | Excellent content, and the | Assignment | were great as well. Even better | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | I am an Architect-Planner by profession. Was looking for this course for quite sometime. I finally found it on Coursera. I had a great time learning Fundamentals of GIS. I had never before worked in Gis though I had a very little theoretical idea. But, at the end of this course, I was able to analyse and make my own map, something I had never done before with GIS. The lectures were to the point, with most of the details covered. The assignments for practice were very helpful too. This course comes with a very helpful reading materiaI and a year long licensed version of ArcGIS too. I had a great time in taking up the quizes, and the peer reviewed final assignment. I highly recommend this course. Last but not the least, thank you Nick Santos for teaching so well! got back to class almost after 8 years and had a great time! I am sure that this will help me taking up further studies in my field. | most of the details covered. The | Assignment | for practice were very helpful too. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | I am an Architect-Planner by profession. Was looking for this course for quite sometime. I finally found it on Coursera. I had a great time learning Fundamentals of GIS. I had never before worked in Gis though I had a very little theoretical idea. But, at the end of this course, I was able to analyse and make my own map, something I had never done before with GIS. The lectures were to the point, with most of the details covered. The assignments for practice were very helpful too. This course comes with a very helpful reading materiaI and a year long licensed version of ArcGIS too. I had a great time in taking up the quizes, and the peer reviewed final assignment. I highly recommend this course. Last but not the least, thank you Nick Santos for teaching so well! got back to class almost after 8 years and had a great time! I am sure that this will help me taking up further studies in my field. | quizes, and the peer reviewed final | Assignment | I highly recommend this course. Last | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | A good introduction to GIS focusing on the fundamental principles with a good practical element included. There is a lot to take in over four weeks so it does require plenty of time to absorb all the required learning and complete the assignment. Plenty of information and resources are provided and the lectures are clear and easily to follow. The only criticism I would have is that there is probably too much emphasis on Arc GIS, it would have been nice to learn some more about open source platforms like QGIS. | the required learning and complete the | Assignment | Plenty of information and resources are | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This was a really great course, with excellent materials. I was impressed with the amount of video resources and learning materials such as step-by-step instruction guides for each of the formative assignments which teach you the skills you need when you come to do the final summative assignment. | guides for each of the formative | Assignment | which teach you the skills you | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This was a really great course, with excellent materials. I was impressed with the amount of video resources and learning materials such as step-by-step instruction guides for each of the formative assignments which teach you the skills you need when you come to do the final summative assignment. | come to do the final summative | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Thank you Nick! Yes I watched all your lectures and did all the quizzes and the assignments just for fun :) | did all the quizzes and the | Assignment | just for fun :) | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Really good for beginners and if this course have more detailed instruction of final assignment, I would like to give five stars. | have more detailed instruction of final | Assignment | I would like to give five | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | A very good starting point with great teaching style. The assignments were helpful | point with great teaching style. The | Assignment | were helpful | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Good background course and introduction to using ARCMap. Would have been nice to have materials to follow along with the lectures, but the assignments provided a second follow along at doing what was done in the lectures. | along with the lectures, but the | Assignment | provided a second follow along at | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | you should consider issues to upload 54Mo data during peer review grading of last assignment. so this course was informative and well structured. thanks a lot | during peer review grading of last | Assignment | so this course was informative and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Appreciated the lectures and the assignments made it possible to gain confidence in using the software. | Appreciated the lectures and the | Assignment | made it possible to gain confidence | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Great teacher, didactic assignments and easy to follow instructions. | Great teacher, didactic | Assignment | and easy to follow instructions. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This course is great! Make sure you try and do the assignments without the step by step directions and the end will be a breeze! | sure you try and do the | Assignment | without the step by step directions | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Great course with engaging material and enthusiastic and experienced instruction. The materials, lectures, assignments, extras, links, etc. were excellent. Only two negative aspects occurred. The first was the initial lack of materials with which to follow the instructors as they went through various processes in ArcMap in their lectures. However, this was remedied quickly and materials were provided. The second was the instructional material for the week 2 assignment, which lacked the step-by-step detail and polish of the assignments from other weeks. This may have been due to the course being new and somewhat unrefined. Overall, the course was extremely helpful and well worth the time and money. I intend to continue on and complete the entire specialization. | and experienced instruction. The materials, lectures, | Assignment | extras, links, etc. were excellent. Only | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Great course with engaging material and enthusiastic and experienced instruction. The materials, lectures, assignments, extras, links, etc. were excellent. Only two negative aspects occurred. The first was the initial lack of materials with which to follow the instructors as they went through various processes in ArcMap in their lectures. However, this was remedied quickly and materials were provided. The second was the instructional material for the week 2 assignment, which lacked the step-by-step detail and polish of the assignments from other weeks. This may have been due to the course being new and somewhat unrefined. Overall, the course was extremely helpful and well worth the time and money. I intend to continue on and complete the entire specialization. | instructional material for the week 2 | Assignment | which lacked the step-by-step detail and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Great course with engaging material and enthusiastic and experienced instruction. The materials, lectures, assignments, extras, links, etc. were excellent. Only two negative aspects occurred. The first was the initial lack of materials with which to follow the instructors as they went through various processes in ArcMap in their lectures. However, this was remedied quickly and materials were provided. The second was the instructional material for the week 2 assignment, which lacked the step-by-step detail and polish of the assignments from other weeks. This may have been due to the course being new and somewhat unrefined. Overall, the course was extremely helpful and well worth the time and money. I intend to continue on and complete the entire specialization. | step-by-step detail and polish of the | Assignment | from other weeks. This may have | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| HFhDw-STEeWYOBIRup69HQ | Wish there will be some lab assignments, for example doing some real work on AWS. | Wish there will be some lab | Assignment | for example doing some real work | Positive | 0.85 | 3.0 |
| HFhDw-STEeWYOBIRup69HQ | Consider adding a programming assignment to the course curriculum. Please address content issues in a timely manner. Thank you. | Consider adding a programming | Assignment | to the course curriculum. Please address | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| HFhDw-STEeWYOBIRup69HQ | Given the quality of the first 2 courses for the "Cloud Computing Specialisation", I think that this course fell short of my expectations. I think that the instructors attempted to cover the whole range of existing technologies in the field of Cloud Computing. However, since it has become a quite expanded domain, the instructors were only able to cover the topics superficially due to time constraints. In the same way, the assignments were not really demanding, they were repetitions of the lecture videos to some extent. There was no practical assignment, which was a bit disappointing. I believe that the instructors should consider reformatting this and the second part of this course to make them more similar to the "Cloud Computing Concepts" course. Thus, I would prefer this course to cover fewer topics, but to a greater extent. Ideally, the learners should have to complete a full deployment of one sample technology of those presented (and possibly developing some features). That would require more time, but it would also provide more knowledge to the learners. Sincerely. | constraints. In the same way, the | Assignment | were not really demanding, they were | Negative | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| HFhDw-STEeWYOBIRup69HQ | Given the quality of the first 2 courses for the "Cloud Computing Specialisation", I think that this course fell short of my expectations. I think that the instructors attempted to cover the whole range of existing technologies in the field of Cloud Computing. However, since it has become a quite expanded domain, the instructors were only able to cover the topics superficially due to time constraints. In the same way, the assignments were not really demanding, they were repetitions of the lecture videos to some extent. There was no practical assignment, which was a bit disappointing. I believe that the instructors should consider reformatting this and the second part of this course to make them more similar to the "Cloud Computing Concepts" course. Thus, I would prefer this course to cover fewer topics, but to a greater extent. Ideally, the learners should have to complete a full deployment of one sample technology of those presented (and possibly developing some features). That would require more time, but it would also provide more knowledge to the learners. Sincerely. | some extent. There was no practical | Assignment | which was a bit disappointing. I | Negative | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| hfzUJ-IfEeSsEiIAC7JSbg | Thoroughly enjoyed this course and feel it has improved me as a teacher. Assignment criteria could be clearer. Excellent compliment to the blended learning course. | has improved me as a teacher. | Assignment | criteria could be clearer. Excellent compliment | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| hfzUJ-IfEeSsEiIAC7JSbg | There is a choice in assignments, you can do them either written or video. However the evaluation highly favors videos and it is not possible to pass te course without doing them. Course staff do not respond to this issue... Not very motivating... | There is a choice in | Assignment | you can do them either written | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | Good but the 3rd assignment is not covered adequately nor the reading material is giving specific directions. | Good but the 3rd | Assignment | is not covered adequately nor the | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | Assignment was awesome. | | Assignment | was awesome. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | I expected more extensive courseworks. Did not involve me in a lot of courseworks. I learnt a lot but got to implement very few.Week3 assignment was good. | got to implement very few. Week3 | Assignment | was good. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | This is a very basic course in using the arduino and having it communicate with various other devices. It is not a bad thing to have such a basic course exist, it is a good thing, but there are definite flaws in the course, the main ones being the grading system for the assignments and the lack of a place to go for clarification of the assignment / grading questions. Both the penultimate and the final assignments require a certain amount of extra research and learning beyond what was taught in the lectures and yet the grading instructions for the assignments did not allow for taking that into account; the grading criteria was either binary (grade of 100%, or 0) or had the possibility of a partial passing grade but without listing a number of possible criteria that would put a project into the partial passing grade category. | being the grading system for the | Assignment | and the lack of a place | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | This is a very basic course in using the arduino and having it communicate with various other devices. It is not a bad thing to have such a basic course exist, it is a good thing, but there are definite flaws in the course, the main ones being the grading system for the assignments and the lack of a place to go for clarification of the assignment / grading questions. Both the penultimate and the final assignments require a certain amount of extra research and learning beyond what was taught in the lectures and yet the grading instructions for the assignments did not allow for taking that into account; the grading criteria was either binary (grade of 100%, or 0) or had the possibility of a partial passing grade but without listing a number of possible criteria that would put a project into the partial passing grade category. | to go for clarification of the | Assignment | / grading questions. Both the penultimate | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | This is a very basic course in using the arduino and having it communicate with various other devices. It is not a bad thing to have such a basic course exist, it is a good thing, but there are definite flaws in the course, the main ones being the grading system for the assignments and the lack of a place to go for clarification of the assignment / grading questions. Both the penultimate and the final assignments require a certain amount of extra research and learning beyond what was taught in the lectures and yet the grading instructions for the assignments did not allow for taking that into account; the grading criteria was either binary (grade of 100%, or 0) or had the possibility of a partial passing grade but without listing a number of possible criteria that would put a project into the partial passing grade category. | Both the penultimate and the final | Assignment | require a certain amount of extra | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | This is a very basic course in using the arduino and having it communicate with various other devices. It is not a bad thing to have such a basic course exist, it is a good thing, but there are definite flaws in the course, the main ones being the grading system for the assignments and the lack of a place to go for clarification of the assignment / grading questions. Both the penultimate and the final assignments require a certain amount of extra research and learning beyond what was taught in the lectures and yet the grading instructions for the assignments did not allow for taking that into account; the grading criteria was either binary (grade of 100%, or 0) or had the possibility of a partial passing grade but without listing a number of possible criteria that would put a project into the partial passing grade category. | yet the grading instructions for the | Assignment | did not allow for taking that | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | Good course. Prof. Ian is very good. Only I miss a deeper discussion, more complete examples and assignments. Thanks a lot. | deeper discussion, more complete examples and | Assignment | Thanks a lot. | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | Awesome lectures! Awesome explanations! Awesome examples! Awesome assignments! | lectures! Awesome explanations! Awesome examples! Awesome | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | I did not feel that I learned as much in this course as in the previous courses of the series. The assignments in particular seemed trivial, and were compromised even further due to some technical problems with the simulator recommended for students without access to actual hardware. This course would be a good candidate for revision, with a focus on gradually increasing the depth and complexity from stage to stage, and on commonly-used components such as current amplifiers and shift registers. Problems with the simulator should not be cause for compromising the assignments themselves, there are other ways to address those problems, many of which were employed by students as they competed their assignments. | previous courses of the series. The | Assignment | in particular seemed trivial, and were | Positive | 0.85 | 2.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | I did not feel that I learned as much in this course as in the previous courses of the series. The assignments in particular seemed trivial, and were compromised even further due to some technical problems with the simulator recommended for students without access to actual hardware. This course would be a good candidate for revision, with a focus on gradually increasing the depth and complexity from stage to stage, and on commonly-used components such as current amplifiers and shift registers. Problems with the simulator should not be cause for compromising the assignments themselves, there are other ways to address those problems, many of which were employed by students as they competed their assignments. | not be cause for compromising the | Assignment | themselves, there are other ways to | Positive | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | I did not feel that I learned as much in this course as in the previous courses of the series. The assignments in particular seemed trivial, and were compromised even further due to some technical problems with the simulator recommended for students without access to actual hardware. This course would be a good candidate for revision, with a focus on gradually increasing the depth and complexity from stage to stage, and on commonly-used components such as current amplifiers and shift registers. Problems with the simulator should not be cause for compromising the assignments themselves, there are other ways to address those problems, many of which were employed by students as they competed their assignments. | by students as they competed their | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | IOT more examples should have been covered and also assignments for IoT would have been better. | should have been covered and also | Assignment | for IoT would have been better. | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | Need to update assignments | Need to update | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | It was a very enjoyable course up till the end of module three where things went a bit awry; mosty due to the unexplained withdrawal of the discussion forem and the failure of the third party platform to perform correctly at 123D (which left us doing assignments that couldn't be completed with the assigned tools). A big part of the fourth module was about connecting and communicating with the internet via ethernet and wifi. That was a bit lost on me, mainly because i didn't really appreciate why i should want to (I can understand many reasons, but none felt very close at hand). I think it would have been more enjoyable with useful examples and practice. Ok, the course is still worth doing, but i think there is much room for creating a smooth and enjoyable learning process. It felt more like a beta version. | at 123D (which left us doing | Assignment | that couldn't be completed with the | Negative | 0.97 | 2.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | I feel that the course did successfully help me to get started in this area of computing. My one disappointment was the removal of the traditional forums/discussions from the main body of the course, although it was possible to discuss things in a single discussion area. This made it less easy to discuss specific questions relating to your current assignment. As before I thought the practical demos were very good. I'm pleased I took the course - I wouldn't have made such good progress working on my own. I hope the Raspberry Pi related courses reinstate the internal discussions - they add to the sense of a common goal being achieved and recover some of the things that aren't available in a MOOC where face to face student/professor interaction aren't available. | specific questions relating to your current | Assignment | As before I thought the practical | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| hgw1Nkd5EeW8cBKtDAegYw | Good overview of the arduino using practical assignments | overview of the arduino using practical | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| hhFDsQ72EeWPhwrBf2tcNQ | Excellent course on game theory by prof.Kandori that will get you started on the concept, applications and some concrete assignments that took a bit of work for me to handle. I must do for those who are interested in a high level process theory with concrete applications. | the concept, applications and some concrete | Assignment | that took a bit of work | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Nice introduction. I wasn't following the lectures that close, because the material was not that new to me, but the assignments and quizzes are amazing | that new to me, but the | Assignment | and quizzes are amazing | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | the course is quite simple and informative. I really like how it is done as hands on experience not just lectures and assignments. I would definitely recommend it for beginners | on experience not just lectures and | Assignment | I would definitely recommend it for | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | A short course consists of basic knowledge about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Little jQuery material is also included. It is a great course for me to review my knowledge in this area. I am not sure if this course contains enough knowledge for the beginners. Also more practical and guided assignments are needed. It will be great if the teacher includes a "Recommended Book" section, as shown in HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers course (https://www.coursera.org/learn/html-css-javascript-for-web-developers/supplement/8VeLb/recommended-books) . | beginners. Also more practical and guided | Assignment | are needed. It will be great | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Excellent Course. Great instructors, very well structured content. I loved the last assignment, had a lot of fun building my own webpage. Brilliant learning experience, will definitely keep practising. | structured content. I loved the last | Assignment | had a lot of fun building | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I liked the course a lot and learned the basics of html, css and javascript. My main suggestions for improvement would be to extend the course over 8 weeks and spend more time on each subject. I also believe that if we were asked to do an assignment per week (so 8), it would have pushed us to deepen our understanding of the subject matter. That said, I very much enjoyed the course. I also love coursera and the work of all schools that participate with them. Thank-you and keep up the excellent work and valued effort ! | we were asked to do an | Assignment | per week (so 8), it would | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Suitable neither for absolute beginners nor as a stand-alone course. For example, there are things that the quiz questions refer to that haven't been covered in the course, but you can't even look them up because they haven't given you the necessary terminology to find relevant information about them on google. This means that you'll be left looking through a minefield of resources that include the code in the quiz question but are actually about something else. I have now started using Lynda instead, and am seeing all the bad habits I've picked up and the holes left in my knowledge. Normally I prefer Lynda to Coursera for the assignments and the quizzes, but not in this case... | prefer Lynda to Coursera for the | Assignment | and the quizzes, but not in | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The course was very good and provided me enough opportunity to explore my designing skills especially javascript. But the assignments could be more specific. | designing skills especially javascript. But the | Assignment | could be more specific. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great introduction to web development. I went through this course fairly quickly due to previous experience, but even for someone with experience, there was a lot of information I learned from it. The assignments were helpful as well. | information I learned from it. The | Assignment | were helpful as well. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Good course for someone with a little experience. Total newbies may be lost doing the assignments. Regardless I recommend the course. | newbies may be lost doing the | Assignment | Regardless I recommend the course. | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great way the info is presented. When we get the summary quizzes we sometimes get questions on subject matter that we did not cover and need to research the answers. I do like the assignment so far as it puts into practice what we have learned during the module | the answers. I do like the | Assignment | so far as it puts into | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The Assignments of this course are really great . I benefit from them a lot .I love the tutors . | The | Assignment | of this course are really great | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I really liked the course as a review of basics. However, the final assignment seemed a bit of a stretch from the course material. | review of basics. However, the final | Assignment | seemed a bit of a stretch | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course. | taught is easy to understand. What | Assignment | asked to do is useful. This | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Up to the third week, I could follow the instructions and assignments given. They were incredibly helpful to me since I have never had such an experience creating an html file. Even though I was extremely with my schedule during the fourth week, I have really enjoyed the course. Thank you so much for your kind and valuable instructions. Thank you. | I could follow the instructions and | Assignment | given. They were incredibly helpful to | Negative | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Way of teaching style is awesome...super assignments and interactive videos and professors are also well knowledgeable. The professors teaches in this way, student can easily understand the concept...Thanks to this University... | style is awesome. . . super | Assignment | and interactive videos and professors are | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I like this course because it was jumping directly into latest and greatest of frameworks or libraries and making things easy to get started. The instruction give on assignment wasn't clear | get started. The instruction give on | Assignment | wasn't clear | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | A nice introduction to the basics but I found the assignments a little to easy so I didn't feel competent at the end of the course. I thought the instructors gave the information in clear and concise way which made the course quite enjoyable | the basics but I found the | Assignment | a little to easy so I | Negative | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great course, useful assignments to ease you in, good tutors, recommended starter course into responsive website basics. | Great course, useful | Assignment | to ease you in, good tutors, | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Very low level , im sorry but this cant be even considered a good intro to HTML,CSS im going to stop wasting my time watching this. no chllange in the assignments or questions , + more of an overview of the basics then the basics .. | watching this. no chllange in the | Assignment | or questions , + more of | Negative | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | More concrete weekly assignments with less vague objectives, and more in-depth training materials would be better. Otherwise, a decent introductory course. | More concrete weekly | Assignment | with less vague objectives, and more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | A course that starts off from the complete basics of programming using HTML, CSS & JavaScript. The course assignments are well thought out. A beginner is provided with sufficient set of tools to complete them while intermediate users have the freedom to try out new features. People already with a fair amount of expertise with HTML, CSS & JS may not find this to be intellectually stimulating. However it is ideal for beginners and very useful for anyone looking to brush up on the basics of these web development languages. | HTML, CSS & JavaScript. The course | Assignment | are well thought out. A beginner | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Enjoyed the pace of this course, learned a lot during these 4 sessions. Good teachers, challenging enough assignments and enough chances to redo tasks. Intro level but enough to learn still. | 4 sessions. Good teachers, challenging enough | Assignment | and enough chances to redo tasks. | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great Course. I really enjoyed it. Videos and assignments are really intuitive and help us to learn to code and design so quickly. | I really enjoyed it. Videos and | Assignment | are really intuitive and help us | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The assignments were not very challenging nor were the lectures very in depth. | The | Assignment | were not very challenging nor were | Negative | 0.81 | 3.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The University of London is amazing. As a person with severe anxiety who is also a full time student I don't have as much time as I would like to focus on these courses but this course was so well compartmentalized and polished that it was a great experience even for me. I really liked how the pace of the assignments is increasing in complexity at a very nice pace. As a person with anxiety peer reviewed assignments can be a very frustrating process people can be petty with peer reviewed assignments I can't convey to them my other learning disabilities. | liked how the pace of the | Assignment | is increasing in complexity at a | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The University of London is amazing. As a person with severe anxiety who is also a full time student I don't have as much time as I would like to focus on these courses but this course was so well compartmentalized and polished that it was a great experience even for me. I really liked how the pace of the assignments is increasing in complexity at a very nice pace. As a person with anxiety peer reviewed assignments can be a very frustrating process people can be petty with peer reviewed assignments I can't convey to them my other learning disabilities. | a person with anxiety peer reviewed | Assignment | can be a very frustrating process | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The University of London is amazing. As a person with severe anxiety who is also a full time student I don't have as much time as I would like to focus on these courses but this course was so well compartmentalized and polished that it was a great experience even for me. I really liked how the pace of the assignments is increasing in complexity at a very nice pace. As a person with anxiety peer reviewed assignments can be a very frustrating process people can be petty with peer reviewed assignments I can't convey to them my other learning disabilities. | can be petty with peer reviewed | Assignment | I can't convey to them my | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great video instructions. Had some tech issues on my end. Not really a good idea to try this on a chromebook if you are just getting started. If you know the work-arounds to make the assignments with a chromebook it's below your level. Still very much worth the time to watch the videos whether or not you are going to complete the work. | know the work-arounds to make the | Assignment | with a chromebook it's below your | Negative | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| HIUPOchIEeSA1yIACye2oA | Straightforward course, and at the end the principal assignment allows for both the creation of classroom/learning plans for each person taking the course, as well as the ability to view others' ideas and potential learning lessons. Great for teachers looking for new projects and ideas, as well as professional teaching artists and art museum educational staff. | and at the end the principal | Assignment | allows for both the creation of | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| hJ1Jl-fcEeWwMw6osrJBVw | Actually, this course is a great one to take. Professors have explained these concepts and main ideas very clearly, therefore students can understand it very easily, even if they do not have previous knowledge about game theory. I want to say “thank you” to all the three professors for making such a concise and intelligible course. However, I would like to give some suggestions about this course. There is an obvious gap between the quizzes and graded assignments. Sometimes the quiz is very easy and it just requires you to have a basic understanding of the concept, while the assignment is even more difficult than the examples included in the videos. I think this course would be better if the staff can improve the difficulty gap between quizzes and assignments. And for people who want to enroll this course, an exercise book with detailed solution would be helpful for you to learn it better. As for the content of this course, there are lots of formulas from Week 5 to the end, which are a little difficult to understand. I fully understand this because math is always abstract, and formulation is an essential part of it. I think this problem can be solved by providing more ungraded quizzes for students to practice. They can have a better comprehension of the content through practicing. Anyway, this course is worth taking. Through learning it you will gain not only the knowledge about game theory, but also a new way to understand relationships around you. Happy learning! | gap between the quizzes and graded | Assignment | Sometimes the quiz is very easy | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| hJ1Jl-fcEeWwMw6osrJBVw | Actually, this course is a great one to take. Professors have explained these concepts and main ideas very clearly, therefore students can understand it very easily, even if they do not have previous knowledge about game theory. I want to say “thank you” to all the three professors for making such a concise and intelligible course. However, I would like to give some suggestions about this course. There is an obvious gap between the quizzes and graded assignments. Sometimes the quiz is very easy and it just requires you to have a basic understanding of the concept, while the assignment is even more difficult than the examples included in the videos. I think this course would be better if the staff can improve the difficulty gap between quizzes and assignments. And for people who want to enroll this course, an exercise book with detailed solution would be helpful for you to learn it better. As for the content of this course, there are lots of formulas from Week 5 to the end, which are a little difficult to understand. I fully understand this because math is always abstract, and formulation is an essential part of it. I think this problem can be solved by providing more ungraded quizzes for students to practice. They can have a better comprehension of the content through practicing. Anyway, this course is worth taking. Through learning it you will gain not only the knowledge about game theory, but also a new way to understand relationships around you. Happy learning! | understanding of the concept, while the | Assignment | is even more difficult than the | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| hJ1Jl-fcEeWwMw6osrJBVw | Actually, this course is a great one to take. Professors have explained these concepts and main ideas very clearly, therefore students can understand it very easily, even if they do not have previous knowledge about game theory. I want to say “thank you” to all the three professors for making such a concise and intelligible course. However, I would like to give some suggestions about this course. There is an obvious gap between the quizzes and graded assignments. Sometimes the quiz is very easy and it just requires you to have a basic understanding of the concept, while the assignment is even more difficult than the examples included in the videos. I think this course would be better if the staff can improve the difficulty gap between quizzes and assignments. And for people who want to enroll this course, an exercise book with detailed solution would be helpful for you to learn it better. As for the content of this course, there are lots of formulas from Week 5 to the end, which are a little difficult to understand. I fully understand this because math is always abstract, and formulation is an essential part of it. I think this problem can be solved by providing more ungraded quizzes for students to practice. They can have a better comprehension of the content through practicing. Anyway, this course is worth taking. Through learning it you will gain not only the knowledge about game theory, but also a new way to understand relationships around you. Happy learning! | the difficulty gap between quizzes and | Assignment | And for people who want to | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| Hr9lByyfEeWccAqzeA4VPw | It was hard to learn from the materials that we have to buy. Please understand that not everyone who sign up for the course can afford to buy the books on amazon. Lack of those books are showing effects on the way we attempt the assignments. It would be great if download links or online study links are provided in the readings section for all the necessary books instead of only a few. | on the way we attempt the | Assignment | It would be great if download | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| Hr9lByyfEeWccAqzeA4VPw | This course has great potential as it is an extraordinarily timely topic, domestically and globally. The accessible required reading assignments were thought provoking and topical. Also, one of the required videos proved helpful, and a couple of the optional Ted talks were "must see's" for anyone involved in the non-profit sector. It was problematic that there was so little direction with respect to how one might access the required reading materials that were not linked into the course syllabus. In fact, one of the links provided simply directed the learners to a youtube video, extolling the virtues of the book wherein the required chapter was located. Another blatant colleague marketing technique occurred during the course of one of the required videos wherein the organizer interviewed an author about his book. (There was some helpful substantive information that came out of that interview, but for the most part, I felt as though I was watching an infomercial.) Requests for help fell on deaf ears, except for those of co-learners. A small, but annoying, flaw was that the professors were simply reading text from their slides, for the video component of the course--with an additional word thrown in, on occasion, for good measure. It would have been less distracting just to have the slides to read. I wish this course had been designed and taught to the standards I have come to expect from Coursera courses. It could have been one of the most valuable yet. | and globally. The accessible required reading | Assignment | were thought provoking and topical. Also, | Positive | 0.95 | 2.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Best thing of this course is that it is self paced. No need to worry about submitting assignments or quizzez. However, this is also taking some tome to get it completed. | No need to worry about submitting | Assignment | or quizzez. However, this is also | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | The teacher is very passionate; therefore I enjoyed the topics that were taught very differently than when I took AP Calculus AB in high school. The answer input sections for the tests and quizzes were rather frustrating because I had to type very specific keys on the keyboard just to input a constant or a polynomial. And one typo caused me to fail some assignments. Also the decimal approximations were very specific to the point where if I didn't type an extra number in the tenths, hundredths, or thousandths place then I would get the answer wrong even if I did the problem correctly. | typo caused me to fail some | Assignment | Also the decimal approximations were very | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Just awesome. it simply needs to provide information on assignments when keyboard sucks. | simply needs to provide information on | Assignment | when keyboard sucks. | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Its a very good course. The teacher teachs with love and attention. I just think could have more exercises in video to help to do on the assignments. I recommend!!!! | to help to do on the | Assignment | I recommend! ! ! ! | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | This course is brilliant. The lectures are full of information, but they're also funny, engaging and always enjoyable. And there are loads of them (25 hrs?), so this feels like quite a thorough introduction to calculus. Some of the exercises are pretty tough for a newcomer like me, but the answers are always thoroughly explained. The lack of a hard time limit is very welcome because it gives you time to take in new ideas at your own pace, without rushing you through assignments or tests. What's more, it's all free. Hats off! | own pace, without rushing you through | Assignment | or tests. What's more, it's all | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | The content is good. Needs better maintenance. Certain bugs and assignment errors should be rectified. | Needs better maintenance. Certain bugs and | Assignment | errors should be rectified. | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Great course! Everything is broken up into manageable pieces and the assignments are challenging. I'm up to week six and am learning a lot. | up into manageable pieces and the | Assignment | are challenging. I'm up to week | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | This is the course that I'm taking for right now before closing time for math assignments for me. I know Calculus is a large subject with all new topics dividing into modules. The Calculus 1 will be included functions, limits, infinities, derivatives, and area and integrals. I will just do my best as I can in order to try Calculus; it's going to be tough for me to listen. There's a lot of stuffs going on in Calculus. | now before closing time for math | Assignment | for me. I know Calculus is | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | Loved the course! Super useful tutorial of the different plotting systems, and basic exploratory data analysis. Very practical and hands-on, which is what is needed for this kind of work. Assignments were relatively simple, but I think they got the key points across. | needed for this kind of work. | Assignment | were relatively simple, but I think | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | Very interesting and insightful course. I enjoyed it. Assignment was okay, could have provided more challenge and depth though. | and insightful course. I enjoyed it. | Assignment | was okay, could have provided more | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | This was an excellent course full of useful exercises, assignments and lectures. I took these classes for the data analysis | excellent course full of useful exercises, | Assignment | and lectures. I took these classes | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | It misses an assignment which will allow to practice the clustering skills. | It misses an | Assignment | which will allow to practice the | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | Insights delivered by the course were great. However, I think it emphasizes too much the lattice and basic plot systems to the point it is redundant with functionality on ggplot. It should focus more on concepts and techniques for delivering richer and meaningful graphics using ggplot rather than talking that much about technicalities on the basic plot and lattice systems. Assignments were too basic and don't reflect all the concepts learned in the lessons e.g. clustering, which I think are of great interest for researchers. | the basic plot and lattice systems. | Assignment | were too basic and don't reflect | Negative | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | Some parts of material is good quality, but some is bad - also some show bad practices in R. Extensively use swirl as assignments over self work. It is better to go through good tutorial over R base plotting system and ggplot2. | in R. Extensively use swirl as | Assignment | over self work. It is better | Positive | 0.77 | 2.0 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | I learned a lot and the assignments were the right kind of challenging. | I learned a lot and the | Assignment | were the right kind of challenging. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| HXsj6jeHEeWJaxK5AT4frw | It's Ok, but it feels like it was put together in a rush. There are no assignments, no forums, and there are many typos in the quizzes. I enjoyed the first course of this specialization much more than this one. | in a rush. There are no | Assignment | no forums, and there are many | Positive | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The last assignment caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due to the unclear assignment requirements, we cannot review composition for composition's sake. For example, I did use two squares as the assignment asked, but I changed the transparency of them, so they form a new square when overlapping. And people think I used three squares and thus not following the instructions. And many people used a small circle and a large circle putting at the center vertically to form a scale composition, and you have to give them 3 points because they followed the instructions, but they actually did not do much in terms of composition. Though I got 3.5 scores by two people ( not very bad）, I'm still frustrated, and I hope the assignment requirements could be clearer. | The last | Assignment | caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The last assignment caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due to the unclear assignment requirements, we cannot review composition for composition's sake. For example, I did use two squares as the assignment asked, but I changed the transparency of them, so they form a new square when overlapping. And people think I used three squares and thus not following the instructions. And many people used a small circle and a large circle putting at the center vertically to form a scale composition, and you have to give them 3 points because they followed the instructions, but they actually did not do much in terms of composition. Though I got 3.5 scores by two people ( not very bad）, I'm still frustrated, and I hope the assignment requirements could be clearer. | I mean, due to the unclear | Assignment | requirements, we cannot review composition for | Negative | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The last assignment caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due to the unclear assignment requirements, we cannot review composition for composition's sake. For example, I did use two squares as the assignment asked, but I changed the transparency of them, so they form a new square when overlapping. And people think I used three squares and thus not following the instructions. And many people used a small circle and a large circle putting at the center vertically to form a scale composition, and you have to give them 3 points because they followed the instructions, but they actually did not do much in terms of composition. Though I got 3.5 scores by two people ( not very bad）, I'm still frustrated, and I hope the assignment requirements could be clearer. | did use two squares as the | Assignment | asked, but I changed the transparency | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The last assignment caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due to the unclear assignment requirements, we cannot review composition for composition's sake. For example, I did use two squares as the assignment asked, but I changed the transparency of them, so they form a new square when overlapping. And people think I used three squares and thus not following the instructions. And many people used a small circle and a large circle putting at the center vertically to form a scale composition, and you have to give them 3 points because they followed the instructions, but they actually did not do much in terms of composition. Though I got 3.5 scores by two people ( not very bad）, I'm still frustrated, and I hope the assignment requirements could be clearer. | still frustrated, and I hope the | Assignment | requirements could be clearer. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Its a great course to start understanding the basics of design and know what graphic design is all about. the lectures are very well explained and the assignments are all very easy to complete. Its a very well structured course. | are very well explained and the | Assignment | are all very easy to complete. | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very rewarding, with easy to understand but comprehensive lectures and optional exercises that can be done with each sub-section of the lecture. These exercises were interesting, relevant and challenging. It was also educational to do the peer reviews and see how other students approached the assignments. The instructions for assignments perhaps could be broken into bullet points, as sometimes they were perhaps not fully understood on the optional exercises. Some guidelines to help give more substantial or constructive feedback (beyond "This met the assignment criteria" or "I liked #3") could be helpful. I'm very glad I did this course, and I was thoroughly engrossed in the exercises. It was sad when the course ended. :-) | see how other students approached the | Assignment | The instructions for assignments perhaps could | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very rewarding, with easy to understand but comprehensive lectures and optional exercises that can be done with each sub-section of the lecture. These exercises were interesting, relevant and challenging. It was also educational to do the peer reviews and see how other students approached the assignments. The instructions for assignments perhaps could be broken into bullet points, as sometimes they were perhaps not fully understood on the optional exercises. Some guidelines to help give more substantial or constructive feedback (beyond "This met the assignment criteria" or "I liked #3") could be helpful. I'm very glad I did this course, and I was thoroughly engrossed in the exercises. It was sad when the course ended. :-) | approached the assignments. The instructions for | Assignment | perhaps could be broken into bullet | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very rewarding, with easy to understand but comprehensive lectures and optional exercises that can be done with each sub-section of the lecture. These exercises were interesting, relevant and challenging. It was also educational to do the peer reviews and see how other students approached the assignments. The instructions for assignments perhaps could be broken into bullet points, as sometimes they were perhaps not fully understood on the optional exercises. Some guidelines to help give more substantial or constructive feedback (beyond "This met the assignment criteria" or "I liked #3") could be helpful. I'm very glad I did this course, and I was thoroughly engrossed in the exercises. It was sad when the course ended. :-) | feedback (beyond " This met the | Assignment | criteria" or " I liked #3" | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Well-made videos, strong assignments. | Well-made videos, strong | Assignment | | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course inspired me a lot. I enjoyed learning graphic design. The assignments are fun | I enjoyed learning graphic design. The | Assignment | are fun | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Excellent introduction to graphic design. The instructor is engaging and interesting and the topics are broken down into easy to understand segments with excellent examples. Assignments are interesting and really helped me work with the different topics. | to understand segments with excellent examples. | Assignment | are interesting and really helped me | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I was so happy when saw this course for the first time. It became the first step to my dream career. All lessons and assignments are very useful and interesting to watch and implement. Thanks you very much for such an opportunity! | my dream career. All lessons and | Assignment | are very useful and interesting to | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This was an excellent course that was well taught and offered practical and real usable assignments. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to learn about graphic design while learning how to apply concepts. The professors lectures were clear concise and very well organized and gave great examples for each concept discussed. | and offered practical and real usable | Assignment | I highly recommend this course to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great course, entertaining assignments, a lot of information. Good way to start. | Great course, entertaining | Assignment | a lot of information. Good way | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course is excellent. Being very informative and fun, it is a great introduction to the design process. All of the assignments are well thought out and are very interesting. This course provides a lot of scope for learning and discovery of new techniques for image making and composition. | the design process. All of the | Assignment | are well thought out and are | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course is simply amazing. Prepare to do a lot of hands on work, and use your creativity. The instructor gives hands on work that is really fun to do, and you end up with the knowledge and the skills to actually make a good poster, especially if you do the bonus assignments, which are really nice. I must note, though, that it is very useful to know how to use computer programs to arrange files and text. I used Adobe Illustrator (like the instructor) and Pages, but basic knowledge of Microsoft Powerpoint or similar is enough, as you will scan hand-drawn pictures and put them in, arrange them, then export them as PDFs. Considering you are on this website, I'd say you are ready! Start ASAP! | especially if you do the bonus | Assignment | which are really nice. I must | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Brilliant Course. It gives you a good theoretical understanding of modern graphic design. At the same time, it also gives you ample opportunity to make graphic design through its multiple peer reviewed assignments. Personally, I came out with some of my best poster works during this course as it pushed me to experiment beyond what I had done till then. | design through its multiple peer reviewed | Assignment | Personally, I came out with some | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Overall I think this is a great course and really helpful. However, I had an unpleasant experience on the last week. There is an assignment that asks you to create a single contrast composition of 2 shapes. It says "shapes" and still people are not sure if they can use more count of those shapes. I chose to use 2 shapes, but multiple counts and some people that thought this is not only 2 shapes, but 2 counts as well, chose to grade my work with the lowest rating due to unfulfilled assignment. I think this is Coursera`s fault to begin with. They should word their requirements properly so it does not create confusion. Now, we are left to the good will of a classmate to judge our work and people are not even sure what the assignment asks of us exactly. | the last week. There is an | Assignment | that asks you to create a | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Overall I think this is a great course and really helpful. However, I had an unpleasant experience on the last week. There is an assignment that asks you to create a single contrast composition of 2 shapes. It says "shapes" and still people are not sure if they can use more count of those shapes. I chose to use 2 shapes, but multiple counts and some people that thought this is not only 2 shapes, but 2 counts as well, chose to grade my work with the lowest rating due to unfulfilled assignment. I think this is Coursera`s fault to begin with. They should word their requirements properly so it does not create confusion. Now, we are left to the good will of a classmate to judge our work and people are not even sure what the assignment asks of us exactly. | the lowest rating due to unfulfilled | Assignment | I think this is Coursera`s fault | Negative | 0.88 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Overall I think this is a great course and really helpful. However, I had an unpleasant experience on the last week. There is an assignment that asks you to create a single contrast composition of 2 shapes. It says "shapes" and still people are not sure if they can use more count of those shapes. I chose to use 2 shapes, but multiple counts and some people that thought this is not only 2 shapes, but 2 counts as well, chose to grade my work with the lowest rating due to unfulfilled assignment. I think this is Coursera`s fault to begin with. They should word their requirements properly so it does not create confusion. Now, we are left to the good will of a classmate to judge our work and people are not even sure what the assignment asks of us exactly. | are not even sure what the | Assignment | asks of us exactly. | Negative | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | very good introductory course. i enjoyed the assignments, they are not overwhelming, easy to start, and the optional ones offer great opportunity to dig little deeper into graphic design fundamentals. | good introductory course. i enjoyed the | Assignment | they are not overwhelming, easy to | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Seriously great course. It was informational and fun. The assignments were engaging and the professor was as well. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in graphic design. | It was informational and fun. The | Assignment | were engaging and the professor was | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great content, presented in a clear and direct manner and then applied with assignments that are accessible to all skill levels. Highly recommend. | direct manner and then applied with | Assignment | that are accessible to all skill | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Such a fantastic course! Accessible resources, hints and tips, and useful and challenging assignments. I've really enjoyed it. | and tips, and useful and challenging | Assignment | I've really enjoyed it. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | There was just the right balance of instruction and hands-on assignments that let me explore my creative side. The only problem is that if you are paying for this class, your grade depends on reviews by other students. | right balance of instruction and hands-on | Assignment | that let me explore my creative | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great course, the peer-review assignments are the key to the success of this course. | Great course, the peer-review | Assignment | are the key to the success | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course was very easy to follow along with, making learning the fundamentals of graphic design easy and fun. The assignments required and optional challenged both your understanding of the material and your creativity. I loved every second of this course and I would recommend it to anyone interested in graphic design. | graphic design easy and fun. The | Assignment | required and optional challenged both your | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Everything is well explained, and the assignments are interesting and fun to make. | Everything is well explained, and the | Assignment | are interesting and fun to make. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This is a great intro course for anybody new to the subject. I look forward to expanding my knowledge with the base of information provided here. I also really loved the assignments and the deadlines; I've been trying to learn the fundamentals on my own, but having the structure of this class really helped me to make progress. | here. I also really loved the | Assignment | and the deadlines; I've been trying | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course was exactly what I expected. Professor Worthington made the videos quite interesting and was always to the point. The assignments were also interesting and not too much time-consuming. I'm happy I took the specialisation and I hope that the rest of the courses are as satisfying. | was always to the point. The | Assignment | were also interesting and not too | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Loving have the opportunity to take this course. The lectures are brief but full of valuable contet. The assignments fun and practical. THANK YOU! | but full of valuable contet. The | Assignment | fun and practical. THANK YOU! | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I had so much fun and learned so much. I plan to take this course again just to do the assignments. | course again just to do the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Thanks a lot! Great introduction course with interesting lectures and very good professors. I loved the assignments! :) | very good professors. I loved the | Assignment | :) | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Good course. Interesting clear lectures and interesting, enjoyable assignments. | Interesting clear lectures and interesting, enjoyable | Assignment | | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very interesting and well done course. If I can suggest, we should have feedback from the professors on our assignments. If this is something impossible, considered the huge amount of persons applying for the course, he should at least check some work and give a feedback in order for us to understand if the works done are made in a correct way or not. | feedback from the professors on our | Assignment | If this is something impossible, considered | Negative | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great course with good exercises. A fantastic starting place on your journey to graphic design. Will force you to become familiar with industry standards like Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator to complete some assignments, which I think it a good thing. The lectures are also enjoyable and well presented. | Photoshop and Illustrator to complete some | Assignment | which I think it a good | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The materials and knowledge of the fundamentals from this course are helpful. However, the assignments and peer grading threw me off. I did not like the fact that your grade depended on students' review of your assignments. It is all subjective. Good course materials, poor grading system. | this course are helpful. However, the | Assignment | and peer grading threw me off. | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The materials and knowledge of the fundamentals from this course are helpful. However, the assignments and peer grading threw me off. I did not like the fact that your grade depended on students' review of your assignments. It is all subjective. Good course materials, poor grading system. | depended on students' review of your | Assignment | It is all subjective. Good course | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Fun, hands-on and very interesting! Loved the assignments and the layout of the course. | hands-on and very interesting! Loved the | Assignment | and the layout of the course. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course itself was great. The only thing lacking is that all the assignments were reviewed only by peers. | thing lacking is that all the | Assignment | were reviewed only by peers. | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great basic concepts of graphic design and balanced number of assignments | graphic design and balanced number of | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course does go over some of the basics of graphic design, but I expected it to be a lot more rigorous. The assignments are incredibly simple, and I think that there should be no optional assignments in the class. The reason I'm taking this class is because I have a hard time motivating myself to learn on my own, so I need something that will really push me. I only spent about an hour a week completing this course, and I believe that you can't learn something by only spending an hour a week on it. Also what's the point of having mentors if they don't engage with you? I know I could have contacted them if I had a question, but I didn't because it was so easy. I wouldn't mind getting feedback from a professional graphic designer though if they're available. Also seeing how many students misinterpret the assignments, it makes me nervous that they are the ones grading mine. | be a lot more rigorous. The | Assignment | are incredibly simple, and I think | Positive | 0.86 | 2.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course does go over some of the basics of graphic design, but I expected it to be a lot more rigorous. The assignments are incredibly simple, and I think that there should be no optional assignments in the class. The reason I'm taking this class is because I have a hard time motivating myself to learn on my own, so I need something that will really push me. I only spent about an hour a week completing this course, and I believe that you can't learn something by only spending an hour a week on it. Also what's the point of having mentors if they don't engage with you? I know I could have contacted them if I had a question, but I didn't because it was so easy. I wouldn't mind getting feedback from a professional graphic designer though if they're available. Also seeing how many students misinterpret the assignments, it makes me nervous that they are the ones grading mine. | that there should be no optional | Assignment | in the class. The reason I'm | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course does go over some of the basics of graphic design, but I expected it to be a lot more rigorous. The assignments are incredibly simple, and I think that there should be no optional assignments in the class. The reason I'm taking this class is because I have a hard time motivating myself to learn on my own, so I need something that will really push me. I only spent about an hour a week completing this course, and I believe that you can't learn something by only spending an hour a week on it. Also what's the point of having mentors if they don't engage with you? I know I could have contacted them if I had a question, but I didn't because it was so easy. I wouldn't mind getting feedback from a professional graphic designer though if they're available. Also seeing how many students misinterpret the assignments, it makes me nervous that they are the ones grading mine. | seeing how many students misinterpret the | Assignment | it makes me nervous that they | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I had a great time doing this course. Professor Worthington covers the theory in an interesting and useful way. The lectures are short and sweet. The best part of the course is the 9 creative assignments (2 compulsory and 7 optional, but recommended) that really force you to expand your technical skill set and get out of your comfort zone. | the course is the 9 creative | Assignment | (2 compulsory and 7 optional, but | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very informative and inspiring. It is unfortunate that for optional assignment does not give marks. Only peers review. | It is unfortunate that for optional | Assignment | does not give marks. Only peers | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Fantastic course - really lays out the fundamentals, with great videos and practical assignments to build understanding and skills. Thank you for offering! | fundamentals, with great videos and practical | Assignment | to build understanding and skills. Thank | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course has been very illuminating and informative, not to mention the engaging assignments! I have really learned a huge deal and wish to learn more! | informative, not to mention the engaging | Assignment | I have really learned a huge | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | What a great course! The content was prescient to the artwork I do and the assignments fun and applicable. I look forward to taking the next course in the sequence. | the artwork I do and the | Assignment | fun and applicable. I look forward | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Absolutely loved this class. Found it to be very helpful and worth my time and money. I think the professor did a great job with his lectures and I enjoyed the assignments. Thank you. | his lectures and I enjoyed the | Assignment | Thank you. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great start for graphic design beginners! Lessons are well organized and well explained. The assignments are the best part of the course and very helpful to explore the topic. | well organized and well explained. The | Assignment | are the best part of the | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | An excellent introduction to graphic design. The videos were useful to clearly show the concepts. There were a number of assignments, many of them optional, which allowed you to practice and integrate the learnings. All material was taught at a level that made it accessible to a true novice. My only hesitation on giving this course 5 stars was the lack of any presence of teachers/tutors in the course discussions. There was a lot of questions about the final marked assignment, with many posts on the discussion boards. There was no response from anyone other than the participants in the course. The issue was not clarified and students were left to interpret (and peer review based on that intrepretation) the instructions on their own. | concepts. There were a number of | Assignment | many of them optional, which allowed | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | An excellent introduction to graphic design. The videos were useful to clearly show the concepts. There were a number of assignments, many of them optional, which allowed you to practice and integrate the learnings. All material was taught at a level that made it accessible to a true novice. My only hesitation on giving this course 5 stars was the lack of any presence of teachers/tutors in the course discussions. There was a lot of questions about the final marked assignment, with many posts on the discussion boards. There was no response from anyone other than the participants in the course. The issue was not clarified and students were left to interpret (and peer review based on that intrepretation) the instructions on their own. | of questions about the final marked | Assignment | with many posts on the discussion | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Perfect short introduction to Graphic Design. I wish I could have dedicated more time for the optional assignments! | dedicated more time for the optional | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Explanations are simple but covers many aspects. The assignments are also simple but quite useful to practice what it is explained in the video lesson. I really enjoy with this course and creating the composition suggested in the assignments. | simple but covers many aspects. The | Assignment | are also simple but quite useful | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Explanations are simple but covers many aspects. The assignments are also simple but quite useful to practice what it is explained in the video lesson. I really enjoy with this course and creating the composition suggested in the assignments. | creating the composition suggested in the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | One of the best courses that I have taken. This was my first approach to the world of arts and this course definitely gave me a solid background to start understanding Design more. Their assignments and feedback were very useful to understand the topics better. Recommended 100%. | to start understanding Design more. Their | Assignment | and feedback were very useful to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Seems as though all the essentials are here in a very efficient manner. The assignments and fun and inspiring. | in a very efficient manner. The | Assignment | and fun and inspiring. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course was organized in a very easy manner for all types of learner. As someone who have had experience with Graphic Design, I thoroughly enjoyed this class and all the assignments. | enjoyed this class and all the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Inspiring assignments! THe instructor has a warm encouraging aura around him that made me want to listen to him. Also, he is very clear and thorough | Inspiring | Assignment | THe instructor has a warm encouraging | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course was very cool. If you have already studied anything design-related, the content might be too basic and might look boarded in a rather shallow way. However, if you are new to the topic, I think the course is the perfect introduction to how the design process works and also, to the specialization (if you are interested in that). Additionally, the assignments offer a great chance to practice every concept reviewed in the videos, so that even a person who knows those things, but is a little rusty on the whole practice side, might benefit from the course. | are interested in that). Additionally, the | Assignment | offer a great chance to practice | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I loved this course so much I would suggest to anyone who is interested in graphic design. The videos are clear and the assignments very motivating. | The videos are clear and the | Assignment | very motivating. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Better than most courses why? because you are forced to create things a feature i have not seen in many MOOC's. Yes there is the ocassional programming assignment (mostly consisting of prewritten code and clear rules) in which you get to create something but that is not really creating something new. That's what you are stimulated to do in this course. | Yes there is the ocassional programming | Assignment | (mostly consisting of prewritten code and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This is a great course for getting into art in general. A lot of the course is very cursory and never goes too far into detail like some classes do, which can be overwhelming. The structure of required vs optional assignments was great, allowing you to choose where you'd like to practice more or even just additionally be able to continue (whereas some people cannot). I would highly recommend this course to everyone. I look forward to continuing the entire specialization when I have more time. Until a couple of months from now, CalArts - you have made me a happy student! | The structure of required vs optional | Assignment | was great, allowing you to choose | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I've enjoyed this course so much! I nearly quit it before properly starting, because the first video seemed very uninteresting. Also, the material covered seemed very basic and common sense. And I guess a lot of it is, but to discuss these basic concepts, and experiment with them is very valuable. It also made me very excited about designing. In this course, it's up to the student to decide how much they want to put into the course, and therefore how much they will get out of it. Lots of the assignments are optional. However, all (but one) exercise really helped me explore the concepts explained. It's a clear course. It's a very basic course. Get ready to get hands on. | out of it. Lots of the | Assignment | are optional. However, all (but one) | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I found this course extremely engaging and interesting. The fundamentals are basic but that's what the outline states. It's good for beginners or graphic designers who need a refresher on the basics. You can execute the course at your own pace, following the timeline or completing assignments and lectures ahead of time. I'd highly recommend this course. | pace, following the timeline or completing | Assignment | and lectures ahead of time. I'd | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course is cool! Good explanation of the concepts and the assignments designed in such a way that a feed back is guaranteed. | explanation of the concepts and the | Assignment | designed in such a way that | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course provides just what it promises. Each module presents a set of concepts or theories are foundational to graphic design. These come to life in the lectures with many real world examples. The design assignments don't work toward a single fixed solution, but ask the student to explore many possible solutions -- a training in divergent thinking and creativity. I am looking forward to the other courses in this specialization. | many real world examples. The design | Assignment | don't work toward a single fixed | Negative | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It is a great course, simple yet complete. However, it would be nice if we had more contact with our lecturers, and if they graded our assignments instead of other classmates. They are not as experienced as our teachers are. | lecturers, and if they graded our | Assignment | instead of other classmates. They are | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Assignments could be more fun and hard but the course was very good. | | Assignment | could be more fun and hard | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I really did enjoy the lessons, the assignments on different views of an object and last one on single contrasts indeed contributed to my creativity practicing. The lecture about patterns was impressive! | really did enjoy the lessons, the | Assignment | on different views of an object | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It's great that the course has a lot of practical assignments! Also it is very important to get feedback on your work from other people that have interest in this field. It's good to learn what works and what doesn't and why. Very useful for me! Thank you! | course has a lot of practical | Assignment | Also it is very important to | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Pros The information is good. This class is good for learning the vocabulary in graphic design. I already understood more general terms like scale and form. I learned new terms like figure/ground and visual contrast (or how graphic design defines it). Cons The teacher's pace for some of the videos is slow for the amount of information. On week 4, the pace slightly quickens. But overall, it's really slow. Verdict I would recommend this course for learning the terms of graphic design or getting a basic understanding of design principles. I also found the assignments fun. If you have some understanding of the basics of design and art, you do not need to watch every video. Feel free to skip on videos covering terms you have a general idea about. | design principles. I also found the | Assignment | fun. If you have some understanding | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Nice short course with the right balance of theory and practical assignments. Only two assignments are required for completion but there are several assignments that are optional and to get the full benefit of this course, the optional assignments are important, if you have the time for it. The course covers all the basics and it's fun. | right balance of theory and practical | Assignment | Only two assignments are required for | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Nice short course with the right balance of theory and practical assignments. Only two assignments are required for completion but there are several assignments that are optional and to get the full benefit of this course, the optional assignments are important, if you have the time for it. The course covers all the basics and it's fun. | theory and practical assignments. Only two | Assignment | are required for completion but there | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Nice short course with the right balance of theory and practical assignments. Only two assignments are required for completion but there are several assignments that are optional and to get the full benefit of this course, the optional assignments are important, if you have the time for it. The course covers all the basics and it's fun. | for completion but there are several | Assignment | that are optional and to get | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Nice short course with the right balance of theory and practical assignments. Only two assignments are required for completion but there are several assignments that are optional and to get the full benefit of this course, the optional assignments are important, if you have the time for it. The course covers all the basics and it's fun. | benefit of this course, the optional | Assignment | are important, if you have the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course will open your mind to graphic design to a whole new level. It will make you "think design'. Highly recommend it. The assignments are well thought out too. You will learn-if thats what you want. | think design'. Highly recommend it. The | Assignment | are well thought out too. You | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Really good course. I would have given it 5 stars but it could use a little improvement. Too many optional assignments perhaps. They should have been required. The class just didn't engage you enough. That being said I've signed up for the next ones. | a little improvement. Too many optional | Assignment | perhaps. They should have been required. | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great introduction to the basics of graphic design. Interesting presentations and fun assignments. | graphic design. Interesting presentations and fun | Assignment | | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I love this course so much, and I have learnt a lot of skills, techniques and knowledge about Graphic Design. Though some of the assignments are optional, I guess is to reduce the workload of the learners, I strongly emphasize learners to try all of them since the results won't affect the overall performance. It is a good introduction course for Graphic Design. | Graphic Design. Though some of the | Assignment | are optional, I guess is to | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very useful knowledge and practical skill. The assignments are interesting, fun and practical. Like this course! | useful knowledge and practical skill. The | Assignment | are interesting, fun and practical. Like | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This class takes you through all the basics of graphic design (type, shapes, colour, composition), perfect for beginners! All the assignments help you to understand the concepts as "you can get better at graphic design only by making graphic design" :) I hope there will be a specialization with advanced levels as well as I would very much like to learn more! Thank you for this class! | composition), perfect for beginners! All the | Assignment | help you to understand the concepts | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The fundamentals, like the title says. Very well explaineI wish there was more info on what software to use for the assignments for those of us more used to traditional mediums rather than digital. | what software to use for the | Assignment | for those of us more used | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | For what it was, it was a decent course. For some reason I thought it would be a little more advanced. This was a very basic class. Wording of the last assignment limited creativity as it was hard to tell if you had to limit your pictures to 2 shapes,(as in one circle and one square), or 2 shapes(as in as many circles as needed and as many triangles as you needed, but don't add any squares). Reviewing these assignments, because they were so basic, made it hard to offer much in the way of constructive criticism. | basic class. Wording of the last | Assignment | limited creativity as it was hard | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | For what it was, it was a decent course. For some reason I thought it would be a little more advanced. This was a very basic class. Wording of the last assignment limited creativity as it was hard to tell if you had to limit your pictures to 2 shapes,(as in one circle and one square), or 2 shapes(as in as many circles as needed and as many triangles as you needed, but don't add any squares). Reviewing these assignments, because they were so basic, made it hard to offer much in the way of constructive criticism. | don't add any squares). Reviewing these | Assignment | because they were so basic, made | Negative | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Awesome course! I thought the lectures were really thorough and assignments were a great way to practice. | the lectures were really thorough and | Assignment | were a great way to practice. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I did really enjoy the whole course. The videos were easy to understand and follow. All the assignments helped me to transpose the theory into practice. | to understand and follow. All the | Assignment | helped me to transpose the theory | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great course with a great range of introductory information with a good selection of exercises to complete. I learnt a lot from this course and had fun doing the assignments. | course and had fun doing the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very interesting course on Graphic design with a good structure and playful creative assignments. | a good structure and playful creative | Assignment | | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course was very enjoyable. It was nice how the videos were broken up into many short videos, and the assignments were useful in understanding the concepts. | into many short videos, and the | Assignment | were useful in understanding the concepts. | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course is great! Well organized, with good assignments and good lessons. The graphics and edition of the videos are really nice. | is great! Well organized, with good | Assignment | and good lessons. The graphics and | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Michael (the lecturer) did a wonderful job delivering the lessons in an easy to understand manner. The whole course was easy to follow. I don't recall any ambiguity in his teachings and his voice was clear. I also enjoy some of the assignments because I surprise myself by producing some great images. My main problem is the instructions of the assignments that causes a lot of students to be confused (there are many complaints expressed in the Discussion forum). | I also enjoy some of the | Assignment | because I surprise myself by producing | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Michael (the lecturer) did a wonderful job delivering the lessons in an easy to understand manner. The whole course was easy to follow. I don't recall any ambiguity in his teachings and his voice was clear. I also enjoy some of the assignments because I surprise myself by producing some great images. My main problem is the instructions of the assignments that causes a lot of students to be confused (there are many complaints expressed in the Discussion forum). | problem is the instructions of the | Assignment | that causes a lot of students | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great introduction to graphic design - well paced, clear and the assignments were very useful to help digest the principles! | - well paced, clear and the | Assignment | were very useful to help digest | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Interesting and funny assignments! | Interesting and funny | Assignment | | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I like this course. It is great. It is not the easiest course ever, but it gives a lot of important information. I do like it has theoretical and practical assignments. So you will have Fun and Challenge :) Highly recommended. | like it has theoretical and practical | Assignment | So you will have Fun and | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The class It's really clear and simple. Every week you can put the information to work on the assignments, that in my case made me put my creativity out there, have fun, discover my abilities and create really cool stuff. I learned with the recommendations of my classmates and I also learned by review them. I feel I learned a lot on a few weeks. I really loved this class, very, very much! | the information to work on the | Assignment | that in my case made me | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Well structure, informative, and very accessible introduction to graphic design. Assignments were achievable and enjoyable, and supported the lesson very well. Great course! I hope you create more! | very accessible introduction to graphic design. | Assignment | were achievable and enjoyable, and supported | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Some tough assignment questions which lead to much longer homework time than anticipated, so you need to leave ample time to complete the assignments. But, great class over-all. | Some tough | Assignment | questions which lead to much longer | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Some tough assignment questions which lead to much longer homework time than anticipated, so you need to leave ample time to complete the assignments. But, great class over-all. | leave ample time to complete the | Assignment | But, great class over-all. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The course was good and the assignments were brainstorming. But if we would have the solution for the wrong answers it would be good. We will get to know the mistake. | The course was good and the | Assignment | were brainstorming. But if we would | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | A really good course. I wish I could get the solutions to the assignments though. Some of them were tough, and it would have been nice to know where I was going wrong..... | could get the solutions to the | Assignment | though. Some of them were tough, | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Very instructive course with clear examples, good theory and derivation explanations. Fair assignments. Highly recommended! | good theory and derivation explanations. Fair | Assignment | Highly recommended! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Teaches the basics of buck and boost converters (switching voltage regulators). Basics like how the switching duty-cycle determines the output voltage, and how the essential components affect ripple in the voltage and current. The homework assignments are challenging and meaningful without being enormous undertakings. Assumes freshman or sophomore-level electronics engineering knowledge (or maybe the first chapter of The Art of Electronics). Assumes familiarity with the basic concepts of calculus (what derivatives and integrals are). Homework requires some algebra (algebraic manipulation) but no difficult calculus sort of algebra. Homework does require thinking outside of the box a bit; the solutions to some problems are not completely obvious from the lectures. | the voltage and current. The homework | Assignment | are challenging and meaningful without being | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Very clearly laid out and well explained course. The assignments cover the lecture topics without being an exact recreation of what the videos demonstrate, and the mid-video questions are helpful for building intuition. | out and well explained course. The | Assignment | cover the lecture topics without being | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Excellent course for brushing the fundamentals. The assignments also shows how the fundamentals are related to the big scheme of things. | course for brushing the fundamentals. The | Assignment | also shows how the fundamentals are | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Course gives introductory insight into analysis of DC-DC power converters, which can be extended to converters of any complexity. Dr. Ericksen has explained these concepts well and the assignments further enhance one's understanding of the subject. | explained these concepts well and the | Assignment | further enhance one's understanding of the | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I thought this course was an informative introduction to an important class of electronics. The lecturer was easy to follow, except during certain topics. That, however, is more due to the difficult nature of the subject than a fault of the professor. I found myself pausing and rewatching some portions so I could gain a better understanding but I don't have any problems with that. There is a good balance between more generalized overviews of key circuit concepts and more detailed analyses of specific circuit topologies. You may have to do some outside research to fully understand all details and I know some people may be turned off by that. I believe it is fine, and it is a good way to learn how to find information on your own. I did not have to do this more than a few times (that would actually be annoying). Lastly, the assignments were just challenging enough to force me to actually grasp the material, without making it seem like it was impossible to complete. | would actually be annoying). Lastly, the | Assignment | were just challenging enough to force | Negative | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Very clear course, interesting assignments. It could be even more interesting to get access to the solutions of the assignments. | Very clear course, interesting | Assignment | It could be even more interesting | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Very clear course, interesting assignments. It could be even more interesting to get access to the solutions of the assignments. | access to the solutions of the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The course covers the topic in sufficient details and the assignments are quite good. | topic in sufficient details and the | Assignment | are quite good. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Great course and a great teacher. The assignments were great and really prompted you to learn. I liked how they weren't too easy and at the same time they weren't insanely difficult. Any effort that you put in learning the course was payed off. Hopefully the other courses in the specialization will be similar. And of course, the content of the course was very interesting and informative. Looking forward to the future courses. | course and a great teacher. The | Assignment | were great and really prompted you | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Exceptionally useful and very well organized lectures and homework assignments. Even as an industry professional I felt challenged. I am taking away information and fundamental knowledge of DC-DC converters that I will be able to apply in future projects. The lectures are easy to follow and very thorough. I would highly recommend this class to anybody interested in learning more about DC-DC converters. | very well organized lectures and homework | Assignment | Even as an industry professional I | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Course content is really awesome. Homework assignment will help a lot to learn more about the course content. | Course content is really awesome. Homework | Assignment | will help a lot to learn | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Fantastic introductory course to a long awaited specialization. I'm an electrical engineer and I was related to most of the theory prof. Erickson discussed with us in the lectures, but assignments, quick questions and facts were beyond my expectations. I can actually say I learnt things in these few weeks. And is just the beginning. Can't wait until we get to the control loop design for active filtering techniques. Great job by prof. Erickson and his team for the resources and the knowledge. | with us in the lectures, but | Assignment | quick questions and facts were beyond | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Beautiful course. Loved the lecture and assignments. Works great as a supplement to college learning. I am able to "visualize" dc-dc converter circuits which is a great feeling! Thank you Coursera and Prof. Erickson. | Beautiful course. Loved the lecture and | Assignment | Works great as a supplement to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I like the content and enjoyed the process but as this is online course, it should be better designed. The criteria for reviews and assignment direction is probably not too explicit that cause a lot of confusion, and people are submitting very different assignments from one another. It is not easy to grade and hard to understand what is expected. Also it is recommended that you know Adobe Illustrator or InDesign. I actually had to take additional course alongside of this course because although it was not mandatory, it was better to know how to use these software. | designed. The criteria for reviews and | Assignment | direction is probably not too explicit | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I like the content and enjoyed the process but as this is online course, it should be better designed. The criteria for reviews and assignment direction is probably not too explicit that cause a lot of confusion, and people are submitting very different assignments from one another. It is not easy to grade and hard to understand what is expected. Also it is recommended that you know Adobe Illustrator or InDesign. I actually had to take additional course alongside of this course because although it was not mandatory, it was better to know how to use these software. | and people are submitting very different | Assignment | from one another. It is not | Positive | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The course is delivered in a simple manner, easy to follow and with clear instructions. I'm not sure how much a peer review is a valuable contribution once most of the students don't really know how to criticize properly the peer's assignment, either always giving the full mark or evaluating according to its personal ideas and not necessary what the exercises called for. Anyway, it's still a very valuable alternative to formal education, specially if the student is committed enough. | how to criticize properly the peer's | Assignment | either always giving the full mark | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The course content was good but the assignments weren't structured that well. While reviewing I realised some people made very simplistic stuff like me after following instructions, while others with more design experience created really amazing stuff. They should have included some advanced example for demo. | course content was good but the | Assignment | weren't structured that well. While reviewing | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | As an educator myself, I found this class to be rather pathetic in its structure and the assignments. These are topics and activities that I was doing as a student in middle school and junior high (both public schools mind you, not arts centered charters). Charging people for a certificate in this "class" is tantamount to what diploma mills do as the course requirements are not up to even senior high school level coursework. Truly, Coursera, what happened to your open education offering real education? | pathetic in its structure and the | Assignment | These are topics and activities that | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very interesting through creative assignments you can learn and refine things about image telling. | Very interesting through creative | Assignment | you can learn and refine things | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | One of the most enjoyable courses for me. It was really fun to do all the assignments and to practice different ways to express myself. A very very nice way to lear. Thank you! | really fun to do all the | Assignment | and to practice different ways to | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I was quite disappointed with this class. The videos and instructions are very short and the information is lacking. When reviewing other classmates material it was quite clear that people were confused with the assignments because I saw such a huge range of submissions that were very different from each other. I found the material to be very similar to the first course in this specialization; both asked very similar things but this class didn't add much to the process. | that people were confused with the | Assignment | because I saw such a huge | Negative | 0.72 | 1.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Not up to the standard of the previous two courses. The material was already covered in the first course - Fundamentals of Graphic Design - and nothing new was brought to the table. Even the assignments were a re-hash of the ones from the first course. I realize the point of the lack of specific guidance was intended to encourage us to explore the "making" of multiple iterations of the images. I just would have liked to have more instruction or examples of the elements of composition hierarchy. | brought to the table. Even the | Assignment | were a re-hash of the ones | Positive | 0.88 | 2.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very good course with fun and challenging assignments. My only criticism of this series of courses (the graphic design specialization) is the grading process and lack of instructor interaction. While the peer grading is setup so that it's not too difficult to receive a decent grade if you do the work, there is virtually no instructor feedback on assignments, which is a bit dissapointing. I realize this may be due to the huge number of students, but usually when I pay for a class, interaction and feedback from the instructor is part of the package. Perhaps if you did that, though, then the tuition cost would be much higher. | good course with fun and challenging | Assignment | My only criticism of this series | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very good course with fun and challenging assignments. My only criticism of this series of courses (the graphic design specialization) is the grading process and lack of instructor interaction. While the peer grading is setup so that it's not too difficult to receive a decent grade if you do the work, there is virtually no instructor feedback on assignments, which is a bit dissapointing. I realize this may be due to the huge number of students, but usually when I pay for a class, interaction and feedback from the instructor is part of the package. Perhaps if you did that, though, then the tuition cost would be much higher. | is virtually no instructor feedback on | Assignment | which is a bit dissapointing. I | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Loved it. More non graded assignments would have been great. | Loved it. More non graded | Assignment | would have been great. | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | This course gave a great opportunity to explore one's creativity, with assignments that didn't require us to have skills in particular types of graphic expression. However, I also found that it didn't give me the richness of principles and techniques that I've found in other courses in this sequence. I expect that, for an in-person course, this instructor gives individualized feedback that provides that content. In a peer review situation, the feedback is quite general and so doesn't take up the slack from the lectures. I suggest that Coursera work with the instructor to retain the current content, but produce much richer lectures that have concepts and principles which students can put into practice even after the course ends. | opportunity to explore one's creativity, with | Assignment | that didn't require us to have | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very practical, great exercise, easy to understand and follow through, the student doesn’t need major computer programs or high quality technology in order to complete each assignment. The design of each assignment is made to use your imaginations, hands on tools and materials. Love the videos, clear, to the point beautiful made. Lots of room to work and do something quite good and unique if the student want! I am really having fun! Thank you! | technology in order to complete each | Assignment | The design of each assignment is | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very practical, great exercise, easy to understand and follow through, the student doesn’t need major computer programs or high quality technology in order to complete each assignment. The design of each assignment is made to use your imaginations, hands on tools and materials. Love the videos, clear, to the point beautiful made. Lots of room to work and do something quite good and unique if the student want! I am really having fun! Thank you! | each assignment. The design of each | Assignment | is made to use your imaginations, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I really enjoyed the assignments! Her videos were different from the other two courses in the Specialization, and I enjoyed that! I loved that I could see her process so that I could attempt on my own. Highly recommended class! | I really enjoyed the | Assignment | Her videos were different from the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I love taking courses by the California Institute of the Arts. With that being said this course wasn't the best. It seemed there was not enough information provided. The assignments were too simple. It also seemed like this very material was covered in an earlier course. At least it was available for everyone, not just those that paid. The critiques are the most important part and it was still provided for this course. For that reason alone I raised my review from 2 stars to 4. | was not enough information provided. The | Assignment | were too simple. It also seemed | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I understand it was a more practical course but still more information would have been great. Same assignments but more information would have been great. Other courses had more videos. | information would have been great. Same | Assignment | but more information would have been | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I found the course videos quite dull and uninteresting. The topics covered could have been taught a lot better. I finished this course only because I wanted to get through the specialization course. I found that the course 'Fundamentals of Graphic Design' did an exponentially better job of explaining image making techniques and composition. The assignments in this course are reasonably good but the instruction videos can definitely benefit from some additional in-depth material. | image making techniques and composition. The | Assignment | in this course are reasonably good | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | I found this course disappointing. Whilst the presenter, Margaret Meloni, was enthusiastic and pleasant to listen to, the content was very sparse indeed. A large part of the content each week was simply reading a presentation which you could get from a book. I would expect an online course to be more interactive, have more videos, and more varied content. I found the case studies (where you had to imagine a real life situation and select a decision) useful - there was one of these per week when I think there could have been more, perhaps three a week. The course would also have been improved by the use of peer assessment on the assignments. This would have made them feel more worthwhile and that someone else was actually reading them. | use of peer assessment on the | Assignment | This would have made them feel | Negative | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | This course packed a lot in and was very direct and efficient, giving helpful examples to illustrate the points. The project management tools learned can be applied in so many situations even for those of us who will never have the official title of "project manager". Videos are supplemented by flash lessons that go over the information, which was great for learners who may not learn as well by video alone. I would have liked one or two written assignments, but quizzes were relevant to the information provided and it was nice not to have to wait on peer-reviews. Overall, a great course. | have liked one or two written | Assignment | but quizzes were relevant to the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Excellent course from IBM IoT. Enjoyed it very much. The practical assignments were fun. It was great seeing my SensorHat board coming to life. The instructor videos were great and provided enough information to complete the assignments. I liked, it didn't attempt to spoon feed you ... and you needed to search for some of the solutions. Everyone was very helpful answering questions on the forum, and I liked the Coursera environment. Good stuff! | Enjoyed it very much. The practical | Assignment | were fun. It was great seeing | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Excellent course from IBM IoT. Enjoyed it very much. The practical assignments were fun. It was great seeing my SensorHat board coming to life. The instructor videos were great and provided enough information to complete the assignments. I liked, it didn't attempt to spoon feed you ... and you needed to search for some of the solutions. Everyone was very helpful answering questions on the forum, and I liked the Coursera environment. Good stuff! | provided enough information to complete the | Assignment | I liked, it didn't attempt to | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | I really enjoyed discovering and testing the various option available to interface with the IOT platform. The explanations were clear and the assignment challenging but doable with the resources provided and some research. Highly recommended. | The explanations were clear and the | Assignment | challenging but doable with the resources | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Completing this course was a great learning on understanding IoT platform. The course sessions provided by trainers and documentation were very useful to complete the assignments. Discussions column to work with Trainers directly improved my confidence on completing the assignments on time. Collecting of data is useful only when analyzed. Regards, Mohan. | were very useful to complete the | Assignment | Discussions column to work with Trainers | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Completing this course was a great learning on understanding IoT platform. The course sessions provided by trainers and documentation were very useful to complete the assignments. Discussions column to work with Trainers directly improved my confidence on completing the assignments on time. Collecting of data is useful only when analyzed. Regards, Mohan. | improved my confidence on completing the | Assignment | on time. Collecting of data is | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Easy to learn and assignments are challenging. | Easy to learn and | Assignment | are challenging. | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Good course - frustrating at times but you got to put the work in and really read the assignments carefully | work in and really read the | Assignment | carefully | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | This is a practical hands on course with very responsive teaching staff. On mature reflection I personally wish I had made the time for a python tutorial before starting that assignment. Most of it is javascript though and probably the same holds if you are unfamiliar with javascript/nodejs programming - do a tutorial first. Overall I had some fun with this and I learnt new stuff. I had to use a simulator for the SenseHat; it probably would increase the fun factor if you have a real SenseHat. | a python tutorial before starting that | Assignment | Most of it is javascript though | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Hi, I am an IT specialist (30 years experience). I undertook the course so I could learn about IBM Bluemix and IoT development, and extend my skills/understanding of the environment. However, I have very little good to say about this course offering. I had numerous issues with what was offered: The videos were generally ok, but some had poor audio. There was minimal video (compared to any other course I have done), and more detail and discussion in videos would have been more helpful. Some of the video material is out of date already, as I suspect Bluemix layout has changed - this made navigation a bit confusing. The downloadable Pi image has changed since the course was prepared, and the newer image has different code as standard. I ended up having to muddle-through manually loading packages and dependencies, etc. to get things to work. I lost many hours trying to debug and rework assignment code, just to get it to work for the grader tool. This was further complicated by not having good debug output from the grader to work with. Naturally some of the grader fails were my own fault, but the majority of issues I ran in to could have been avoided by better worded assignments and/or more detail about requirements. Lastly, it was taking sometimes days to get any response to requests for guidance on the forums / discussions. In fact, I think the majority of useful assistance came from other students who had run in to the same issue(s). When you have a course that is such a short time frame, you really need to be providing assistance in a timely manner. I could not, in any good faith, recommend anyone take this course in the future - which is a little saddening. I do thank the lecturers for their efforts thus far, and sincerely hope they can either improve or drop this course offering in the future. | hours trying to debug and rework | Assignment | code, just to get it to | Negative | 0.88 | 1.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Hi, I am an IT specialist (30 years experience). I undertook the course so I could learn about IBM Bluemix and IoT development, and extend my skills/understanding of the environment. However, I have very little good to say about this course offering. I had numerous issues with what was offered: The videos were generally ok, but some had poor audio. There was minimal video (compared to any other course I have done), and more detail and discussion in videos would have been more helpful. Some of the video material is out of date already, as I suspect Bluemix layout has changed - this made navigation a bit confusing. The downloadable Pi image has changed since the course was prepared, and the newer image has different code as standard. I ended up having to muddle-through manually loading packages and dependencies, etc. to get things to work. I lost many hours trying to debug and rework assignment code, just to get it to work for the grader tool. This was further complicated by not having good debug output from the grader to work with. Naturally some of the grader fails were my own fault, but the majority of issues I ran in to could have been avoided by better worded assignments and/or more detail about requirements. Lastly, it was taking sometimes days to get any response to requests for guidance on the forums / discussions. In fact, I think the majority of useful assistance came from other students who had run in to the same issue(s). When you have a course that is such a short time frame, you really need to be providing assistance in a timely manner. I could not, in any good faith, recommend anyone take this course in the future - which is a little saddening. I do thank the lecturers for their efforts thus far, and sincerely hope they can either improve or drop this course offering in the future. | have been avoided by better worded | Assignment | and/or more detail about requirements. Lastly, | Negative | 0.71 | 1.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | A very interesting course with a lot of practice.I learn how IBM bluemix work. The weak point is that the assignment must be more clear and with more explication. | The weak point is that the | Assignment | must be more clear and with | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | This was a decent class to get started on programming a Raspberry Pi and hooking it up to a web service. The material was easy to follow and the instructions were precise. With this class, you'll be in a position to create interesting applications using the Raspberry Pi There were two negatives to this class: 1) Most of the assignments used the Node Red environment. This is a visual programming tool. Although it's easy to use, I would have preferred programming using a more widely used and more powerful environment. 2) The auto grader for the class was not very robust and did a poor job of giving feedback on why things weren't passing. Several times, the assignment would pass in my environment but fail in the auto grader due to (incorrect) assumptions that the auto grader was making about implementation. Overall, this was a worthwhile course but could use some improvement. | this class: 1) Most of the | Assignment | used the Node Red environment. This | Positive | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | This was a decent class to get started on programming a Raspberry Pi and hooking it up to a web service. The material was easy to follow and the instructions were precise. With this class, you'll be in a position to create interesting applications using the Raspberry Pi There were two negatives to this class: 1) Most of the assignments used the Node Red environment. This is a visual programming tool. Although it's easy to use, I would have preferred programming using a more widely used and more powerful environment. 2) The auto grader for the class was not very robust and did a poor job of giving feedback on why things weren't passing. Several times, the assignment would pass in my environment but fail in the auto grader due to (incorrect) assumptions that the auto grader was making about implementation. Overall, this was a worthwhile course but could use some improvement. | things weren't passing. Several times, the | Assignment | would pass in my environment but | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| ISGr03Q9EeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Very good course. Specially the assignment where in the participant gets to record the coaching conversation and shares for review. Also, gets a chance to review the assignment of fellow partici | Very good course. Specially the | Assignment | where in the participant gets to | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| ISGr03Q9EeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Very good course. Specially the assignment where in the participant gets to record the coaching conversation and shares for review. Also, gets a chance to review the assignment of fellow partici | gets a chance to review the | Assignment | of fellow partici | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | I had taken three courses of data science specialization apart from Data Scientist's Toolbox and i was unable to complete all assignments.And now, after taking Data Scientist's Toolbox , i am sure to complete the specialization. Thanks for this course. | i was unable to complete all | Assignment | And now, after taking Data Scientist's | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Course teaches how to acquire the tools necessary to complete the Data Science specialization. Explanations were clear, and quizzes and assignments were straightforward to complete. | Explanations were clear, and quizzes and | Assignment | were straightforward to complete. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Good, but would like a step by step walkthrough for MAC/Windows when setting up the final assignment to ensure everything is correct. | MAC/Windows when setting up the final | Assignment | to ensure everything is correct. | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | This class is a great introduction to the tools needed to begin working on data analysis. The assignments provide just enough instruction to cover the basics and propel you toward uncovering additional information on your own. The assignments are structured in such a way that you must pay close attention to the lectures; then analyze and apply them on your own. Great course overall. | begin working on data analysis. The | Assignment | provide just enough instruction to cover | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | This class is a great introduction to the tools needed to begin working on data analysis. The assignments provide just enough instruction to cover the basics and propel you toward uncovering additional information on your own. The assignments are structured in such a way that you must pay close attention to the lectures; then analyze and apply them on your own. Great course overall. | additional information on your own. The | Assignment | are structured in such a way | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | extremely helpful as a first step in the data science career path. Also doesn't need previous experience, You just need to be present and search for more knowledge to pass your assignments | for more knowledge to pass your | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | I found this course to have very useful material and good, clear explanations. My only criticism is that the last of the four weeks has practically no content. There are no lectures and the only assignment is grading the assignments of other students, which at most takes 20 minutes. | are no lectures and the only | Assignment | is grading the assignments of other | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | I found this course to have very useful material and good, clear explanations. My only criticism is that the last of the four weeks has practically no content. There are no lectures and the only assignment is grading the assignments of other students, which at most takes 20 minutes. | the only assignment is grading the | Assignment | of other students, which at most | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | This course is a good first into to the topic. I think that the additional reading from the book and the Git manual will supplement it very well. My only complain is that in the first quiz, there was a question regarding some R packages used in Machine Learning that were not covered in the slides. It took me a while to find those so I had to take the first quiz 3 times. I think this question should be revised to guide the student as to how to find these packages. Another alternative would be that in the slides there some guidance in this matter. Otherwise, I liked to course and the final assignments. | liked to course and the final | Assignment | | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | 4.5 Stars. Decent introduction. Good reading material and quizzes. Would like to have more hands-on assignments. | Would like to have more hands-on | Assignment | | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Assignments are useful, background is interesting, but meat of it is nothing you can't get from googling "Data Science" | | Assignment | are useful, background is interesting, but | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | This Course helped me to understand the foundation skills. I practiced on GitHub with assignments and now I feel the flavor of getting things done in a systematic way! | skills. I practiced on GitHub with | Assignment | and now I feel the flavor | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Videos provide a useful overview. The week quiz kept me accountable to finish my work. The final assignment was straightforward. | to finish my work. The final | Assignment | was straightforward. | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | I have completed the Data Scientist's Toolbox. I enjoyed learning this course. I learned a lot of new concepts, installation of R, R Studio, hands-on with these and GITHUB. The lessons are well balanced and help me learn the concepts and the tool usage in a cool way. I liked the Quizzes, Assignments as these help me evaluate myself and instill confidence within me. Now, I've the confidence in work on any of these with certain amount of instructions. However, I feel that certain guidance on progressing further with respect to R, RStudio, GITHUB could be provided as additional study material. Thanks to Coursera for providing such a wonderful course and to Prof. Roger D. Peng, Jeff Leek and Brian D. Caffo for their meticulous effort in designing this course and helping in my learning. Wishing my Professors and Coursera all the Success. | cool way. I liked the Quizzes, | Assignment | as these help me evaluate myself | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Excellent. I had a little trouble interpreting my lessons and completing the final project but I figured it out. I was under the impression from the previous videos and the assignment descriptions that I needed to do everything via "Git Bash" in my Mac Terminal, rather than just going and doing it all on Github.com. Either I completely misinterpreted or something was lost in translation right there towards the end. Loved the course though. | from the previous videos and the | Assignment | descriptions that I needed to do | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Excellent introduction to Data Science topics. The course material and the hands-on project assignments speak for high quality professors. | course material and the hands-on project | Assignment | speak for high quality professors. | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| It7SNTe-EeWCYBKNeFwojw | Prof. Yaakov is a great teacher and makes the course fun and interactive. The course goes deep on some of the core features of AngularJS. The assignments are very thorough and implement what has been taught in the lectures. Also, the discussion forums are very active and the professor and RA's for this course respond to user queries promptly. | the core features of AngularJS. The | Assignment | are very thorough and implement what | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| It7SNTe-EeWCYBKNeFwojw | Well organized and well ordered with coding examples for everything.The assignments are interesting Another great course from Yaakov, 100% recommended. | with coding examples for everything. The | Assignment | are interesting Another great course from | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| It7SNTe-EeWCYBKNeFwojw | Really good lessons, well ordered and with coding examples for everything. The subjects may seem overwhelming at moments, but I believe that's due to the nature of AngularJS and it's steep learning curve. The assignments are interesting and challenging, and the support provided by the TA is great. Yaakov adds a pinch of humor that makes the course easier to traverse. 100% recommended. | and it's steep learning curve. The | Assignment | are interesting and challenging, and the | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| It7SNTe-EeWCYBKNeFwojw | great course, nicely structured, and helpful practice assignments! | course, nicely structured, and helpful practice | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| It7SNTe-EeWCYBKNeFwojw | Clear lessons, good structure, nice assignments. | Clear lessons, good structure, nice | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| It7SNTe-EeWCYBKNeFwojw | The videos are clear, easy to follow and with plenty of examples, great information and content. Lots of material and sources to read, actually in my case not enough time to read it. The teacher YaaKov is a great instructor, his assignments are written in great detail and very clear steps, so is easy to comprehend and execute. The teacher as well as the teaching staff always answer promptly and in depth your questions or comments in the forum. This is my second course with Yaakov Chaikin and I am very happy with this particular course and the great instructor and the extra resources he offers to learn . | YaaKov is a great instructor, his | Assignment | are written in great detail and | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| IXfI4OuZEeWTQApGcKeRIQ | I really enjoyed this course. It gives very insights on useful knowledge, and opens the door to dig deeper into more specific knowledge, but is also possible to understand the concepts and succeed on the assignments without deep previous knowledge on programming or linear algebra. | the concepts and succeed on the | Assignment | without deep previous knowledge on programming | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| IXfI4OuZEeWTQApGcKeRIQ | I thought at times the explanations were a bit concise. If I look at the process mining course for example, a lot more video material is included (and its price is lower) with more concrete examples and practice. For non programmers it is not evident to find a solution to some of the assignments and there isn't much guidance on how to use certain tools. therefore, the time to be invested for non programmers - especially in week 3 - is far more than the hou | a solution to some of the | Assignment | and there isn't much guidance on | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| IXfI4OuZEeWTQApGcKeRIQ | I found the class to be very informative. The assignments on creating charts and graphs for large data sets were practical and helped me understand the concepts taught in the course. | class to be very informative. The | Assignment | on creating charts and graphs for | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| IXgZu35fEeWKYwric11Hpw | It's more or less a repetition of what you've learned in all the courses, tying four peer-reviewed assignments together into a somewhat contrived "project". Not bad, but doesn't really add much value to the courses before. | all the courses, tying four peer-reviewed | Assignment | together into a somewhat contrived " | Negative | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Strategic implementation, something that people generally forget about after creating their "marvellous" strategies and then watch them fail. This course teaches us how not to make that mistake. The course was nicely organised, though I believe the rubric for the last peer review assignment could do with a bit of tweaking. Rating on a 1-5 scale for about 10 questions clearly showed central tendency problems, as well as lots of subjectivity in the reviews. I hope it can be improved in the future! | rubric for the last peer review | Assignment | could do with a bit of | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Material was very good and well structured. I think that one main issue is the assignment. We would need much more info/hard facts to make it much more interesting (i.e. less theoritical). Moreover, assignments are reviewed by people 1/ who did not necessarily went through the 2 previous courses 2/ did not see our previous documents ie for course 1 and 2 3/ did not necessarily understand the question (one person complained because I did not answer the question "edgy vs. conservative" => I guess she was misled by the support info which were the same as for the first course). This problem could be avoided by offering a distinct case for each assignment, so that there is no confusion/mis-match. In any case, "mange tak" for all your courses. I went through 3 so far, and the ones from CBS are clearly the best I had (videos - content and speed - slides/ support documents, quizzes). | that one main issue is the | Assignment | We would need much more info/hard | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Material was very good and well structured. I think that one main issue is the assignment. We would need much more info/hard facts to make it much more interesting (i.e. less theoritical). Moreover, assignments are reviewed by people 1/ who did not necessarily went through the 2 previous courses 2/ did not see our previous documents ie for course 1 and 2 3/ did not necessarily understand the question (one person complained because I did not answer the question "edgy vs. conservative" => I guess she was misled by the support info which were the same as for the first course). This problem could be avoided by offering a distinct case for each assignment, so that there is no confusion/mis-match. In any case, "mange tak" for all your courses. I went through 3 so far, and the ones from CBS are clearly the best I had (videos - content and speed - slides/ support documents, quizzes). | interesting (i. e. less theoritical). Moreover, | Assignment | are reviewed by people 1/ who | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Material was very good and well structured. I think that one main issue is the assignment. We would need much more info/hard facts to make it much more interesting (i.e. less theoritical). Moreover, assignments are reviewed by people 1/ who did not necessarily went through the 2 previous courses 2/ did not see our previous documents ie for course 1 and 2 3/ did not necessarily understand the question (one person complained because I did not answer the question "edgy vs. conservative" => I guess she was misled by the support info which were the same as for the first course). This problem could be avoided by offering a distinct case for each assignment, so that there is no confusion/mis-match. In any case, "mange tak" for all your courses. I went through 3 so far, and the ones from CBS are clearly the best I had (videos - content and speed - slides/ support documents, quizzes). | offering a distinct case for each | Assignment | so that there is no confusion/mis-match. | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Shame that the format was changed and the quizzes and assignments were not open. Teaching was as great as the first 2 courses, and slides were useful. | was changed and the quizzes and | Assignment | were not open. Teaching was as | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| j3fuwJ3EEeSfuyIACxcGsQ | Very advanced and detailed discussion. Although the assignment were very tough and could not clear, still i liked the course very much. I will do this course again to grasp everything better. | advanced and detailed discussion. Although the | Assignment | were very tough and could not | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | This course is very helpful to motivate oneself to create a website. But it looks like the authors themselves made the course in one weekend. The lectures are too short and not informative enough to complete the assignments. Some videos don't show what the lecturer is talking about, maybe there is bug or something, but there is only some irrelevant picture. The due dates are inconsistent through different pages. Finally, the next day after the course ends I am not able to view my assignments and the grade for the last assignment, even though the authors sent an email that it would be possible. | not informative enough to complete the | Assignment | Some videos don't show what the | Negative | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | This course is very helpful to motivate oneself to create a website. But it looks like the authors themselves made the course in one weekend. The lectures are too short and not informative enough to complete the assignments. Some videos don't show what the lecturer is talking about, maybe there is bug or something, but there is only some irrelevant picture. The due dates are inconsistent through different pages. Finally, the next day after the course ends I am not able to view my assignments and the grade for the last assignment, even though the authors sent an email that it would be possible. | am not able to view my | Assignment | and the grade for the last | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | This course is very helpful to motivate oneself to create a website. But it looks like the authors themselves made the course in one weekend. The lectures are too short and not informative enough to complete the assignments. Some videos don't show what the lecturer is talking about, maybe there is bug or something, but there is only some irrelevant picture. The due dates are inconsistent through different pages. Finally, the next day after the course ends I am not able to view my assignments and the grade for the last assignment, even though the authors sent an email that it would be possible. | and the grade for the last | Assignment | even though the authors sent an | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | 1 out of 10. A waste of time. If I cannot participate in discussions, forums, submit assignments, or give reviews, I might as well watch youtube lectures. The course content was very poor as well. (this is based on the unpaid material) This course should be scrapped and not offered as an unpaid course. Its a classical case of bait and switch. | cannot participate in discussions, forums, submit | Assignment | or give reviews, I might as | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | Assignments should be free for everyone to try and be peer reviewed! Payment should only affect the certificate. | | Assignment | should be free for everyone to | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Video after video of lengthy lecture with little variation. It's a long content dump with just two peer-reviewed assignments. If this is the best online Princeton can do, count me out. | content dump with just two peer-reviewed | Assignment | If this is the best online | Positive | 0.71 | 1.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | I think professor Wright is an effective teacher. The class introduces these concepts in a clear way. It isn't academically challenging in the sense that there are difficult assignments, but there are a couple essays that help ensure that you are understanding the content. It's a great introduction for someone who knows little about Buddhism or how it stands from a psychological standpoint. | the sense that there are difficult | Assignment | but there are a couple essays | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Loved this course. It was a lot of fun. The Prof. really cares about the subject and how his students contribute to his own understanding of it. (He takes a lot of time reading students' comments and replying to them during "office hours.") He also reaches out to experts in both psychology and Buddhism and shows you his dialogue with them. Finally, the guiding questions for the assignments are a good challenge and the instructions for structuring the paper very clear. I didn't have time to write the papers but will as soon as I've the time. Bonus: you get to meet his dogs, and they're awesome. | Finally, the guiding questions for the | Assignment | are a good challenge and the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Interesting course. The assignments were a little bit too redundant for my taste. | Interesting course. The | Assignment | were a little bit too redundant | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Great overview of Buddhist philosophy and recent psychology research. Professor Wright invites several religious and academic figures to draw paralallels between the two in a very investigative, and curious way. I recommend watching all the interviews and taking detailed notes as they are particulary useful in doing the assignments. | are particulary useful in doing the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Although I do not have time to finish my assignments, I'd like to say: Your series of lectures have changed the way I look at life. Thank you, Robert and your inspiring dogs, Frasier and Milo. | not have time to finish my | Assignment | I'd like to say: Your series | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Engaging, challenging course content. Numerous ways to interact with course mates. Appropriate assignments and discussions. Professional and knowledgeable coverage of the content. | to interact with course mates. Appropriate | Assignment | and discussions. Professional and knowledgeable coverage | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | So far, I'm having a lot of fun - and writing proper essay assignments is proving to be something I've missed terribly since being in school/college etc! I'm really enjoying everything about this course! It's set out beautifully, there's a brilliant tutor and it's just fantastic! | fun - and writing proper essay | Assignment | is proving to be something I've | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Final Assignment was very unclear | Final | Assignment | was very unclear | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Good contents! However, the lectures are long and a bit rushed. This course is definitely not for everyone! Assignment for week 3 definitely need an extra lecture to explain to do PID tuning. | course is definitely not for everyone! | Assignment | for week 3 definitely need an | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very good contents. Excellent assignments. You'll need to work hard to pass it but you enjoy the effort. | Very good contents. Excellent | Assignment | You'll need to work hard to | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course is quite tough, and I often thought to myself: "If this is an intermediate level, what does a professional level look like?" Especially the later assignments are quite difficult and time consuming to solve (it says, you need approximately three hours to solve the last one. Well, it took me about 30 hours to come up with a half-decent attempt). However: if you really want to learn something new about cool flying robots (and who doesn't?) and are willing to spend quite an amount of effort and time, this is the course for you! | look like? " Especially the later | Assignment | are quite difficult and time consuming | Positive | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Really good. Unavoidably complicated at times but presented well. Later assignments are quite difficult. | at times but presented well. Later | Assignment | are quite difficult. | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | it's good to understand the aerial robotics. it's quite hard for me, as English is not my native language. it's better if all the basic terms can be explained in supplyment material, such as body fixed frame, inertia frame, etc. The assignment is very good and helped me to understand the drones fly and controller. Finally it's better to have all the mathmatical proof in supplyment material if it's too long in the video. | fixed frame, inertia frame, etc. The | Assignment | is very good and helped me | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very good and thorough, some improvement in assignment instructions may be considered. One of the best courses I have taken, other courses of this specialization also seem very good. | good and thorough, some improvement in | Assignment | instructions may be considered. One of | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I hope I can do the assignment which is about high velocity and big angle.I have passed through this course.Thanks very much. | I hope I can do the | Assignment | which is about high velocity and | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The only thing I think that put this course on the back foot is the absence of mentors and TAs. They should be pretty active enough to clear the doubts that pops up while clearing quizzes or programming assignments. Its just the people on the forum that comes handy but even when they are not sure about the concept then the going becomes tough. Apart from that, the course is one of the best of its kind and trust me you will never regret doing this certification !!! Good job team UPenn !!! | up while clearing quizzes or programming | Assignment | Its just the people on the | Negative | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course is not even considered as an introduction it's a complementary for those whose career is robotics , in other words the required prerequisites are more than matlab programming skills and some calculus and algebra, its assignments have many problems that cannot be solved using just the course studying. the course doesn't give many information. | and some calculus and algebra, its | Assignment | have many problems that cannot be | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The video lectures provide an introduction to quadrotor flight dynamics and path planning. The lectures are ok. Unfortunately: At least one of the coding assignments has a significant bug in the termination condition. The mentors will ignore any help requests that deal with the bug in their code. The assignments involve a lot of hand tuning of PD controllers. That's a reasonable task to perform once or twice, but it rapidly becomes extremely tedious and detracts from the other materials that are being taught. The final assignment doesn't do a particularly good job evaluating the required test condition. If you do take the course I'd want you to know: You should expect to modify the provided code to fix their bugs. There are no "gotcha" quiz questions. If you are confused by getting a question wrong you might want to re-try your answer. There seems to be a bug in the way at least one quiz question is set up. On the final assignment you can modify the simulation step where it makes things run in "real time". Removing that step makes the simulation run much more quickly and allows for faster iteration. To conclude: This is a course with a lot of potential, but unless Coursera makes an effort to improve the course I would not recommend it. | At least one of the coding | Assignment | has a significant bug in the | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The video lectures provide an introduction to quadrotor flight dynamics and path planning. The lectures are ok. Unfortunately: At least one of the coding assignments has a significant bug in the termination condition. The mentors will ignore any help requests that deal with the bug in their code. The assignments involve a lot of hand tuning of PD controllers. That's a reasonable task to perform once or twice, but it rapidly becomes extremely tedious and detracts from the other materials that are being taught. The final assignment doesn't do a particularly good job evaluating the required test condition. If you do take the course I'd want you to know: You should expect to modify the provided code to fix their bugs. There are no "gotcha" quiz questions. If you are confused by getting a question wrong you might want to re-try your answer. There seems to be a bug in the way at least one quiz question is set up. On the final assignment you can modify the simulation step where it makes things run in "real time". Removing that step makes the simulation run much more quickly and allows for faster iteration. To conclude: This is a course with a lot of potential, but unless Coursera makes an effort to improve the course I would not recommend it. | the bug in their code. The | Assignment | involve a lot of hand tuning | Positive | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The video lectures provide an introduction to quadrotor flight dynamics and path planning. The lectures are ok. Unfortunately: At least one of the coding assignments has a significant bug in the termination condition. The mentors will ignore any help requests that deal with the bug in their code. The assignments involve a lot of hand tuning of PD controllers. That's a reasonable task to perform once or twice, but it rapidly becomes extremely tedious and detracts from the other materials that are being taught. The final assignment doesn't do a particularly good job evaluating the required test condition. If you do take the course I'd want you to know: You should expect to modify the provided code to fix their bugs. There are no "gotcha" quiz questions. If you are confused by getting a question wrong you might want to re-try your answer. There seems to be a bug in the way at least one quiz question is set up. On the final assignment you can modify the simulation step where it makes things run in "real time". Removing that step makes the simulation run much more quickly and allows for faster iteration. To conclude: This is a course with a lot of potential, but unless Coursera makes an effort to improve the course I would not recommend it. | that are being taught. The final | Assignment | doesn't do a particularly good job | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The video lectures provide an introduction to quadrotor flight dynamics and path planning. The lectures are ok. Unfortunately: At least one of the coding assignments has a significant bug in the termination condition. The mentors will ignore any help requests that deal with the bug in their code. The assignments involve a lot of hand tuning of PD controllers. That's a reasonable task to perform once or twice, but it rapidly becomes extremely tedious and detracts from the other materials that are being taught. The final assignment doesn't do a particularly good job evaluating the required test condition. If you do take the course I'd want you to know: You should expect to modify the provided code to fix their bugs. There are no "gotcha" quiz questions. If you are confused by getting a question wrong you might want to re-try your answer. There seems to be a bug in the way at least one quiz question is set up. On the final assignment you can modify the simulation step where it makes things run in "real time". Removing that step makes the simulation run much more quickly and allows for faster iteration. To conclude: This is a course with a lot of potential, but unless Coursera makes an effort to improve the course I would not recommend it. | is set up. On the final | Assignment | you can modify the simulation step | Positive | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I really enjoyed this course and it really hooked me onto this topic, definitely this will not be the last robotics course I am going to follow. That being said there are some points of improvement. The main parts necessary to program the simulation assignments are covered in the materials, but there are still some of them that need to be pursued independently. Some assumptions have to be made that are not so obvious, I do not know whether it is the intention of this course to do so or not, but since they are minor footnotes that may hinder completely your results, I think they should be made explicit. The Matlab files available for the course work as intended, what is not so obvious though is how they are intended to work, that is because there is very little documentation about them, it would be great if there was more documentation available, especially for people who have never used such tools before. Finally, even though I personally enjoyed this course and I think it had an achievable level of challenge for me, I would definitely not recommend this course for total beginners, or people who do not have followed a math, physics or engineering degrees. The way the course is laid out, even if you do not understand the concepts behind each topic you will still manage to answer the quizzes and get the simulations to work eventually, however to truly understand what they mean and be able to replicate them in other environments requires some prior knowledge that cannot be taught in just a few hours. | parts necessary to program the simulation | Assignment | are covered in the materials, but | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | One of the best courses to pursue in the field of Robotics. The course is well-structured in terms of both the lectures and the assignments. It covers kinematics, dynamics, control, and trajectory planning in a short span of four weeks and also provides an opportunity to test the ideas in the simulation. | of both the lectures and the | Assignment | It covers kinematics, dynamics, control, and | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The courses and assignments are so great! Courses include a whole flow of learning robotics, from kinematics to dynamics and from motion control to trajectory planning. The concepts may be difficult to follow, but professor Kumar and TAs really make it easy for me. Really recommended to those who are interested in robotics! | The courses and | Assignment | are so great! Courses include a | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Really fascinating material and loads of good information in the lectures. The homework assignments were satisfying if you can complete them, but unfortunately involved a lot of tedious trial and error. This was especially difficult since running the program can be slow which causes slow iteration of trial and error. I would not have been able to complete the assignments without helpful information in the course discussions. | information in the lectures. The homework | Assignment | were satisfying if you can complete | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Really fascinating material and loads of good information in the lectures. The homework assignments were satisfying if you can complete them, but unfortunately involved a lot of tedious trial and error. This was especially difficult since running the program can be slow which causes slow iteration of trial and error. I would not have been able to complete the assignments without helpful information in the course discussions. | have been able to complete the | Assignment | without helpful information in the course | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Extremely well orchestrated lectures and good assignments. | Extremely well orchestrated lectures and good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Great course! I like that there was lots of material for things that I might have not studied before but were necessary for the course. Assignments : I understand that getting people to tune PID manually gets them to understand things better, but cmon, not every single coursework! | but were necessary for the course. | Assignment | : I understand that getting people | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I thought the course was very laid out in going from an overview towards more specific and harder material. For the most part, I thought the assignments were very good and did a thorough job of teaching feedback control. My only problem with the assignments were that they seem to overemphasize a trial and error approach for tuning the k gains. This became very tedious especially on the third assignment where the simulator ran so slowly. | the most part, I thought the | Assignment | were very good and did a | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I thought the course was very laid out in going from an overview towards more specific and harder material. For the most part, I thought the assignments were very good and did a thorough job of teaching feedback control. My only problem with the assignments were that they seem to overemphasize a trial and error approach for tuning the k gains. This became very tedious especially on the third assignment where the simulator ran so slowly. | control. My only problem with the | Assignment | were that they seem to overemphasize | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I thought the course was very laid out in going from an overview towards more specific and harder material. For the most part, I thought the assignments were very good and did a thorough job of teaching feedback control. My only problem with the assignments were that they seem to overemphasize a trial and error approach for tuning the k gains. This became very tedious especially on the third assignment where the simulator ran so slowly. | very tedious especially on the third | Assignment | where the simulator ran so slowly. | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Really testing course. Get's pretty tricky, especially the final assignment. The staff is really helpful and the content is top-notch. | Get's pretty tricky, especially the final | Assignment | The staff is really helpful and | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very poor. Assignments consist of transcription of formulae given in lectures, and then manually searching the parameter space for solutions. | Very poor. | Assignment | consist of transcription of formulae given | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Assignments for week 3 and 4 were very tough and a little guidance was provided on how to do the coding part. But since I'm interested in the course i'm re-enrolling to complete it this time. | | Assignment | for week 3 and 4 were | Negative | 0.75 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | A very good course, expecially for the MATLAB part. They can improve with more assignment in MATLAB and with some more theoretical stuff, like more types of trajectories, more types of controllers and so on. However, is one of the best course that I attended online in a few years. I absolutely recommend it. | part. They can improve with more | Assignment | in MATLAB and with some more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | A good overview on various fields of Robotics, especially control. Quizzes seemed a little ambiguous but lectures and assignments were very informative! | a little ambiguous but lectures and | Assignment | were very informative! | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | there are some issues concerning the | Assignment | which I didn't like at all: | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | 1. Big gap in difficulty between | Assignment | of first three weeks compared with | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | first three weeks compared with the | Assignment | of the fourth week. 2. The | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | week. 2. The difficulty of the | Assignment | of the first three weeks just | Positive | 0.86 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | not paid for this. In some | Assignment | I had to edited a file | Negative | 0.73 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | to pass it. 3. The last | Assignment | was quite frustrating for the following | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course successfully covers the mechanics and control topics of quadrotors. The course also points to some resources in order to extend your study on UAVs. However, there are some issues concerning the assignments which I didn't like at all: 1. Big gap in difficulty between assignments of first three weeks compared with the assignment of the fourth week. 2. The difficulty of the assignments of the first three weeks just relied on sweeping (somewhat 'smartly') a 1,2,3, or 6 dimensional parametric space. I guess that real UAVs engineers are not paid for this. In some assignment, I had to edited a file which I was not supposed to edit in order to pass it. 3. The last assignment was quite frustrating for the following reasons 3a. Really long running times to test if the parameters work fine. I would sacrifice the fancy real-time visualization to save some time. Apart from long running times, I guess that UAVs are not solving ODEs in real time on board, so I think is more interesting a more practical/real-time approach. 3b. Search in a 12-dimensional parametric space (some parameters are equal, but still you end up tunning 5,6 independent parameters, which influence each other). Come on, is this useful? I am sure that UAVs engineers don't spend their hours in this kind of crappy search. You could explain at least some existing heuristics when having so many control parameters to tune. 3c. Even though the drone trajectory seems to fit perfectly the planned trajectory, you might not pass the exercise, and you would get some clueless messages telling you the final position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The assignment guide is very unclear in some parts. 3e. A lot of typos in the formulas of the last part of the guide. I decided to completely ignore it and develop my own strategy, which turned out to be far simpler and easier to implement. 3f. The submission program tests the whole exercise regardless you passed some sections or not, which make the waiting times even longer. | position/velocity is not correct. 3d. The | Assignment | guide is very unclear in some | Positive | 0.64 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course definitely requires prerequisite knowledge of calculus and matrix math. There is also very little in the way of practical application. The MatLab work is interesting but barely explained. The assignments were nearly impossible without help from other students. Understanding which equations that were shown in the lecture (not necessarily explained) were useful in completing the assignments was not apparent and there was no help from the TAs. I don't think the assignments were irrelevant but without having a background in academic engineering the course needs to walk through similar exercises with explanations to increase understanding and ability to complete the course. While I don't think this course was well presented and I can't say I truly learned anything I am glad I was exposed to the material and I will continue with the Specialization. | is interesting but barely explained. The | Assignment | were nearly impossible without help from | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course definitely requires prerequisite knowledge of calculus and matrix math. There is also very little in the way of practical application. The MatLab work is interesting but barely explained. The assignments were nearly impossible without help from other students. Understanding which equations that were shown in the lecture (not necessarily explained) were useful in completing the assignments was not apparent and there was no help from the TAs. I don't think the assignments were irrelevant but without having a background in academic engineering the course needs to walk through similar exercises with explanations to increase understanding and ability to complete the course. While I don't think this course was well presented and I can't say I truly learned anything I am glad I was exposed to the material and I will continue with the Specialization. | explained) were useful in completing the | Assignment | was not apparent and there was | Negative | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course definitely requires prerequisite knowledge of calculus and matrix math. There is also very little in the way of practical application. The MatLab work is interesting but barely explained. The assignments were nearly impossible without help from other students. Understanding which equations that were shown in the lecture (not necessarily explained) were useful in completing the assignments was not apparent and there was no help from the TAs. I don't think the assignments were irrelevant but without having a background in academic engineering the course needs to walk through similar exercises with explanations to increase understanding and ability to complete the course. While I don't think this course was well presented and I can't say I truly learned anything I am glad I was exposed to the material and I will continue with the Specialization. | the TAs. I don't think the | Assignment | were irrelevant but without having a | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I enjoyed the writeups as their explained system modelling very well. The first two assignments are a bit lacking in terms of what they teach, I believe one should instead handle the generation of the quad rotor system model and the other should teach control with the final teaching traj generation. | modelling very well. The first two | Assignment | are a bit lacking in terms | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I think there is need to provide clearer instructions on how to get the programming assignments done. The course content is good, but doing the programming assignments needs to be more clarified. | on how to get the programming | Assignment | done. The course content is good, | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I think there is need to provide clearer instructions on how to get the programming assignments done. The course content is good, but doing the programming assignments needs to be more clarified. | is good, but doing the programming | Assignment | needs to be more clarified. | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | done so far. Problem are the | Assignment | -all the assignments are about controlling | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | Problem are the assignments: -all the | Assignment | are about controlling a quadrotor, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | for the controller gains; -the last | Assignment | is again partly about (randomly) looking | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | thing is only mentioned in the | Assignment | pdf and with wrong conditions. Even | Negative | 0.89 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | meaning that for just passing the | Assignment | you have the same difficulty as | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | to the point of passing the | Assignment | then you can easily get full | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | sense; -the explanatory pdf for the | Assignment | or the provided codes some times | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | second time that was provided; -the | Assignment | are fully based on matlab and | Positive | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | -the evaluation function for the last | Assignment | is extremely slow. . it took | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course and the lessons are really interesting and the professor is explaining really well. Especially nice are all the videos demonstrating what have been done so far. Problem are the assignments: -all the assignments are about controlling a quadrotor, but a matlab code 95% done is already provided and most of the times the only thing requested is to spend days in find (randomly) the correct values for the controller gains; -the last assignment is again partly about (randomly) looking for gain values and partly about generating a trajectory as a piecewise 7th order polynomial, where the method for creating such thing is only mentioned in the assignment pdf and with wrong conditions. Even with the correct conditions, with a previous knowledge of numerical methods you can go through it, but otherwise it takes quite some time; -the grade is not set properly.. you either take 0points or the maximum, meaning that for just passing the assignment you have the same difficulty as getting full marks.. if you arrive (after days of trial and error) to the point of passing the assignment, then you can easily get full grade with small changes.. which makes no sense; -the explanatory pdf for the assignments or the provided codes some times contain errors, and I don't understand why they are not fixed considering that this course is already the second time that was provided; -the assignments are fully based on matlab and to actually understand something it is required quite a deep knowledge of how to use it.. I work daily with matlab and had some difficulties in following what it is done. If somebody is new to matlab, it will be quite difficult to do even the easier tasks; -the evaluation function for the last assignment is extremely slow.. it took me 40minutes to evaluate the results.. and considering the many iterations usually required for (randomly) finding the gains this really doesn't help. Summarising I am quite happy about this course and glad to have done it, but please fix the many problems in the assignments. I have taken many courses online in different platforms and this was so far the most time consuming one.. | fix the many problems in the | Assignment | I have taken many courses online | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I really enjoyed this course and felt the material was appropriate in scope and quality for an introduction to Aerial Robotics. I have a few issues with it though. While this wasn't a problem for me, I feel those who haven't done maths with vectors and matrices before would struggle with the maths presented here. There was some inconsistency in notation throughout the lectures - though I expect this will be fixed in future runs of this course. Given how much the programming assignments involved tuning PD controllers, I think there should have been some additional material provided on how to go about doing this. The difficulty of the last programming assignment came out of nowhere and given that you need to pass all the assignments in order to pass the course, this made it especially stressful. Having gotten almost full marks on the course until that point, the prospect of that all being for naught because I couldn't complete the final assignment in time was incredibly stressful and unfair. The simulation would fail with a Matlab ode45 error - with absolutely no information as to why that should fail. Trying to debug something by guesswork on a time limit is not a valuable educational experience. I feel all of these issues are fixable though and on balance I think this was a very good course. | course. Given how much the programming | Assignment | involved tuning PD controllers, I think | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I really enjoyed this course and felt the material was appropriate in scope and quality for an introduction to Aerial Robotics. I have a few issues with it though. While this wasn't a problem for me, I feel those who haven't done maths with vectors and matrices before would struggle with the maths presented here. There was some inconsistency in notation throughout the lectures - though I expect this will be fixed in future runs of this course. Given how much the programming assignments involved tuning PD controllers, I think there should have been some additional material provided on how to go about doing this. The difficulty of the last programming assignment came out of nowhere and given that you need to pass all the assignments in order to pass the course, this made it especially stressful. Having gotten almost full marks on the course until that point, the prospect of that all being for naught because I couldn't complete the final assignment in time was incredibly stressful and unfair. The simulation would fail with a Matlab ode45 error - with absolutely no information as to why that should fail. Trying to debug something by guesswork on a time limit is not a valuable educational experience. I feel all of these issues are fixable though and on balance I think this was a very good course. | The difficulty of the last programming | Assignment | came out of nowhere and given | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I really enjoyed this course and felt the material was appropriate in scope and quality for an introduction to Aerial Robotics. I have a few issues with it though. While this wasn't a problem for me, I feel those who haven't done maths with vectors and matrices before would struggle with the maths presented here. There was some inconsistency in notation throughout the lectures - though I expect this will be fixed in future runs of this course. Given how much the programming assignments involved tuning PD controllers, I think there should have been some additional material provided on how to go about doing this. The difficulty of the last programming assignment came out of nowhere and given that you need to pass all the assignments in order to pass the course, this made it especially stressful. Having gotten almost full marks on the course until that point, the prospect of that all being for naught because I couldn't complete the final assignment in time was incredibly stressful and unfair. The simulation would fail with a Matlab ode45 error - with absolutely no information as to why that should fail. Trying to debug something by guesswork on a time limit is not a valuable educational experience. I feel all of these issues are fixable though and on balance I think this was a very good course. | you need to pass all the | Assignment | in order to pass the course, | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I really enjoyed this course and felt the material was appropriate in scope and quality for an introduction to Aerial Robotics. I have a few issues with it though. While this wasn't a problem for me, I feel those who haven't done maths with vectors and matrices before would struggle with the maths presented here. There was some inconsistency in notation throughout the lectures - though I expect this will be fixed in future runs of this course. Given how much the programming assignments involved tuning PD controllers, I think there should have been some additional material provided on how to go about doing this. The difficulty of the last programming assignment came out of nowhere and given that you need to pass all the assignments in order to pass the course, this made it especially stressful. Having gotten almost full marks on the course until that point, the prospect of that all being for naught because I couldn't complete the final assignment in time was incredibly stressful and unfair. The simulation would fail with a Matlab ode45 error - with absolutely no information as to why that should fail. Trying to debug something by guesswork on a time limit is not a valuable educational experience. I feel all of these issues are fixable though and on balance I think this was a very good course. | because I couldn't complete the final | Assignment | in time was incredibly stressful and | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The course is interesting and entertaining at times, though seems relatively undercooked. Typos in video lectures and assignment writeups are still frequent. The course content is a bit rushed, with some rather difficult aspects left almost unexplained. Definitely not for begginers, as some knowledge of physics, differential equations, calculus, matlab programming is highly recommended! | undercooked. Typos in video lectures and | Assignment | writeups are still frequent. The course | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | My feeling is that the course creator(s) did not fully prepare and scope of the course materials (i.e., lectures, supporting artifacts, assignments) required for the available time alloted to each week's topic. No syllubus or suggested reading material was available until the course started, which leaves little time to decide on the value of the course or to acquire the reading materials. The lectures glossed over topics that where only minimally supported by brief supplementary lectures provided by the teaching assistants. At the start of the course the lectures and sparse supporting material were only available in video format; not very conducive for detailed review. The student population had to beg for electronic copies of the materials, which became available around the end of the second week of the four week session. The assignments say they require 3 hours, but I would venture to say that most students have spent way more than 3 hours on the assignments just in researching solutions let alone debugging supplied software along with their portion of the assignment. In summary, the topics were interesting however the organization and supporting materials were lacking making for an unsatisfying learning experience. | (i. e. , lectures, supporting artifacts, | Assignment | required for the available time alloted | Positive | 0.77 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | My feeling is that the course creator(s) did not fully prepare and scope of the course materials (i.e., lectures, supporting artifacts, assignments) required for the available time alloted to each week's topic. No syllubus or suggested reading material was available until the course started, which leaves little time to decide on the value of the course or to acquire the reading materials. The lectures glossed over topics that where only minimally supported by brief supplementary lectures provided by the teaching assistants. At the start of the course the lectures and sparse supporting material were only available in video format; not very conducive for detailed review. The student population had to beg for electronic copies of the materials, which became available around the end of the second week of the four week session. The assignments say they require 3 hours, but I would venture to say that most students have spent way more than 3 hours on the assignments just in researching solutions let alone debugging supplied software along with their portion of the assignment. In summary, the topics were interesting however the organization and supporting materials were lacking making for an unsatisfying learning experience. | of the four week session. The | Assignment | say they require 3 hours, but | Negative | 0.75 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | My feeling is that the course creator(s) did not fully prepare and scope of the course materials (i.e., lectures, supporting artifacts, assignments) required for the available time alloted to each week's topic. No syllubus or suggested reading material was available until the course started, which leaves little time to decide on the value of the course or to acquire the reading materials. The lectures glossed over topics that where only minimally supported by brief supplementary lectures provided by the teaching assistants. At the start of the course the lectures and sparse supporting material were only available in video format; not very conducive for detailed review. The student population had to beg for electronic copies of the materials, which became available around the end of the second week of the four week session. The assignments say they require 3 hours, but I would venture to say that most students have spent way more than 3 hours on the assignments just in researching solutions let alone debugging supplied software along with their portion of the assignment. In summary, the topics were interesting however the organization and supporting materials were lacking making for an unsatisfying learning experience. | more than 3 hours on the | Assignment | just in researching solutions let alone | Negative | 0.87 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | My feeling is that the course creator(s) did not fully prepare and scope of the course materials (i.e., lectures, supporting artifacts, assignments) required for the available time alloted to each week's topic. No syllubus or suggested reading material was available until the course started, which leaves little time to decide on the value of the course or to acquire the reading materials. The lectures glossed over topics that where only minimally supported by brief supplementary lectures provided by the teaching assistants. At the start of the course the lectures and sparse supporting material were only available in video format; not very conducive for detailed review. The student population had to beg for electronic copies of the materials, which became available around the end of the second week of the four week session. The assignments say they require 3 hours, but I would venture to say that most students have spent way more than 3 hours on the assignments just in researching solutions let alone debugging supplied software along with their portion of the assignment. In summary, the topics were interesting however the organization and supporting materials were lacking making for an unsatisfying learning experience. | along with their portion of the | Assignment | In summary, the topics were interesting | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I had very high hopes for this course. I was actually planning to purchase the specialization - just as a thank you gesture. Unfortunately, there is very little to be grateful for here. In this course, you get a series of super short lectures giving you an overview of the math and physics behind the aerial robotics. I can't be the judge (since I hold a degree in this area), but I don't think you'll be able to get much if you aren't familiar with the topics yet. And you most certainly won't learn anything new if you had some previous training. And then suddenly there are assignments. That have almost nothing to do with the lectures, but require quite a bit of Matlab programming (did I mention you won't be taught any Matlab in the process?) To make things worse, the assignments are rather poorly explained. By the way, you won't get any replies from the course team - they even ignore questions about errors in lectures. The course looks very sloppy. As if someone forced the team to put together something for Coursera. A huge disappointment :( | training. And then suddenly there are | Assignment | That have almost nothing to do | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I had very high hopes for this course. I was actually planning to purchase the specialization - just as a thank you gesture. Unfortunately, there is very little to be grateful for here. In this course, you get a series of super short lectures giving you an overview of the math and physics behind the aerial robotics. I can't be the judge (since I hold a degree in this area), but I don't think you'll be able to get much if you aren't familiar with the topics yet. And you most certainly won't learn anything new if you had some previous training. And then suddenly there are assignments. That have almost nothing to do with the lectures, but require quite a bit of Matlab programming (did I mention you won't be taught any Matlab in the process?) To make things worse, the assignments are rather poorly explained. By the way, you won't get any replies from the course team - they even ignore questions about errors in lectures. The course looks very sloppy. As if someone forced the team to put together something for Coursera. A huge disappointment :( | ) To make things worse, the | Assignment | are rather poorly explained. By the | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The quiz and assignment are poorly designed. Important issues are overlooked or just briefly discussed in lecture. The assignment focuses on matlab coding, which only emphasizes the coding technique. Do not recommend to audience with | The quiz and | Assignment | are poorly designed. Important issues are | Negative | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The quiz and assignment are poorly designed. Important issues are overlooked or just briefly discussed in lecture. The assignment focuses on matlab coding, which only emphasizes the coding technique. Do not recommend to audience with | just briefly discussed in lecture. The | Assignment | focuses on matlab coding, which only | Positive | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I found the course fun and engaging. I studied Physics a while ago; without this I think I would have had problems following the contents. I wish the first two programming assignments were combined, so that there was room for another assignment for implementing a full 3d controller that doesn't assume a linearization around the hover state. | I wish the first two programming | Assignment | were combined, so that there was | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I found the course fun and engaging. I studied Physics a while ago; without this I think I would have had problems following the contents. I wish the first two programming assignments were combined, so that there was room for another assignment for implementing a full 3d controller that doesn't assume a linearization around the hover state. | that there was room for another | Assignment | for implementing a full 3d controller | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course was not a beginning level course as advertised. Test cases for assignments were neither document nor otherwise explained within the course materials. Quizzes during the lecture were often unrelated to the material just presented or were given before the relevant material was taught. The course creators obviously put a lot of time and effort into this course. So it is difficult for me to write such a critical review. However, they missed the mark with this one enough that I can't recommend the course. Unfortunately I will not be completing this course only due to the fact that I have run out of time and patience to complete the last assignment. | course as advertised. Test cases for | Assignment | were neither document nor otherwise explained | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course was not a beginning level course as advertised. Test cases for assignments were neither document nor otherwise explained within the course materials. Quizzes during the lecture were often unrelated to the material just presented or were given before the relevant material was taught. The course creators obviously put a lot of time and effort into this course. So it is difficult for me to write such a critical review. However, they missed the mark with this one enough that I can't recommend the course. Unfortunately I will not be completing this course only due to the fact that I have run out of time and patience to complete the last assignment. | and patience to complete the last | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I loved the course, it was way beyond my expectations. Everything well explained. I only have on critic. I think the assignment of 5 waypoints trajectory was not in accordance with the rest of the course. Imagine the tests following a level line and abruptly changes to something too hard. I think the purpose here is to learn and not find out people with special skills. Many of our colleagues that were following the course simple gave up due to this assignment. And also took 25 hours average for many of us, that not dispose of this time, since the proposed time to complete the tasks are of three hours. | have on critic. I think the | Assignment | of 5 waypoints trajectory was not | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I loved the course, it was way beyond my expectations. Everything well explained. I only have on critic. I think the assignment of 5 waypoints trajectory was not in accordance with the rest of the course. Imagine the tests following a level line and abruptly changes to something too hard. I think the purpose here is to learn and not find out people with special skills. Many of our colleagues that were following the course simple gave up due to this assignment. And also took 25 hours average for many of us, that not dispose of this time, since the proposed time to complete the tasks are of three hours. | simple gave up due to this | Assignment | And also took 25 hours average | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | So close but yet so far ... Course concepts are interesting and the programming assignments are fun but the presentation can be greatly improved. Criticisms include: (i) The course isn't self contained. Physical concepts like 'resultant moment', 'inertial and body-fixed frame' and 'torque' are used without definition. Mechanics is not listed as a prerequisite but it should be. (ii) Lectures are very mathematical but proofs, intuition and good problem sets are all missing. Listening to a math lecture without doing challenging problems or deriving mathematical results to build intuition can be a waste of time. Check out John Cochrane's Asset Pricing 1 and 2 or Tim Roughgarden's Algo 1 and 2 for great examples of thoughtful problem sets and intuitive derivations. (iii) Way too much powerpoint! Speed reading a static powerpoint slide overloaded with dense mathematical formulas without using pointers or animations to focus the students attention is a recipe for confusion and frustration. I find hand written derivations, even when the handwriting is a little sloppy, much easier to follow than a static page of formulas plus a sound track. Hand written derivations impose a natural pace and focal point to the content. Check out Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra, Sebastian Thrun's Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Andrew Ng's Machine Learning for examples of good derivations of mathematically sophisticated material. (iv) The programming assignments while fun were somewhat ad hoc and disconnected from the lecture material, specifically, the main task of every single assignment was to hand tune a pd controller. No systematic approach was ever described for performing this task. | concepts are interesting and the programming | Assignment | are fun but the presentation can | Positive | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | So close but yet so far ... Course concepts are interesting and the programming assignments are fun but the presentation can be greatly improved. Criticisms include: (i) The course isn't self contained. Physical concepts like 'resultant moment', 'inertial and body-fixed frame' and 'torque' are used without definition. Mechanics is not listed as a prerequisite but it should be. (ii) Lectures are very mathematical but proofs, intuition and good problem sets are all missing. Listening to a math lecture without doing challenging problems or deriving mathematical results to build intuition can be a waste of time. Check out John Cochrane's Asset Pricing 1 and 2 or Tim Roughgarden's Algo 1 and 2 for great examples of thoughtful problem sets and intuitive derivations. (iii) Way too much powerpoint! Speed reading a static powerpoint slide overloaded with dense mathematical formulas without using pointers or animations to focus the students attention is a recipe for confusion and frustration. I find hand written derivations, even when the handwriting is a little sloppy, much easier to follow than a static page of formulas plus a sound track. Hand written derivations impose a natural pace and focal point to the content. Check out Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra, Sebastian Thrun's Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Andrew Ng's Machine Learning for examples of good derivations of mathematically sophisticated material. (iv) The programming assignments while fun were somewhat ad hoc and disconnected from the lecture material, specifically, the main task of every single assignment was to hand tune a pd controller. No systematic approach was ever described for performing this task. | mathematically sophisticated material. (iv) The programming | Assignment | while fun were somewhat ad hoc | Positive | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | So close but yet so far ... Course concepts are interesting and the programming assignments are fun but the presentation can be greatly improved. Criticisms include: (i) The course isn't self contained. Physical concepts like 'resultant moment', 'inertial and body-fixed frame' and 'torque' are used without definition. Mechanics is not listed as a prerequisite but it should be. (ii) Lectures are very mathematical but proofs, intuition and good problem sets are all missing. Listening to a math lecture without doing challenging problems or deriving mathematical results to build intuition can be a waste of time. Check out John Cochrane's Asset Pricing 1 and 2 or Tim Roughgarden's Algo 1 and 2 for great examples of thoughtful problem sets and intuitive derivations. (iii) Way too much powerpoint! Speed reading a static powerpoint slide overloaded with dense mathematical formulas without using pointers or animations to focus the students attention is a recipe for confusion and frustration. I find hand written derivations, even when the handwriting is a little sloppy, much easier to follow than a static page of formulas plus a sound track. Hand written derivations impose a natural pace and focal point to the content. Check out Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra, Sebastian Thrun's Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Andrew Ng's Machine Learning for examples of good derivations of mathematically sophisticated material. (iv) The programming assignments while fun were somewhat ad hoc and disconnected from the lecture material, specifically, the main task of every single assignment was to hand tune a pd controller. No systematic approach was ever described for performing this task. | the main task of every single | Assignment | was to hand tune a pd | Negative | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | All in all the material, videos and assignments were very interesting and they made up an exciting course. However, some of the slides lacked sufficient information on notions or did not make references to supplementary sources. The assignment material (mainly pdfs) sometimes had typos which made solving them a bit confusing and more time consuming without actually being very difficult. Also for both slides and assignments the notations were not always consistent and/or variables disappeared from equations without clear explanations. I hope in the next offering of this course there will be improvements on these aspects. | in all the material, videos and | Assignment | were very interesting and they made | Positive | 0.62 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | All in all the material, videos and assignments were very interesting and they made up an exciting course. However, some of the slides lacked sufficient information on notions or did not make references to supplementary sources. The assignment material (mainly pdfs) sometimes had typos which made solving them a bit confusing and more time consuming without actually being very difficult. Also for both slides and assignments the notations were not always consistent and/or variables disappeared from equations without clear explanations. I hope in the next offering of this course there will be improvements on these aspects. | make references to supplementary sources. The | Assignment | material (mainly pdfs) sometimes had typos | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | All in all the material, videos and assignments were very interesting and they made up an exciting course. However, some of the slides lacked sufficient information on notions or did not make references to supplementary sources. The assignment material (mainly pdfs) sometimes had typos which made solving them a bit confusing and more time consuming without actually being very difficult. Also for both slides and assignments the notations were not always consistent and/or variables disappeared from equations without clear explanations. I hope in the next offering of this course there will be improvements on these aspects. | difficult. Also for both slides and | Assignment | the notations were not always consistent | Positive | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I liked the course and the assignments. I felt that the assignments covered materials which weren't part of the course or not explained well enough. I managed to get through them, but it felt lacking. | I liked the course and the | Assignment | I felt that the assignments covered | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I liked the course and the assignments. I felt that the assignments covered materials which weren't part of the course or not explained well enough. I managed to get through them, but it felt lacking. | the assignments. I felt that the | Assignment | covered materials which weren't part of | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I enjoyed the structure and materials of this course. I found the manner of increasing the difficult of assignments to be appropriately gradual and accessible for someone with some programming background | manner of increasing the difficult of | Assignment | to be appropriately gradual and accessible | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I think there needs to be more association elaborated between the video lectures and the questions being asked during the lectures. It seems these questions are asked before the lecture itself tends to touch the point of it. Secondly, it was a bit difficult to associate the assignment write-ups to the lectures. Obviously they were relevant but this should be more clear in text and video. | a bit difficult to associate the | Assignment | write-ups to the lectures. Obviously they | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course covered a lot of material, provided a well-rounded intro to the physics of 3D motion in the quad rotor context, included excellent supplemental videos to explain some of the tough mathematical concepts, and included well-designed practical assignments. The bridge between lecture and assignment, particularly the trajectory planning question in the last assignment, could be refined as the course iterates, although the material I found myself struggling through that very tough problem may be that which I retain most from this class. Over all an excellent class, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. | mathematical concepts, and included well-designed practical | Assignment | The bridge between lecture and assignment, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course covered a lot of material, provided a well-rounded intro to the physics of 3D motion in the quad rotor context, included excellent supplemental videos to explain some of the tough mathematical concepts, and included well-designed practical assignments. The bridge between lecture and assignment, particularly the trajectory planning question in the last assignment, could be refined as the course iterates, although the material I found myself struggling through that very tough problem may be that which I retain most from this class. Over all an excellent class, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. | assignments. The bridge between lecture and | Assignment | particularly the trajectory planning question in | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course covered a lot of material, provided a well-rounded intro to the physics of 3D motion in the quad rotor context, included excellent supplemental videos to explain some of the tough mathematical concepts, and included well-designed practical assignments. The bridge between lecture and assignment, particularly the trajectory planning question in the last assignment, could be refined as the course iterates, although the material I found myself struggling through that very tough problem may be that which I retain most from this class. Over all an excellent class, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. | trajectory planning question in the last | Assignment | could be refined as the course | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | the course is ok, but the assignment require a lot of prior knowledge on automation control theory, which can be really difficult to be done. I suggest that they should provide extra material for those students who have only computer science background. | the course is ok, but the | Assignment | require a lot of prior knowledge | Negative | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Great course, I would recommend this course for anyone interested in Quadrotors and programming algorithms to control them! The assignments based on MATLAB simulations were also a fun approach to visually observing our algorithms in use! | programming algorithms to control them! The | Assignment | based on MATLAB simulations were also | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Quizzes and Assignments are poorly designed. You will spend most of your time tuning parameters and deriving matrices that were never discussed in the course. Unfortunate. | Quizzes and | Assignment | are poorly designed. You will spend | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | TAs should have been more available/active in discussions (especially given the scale of the last assignment), otherwise enjoyable/challenging course | given the scale of the last | Assignment | otherwise enjoyable/challenging course | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Overall good course that would definitely make you spend more time reading and learning on the side. Would recommend it those who have good background in college level math like Linear Algebra and a little bit of Robotics Background from a Math perspective - like working with translations, rotations, transformation matrices of that sort to make the transition easier. (There are basic robotic courses online to help with that, like Peter Corke's course). But overall this course requires some significant effort to explore the material from an external perspective. Some issues however - 1. Lack of added resources like reading material to support the course and help advanced students go beyond the course themselves. 2. Severe lack of activity from TA(s) on the forums. It's good that students get to interact among themselves and learn on their own, but every single post should be either answered by a TA to clarify doubts or they should acknowledge that another student's explanation was good enough to answer a particular question. 3. The in-video quizzes weren't up-to-the-mark as per me. One question asked "why" and the answer was literally "because that's how that algorithm is". 4. This is a trend in MOOCs and I don't think it can be helped, but perhaps more assignments that help understand the concepts better with examples would help students go beyond. If this course had such optional assignments that would be great for understanding the concepts with a more hands-on approach. But this is probably not the best platform to do so. Overall would recommend future iterations of this course, especially if the first two points above are improved upon. | can be helped, but perhaps more | Assignment | that help understand the concepts better | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Overall good course that would definitely make you spend more time reading and learning on the side. Would recommend it those who have good background in college level math like Linear Algebra and a little bit of Robotics Background from a Math perspective - like working with translations, rotations, transformation matrices of that sort to make the transition easier. (There are basic robotic courses online to help with that, like Peter Corke's course). But overall this course requires some significant effort to explore the material from an external perspective. Some issues however - 1. Lack of added resources like reading material to support the course and help advanced students go beyond the course themselves. 2. Severe lack of activity from TA(s) on the forums. It's good that students get to interact among themselves and learn on their own, but every single post should be either answered by a TA to clarify doubts or they should acknowledge that another student's explanation was good enough to answer a particular question. 3. The in-video quizzes weren't up-to-the-mark as per me. One question asked "why" and the answer was literally "because that's how that algorithm is". 4. This is a trend in MOOCs and I don't think it can be helped, but perhaps more assignments that help understand the concepts better with examples would help students go beyond. If this course had such optional assignments that would be great for understanding the concepts with a more hands-on approach. But this is probably not the best platform to do so. Overall would recommend future iterations of this course, especially if the first two points above are improved upon. | If this course had such optional | Assignment | that would be great for understanding | Positive | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very interesting course, with some toothing problems and unrealistic timescales for many. For me, it would have been impossible to complete the course without the support of some extremely bright and helpful classmates, active in discussion fora (almost a given in a MOOC, but nevertheless, a course should be designed such that one could complete it without the fora). More guidance on the programming assignments would be the first thing I would focus on for the next edition, as well as setting some realistic timescales (there is probably no way for the majority of participants to complete the last assignment within the 3 hours advised for it...). | fora). More guidance on the programming | Assignment | would be the first thing I | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very interesting course, with some toothing problems and unrealistic timescales for many. For me, it would have been impossible to complete the course without the support of some extremely bright and helpful classmates, active in discussion fora (almost a given in a MOOC, but nevertheless, a course should be designed such that one could complete it without the fora). More guidance on the programming assignments would be the first thing I would focus on for the next edition, as well as setting some realistic timescales (there is probably no way for the majority of participants to complete the last assignment within the 3 hours advised for it...). | of participants to complete the last | Assignment | within the 3 hours advised for | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Great assignments to solidify an excellent curriculum. | Great | Assignment | to solidify an excellent curriculum. | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I loved this course. I particularly enjoyed the programming assignments, which taught me a great deal and were extremely satisfying. It is terrific to see a truly rigorous, mathematical engineering course on Coursera. I will gladly sign up for the next course in the series. | course. I particularly enjoyed the programming | Assignment | which taught me a great deal | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Nice course but unable to complete last assignment of control n simulation. | course but unable to complete last | Assignment | of control n simulation. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very interesting course. Pleasant and well explained. The mathematics related are complicated to follow sometimes but it can be done. The assignments also can be completed following the lectures and the handouts. | but it can be done. The | Assignment | also can be completed following the | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course was very good and very interesting. The teacher explained things well. The BIG problem with the course is that the level of the lectures no way matched the level of the assignments, especially the last one. It was way too hard compared to the material presented. It was supposed to take 3 hours but it took me more like 50 hours. And from the forum it seems like a lot of people spend 40 or more hours on this one last problem. Was too hard and too much. A lot of prayer and sweat I finally got it with a lot if discussion on the forums. But 40 hours for one problem is crazy. There needed to be a lot more thorough instruction in order to do this problem in a reasonable time. | way matched the level of the | Assignment | especially the last one. It was | Positive | 0.76 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I'd like to say a big thank you for Professor Kumar for putting this together. I work full time and in my spare time some of my friends are thinking about building a in-house small quadrotor with 3-D printed parts and rasberry pi & basic camara. The information of this course is very, very useful and the Matlab practices and assignments are challenging and interesting. Not to mention this course has successfully pulled me away from my favorite video game...a remarkable achievement. I hope that the notation in the videos and in the assignments could be more clear as that can cause confusion. | useful and the Matlab practices and | Assignment | are challenging and interesting. Not to | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I'd like to say a big thank you for Professor Kumar for putting this together. I work full time and in my spare time some of my friends are thinking about building a in-house small quadrotor with 3-D printed parts and rasberry pi & basic camara. The information of this course is very, very useful and the Matlab practices and assignments are challenging and interesting. Not to mention this course has successfully pulled me away from my favorite video game...a remarkable achievement. I hope that the notation in the videos and in the assignments could be more clear as that can cause confusion. | in the videos and in the | Assignment | could be more clear as that | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Well balanced mix of theory and practical applicability. Explanation of the material is also very good. The assignments are nicely built on the taught material to stimulate understanding. | material is also very good. The | Assignment | are nicely built on the taught | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Its a really great project but one needs to have studied mechanical and really advanced level physics to do this project. But I really got help of the discussion forums to complete the assignments but am not yet clear about the theory of aerial robotics. | the discussion forums to complete the | Assignment | but am not yet clear about | Negative | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course was very helpful and facilitated me to understand the theories i learned with the applications.The course materials were very effectively planned and the assignments were very effective to gain the understanding what was taught in the lectures.I highly recommend this course..******* | were very effectively planned and the | Assignment | were very effective to gain the | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The course includes not only the formulas and calculations but also nice video examples. The assignments seem very challenging to me | but also nice video examples. The | Assignment | seem very challenging to me | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The content is awesome and the quizzes and assignments are challenging. What I would incorporate is a little bit more of examples to tackle all the problems new people might encounter (more sample numerical results, and probably samples on how to develop in Matlab, not just reserved words). | is awesome and the quizzes and | Assignment | are challenging. What I would incorporate | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Course material is very dense and requires some background in maths/physics to understand it well. Could be better if it is extended to 5 - 6 weeks having more assignments. | 5 - 6 weeks having more | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| jlAy87ZEEeWddwqLXioIgw | The transition from the original Coursera platform to the new one has significantly reduced my overall satisfaction with the course experience (I have previously taken the 4 earlier Rice courses in this series and enjoyed them immensely). Major contributing factors to my dissatisfaction: -- The user interface changes are unwelcome and have detracted from my ability to engage with the material. -- There have been arbitrary (and unannounced) changes to polices, e.g. dropping distinction grading. -- The price increase per course and locking down of assignments to only those who have paid has unfortunate side effects, including. -- In contrast to previous courses in this series which had an active community engagement the discussion forums are now relatively empty, running the courses more often is not going to help this situation. Having previously been an unpaid evangelist for the Coursera approach and materials I now find myself extremely reluctant to recommend this revised experience to colleagues. | per course and locking down of | Assignment | to only those who have paid | Negative | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| jlAy87ZEEeWddwqLXioIgw | The lectures will not get you near the understanding you'll need to complete the assignments. though the resources will. The application is great, and hard so you'll actually have to understand the material. You have been warned, this course is very different to the other courses in the specialization! | understanding you'll need to complete the | Assignment | though the resources will. The application | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| jlxKwZz9EeWIXgpWJNgyEw | Very nicely put together course with straight forward examples and well thought out assignments. | forward examples and well thought out | Assignment | | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | I feel that the course was great but I felt confused on the last assignment, we covered a lot of things during the last week but then I was unsure if I should've applied that on our assignment... Also I'm not sure if it is possible but if we could have a chance to ask the teacher questions would be great. I know that there is a lot of people going this courses and maybe it is not possible but still there are things that I feel only the teacher could answer. Overall the course was good :) | I felt confused on the last | Assignment | we covered a lot of things | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | I feel that the course was great but I felt confused on the last assignment, we covered a lot of things during the last week but then I was unsure if I should've applied that on our assignment... Also I'm not sure if it is possible but if we could have a chance to ask the teacher questions would be great. I know that there is a lot of people going this courses and maybe it is not possible but still there are things that I feel only the teacher could answer. Overall the course was good :) | I should've applied that on our | Assignment | . . Also I'm not sure | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | It is so engaging! I love the assignments and the way knowledge is transmitted. Thank you. :) | is so engaging! I love the | Assignment | and the way knowledge is transmitted. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | I found that the portion of the class that taught story-telling was painfully over simplified. I learned nothing and felt no challenge whatsoever, in fact, I felt as though I was rehashing information from a 9th grade English class (no hyperbole). The other component of this class was learning how to create documents that you could use to pitch your game to developers. I found this component to be useful, but it could have easily been compressed into a single week if not a single lecture. There is no real accountability when it comes to grading work, as work is peer graded and students grade capriciously without regard for the criteria laid out in the lecture. In other words, most students responded to how cool or interesting they found my assignments, without regard for the weekly lecture or the grading criteria. It often felt as though the lectures didn't matter at all. Right when the class begins to introduce a more robust tour of laying out a game story, it suddenly ends. This class is only useful to students who are interested in an area of game design besides writing and who are taking the whole series anyway. If you are seriously interested in writing, this class will have little value for you and I would recommend skipping it. | cool or interesting they found my | Assignment | without regard for the weekly lecture | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | This Course helped me a whole lot in process of writing and how to break down the process for better performance. I really liked how easy and well sorted were the Content of the course and how the assignment was purposely designed for that week. | of the course and how the | Assignment | was purposely designed for that week. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Big fan of the last two assignments. Re-writing the game was fun, and made it more interactive with the rest of the class, seeing how others would change the story. | Big fan of the last two | Assignment | Re-writing the game was fun, and | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | The content is good but is too focus in the 3 act structure, and don't explain the narration techniques specifically to videogames genres. The assignments were too repetitives and don't add variety or feeling of progression through the course. I recommend the course for who don't know the basis of the narrative structure, but not for people like me who work in the audiovisual world. | techniques specifically to videogames genres. The | Assignment | were too repetitives and don't add | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Assignments are good-intended, but I am not sure how helpful they are, as they are really boring and unnecessarily time-consuming. I do not know how could one make them better. In contrast, the videos are really good, they are worth your time even if you know your way around these things. | | Assignment | are good-intended, but I am not | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | The contents were comprehensive, and the assignments helped reinforce the theory. By using pre-existing references to other works, they were tighter, which I think is useful to focus on the objectives set for a particular week. Some additional creative freedom would also have been interesting. | The contents were comprehensive, and the | Assignment | helped reinforce the theory. By using | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | It is more interesting course that I thought it to be, and the teacher, Dariush Derakhshani, is a very clever and charismatic person. He makes the student thinks for themselves, and the interesting assignments help them to foster their creative abilities. | thinks for themselves, and the interesting | Assignment | help them to foster their creative | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| kbmiwPT-EeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | A very good course. Need time to be completed. It should continue on and lectures should be available every time regarless of end of quizez or assignments. | regarless of end of quizez or | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| kcW15H3JEeWKYwric11Hpw | Contents are excellent. The only disappointing is that It costs to submit assignments. | is that It costs to submit | Assignment | | Negative | 0.85 | 3.0 |
| KD4-0r-yEeWaXhJquRNtDw | This course helped me a lot! Very useful and meaningful! Every week assignment made me a little bit busy and crazy, but those were also meaningful works for me! | Very useful and meaningful! Every week | Assignment | made me a little bit busy | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | Great course. I liked the deadline notification option. I also liked the opportunity to complete work at my own pace with the final deadline the end of the course. With my busy schedule, this option was wonderful and allowed me to complete all of the assignments for credit. | me to complete all of the | Assignment | for credit. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | Very insightful, although some of the assignments were a bit easy. Perhaps we could have a discussion of the 'rat park' experiments and maybe even the possibility that some drugs can be used for recreational use? | Very insightful, although some of the | Assignment | were a bit easy. Perhaps we | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | I did this course last year, since I had psychological knowledge so it was not too hard to understand all the concepts. What really attracts me is the forum, I just tried to post my question about assignment at forum, then quickly got a reply from my peer, from then on, I started to participate on forum discussion and did learn a lot. So, come to join us! | tried to post my question about | Assignment | at forum, then quickly got a | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| KQ7XaDaaEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Structured beginner course for those who have no background in PR/Social Media. For those currently working in the domain, you'll find yourself skipping through parts of the course as you most likely have already known the stuff. Nonetheless, it provides a framework and examples to take a leaf from! Unfortunately, I didn't purchase the course hence unable to submit the quizzes + graded assignment. | to submit the quizzes + graded | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| KQ7XaDaaEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Enjoyable course, final assignment was a bit time-consuming but a good way to apply everything learned. | Enjoyable course, final | Assignment | was a bit time-consuming but a | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| KQ7XaDaaEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very informative and good explained course. I have learnt valuable things, thanks to Mrs. Loh! The only thing i would complain about are the uncertain and a bit vague instructions for the assignment. It should be stated clearer f.ex. which theories are meant and a more explicit way of instructing the editorial calendar, f.ins. a template or something like that. Nonetheless a very valuable and good made and lucid experience! | a bit vague instructions for the | Assignment | It should be stated clearer f. | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The content in this course was invaluable and I learned a lot from the instructor videos, guest lectures and assignments. It's already changed the way I am doing business. My one complaint is with the grading system - and this is on Coursera and not on the course. I can't understand first why a peer graded assignment is considered late when I submitted it on time, and it's not my fault that others hadn't reviewed it yet. Similarly on a quiz, there were points given for answers that were supposed to be skipped if you had done the assignment. Therefore, the highest grade you could get on that quiz was a 57%. While passing was a 1%, it's still averaged into my final grade as a 57%. That doesn't make any sense at all. | the instructor videos, guest lectures and | Assignment | It's already changed the way I | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The content in this course was invaluable and I learned a lot from the instructor videos, guest lectures and assignments. It's already changed the way I am doing business. My one complaint is with the grading system - and this is on Coursera and not on the course. I can't understand first why a peer graded assignment is considered late when I submitted it on time, and it's not my fault that others hadn't reviewed it yet. Similarly on a quiz, there were points given for answers that were supposed to be skipped if you had done the assignment. Therefore, the highest grade you could get on that quiz was a 57%. While passing was a 1%, it's still averaged into my final grade as a 57%. That doesn't make any sense at all. | understand first why a peer graded | Assignment | is considered late when I submitted | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The content in this course was invaluable and I learned a lot from the instructor videos, guest lectures and assignments. It's already changed the way I am doing business. My one complaint is with the grading system - and this is on Coursera and not on the course. I can't understand first why a peer graded assignment is considered late when I submitted it on time, and it's not my fault that others hadn't reviewed it yet. Similarly on a quiz, there were points given for answers that were supposed to be skipped if you had done the assignment. Therefore, the highest grade you could get on that quiz was a 57%. While passing was a 1%, it's still averaged into my final grade as a 57%. That doesn't make any sense at all. | skipped if you had done the | Assignment | Therefore, the highest grade you could | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | There are no clearly defined learning outcomes at the start of each video which are cramped with stats and facts and statements such as "you will learn more about this in mooc 2" and "this will be talked about extensively in mooc 3". As a learner its confusing to know what to take out of each video. The extend to which students are used to promote the course by prompting them to tweet about the videos is a concern. Ones or twice is okay. But every time? The assignment is a miss - students should be given a choice whether they want to focus on marketing their professional personas or marketing their business. I can summarize MOOC 1 in one sentence. Social Media is big and therefore business must change the way they do marketing. | is okay. But every time? The | Assignment | is a miss - students should | Negative | 0.97 | 1.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Amazing information given, with great assignments to supplement my learning. Will definitely advise anyone interested in learning more about digital marketing to check out this course and more! | Amazing information given, with great | Assignment | to supplement my learning. Will definitely | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Great introduction! I really feel like I learned a lot and am looking forward to going through with the rest of the courses in this specialization. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the peer-reviewed assignment. I felt I didn't really get enough peer feedback. Other than that, I thought everything else was great. The videos were very informative. It didn't take up a lot of my free time and I felt a sense of accomplishment when the course was completed. | a fan of was the peer-reviewed | Assignment | I felt I didn't really get | Negative | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This section is great for absolute beginners, and I would highly recommend it to anyone new to social media and social marketing. It seems necessary for it to be this straightforward to set everyone up for the more advanced material. Most of this was review for me, but I learned some interesting, fun facts about social media usage and data. The project was peer graded, which normally I enjoy, however, one of my peer assessments said my assignment was missing elements that I specifically made sure to include and address. There was no way to really dispute this, so I feel like my grade on the assignment wasn't fair. That said, I didn't have a bad grade, but I put a great deal of effort into my proposal and making sure it addressed all of the necessary points. Otherwise, very informative and enjoyable, and the class participation in social media is great. | of my peer assessments said my | Assignment | was missing elements that I specifically | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This section is great for absolute beginners, and I would highly recommend it to anyone new to social media and social marketing. It seems necessary for it to be this straightforward to set everyone up for the more advanced material. Most of this was review for me, but I learned some interesting, fun facts about social media usage and data. The project was peer graded, which normally I enjoy, however, one of my peer assessments said my assignment was missing elements that I specifically made sure to include and address. There was no way to really dispute this, so I feel like my grade on the assignment wasn't fair. That said, I didn't have a bad grade, but I put a great deal of effort into my proposal and making sure it addressed all of the necessary points. Otherwise, very informative and enjoyable, and the class participation in social media is great. | feel like my grade on the | Assignment | wasn't fair. That said, I didn't | Negative | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | A wonderful introduction into social media and how it can be used for promotional purposes. Prof Randy Hlavac is clear and insightful, the course content is engaging and interesting, and the assignments are meaningful. Really enjoyed doing this course and definitely considering taking up the other related MOOCs. | is engaging and interesting, and the | Assignment | are meaningful. Really enjoyed doing this | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Decent coverage of the basics, but some of the data, tools and approaches used are out of date by 2-3 years which is particularly troublesome in the fast-moving social space. For example, they rely quite a bit on data from 2011 and 2012 and from social tools and reports from IBM. For someone completely new to the social space, this could be a great starter class. Just be sure to do your own research to supplement the data and be sure you're current. After grading assignments by other students, it was easy to see why the discussion portions of the class were flat: most either didn't invest in the assignments or didn't understand the materials. While I have found the discussion portions of other MOOCs to be equally interesting to the class material, I didn't have that experience in this session. | be sure you're current. After grading | Assignment | by other students, it was easy | Positive | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Decent coverage of the basics, but some of the data, tools and approaches used are out of date by 2-3 years which is particularly troublesome in the fast-moving social space. For example, they rely quite a bit on data from 2011 and 2012 and from social tools and reports from IBM. For someone completely new to the social space, this could be a great starter class. Just be sure to do your own research to supplement the data and be sure you're current. After grading assignments by other students, it was easy to see why the discussion portions of the class were flat: most either didn't invest in the assignments or didn't understand the materials. While I have found the discussion portions of other MOOCs to be equally interesting to the class material, I didn't have that experience in this session. | most either didn't invest in the | Assignment | or didn't understand the materials. While | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This is a great course for novices, but even as someone with a couple of years of experience managing social media, there are still gems in this course. There are some amazing statistics about the importance of social media (very helpful for anyone that needs to demonstrate how critical it is for your organization) and I also loved the class assignment and thought that it was very practical. | and I also loved the class | Assignment | and thought that it was very | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I was surprised by this class. I knew the capstone was the development of the persona for the entire specialization but the final assignment blind sided me.*I am not ready to create that much metrics because this is an actual company being launched, and the costs of this musr be counted thoroughly. I can't just toss the accounts away at the end. All I all, I loved the course. *I stand somewhat corrected. Turns out I was blindsided due to inadvertently skipping over second, peer focused assignment in wk 3. Once i caught that(whilst waiting for notification of completion), the trepidation faded somewhat. | the entire specialization but the final | Assignment | blind sided me. *I am not | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I was surprised by this class. I knew the capstone was the development of the persona for the entire specialization but the final assignment blind sided me.*I am not ready to create that much metrics because this is an actual company being launched, and the costs of this musr be counted thoroughly. I can't just toss the accounts away at the end. All I all, I loved the course. *I stand somewhat corrected. Turns out I was blindsided due to inadvertently skipping over second, peer focused assignment in wk 3. Once i caught that(whilst waiting for notification of completion), the trepidation faded somewhat. | inadvertently skipping over second, peer focused | Assignment | in wk 3. Once i caught | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The course is extremely well structured. They are doing a great job of making the course useful by creating real life assignments and ensuring users implement learning in the real world | course useful by creating real life | Assignment | and ensuring users implement learning in | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| KRl9hpiaEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I am really glad for have participated in this course, even when I didn't have the opportunity to submit my assignments. The course is a great introduction to photo composition, but no so much to digital image post-production. | have the opportunity to submit my | Assignment | The course is a great introduction | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| KRl9hpiaEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | The third course of this specialization, it is the last piece you need to fully being able to control every aspect of your photography. The assignments are much more challenging (if you put the effort) and you will learn more advanced techniques including image post-production and you will be able to carry on a small photography project. | every aspect of your photography. The | Assignment | are much more challenging (if you | Negative | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| KRl9hpiaEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Quizes are getting better with every course. Lectures are good. I like the idea of assignments - to show your work and to see works of others. Only one thing: I'd like to get review not only from other students, buy from at least one professional. It's nice to get opinion from "masses", but I'd like to know professional opinion and directions where I could move to be better photographer. | good. I like the idea of | Assignment | - to show your work and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Kzg9QkDxEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | I think that this course has wonderful material, however, I think that more than 2 people should be required to peer review the assignments so it is a balanced grade. In my other classes, at least 5 reviewers are required to review each individual assignment. | be required to peer review the | Assignment | so it is a balanced grade. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| Kzg9QkDxEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | I think that this course has wonderful material, however, I think that more than 2 people should be required to peer review the assignments so it is a balanced grade. In my other classes, at least 5 reviewers are required to review each individual assignment. | are required to review each individual | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| kzmY_qA-EeWHXAr1OpR7HQ | The last assignment is hard to do if you have just pretend project not real one. But whole course is really good. | The last | Assignment | is hard to do if you | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| L7stsPOKEeSlpiIAC7NwBA | The course content is quite elaborate and very detailed. Assignments and explanation,quiz was all excellent. | is quite elaborate and very detailed. | Assignment | and explanation, quiz was all excellent. | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| LcLAGMEVEeWvUhLEBd1H9w | Great lesson! The videos were easy to understand and well - structured . With the assignments, you had to define your identity as an artist and understand who you are more objectively, define your goals and artistic projects. I definitely recommend it. | well - structured . With the | Assignment | you had to define your identity | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LcLAGMEVEeWvUhLEBd1H9w | I found this course in the suggestions list after taking Introduction to Music Production with Loudon Stearns. I audited it, so I couldn't/didn't do the assignments but I found it really interesting so I binge-watched the lectures in the space of a day. The way the course is set up as compared to Intro to Music Prod. it is a lot less detailed technical instruction and more of a broad look at the artistic/aesthetic/philosophical components of various aspects of music production. And since Loudon touches upon this in the other course, I would say the two courses nicely complement each other and are both worth watching all the way through. I think they could be taken in any order, but personally, even though Intro is more technical, I think I got more out of this one having already taken Intro. Even as someone who considers myself pretty good as far as lyrics/songwriting/composition, I still got something new and useful out of those parts and liked the way the instructor put these "creative" parameters in concrete terms. The way he talked about and clarified Vision, Identity, and Intention I personally found very empowering, interesting, and practically useful. I feel like some of these ideas had been floating around in my mind before, but it validated that they were valuable things to be thinking about. There are a couple specific things that popped up in the course that are really cool and useful: for example, the rule of threes, and the information on panning, delay, mixing, etc. Very glad I found it! I hope these keep being offered for free because I find them more efficient for learning than some YouTube videos, and at some point I would consider doing one not just audited but "for real." | it, so I couldn't/didn't do the | Assignment | but I found it really interesting | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Too basic and not thorough enough. The assignments are too easy also because of over specific assignments instructions. | basic and not thorough enough. The | Assignment | are too easy also because of | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Too basic and not thorough enough. The assignments are too easy also because of over specific assignments instructions. | easy also because of over specific | Assignment | instructions. | Positive | 0.69 | 2.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | the assignments was amazing | the | Assignment | was amazing | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | the course is great but i have problem with the assignments as they all have to be in parts and i can't get why we only submit last part as if it is right the others is right also, i didn't like the assignments system in this course but the course and the assignments itself were great | but i have problem with the | Assignment | as they all have to be | Negative | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | the course is great but i have problem with the assignments as they all have to be in parts and i can't get why we only submit last part as if it is right the others is right also, i didn't like the assignments system in this course but the course and the assignments itself were great | right also, i didn't like the | Assignment | system in this course but the | Negative | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | the course is great but i have problem with the assignments as they all have to be in parts and i can't get why we only submit last part as if it is right the others is right also, i didn't like the assignments system in this course but the course and the assignments itself were great | course but the course and the | Assignment | itself were great | Positive | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I really like the way the instructor gives clear explanations and also the assignment added each week. | gives clear explanations and also the | Assignment | added each week. | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is very interesting for junior -wannabe- web programmers. It uses the main structures of HTML and JavaScript and lets the user exercise through questions and assignments. Best option if someone wants to be a web developer! | the user exercise through questions and | Assignment | Best option if someone wants to | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course. The explanations are very clear and easy to understand. There are very good excercices and you can also learn a lot from the assignments. Assignment 3 is paticularly fun with a lot of interesting logic. | also learn a lot from the | Assignment | Assignment 3 is paticularly fun with | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course. The explanations are very clear and easy to understand. There are very good excercices and you can also learn a lot from the assignments. Assignment 3 is paticularly fun with a lot of interesting logic. | learn a lot from the assignments. | Assignment | 3 is paticularly fun with a | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | this course is really helpful for beginners. Also I enjoyed the assignments. | for beginners. Also I enjoyed the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | great tutorial and assignments | great tutorial and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Omg ,I wish I had these professors to teach us in our college.I have started loving HTML<CSS and Javascript.Being a total newbie to programming I have loved how clear and slow and easy to understand the videos are. Thank you so much and looking forward to completing the entire series. PS:the questions in between the lectures are very helpful and assignments are very very helpful too. | the lectures are very helpful and | Assignment | are very very helpful too. | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very Good Course with a very helpful assignments. | Good Course with a very helpful | Assignment | | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course! Very well thought out and introduced step by step. I'm on the third course in the series. This lays a great foundation. The assignments are great at taking previous exercise code and tailoring to new forms. It take a little extra effort and research, but will make you a better programmer. | This lays a great foundation. The | Assignment | are great at taking previous exercise | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Everything they teach is in very good flow and interesting. The question they ask in between the video is also a good one for better understanding. I cannot find more better than this one. It make you want to learn more, watch more. It's my first experience in coursera, everything they do is awesome, like the weekly assignment, time given to complete the task which is make you want to do more........Thumbs up to this course lecture and Coursera team too. | do is awesome, like the weekly | Assignment | time given to complete the task | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great material with excellent assignments. | Great material with excellent | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I had fun learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript! The highlight being gaming assignments. | and JavaScript! The highlight being gaming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well taught course but the material for the homework assignments were basically given to us. The answers were handed to us in the homework description. Having said this, the assignments were good. One should have basic program | but the material for the homework | Assignment | were basically given to us. The | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well taught course but the material for the homework assignments were basically given to us. The answers were handed to us in the homework description. Having said this, the assignments were good. One should have basic program | homework description. Having said this, the | Assignment | were good. One should have basic | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course, would have been even better if the assignments were a bit more challenging, with less or no code snippets at all, but all in all, great experience. A big thank you to the instructor and all the mentors. | have been even better if the | Assignment | were a bit more challenging, with | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Nicely organized contents. Good work with assignments. | Nicely organized contents. Good work with | Assignment | | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A very good course having easy to understand classes. The teacher is very clear and confident in what he's talking. The assignments have detailed description, without letting any doubts or giving nightmares to students. | confident in what he's talking. The | Assignment | have detailed description, without letting any | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It's be great if less help was offered before the assignments, but this was a great course! | less help was offered before the | Assignment | but this was a great course! | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course has well-organized structure , logical flow of knowledge , beneficial assignments and useful resources . Many Thanks to Coursera and The Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology . | logical flow of knowledge , beneficial | Assignment | and useful resources . Many Thanks | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course was well put together. The assignments are broad enough to cover everything you learnt in the tutorials. | course was well put together. The | Assignment | are broad enough to cover everything | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good introduction course. Assignments could be bit harder, or maybe not so much guided. | Good introduction course. | Assignment | could be bit harder, or maybe | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Looks good, but the assignment a bit simple. | Looks good, but the | Assignment | a bit simple. | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course is a good introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The lectures were straightforward, and the assignments were good exercises of the lecture material. I gave it 4 stars, only because the task of learning HTML and CSS is a bit dry and boring. No fault of the instructor. | The lectures were straightforward, and the | Assignment | were good exercises of the lecture | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good beginner course. I would've liked more assignments to really drive the points home. And maybe a bit less hand holding in the assignments | beginner course. I would've liked more | Assignment | to really drive the points home. | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good beginner course. I would've liked more assignments to really drive the points home. And maybe a bit less hand holding in the assignments | bit less hand holding in the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | well explained course, assignments explained a bit too much, diminishing the challenge | well explained course, | Assignment | explained a bit too much, diminishing | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Awesome sir, awesome lectures and the best part awesome assignments..:) | lectures and the best part awesome | Assignment | . :) | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course to start with ! It was a pleasure doing all the assignments and watching all lectures. | was a pleasure doing all the | Assignment | and watching all lectures. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Awesome class! Detailed explanation. Interesting assignments. Cool instructor. Thanks for the course coursera. :) | Awesome class! Detailed explanation. Interesting | Assignment | Cool instructor. Thanks for the course | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I couldn't purchase the course but I did all the assignments and followed along with the lectures and the instructions. The part I liked the most was the project based way of learning. The slides were well prepared. All in all it was a good and faster way of getting an intro into HTML and Javascript. | course but I did all the | Assignment | and followed along with the lectures | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course, very well made. The exercises and assignments were helpful as well. | very well made. The exercises and | Assignment | were helpful as well. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good assignments | Good | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course and assignments and great presentation by David Rossiter. | Excellent course and | Assignment | and great presentation by David Rossiter. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Professor is really goooood! He explains the material from the slides, just as if you were in an actual class, i.e. he doesn't read from some screen. Assignments are challenging but easy at the same time because you submit the full versions in incremental steps. Good learning experience. However, I feel the course is a bit expensive for a three week period. | he doesn't read from some screen. | Assignment | are challenging but easy at the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well done. Focuses mainly on videos to teach the content with an assignment at the end of the week that uses everything you learned. I would rate 5 stars if it had more quizzes or exercises to do before the week's assignment. At any rate you learn a lot about Html, css, and JS and it's a worthy class in this specialization. | to teach the content with an | Assignment | at the end of the week | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well done. Focuses mainly on videos to teach the content with an assignment at the end of the week that uses everything you learned. I would rate 5 stars if it had more quizzes or exercises to do before the week's assignment. At any rate you learn a lot about Html, css, and JS and it's a worthy class in this specialization. | exercises to do before the week's | Assignment | At any rate you learn a | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great assignments and bad videos. | Great | Assignment | and bad videos. | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Super course!! Nice explanatory videos and challenging assignments. | ! Nice explanatory videos and challenging | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good overview of HTML/CSS/Javascript. Nice audio/video quality and preparation. Fun homework assignments and examples. Would have liked more CSS touches. | audio/video quality and preparation. Fun homework | Assignment | and examples. Would have liked more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | this course is really good to understand who things work together in front-end web development. And it develops my understanding towards using while and for loops specifically by the really good and smart assignments. | by the really good and smart | Assignment | | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Thank you very much for this excellent course! The assignments were laid out so well that I never felt frustrated with any of the material; but still learned a lot! | much for this excellent course! The | Assignment | were laid out so well that | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I love the assignments. It really helps me understand and remember how to use all the components and functions. | I love the | Assignment | It really helps me understand and | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course and interesting assignments. | Excellent course and interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | An amazing course! The introduction to JavaScript was particularly useful for me. Clear lectures, well explained assignments and a lot of fun! | for me. Clear lectures, well explained | Assignment | and a lot of fun! | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is an excellent course. The instructor explains things very well, the material includes all the important points, and the assignments are very well constructed. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in learning the fundamentals of website development. | all the important points, and the | Assignment | are very well constructed. I would | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course was very nice. It was kind of a bit basic, but that's what I've expected of a beginner course which is covering basic and the most important factors of web technologies. The reason I give 4 stars is that everything is too much served on the plate. Assignments are prepared really, really well, which kind of loses the point. You almost don't need to think about anything to finish the assignment. Overall, awesome course! | too much served on the plate. | Assignment | are prepared really, really well, which | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course was very nice. It was kind of a bit basic, but that's what I've expected of a beginner course which is covering basic and the most important factors of web technologies. The reason I give 4 stars is that everything is too much served on the plate. Assignments are prepared really, really well, which kind of loses the point. You almost don't need to think about anything to finish the assignment. Overall, awesome course! | think about anything to finish the | Assignment | Overall, awesome course! | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | One week shorter than other similar courses but the eLearning lectures are of excellent quality and the assignments do stretch you to learn | are of excellent quality and the | Assignment | do stretch you to learn | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good one. Going from Basics to little bit advance. Nice assignments and Quiz added in course. | Basics to little bit advance. Nice | Assignment | and Quiz added in course. | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good assignment. | Good | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A brilliant course. I had a great time going through the lectures and had fun with the assignments. Thank you for this course. | lectures and had fun with the | Assignment | Thank you for this course. | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Quickly covered basic HTML, JS, and CSS. Assignment descriptions were clear. There were a few tricky bits mostly related to styling that were more frustrating than it seems like they should have been, but overall a very good course. However, the project time given for the course is very optimistic, it usually always took much longer. | covered basic HTML, JS, and CSS. | Assignment | descriptions were clear. There were a | Negative | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great instruction, well-described. Assignments felt like logical extensions of the material presented. | Great instruction, well-described. | Assignment | felt like logical extensions of the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I thought the video lectures and code examples for this course were really good. The assignments are straight forward and well described. | this course were really good. The | Assignment | are straight forward and well described. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very well presented and informative. Some of the early assignments are hard to grade if the person makes a small mistake and the only possible marks are 0% and 100%. | and informative. Some of the early | Assignment | are hard to grade if the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Learning new skill through succinct teaching was a wonderful experience. The course covered good details of the programming languages, but personally I think it was not in-dept learning. I think more learning material along with advanced assignments should be provided for more vivid learners. Overall, it was a course worth taking for me. -Bhushan | more learning material along with advanced | Assignment | should be provided for more vivid | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Content is good enough for beginners in web development but must have previously programming experience. The assignments are very strong and help understanding more. I think this is a good start point but some other operation on images and styles not covered. | must have previously programming experience. The | Assignment | are very strong and help understanding | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The detailed step by step class made me understood this course clearly. David made it easy for beginners to understand this course. In general, reviewing the classmate's assignment is definitely a great idea to learn from other's code and improve your coding skill. | course. In general, reviewing the classmate's | Assignment | is definitely a great idea to | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very nice introduction. Very structured and good assignments. | nice introduction. Very structured and good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I would highly recommend this course to someone willing to learn HTML, CSS and JS from scratch. Good pace, material and assignments make this course interesting and useful. | from scratch. Good pace, material and | Assignment | make this course interesting and useful. | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent professor and excellent explanation. Loved this course with th assignments. | explanation. Loved this course with th | Assignment | | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well detailed course with very good instructor who makes this course more interesting. But one more thing, the assignment is not fully related to the lectures and materials. Students need to read and learn by themselves from other sources to learn more for completing the assignments. This is tough for students who do not have programming background and join here to learn. | interesting. But one more thing, the | Assignment | is not fully related to the | Negative | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well detailed course with very good instructor who makes this course more interesting. But one more thing, the assignment is not fully related to the lectures and materials. Students need to read and learn by themselves from other sources to learn more for completing the assignments. This is tough for students who do not have programming background and join here to learn. | to learn more for completing the | Assignment | This is tough for students who | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I learned a lot and I liked the homework assignments and the length of the course only being 3 weeks. | lot and I liked the homework | Assignment | and the length of the course | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is two hard for beginners, or the lectures should be more detailed because assignments are hard. And on the another hand there are two much information and lectures for one week. It should be less lectures and information for one week. In this way it has two much load for person who works. It should be stretched trough more then 3 week for example 6 weeks with less lecturers with assignments that are graduly get difficult. Because first assignment is to big jump. | lectures should be more detailed because | Assignment | are hard. And on the another | Negative | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is two hard for beginners, or the lectures should be more detailed because assignments are hard. And on the another hand there are two much information and lectures for one week. It should be less lectures and information for one week. In this way it has two much load for person who works. It should be stretched trough more then 3 week for example 6 weeks with less lecturers with assignments that are graduly get difficult. Because first assignment is to big jump. | 6 weeks with less lecturers with | Assignment | that are graduly get difficult. Because | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It is two hard for beginners, or the lectures should be more detailed because assignments are hard. And on the another hand there are two much information and lectures for one week. It should be less lectures and information for one week. In this way it has two much load for person who works. It should be stretched trough more then 3 week for example 6 weeks with less lecturers with assignments that are graduly get difficult. Because first assignment is to big jump. | are graduly get difficult. Because first | Assignment | is to big jump. | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It was such an honor to learn the course from the Coursera. The materials provided, going through the depth of every thing, forum discussions and the assignment submissions are the best things provided here. I would also like to thank Prof. David Rossiter for mentoring us throughout the course and let us aware about the technologies which form the backbone of the Web Development. | every thing, forum discussions and the | Assignment | submissions are the best things provided | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is a pretty good course for learning basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I already had some experience with these three languages, so consider that when reading this review. I found that the amount of information they cram into this three week course was pretty substantial, which I think is a positive aspect of the course. They don't just teach you what you need to complete the exercises, they teach you a lot of things that even more experienced users of this language may have forgotten. That being said, I don't think the amount of information covered is realistically anyone could retain in three weeks. I would instead see this course as a crash course as to what features are available with these three languages, then save the course slides as sort of a reference for when you go off on your own. My favorite part of this course is that the exercises are unique and fun. The HTML assignment is sort of boring, but that's because HTML is boring, but the exercises that use javascript are a lot of fun. To conclude, I think this course would be great for brand new web developers and also for people who just need a refresher. Good luck! | are unique and fun. The HTML | Assignment | is sort of boring, but that's | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | One of the best course I have ever take, what I like the most is on assignment part. The lecturer give me a good instruction of assignment which helped me did it perfectly. Step by step, knowing that I need to develop these step by step logic required to solve the problems. | I like the most is on | Assignment | part. The lecturer give me a | Negative | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | One of the best course I have ever take, what I like the most is on assignment part. The lecturer give me a good instruction of assignment which helped me did it perfectly. Step by step, knowing that I need to develop these step by step logic required to solve the problems. | give me a good instruction of | Assignment | which helped me did it perfectly. | Negative | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent material, Knowledgeable trainer, Nice short quiz and exercises, hands-on assignments with clues and study materials. Last but not the least, reviewing others assignments and learning from others. Really enjoyed learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript. | Nice short quiz and exercises, hands-on | Assignment | with clues and study materials. Last | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent material, Knowledgeable trainer, Nice short quiz and exercises, hands-on assignments with clues and study materials. Last but not the least, reviewing others assignments and learning from others. Really enjoyed learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript. | but not the least, reviewing others | Assignment | and learning from others. Really enjoyed | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course, well paced, assignments greatly aid in the learning of html and javascript. | Excellent course, well paced, | Assignment | greatly aid in the learning of | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is very useful as a starting point in developing skills as a web developer. The videos are very well structured: not to long and the content is very handy as your guide when doing the assignments. The teacher does an excellent job: he is very clear, systematic and sometimes funny, too. Highly recommended. | as your guide when doing the | Assignment | The teacher does an excellent job: | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I liked a lot that there are many short topic-specific videos and that I could download the self-explanatory slides. The concept of reviewing other participants' assignment worked well. | The concept of reviewing other participants' | Assignment | worked well. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I came to learn all basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Assignments are really good and the additional resources are really helpful too. I'd recommend this course to start with if you want to become a professional web developer. | basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. | Assignment | are really good and the additional | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course content is well designed and full material (PDFs and HTML files) is openly shared. The best part is assignments, there are challenging and awesome. I am glad that I took this course. | openly shared. The best part is | Assignment | there are challenging and awesome. I | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | great assignments | great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Awesome designed course, even for people with some knowledge of the subject. I loved the assignments. | of the subject. I loved the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course deserves to be registered and followed. It worth for newbies to learn these technologies HTML, CSS and JS. The course follows with lectures, practice questions and weekly assignment which make the learner keep interested during the course. Instructor is an Intelligent and Awesome personality. He teaches really very well.. Recommended for Newbies !! | with lectures, practice questions and weekly | Assignment | which make the learner keep interested | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Challenging, but I learnt a lot. A lot of debugging in the final assignment - that's probably what programming is. | lot of debugging in the final | Assignment | - that's probably what programming is. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is an excellent satrting guide for anyone who needs a mild introduction to html, CSS and javascript. Most important basics and it moves you to some advanced aspects. Overall you appreciate the concepts more because of the nature of assignments. | more because of the nature of | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | HTML, CSS and JavaScript course is great! Professor David Rossiter made a great job explaining in detail all important aspects of each of these languages. Assignments were interesting and sometimes not easy, but they shouldn't be easier. Overall, in my opinion this course is extremely beneficial for beginners in web development. | aspects of each of these languages. | Assignment | were interesting and sometimes not easy, | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It the One of the Best course in HTML CSS and JavaScript Excise is fun and the assignment is totally challenging. I recommend this course. Just go for it. | JavaScript Excise is fun and the | Assignment | is totally challenging. I recommend this | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very detailed and great, clear lectures. Very good quizzes and hands-on assignments. Highly recommended for absolutely beginner. | lectures. Very good quizzes and hands-on | Assignment | Highly recommended for absolutely beginner. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very well explained, very carefully designed course I have to say. Good to see that so clearly organized. Only one thing maybe, I found the assignments, especially the last one, not very close to what I expected (like form validation...), maybe not too interesting. But maybe I'm wrong, I see that as a newbie in JavaScript. | one thing maybe, I found the | Assignment | especially the last one, not very | Negative | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course full with thought provoking assignment! | Great course full with thought provoking | Assignment | | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course and specialization looks promising but I get the feeling that the instructors have been a little lazy while designing the assignments. Instead of auto-grading using well known testing frameworks (like other Coursera courses), the entire grading policy is based on reviews from fellow students which makes your grade subjective, secondly, since the number of mandatory required reviews for each student is fixed at 5 (and is not adjusted with the number of students), it is highly unlikely that all submissions will be reviewed or graded. | a little lazy while designing the | Assignment | Instead of auto-grading using well known | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great Course ....Good assignments and Great lectures | Course . . . . Good | Assignment | and Great lectures | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I thought the course was extremely informational, and I actually enjoyed doing the assignments at the end of each week. | and I actually enjoyed doing the | Assignment | at the end of each week. | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Hastily put together. Quickly steps over lots of material, some of it is out of order. There is an entire video in week three, that covers material needed to complete the assignment the week before, for example. | covers material needed to complete the | Assignment | the week before, for example. | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Best course to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The assignments provided in this course are really strong and made me understand the things learned in the course. | learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The | Assignment | provided in this course are really | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course! The materials are sufficient and the weekly assignment is very helpful for me to practice what I learned. | materials are sufficient and the weekly | Assignment | is very helpful for me to | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very nice and complete introduction to html,css and javascript! Great teacher. Explanation was very clear, and assignment help to improve what have you learned during the lessons! | teacher. Explanation was very clear, and | Assignment | help to improve what have you | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I have enjoyed this course a lot. The lectures are good and the assignments interesting. The grading process could be a little less 0/1... all or nothing is a little harsh. But it is a small flaw. | The lectures are good and the | Assignment | interesting. The grading process could be | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent structure and videos are short and sweet. Assignments fit well into the lessons, although sometimes they are a little bit more challenging. But that's the point right? To challenge yourself. | and videos are short and sweet. | Assignment | fit well into the lessons, although | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course provides load of information to get beginners started. The course content and assignments are also challenging enough for me understand the concepts. However the videos are a bit long so it's easy to get distracted. I'd recommend who take this course to take a glimpse at the assignment first, then come back and watch the videos, you'll have better focus on what you want to learn from there. | beginners started. The course content and | Assignment | are also challenging enough for me | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course provides load of information to get beginners started. The course content and assignments are also challenging enough for me understand the concepts. However the videos are a bit long so it's easy to get distracted. I'd recommend who take this course to take a glimpse at the assignment first, then come back and watch the videos, you'll have better focus on what you want to learn from there. | to take a glimpse at the | Assignment | first, then come back and watch | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course and nice assignments. The course was particularly very helpful in teaching me the new tags of HTML5. | Great course and nice | Assignment | The course was particularly very helpful | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I think your home assignments should be more difficult. | I think your home | Assignment | should be more difficult. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A great course for beginners but there was too much detail for submitting assignments. | was too much detail for submitting | Assignment | | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course for an intro into the client side portion of a full stack developer. Especially liked the end javascript portion and final assignment. | the end javascript portion and final | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Prof. Rossiter is a great teacher and super funny in this "IT way". I especially recommend this course to beginner digital marketers - this material, lectures and assignments really help with understanding how some tools that use html and js tags work. | marketers - this material, lectures and | Assignment | really help with understanding how some | Negative | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Fabulous course and very well designed assignments. Highly recommended! | Fabulous course and very well designed | Assignment | Highly recommended! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great Basics and hands on assignments to get to know a bit about html and css and play around with javascript | Great Basics and hands on | Assignment | to get to know a bit | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Originally, I rated this course 3-stars. However, I have since decided it is worth 1-star after taking the next course in the series, Bootstrap. I thought that there wasn't enough time to cover all the material to make this course good. After taking the next course, I see that it is possible to deliver a lot of material and concepts in short order. However, it takes thinking, planning, and dedication. I think this course is TERRIBLE and seriously needs an overhaul. After taking this course, you barely know any CSS and despite passing assignments that don't challenge, you're probably worse off than a student who fails in school. The course suffers from the extremely short timeframe. Covering one of each of the three core topics a week is just insufficient to provide any sort of depth to this course. While there are supplementary readings, Coursera and the participating institutions need to understand that there are those who are taking courses to get more than a one page Wiki style coverage of a topic. | know any CSS and despite passing | Assignment | that don't challenge, you're probably worse | Negative | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Loved the course, only draw back is that students are marking assignments. | back is that students are marking | Assignment | | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Easy to understand and follow. Highly recommended for beginners with no experience about any of these subjects. Practical assignments at the end of every week help me to remember and actually use what I have learnt during the course | about any of these subjects. Practical | Assignment | at the end of every week | Negative | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very clear and descriptive videos. Great and fun assignments. | and descriptive videos. Great and fun | Assignment | | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good basic introduction of HTML and Javascript, challenging assignments. Thanks to Dave Rossiter and all the course team for interesting learning! | introduction of HTML and Javascript, challenging | Assignment | Thanks to Dave Rossiter and all | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I really loved this course. It is very good structured and easily understandable. And great respect for the assignments, they were enough difficult to make me really understand the material and to master my basic skill of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. | understandable. And great respect for the | Assignment | they were enough difficult to make | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course guides learners of various proficiency very well. Dave was very thorough and methodical in his approach. Assignments are of moderate competency to complete with out any difficulties. | thorough and methodical in his approach. | Assignment | are of moderate competency to complete | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course was very descriptive and yet did not feel like overburdening. The material was laid out in a very organized manner with meaningful assignments. Cheers! | a very organized manner with meaningful | Assignment | Cheers! | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Sir, I really salute you for your organized way of teaching. It is really helpful to understand concepts as well as to do the assignments. Thanks Yours faithfully, Kiran Kumar.M | as well as to do the | Assignment | Thanks Yours faithfully, Kiran Kumar. M | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I love the way the presentations are set up. It's clear and obvious what the material is about and I know exactly what I'm about to learn so when I go back and need a reference I can easily select the module and figure out if it's what I need or not. The assignments make good use of the concepts we learned in the lectures. Very good course, yet also challenging to complete some of the tasks. I recommended a friend to join me in successive courses in this specialization. | what I need or not. The | Assignment | make good use of the concepts | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent explanations, superb presentations and challenging assignments. Kudos to everyone who put their efforts and specially to Dr. David Rossiter | Excellent explanations, superb presentations and challenging | Assignment | Kudos to everyone who put their | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Nice introduction to the subject. Teacher and presentations were easy to understand and not too dry. Homework assignments were interesting and peer reviewing other people's submissions helped get pointers on what I could've done better. | understand and not too dry. Homework | Assignment | were interesting and peer reviewing other | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | That was really exciting :) And the assignments were interesting and giving a deeper understanding of the material | was really exciting :) And the | Assignment | were interesting and giving a deeper | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Structured Course that gives beginner to intermediate level expertise. Short course, so there is not much time to give challenging assignments that would prepare you for a job or industry level skill in this topic. The student enrollment was limited (compared to my other courses on Coursera) and hence the discussion forum was not active. There is no TA or instructor participation in discussion forum; hence my advanced questions in forum (intended to learn beyond the course) went unanswered. You can learn this all on internet, but the instructor nicely covered 3 topics in 3 weeks, which is helpful. | not much time to give challenging | Assignment | that would prepare you for a | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Clear materials, good examples, good pace, well thought through assignments. Prof did a great job! Thank you. | examples, good pace, well thought through | Assignment | Prof did a great job! Thank | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The class has a lot of good information but I felt as though it was a bit disorganized. There were way too many people taking the class but not enough to grade the assignments. On the plus side I was able to switch to another session of the class while keeping all of my progress so hopefully my assignments will get graded this time around and I'll be able to complete the class. If an auto-grader or a way to ensure that everybody who turns in assignments will get those assignments graded back quickly could be implemented this would be a stellar class. Despite it's faults though I would still recommend it as I did learn a fair amount of HTML, CSS and JS quickly. I look forward to additional classes from this university. Thank you for your efforts. | but not enough to grade the | Assignment | On the plus side I was | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The class has a lot of good information but I felt as though it was a bit disorganized. There were way too many people taking the class but not enough to grade the assignments. On the plus side I was able to switch to another session of the class while keeping all of my progress so hopefully my assignments will get graded this time around and I'll be able to complete the class. If an auto-grader or a way to ensure that everybody who turns in assignments will get those assignments graded back quickly could be implemented this would be a stellar class. Despite it's faults though I would still recommend it as I did learn a fair amount of HTML, CSS and JS quickly. I look forward to additional classes from this university. Thank you for your efforts. | of my progress so hopefully my | Assignment | will get graded this time around | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The class has a lot of good information but I felt as though it was a bit disorganized. There were way too many people taking the class but not enough to grade the assignments. On the plus side I was able to switch to another session of the class while keeping all of my progress so hopefully my assignments will get graded this time around and I'll be able to complete the class. If an auto-grader or a way to ensure that everybody who turns in assignments will get those assignments graded back quickly could be implemented this would be a stellar class. Despite it's faults though I would still recommend it as I did learn a fair amount of HTML, CSS and JS quickly. I look forward to additional classes from this university. Thank you for your efforts. | ensure that everybody who turns in | Assignment | will get those assignments graded back | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The class has a lot of good information but I felt as though it was a bit disorganized. There were way too many people taking the class but not enough to grade the assignments. On the plus side I was able to switch to another session of the class while keeping all of my progress so hopefully my assignments will get graded this time around and I'll be able to complete the class. If an auto-grader or a way to ensure that everybody who turns in assignments will get those assignments graded back quickly could be implemented this would be a stellar class. Despite it's faults though I would still recommend it as I did learn a fair amount of HTML, CSS and JS quickly. I look forward to additional classes from this university. Thank you for your efforts. | turns in assignments will get those | Assignment | graded back quickly could be implemented | Positive | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I think this is the best course for everybody who wants to learn basics about web development. These assignments are interesting and help the student more understanding your the knowledge. | learn basics about web development. These | Assignment | are interesting and help the student | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent introduction, with very apt assignments. | Excellent introduction, with very apt | Assignment | | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The grading is kinda problematic because you can just grade with 1 or 0 nothing in between. Also for the assignments it is hard sometimes to figure out how to solve the problems and external materials are needed. The professor is really good though and so are the lectures!!!! | nothing in between. Also for the | Assignment | it is hard sometimes to figure | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A good basic introduction to the subjects and interesting practical assignments. | to the subjects and interesting practical | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I like a lot the final assignment, it was simple but entertainment. Of course, this was pretty basic stuff but is an introduction, it´s good anyway. The teacher is great so I have not complaints with this course. Good to know that you can´t master CSS, HTML and javascript just by watching some videos so is necessary to practice and read additional resources. Thanks a lot for the course, I´m looking forward to take other courses with teacher David here in courser. | I like a lot the final | Assignment | it was simple but entertainment. Of | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Best beginner course towards advanced courses. Achievable and easy for starter assignments. | courses. Achievable and easy for starter | Assignment | | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great explanation showing a lot of details, the assignments were very well explained and helped a lot in learning. If the videos were shorter in time it would be better. | showing a lot of details, the | Assignment | were very well explained and helped | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | great course, well prepared assignment, the best one I have came across on that subject. | great course, well prepared | Assignment | the best one I have came | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Enjoyed the course and learned a lot within short three weeks. Assignments that are peer-reviewed really help with learning and seeing different ways to tackling same problems. | a lot within short three weeks. | Assignment | that are peer-reviewed really help with | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Really great lectures. The assignments are also complicated enough that you put in practice what you learned, but not so that you are frustrated with them. | Really great lectures. The | Assignment | are also complicated enough that you | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A good level of detail for newcomers to web technologies. The assignments are good but I would say too easy in that most of the work in figuring out what to do is actually done for you in the outline of what to submit. | for newcomers to web technologies. The | Assignment | are good but I would say | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Nice course material. The assignments are interesting and fun to work on. Looking forward to more such courses ! | Nice course material. The | Assignment | are interesting and fun to work | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course is for the absolute beginner who has never heard of programming before, yet it makes an easy slide into web development for experienced software developer as well. The professor is simply awesome, lectures are perfectly organized (although a bit lengthy more than needed sometimes) and assignments are totally on point for beginners as well. I wish it was a bit more complicated and challenging, but for the targeted level, I guess it was ok. | lengthy more than needed sometimes) and | Assignment | are totally on point for beginners | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Course flow goes smoothly. Exercises are good. In starting I felt reviewing classmate assignment task boring, but later on realized it is very helpful and we can get idea of different logic and thinking process. Overall good experience. | In starting I felt reviewing classmate | Assignment | task boring, but later on realized | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Lectures were intuitive. The way assignments were designed is the best | Lectures were intuitive. The way | Assignment | were designed is the best | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Material is great while separating assignment to several parts in confusing for me personally - I don't see why we need first parts when the resulting project contains all from the previous parts. This separation is justified in my mind for big projects - and these assignments weren't that big. | Material is great while separating | Assignment | to several parts in confusing for | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Material is great while separating assignment to several parts in confusing for me personally - I don't see why we need first parts when the resulting project contains all from the previous parts. This separation is justified in my mind for big projects - and these assignments weren't that big. | for big projects - and these | Assignment | weren't that big. | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | While the lectures were good, one of the mentors wasn't profesional at all, she was nasty, though the other one was very fine. But my chief complaint is the terrible method (in creative writing classes only ?) of using peer reviews to pass the class. I had a non-English-speaking person NOT pass me, a former English teacher, for no other reason than he misread the assignment. So I had to resubmit. I don't know who finally passed me, I think the peer review process is a shambles, and it lets Coursera personnel out of the process of doing grading and opens a can of worms with an incompetent peer reviewer having the power to not pass me. I don't think I will be taking creative writing classes again at Coursera, as going through that broken peer review process and having one mentor being off the wall just wasn't worth my time and anxiety. | other reason than he misread the | Assignment | So I had to resubmit. I | Negative | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Fantastic course. I'm not very good at actually completing MOOCs (something about not having to answer to anyone, I suspect!) but the reviewing of classmates' work was done nicely, enough pressure to mean the assignments actually got done, without requiring an unreasonable amount of time. Douglas is a fantastic teacher and really inspiring; the course has revitalised my writing in just the way I needed! | nicely, enough pressure to mean the | Assignment | actually got done, without requiring an | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | I loved every part of this course. The tutorials were brilliant, the assignments were fun but the most important thing is that the course made me want to write more poetry. | course. The tutorials were brilliant, the | Assignment | were fun but the most important | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Course was great with very nice prompts. The only issue I had was with scoring. Since this was mainly a workshop more emphasis should've been given to feedback of an assignment rather than scoring points. Sometimes readers of a poem might not be able to grasp what the author intended and cause the student to fail the assignment, | been given to feedback of an | Assignment | rather than scoring points. Sometimes readers | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Course was great with very nice prompts. The only issue I had was with scoring. Since this was mainly a workshop more emphasis should've been given to feedback of an assignment rather than scoring points. Sometimes readers of a poem might not be able to grasp what the author intended and cause the student to fail the assignment, | cause the student to fail the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | The course material is very good. The most obvious issue with the course, is that peer revision takes a very long time, which means that you will get overdue assignments no matter what. For instance, after three weeks I'm still waiting for a revision that I wanted to use for the final workshop. I assume that instructor involvement in project revision is impossible in this kind of online course; but perhaps, if the issue is that people aren't getting their work reviewed, there could be an incentive for reviewers, for example, get an instructor/mentor review, if you submit at least, say, 10 thorough peer reviews. | means that you will get overdue | Assignment | no matter what. For instance, after | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | This was an excellent course. The material was relevant, the assignments were meaningful, and the instructor was effective and motivating. I highly recommend this course. | course. The material was relevant, the | Assignment | were meaningful, and the instructor was | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| loAmvxJgEea8fxLSgUgxeQ | The lectures did not explain the concepts clearly and were way too specific and technical in my opinion. The assignment instructions were so unclear and did not test what I believe was covered in the lesson, or the other way - they did not prepare for what they wanted to test us on. Both the format of the quizzes (true/false) and the programming assignments (just calling it that for simplicity) do not allow us to generalise what was taught to other contexts...that is, if I even understood the lectures at all. | and technical in my opinion. The | Assignment | instructions were so unclear and did | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| loAmvxJgEea8fxLSgUgxeQ | The lectures did not explain the concepts clearly and were way too specific and technical in my opinion. The assignment instructions were so unclear and did not test what I believe was covered in the lesson, or the other way - they did not prepare for what they wanted to test us on. Both the format of the quizzes (true/false) and the programming assignments (just calling it that for simplicity) do not allow us to generalise what was taught to other contexts...that is, if I even understood the lectures at all. | the quizzes (true/false) and the programming | Assignment | (just calling it that for simplicity) | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| loAmvxJgEea8fxLSgUgxeQ | The instructors do know their subjects and Paul Rodriguez has a wonderfully clear, practiced, to the point delivery. However, the class was not designed well. It appears the instructors did not work together to create the course material or have a well-thought agenda. What we have are concepts introduced without sufficient or any explanation, coursework that involves tweaking software instead of understanding the data transformations, rambling lectures, and no sense of accomplishment. I mostly spent my time working through confusing assignments where the key was to find an example, copy it and tweak it. What was it producing? How was it working? Why were the results significant? Those questions were left unanswered. Learning how software works is important, but we learned neither how it works or why. Also, the course did not build upon the previous Big Data courses. I expected to learn how Machine Learning fits as a piece in the overall puzzle of Hadoop and Big Data. But this class felt thrown together. It's not worth the cost and it's a shame to UCSD. The Big Data series has been overall a disappointment. There are a few good instructors, but they can't save a series of courses that have been poorly thought through. | spent my time working through confusing | Assignment | where the key was to find | Negative | 0.89 | 1.0 |
| loAmvxJgEea8fxLSgUgxeQ | The contents are very interesting, however some assignments are a little confusing. | contents are very interesting, however some | Assignment | are a little confusing. | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| loAmvxJgEea8fxLSgUgxeQ | Topics covered are interesting. The weak, very frustrating point is how the assignments are structured: missing explanations, too focused on what is literally said in the videos rather than on the big picture. Knime is interesting to learn but the instructions lack clarity. Spark assignments are a joke, just a matter of running some code and editing a few values. This course should have been reviewed, if not revamped in this new version of the specialization. | very frustrating point is how the | Assignment | are structured: missing explanations, too focused | Positive | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| loAmvxJgEea8fxLSgUgxeQ | Topics covered are interesting. The weak, very frustrating point is how the assignments are structured: missing explanations, too focused on what is literally said in the videos rather than on the big picture. Knime is interesting to learn but the instructions lack clarity. Spark assignments are a joke, just a matter of running some code and editing a few values. This course should have been reviewed, if not revamped in this new version of the specialization. | but the instructions lack clarity. Spark | Assignment | are a joke, just a matter | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| LrTP0yv9EeWccAqzeA4VPw | A good course! The assignments were fun to write. Some videos were redundant, but overall I enjoyed it greatly. | A good course! The | Assignment | were fun to write. Some videos | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| LrTP0yv9EeWccAqzeA4VPw | I loved every topic. The presentation were great and the assignments made the mind think harder. | The presentation were great and the | Assignment | made the mind think harder. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| LrTP0yv9EeWccAqzeA4VPw | The course material is interesting (3/5) but the assignments rely heavily on reviewing the work of other students which severely detracts from the course. If I wished to grade other people's coursework, I would have pursued a career in academia instead of becoming a research scientist. | material is interesting (3/5) but the | Assignment | rely heavily on reviewing the work | Negative | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | An excellent course with lots of informative videos, useful templates and assignments! | of informative videos, useful templates and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | After many years of trying different methods, this has been the first time a planning system is explained ot me in a way I can truly implement and benefit from it. I am ADHD and the concepts of time and linear thinking are VERY difficult for me. This course split the concepts into chunks i could actually manage and then put all the tools together in a process I love to follow. The videos are clear, well organized, the assignments are applicable immediately. Love it and recommend it to anybody looking for better time management, productivity, and balance. Whether a teacher or not | videos are clear, well organized, the | Assignment | are applicable immediately. Love it and | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | The course is a very good guide on how to get yourself organized following the Together system. The videos are not overly long, the assignments are directly related to the approach and system they are trying to guide you in. This works well for in-service teachers. | videos are not overly long, the | Assignment | are directly related to the approach | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | The information presented and assignments required are immediately beneficial and help teachers with a variety of styles develop their own system of organizing themselves. | The information presented and | Assignment | required are immediately beneficial and help | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | I loved taking this course. It was well organized and I became more organized by doing the assignments on this course. I recommend this for all teachers around the world who are buried under responsibilities and tasks that are never-ending :) | became more organized by doing the | Assignment | on this course. I recommend this | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| lXNlz0B0EeWKOBLv1z6n9w | The presentation and content of lectures were compelling, motivating and disturbing. Very well done. No one really responded on the forums. This may have been because of small class size. In other classes I have taken on coursera the forums are quite active, and an instructor weighs in from time to time to answer questions or be present. Assignments were peer graded, so much was gained from reading other students interpretation of the material. I suggest putting the additional reading lists at the end of each unit, or in a separate side bar. They were hard to find in the syllabus. Overall an extremely worthwhile course. | to answer questions or be present. | Assignment | were peer graded, so much was | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| lYw3nxuGEeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | I took the course in 2014, whether you are a beginner in cryptography or a regular practitioner, the course won't disappoint you. Another master class from Stanford. The problem sets and programming assignments are of reasonable difficulty. So if you are planning to take a course on cryptography, this is just the one- comprehensive and up to the expectations. | Stanford. The problem sets and programming | Assignment | are of reasonable difficulty. So if | Negative | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| lYw3nxuGEeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Easy to follow lectures and challenging optional programming assignments lets you efficiently reach the passing grade. I really liked this course. | follow lectures and challenging optional programming | Assignment | lets you efficiently reach the passing | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| lYw3nxuGEeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | The course is clear and goes at a sustained but correct pace. I really like the fact to show the weakness to understand what are the requirements of a secure PRF, PRP & co! Optional programming assignments are really interesting unfortunately they take too much time to do and lack of guidance as it could be the case for the famous ML course. At least the first exercises should provide a development environment to get familiar with: hex, crypto libs, dictionary research, stats algorithms implementation ... The first two weeks lack of in-video tests. | PRF, PRP & co! Optional programming | Assignment | are really interesting unfortunately they take | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| lYw3nxuGEeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Very good course, it's easy to understand the concepts and the programming assignments help to understand the details of the implementation of the algorithms. | understand the concepts and the programming | Assignment | help to understand the details of | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Well explained content, though at times the presentation felt a little slow. Solid coding assignments that do a good job of reenforcing the course materials. A couple small topics weren't explained clearly but overall it's been a very informative class. Thanks for the knowledge! | felt a little slow. Solid coding | Assignment | that do a good job of | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Excellent course. Great lectures, great instructor, and fun assignments. Looking forward to the next course in the specialization. | Great lectures, great instructor, and fun | Assignment | Looking forward to the next course | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great course although I did struggle through the very last assignment. The first three were relatively ok, considering I'm new at this but they did take me longer than 3 hours to complete. The last one took about 3 days! That being said, if the rspec tests weren't being run in dev mode, it might have been quicker. I had to move "ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'" from rails_helper.rb to spec_helper.rb to get stuff working. Without my ruby on rails hubby, I'd have been lost! | did struggle through the very last | Assignment | The first three were relatively ok, | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Not as strong a course as the first course in the specialization. The lectures glossed over some things, while the assignments were a little repetitive. Nevertheless, a solid class on using rails with relational databases. | glossed over some things, while the | Assignment | were a little repetitive. Nevertheless, a | Positive | 0.62 | 4.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The course assignments is hard and takes lots of hours but are valuable to me as it systematically consolidates rails' components for me. | The course | Assignment | is hard and takes lots of | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Smooth pace and each assignment related to further one is very helpful for understanding course material. while I think partial or helper should provide 2 or 3 extra example code in extra reading material to know when to use partial, when to use helper. | Smooth pace and each | Assignment | related to further one is very | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| M0etLDe9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great Course, Great assignments and pace. Loved it. | Great Course, Great | Assignment | and pace. Loved it. | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| M9dntkEoEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | The course content is good. But it needs some polishing... Major comment: The assignment submission/review process should be improved. Grading system is not clearly defined at the time of submission. Some grading question are inherently subjective "Is the code at least somewhat efficient?". But even for inherently objective questions "Is the code correct?" (as does it give the correct answer" the staff does not provide the correct answer... I think the staff should create some automated review for what is objective: does the code compile? does it yield the correct answer? is it efficient enough? (Just like many other courses on Coursera) And only when it passes the automatic review, use peer grading for coding style. Finally there a lot of confusion with the deadlines. Minor comments: Lucky Coursera has an option to play twice faster! Not that the content is too easy, but the talking ... pace ... is ... hum... very ... ... slow. Also how come for a programming course the slides with code are so poorly formated??? | polishing. . . Major comment: The | Assignment | submission/review process should be improved. Grading | Negative | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| M9dntkEoEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | - Assumptions about the student are not clear, before starting the course. Instructor examples are not practical in all contexts. Jump to dijkstra in very second week, without clarity on major C++ concepts and examples, is too much an expectation from the student switching from C to C++ for the first time. Confusion with deadline for assignments. too many lectures during later week courses, as if the effort is to crunch everything in that week and complete the course. If its spaced properly with examples and problems over few more weeks, it would help. | first time. Confusion with deadline for | Assignment | too many lectures during later week | Positive | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| maX993EhEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This course has amazing breath. Most other specializations are organized chronologically (i.e. Course 1: Learn Ruby, Course 2: learn about databases with rails, Course 3: Learn about HTML,CSS, JS, etc.) But this introductory course describes everything that goes into making web applications, from front end to back end and compares ruby on rails to the other major frameworks. If you're just trying to get started learning WebApps, as I was, this is very useful. The reason I couldn't give it 5 stars was that there weren't very useful assignments. You learn programming best from doing projects. In this course, there were a few quizes (which aren't as nearly as useful as projects) and the only projects that existed were to simply follow the steps exactly as the professor did in his videos. I think that the makers of the course are 90% of the way to a top course, they just need to add in programming assignments for each week, where you don't just follow the professor. I learned a lot from this course, but without getting the programming projects and exercises needed to reinforce the understanding, it may be hard to retain some of the knowledge. | was that there weren't very useful | Assignment | You learn programming best from doing | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| maX993EhEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This course has amazing breath. Most other specializations are organized chronologically (i.e. Course 1: Learn Ruby, Course 2: learn about databases with rails, Course 3: Learn about HTML,CSS, JS, etc.) But this introductory course describes everything that goes into making web applications, from front end to back end and compares ruby on rails to the other major frameworks. If you're just trying to get started learning WebApps, as I was, this is very useful. The reason I couldn't give it 5 stars was that there weren't very useful assignments. You learn programming best from doing projects. In this course, there were a few quizes (which aren't as nearly as useful as projects) and the only projects that existed were to simply follow the steps exactly as the professor did in his videos. I think that the makers of the course are 90% of the way to a top course, they just need to add in programming assignments for each week, where you don't just follow the professor. I learned a lot from this course, but without getting the programming projects and exercises needed to reinforce the understanding, it may be hard to retain some of the knowledge. | just need to add in programming | Assignment | for each week, where you don't | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| maX993EhEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This course deserves more attention and love from learners. Despite the late launch, it is evident that a lot of efforts have gone into producing this course with engaging slides and comprehensive programming assignments with autograders included. | with engaging slides and comprehensive programming | Assignment | with autograders included. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| MCV_qmBCEeWQAgqoue9YNw | The marking scheme for essays is filth ! I was not even informed what the passing mark is before I received my grade ,all the instructions for assignments are absurdly unclear! Also the " professor " 's English is terrible. | grade , all the instructions for | Assignment | are absurdly unclear! Also the " | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| MdNTKtdhEeSgyyIAC4cL9g | The course has a very important content. But I believe that it could improve it's quality, develop better slides, the teacher could be more dynamic. Other features like innovative assignments based on real life, partnerships with companies to provide content, and everything that could be a differential to the course will be awesome. | more dynamic. Other features like innovative | Assignment | based on real life, partnerships with | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| MdNTKtdhEeSgyyIAC4cL9g | EPS and DM is fantastic On-line course, it is very useful for my day to day work life. The materials such as video, examples and course review materials in PDF, in-continues that assignment are really i like very much. The Coursera course will help lot of Management executives across the Glob. Thanks to Coursera Team..... | review materials in PDF, in-continues that | Assignment | are really i like very much. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| MdNTKtdhEeSgyyIAC4cL9g | The course is not very useful due to its lacking of practical examples and assignments. | its lacking of practical examples and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| MEgKOpw3EeWILQ7D3uPEMw | Highly educative and easily understandable. looking forward to the further assignments. | understandable. looking forward to the further | Assignment | | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| MEgKOpw3EeWILQ7D3uPEMw | Embedded one page case study in the middle of the lecture videos with a followup debrief or the same during the assignments would be extremely useful. | debrief or the same during the | Assignment | would be extremely useful. | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| meQ0ic9uEeWu4RLrx6VBYw | More programming assignments will make this course much better. | More programming | Assignment | will make this course much better. | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| meQ0ic9uEeWu4RLrx6VBYw | A very good, quite difficult, comprehensive course. Octave is mentioned but I believe anything can be used (I'll be using Python) because the assignments only ask for results, not the code. It's not for beginners, concepts are well explained and course is taught to a high standard. | (I'll be using Python) because the | Assignment | only ask for results, not the | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| mG15ZhQ9EeWCWhKuhISYpw | While the lectures were good, this course had annoying issues, such as in-video questions asking us to refer to previously shown material (which isn't easy given the Coursera interface). A few assignment questions were also poorly formulated. The course would have really benefited from .pdf reference material, for review and elaboration of topics presented in lectures. At minimum, a list of relevant equations would have helped. The acoustics part of the content seemed somewhat sketchy and hand-wavy; the assumptions and limitations behind the rule-of-thumb equations and models presented weren't given much weight, so I wasn't able to get a good grasp of when they were relevant*. The electronics part was more reasonable, but still suffered from some over-simplification (for example, the model of guitar pickups didn't include magnetic hysteresis). All in all, the course was worth taking, but I think the material deserves more rigor. *All models are wrong. But some of them are useful. | given the Coursera interface). A few | Assignment | questions were also poorly formulated. The | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | This course has been extremely helpful, captivating, and thoroughly enjoyable! I learned so much from this course, and it has only intensified my interest and curiosity for this field. PROS: -Oganization and structure of the content -Balanced in terms of duration, difficulty, etc. -Delivery of the instructor, who was very engaging and maintained interest throughout the course, and his personal interest and knowledge in this field was clearly evident. -The assignments were well weighted, relevant, and a good indicator of my understanding of the course content. CONS: -None! So thank you to the instructor, the institute, and everyone else involved in providing this wonderful course. I look forward to more in the future! | this field was clearly evident. -The | Assignment | were well weighted, relevant, and a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | Excellent course, I learned a lot but I think it should have some peer reviewed assignments, like a little research on some topic, so that you have to look for information and learn a lot more in the process. | it should have some peer reviewed | Assignment | like a little research on some | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | Very interesting topic, I had previous knowledge about exoplanets and formation of the Earth and solar system which was helpful but not necessary to understand the concepts in the course. The weekly assignments kept me engaged in the course even though I was taking it without credit. | concepts in the course. The weekly | Assignment | kept me engaged in the course | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mKzzYp5YEeWVBgpelZA5Jw | I think it's a great tester course with very good Blocks of code, and these blocks of code are not seen until week 4 and 5. Week 3 was a hands on km to miles, and miles to km app, good hands on. I explored the course, so I'd not do any of the exercises, but did the final assignment from what I suggested I will create in week two. I created a great app, but wasn't able to share it, so i'll put it on github. | the exercises, but did the final | Assignment | from what I suggested I will | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | I absolutely loved the course, it was tough at the beginning but the teacher gives you examples and makes observations on the pronounciations and repeatedly reminds you how to pronounce the words. So that really helps your ear to open to the different sounds and vowels, and you get better with every assignment. Also the extra exercises helps you to get a better understanding of the Chinese culture, weather, food, etc. | and you get better with every | Assignment | Also the extra exercises helps you | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Good as a standard introduction to chinese. We learnt similar words in our first-semester course at uni. I'd personally also like to learn the simplified chinese symbols but that's just my opinion. Weekly deadlines are good but if we keep going I won't revise anything. I'd rather have the course force me to repeat some of the words and constructs I have learnt in former courses. The assignments should be harder too. | have learnt in former courses. The | Assignment | should be harder too. | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| mUSYT5noEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Discussions in this course are voiceless and dead and the instructor never appears in discussions. I couldn't understand anything from video lectures: cannot understand enunciation not enough detailed, lack of examples related to the assignments. So the only source was repository http://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/ with html files. And a lot of searching through bioconductor forums. I liked the relevance of quiz questions to real life genomic questions, but all quiz questions were outstandingly difficult, because of both lack of examples in lectures and errors in some packages inside bioconductor. Overall I expected much more from this course and I cannot recommend it to anyone. | lack of examples related to the | Assignment | So the only source was repository | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Nice explanation of concepts, and very helpful with getting started on the programming assignments. The algorithms are explained well in pseudo code, and the instructor does a good job at explaining why they work the way they do. The math is not very challenging, so I never felt frustrated. I only wish there was not such an emphasis on Graphlab. Although they do allow you to use other methods to finish the assignments, it feels as though more attention is given to explaining how Graphlab works instead of standard, free python libraries. I understand that they're trying to push a product, but I don't want to pay for something I'll only be using for a few courses. More attention should be given to sklearn. | with getting started on the programming | Assignment | The algorithms are explained well in | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Nice explanation of concepts, and very helpful with getting started on the programming assignments. The algorithms are explained well in pseudo code, and the instructor does a good job at explaining why they work the way they do. The math is not very challenging, so I never felt frustrated. I only wish there was not such an emphasis on Graphlab. Although they do allow you to use other methods to finish the assignments, it feels as though more attention is given to explaining how Graphlab works instead of standard, free python libraries. I understand that they're trying to push a product, but I don't want to pay for something I'll only be using for a few courses. More attention should be given to sklearn. | use other methods to finish the | Assignment | it feels as though more attention | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Fantastic Course! Lots of great material and awesome lectures and clear assignments! | material and awesome lectures and clear | Assignment | | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I felt that the course was detailed and contained significant in-depth study about regression techniques. The assignments were well designed, starting from a single step and eventually enabling the candidate to be able to write the complete methods on his own. | in-depth study about regression techniques. The | Assignment | were well designed, starting from a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Intuitive and very helpful, great assignment not too hard | Intuitive and very helpful, great | Assignment | not too hard | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | A great continuation to the previous course. This time the sole focus is on Regression, the instructor provides a very gradual approach to the concept. Through the assignments and the various case studies I finished the course with great knowledge of Regression and feel more comfortable now tackling regression problems | approach to the concept. Through the | Assignment | and the various case studies I | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course is damn well structured. Course material is great and programming assignments are interesting and helps you to really understand how to implement regression algorithms. | Course material is great and programming | Assignment | are interesting and helps you to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Prof. Emily Fox is definitely enthusiastic, and gives clear explanations. The assignments add to the understanding of the material. While Graphlab, which is idiosyncratic is still used, explanations are given how to use Sci-Kit learn. A technical course, not only ideas - put also algorithms. | enthusiastic, and gives clear explanations. The | Assignment | add to the understanding of the | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course was super exciting! The explanation was very intuitive, using nice visualizations. The programming assignments was really practical. It would be great for machine learning newbees to learn regression. | intuitive, using nice visualizations. The programming | Assignment | was really practical. It would be | Negative | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I strongly recommended you guys to walk through this course. It worth it! And the programming assignment is awesome. I also recommended that you can try to use sklearn + pandas + numpy to rebuild your code. | It worth it! And the programming | Assignment | is awesome. I also recommended that | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This was a deep dive into all things regression and I guess having a background in mathematics helped out a lot with following the material. However, I wish there was a better distribution of quizzes and assignments throughout the weekly lessons because they seemed to all come during the end of the lesson. All in all this was a very good course and I wish that I would have taken a similar course during my undergrad. | a better distribution of quizzes and | Assignment | throughout the weekly lessons because they | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This is a great class! Highly recommended. Emily and Carlos are a great team. The videos are polished, the progression through the material is well organized and everything just fits together very well in this specialization. The assignments are challenging enough to be worth the effort. Great specialization... I look forward to completing every class. | very well in this specialization. The | Assignment | are challenging enough to be worth | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Excellent lectures with great explanations for the concepts as well as the mathematical equations and derivations. The assignments and concrete implementations also really helped reinforce the same concepts and to get a better idea of how it can be used to solve real world problem. Really amazing! | the mathematical equations and derivations. The | Assignment | and concrete implementations also really helped | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | A very good course. Glad all the assignments are also compatible with pandas and scikit-learn | very good course. Glad all the | Assignment | are also compatible with pandas and | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course is structured around a specific and costly Python library called Dato. It is possible to do the homework without it, but it is EXTREMELY difficult to do so. If the course wasn't structured around using Dato, it would be a lot simpler and a easier to complete the assignments. Also, a lot of the mathematical notation was written in a kind of psuedo Python code that made things confusing sometimes. | and a easier to complete the | Assignment | Also, a lot of the mathematical | Positive | 0.71 | 1.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Great course! all materials are well structured and introduce each concept concisely. I enjoyed all programming assignments. Take this course if you would like to know more about regression rather than simply finding the perfect hyper-plane that approximate your data. | concept concisely. I enjoyed all programming | Assignment | Take this course if you would | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Amazing - way more depth than the first course, and much narrower focus. Emily teaches all courses here and dives into the math and usage. Programming hints are given but no more walkthroughs of the code. Assignments laid out such that you need to code the algorithms correctly in order to pass assignments. Emily has an excellent way of explaining the math/calculous/reasoning behind the algorithms and proofs thereof. Love it. | no more walkthroughs of the code. | Assignment | laid out such that you need | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Amazing - way more depth than the first course, and much narrower focus. Emily teaches all courses here and dives into the math and usage. Programming hints are given but no more walkthroughs of the code. Assignments laid out such that you need to code the algorithms correctly in order to pass assignments. Emily has an excellent way of explaining the math/calculous/reasoning behind the algorithms and proofs thereof. Love it. | algorithms correctly in order to pass | Assignment | Emily has an excellent way of | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This is an amazing and brilliant course for machine learning. If you've done Andrew Ng's course, most of this material will feel familiar, but definitely has a lot more detail. Each sub-topic under regression is taken with a decent level of detail, with sufficient quiz and assignment questions to drill important concepts into your head. The lectures are lucid and concise, even the optional ones that cover more advanced concepts of the underlying math. As an aside, I would like to clarify to any reader that, when they say you can use other tools, they aren't being a 100% honest. After a few assignments of using Scala and R, I quickly realized that using their iPython notebooks is the simplest and most straightforward way of clearing this course. Eventually, the assignments are such that using any other tool can cause a lot of strife. Brilliant course. Looking forward to the next one. | of detail, with sufficient quiz and | Assignment | questions to drill important concepts into | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This is an amazing and brilliant course for machine learning. If you've done Andrew Ng's course, most of this material will feel familiar, but definitely has a lot more detail. Each sub-topic under regression is taken with a decent level of detail, with sufficient quiz and assignment questions to drill important concepts into your head. The lectures are lucid and concise, even the optional ones that cover more advanced concepts of the underlying math. As an aside, I would like to clarify to any reader that, when they say you can use other tools, they aren't being a 100% honest. After a few assignments of using Scala and R, I quickly realized that using their iPython notebooks is the simplest and most straightforward way of clearing this course. Eventually, the assignments are such that using any other tool can cause a lot of strife. Brilliant course. Looking forward to the next one. | a 100% honest. After a few | Assignment | of using Scala and R, I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This is an amazing and brilliant course for machine learning. If you've done Andrew Ng's course, most of this material will feel familiar, but definitely has a lot more detail. Each sub-topic under regression is taken with a decent level of detail, with sufficient quiz and assignment questions to drill important concepts into your head. The lectures are lucid and concise, even the optional ones that cover more advanced concepts of the underlying math. As an aside, I would like to clarify to any reader that, when they say you can use other tools, they aren't being a 100% honest. After a few assignments of using Scala and R, I quickly realized that using their iPython notebooks is the simplest and most straightforward way of clearing this course. Eventually, the assignments are such that using any other tool can cause a lot of strife. Brilliant course. Looking forward to the next one. | of clearing this course. Eventually, the | Assignment | are such that using any other | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | gets way too in-depth with the math behind regression, to the point that it deters from the learning process. was hoping to learn better methods of interpreting or enacting regression, not the inner workings of the algorithms. assignments got overly complex with confusing instructions. there are definitely some leaps made in the assumptions of what students' python capabilities are. vague instructions caused more frustration than desire to continue learning. will continue in the specialization, but will not hesitate to drop out if instruction continues like this. very disappointed. | the inner workings of the algorithms. | Assignment | got overly complex with confusing instructions. | Positive | 0.73 | 1.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I like this course a lot. Frankly speaking, this is my first completed course on Coursera. The instructor is so good that I could easily follow everything in the class. Give lots of credits to the assignments. They're very easy to follow for me. I really enjoy working on them. Thanks a lot!!! | Give lots of credits to the | Assignment | They're very easy to follow for | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Lectures and assignments were awesome thanks to the professor for making this easier to understand. | Lectures and | Assignment | were awesome thanks to the professor | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | An excellent and quite extensive foray into regression analyses from single-variable linear regression to nearest-neighbor and kernel regression techniques, including how to use gradient vs. coordinate descent for optimization and proper L1 and L2 regularization methods. The lecture slides have some questionable pedagogical and aesthetic qualities, and they could use some more polish from someone who specializes in teaching presentation methods, but the meat of the course comes from its quizzes and programming assignments, which are well split between practical use (via Graphlab Create and SFrame) and a nuts-and-bolts assignment that have you implement these methods from scratch. An extremely valuable course for someone who wants to use these for a data science application but also wants to understand the mathematics and statistics behind them to an appreciable degree. | comes from its quizzes and programming | Assignment | which are well split between practical | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | An excellent and quite extensive foray into regression analyses from single-variable linear regression to nearest-neighbor and kernel regression techniques, including how to use gradient vs. coordinate descent for optimization and proper L1 and L2 regularization methods. The lecture slides have some questionable pedagogical and aesthetic qualities, and they could use some more polish from someone who specializes in teaching presentation methods, but the meat of the course comes from its quizzes and programming assignments, which are well split between practical use (via Graphlab Create and SFrame) and a nuts-and-bolts assignment that have you implement these methods from scratch. An extremely valuable course for someone who wants to use these for a data science application but also wants to understand the mathematics and statistics behind them to an appreciable degree. | Create and SFrame) and a nuts-and-bolts | Assignment | that have you implement these methods | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The video lectures are particularly clear and with a good balance between intuition and details. The assignments are interesting and they require some time even if they are not the most challenging. Nice the choice to use Graphlab but to give detailed instructions also for Pandas and leaving the possibility open to use different software. I will certainly take the following ones. If you are not interested in the the full specialization and already have some exposure to python notebooks, it is possible to follow this course without the previous one. | balance between intuition and details. The | Assignment | are interesting and they require some | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Pros: the instructors and TAs seem to have better experience to manage the course, the lectures are extremely well explained and are very enjoyable, all the lectures last less than 15 minutes, there are some advanced optional videos that are interesting and they are not needed to complete the assignments, the numpy tutorial provided is helpful for the assignments, the programming assignments emphasize the need for testing our code (which is one of the most important skills any developer should have). Cons: The written instructions on the programming assignments are still a bit confusing sometimes and may need a review for future iterations of this course. | are not needed to complete the | Assignment | the numpy tutorial provided is helpful | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Pros: the instructors and TAs seem to have better experience to manage the course, the lectures are extremely well explained and are very enjoyable, all the lectures last less than 15 minutes, there are some advanced optional videos that are interesting and they are not needed to complete the assignments, the numpy tutorial provided is helpful for the assignments, the programming assignments emphasize the need for testing our code (which is one of the most important skills any developer should have). Cons: The written instructions on the programming assignments are still a bit confusing sometimes and may need a review for future iterations of this course. | tutorial provided is helpful for the | Assignment | the programming assignments emphasize the need | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Pros: the instructors and TAs seem to have better experience to manage the course, the lectures are extremely well explained and are very enjoyable, all the lectures last less than 15 minutes, there are some advanced optional videos that are interesting and they are not needed to complete the assignments, the numpy tutorial provided is helpful for the assignments, the programming assignments emphasize the need for testing our code (which is one of the most important skills any developer should have). Cons: The written instructions on the programming assignments are still a bit confusing sometimes and may need a review for future iterations of this course. | helpful for the assignments, the programming | Assignment | emphasize the need for testing our | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Pros: the instructors and TAs seem to have better experience to manage the course, the lectures are extremely well explained and are very enjoyable, all the lectures last less than 15 minutes, there are some advanced optional videos that are interesting and they are not needed to complete the assignments, the numpy tutorial provided is helpful for the assignments, the programming assignments emphasize the need for testing our code (which is one of the most important skills any developer should have). Cons: The written instructions on the programming assignments are still a bit confusing sometimes and may need a review for future iterations of this course. | The written instructions on the programming | Assignment | are still a bit confusing sometimes | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Excellent instructor! The concepts, though hard, are well explained in a clear and organized manner. The assignments are very practical and helper. | a clear and organized manner. The | Assignment | are very practical and helper. | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I liked pretty much all of the content. The lectures are detailed. The assignments helped me understand the techniques used in regression. The step by step approach is great. What I dislike a bit is the promotion of proprietary and expensive Graphlab software. | content. The lectures are detailed. The | Assignment | helped me understand the techniques used | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The course becomes More and More deep and interesting . The materials are not hard but need thinking. The Programming Assignments are great and give instructions how to build complex software. I think these skills are extremely useful for our jobs to write software with the detail documents and Divide and Conquer skill. | hard but need thinking. The Programming | Assignment | are great and give instructions how | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This module is very rich in pratical assignments, as well as quizzes to force you to understand what you are doing. Everything is really well balanced, and all the materials are very complete. Is clear the passion from the tutors and teachers in this course. This really gives you the necessary will to proceed, and don't give up, even when things get pretty hard. | module is very rich in pratical | Assignment | as well as quizzes to force | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The course was mostly well taught, and having the two programming assignments each week was useful. One so you could learn the technique, and another so you could learn the underlying algorithm. Some of the topics were occasionally light and too fast on the detail, but overall a very good course. | taught, and having the two programming | Assignment | each week was useful. One so | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Programming assignment sometime ambiguious and hard to follow. A lot of time you have no idea WHICH dataset they are talking about e.g. "query house" in the last lesson. Overall it's a great course. | Programming | Assignment | sometime ambiguious and hard to follow. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Love this course! Love the flexibility of the course but if rigor is what you want, they offer mathematical rigor in optional lectures as well. Great lectures and well-designed assignments. Highly recommended | as well. Great lectures and well-designed | Assignment | Highly recommended | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course is very detailed and have lot of information about regression, should be taken by anyone who wants to become master in it. But each lesson should be given a week, otherwise it becomes over whelming. Assignments are good as well, though some of them should have better instruction. There should have been a programming assignment on kernal regression as well, as it is one of the upcoming technique. | week, otherwise it becomes over whelming. | Assignment | are good as well, though some | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course is very detailed and have lot of information about regression, should be taken by anyone who wants to become master in it. But each lesson should be given a week, otherwise it becomes over whelming. Assignments are good as well, though some of them should have better instruction. There should have been a programming assignment on kernal regression as well, as it is one of the upcoming technique. | There should have been a programming | Assignment | on kernal regression as well, as | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Very, very good course, high-quality teaching, and well-developed quizzes and assignments. The course is challenging enough to feel motivated and satisfied when finishing a week's work, but not so challenging as to scare people (or me, at least) away. I hope (and trust) that you keep up the good work in the courses to come. If there was one thing I could change, it would be to include a discussion of statistical significance/inference (as suggested by Emily towards the end). It is unclear now how that can be analyzed in the Graphlab environment, even though it is a very important topic for practical purposes. | high-quality teaching, and well-developed quizzes and | Assignment | The course is challenging enough to | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Great course! Good balance of theory and practical application. I'm glad that we didn't use GraphLab as much as in the first course and more exercises were implementing the algorithms. My one recommendation for improvement would be to revise some of the assignments with an eye for making the instructions more clear. There were a few--particularly week 5--where I understood the concepts, but it was very unclear what exactly we were being asked to do. Looking forward to the next course! | be to revise some of the | Assignment | with an eye for making the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Thorough introduction to regression, the assignments are demanding, and the teachers very engaging. It would be nice if a wider range of applications and examples were presented. | Thorough introduction to regression, the | Assignment | are demanding, and the teachers very | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Can't praise enough! This IS THE COURSE for regression. Cannot believe I didn't stumble upon it earlier enough. Great Specialization, Great Course, Great Professors, Great thought provoking Quizzes and assignments, helpful mentors and more important that any of the above, amazing comprehensive content covering each and every topic from simple linear regression to feature selection and going all the way to kNN Regression. An enjoyable and great learning experience. Hope to carry on the same level of enthusiasm through the rest of the specialization. Thank You Emily, Carlos, Johan (mentor) and rest of my classmates. And of course, Thank You Coursera. | Professors, Great thought provoking Quizzes and | Assignment | helpful mentors and more important that | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I really like the top-down approach of this specialization. The iPython code assignments are very well structured. They are presented in a step-by-step manner while still being challenging and fun! | of this specialization. The iPython code | Assignment | are very well structured. They are | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course touches on basic concepts quite nicely and should help students with adequate math background to gain a good understanding of regression on both high and low level. A text book and optional exercises could help attain better theoretical ground for regression. In general, references and suggested reading are missing from this specialization. I would also like to see optional programming assignments on publicly available data sets other than the repeatedly used house prices data. | also like to see optional programming | Assignment | on publicly available data sets other | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | A very good course! Especially that scikit-learn can be used as framework for solving assignments and at the same time exercises for programming of learning algorithms from scratch. Thanks! | be used as framework for solving | Assignment | and at the same time exercises | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The topics are presented in a meaningful and understandable way. With enough detail, clarity, and fun. The instructors are super sweet and their dynamics in front of the camera are very inspiring. The assignments are amazingly well designed. I get to practice the theory I learn from the lectures which truly reinforces what we review. Even though I don't use the alternative tools (like Pandas), I appreciate that the organizers of the class prepare files and data sets for people who use those tools. Another thing that's really valuable to me its' the fact that assignments (data, instructions, Jupyter, etc.) can be worked on completely offline and only need Internet connectivity to post results. Because all we do is enter numbers and select a few options, I have successfully submitted my assignments 10 minutes away from boarding a plane. I have had the chance work while riding a car (not driving it, LOL) or in an airplane. Because I have a full-time job, this is a HUGE advantage. | the camera are very inspiring. The | Assignment | are amazingly well designed. I get | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The topics are presented in a meaningful and understandable way. With enough detail, clarity, and fun. The instructors are super sweet and their dynamics in front of the camera are very inspiring. The assignments are amazingly well designed. I get to practice the theory I learn from the lectures which truly reinforces what we review. Even though I don't use the alternative tools (like Pandas), I appreciate that the organizers of the class prepare files and data sets for people who use those tools. Another thing that's really valuable to me its' the fact that assignments (data, instructions, Jupyter, etc.) can be worked on completely offline and only need Internet connectivity to post results. Because all we do is enter numbers and select a few options, I have successfully submitted my assignments 10 minutes away from boarding a plane. I have had the chance work while riding a car (not driving it, LOL) or in an airplane. Because I have a full-time job, this is a HUGE advantage. | to me its' the fact that | Assignment | (data, instructions, Jupyter, etc. ) can | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The topics are presented in a meaningful and understandable way. With enough detail, clarity, and fun. The instructors are super sweet and their dynamics in front of the camera are very inspiring. The assignments are amazingly well designed. I get to practice the theory I learn from the lectures which truly reinforces what we review. Even though I don't use the alternative tools (like Pandas), I appreciate that the organizers of the class prepare files and data sets for people who use those tools. Another thing that's really valuable to me its' the fact that assignments (data, instructions, Jupyter, etc.) can be worked on completely offline and only need Internet connectivity to post results. Because all we do is enter numbers and select a few options, I have successfully submitted my assignments 10 minutes away from boarding a plane. I have had the chance work while riding a car (not driving it, LOL) or in an airplane. Because I have a full-time job, this is a HUGE advantage. | options, I have successfully submitted my | Assignment | 10 minutes away from boarding a | Negative | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Courses like this are always difficult to judge because of the great variety of students coursera reaches. That is, some class members finished this course in the first week it was open, others still struggled till the last minute. For some the math was too simply, for others the python programming was too confusing. All in all it strikes a reasonable balance between novice learners and more advanced students. What the course could stand to really benefit from is some kind of repository of code, for those students who successfully completed the assignments to compare to their own. It seems pretty clear that there are some advanced python users whose insights could help improve one's coding skills. | those students who successfully completed the | Assignment | to compare to their own. It | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Some of the quizes and assignments had grading issues but I thought the curriculum was great. All of the optimization techniques learned to solve for regressions seem like they could be useful in other areas of machine learning and other applications. | Some of the quizes and | Assignment | had grading issues but I thought | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course was well structured and well executed. I thoroughly enjoyed and was challenged by the material in the course. I appreciated the assignment/quiz approach to deal with such dense topics. I can see where people who have backgrounds in a number of the topics discussed throughout the course could feel there was too much hand holding, but I found the level of hints/help in the assignments were at the right level for me to work through & gain deeper understanding for the material presented. My one criticism of the course stems from the denseness of the material. I believe there is an opportunity to introduce more quizzes after various sections within each module. It would be best to make these quizzes optional in order not to turn off more advance students, but I believe it would be beneficial for those students who do not have much, or any, experience in these topics to have more opportunities to test and gain deeper understanding in the material just covered. Overall, solid course! | the level of hints/help in the | Assignment | were at the right level for | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This is one of the most informative and useful online classes I've taken to date. The material covered is detailed and applicable broadly. It is also exceptionally hard! The assignments are very challenging and extremely precise. I struggled frequently and it ended up taking a significant amount of time, but it was extremely well worth it in the end. I'm very excited for the next class in the specialization! | It is also exceptionally hard! The | Assignment | are very challenging and extremely precise. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This gives a nice survey of the techniques and approaches of Linear Regression. Lectures are structured well, and mathematical derivations are provided as optional lectures. Each week has a quiz that goes over the material, as well as programming assignments that are meant to provide a higher level understanding via Dato's GraphLab Create, as well as lower level understanding with Numpy. I am dropping a star because some portions of the programming exercises seemed to be contrived. | the material, as well as programming | Assignment | that are meant to provide a | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Excellent course on Regression! From the basics up to some pretty complicated stuff, Emily Fox did a great job explaining the concepts and the programming assignments were challenging without being overwhelming. Well done! | explaining the concepts and the programming | Assignment | were challenging without being overwhelming. Well | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I really got a lot of the course. The material is explained very well. The programming assignments helped further the understanding. The recap video that summarizes the entire module in 10-15 min is also very good. | is explained very well. The programming | Assignment | helped further the understanding. The recap | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Very good course with detailed explanations, both great lecturers, lets you choose environment of your liking for the assignments(python and graphlab are preferred). The explanations are detailed and clear and assignments are very practical. One of the best courses and Specializations on the Coursera I have taken so far. If you contribute lot of time and effort, you will learn a lot. | explanations are detailed and clear and | Assignment | are very practical. One of the | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Wonderful lectures and good assignments. Very, very clear presentations. Minor drawbacks: there's no assistance available for the assignments (which can be quite difficult). The quizzes require sometimes information that is not directly available in the video lectures. Note that it takes more hrs per week than mentioned (but it's worthwhile!). | Wonderful lectures and good | Assignment | Very, very clear presentations. Minor drawbacks: | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Wonderful lectures and good assignments. Very, very clear presentations. Minor drawbacks: there's no assistance available for the assignments (which can be quite difficult). The quizzes require sometimes information that is not directly available in the video lectures. Note that it takes more hrs per week than mentioned (but it's worthwhile!). | there's no assistance available for the | Assignment | (which can be quite difficult). The | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Awesome. Pure awesome. Great presentation on the theory and all the assignments force you to code solutions from scratch, you're not dependent on Graphlab. Very detailed presentation of advanced topics not covered in other superficial introductions to regression. And practical advice from the instructors shows that they are imparting practical real-world advice on running regression. | on the theory and all the | Assignment | force you to code solutions from | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Liked this course, really good assignments which help you to master the concepts thought in the lectures. Thanks a lot for making this available for us. | Liked this course, really good | Assignment | which help you to master the | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | A few minor glitches with the homework assignments so far. Hopefully this is only because it is the first time the class is being offered. I love the instructors. Great enthusiasm and both clearly love what they do. Inspiring for data scientists in training. | few minor glitches with the homework | Assignment | so far. Hopefully this is only | Negative | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Really enjoyed the course - I did well, but this is really in-depth material. I feel like it would be really difficult to implement an ML regression algorithm from scratch in a job material. I would like to see more interactivity in the lectures (short-quizzes interspersed in the videos) in addition to the long programming assignments at the end of the course. -Thomas | in addition to the long programming | Assignment | at the end of the course. | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | A good, well designed course but very heavily aimed towards those mid-career in a corporate environment. Still worth a look for others, but the assignments will take significant extra thought. Sadly the discussion forums fail at bridging this gap because forum participation framed as mandatory (it is not) in the lecture videos has rendered them a wall of pure noise. | a look for others, but the | Assignment | will take significant extra thought. Sadly | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great insights, very useful contents. The assignments are a good addition to the lectures & quizzes - it makes it more interactive and "forces" you to think about the content more deeply and in relation to your own experiences. Geoffrey (The Netherlands) | Great insights, very useful contents. The | Assignment | are a good addition to the | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | highly detailed insight, assignment makes it more interactive and thorough | highly detailed insight, | Assignment | makes it more interactive and thorough | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | A very engaging and informative course. The content was well laid out and easy to follow. I enjoyed the assignments and would recommend the course as professional development for anyone in a leadership position in a large organisation. I have already recommended to 6 colleagues who have enrolled in the course (I must have influenced them!) :) | easy to follow. I enjoyed the | Assignment | and would recommend the course as | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | First course I took with Coursera and University of Michigan. The content was well organized and easy to navigate, the presenters were exceptionally articulate, the resources were ideal for the assignments. | the resources were ideal for the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Excellent material, good organization and presentation. But - too many ("demanding"?) peer-reviewed assignments for such a short course. | many (" demanding" ? ) peer-reviewed | Assignment | for such a short course. | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | I took this whole series in 2015 and I thought they were excellent. I had a programming background, but hadn't programmed in about 10 years, and i had no experience with Python. I found the material well presented and the homework interesting and non-trivial. It took me generally about 4-5 hours/week for the lectures and assignments. | 4-5 hours/week for the lectures and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | Well structured course. Great videos and materials. Really enjoyed the tasks and assignments, who thought you could have fun programming ;-) | materials. Really enjoyed the tasks and | Assignment | who thought you could have fun | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | This is the perfect course for people with no knowledge in programming. The lectures are easy to follow, and the best part is that the assignments, apart from strengthen the theory, are very fun! | the best part is that the | Assignment | apart from strengthen the theory, are | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | Excellent Courst but you have to pay in order to access the quizes and assignments... very dissapointing. | order to access the quizes and | Assignment | . . very dissapointing. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | Best computer programming series I've taken in Coursera so far (I've done principles 1 and algorithm thinking 1 already and in paralell). You can start in this very basic course and end in Algorithm Thinking which is a great course full of insights even for an experienced programmer as I'm (same is valid for the principles of programming, especially regarding the testing assignments) with no previous experience. My nephew is 15 years old and in high school and he is loving this course (having hard time though). To me, this specific course was very basic but as I didn't know anything of Python and as I love games I enjoyed a lot even though I already knew all of the material except for the Python part. | of programming, especially regarding the testing | Assignment | with no previous experience. My nephew | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Great course, however some assignment are really difficult and the forum seems not very helpful. | Great course, however some | Assignment | are really difficult and the forum | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Programming assignments are well structured in such a way that it encourages one to continuously improve upon the solution. | Programming | Assignment | are well structured in such a | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | An excellent course. The video lectures are brief but explain the main points very well. The assignments are very well organised. | the main points very well. The | Assignment | are very well organised. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I found the assignments challenging in the absolute best sense of the term, and therefore incredibly rewarding as well! Whenever I've gotten stuck, the answer was always in the course material somewhere, even if I didn't see it there at first. The discussion forums were extremely helpful, and I was astounded to see that that instructors were still actively monitoring the discussion forums and responding to student questions. I'm obviously not an expert in this field, but I've been an educator before, and my own impression of the assignments was that they were extremely well designed: it was impossible to pass them without knowing what you were doing, the tools to approach them were always found in the lectures, and the challenge problems pushed your knowledge even farther. I would recommend the specialization to everyone. Additionally, I noticed that the content aligns well with other DS&A syllabi I have seen in brick-and-mortar institutions, especially the first 3 or 4 courses. It's also a very nice luxury to be able to submit in Python. I have certainly learned a great deal. | I found the | Assignment | challenging in the absolute best sense | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I found the assignments challenging in the absolute best sense of the term, and therefore incredibly rewarding as well! Whenever I've gotten stuck, the answer was always in the course material somewhere, even if I didn't see it there at first. The discussion forums were extremely helpful, and I was astounded to see that that instructors were still actively monitoring the discussion forums and responding to student questions. I'm obviously not an expert in this field, but I've been an educator before, and my own impression of the assignments was that they were extremely well designed: it was impossible to pass them without knowing what you were doing, the tools to approach them were always found in the lectures, and the challenge problems pushed your knowledge even farther. I would recommend the specialization to everyone. Additionally, I noticed that the content aligns well with other DS&A syllabi I have seen in brick-and-mortar institutions, especially the first 3 or 4 courses. It's also a very nice luxury to be able to submit in Python. I have certainly learned a great deal. | and my own impression of the | Assignment | was that they were extremely well | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I like the course structure and material. It starts off easy enough to get you interested and then throws at you challenges at early stage, if you are up for it. What I don't like is video session itself, some of instructors talk too fast and dwell much into topic, assuming you understood everything. And as way to composite that, they offer a "resource" links to help you understand. Then some of them have "hard" accent, it's really difficult to follow them even for native speaker, yet alone for those whose English is second language. Now exercise and assignments are spot on but you are forced to relay on other sources to grasp everything. I doubt anyone taking this course has not reached for "outer" help at least once. | is second language. Now exercise and | Assignment | are spot on but you are | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Awesome start! Loved the programming assignments! | Awesome start! Loved the programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Strong Points: -Course content is well-organized -Good assignments that enhance the understanding of concepts Weak Points: -Some of the presenters need to strengthen their presentation skills -Lectures slides aren't good enough | Points: -Course content is well-organized -Good | Assignment | that enhance the understanding of concepts | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | this course is very useful. Every topic is covered here and the assignments were also very effective to check your concept. | topic is covered here and the | Assignment | were also very effective to check | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | As the title suggests, this course will give you some tools/techniques in terms of algorithms design and implementation. You will probably also learn from doing the programming assignments. Enjoy! | also learn from doing the programming | Assignment | Enjoy! | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | The course gives a good overview on the algorithms types and problems, but it's cannot be used as standalone source of algorith,s learning. You should use good textbook as well. The programming challenges are really interesting (and challenging), sometimes it took for me a couple of evenings to complete all five week assignments. Thanks! | evenings to complete all five week | Assignment | Thanks! | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | The full course should be available with the assignments for the non payers. Only the certificate of this should be provided to those who have paid. | course should be available with the | Assignment | for the non payers. Only the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Really challenging, starts easy but gets heavy and time consuming after 3rd week. Be prepared to study additional material and spend some hours cracking the weekly assignments. Satisfying when you accomplish it. Maybe a good idea could be to combine algorithms and data structures and separate in 2 courses Algo & Data Structures 1, and Algo & DS 2. I feel, a better knowledge of DS could have help me to solve the Algo assignements faster. | spend some hours cracking the weekly | Assignment | Satisfying when you accomplish it. Maybe | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Excellent quality, loved the quizzes and graded assignments, completely worth the time and money! Highly recommend! | quality, loved the quizzes and graded | Assignment | completely worth the time and money! | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Overall Good introductory course for beginners . Assignments are very well thought and lectures are quite good. covers most of the topic. | Good introductory course for beginners . | Assignment | are very well thought and lectures | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | This course was a great introduction to algorithms. I am a novice programmer at best and had little to no knowledge about algorithms before this course. The concepts and programming assignments were challenging and I did not finish all of them the way I would have liked to but the challenge has made me more knowledgeable and a slightly better coder. Thank you. I will be taking data structures next. | this course. The concepts and programming | Assignment | were challenging and I did not | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Algorithmic Toolbox consists of a series of slides containing slimmed down explanations on introductory algorithmic concepts, followed up with programming assignments. The slides are the centrepiece of the course, as the presenters rarely stray from the bullet points and pseudocode they're comprised of. I learned a lot during this course. Although, to gain confidence in your knowledge, this is a course that will require you to seek out additional materials to supplement your learning. Perhaps unsurprising being an introductory course, but the presenters struggle when faced with setting expectations. Throughout the course presenters often gloss over fairly complex concepts, treating them as they were trivial knowledge. This applies to mathematical definitions, proofs where most steps are skipped, tree diagrams without the context of their underlying theory, or bullet points used in place of what could be detailed explanations. All material is left equally weighted. Rather than providing explanations like: "We don't need to go into detail on this, only x concept from it is important for what we want to focus on. Reference this chapter in this book for more detail." presenters would read mathematical definitions verbatim from the slides and move on. I was often unsure of how much I would need to know about such concepts. In terms of communication ability, the presenters don't hold up against many of the free/low-cost services I'm accustomed to using, for example: MIT OpenCourseWare, Udacity, edX, Khan Academy, Code School, Treehouse, etc. Perhaps unsurprising, as these competing services often feature professional communicators rather than professional researchers. But the marketplace for quality online education is definitely becoming a competitive one. Users now expect nothing less than presenters with exceptional communication/teaching ability. In most videos the presenters read verbatim from the slides and motion with their hands to explain concepts that would be better broken down on a whiteboard. Rarely straying from the slides, the times the presenters go into more depth on a concept, you get a scribble in the corner of a slide, lacking the clarity I've come to expect when approaching complex concepts from master educators like YouTuber PatrickJMT or Khan Academy. After a couple weeks into the course, I just went straight to the slides, read MIT's Introduction to Algorithms, and skipped most of the course videos. But all things considered, the course served as a good curriculum to guide my focus through the introductory concepts, regardless of where I sought it out. | algorithmic concepts, followed up with programming | Assignment | The slides are the centrepiece of | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very clear introduction to algorithm basics. Reasonable quizzes and assignments. | to algorithm basics. Reasonable quizzes and | Assignment | | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | A well thought out course. Amazing teachers. Thorough assignments. Helped a lot. | thought out course. Amazing teachers. Thorough | Assignment | Helped a lot. | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I took this course as part of the specialization and find it to be an excellent refresher of what I learned in undergraduate and graduate Computer Science classes (which were solely theoretical, and I had little chances to code algorithms/data structures). Finally, in this course, I could implement what I learned before and now. Not a perfect course - lectures could be improved (pseudo code at times takes efforts to understand). But assignments are amazing and comfortably challenging. The vast choice of programming languages is a feature. Make sure that you write automated unit-tests for your solutions. This will reduce your debugging efforts. Thanks! | times takes efforts to understand). But | Assignment | are amazing and comfortably challenging. The | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Great assignments -- Keep up the good work guys! | Great | Assignment | -- Keep up the good work | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I agree with some of the reviews here. It's fantastic at the beginning of the course. Towards the end, unfortunately the professor's accent is heavy and sometimes difficult to understand. The subtitles don't help either because they were auto-generated. My brain had to take extra cognitive workload to decipher what was actually said before trying to understand the materials on the slides and everything else. I also didn't like the way index 0 and 1 is mixed in different lectures. Why shouldn't we stay consistent in pseudocode using index starting with either 0 or 1? The slides are confusing regarding this matter especially when you translate algorithms into code. Nonetheless, I liked the assignments overall. The course's instructors included some of very interesting problems and indeed helped understand the lessons better. I also liked the course structure and the carefully prepared slides. | into code. Nonetheless, I liked the | Assignment | overall. The course's instructors included some | Positive | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | This is a good course, and I liked the quality of video lectures. The material is structured and lets the students understand the basic approaches they can follow to solve algorithmic tasks. Also a good plus is that there are assignments. First, they are of different complexity - so anyone will find an interesting task there. Second, there are prepared starter files for 3 languages - so you spend time working on algos, not on bootstrapping projects. And third - grading is automatic. Just for fiuture - as a more engaging thing there could be also made tasks to review of other people's assignments (as it is done in other courses) and implementing a test case which makes a wrong solution to fail (which is something like TopCoder does). But this idea is too raw and needs more thinking. | good plus is that there are | Assignment | First, they are of different complexity | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | This is a good course, and I liked the quality of video lectures. The material is structured and lets the students understand the basic approaches they can follow to solve algorithmic tasks. Also a good plus is that there are assignments. First, they are of different complexity - so anyone will find an interesting task there. Second, there are prepared starter files for 3 languages - so you spend time working on algos, not on bootstrapping projects. And third - grading is automatic. Just for fiuture - as a more engaging thing there could be also made tasks to review of other people's assignments (as it is done in other courses) and implementing a test case which makes a wrong solution to fail (which is something like TopCoder does). But this idea is too raw and needs more thinking. | tasks to review of other people's | Assignment | (as it is done in other | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Update: As I proceed to wk 5, I know why there are some complaint on Dynamic programming, Reduced to 2 stars. Lectures are totally useless for the assignment, The course is really good until week 4 when it deteriorates very quick. No matter how many times I re-watch the lecture, I can't understand much. I ended up using wikipedia for the quiz instead :P I can't use much of the course forum since there are too many posts there and it keep crashing my chrome. This course gets my 3 stars from the first 3 weeks alone, otherwise it gonna be 0-2 stars. | Lectures are totally useless for the | Assignment | The course is really good until | Positive | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Love how clear the professors explain the not-so-straighforward context. I enjoyed every single moment. The assignments constitute the biggest part of understanding and learning. | I enjoyed every single moment. The | Assignment | constitute the biggest part of understanding | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very good content and great professors, I like the short duration of lectures and more emphasis on assignments.. | of lectures and more emphasis on | Assignment | . | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I would've never forced myself to learn to think recursively if it weren't for this course. As someone from a mechanical engineering discipline, with a minimal background in java programming, i was able to following along with this course and complete all assignments. The discussion boards and professor's lectures were particularly helpful along with the fact that I could download everything for viewing offline. | with this course and complete all | Assignment | The discussion boards and professor's lectures | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | More information should be given for the failed test cases. Is a waste of time to find bug if you don't know what the bug is. ie test case 4/13 in the minimal dot product assignment | 4/13 in the minimal dot product | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed. I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization! The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing. Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped. Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike! Regards, Sergey | lot of knowledge. Especially because of | Assignment | All lectors are very good in | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed. I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization! The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing. Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped. Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike! Regards, Sergey | spend enough time to solve all | Assignment | instead of only enough for passing. | Negative | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed. I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization! The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing. Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped. Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike! Regards, Sergey | I am going to solve all | Assignment | which I skipped. Big thanks to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Feedback in assignment is not good enough. For example, for the points and segment, there are no correct answer in output as a reference. | Feedback in | Assignment | is not good enough. For example, | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | The course starts very promising, but it gets worse week after week, culminating on a barely understandable week about dynamic programming. That’s when I gave up and decided to write this review instead, with just one assignment missing to complete the course. Some of the teachers aren’t native english speakers, which is fine, but their english is very hard to understand. I found myself having to watch some portions of the videos over and over again in order to understand what was being said. I tried reading the transcripts instead, but the they’re even worse! It seems that they were automatically generated from the videos, thus suffering with the poor pronunciation. The teachers use mathematical sophistication that feels unnecessary, but to be fair, they do mention it on the FAQ as part of the necessary background. However, even though it’s an online course, they barely use any teaching method besides very raw slides, some dry mathematical proofs and someone speaking about the content. The only resources offered to help learning are a few open source visualizations. I expected much more. The only good aspect from this course are the assignment checkers, which allow you to write your solutions in multiple languages. I deeply regret the money and time I spent on this course. | this review instead, with just one | Assignment | missing to complete the course. Some | Negative | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | The course starts very promising, but it gets worse week after week, culminating on a barely understandable week about dynamic programming. That’s when I gave up and decided to write this review instead, with just one assignment missing to complete the course. Some of the teachers aren’t native english speakers, which is fine, but their english is very hard to understand. I found myself having to watch some portions of the videos over and over again in order to understand what was being said. I tried reading the transcripts instead, but the they’re even worse! It seems that they were automatically generated from the videos, thus suffering with the poor pronunciation. The teachers use mathematical sophistication that feels unnecessary, but to be fair, they do mention it on the FAQ as part of the necessary background. However, even though it’s an online course, they barely use any teaching method besides very raw slides, some dry mathematical proofs and someone speaking about the content. The only resources offered to help learning are a few open source visualizations. I expected much more. The only good aspect from this course are the assignment checkers, which allow you to write your solutions in multiple languages. I deeply regret the money and time I spent on this course. | aspect from this course are the | Assignment | checkers, which allow you to write | Negative | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very good lectures and programming assignments. | Very good lectures and programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | The weekly assignments are well designed and interesting | The weekly | Assignment | are well designed and interesting | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I finished the first session of Master Algorithmic Programming Techniques, the Algorithmic Toolbox course. This is an amazing course. To review why this course (and series) is awesome: 1) 25 + programming assignments, ranging from easy to advanced. 2) Unlike many other CS courses, this course allows multiple programming languages. You have choices of C C++, Java, Python2, Python3. They may add more to the list :). 3) Super active forum, the learners come here to debate approaches and share knowledge a lot. There were so many times I'm convinced my algorithm can't be optimized anymore, then another guy came in with another genius idea. 4) Plus, the instructor, Mr. Alex S. Kulikov is a super nice guy, he made 300+ forum posts in the first session alone, to guide learners thoroughly.Comprehensive grader: grades you on correctness, time use, memory use. You have no choice but to optimize all 3 aspects to pass. This course has premium access. However, both the quality and quantity are well worth the price. You can read other learners' comments and many agree with this. | is awesome: 1) 25 + programming | Assignment | ranging from easy to advanced. 2) | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Good course.But I wish there was a final assignment which covered all the weeks like a module exam to revise what we have learnt in all 4 weeks | I wish there was a final | Assignment | which covered all the weeks like | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Currently in my Week 2 of the Course and I have to say I absolutely enjoyed Week 1! My expectations are now even higher for week 2 and further. A great introduction to a critical topic and the best part was that I found myself completely involved to the course until I successfully submitted my assignment. Cheers! | course until I successfully submitted my | Assignment | Cheers! | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | I love programming assignments in this course! | I love programming | Assignment | in this course! | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very instructive and informative, helps resolving many doubts. Excellent examples and programming assignments, information provided by autograder is just about right. I feel like the programming assignment is just a tad too relaxing, for dynamic programming for example, I think we need to complete 3 out of 5 in order to pass, not just two. | many doubts. Excellent examples and programming | Assignment | information provided by autograder is just | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very instructive and informative, helps resolving many doubts. Excellent examples and programming assignments, information provided by autograder is just about right. I feel like the programming assignment is just a tad too relaxing, for dynamic programming for example, I think we need to complete 3 out of 5 in order to pass, not just two. | right. I feel like the programming | Assignment | is just a tad too relaxing, | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Having time left on the last programming assignment in week 4 and not being allowed to complete it was a downer. I'm not sure if this was bug or if I'm missing something. The course was great and challenging. Thank you for preparing, organizing and teaching this course. | time left on the last programming | Assignment | in week 4 and not being | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very clear in explanations, I learnt a lot of new cool stuff. Assignments aren't always so trivial but there's always a hint to help in solving them | a lot of new cool stuff. | Assignment | aren't always so trivial but there's | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| Nap1_eB0EeWHHAokaxVUhQ | Very nice, quick overview. Formulation of equations in Biology leaves a bit to interpretation but this is a systemic issue. The guy is obviously highly proficient and comfortable with the subject matter never falters in his delivery. Assignments are all quizzes and the whole thing can be completed without undue pain. | matter never falters in his delivery. | Assignment | are all quizzes and the whole | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NCNTU5w4EeWNCwqI4rnUgw | Very helpful frameworks delivered in a great way. Could be made better still by more in the way of materials and assignments to engage with. Quizzes are fine but don't allow the thought engagement of case studies one can work through even if ungraded. | in the way of materials and | Assignment | to engage with. Quizzes are fine | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| NDBJAUWDEeWbNhIvIryYow | I am really enjoying the course. A lot more practical than other courses I have taken. It would be good to have an option to submit assignments and purchase the certificate at the end rather than the current way. Hope Courser will take this into consideration. | to have an option to submit | Assignment | and purchase the certificate at the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The course comes with great explanation but the graded assignments sometimes seem pointless as they look irrelevant to the topic, There are unnecessary questions asked in quizzes i.e whether you have completed your assignment or not. These sort of questions never evaluate what we have accomplished | with great explanation but the graded | Assignment | sometimes seem pointless as they look | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The course comes with great explanation but the graded assignments sometimes seem pointless as they look irrelevant to the topic, There are unnecessary questions asked in quizzes i.e whether you have completed your assignment or not. These sort of questions never evaluate what we have accomplished | e whether you have completed your | Assignment | or not. These sort of questions | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is a brilliant course. Starts from the basics of object oriented programming covering all the topics in intermediate details. Also, the final assignment helps you to add additional features and test your creativity! A must for beginners and a good course to review the fundamentals of OOAD. | in intermediate details. Also, the final | Assignment | helps you to add additional features | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | A good course and beautiful lectures. But the programming assignments should be little more tough. | and beautiful lectures. But the programming | Assignment | should be little more tough. | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | When I signed up for this course I had already taken a year's worth of Java classes and was quite well prepared. My overall opinion of the course is that it was really good and the instructors did a good job by presenting clear videos of some beginning - intermediate level concepts. I especially liked Christine's and Mia's presentations. The videos on memory models were really great and helped me a lot. The assignments were really interesting too as they collected and mapped real time data of earthquakes onto a map, but some of the external libraries being used in UnfoldingMaps could have been explained a little better as to what their implementations were. In the beginning it was a little confusing trying to figure out the superclasses even though the Javadocs for them were available. I also felt that the Interaction Design Lab in Germany - the folks who implemented the UnfoldingMaps could have made the Javadocs of their classes a little more detailed. Further explanation of how to use the classes built into the course would have been very helpful. Hence the 4/5 stars given. But overall I really enjoyed the class and am really looking forward to the second class in the sequence. Well done! | and helped me a lot. The | Assignment | were really interesting too as they | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | coordination is required between the lectures and the assignments so a to fill any gaps | required between the lectures and the | Assignment | so a to fill any gaps | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | more assignments regarding inheritance and polymorphism should be there to increase the confidence in these fields with there different usages also. | more | Assignment | regarding inheritance and polymorphism should be | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great introduction to Java. Gives you an opportunity to play with several different libraries from the start, rather than learning the basics with just text input and output like most courses, which is really cool. No peer review, just quiz questions that can only be answered if the assignment is completed correctly. The assignments are therefore not particularly challenging -- you get out of this class what you put in! | can only be answered if the | Assignment | is completed correctly. The assignments are | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great introduction to Java. Gives you an opportunity to play with several different libraries from the start, rather than learning the basics with just text input and output like most courses, which is really cool. No peer review, just quiz questions that can only be answered if the assignment is completed correctly. The assignments are therefore not particularly challenging -- you get out of this class what you put in! | the assignment is completed correctly. The | Assignment | are therefore not particularly challenging -- | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Comprehensive, enough amount of quizes and suitable assignment to ensure your understanding and give you enough practice. Nicely planned. I have really benefited from it. | enough amount of quizes and suitable | Assignment | to ensure your understanding and give | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | OOP in Java was a fantastic course! The syllabus was really good and the assignments were really cool! | syllabus was really good and the | Assignment | were really cool! | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I like the content and programming assignments. | I like the content and programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great course, good combination of theory and practice..videos are very well explained and include useful information, nice assignments that are not too difficult but also not too simple. It even includes a social aspect with the peer review part in the end. | explained and include useful information, nice | Assignment | that are not too difficult but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | very nice course and assignments | very nice course and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Learned a lot about OOP programming. The assignments were fairly challenging. | a lot about OOP programming. The | Assignment | were fairly challenging. | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course delivers a great learning experience. I have not only learned the theory of object oriented design through java. I have also gained hands on experience of these challenging concepts through the java programming assignments. An outstanding feature of this course is the ability of the three professors to relate rigorous theory to hands on experience by means of the java assignments. Hats off to three outstanding Computer Science professors for the great teaching, enthusiasm and ability to motivate me the learner. This course delivers 100% on its promise to provide a solid foundation in object oriented design and programming through java. | challenging concepts through the java programming | Assignment | An outstanding feature of this course | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course delivers a great learning experience. I have not only learned the theory of object oriented design through java. I have also gained hands on experience of these challenging concepts through the java programming assignments. An outstanding feature of this course is the ability of the three professors to relate rigorous theory to hands on experience by means of the java assignments. Hats off to three outstanding Computer Science professors for the great teaching, enthusiasm and ability to motivate me the learner. This course delivers 100% on its promise to provide a solid foundation in object oriented design and programming through java. | experience by means of the java | Assignment | Hats off to three outstanding Computer | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | An excellent course for taking a step forwards in Java programming. The instructors are great and I love the concept challenge videos as they help clarify new concepts. The programming assignments are good although sometimes felt like they were not challenging enough. The course material isn't that long and the course could easily be completed in 2-3 weeks or even less. Despite that it is not an introductory course to Java, I was able to follow along smoothly without prior Java experience. However previous programming experience is required. | help clarify new concepts. The programming | Assignment | are good although sometimes felt like | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course was a really comprehensive package explaining all the basic concepts of Object Oriented Programming . The instructors clearly explains the concepts of inheritance , polymorphism , searching , sorting etc. relating it as much as possible to real world examples. The concept challenge questions clearly helps you to understand the subtle nuances that the instructor wants to explain . The quiz are easy .The only thing that i found hard was to complete was the final assignment as i had minimal programming experience with data structures but if you stick to it , you will definitely make it , just like me :) | was to complete was the final | Assignment | as i had minimal programming experience | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The peer review assignment part is really useless. | The peer review | Assignment | part is really useless. | Negative | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very good introductory course in Java and OOP principles, well designed and structured, provides perfect programming assignments. | designed and structured, provides perfect programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Excellent course and dynamic!!!! The programming assignment are funny and help the student to improve knowledge. | dynamic! ! ! ! The programming | Assignment | are funny and help the student | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | A great introduction to the fundamentals of building real-world software, with an engaging project (world map of earthquakes) that you continuously evolve throughout the course and a unique, friendly approach to programming assignments. | a unique, friendly approach to programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Awesome course. Assignments are fun and I got a lot of things to learn. I was good in Java before starting the course, but still learned a lot. | Awesome course. | Assignment | are fun and I got a | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It's a relatively short and easy course, but it has good lecture videos and programming assignments. Also, I think that you would have to already have fairly good computer programming skills (either in Java or some other language) to take this course, because it pretty much jumps right into adding complex functionality to existing programs to extend their behavior. | has good lecture videos and programming | Assignment | Also, I think that you would | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Good course, ideal for the first half of a second course in computer science. A little java experience is recommended buy you'll probably be ok if you have program in a statically type programming language before because you can pick up java very quickly. The lectures are very good, I think that the teachers are excellent expositors but I feel that they could be more detailed. The project is about representing earthquakes in a map and you are always increasing the complexity. Finally you need to add your own extension which I found an excellent opportunity to test your imagination and your capacity to create new things. The only cons of the course for me is the way assignments are evaluated. I think it has to do with the fact that they are interactive. You have to answers questions in a Quiz related to the week content and the project. But the are not very demanding, therefore they do not reflect how much you really know. In general I recommend taking this course if you are in self study journey in computer science, even more the specialization start to get more interesting and demanding in the follow up courses, more complete and detailed. | course for me is the way | Assignment | are evaluated. I think it has | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very Good Course. The Programming Assignment were a bit challenging. It first looked all alien but the Instructions were very helpful and I enjoyed a lot while doing it. This is the best course I have taken up on Coursera and for that matter any online course.It was very interactive. Thank you Coursera. Keep it up | Very Good Course. The Programming | Assignment | were a bit challenging. It first | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This class was extremely well structured. The assignments provided excellent opportunities to thoroughly learn the course material. I would highly recommend this class. | class was extremely well structured. The | Assignment | provided excellent opportunities to thoroughly learn | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The course is very good explained. However the practice relies a lot in code that cannot be explained like applets or mapping components... Sometimes you need more time to go through the documentation of a graphic library that you will never use again than in doing the actual assignment's core thing. | again than in doing the actual | Assignment | core thing. | Negative | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great introduction to OOP with Java. This is not a pure theoretical course, neither a entirely practical course... It is both, so the instructors present the material with a good balance between theory and practice. Part of your assignment tasks is to explore on Java classes and learn how to use their methods (functions) in your own programs, which gives you a taste of a daily programmer job. The end of course project stimulates your creativity! Nonetheless, this course will be challenging for someone who has not been exposed to any OOP concepts before. Make sure to practice a lot and go to the discussion forums, which are a great resource for help, at any moment you need it. | theory and practice. Part of your | Assignment | tasks is to explore on Java | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Christine, Mia and Leo - you are absolutely fantastic! To convey programming concepts with such enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism! The course is well designed and planned. The assignments are very interesting and actual. I would definitely recommend this course in my professional circles and to my friends. Thank you very much! In pleasurable anticipation of your next course. Thank you. | is well designed and planned. The | Assignment | are very interesting and actual. I | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Excellent course! 100% recommended! Despite I had a strong background in computing and I found it a little bit easy, I really enjoyed the lectures and programming assignments and I have learned some interesting stuff. In my case, I know how to program but I have coded in Matlab for too long. So I am finding the whole specialization very useful. | really enjoyed the lectures and programming | Assignment | and I have learned some interesting | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course helped me understand key concepts of Object Oriented Programming. By doing the weekly assignments, I had a chance to practice what I have learnt straight way. | Oriented Programming. By doing the weekly | Assignment | I had a chance to practice | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Really exceptional course. Make sure you watch the everything its easy to miss important information about the assignments. | to miss important information about the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Core concepts of OOP are explained very well in this course. Assignments were quite practical in nature and implementing them was challenging and fun. I would recommend the course to anyone who wants to strengthen and formalize their knowledge of OOP concepts. I wish assignments would be submitted for code review and students would be able to get more specific input from mentors on code organization and style. Integrating with github would be a great step forward towards transparency as well. | explained very well in this course. | Assignment | were quite practical in nature and | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Core concepts of OOP are explained very well in this course. Assignments were quite practical in nature and implementing them was challenging and fun. I would recommend the course to anyone who wants to strengthen and formalize their knowledge of OOP concepts. I wish assignments would be submitted for code review and students would be able to get more specific input from mentors on code organization and style. Integrating with github would be a great step forward towards transparency as well. | knowledge of OOP concepts. I wish | Assignment | would be submitted for code review | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I learned many useful things in this class. The concepts were explained very well, and the assignments were challenging. However, I do wish the assignments required submission (I realize this was implemented in the second course). | were explained very well, and the | Assignment | were challenging. However, I do wish | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I learned many useful things in this class. The concepts were explained very well, and the assignments were challenging. However, I do wish the assignments required submission (I realize this was implemented in the second course). | challenging. However, I do wish the | Assignment | required submission (I realize this was | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | University of California did a great job! Thank you guys! Great course, concept challenges are very helpful and surprisingly one additional week for finishing up was wonderful idea - it helped me to finish last assignment on time. | it helped me to finish last | Assignment | on time. | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Easy to comprehend, full of examples, a lot of challenges, excellent teachers, and everything! I love this course's programming assignments as those assignments show me directly the "real" application of each week's topic. The most extremely valuable thing that I got from this course is that I now can read documentation properly. I thought that reading documentation is tedious, but now I know that it is very fundamental. | everything! I love this course's programming | Assignment | as those assignments show me directly | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Easy to comprehend, full of examples, a lot of challenges, excellent teachers, and everything! I love this course's programming assignments as those assignments show me directly the "real" application of each week's topic. The most extremely valuable thing that I got from this course is that I now can read documentation properly. I thought that reading documentation is tedious, but now I know that it is very fundamental. | this course's programming assignments as those | Assignment | show me directly the " real" | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | great, lots of useful practice assignments with detailed explanations. | great, lots of useful practice | Assignment | with detailed explanations. | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is course is really awesome and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested to Software Engineering using JAVA programming Language. A little history about my background will help understand my excitement about this course. I am a newly graduated in the field of Electrical Engineering. So far, I wrote code mainly in C++ and I have not really participated to very challenging programming assignments. Looking for job (Unluckily so far ) I quickly realize that Java programming is really big on the job market. For these reasons, I got this book in Java programming called "Starting Out with JAVA", but may be due to lack of discipline I was not really able to move deeply in book. However since I have enrolled in this course, I am being influenced tremendously by the design of the class.I got so much positive vibe from the professor who make this class really exciting. The level of details use in lecture videos make this class really easy to follow. In addition, the class assignment are just plainly cool, practical, and challenging. I really feel like I am learning from expert in the field. This fact has raised my confidence that my gaining the skills combined in this specialization I magnify my qualification on the job market. Thank you. | really participated to very challenging programming | Assignment | Looking for job (Unluckily so far | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is course is really awesome and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested to Software Engineering using JAVA programming Language. A little history about my background will help understand my excitement about this course. I am a newly graduated in the field of Electrical Engineering. So far, I wrote code mainly in C++ and I have not really participated to very challenging programming assignments. Looking for job (Unluckily so far ) I quickly realize that Java programming is really big on the job market. For these reasons, I got this book in Java programming called "Starting Out with JAVA", but may be due to lack of discipline I was not really able to move deeply in book. However since I have enrolled in this course, I am being influenced tremendously by the design of the class.I got so much positive vibe from the professor who make this class really exciting. The level of details use in lecture videos make this class really easy to follow. In addition, the class assignment are just plainly cool, practical, and challenging. I really feel like I am learning from expert in the field. This fact has raised my confidence that my gaining the skills combined in this specialization I magnify my qualification on the job market. Thank you. | to follow. In addition, the class | Assignment | are just plainly cool, practical, and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very crisp explanations. Treatment on polymorphism was very good. The only thing I did not like was that we were forced to cast a few times during our assignments, and usually this is not a good practice to be taught to someone. | cast a few times during our | Assignment | and usually this is not a | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Its a good course to take. As we learn OOP in a better understandable way. Instructors explain the concepts well. Also I always like working with maps and as this course assignments are based on map data, plotting data on real maps it like it more. But it would be great if the course have taught to execute the same code through java jar. As using Papplet via eclipse is easy but how to use the same code via computer terminal is quite tricky as we don't find any main method in our code. | with maps and as this course | Assignment | are based on map data, plotting | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great course. Well designed and challenging programming assignments that stimulate learning. | course. Well designed and challenging programming | Assignment | that stimulate learning. | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Nice course well explained. I liked more than other courses where they explain easy theory then you are lost in the assignments. | then you are lost in the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Although I agree that the mapping library that is used for the programming assignments adds something visually interesting to the course, I felt that it added an unnecessary level complexity when it came understanding the object-oriented aspects of the language. I spent a lot of time trying to understand how to use a library that I won't likely use again just to be able to apply the core programming concepts being taught in that lesson. Having said this, I felt a good sense of accomplishment after getting through the final project. | that is used for the programming | Assignment | adds something visually interesting to the | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | well organized, interesting assignments and great interactivity between the instructors and the students. | well organized, interesting | Assignment | and great interactivity between the instructors | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is the first MOOC I have found that fits neatly between beginner level introduction to programming courses, and higher level machine learning/pattern recognition or algorithms courses. The lecture videos convey concepts succinctly, and the assignments complement the lecture materials. | videos convey concepts succinctly, and the | Assignment | complement the lecture materials. | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very interesting course and learnt many new things. Excellent teaching and assignments. Highly recommend to others who want to learn nodejs and mongodb! | many new things. Excellent teaching and | Assignment | Highly recommend to others who want | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | I don't like the fact you have to pay 80 dollars just to unlock assignment submissions. The fact that other students have to grade each other is not worth the 80 dollars. Think of all the students that may attend the course will more than cover the server costs if it was 10$. Otherwise, the class so far is useful. | pay 80 dollars just to unlock | Assignment | submissions. The fact that other students | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Excellent course for those who want to drive into nodeJS and mongoDB. Theory, practice and assignments are perfectly constructed and presented in a structured, informative way. For me, it is exactly the course I needed. Thank you, Nikita | nodeJS and mongoDB. Theory, practice and | Assignment | are perfectly constructed and presented in | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | It's a good course that covers a good amount of rich material in a short amount of time. Wish there was some more explanation on certain plugins we are using outside of just 'this is what you do'. Course files would help quite a bit when completing assignments, especially with the amount we are modifying our local projects. | help quite a bit when completing | Assignment | especially with the amount we are | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Not a very good course. The assignments are not very clear. Could have done much more like integrating front-end etc in place of that loopback module. Was really disappointed with this one. Should have given 0 stars but gave 3 stars for Jogesh Muppala as he is my favourite teacher when it comes to MOOC | Not a very good course. The | Assignment | are not very clear. Could have | Positive | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | It's good course to get start with! But I think there's no deployment explanation, he doesn't tell how to integrate back-end to Front-End... I'm/was just a Front-End with no experience at all with any Back-End and I struggled to be able to finish last assignment. With 0 experience on Mongoose/MongoDB he was requesting a lot of things to be done out of our range of knowledge. He explains deeply all the steps on the Authentication, I would go strait to the practical knowledge in the cases of Authentication and would go deeper in MongoDB commands and Mongoose stuff. I feel myself weak after this course in those things. Furthermore, the Express Router and how NodeJS/Express Work are pretty well explained wich is really important. Sincerely I'd really made this course 1 or 2 weeks larger ( at least)! But It's a good starting point. He is a good teacher with a good sense of humor, his lesson are never boring so is good spending a lot of hours with Pr. Muppala ! | to be able to finish last | Assignment | With 0 experience on Mongoose/MongoDB he | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| ngZrURn5EeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Pay to submit assignments, GG. All the stars goes to the prof. | Pay to submit | Assignment | GG. All the stars goes to | Negative | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Great lectures. I wish there were more in-depth assignments and detailed handouts. | I wish there were more in-depth | Assignment | and detailed handouts. | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| NjakpyWaEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Nice overview of graphic design history, I learned some new things, broadened my historical background, and had assignments that tied it back into contemporary design. | broadened my historical background, and had | Assignment | that tied it back into contemporary | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| NjakpyWaEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | This course is very well explained and very interesting. The assignments are simple and still bring a lot into the learning process. | well explained and very interesting. The | Assignment | are simple and still bring a | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| NjakpyWaEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | The course is very well-structured, and makes it a pleasure both to learn and work on assignments. There are a lot of examples from the history of graphic design - a huge field of potential inspiration for the ones working in the graphic design field! | both to learn and work on | Assignment | There are a lot of examples | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| NjakpyWaEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Amazing class, very interesting in terms of content -you learn a lot about the History of Graphic Design- and a great reflection on graphic design today. The assignments were all clever and insightful. I really recommend it for anyone in the graphic design business, whether you're starting out or have been in the industry a while! | reflection on graphic design today. The | Assignment | were all clever and insightful. I | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| NjakpyWaEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Excellent presentation, engaging content, interesting and relevant assignments and quizes. | presentation, engaging content, interesting and relevant | Assignment | and quizes. | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| NjbaFTRfEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | All in all this was a very good course. Jeremy Ghez is a bright and inspiring teacher. The content of the course was extremely interesting and well put together. I would have certainly enjoyed to have some sections of the course expanded, which was my only disappointment. I thought the assignments were very well handled and def | my only disappointment. I thought the | Assignment | were very well handled and def | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nnd5lshWEeSA1yIACye2oA | This course was unique in several ways. It covers a subject from WWII and Jewish history that is largely overlooked. The lectures were interspersed with video that added a unique flavor. The students seem to come from a variety of countries. As a student, some of the lecture material was difficult to understand, though presented in English; subtitles helped. If there is a complaint of deficiency, it is the lack of support, feedback, or availability of staff on comment boards. I encountered a problem due to a mis-counting of the peer reviews completed, and a delay in my grade, so finally gave up and kept doing peer reviews until it showed as complete. The peer reviews on my own assignments were delayed. I think 4 peer reviews is too much, whether from low enrollment, language barrier or other issue. But I learned much, and this added to my current study of the role of China in WWII. | The peer reviews on my own | Assignment | were delayed. I think 4 peer | Negative | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| nnd5lshWEeSA1yIACye2oA | I thought this was a very interesting course on a topic I knew nothing about. Apart from the history of the Jews in China I learnt a great deal about China in the 19th and 20th century. My only criticism of the course was the very confusing rubric for peer marking the assignments. The criteria were very specific and , in my view, didn't necessarily reflect the subject of the essay. | confusing rubric for peer marking the | Assignment | The criteria were very specific and | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| NNe5CEW4EeW8ow5lHOiKYQ | This course was terribly underwhelming. There is no interaction from the Wharton staff, nothing that connects this to anything learned in the specialization, and nothing that even resembles a case study. Grades are subjectively assigned on a very narrow grading scale by peers and the format of the assignment doesn't allow for enough explanation to develop a thesis. of Any information given to the student is from magazine/newspaper/journal articles without data and we are tasked with identifying a business solution to a problem with little context. Very disappointed in this offering. After taking the Data Analysis specialization offered through Duke University I know what a capstone course should be and this course is so far from that it should be removed from the course catalog. | peers and the format of the | Assignment | doesn't allow for enough explanation to | Negative | 0.77 | 1.0 |
| NpTR4zVwEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Ambiguous assignments led to cumbersome completion. The peer grading got a little annoying as sometimes it took forever to get feedback and a lot of times feedback was minimal or the criteria for grading was vague and people took it WAY too seriously. | Ambiguous | Assignment | led to cumbersome completion. The peer | Positive | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| NpTR4zVwEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Room for improvement: -Case studies -More Assignment | Room for improvement: -Case studies -More | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NpTR4zVwEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Really nice course. I was expecting a little more depth, but I really enjoyed the approach they took and their assignments. | the approach they took and their | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NpTR4zVwEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | This course has the minimal information than its brother courses, you may need to add more details focus on the planning more and give more assignment if applicable. | the planning more and give more | Assignment | if applicable. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| NpTR4zVwEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Nice course. Decent content and always well-structured lectures. The peer assignments could have been better though. | and always well-structured lectures. The peer | Assignment | could have been better though. | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| NpTR4zVwEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | This is more enlightening than the previous courses in the specialization. It felt like learning new material and techniques rather than simply reviewing concepts I already knew. I also liked that the assignments required creating actual artifacts and reviewing others' work. The industry interviews were a nice addition as well. | knew. I also liked that the | Assignment | required creating actual artifacts and reviewing | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I enjoyed the pace of this class however, I was not too keen on the way code is graded, e.g. for the final project of the 3rd week, although my code validated and the resulting page was identical to the instructor's mockup, it was still marked incorrect in the quiz and there was no way to determine exactly what the issue was. There has to be a better way to grade coding assignments. | a better way to grade coding | Assignment | | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Basics of HTML explained very well. I would suggest the Assignments to me be slightly harder | very well. I would suggest the | Assignment | to me be slightly harder | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | More interactive assignments using the parser would have been great. As it stands, the quizzes had mostly relevant content, but the lessons were anything but engaging. Having Colleen talk at the camera for 5-12 minutes per video got tedious really quick. | More interactive | Assignment | using the parser would have been | Negative | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Nice course and assignments.This course provide complete knowledge about HTML5. | Nice course and | Assignment | This course provide complete knowledge about | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | It's a good course for beginner, lots of HTML elements are covered in detail during the classes and you will get a good knowledge about HTML. If you code along the course and do all the assignments to practice in the end of the course you will have solid foundation for continued learning and programming in HTML5. It is course that I recommend to enroll. | the course and do all the | Assignment | to practice in the end of | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Great professor wonderful introduction to computer science/coding -1 start due to some confusion with updates to the final exam assignment | with updates to the final exam | Assignment | | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I'd give it a 3.5, but it's not possible so I'm leaning more towards a 4 than a 3. The most positive thing about the course was Prof. van Lent who really knows her stuff. She also has a calm, soothing manner of explaining things and moves with it at the right pace. The content was easy to follow and quizzes were useful. Final assignment was messed up and they really should fix that, but the additional eight questions were basically a transcript of the code itself, and if you did your own code, you shouldn't have had any problem distinguishing the bad code from the good one. Extra stuff for those who successfully finished the course was a nice touch. The real downside of it all was the 'staff'. I got my question answered nine days after I posted it, when I had already finished. I've also seen some rude and condescending yet sparse answers to other students. Similar (but worse) things happen in CSS3 course as well. I don't know who those people are and how they got their jobs, but they should be replaced. Or sent to professional conduct and time management class. | follow and quizzes were useful. Final | Assignment | was messed up and they really | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | In introductory way to HTML 5...challenging assignments. | to HTML 5. . . challenging | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course. | taught is easy to understand. What | Assignment | asked to do is useful. This | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Would have liked an exercise between lessons. Would have liked clearer instructions for final assignment. | have liked clearer instructions for final | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Could have been good if there is a practical assignment. | good if there is a practical | Assignment | | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | If there had been a working autograder for the last final project this course would have been worth it somehow. What does that mean? - The lectures provided valuable information. - The quizzes generally made sense (in relation to the lectures). - Learning how to code wasn't really possible. Why is that? - There is only one programming assignment. - The autograder doesn't give any feedback at all why resp. where things go wrong. That's everything but good style (for software as well as for learning). - Code snippets can't be tested individually. That's very bad behavior in programming. - At the end working code that meets the teached rules is marked as wrong. You are lost without any clue. So probably you can learn something. Unfortunately you can't possibly finish the course with a feeling of success. | - There is only one programming | Assignment | - The autograder doesn't give any | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The good: This course really shows how to code in the 'right' way both syntax and semantics, so the theory is covered better than in other courses. There are good explanations on how to host your site, whch is not less important than learning coding. The bad: More examples and practice are needed, it's hard to get everything so quickly. I had some initial background so i handeld that ok, but for total newbies it might be too frustrating. The final assignment should be changed imo to peer review, the quiz is not the right way to do it imo. Thanks, learned alot. | might be too frustrating. The final | Assignment | should be changed imo to peer | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | very simple . assignments are ok. I would prefer it if the assignments would be all applications and programming. | very simple . | Assignment | are ok. I would prefer it | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | very simple . assignments are ok. I would prefer it if the assignments would be all applications and programming. | I would prefer it if the | Assignment | would be all applications and programming. | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | A very simple, but effective intro to HTML. Looking forward to CSS3!! Take the time to read the optional chapters in the free book PDF as some of the questions in the assignments are not mentioned in lectures, but are explained in the book. | some of the questions in the | Assignment | are not mentioned in lectures, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Challenging at some points, but if you push through it is well worth the hard work and effort. Dr. van Lent seems very passionate about the topic and it shows through in the lecture and assignment videos. Even if you're already familiar with HTML4.01, this course is worth taking to quickly brush up on the changes in HTML5, as well as learning accessibility features for users who may have one or more disabilities. I learned so much in this course even though I already knew the basics of coding and HTML4.01 Strict. This course got me interested in learning more about UMich's programs and enrolling in more courses with Dr. van Lent. Highly recommend! | shows through in the lecture and | Assignment | videos. Even if you're already familiar | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Great course for beginners who have absolutely no idea about coding! Huge thanks to Prof. Colleen who used very simple language to make the course easier to understand. All the important aspects of basic HTML5 were covered. Assignments were challenging and fun! I can proudly say that I created my own 'First' webpage with the help of this course. One star less just because I felt that some topics like images and especially multimedia usage can be confusing and could have been explained more in detail. Overall a very informative course...highly recommended!! | aspects of basic HTML5 were covered. | Assignment | were challenging and fun! I can | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The course probably should be a bit longer to go into more detail on certain things. I have HTML experience, but no HTML5, figured this would be a good beginners course. Felt the final coding assignment was a bit vague as far as instructions and the video. I can use different tags to make the page look similar to the professors layout, and not be exact in what's required. | beginners course. Felt the final coding | Assignment | was a bit vague as far | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Excellent introduction. The course material is clear and well presented. The assignments follow the course material closely. | is clear and well presented. The | Assignment | follow the course material closely. | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | 3th week final assignment has bugs | 3th week final | Assignment | has bugs | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Very good course but more assignments should be included except the quizzes .... | Very good course but more | Assignment | should be included except the quizzes | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This was my first experience with HTML5. I enjoyed and learned so much from this course. Dr. Colleen van Lent is very informative and provided excellent video lectures and valuable assignments. I'm looking forward to finding more courses from her. | provided excellent video lectures and valuable | Assignment | I'm looking forward to finding more | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I would have rated this course with 5 stars if it wasn't for the Autograder that marked the final assignment, which made that I didn't even get to pass the course, although, according to me and everyone I had contact with regarding this course, my code was correct! Everything else was very well done, and I congratulate Ms. van Lent on her course. I will be going on to the next course in this specialization, because all the autograders for the rest of it has been removed. Thank goodness! | the Autograder that marked the final | Assignment | which made that I didn't even | Negative | 0.84 | 1.0 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I loved that the assignments and lectures built up to the final project. It was tough, but I appreciated it and felt like I actually learned from it. | I loved that the | Assignment | and lectures built up to the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| nUeuF3EkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | The content of the course is very good, but I guess there always are few people. My submission of assignments could not have been reviewed for a long time. | are few people. My submission of | Assignment | could not have been reviewed for | Negative | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| nUeuF3EkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | This course should be taken by anyone involved in the processs of applying for job interviews! It's both useful and pleasant to take. I work for a big company, in France, in the field of "science & technology R&D", and my lab recently opened a position for which we started interviewing applicants a few weeks ago. As a member of the team the position is opened to work with, I've been involved in the interview process. I was just amazed to see how unprepared the applicants were : they made mistake after mistake. Since we also have trainees and Ph.D students in the lab, who'll soon have to search for their first job, I had a look at the MOOC offer in the field of "preparing for job interviews", in order to see what advice I could provide for them to get prepared for this key step in building their career. I registered to this MOOC, as an auditor, and started browsing through their videos and accompanying documents. I just got caught in right away, despite the fact that I couldn't participate (neither submit nor evaluate) in assignments: one needs to be pay for that, and I had no real interest in doing so, for now, although I truly think it's worth the cost if one is in the position of preparing for job interviews. I realised that, if the job applicants we interviewed in my lab had taken this remarkable course prior to their interviews, this would have saved them so many basic mistakes. If you never had the opportunity to reflect on what a job interview process is, and are applying for interviews, just give it a try: I bet you'll benefit from this experience a lot... and it might simply change your life! This course is the first of a series of 5 from a specialization. I already audited the first 2 courses, and I'm just eager to see the next two come on stage (the last is a capstone project I'll skip for now.) | participate (neither submit nor evaluate) in | Assignment | one needs to be pay for | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| o4yIjxxHEeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Easy to learn material with challenging assignments! | Easy to learn material with challenging | Assignment | | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| O6SzVx2GEeSKwCIACzUCbQ | I thoroughly enjoyed it. The course material clarified many of the things I had learned during my years working in the communications field. The supporting material was excellent, the videos were well done, helpful assignments and the final exam was an excellent review of the course material. | the videos were well done, helpful | Assignment | and the final exam was an | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| O941HzsyEeWjyxInT4zYJQ | Fantastic course, recommendation for everyone interested in video games design. It could do with more video lectures, and maybe even little harder assignments, but overall it is really great course, and specialization as a whole. | lectures, and maybe even little harder | Assignment | but overall it is really great | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | The course itself is very informative and enlightening. The way Coursera structures the submission of assignments though, need to be seriously reworked to keep the numerous learners with creative unethical behaviors at bay. | way Coursera structures the submission of | Assignment | though, need to be seriously reworked | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | I thought the course was really interesting and well taught. I think the quizzes and final assignment could be a little tougher but I understand there is a larger Kapstone project for the specialization. I really liked the additional resources, articles and videos provided and have added many of the articles and books to my reading list. | I think the quizzes and final | Assignment | could be a little tougher but | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | I had rated this course 4 star earlier but, I am downgrading it to 2 star now as the course managers - coursera + CBS seem to have abandoned the coursera while the program is still running and being charged upwards of hundreds of dollars. The final peer assignment date has passed by close to 2 weeks and the grading process is not completed, neither there is any communication from course managers about the same. Very disappointing from Coursera and CBS. For free, the course may be still useful as early introduction to strategy but as paid course, refrain for the time being. My earlier review below. ----- Delivery of the course - presentation, videos, sequencing and articles for each video are very well organized and executed. Referring cases studies is good as well. However, the material seems simplified and is very much a basic course and not intermediate or advanced course. Additionally, the quizzes are very simple and have ample room to increase the difficulty level in order to make the course more challenging. | hundreds of dollars. The final peer | Assignment | date has passed by close to | Positive | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Only 4 stars because the Assignment was a bit of a disaster for non-professionals in Strategic Management. | Only 4 stars because the | Assignment | was a bit of a disaster | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Very happy with this course! Started out funny and relaxed, and maintained the relaxed edge whilst remaining challenging at the same time. Lots of reading material really challenged me to read more and to give more in the final assignment. | to give more in the final | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | The actual material in the course is fascinating and quite useful but, as is common with so many Coursera courses, the enjoyment of completing the course is severely hampered by the requirement to review the final assignment of other students. The purposes of these courses is to learn from experts in the field not to grade the work of others. I wish Coursera would really stop professors from pushing their responsibility- grading the work of the students and offering THEIR feedback- onto the students who may or may not have a firm grasp of the material in question. | the requirement to review the final | Assignment | of other students. The purposes of | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| ODnbKv_6EeSa0SIACyGBQw | Wonderful experience for someone who has been out of university for so long. Will be spending time reading the philosophers much more carefully. I had to read too fast in order to do the writing assignments, unfortunately. It is ironic that the writing assignments are to make one reflect and learn, but they force one to read too quickly rather than to enjoy the readings. Good course, however. | in order to do the writing | Assignment | unfortunately. It is ironic that the | Negative | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| ODnbKv_6EeSa0SIACyGBQw | Wonderful experience for someone who has been out of university for so long. Will be spending time reading the philosophers much more carefully. I had to read too fast in order to do the writing assignments, unfortunately. It is ironic that the writing assignments are to make one reflect and learn, but they force one to read too quickly rather than to enjoy the readings. Good course, however. | It is ironic that the writing | Assignment | are to make one reflect and | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| ODnbKv_6EeSa0SIACyGBQw | I advice NOT to take this course. Why: the professor is never there to read your assignments. He leaves that totally to other students like yourself, to grade your written assignments, and, they do not read and give you a RANDOM grade in 2 seconds. Don't take it, you will waste sooo much time on this one. | is never there to read your | Assignment | He leaves that totally to other | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| ODnbKv_6EeSa0SIACyGBQw | I advice NOT to take this course. Why: the professor is never there to read your assignments. He leaves that totally to other students like yourself, to grade your written assignments, and, they do not read and give you a RANDOM grade in 2 seconds. Don't take it, you will waste sooo much time on this one. | like yourself, to grade your written | Assignment | and, they do not read and | Negative | 0.92 | 1.0 |
| ODnbKv_6EeSa0SIACyGBQw | I absolutely loved the course content and the style of the instructor. The only feedback I'd extend is more variety in the writing assignment prompts, and a little more specificity in the quiz wording. Some of the questions seemed phrased in an unclear way. | is more variety in the writing | Assignment | prompts, and a little more specificity | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| ODnbKv_6EeSa0SIACyGBQw | What is the Enlightenment? Part One of this course pulls together a number of stimulating readings to introduce the basic concepts of the title. Taught by an expert with grace and style. Stimulating assignments challenge the student to think comparatively and deeply. | expert with grace and style. Stimulating | Assignment | challenge the student to think comparatively | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ofcUj5MCEeWI6BJRAK7IKQ | I give 4 stars instead 5 just because the last assignments, building an app from scratch, should me more interesting and useful | instead 5 just because the last | Assignment | building an app from scratch, should | Negative | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| ofcUj5MCEeWI6BJRAK7IKQ | I was very excited during Week 1 and Week 2 lectures. Then, the videos kept getting unclear and outdated. The assignment is not engaging. My interest dropped. The videos really need updates! | kept getting unclear and outdated. The | Assignment | is not engaging. My interest dropped. | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| OFscqWDPEeWFnw4rjmRYKQ | I really loved it! In particular the assignments. I am a creative person, and decided to take this course in order to understand the process and how to help others to be creative in their lives. | really loved it! In particular the | Assignment | I am a creative person, and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| olJcuUKiEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | Course relevancy was excellent to HR Operations. Would have liked additional explanation and detail on assignments. More examples ans cases. Some of the lecture were difficult to understand presenter. Some of the quiz answers did not correspond to course materials or ambiguous. | liked additional explanation and detail on | Assignment | More examples ans cases. Some of | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Awesome course! I loved the lectures and the homework assignments. They were fun and creative. Dr. Moerman is very well prepared in this subjects and his explanations were engaging and thought provoking. I hope I can meet him some day to thank him personally. Greetings! | loved the lectures and the homework | Assignment | They were fun and creative. Dr. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | content is not good, too scattered content, cannot find focus. assignments are meaningless. | too scattered content, cannot find focus. | Assignment | are meaningless. | Negative | 0.88 | 1.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | good; but not as good as the other modules in the specialisation; the instructions for the assignments are a bit too convoluted, clarity would be added not by adding more information, but by reducing the text. | the specialisation; the instructions for the | Assignment | are a bit too convoluted, clarity | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Good combination of theory and practice. For the assignments you have to conduct an observation and an interview and analyse your collected data, without doing this as a researcher there won't be a complete understanding of the discussed theory. | of theory and practice. For the | Assignment | you have to conduct an observation | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Very enthusiastic lecturer, which made learning that much more enjoyable! The course content is fantastic. My only comment is the grading system for the assignments / how the assignments are designed - in my opinion the grading system could be improved to reflect efforts and correct submission done by students. | is the grading system for the | Assignment | / how the assignments are designed | Positive | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Very enthusiastic lecturer, which made learning that much more enjoyable! The course content is fantastic. My only comment is the grading system for the assignments / how the assignments are designed - in my opinion the grading system could be improved to reflect efforts and correct submission done by students. | for the assignments / how the | Assignment | are designed - in my opinion | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | For a Chinese student who rarely had experience touch on Western Philosophy, the startling line is a little complex and hard to gain the "pure meaning" of the course. But after look the videos over and over again, I feel better now. In China, I never witnessed a teacher jumping in front of the students, in front of the camera or in the livid classroom. So I really appreciate to see Mr. Moerman who show his passion in the field of study and teaching itself. I really love this course and the "elephants". Now I have less than 24 hours to finish the first assignment. Though many website are forbid by the "Great wall", such as google, I will do my best to finish the assignment which is the first English homework in my life. | 24 hours to finish the first | Assignment | Though many website are forbid by | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | For a Chinese student who rarely had experience touch on Western Philosophy, the startling line is a little complex and hard to gain the "pure meaning" of the course. But after look the videos over and over again, I feel better now. In China, I never witnessed a teacher jumping in front of the students, in front of the camera or in the livid classroom. So I really appreciate to see Mr. Moerman who show his passion in the field of study and teaching itself. I really love this course and the "elephants". Now I have less than 24 hours to finish the first assignment. Though many website are forbid by the "Great wall", such as google, I will do my best to finish the assignment which is the first English homework in my life. | do my best to finish the | Assignment | which is the first English homework | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Dr Moerman is passionate about qualitative research and does use some interesting examples to illustrate his ideas, some of which are drawn from his own research experiences. Do note that if you were to take this course, you need time because the assignments are time consuming and the videos are (I think) a little longer than they really need to be. Also, some of the assignments are designed in a pretty strange way (e.g. one week's assignment requires a shocking 10 peer reviews to pass but when I took the course, there were only a few submissions). This probably means I can't get my cert until the next session starts - if I'm lucky! | course, you need time because the | Assignment | are time consuming and the videos | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Dr Moerman is passionate about qualitative research and does use some interesting examples to illustrate his ideas, some of which are drawn from his own research experiences. Do note that if you were to take this course, you need time because the assignments are time consuming and the videos are (I think) a little longer than they really need to be. Also, some of the assignments are designed in a pretty strange way (e.g. one week's assignment requires a shocking 10 peer reviews to pass but when I took the course, there were only a few submissions). This probably means I can't get my cert until the next session starts - if I'm lucky! | to be. Also, some of the | Assignment | are designed in a pretty strange | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Dr Moerman is passionate about qualitative research and does use some interesting examples to illustrate his ideas, some of which are drawn from his own research experiences. Do note that if you were to take this course, you need time because the assignments are time consuming and the videos are (I think) a little longer than they really need to be. Also, some of the assignments are designed in a pretty strange way (e.g. one week's assignment requires a shocking 10 peer reviews to pass but when I took the course, there were only a few submissions). This probably means I can't get my cert until the next session starts - if I'm lucky! | strange way (e. g. one week's | Assignment | requires a shocking 10 peer reviews | Positive | 0.72 | 2.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | The lecture videos are interesting, engaging, and informative, and the assignments are so much fun to complete! | interesting, engaging, and informative, and the | Assignment | are so much fun to complete! | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Video's were great but some of the assignments were unpractical and the tests were based on minuscule details. | were great but some of the | Assignment | were unpractical and the tests were | Positive | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | good course, well thought through. some of the lectures didn't quite get the message across clearly and some of the assignments didn't quite measure what they intended, but overall i was much impressed, thanks. | across clearly and some of the | Assignment | didn't quite measure what they intended, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Engaging and broad-based course on qualitative research methods. Real world assignments were required, so there was a considerable commitment, which of course led to a sound learning experience. Generally I prefer courses with multiple lecturers, but the lecturer here was entertaining and interesting to watch, and very committed to ensuring that we learnt from the course. Also I noted that when students raised issues about the quizzes or assignments they were dealt with. Thanks Coursera and University of Amsterdam. | on qualitative research methods. Real world | Assignment | were required, so there was a | Negative | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Engaging and broad-based course on qualitative research methods. Real world assignments were required, so there was a considerable commitment, which of course led to a sound learning experience. Generally I prefer courses with multiple lecturers, but the lecturer here was entertaining and interesting to watch, and very committed to ensuring that we learnt from the course. Also I noted that when students raised issues about the quizzes or assignments they were dealt with. Thanks Coursera and University of Amsterdam. | raised issues about the quizzes or | Assignment | they were dealt with. Thanks Coursera | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | A very well laid out structured learning program. Course pace & content is great & triggers enough thinking during the course assignment. I recommend the course to all those who want to bring in structure to thinking & innovation | triggers enough thinking during the course | Assignment | I recommend the course to all | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | Interesting course with well-organized lectures and graphics. I enjoyed the diversity of case studies, and especially hearing about countries other than the US and organizations other than large corporations with big budgets. The practice grading of the final project was well done and illuminating. It was effective in helping me understand the grading criteria better. It would be helpful if the printouts were 1 slide per page, as on the page the type is small and difficult to read. Small, weekly assignments such as posting a reflection question in the forum could be helpful. One guest presenter spoke too quickly, so I was thankful for the transcript. It would be nice if those auditing the course could also participate in the final assignment w/ peer feedback. | and difficult to read. Small, weekly | Assignment | such as posting a reflection question | Positive | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | Interesting course with well-organized lectures and graphics. I enjoyed the diversity of case studies, and especially hearing about countries other than the US and organizations other than large corporations with big budgets. The practice grading of the final project was well done and illuminating. It was effective in helping me understand the grading criteria better. It would be helpful if the printouts were 1 slide per page, as on the page the type is small and difficult to read. Small, weekly assignments such as posting a reflection question in the forum could be helpful. One guest presenter spoke too quickly, so I was thankful for the transcript. It would be nice if those auditing the course could also participate in the final assignment w/ peer feedback. | could also participate in the final | Assignment | w/ peer feedback. | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | The structure was great, and the videos excellent. Everything was explained simply and the case studies were good. The only problem is that the final assignment is geared only towards professionals, who have a senior enough position and authority to actually try the tools. If the person doing the course is a college student or taking a break, or a low level employee, the assignment isn't really suited to them. | only problem is that the final | Assignment | is geared only towards professionals, who | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | The structure was great, and the videos excellent. Everything was explained simply and the case studies were good. The only problem is that the final assignment is geared only towards professionals, who have a senior enough position and authority to actually try the tools. If the person doing the course is a college student or taking a break, or a low level employee, the assignment isn't really suited to them. | or a low level employee, the | Assignment | isn't really suited to them. | Negative | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | Some quizzes and more than one assignment would have been more challenging. | Some quizzes and more than one | Assignment | would have been more challenging. | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | I previously gave this course a 5-star review; however, upon realising that there is no way to access the classroom after receiving the final grade and certificate, I simply can't give it the same excellent review. I have no way of accessing discussions and my final assignment to see any feedback classmates have given. There is also no option to re-take the final assignment, which was peer-graded and I believe I was not properly evaluated by my peers. | of accessing discussions and my final | Assignment | to see any feedback classmates have | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | I previously gave this course a 5-star review; however, upon realising that there is no way to access the classroom after receiving the final grade and certificate, I simply can't give it the same excellent review. I have no way of accessing discussions and my final assignment to see any feedback classmates have given. There is also no option to re-take the final assignment, which was peer-graded and I believe I was not properly evaluated by my peers. | no option to re-take the final | Assignment | which was peer-graded and I believe | Positive | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | I am giving a 5 starts because I really enjoyed the course and I learned a lot. but to be honest I almost gave up. The programming assignment is a little bit frustrating since there is really not help and not much guidance. It was particularly difficult for me because I had to remember my c++. | I almost gave up. The programming | Assignment | is a little bit frustrating since | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | Great, and highly relevant/topical, content. However I found the quiz assignments to be needlessly tedious at times. | content. However I found the quiz | Assignment | to be needlessly tedious at times. | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | The slides are unclear and very very ugly and old style. The assignment is very specific to Linux based machine. Only one programming assignment. More theory than practices. The QCMs don't really help understand. They are just about remembering values. I woudn't recommande this course since it is more like a book then it is like a course. | very ugly and old style. The | Assignment | is very specific to Linux based | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | The slides are unclear and very very ugly and old style. The assignment is very specific to Linux based machine. Only one programming assignment. More theory than practices. The QCMs don't really help understand. They are just about remembering values. I woudn't recommande this course since it is more like a book then it is like a course. | Linux based machine. Only one programming | Assignment | More theory than practices. The QCMs | Negative | 0.63 | 1.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | The course teaches a lot of core concepts of distributed systems (clouds included). The content is well delivered and the homework reflects the material very well. The homework is appropriately tough. There is an optional programming assignment for setting up a distributed network of nodes with failure detection. I learned a lot about gossip based information spreading while doing the exercise. That said, the assignment is not clearly explained and it is hard to get started. Overall I did enjoy the course and learned a great deal. | tough. There is an optional programming | Assignment | for setting up a distributed network | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | The course teaches a lot of core concepts of distributed systems (clouds included). The content is well delivered and the homework reflects the material very well. The homework is appropriately tough. There is an optional programming assignment for setting up a distributed network of nodes with failure detection. I learned a lot about gossip based information spreading while doing the exercise. That said, the assignment is not clearly explained and it is hard to get started. Overall I did enjoy the course and learned a great deal. | doing the exercise. That said, the | Assignment | is not clearly explained and it | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | Great course but the main problem is that very little help is available. Programming assignment is not able to understand meaning not able to find how to start (what should be the first step?) pace is little fast. learned a lot about Cloud Computing. Homeworks are really challenging. | very little help is available. Programming | Assignment | is not able to understand meaning | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | Great Course! A little more contents regarding the Programming Assignment would have made it even better. I'd like to thank the entire Team for making this wonderful course. :) | little more contents regarding the Programming | Assignment | would have made it even better. | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | Good at explaining concepts Good Quizzes& assignments | Good at explaining concepts Good Quizzes& | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | I enjoyed the contents and homeworks. Overall the delivery was very good, and I have grasped a lot. The main reason that I won't give 5 stars is the program assignment. I have spent and wasted 3 weeks to work on the tools, yes, tools, not the subject matter. Course should clearly indicate that the assignment only works in Linux/UNIX environment, and need to further test the scripts in most popular Linux OS platforms, different c++ versions, and different python versions. | give 5 stars is the program | Assignment | I have spent and wasted 3 | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | I enjoyed the contents and homeworks. Overall the delivery was very good, and I have grasped a lot. The main reason that I won't give 5 stars is the program assignment. I have spent and wasted 3 weeks to work on the tools, yes, tools, not the subject matter. Course should clearly indicate that the assignment only works in Linux/UNIX environment, and need to further test the scripts in most popular Linux OS platforms, different c++ versions, and different python versions. | Course should clearly indicate that the | Assignment | only works in Linux/UNIX environment, and | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | The course is not for beginners and WinForm lovers. This is real re-branding yourself. I would say path to reborn to what real open source world is living in. Low or no help from course instructor, community or google. Course comes in huge amount of concentrated videos. 7 hardest assignments. I would give up on the beginning but commitment is top of all. I respect anyone who has completed. | amount of concentrated videos. 7 hardest | Assignment | I would give up on the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | a very good course for cloud study. the content is colorful , a lot of examples to support deep understanding of the concepts. The biggest drawback is that maybe there can be some small programming assignment after each week's course. And the standard answers of the Week5 quizz have some bugs. | there can be some small programming | Assignment | after each week's course. And the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | It's a great course, but the assignments are kind of annoying. | It's a great course, but the | Assignment | are kind of annoying. | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This is a amazing class, I have gain a lot of tools for getting over the public speaking apprehension and becoming a better speaker. The lectures are pretty straight-forward with good guidance for each topic given for the section of the course. The peer review for assignments is helpful with feedback as well as some tips from other students who enroll in the course. I have noticed my speaking confidence has grown to where I'm at a comfortable stance when speaking publicly, as well as sounding intelligence and elaborating topics better. I do believe this is a must take course if you wish to improve your ability to communicate publicly. | the course. The peer review for | Assignment | is helpful with feedback as well | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Great course, but the whole peer-review thing stopped working after your first assignment. Not enough speeches, just a bunch of Internet spam to review. The lectures are awesome though. | thing stopped working after your first | Assignment | Not enough speeches, just a bunch | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | The course is great, totally recommend this one. If only I was more disciplined to take the most of it, particularly the assignments...( | the most of it, particularly the | Assignment | . . ( | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Very good course, valuable information, great peer review method, outstanding teacher. I strongly recommend this course, and advice you to practice the video assignments. | advice you to practice the video | Assignment | | Negative | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Just love the way this subject is taken on: practical and clear. From the start it takes away the preconception that good speakers are just born. This course states: good speeches are just the result of good, careful preparation, and there are ways to learn how to do exactly that. I never thought it would be possible to learn to speak in public like this, but it is. There are lots of examples analyzed to the core elements, and exercises to be uploaded as videos for peer assignments. Great to get feedback, and to be able to refine and record again the same speech with its help. Perfect also that you can follow it on your own on demand, and advance according to your own schedule. And of course, it is a pleasure to see the main teacher speaking! | be uploaded as videos for peer | Assignment | Great to get feedback, and to | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | I really enjoy how interactive this course is with its assignments, and how this course has given me enough confidence to apprehend my fear of public speaking | interactive this course is with its | Assignment | and how this course has given | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| oSDxwswyEeWXgg4wnpJx-w | Very good course on Social Networks, and also a hard one even for graduate level. Generally assignments are not too tough but fully understanding all the concepts take lots of extra readings. | one even for graduate level. Generally | Assignment | are not too tough but fully | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| OUTGOrvTEeWuCAqiwoZfSw | Exceptional course. Course load is a little less if you're familiar with Excel before, otherwise learning while doing is really easy. The assignments are very practical and interesting. Looking forward for the specialization. | while doing is really easy. The | Assignment | are very practical and interesting. Looking | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| ow0AdTeOEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | I would not recommend this specialization to anyone. The first assignment is just a first review of the final project, but it is almost impossible to pass, because the questions are not organized in a manner of constructive feedback. | this specialization to anyone. The first | Assignment | is just a first review of | Negative | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| ow4CDdJIEeS9RyIACzUXlQ | Very good and interesting course. The assignments could have been a little more difficult for me, but it was good tht they made you think about how you can improve yourself and how you can help others. Also reading each others assignments was really helpful and inspiring. | Very good and interesting course. The | Assignment | could have been a little more | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| ow4CDdJIEeS9RyIACzUXlQ | Very good and interesting course. The assignments could have been a little more difficult for me, but it was good tht they made you think about how you can improve yourself and how you can help others. Also reading each others assignments was really helpful and inspiring. | help others. Also reading each others | Assignment | was really helpful and inspiring. | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| o_VGekEUEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | To me, it is the best structured course so far. Quiz after every lesson and written assignment after every week. Also, prof. Soren is reproducing it steadily and in comprehending fashion. | Quiz after every lesson and written | Assignment | after every week. Also, prof. Soren | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| o_VGekEUEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | I loved this class but the only reason I have to give it four stars is the over amount of peer review assignments that are extensive. Otherwise it's great but be prepared to work :) | the over amount of peer review | Assignment | that are extensive. Otherwise it's great | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Programming became soo easy after going through the lectures and assignments. Great Work Dr. Chuck! | after going through the lectures and | Assignment | Great Work Dr. Chuck! | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The course is an introduction to the absolute basics of python. Programming assignments are not very challenging and the course could benefit by adding more content and challenging tasks for those who wish to challenge themselves. | the absolute basics of python. Programming | Assignment | are not very challenging and the | Negative | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This second Python course included more complex assignments and much more interesting content than the first part of it. I strongly recommend it for those, who interested in computer programming! | second Python course included more complex | Assignment | and much more interesting content than | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | great but complicated assignments | great but complicated | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Professor Severance is great. Very clear in his explanations and I really like how each video is an in-depth look at a specific example. The videos also build on one another in a very coherent manner and the assignments are applicable to what you learned. I think the assignments could be a little more challenging and that more references to the book should be included in the lectures as the book is also very helpful and a great primer for each week's material. | a very coherent manner and the | Assignment | are applicable to what you learned. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Professor Severance is great. Very clear in his explanations and I really like how each video is an in-depth look at a specific example. The videos also build on one another in a very coherent manner and the assignments are applicable to what you learned. I think the assignments could be a little more challenging and that more references to the book should be included in the lectures as the book is also very helpful and a great primer for each week's material. | what you learned. I think the | Assignment | could be a little more challenging | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Few times, Explanations on Assignments were necessary. | Few times, Explanations on | Assignment | were necessary. | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I think teacher is really good, he is humourous and explain things clearly. However if you really want to master Python, you have to write codes,not just the assignment,it's not enough.And when you get stuck, you need to check in the reference book(Python for Informatics). So I hope more and more students will enroll in this course and enjoy programming. | to write codes, not just the | Assignment | it's not enough. And when you | Negative | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Truly enjoyed the course and Dr Severance's talks. However, I believe that more assignments would help me feel more confortable about "mastering" a topic before moving on to the next one. Even if the course does not have more exercises, pointing towards where they can be found would be highly useful. | talks. However, I believe that more | Assignment | would help me feel more confortable | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The assignments were easy at the beginning but hard at the end. | The | Assignment | were easy at the beginning but | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Another excellent course in this series! I find that I am completing assignments quicker and with less help needed which leads me to believe I'm actually learning! Great pace and good info...highly recommended for beginners or those who want to learn another language. | I find that I am completing | Assignment | quicker and with less help needed | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Wonderful presentation and Dr Charles is awesome. I loved every assignment!!! | Charles is awesome. I loved every | Assignment | ! ! | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It has been a pleasure in following through the lectures and completing the assignments. Thank you Dr Chuck! | through the lectures and completing the | Assignment | Thank you Dr Chuck! | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Professor is great, and the course gives a thorough introduction to python data structures and isn't too hard to get. The only reason that I would give 4 stars is because the assignments and exercises. Each chapter you only get 1 or 2 codes to write, which can be easily adapted from the codes showed online. I'm hoping for variety of coding exercises to better understand the concepts. Since coding problems suitable for your stage is not easy to find out there on the internet. After completing this I can get a superficial understanding of the course materials, but right now it's still difficult for me to write a simple code using the knowledge covered in this lecture. You need to find your own source to practice. | give 4 stars is because the | Assignment | and exercises. Each chapter you only | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I loved this course due to lot of reasons. Class materials are available, if you have completed on time, then mail notification Class assignments | on time, then mail notification Class | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent course and excellent teacher. The course is well organized that though it's a bit rough at the beginning , once you get into the mindset the video lectures and assignments come together very easily. | the mindset the video lectures and | Assignment | come together very easily. | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The teacher is motivating and keeps the learning funny, the extra video are cool and give you a broad view of how big the IT world is. The assignments are challenging and instructive. As a beginner I really enjoyed the course. | big the IT world is. The | Assignment | are challenging and instructive. As a | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great Course ! Absolutely covers Python Data Structure, it is really helpful for me. If you want to master on python data structure you can take this course. All the quiz and assignments are really amazing. I am really thankful to the professor Dr-Chuck :) . | this course. All the quiz and | Assignment | are really amazing. I am really | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | still. easy assignment... gives five star because the instructor did a very clear explanation and course content is well organized | still. easy | Assignment | . . gives five star because | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very nice explanation. The course could have had more assignments and data structures in depth. | The course could have had more | Assignment | and data structures in depth. | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | loved the course. Need more assignments :) | loved the course. Need more | Assignment | :) | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is the second course in the Python for Everyone series which continues (and concludes) the introduction to Python. The course's automated grading made it easy to continue with each assignment at my own pace; and the way the information is presented makes it easy to learn without getting frustrated. | it easy to continue with each | Assignment | at my own pace; and the | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The most attractive part for me is the "assignment", in which I could solve the problem by myself, using the knowledge from the course. I really enjoy it! | part for me is the " | Assignment | , in which I could solve | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good for beginners. Would be nice if there were more assignments. | be nice if there were more | Assignment | | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great experience. The videos are exceedingly well-constructed, and the assignments are paired well with them. My only comment is that I think it would be helpful if links to the PowerPoints used in each video were linked below each video. That said, perhaps it was helpful to the learning experience to have to stop videos and hand-copy the relevant code into my IDE. | videos are exceedingly well-constructed, and the | Assignment | are paired well with them. My | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Nice job ! However some of the important points have been skipped and focus has been limited at times.The best part of the course were the lab assignments.Hope quizzes were better in standard. | of the course were the lab | Assignment | Hope quizzes were better in standard. | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Totally not worth having the certificates. Easy assignments. Good for people who never programmed before. | not worth having the certificates. Easy | Assignment | Good for people who never programmed | Negative | 0.88 | 1.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Way too easy assignments. Only good for people who never did any kind of programming. For the rest it's not worth the money. | Way too easy | Assignment | Only good for people who never | Negative | 0.95 | 1.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great class.Would be nice if we had more assignments. I'm really excited about starting the next course! | be nice if we had more | Assignment | I'm really excited about starting the | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Straightforward assignments and clear guidance in the videos make this course an enjoyable experience. | Straightforward | Assignment | and clear guidance in the videos | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent course.. really builds up the basics nicely. Easy to follow.. Assignments were quite interesting..Learnt Lots!!! :D | basics nicely. Easy to follow. . | Assignment | were quite interesting. . Learnt Lots! | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The second part of the Python specialization is a great continuation and helps us in building our knowledge further. Great lectures and the assignments are also fun. | knowledge further. Great lectures and the | Assignment | are also fun. | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The assignment becomes more challenging in this course. The graduation ceremony is so funny! | The | Assignment | becomes more challenging in this course. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent Way to learn Python. I am completely new to programming, but able to complete the course with in the time and now I am comfortable with the basics python programming. Charles made it a simple thing. His way of teaching, taking it step by step is very nice. Assignments are simple and at the same time ensures that we are good to go to next chapter. Support for questions while doing assignments is great. Thanks to University of Michigan for allowing us completing assignments as well, without payment. This is very great. Giving chance to every one to complete assignments and in addition providing support during assignments is actually shows the social commitment of University that education should be available to every one . | step by step is very nice. | Assignment | are simple and at the same | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent Way to learn Python. I am completely new to programming, but able to complete the course with in the time and now I am comfortable with the basics python programming. Charles made it a simple thing. His way of teaching, taking it step by step is very nice. Assignments are simple and at the same time ensures that we are good to go to next chapter. Support for questions while doing assignments is great. Thanks to University of Michigan for allowing us completing assignments as well, without payment. This is very great. Giving chance to every one to complete assignments and in addition providing support during assignments is actually shows the social commitment of University that education should be available to every one . | chapter. Support for questions while doing | Assignment | is great. Thanks to University of | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent Way to learn Python. I am completely new to programming, but able to complete the course with in the time and now I am comfortable with the basics python programming. Charles made it a simple thing. His way of teaching, taking it step by step is very nice. Assignments are simple and at the same time ensures that we are good to go to next chapter. Support for questions while doing assignments is great. Thanks to University of Michigan for allowing us completing assignments as well, without payment. This is very great. Giving chance to every one to complete assignments and in addition providing support during assignments is actually shows the social commitment of University that education should be available to every one . | of Michigan for allowing us completing | Assignment | as well, without payment. This is | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent Way to learn Python. I am completely new to programming, but able to complete the course with in the time and now I am comfortable with the basics python programming. Charles made it a simple thing. His way of teaching, taking it step by step is very nice. Assignments are simple and at the same time ensures that we are good to go to next chapter. Support for questions while doing assignments is great. Thanks to University of Michigan for allowing us completing assignments as well, without payment. This is very great. Giving chance to every one to complete assignments and in addition providing support during assignments is actually shows the social commitment of University that education should be available to every one . | chance to every one to complete | Assignment | and in addition providing support during | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent Way to learn Python. I am completely new to programming, but able to complete the course with in the time and now I am comfortable with the basics python programming. Charles made it a simple thing. His way of teaching, taking it step by step is very nice. Assignments are simple and at the same time ensures that we are good to go to next chapter. Support for questions while doing assignments is great. Thanks to University of Michigan for allowing us completing assignments as well, without payment. This is very great. Giving chance to every one to complete assignments and in addition providing support during assignments is actually shows the social commitment of University that education should be available to every one . | and in addition providing support during | Assignment | is actually shows the social commitment | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Helpful assignments that got my more familiar with the language. A more exciting class than the intro class for people who already know other cs languages. | Helpful | Assignment | that got my more familiar with | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Although simple it is a quite an effective course. The platform is reliable, the host is great, the assignment well calibrated and, although they made sound pointless, I quite enjoy the short students around the world videos. Thanks!! | reliable, the host is great, the | Assignment | well calibrated and, although they made | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Lovely professor. Well-chosen, illustrative examples & appropriate assignments & quizzes. I'm continuing on to the next course in this track! | professor. Well-chosen, illustrative examples & appropriate | Assignment | & quizzes. I'm continuing on to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is the second course by Dr Chuck that I've completed. Again, never thought I'd get into programming, let alone find it fun. Dr Chuck is excellent at explaining concepts, and turning incomprehensible jargon into bite-sized chunks. This second series takes more time and effort than the first Programming for Everybody course. I made sure to review again and again, and yet again, prior to tackling the assignments. | yet again, prior to tackling the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Assignments are very easy, and there aren't easy to follow notes that one can use instead of always having to watch the videos. | | Assignment | are very easy, and there aren't | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The course is well paced for beginners with good assignments and sample code. | well paced for beginners with good | Assignment | and sample code. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The pace of this course & the course content, along with the Creative Commons material is fabulous for anyone who has no prior experience in programming. Prof. Severance is great at what he does, and the assignments are also brilliant. I wished there were more peer review assignments or more assignments so that we could practice more. | at what he does, and the | Assignment | are also brilliant. I wished there | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The pace of this course & the course content, along with the Creative Commons material is fabulous for anyone who has no prior experience in programming. Prof. Severance is great at what he does, and the assignments are also brilliant. I wished there were more peer review assignments or more assignments so that we could practice more. | wished there were more peer review | Assignment | or more assignments so that we | Negative | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The pace of this course & the course content, along with the Creative Commons material is fabulous for anyone who has no prior experience in programming. Prof. Severance is great at what he does, and the assignments are also brilliant. I wished there were more peer review assignments or more assignments so that we could practice more. | more peer review assignments or more | Assignment | so that we could practice more. | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent coverage of important Python objects explained in the most simple way. Assignments were not terribly hard but still allowed for growth and learning. | explained in the most simple way. | Assignment | were not terribly hard but still | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The material is presented in a very simplified manner. The assignments support the cause of study material nicely. Dr. Chuck has ensured it that even the slightly complex parts become comfortable for toddlers in the field of programming. | in a very simplified manner. The | Assignment | support the cause of study material | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | A very well designed course that gives just enough information in the lectures to complete the assignments without giving the whole answer away. I have been learning JavaScript on my own and paired with this course specialization I feel like I am slowly learning the important fundamentals of programming. | in the lectures to complete the | Assignment | without giving the whole answer away. | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I love the fact that the professor has assignments that pushes the students knowledge in python. | the fact that the professor has | Assignment | that pushes the students knowledge in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The lectures were good and to the point. I learned all the basics and the differences between data structures. The quizzes were quite good, with some nice traps set in them. The programming assignments supported the lectures well, though I felt there could've been more of them (perhaps just as ungraded bonus problems). | traps set in them. The programming | Assignment | supported the lectures well, though I | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I'd like assignments to be more complicated and I'd like more assignments | I'd like | Assignment | to be more complicated and I'd | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I'd like assignments to be more complicated and I'd like more assignments | more complicated and I'd like more | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good professor, and useful assignments | Good professor, and useful | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very good course to understand about the data structures in Python. Supported by nice quiz and thought provoking assignments. Really enjoyed the course and proud of myself in completing this course successfully. Would strongly recommend this course to aspiring Python programmers. | by nice quiz and thought provoking | Assignment | Really enjoyed the course and proud | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This course felt much more structured than the first course in the specialization (which is only appropriate given the course title). Dr Chuck is as personable as ever but the slightly longer lectures allow a bit more development. The only slight area for improvement might be in having some more challenging assignments--if you follow the lectures carefully and work though the examples that are shown the assignments are fairly straightforward. | the examples that are shown the | Assignment | are fairly straightforward. | Positive | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | i love this course, and as i keep progressing in python, these courses will be more and more useful and fun. the course offers assignments, which give yo clues on where to start, but not too much so that it would be easy. the teacher, Dr.chuck is very nice and is a fun and great teacher. there arent an overwhelming amount of videos a week, and if a person were to work hard, they could finish the course in almost a week(they would not learn much though...). the skulpt, or python playground is a very nicely designed platform for simple codes that are done in this course and the first, and the community and mentors are very helpful when it comes to having a hard problem in the assignment. overall, i give this course as many stars as i can! this is because since i am only a 11 year old in middle school, i can still understand and pass the course! thank you for having me in the course and i hope to succeed in later courses in the specialization! :) | useful and fun. the course offers | Assignment | which give yo clues on where | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | i love this course, and as i keep progressing in python, these courses will be more and more useful and fun. the course offers assignments, which give yo clues on where to start, but not too much so that it would be easy. the teacher, Dr.chuck is very nice and is a fun and great teacher. there arent an overwhelming amount of videos a week, and if a person were to work hard, they could finish the course in almost a week(they would not learn much though...). the skulpt, or python playground is a very nicely designed platform for simple codes that are done in this course and the first, and the community and mentors are very helpful when it comes to having a hard problem in the assignment. overall, i give this course as many stars as i can! this is because since i am only a 11 year old in middle school, i can still understand and pass the course! thank you for having me in the course and i hope to succeed in later courses in the specialization! :) | having a hard problem in the | Assignment | overall, i give this course as | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | For first time programmers this seems to be perfect. Coming from multiple other languages it would be nice to be able to (temporarly) hide the detailed hints to the steps in the programming assignments. | to the steps in the programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | fun content and easy to learn. The difficulty of the assignment is in the right ratio, I like it a lot. | to learn. The difficulty of the | Assignment | is in the right ratio, I | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Awesome classes. The assignments are challenging. | Awesome classes. The | Assignment | are challenging. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent resource for learning Python. Dr. Chuck is great teacher, mentors are quick in responding and helping with harder assignments. | in responding and helping with harder | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The tutor is very talented in explaining the basics in an easy to understand way. However, this course turned out to be very easy for me, so I just rushed through the assignments, mostly. | so I just rushed through the | Assignment | mostly. | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great Course, the assignments are built in the same level as the lectures, and the fact that the assignment have dependancy on other assignments is great. it makes practice even better. | Great Course, the | Assignment | are built in the same level | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great Course, the assignments are built in the same level as the lectures, and the fact that the assignment have dependancy on other assignments is great. it makes practice even better. | lectures, and the fact that the | Assignment | have dependancy on other assignments is | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great Course, the assignments are built in the same level as the lectures, and the fact that the assignment have dependancy on other assignments is great. it makes practice even better. | the assignment have dependancy on other | Assignment | is great. it makes practice even | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | A very clear explanation and perfectly designed quizzes and assignments. | explanation and perfectly designed quizzes and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Again like in Getting Started with Python course, I wish there was a way for us to get explanations for quiz questions after we complete a quiz, so we can fully understand them. I wish we could have something similar for when we complete the coding assignments, the worked exercises are helpful, but it would be helpful after we complete an assignment to have a code to compare ours to, to see the differences and to make sure we understand exactly what Dr. Chuck was getting at. There were several assignments that I completed, but not in the correct way, so the next weeks assignment was more difficult than it should have been. | for when we complete the coding | Assignment | the worked exercises are helpful, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Again like in Getting Started with Python course, I wish there was a way for us to get explanations for quiz questions after we complete a quiz, so we can fully understand them. I wish we could have something similar for when we complete the coding assignments, the worked exercises are helpful, but it would be helpful after we complete an assignment to have a code to compare ours to, to see the differences and to make sure we understand exactly what Dr. Chuck was getting at. There were several assignments that I completed, but not in the correct way, so the next weeks assignment was more difficult than it should have been. | be helpful after we complete an | Assignment | to have a code to compare | Negative | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Again like in Getting Started with Python course, I wish there was a way for us to get explanations for quiz questions after we complete a quiz, so we can fully understand them. I wish we could have something similar for when we complete the coding assignments, the worked exercises are helpful, but it would be helpful after we complete an assignment to have a code to compare ours to, to see the differences and to make sure we understand exactly what Dr. Chuck was getting at. There were several assignments that I completed, but not in the correct way, so the next weeks assignment was more difficult than it should have been. | was getting at. There were several | Assignment | that I completed, but not in | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Again like in Getting Started with Python course, I wish there was a way for us to get explanations for quiz questions after we complete a quiz, so we can fully understand them. I wish we could have something similar for when we complete the coding assignments, the worked exercises are helpful, but it would be helpful after we complete an assignment to have a code to compare ours to, to see the differences and to make sure we understand exactly what Dr. Chuck was getting at. There were several assignments that I completed, but not in the correct way, so the next weeks assignment was more difficult than it should have been. | correct way, so the next weeks | Assignment | was more difficult than it should | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is a really great lessons. Not only the courses but also the assignments all help me a lot to further know about the programming language python. | only the courses but also the | Assignment | all help me a lot to | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great course and very easy to follow as the explanations make sense. I look forward to the lectures and assignments every week and thrilled that I chose this one to learn Python. | look forward to the lectures and | Assignment | every week and thrilled that I | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Best course ever, As It not only introduce new concepts but also make them Clear with its working exercises and Assignments. | Clear with its working exercises and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It became difficult to follow near the end despite watching all the videos and student curated notes. I feel like I need more guidance during the actual assignments. I do something wrong but am not sure where to reference to fix my code despite using internet resources. It would be nice if there were "hints" along the way for ways to fix the code. | need more guidance during the actual | Assignment | I do something wrong but am | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The book really gave more details about the individual chapters. Hence it was easy to do the assignments and quizzes without watching the videos. I recommend that specializations should follow this trend, so students who find it difficult to access Internet can use the book as a guide. More examples are needed to understand the concepts especially Tuples and DIctionary | it was easy to do the | Assignment | and quizzes without watching the videos. | Positive | 0.97 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is one of the best online course I ever had.The course content is top notch .The assignments are at very good standards.I strongly recommend | content is top notch . The | Assignment | are at very good standards. I | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | excellent videos and challenging assignments to get thorough with the topics | excellent videos and challenging | Assignment | to get thorough with the topics | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The assignments could be made a little more harder as the basics course (previous one) was already completed before taki | The | Assignment | could be made a little more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | too few programming assignments :-( | too few programming | Assignment | :-( | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Hello, The course has been designed in a way which can help a person who doesn't even know Programming. I do appreciate that! But, just one question that I have is, why the deadlines for the Assignments are designed in such a way that Week1 of Introduction Course, and the Advanced (Object Oriented Programming) have the same deadline? | is, why the deadlines for the | Assignment | are designed in such a way | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Charles Severance is perhaps the greatest instructor of a programming language that I have ever encountered. Not only are the lectures engaging but the assignments are relevant and I have been able to apply what I have learned immediately to my day to day life. | are the lectures engaging but the | Assignment | are relevant and I have been | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very nice second part of introduction to python with great instructor, practical assignments and free ebook provided. I recommend this course to beginners with no prior or small amount of experience with programming. | to python with great instructor, practical | Assignment | and free ebook provided. I recommend | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I wish the programming assignments were a little tougher. | I wish the programming | Assignment | were a little tougher. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great experience as a hobbyist. My first Coursera course that I actually managed to complete. Graded Assignments are very good, they test a student in most areas and probe alternate ways of writing code. Professor is great, love the tea toast and the graduation hat :). Thank you Professor Severance for this wonderful course. Only one feedback: The Quizzes are way too easy and in most cases doesn't require any critical thinking on the part of the student. The complexity needs to be increased a bit. | I actually managed to complete. Graded | Assignment | are very good, they test a | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent for beginners. Many a thanks to Dr Chuck, boy he really makes it easier to learn. Quiz and Assignment reiterates the slides taking out revision pain. Personally I liked the extra videos and Dr Chuck singing "I got my Mojo.." ya.. | it easier to learn. Quiz and | Assignment | reiterates the slides taking out revision | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Yet another excellent course with Dr. Chuck. Thank you! Key positives: Dr. Chuck patiently covers the "pain-points" that are difficult for students to learn on their own but tend to be overlooked by codecademy.com and codeschool.com. It's also nice to see him making occasional errors in the code because that humanizes the learning experience. The biggest bonus, however, is his interviews with the "star programmers" / language developers. These interviews make the student feel like he's already part of an "elite" albeit in a nascent cocoon phase. Before I forget, I also think the videos of the international office hours are far more important than one would initially imagine in forging a sense of MOOC camaraderie that would otherwise be absent--being a MOOC student can be lonely experience. The video snippets also serve to provide a moment of respite from the assignments. | a moment of respite from the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This was a good course, the lecturer is excellent. My only complaint was that the quizzes and assignments were not challenging enough. There should be some more difficult assignments and problems included in this course. | complaint was that the quizzes and | Assignment | were not challenging enough. There should | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This was a good course, the lecturer is excellent. My only complaint was that the quizzes and assignments were not challenging enough. There should be some more difficult assignments and problems included in this course. | There should be some more difficult | Assignment | and problems included in this course. | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It's better than the first course of the series, but there is room for some more difficult assignments. | is room for some more difficult | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | An excellent course, highly recommend it. They have mildly gamified the course. I felt so rewarded after finishing an assignment. The lecture materials and all course materials were easily obtained. | felt so rewarded after finishing an | Assignment | The lecture materials and all course | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The class is well paced for the busy individual, with concise lesson plans and short but effective programming assignments. Professor Severance is lively during the lectures so it's easy to keep focused on the material also. Great instruction and class. | plans and short but effective programming | Assignment | Professor Severance is lively during the | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Interesting, but the assignments were a bit dull. Learned a bit more about python. | Interesting, but the | Assignment | were a bit dull. Learned a | Negative | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | No doubt that this is a very helpful course for a beginner to learn Python. I would love to solve more assignments. Even if all the assignments are not graded, its fine but just for sake of practice let students like me solve more of them. Dr. Chuck explains all the topics very nicely. I would request him to go a little deep in topics. By way of example, it would have been great if he taught us the mechanism in which data is stored in Dectionaries (Hashing). | I would love to solve more | Assignment | Even if all the assignments are | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | No doubt that this is a very helpful course for a beginner to learn Python. I would love to solve more assignments. Even if all the assignments are not graded, its fine but just for sake of practice let students like me solve more of them. Dr. Chuck explains all the topics very nicely. I would request him to go a little deep in topics. By way of example, it would have been great if he taught us the mechanism in which data is stored in Dectionaries (Hashing). | more assignments. Even if all the | Assignment | are not graded, its fine but | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Even if you are an experienced python developer, this course is a good review of the basic data structures. The assignments are great exercises. Dr. Chuck is a good instructor | of the basic data structures. The | Assignment | are great exercises. Dr. Chuck is | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very good course. The last week's lesson on Tuples seemed pretty straightforward, but the last assignment seemed to require "stretching" a bit beyond the material outlined in the videos. I eventually got the answer, but felt a little bewildered and surprised at first as all previous weeks had lecture material and reading that made it rather easy to complete the assignments! I suspect subsequent courses in this specialization will be harder! Overall, this was a great course though | seemed pretty straightforward, but the last | Assignment | seemed to require " stretching" a | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very good course. The last week's lesson on Tuples seemed pretty straightforward, but the last assignment seemed to require "stretching" a bit beyond the material outlined in the videos. I eventually got the answer, but felt a little bewildered and surprised at first as all previous weeks had lecture material and reading that made it rather easy to complete the assignments! I suspect subsequent courses in this specialization will be harder! Overall, this was a great course though | it rather easy to complete the | Assignment | I suspect subsequent courses in this | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very helpful course and nice assignments and quizzes. Teaching in a very easy to understand way. Thanks Dr. | Very helpful course and nice | Assignment | and quizzes. Teaching in a very | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very nice lectures, I would be looking forward to any other courses from Dr.Chuck. Expect more rigorous programming assignments | Dr. Chuck. Expect more rigorous programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I t is a great, course, quiz are not hard but they provoke an important questioning and are part of the learning process. Assignments are more interesting every week and strike the most important topics of the week while using remembering a lot of the past concepts. It will be great of after the course is finish the student could download the homework. | are part of the learning process. | Assignment | are more interesting every week and | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Nice course, but some assignment very easy. | Nice course, but some | Assignment | very easy. | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | thank u very much i had fun in this course, also (hard times in assignments) thanx again | this course, also (hard times in | Assignment | thanx again | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great Course for beginners, without any programming knowledge. I am suggesting to take this course before you will do any other courses. This course helped me to learn on other python courses, which were overestimated as "for beginners" but needed already some programming knowledge. In this course all assignments are based on learned material (based on lecture). I am glad that I took this course first. | programming knowledge. In this course all | Assignment | are based on learned material (based | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Clear lectures, challenging but reasonable assignments and fast-moving course. | Clear lectures, challenging but reasonable | Assignment | and fast-moving course. | Negative | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Perhaps assignments were a little to straightforward - I would have enjoyed a more challenging final one. Very well presented and paced | Perhaps | Assignment | were a little to straightforward - | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent instructor; easy to comprehend and work through the assignments. I'll definitely take the next course in the specialization as well. | to comprehend and work through the | Assignment | I'll definitely take the next course | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Perfect! Clear, step by step explanations, practical assignments. | Clear, step by step explanations, practical | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The best course to teach you Python data structures with fun loving assignments. :) | Python data structures with fun loving | Assignment | :) | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Nice one, for complete beginners. But the assignments age just too easy, I think. | one, for complete beginners. But the | Assignment | age just too easy, I think. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great course for enhancing knowledge of Python and its data structures! Assignments were good and the professor was fantastic! | of Python and its data structures! | Assignment | were good and the professor was | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I enjoyed this course and learned new concepts and methodologies that I currently use on a regular basis in my work to automate repetitive tasks. I would have liked to work towards a bigger project, instead of simple weekly assignments, but still a great course that I recommend. | bigger project, instead of simple weekly | Assignment | but still a great course that | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent explanation and practical assignments. | Excellent explanation and practical | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Fabulous course. The lectures are good. Quizzes and assignments have started to be, applying what you've "learned", not just regurgitation. Very nice. The bonus material show how the different technologies are related and the genesis of many of them by individuals who participated in then. Very cool. Thanks much. It was most enjoyable. I also like that you can move at your own pace. If you're new to the profession, a quick learner or re-tooling, it's move as fast or as slow as you want. This is been very helpful for myself. I'm retooling and have become a "college" student again. Great fun. Thanks much!! | The lectures are good. Quizzes and | Assignment | have started to be, applying what | Negative | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very poor Server capacity. Problematic to complete assignments | poor Server capacity. Problematic to complete | Assignment | | Negative | 0.85 | 1.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Well structured course. After completing the first course it is safe to play the video lectures at x1.5 speed and still absorb the material. The course can be completed in a day or two over a weekend. Be prepared, most of the assignments deal with parsing string data but I found it to be an excellent way to get used to syntax structure of loops and data structures. The professor works through the assignments after you have completed them and that presents a great opportunity to check the efficiency of your code compared to a professional. | weekend. Be prepared, most of the | Assignment | deal with parsing string data but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Well structured course. After completing the first course it is safe to play the video lectures at x1.5 speed and still absorb the material. The course can be completed in a day or two over a weekend. Be prepared, most of the assignments deal with parsing string data but I found it to be an excellent way to get used to syntax structure of loops and data structures. The professor works through the assignments after you have completed them and that presents a great opportunity to check the efficiency of your code compared to a professional. | structures. The professor works through the | Assignment | after you have completed them and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I'am disappointed because the assignments are too much easy | I'am disappointed because the | Assignment | are too much easy | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | very cool professor, neat and clear instructions and exercises. might have been better with more detailed assignments even a final project. | have been better with more detailed | Assignment | even a final project. | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| Pc2juyEIEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | I have some suggestions: 1. Use consistent English throughout the course due to this is an English class. 2. one "upload" button is enough in the assignment . . . so it doesn't confuse people 3. Specify the minimum grade to pass the assignment if it 80%, then say 80% . . . However, overall the course is good, and I love learning other culture! Kind of a new experience for me. Thank you very much! ^_^ Xie Xie . . . | upload" button is enough in the | Assignment | . . . so it doesn't | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| Pc2juyEIEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | I have some suggestions: 1. Use consistent English throughout the course due to this is an English class. 2. one "upload" button is enough in the assignment . . . so it doesn't confuse people 3. Specify the minimum grade to pass the assignment if it 80%, then say 80% . . . However, overall the course is good, and I love learning other culture! Kind of a new experience for me. Thank you very much! ^_^ Xie Xie . . . | the minimum grade to pass the | Assignment | if it 80%, then say 80% | Negative | 0.97 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | This course has some really good material but the way it has been presented is very disjointed and does not really do the job of properly illustrating Functional Program Design. Although topics such as Signal and FRP are interesting they serve little value in day to day use and assignments focusing on Futures would be far more beneficial. | in day to day use and | Assignment | focusing on Futures would be far | Negative | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | I would have loved to spend more time on FRP and Futures. Both of those sections could have been expanded and an assignment dealing with Futures would be very welcome. Also, the mish-mash of Futures-related lectures was a bit confusing (despite Erik Meijer's obvious enthusiasm for the subject). Otherwise the course is a great introduction to a number of interesting topics in Scala, which will probably serve as an important stepping-stone for the next parallel programming course. | could have been expanded and an | Assignment | dealing with Futures would be very | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | The content is interesting, however, Reactive looks not maintained in Scala anymore, ScalaCheck assignment looks to have nothing to do with the course content of the week, Future part took large amount of a week but no relevant assignment. Because the "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" was such a great and well organized course, it can bring disappointment, because the expectation was set so high by the "principle" one. | not maintained in Scala anymore, ScalaCheck | Assignment | looks to have nothing to do | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | The content is interesting, however, Reactive looks not maintained in Scala anymore, ScalaCheck assignment looks to have nothing to do with the course content of the week, Future part took large amount of a week but no relevant assignment. Because the "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" was such a great and well organized course, it can bring disappointment, because the expectation was set so high by the "principle" one. | of a week but no relevant | Assignment | Because the " Functional Programming Principles | Negative | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | The subject is really interesting, and some of the shown approaches really "close to the edge". However, there is too much "cut and paste" from other courses. this makes this one difficult to follow. It has lost "coherence". The cross-references don't make any sense, and the assignments fall too short with regard to the content. I think the remake from the original "Functional Programming ___ in Scala" + "Reactive Programming" has not been as successful as it should. This new format within Coursera (everything shorter, more expensive and with less people involved) is not as good as the original one. Maybe this is the only way they can make enough money to sustain the whole... but the "more idealistic" start was far more pleasant. | don't make any sense, and the | Assignment | fall too short with regard to | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Much of the lecture material seemed very chopped-up from previous courses and did not flow well at all. In a couple of cases the assignment had very little relationship with the course material from the same week. | In a couple of cases the | Assignment | had very little relationship with the | Positive | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | The course in general is not as good as Martin Odersky's first course, but it still has interesting bits to learn about functional programming. Everything topic feels very disconnected to each other. Lastly, the last part of the course is specially disorganized. I didn't feel like the assignment captured everthing that was taught. | disorganized. I didn't feel like the | Assignment | captured everthing that was taught. | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Great course, some assignment are missing i think | Great course, some | Assignment | are missing i think | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Assignments are really well designed and constructed. Definitely tests your understanding. | | Assignment | are really well designed and constructed. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Functional Program Design in Scala is one of the best courses for those who want to apply the functional programming style in the design of larger applications using functional programming concepts. This course is intended to be taken after Functional Programming Principles in Scala. It is a great course for those who want to explore into the functional programming aspect of Computer Science. The concepts are explained lucidly and the assignments are relatively difficult and help the individuals to apply the learnt concepts in an incremental manner. I was really excited on taking this course, and it has lived up to all my expectations from it. | concepts are explained lucidly and the | Assignment | are relatively difficult and help the | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | This course sets out to teach from the ground up about various functional programming techniques and their uses. It manages to do just that in a very short time. The ideas are presented in Scala but apply just as well to most other languages. The last week, on functional reactive programming and asynchronous programming in particular can easily be transposed to modern front-end web development. The assignments are also interesting and well balanced. I was familiar with most of the ideas, but this course gave me a better understanding of these. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. | to modern front-end web development. The | Assignment | are also interesting and well balanced. | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | This course is a re-hash of both the excellent "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" and the mediocre "Principles of Reactive Programming in Scala". Unfortunately, in quality it's closer to the latter: mixed quality, lectures that seem unrelated to their corresponding assignments, many errors (both typos and, more seriously, examples that don't type-check!) and a general lack of an in-depth motivation for the principles. Staff participation in my run of the course (2016) was disappointingly low; in some cases there was no response at all to students pointing out glaring errors in the lectures. It's very noticeable that this course is a patchwork of previous courses. In same cases the video lectures even display the wrong title for the course, or mention lectures that no longer exist in this version of the course! The course has interesting parts (I was especially thrilled when I saw there were lectures about FRP), but its quality is way below "Functional Programming Principles in Scala". I'm disappointed. To make this review constructive, my recommendations: 1- Pay attention to quality. Make sure all examples compile and type-check. 2- Make sure you're not repeating content already in other courses, especially if they are part of the same specialization! 3- If you're going to re-use content from other contents, make sure it fits the current course. Do not mention lectures not in the course. | that seem unrelated to their corresponding | Assignment | many errors (both typos and, more | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Picks up where the previous course left off... the last assignment is a bit more challenging than the others, well for me it was. Thanks to the people who put the course together. | left off. . . the last | Assignment | is a bit more challenging than | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Very interesting assignments! But I think the assignment instructions were incomplete for the last 2 weeks. (I left comments for those 2 assignments explaining what I thought was not mentioned (and, in my humble opinion, should have been mentioned) in the instructions.) | Very interesting | Assignment | But I think the assignment instructions | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Very interesting assignments! But I think the assignment instructions were incomplete for the last 2 weeks. (I left comments for those 2 assignments explaining what I thought was not mentioned (and, in my humble opinion, should have been mentioned) in the instructions.) | interesting assignments! But I think the | Assignment | instructions were incomplete for the last | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Very interesting assignments! But I think the assignment instructions were incomplete for the last 2 weeks. (I left comments for those 2 assignments explaining what I thought was not mentioned (and, in my humble opinion, should have been mentioned) in the instructions.) | (I left comments for those 2 | Assignment | explaining what I thought was not | Negative | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | If you're new to Scala and/or functional programming, then the material covered here will be very valuable. However, I was fairly disappointed. Much of the coursework was pulled from the original "Functional Programming in Scala" course, as well as the "Principles of Reactive Programming" course. Indeed, there are references to material from those courses that are not actually included here, which must be a little confusing for anyone who hasn't taken those courses. The first two assignments came, respectively, from those two courses also. There wasn't as much emphasis on architecting a functional program as I might have expected from the title. Instead, the course focused more on using functional principles when implementing computations. The coverage of functional reactive programming (FRP) was very good, but again, I would have expected more of a 30,000ft overview of how to design an application using FRP. In short, I felt this course to be a little incoherent and disjointed. | taken those courses. The first two | Assignment | came, respectively, from those two courses | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Too much reuse of old material (assignments as well as lectures). | Too much reuse of old material | Assignment | as well as lectures). | Positive | 0.85 | 1.0 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Good course, but could be more challenging. For people growing up with the space race it has a lot of interesting video and written material. But there are a lot of simple errors in the material and the assignments. Hopefully that will be addressed. I'd give it 4/5 once it's all sorted. Recommended if you can cope with the odd frustration. | errors in the material and the | Assignment | Hopefully that will be addressed. I'd | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| PK8RF2g8EeSYbSIACzWPZQ | Really good ideas and good assignments. | Really good ideas and good | Assignment | | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | very informative, but wish we assignments that would be graded to put the theory in practice | very informative, but wish we | Assignment | that would be graded to put | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Impossible to navigate to the course material. Took my payment but insists on another payment before it will let me submit an assignment. Very frustrating. I am about to request a refund. | it will let me submit an | Assignment | Very frustrating. I am about to | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | It's a great course but i think that needs more assignments not only quiz. | but i think that needs more | Assignment | not only quiz. | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Assignments/ Quiz were a bit easy. | | Assignment | Quiz were a bit easy. | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Informative course, very well organized, and very useful tools & strategies presented in the course. The presentations are a bit deadpan, and the assignments aren't overly helpful (only quizzes), but the content is good. | are a bit deadpan, and the | Assignment | aren't overly helpful (only quizzes), but | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| Pw5_EDSEEeWHeRJ9CdC5xQ | A brilliantly structured course, with very thoughtful assignments. The pace of the course and the way information has been built in the for the students is awesome, and it gives an holistic understanding of disability support and helps create complete awareness of the subject. Loved it, and will expect a few more follow up courses as well. | brilliantly structured course, with very thoughtful | Assignment | The pace of the course and | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| q4yEnqgkEeWoKQ4rUD57pQ | I thought this was an excellent course that looked at trends in aging populations from many perspectives. The reflections were thought provoking and the assignments helped reinforce a serious approach to the course. | reflections were thought provoking and the | Assignment | helped reinforce a serious approach to | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| q6P-8ed8EeSglCIACzUL2A | First of all, thank you for the course, as it enables students to get a bit more up-to-date and knowledgeable in the topic. On the other hand, unfortunately it's not worth one's time as it didn't deliver very good quality, nor on its promise regarding "The Big Picture". Pros: Easy to understand. Self-paced. Objectivity and positive overall message. Cons: Overall quality and clarity of the lectures is not very good. Lectures are a bit hard to follow, not because of the complexity of the topic, but because of some controversial and outdated data, and the speaking and presentation style of the lecturer. Assignments contain too many trivial questions, but also some mistakes which makes some questions impossible to answer correctly, based on the lectures, or at all. No staff engagement or feedback on the forums, which is especially problematic regarding to aforementioned mistakes. The title and description of the course don't inform students that it is completely US-centric, and mostly concentrating on petroleum/oil. So along with a lot of important topics, "The Big Picture" is missing. | and presentation style of the lecturer. | Assignment | contain too many trivial questions, but | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I enjoyed doing this course very much. The amount of research, references included in the study material makes it credible and easy to relate to. The assignment and exercises are also very helpful. | and easy to relate to. The | Assignment | and exercises are also very helpful. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | 5 star for effort. 4 star for content - some of the findings are open to debate but are seemingly portrayed as "truths" 0 star for trying to obtaining personal information (name, email) under the pretext of assignment when such information are not required for completing the assignment. | (name, email) under the pretext of | Assignment | when such information are not required | Positive | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | 5 star for effort. 4 star for content - some of the findings are open to debate but are seemingly portrayed as "truths" 0 star for trying to obtaining personal information (name, email) under the pretext of assignment when such information are not required for completing the assignment. | are not required for completing the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am really enjoying this course. Its so nicely planned out and put together. Prof Raj speaks so eloquently thats easy to follow him. I love the way instructions are provided to submit the assignments. In other coursera courses I have mostly quit because of the lack of proper instructions during the assignments and also additional help. Not this one. What I dont like is the pop up quiz. Its not that the quiz is bad but the pop up destroys the flow of the topic. You could have executed the quiz just like the polls where there is a pause by the Prof and then comes the quiz. It would ensure a coherence in the videos. But overall a great course. | instructions are provided to submit the | Assignment | In other coursera courses I have | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am really enjoying this course. Its so nicely planned out and put together. Prof Raj speaks so eloquently thats easy to follow him. I love the way instructions are provided to submit the assignments. In other coursera courses I have mostly quit because of the lack of proper instructions during the assignments and also additional help. Not this one. What I dont like is the pop up quiz. Its not that the quiz is bad but the pop up destroys the flow of the topic. You could have executed the quiz just like the polls where there is a pause by the Prof and then comes the quiz. It would ensure a coherence in the videos. But overall a great course. | lack of proper instructions during the | Assignment | and also additional help. Not this | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This course was EXCELLENT! Great information and it was presented in a fun, engaging way. I wish the last week's information and assignments were chunked into two weeks as it was a lot to get done in one week. | wish the last week's information and | Assignment | were chunked into two weeks as | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | The lectures were interesting and insightful and the practical assignments were very helpful. | interesting and insightful and the practical | Assignment | were very helpful. | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I loved this course. I'm a clinical psychologist who works at a university counseling center. Raj distills several principles of a very notable treatment called Dialectical Behavior Therapy into an easily understandable set of assignments. I will refer many students to this course. Raj is an enthusiastic personable lecturer. I'm so impressed that this course was supported by a business school. | into an easily understandable set of | Assignment | I will refer many students to | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am SOOO happy I took this course. The material is so eye opening and it's presented in a very engaging way with a variety of speakers, references and visuals. I thought the assignments were quite relevant and made you think in ways you typically do not. The only slight drawback is organizational- sometimes links were missing the readings and the assignments require too many unnecessary steps. It can very easy be simplified. | references and visuals. I thought the | Assignment | were quite relevant and made you | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am SOOO happy I took this course. The material is so eye opening and it's presented in a very engaging way with a variety of speakers, references and visuals. I thought the assignments were quite relevant and made you think in ways you typically do not. The only slight drawback is organizational- sometimes links were missing the readings and the assignments require too many unnecessary steps. It can very easy be simplified. | were missing the readings and the | Assignment | require too many unnecessary steps. It | Negative | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | The content of the course was actually very helpful, but the way the assignments are made took all my motivation away. They use an external tool where one has to enter the information for the assigments, at the end you get a PDF and then you have to copy paste that again into Coursera. The emails are often confusing and some assignements require you to do something each day for seven days in a row, but don't really warn you about that anywhere. So when you think that you have 3 days left to meet the deadline ... wrong, you should've started 4 days ago. This in combination with the ridiculously detailed instruction videos, which consist to 95% of a tutor reading aloud what is written on the assignment webpage. Chances are you get bored quickly and miss the one information that was NOT given on the assignment webpage. In total, it is very sad that this course started so great, but the technical and organizational problems reduced the motivation so much. | very helpful, but the way the | Assignment | are made took all my motivation | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | The content of the course was actually very helpful, but the way the assignments are made took all my motivation away. They use an external tool where one has to enter the information for the assigments, at the end you get a PDF and then you have to copy paste that again into Coursera. The emails are often confusing and some assignements require you to do something each day for seven days in a row, but don't really warn you about that anywhere. So when you think that you have 3 days left to meet the deadline ... wrong, you should've started 4 days ago. This in combination with the ridiculously detailed instruction videos, which consist to 95% of a tutor reading aloud what is written on the assignment webpage. Chances are you get bored quickly and miss the one information that was NOT given on the assignment webpage. In total, it is very sad that this course started so great, but the technical and organizational problems reduced the motivation so much. | aloud what is written on the | Assignment | webpage. Chances are you get bored | Negative | 0.86 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | The content of the course was actually very helpful, but the way the assignments are made took all my motivation away. They use an external tool where one has to enter the information for the assigments, at the end you get a PDF and then you have to copy paste that again into Coursera. The emails are often confusing and some assignements require you to do something each day for seven days in a row, but don't really warn you about that anywhere. So when you think that you have 3 days left to meet the deadline ... wrong, you should've started 4 days ago. This in combination with the ridiculously detailed instruction videos, which consist to 95% of a tutor reading aloud what is written on the assignment webpage. Chances are you get bored quickly and miss the one information that was NOT given on the assignment webpage. In total, it is very sad that this course started so great, but the technical and organizational problems reduced the motivation so much. | that was NOT given on the | Assignment | webpage. In total, it is very | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | One of the most impactful courses I've ever worked through. Really just an incredible achievement, the actionable and lovable focus of the course really pulled me in and never let go. On paper I didn't do the assignments but I actually did everything suggested in the course and it really has helped my happiness, satisfaction, self-compassion, and I now chase flow rather than superiority. Thank you is not enough, I'm so grateful to all the staff, Raj, and all the guest speakers. Best course ever. | On paper I didn't do the | Assignment | but I actually did everything suggested | Negative | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I really enjoyed this course! Dr. Raghunathan has a lot of energy and is very engaging in the videos for each module. The information is clear and easy to understand, yet at the same time, has led to serious improvements in my life. Not only that, the assignments in this class get each of us to reach out and connect with people in our communities in an organic and comfortable manner. Also, there are a lot of very good book recommendations throughout the course and I highly recommend checking some of them out!! I've already recommended this course to friends in my "real life", and I hope that this review will sway someone to enroll. Stay well! | my life. Not only that, the | Assignment | in this class get each of | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am definitely enjoying Professor Raj, a fellow Texan :-) . I enjoy the guest Skype segments and the book suggestions. I like the Budda quote and the cartoons. Suggestions for improvement.... Make fewer, but longer videos. In my opinion, I lose learning time by watching so many short videos, because each video has the opening animation and closing credits. Also, there really is no need to have someone else give the assignment, she is beautiful and pleasant, but it's distracting and her audio is different than yours, so when wearing ear buds, she sometimes blows my ears up, she's so loud. Would be interested in seeing what else Professor Raj teaches on line. | to have someone else give the | Assignment | she is beautiful and pleasant, but | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | A very good course. My only suggestions would be to extend the course for a week or even two. The time and amount of work needed to complete the last week's assignments were inconsistent with the other weeks. To have done my best with the final quiz and assignment, I should have spent a significant amount of time reviewing material from previous weeks. | needed to complete the last week's | Assignment | were inconsistent with the other weeks. | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | A very good course. My only suggestions would be to extend the course for a week or even two. The time and amount of work needed to complete the last week's assignments were inconsistent with the other weeks. To have done my best with the final quiz and assignment, I should have spent a significant amount of time reviewing material from previous weeks. | best with the final quiz and | Assignment | I should have spent a significant | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Prof Raj is a charismatic and engaging professor. Although at first glance, the content may seem theoretically heavy and dull, he teaches in an entertaining way without jargon, and with lots of anecdotes and metaphors, making it easy to follow, and most of all, fun to learn. I would definitely recommend this course for you! OVERVIEW Each module and the entirety of the course is structured very comprehensively. The lectures incorporate various professors who are experts in their field via video conference, telephone, and quotes. Lecture videos (though sometimes long) have lots of embedded quizzes and relevant external videos. Just like taking a course at university, supplemental (yet an optional) reading list is provided for those who wish to explore further. LECTURE VIDEOS Prof Raj definitely knows what he is talking about and the videos are easy to follow. There are only a few videos where the audio isn't the best, but transcripts can be downloaded on Coursera, and a clean-format of the transcription can be found on the Facebook page. The animations, lighting, audio, in general are all great. THE COMMUNITY The discussion forum is very active. With at least three mentors active during the duration of the course, and at least one responding to a post within a business day, you won't feel like you're taking the course alone. CAUTION ! Although it states that time commitment is 2-3 hours a week, it will most likely take more than that. The total number of minutes spent on watching all lecture videos (for that week) averages to a little over 2 hours. If you're like me and want to take notes or take a break while studying or re-watch a lecture, you'll need more time. Plus on top of that, there are quizzes and assignments. (You can save time by not submitting assignments via the ISB website.) I would allocate minimum 3 hours a week for this course and maximum 5. Bare this in mind for those who are working or studying full-time or are taking other MOOC courses. - Enjoy the course! | of that, there are quizzes and | Assignment | (You can save time by not | Negative | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Prof Raj is a charismatic and engaging professor. Although at first glance, the content may seem theoretically heavy and dull, he teaches in an entertaining way without jargon, and with lots of anecdotes and metaphors, making it easy to follow, and most of all, fun to learn. I would definitely recommend this course for you! OVERVIEW Each module and the entirety of the course is structured very comprehensively. The lectures incorporate various professors who are experts in their field via video conference, telephone, and quotes. Lecture videos (though sometimes long) have lots of embedded quizzes and relevant external videos. Just like taking a course at university, supplemental (yet an optional) reading list is provided for those who wish to explore further. LECTURE VIDEOS Prof Raj definitely knows what he is talking about and the videos are easy to follow. There are only a few videos where the audio isn't the best, but transcripts can be downloaded on Coursera, and a clean-format of the transcription can be found on the Facebook page. The animations, lighting, audio, in general are all great. THE COMMUNITY The discussion forum is very active. With at least three mentors active during the duration of the course, and at least one responding to a post within a business day, you won't feel like you're taking the course alone. CAUTION ! Although it states that time commitment is 2-3 hours a week, it will most likely take more than that. The total number of minutes spent on watching all lecture videos (for that week) averages to a little over 2 hours. If you're like me and want to take notes or take a break while studying or re-watch a lecture, you'll need more time. Plus on top of that, there are quizzes and assignments. (You can save time by not submitting assignments via the ISB website.) I would allocate minimum 3 hours a week for this course and maximum 5. Bare this in mind for those who are working or studying full-time or are taking other MOOC courses. - Enjoy the course! | can save time by not submitting | Assignment | via the ISB website. ) I | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I paid to get a certificate and did achieve good marks on the tests and assignments up to week 4 if memory serves. And still, I "dropped out" before the end of the course. Why? - the tests trip you on little bits of trivia, as opposed to assess your understanding of key concepts. Another course, “learning how to learn”, has the best tests in that regard; - the modules are too long. When you do this in addition to working, it becomes a chore; - the assignments: instructions are tedious & confusing. As for the assignment themselves, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was a test subject with data being gathered in the back. Not what I signed up (and paid) for. So it’s a pity and I do regret having had to stop attending this online class. I was attracted to the topic, I enjoyed the personality of the host, but all the above made it a chore. | good marks on the tests and | Assignment | up to week 4 if memory | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I paid to get a certificate and did achieve good marks on the tests and assignments up to week 4 if memory serves. And still, I "dropped out" before the end of the course. Why? - the tests trip you on little bits of trivia, as opposed to assess your understanding of key concepts. Another course, “learning how to learn”, has the best tests in that regard; - the modules are too long. When you do this in addition to working, it becomes a chore; - the assignments: instructions are tedious & confusing. As for the assignment themselves, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was a test subject with data being gathered in the back. Not what I signed up (and paid) for. So it’s a pity and I do regret having had to stop attending this online class. I was attracted to the topic, I enjoyed the personality of the host, but all the above made it a chore. | it becomes a chore; - the | Assignment | instructions are tedious & confusing. As | Negative | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I paid to get a certificate and did achieve good marks on the tests and assignments up to week 4 if memory serves. And still, I "dropped out" before the end of the course. Why? - the tests trip you on little bits of trivia, as opposed to assess your understanding of key concepts. Another course, “learning how to learn”, has the best tests in that regard; - the modules are too long. When you do this in addition to working, it becomes a chore; - the assignments: instructions are tedious & confusing. As for the assignment themselves, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was a test subject with data being gathered in the back. Not what I signed up (and paid) for. So it’s a pity and I do regret having had to stop attending this online class. I was attracted to the topic, I enjoyed the personality of the host, but all the above made it a chore. | tedious & confusing. As for the | Assignment | themselves, I couldn’t shake the feeling | Negative | 0.97 | 2.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I've taken about 70 MOOCs across multiple platforms. Of those 70, I've completed about 12. Of those 12, about 4 were good. This is one of those four. Sometimes the videos were a little long, but the work was inspired and the science behind the content was great. I did every assignment (rare for a MOOCer, as you probably know). This was totally worth my time. I hope you find it to be worth yours. Enjoy! | content was great. I did every | Assignment | (rare for a MOOCer, as you | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I really enjoyed this course. The material was substantive, backed up with studies and ample research. The exercises and assignments were relevant and led to deep insights. I loved the videos, the dynamic cheerful tone and thorough coverage of material. One of the very best! | and ample research. The exercises and | Assignment | were relevant and led to deep | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Very good content, oo long, too many words to get to the point, and too many instructions on assignments. | point, and too many instructions on | Assignment | | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| QKGzLQoYEeWKzSIAC7Uk8A | This course provides a great introduction into conflict management. The assignments really allowed me to reflect on times when I was both successful in dealing with a conflict and when I failed. The only drawback is that the concepts are presented rather linearly. | great introduction into conflict management. The | Assignment | really allowed me to reflect on | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| QKGzLQoYEeWKzSIAC7Uk8A | I didn't learn a whole lot -perhaps it is because I'm not coming into a professional setting as a newbie anymore? I found a lot of the examples juvenile - 'wearing a robe to the office' or 'stealing things'. I was looking for more substantial examples of idealogical conflict I guess -stuff that is harder to resolve than being a person of integrity and making good decisions. I know this is just module 1, but the content didn't feel valuable for the most part. The assignments were alright. | valuable for the most part. The | Assignment | were alright. | Negative | 0.77 | 2.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Nice introductory course for database management. Assignments are challenging enough for beginners like me but I like that. If I'm already 'investing' my time into something I expect to learn something in return. This course gave me that kind of reciprocity. Course would benefit from radically different approach to video-lessons. Reading from power-point slides which are written in the same manner, have identical structure tends to become tedious after a while. Professor seems nice and knowledgeable but a bit more relaxed and/or engaging approach would be beneficial to many. Oh, and peer-reviewed grading, wherever possible, should be replaced with an auto-grader. That's not a critique, though. Not quite sure if it's even possible with this kind of material. | Nice introductory course for database management. | Assignment | are challenging enough for beginners like | Positive | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Excellent course, with good video lectures. However, the written course materials, especially in terms of slides and assignment instructions, suffer from poor grammar and an occasional lack of clarity. | especially in terms of slides and | Assignment | instructions, suffer from poor grammar and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good course for broad end-to-end discussion of database design and management. Lectures are decent, assignments and practice problems are pretty helpful. Class takes 3-4 hours/week on average, though it varies by week. Would have like to see more advanced discussion for some of the easier topics/shorter weeks. | design and management. Lectures are decent, | Assignment | and practice problems are pretty helpful. | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The specialization is great, and the course breadth and topics described in each is equally good. For this course, however, I felt like I could have covered what was taught by myself with a book, i.e. I didn't feel like it was class room level engaging with the explanations. I realized this is a one way MOOC, but I've taken courses off and on since they came out, and some others felt more interactive. This was more of here's a slide, I will read what's on the slide and explain some topics. The assignments were not bad, but definitely took more time than stated (just keep that in mind). The other thing that would help immensely is having TAs in the course. It's possible that they may get some later, but I've felt I learned/got feedback a lot more in courses with TAs. That said, this is an excellent introduction to databases course, and there's not many of them out there. If I had to go it again, I would, and I also paid for getting the cert - if anything for career advancement and having it on your LinkedIn profile as a starter DB course. | slide and explain some topics. The | Assignment | were not bad, but definitely took | Positive | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Wonderful course. As an Electronic Engineer, I've always have a lack of Knowledge in Data Base structures. Nowadays, not only software applications but software based hardware solutions depend on this infra structure to warehouse data and information. Moreover, we live today in an Analytic world, deep mining knowledge to make decisions every day. This Course met all expectation I had and I want to get trough specialization track. By the way, professor Mannino is a great mentor and quality of support material (book, slides, assignment, etc.) is totally above the line. | quality of support material (book, slides, | Assignment | etc. ) is totally above the | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The Course was excellent, regarding the lessons, practice problems, and the assignments. Mr. Mannino was a great teacher, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Regarding the reviews: I didn't have a problem in this course regarding the classmate's reviews. Everything what I have done correctly, it was reviewed also correctly. Where I had some mistakes, I was reduced some points. But, some of my classmates wrote that they were not fully satisfied with the marks given even if they provided correct solutions to the problems. Maybe in the future, you can think about the way how the students should be reviewed. This is of course just a suggestion. Best regards, Milos. | the lessons, practice problems, and the | Assignment | Mr. Mannino was a great teacher, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Pros: The course content covers a lot of relevant topics on Database Management. Things like Basic SQL queries, Database Normalization, Conceptual and Logical databases, and making ER diagrams are covered in the course. Cons: Prof Mannino is a bit robotic in his reading out of long sentences and the constant pace of talking. There is tons of repetition of sentences and words mere seconds after they were just spoken. The lectures seem to be a collection of bullet points. The assignments and the peer review structure is really a low point. There's no specific grading rubric - so points allocation is random and based on your peer's assessment. I had many instances where my right answers were marked as wrong. There is nothing you can do to correct it. Moreover, the questions are iterative and thus the same apparent error carries on and you get multiple wrong scores. Assignments need to be submitted in documents. Separate documents for each question !! At times, even a one-line answer needs to be in a separate document. Pictures of database diagrams need to be pasted in said documents. It was a bit frustrating to take screenshots all the time. Especially when you make a small correction, and have to take screenshots AGAIN, then paste it AGAIN, and upload AGAIN !! Summary: Take the course for it's content, and use the assignments as good practice. Don't take the grading seriously. Also, focus on the content rather than the delivery by the professor, and you will still be able to get some value out of the course (and the specialization by extension) | a collection of bullet points. The | Assignment | and the peer review structure is | Negative | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Pros: The course content covers a lot of relevant topics on Database Management. Things like Basic SQL queries, Database Normalization, Conceptual and Logical databases, and making ER diagrams are covered in the course. Cons: Prof Mannino is a bit robotic in his reading out of long sentences and the constant pace of talking. There is tons of repetition of sentences and words mere seconds after they were just spoken. The lectures seem to be a collection of bullet points. The assignments and the peer review structure is really a low point. There's no specific grading rubric - so points allocation is random and based on your peer's assessment. I had many instances where my right answers were marked as wrong. There is nothing you can do to correct it. Moreover, the questions are iterative and thus the same apparent error carries on and you get multiple wrong scores. Assignments need to be submitted in documents. Separate documents for each question !! At times, even a one-line answer needs to be in a separate document. Pictures of database diagrams need to be pasted in said documents. It was a bit frustrating to take screenshots all the time. Especially when you make a small correction, and have to take screenshots AGAIN, then paste it AGAIN, and upload AGAIN !! Summary: Take the course for it's content, and use the assignments as good practice. Don't take the grading seriously. Also, focus on the content rather than the delivery by the professor, and you will still be able to get some value out of the course (and the specialization by extension) | and you get multiple wrong scores. | Assignment | need to be submitted in documents. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Pros: The course content covers a lot of relevant topics on Database Management. Things like Basic SQL queries, Database Normalization, Conceptual and Logical databases, and making ER diagrams are covered in the course. Cons: Prof Mannino is a bit robotic in his reading out of long sentences and the constant pace of talking. There is tons of repetition of sentences and words mere seconds after they were just spoken. The lectures seem to be a collection of bullet points. The assignments and the peer review structure is really a low point. There's no specific grading rubric - so points allocation is random and based on your peer's assessment. I had many instances where my right answers were marked as wrong. There is nothing you can do to correct it. Moreover, the questions are iterative and thus the same apparent error carries on and you get multiple wrong scores. Assignments need to be submitted in documents. Separate documents for each question !! At times, even a one-line answer needs to be in a separate document. Pictures of database diagrams need to be pasted in said documents. It was a bit frustrating to take screenshots all the time. Especially when you make a small correction, and have to take screenshots AGAIN, then paste it AGAIN, and upload AGAIN !! Summary: Take the course for it's content, and use the assignments as good practice. Don't take the grading seriously. Also, focus on the content rather than the delivery by the professor, and you will still be able to get some value out of the course (and the specialization by extension) | for it's content, and use the | Assignment | as good practice. Don't take the | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Short videos, but good Practice problems and Assignments. | videos, but good Practice problems and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good but with some errors in assignments and not real support via the forum - some question has not been answered | Good but with some errors in | Assignment | and not real support via the | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | A good introductory course. I would recommend allowing for extra time to get the database software up and functioning so that you aren't crammed for time trying to get it configured and do the assignment in week 2. | get it configured and do the | Assignment | in week 2. | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Severe lack of support (zero) from the professor or TAs. Some wrong solutions were provided for assigments but were never addressed or acknowledged that it will be fixed. Some assignment files are not Mac friendly or is just not viewable by all students (I can't tell). Materials are quite good but grading is subject to broad interpretations and there is no human to provide guidance on what are the best practices. To think that I paid for the specialisation in order to take the graded assignment AND I have to do the grading BUT I do not receive support? This is ridiculous. I will have to think three times before I pay for a Coursera course in the future. Never again. I will not recommend this to others. | that it will be fixed. Some | Assignment | files are not Mac friendly or | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Severe lack of support (zero) from the professor or TAs. Some wrong solutions were provided for assigments but were never addressed or acknowledged that it will be fixed. Some assignment files are not Mac friendly or is just not viewable by all students (I can't tell). Materials are quite good but grading is subject to broad interpretations and there is no human to provide guidance on what are the best practices. To think that I paid for the specialisation in order to take the graded assignment AND I have to do the grading BUT I do not receive support? This is ridiculous. I will have to think three times before I pay for a Coursera course in the future. Never again. I will not recommend this to others. | in order to take the graded | Assignment | AND I have to do the | Negative | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Poor english, hard to follow assignments (instructions spread out over 3-4 microsoft word documents with no links between them). Teaches SQL with MixedCase namings, all-named constraints and other non-standard syntax. | Poor english, hard to follow | Assignment | (instructions spread out over 3-4 microsoft | Negative | 0.73 | 2.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The course was very well presented and was easy to follow. my only problem is that I struggled a little and as much as I was trying to follow and read the recommended reading material, I found that there was not enough time due to the volume of assignments per week. Maybe if the assignments were reduced or we have them every 2 weeks?! | time due to the volume of | Assignment | per week. Maybe if the assignments | Negative | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The course was very well presented and was easy to follow. my only problem is that I struggled a little and as much as I was trying to follow and read the recommended reading material, I found that there was not enough time due to the volume of assignments per week. Maybe if the assignments were reduced or we have them every 2 weeks?! | assignments per week. Maybe if the | Assignment | were reduced or we have them | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Great course! The course is well structured with clear objective for each lecture. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. Excelent material. Thank you! | clear objective for each lecture. The | Assignment | are interesting and the practice assignments | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Great course! The course is well structured with clear objective for each lecture. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. Excelent material. Thank you! | assignments are interesting and the practice | Assignment | are relevant. Excelent material. Thank you! | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Assignments are very inaccurate. Mess with table and field names. Oracle VM is very heavy and slow to use on regular laptop. | | Assignment | are very inaccurate. Mess with table | Negative | 0.95 | 2.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very nice introduction to databases. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. | the plus is there are practical | Assignment | for every week, where you learn | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very nice introduction to databases. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. | I like the format of the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The course is well structured with clear objective for each lecture. It starts by asking the main question about the course then summarize the answer and the key messages. Practice and assignment are valuable to apply and test courses knowledge. Thank you | and the key messages. Practice and | Assignment | are valuable to apply and test | Positive | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very nice class, well thought out and organized. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. | well thought out and organized. The | Assignment | are interesting and the practice assignments | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very nice class, well thought out and organized. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. | assignments are interesting and the practice | Assignment | are relevant. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | excelent material. Good task and Assignments | excelent material. Good task and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Excellent course! It was my 1st experience with Coursera and I didn't expect that online learning can be so stimulating and exciting. The biggest advantage of this course is its very practical approach and fact that each week there is assignment. The only disadvantage here is the fact that this course has been more time-consuming that I initially expected it to be hence I had to spend more time on it than estimated 3-6 hours a week. For full-time working person it was not easy to keep up with deadlines, especially the weeks with 2 assignments per week. Nevertheless - truly intensive and interestingly presented. I strongly recommend:) | fact that each week there is | Assignment | The only disadvantage here is the | Negative | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Excellent course! It was my 1st experience with Coursera and I didn't expect that online learning can be so stimulating and exciting. The biggest advantage of this course is its very practical approach and fact that each week there is assignment. The only disadvantage here is the fact that this course has been more time-consuming that I initially expected it to be hence I had to spend more time on it than estimated 3-6 hours a week. For full-time working person it was not easy to keep up with deadlines, especially the weeks with 2 assignments per week. Nevertheless - truly intensive and interestingly presented. I strongly recommend:) | deadlines, especially the weeks with 2 | Assignment | per week. Nevertheless - truly intensive | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | very good for beginners, truly wide scope of topics. also some assignments' conditions are not transparent and contradictory thank you | wide scope of topics. also some | Assignment | conditions are not transparent and contradictory | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The teacher's lecture is not very clear and all the assignments are graded by peer classmates which may occur several controversial issues. | not very clear and all the | Assignment | are graded by peer classmates which | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The course has good material and solid assignment. It would be five star if it goes more deep in some topics | course has good material and solid | Assignment | It would be five star if | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| qO2z-Zz8EeWJORITtzkPnQ | the videos are too long assignments are difficult and dr asfahani is not like dr larry i loved dr larry much more dr asfahani is not interesting in his presentations at all | the videos are too long | Assignment | are difficult and dr asfahani is | Negative | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| qogqSFgBEeWBNwpVGuknww | I wish there had been explanations on the homework assignments. | had been explanations on the homework | Assignment | | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I will start with you do learn a lot from the videos (and the stuff you learn is very valuable), it's the absence of staff or professor involvement that is a problem and why I am not giving 5 stars. Outside of quizzes which are graded by computers, your "practice" assignments (which aren't practice because you can't check your answers before a test, super awesome when you can't really ask for help), final project and forum questions are graded or answered by other students. If you have any confusion, either it will go unresolved or be worsened by potentially wrong answers from other students which I saw happen many, many times. Maybe I am expecting too much from an online learning platform? In all, I feel like while I did learn, I perhaps learned some wrong practices too. So while the videos are great, the actual teacher involvement is poor. Coursera - I am not sure how you and the university work together, but is it totally strange to desire some input from your professor? | graded by computers, your " practice" | Assignment | (which aren't practice because you can't | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is an excellent course. You are given a six month license to use Tableau as well as practice data for the assignments and exercises. It is very practical and informative. It covers more than just Tableau. The first week is about framing data questions and working with stakeholders. The second and third week cover Tableau. The last week gives some very helpful tips for giving effective presentations. The final assessment will go over all of these things, so be prepared to put them to use if you want the final certificate. | well as practice data for the | Assignment | and exercises. It is very practical | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I loved this course. The lecture videos taught me a lot and I was happy I got to use whatever I learned in the final project. The only reason why I'm giving three stars was because of the submission process for the final project. It gave me a headache because I didn't really understand how to submit to Tableau public. I tried following the instructions but I couldn't find some things so it confused me a bit. It caused me to submit my assignment late, and it was just not a pleasant process. Maybe upload new instructions with screenshots, or make another lecture video on how to submit. | It caused me to submit my | Assignment | late, and it was just not | Negative | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I have given an extra star for the free license software received. Didn't find the course as challenging as the Machine Learning course. The assignments need to be more challenging. Connecting to SQlite / GA Analytics dummy data can be added. Tableau with R session can be incorporated. | as the Machine Learning course. The | Assignment | need to be more challenging. Connecting | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Awesome class - very well organized, great examples, challenging assignments, and includes interviews with real data analysts and data scientists! Got me hooked on Tableau and am now working on implementing it at work. | very well organized, great examples, challenging | Assignment | and includes interviews with real data | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Tableau is garbage and their assignment practice questions don't work | Tableau is garbage and their | Assignment | practice questions don't work | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very well taught course about using Tableau, providing tableau license for the Specialization (6 months). The lectures are well executed, concepts well explained and referenced materials provided. The most fun part are the assignments using real world datasets by Dognition. The course introduced me to very interesting visualization tool used in Data analytics. I enjoyed this course and took a great deal out of it. | The most fun part are the | Assignment | using real world datasets by Dognition. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Good syllabus and challenging assignments with real data. Great lecturer too. | Good syllabus and challenging | Assignment | with real data. Great lecturer too. | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Nice course..good example and hand on assignments. | . good example and hand on | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | More in-depth work with ArcMap and associated principles. Redundant to a degree with the intro to the specialization, but good blend of instruction and assignments. | but good blend of instruction and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | It's a great course and the final assignment is very challenging and interesting. All credit goes to the tutor. | a great course and the final | Assignment | is very challenging and interesting. All | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Thoroughly enjoyed the course! The lectures are well structured and organized and the assignments are very supportive. | well structured and organized and the | Assignment | are very supportive. | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | After the Fundamentals of GIS course, this was my second course in the series. This course covers very useful tools that we need to learn. The lectures were short and simple, to the point. The best part was the final peer graded assignment. The course instructors did a remarkable job in designing the problem and it was a great recapitulation of what we learnt during the course. The discussion forum was also a great place to learn. Thanks to my course mates and it actually felt like being together in a classroom. I am thoroughly enjoying being a part of this specialisation and would love to continue. Thank you all. | part was the final peer graded | Assignment | The course instructors did a remarkable | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Another great class in the GIS specialization! The lectures and course materials are very well thought out. This course moves pasts the basics and gets into details for GIS data formats. The tutorial assignments and project are very useful in practicing the concepts learned in the video lectures. Highly recommend! | for GIS data formats. The tutorial | Assignment | and project are very useful in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Excellent course. Very clear lectures and assignments. I learned a lot. | Excellent course. Very clear lectures and | Assignment | I learned a lot. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| qqP6hnElEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Fascinating, really well taught with good assignment! Looking for to the rest of the specialisation! | Fascinating, really well taught with good | Assignment | Looking for to the rest of | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| QuMnnbfJEeSsbCIAC0gVBg | Exceptional course that explores the remediation of books, narrative, and other artwort like paintings into MMOs. The discussed example is Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and the games "Lord of the Rings Online". The support is outstanding on Coursera as well as in the game. Several servers are home to course accompanying groups who offer support and guidance with course related in-game assignments and the game itself. Great fun, great people, great content. | and guidance with course related in-game | Assignment | and the game itself. Great fun, | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| QUTOlO03EeSC-CIAC38Bjw | There are some ideas expressed in video that I found helpful. The assignments were very helpful as I was able to prepare for the 1st day of teaching. | video that I found helpful. The | Assignment | were very helpful as I was | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| qVetW596EeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | Having successfully completed 'Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking' I found this module partially confusing. It is also based on Alex Cowans' venture design process but this time on each step you do things that differ from what was taught in the previous course. Things seem to be complementary but you should not expect to go through a structured process over all courses. They are all based on the same process but shed light on different aspects. I also have the imporession that the didactics of this second course still coudl be improved a lot. Quizzes are currently reworked and bugs fixed and the team is very responsive. It still was a good learning experience and doing Design sprints is a great approach. From the review of assignments I can say that a few students seem to adapt better to the structure of the course that I did. But most seemed to be equally if not more confused. Doing reviews wasn't fun because formally most students got enough points but content-wise I perceived it as rather messy assignments to review. :/ | great approach. From the review of | Assignment | I can say that a few | Negative | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| qVetW596EeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | Having successfully completed 'Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking' I found this module partially confusing. It is also based on Alex Cowans' venture design process but this time on each step you do things that differ from what was taught in the previous course. Things seem to be complementary but you should not expect to go through a structured process over all courses. They are all based on the same process but shed light on different aspects. I also have the imporession that the didactics of this second course still coudl be improved a lot. Quizzes are currently reworked and bugs fixed and the team is very responsive. It still was a good learning experience and doing Design sprints is a great approach. From the review of assignments I can say that a few students seem to adapt better to the structure of the course that I did. But most seemed to be equally if not more confused. Doing reviews wasn't fun because formally most students got enough points but content-wise I perceived it as rather messy assignments to review. :/ | I perceived it as rather messy | Assignment | to review. :/ | Negative | 0.81 | 3.0 |
| qVetW596EeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | I posted questions and couldn't find any answer. The course also doesn't allow me to be creative (although it's about design!) in answering assignments. | it's about design! ) in answering | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Qx-vkAocEeWAYyIACmGIdw | The lectures were good but when it came to quizzes and assignments, we do not know what to do? The questions were very complicated and not stated in the Lectures | when it came to quizzes and | Assignment | we do not know what to | Positive | 0.94 | 1.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | The course content itself was good, however the final assignment was vague and confusing. I think my coursemates had the same problem; all of the submissions I reviewed failed to discuss in any way at least one of the learning objectives. | itself was good, however the final | Assignment | was vague and confusing. I think | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | This is a very simple, brief and useful course. The modules are short, concise but do not go into lot of details. Is a good course to audit/browse for free but may not be good enough against a verified option. Anyways, paying for verified course is subject to personal value derivation. While I had rated earlier for the above reasons before the course finished. I am facing the exact same problem with this course as I faced with earlier course. The grading process is badly constructed for final assignment. In fact, now I am learning from coursera staff that may be there are not enough students to grade my peer review assignment. So please do audit this course but do not be trapped in specialization. Cheers.. | process is badly constructed for final | Assignment | In fact, now I am learning | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | This is a very simple, brief and useful course. The modules are short, concise but do not go into lot of details. Is a good course to audit/browse for free but may not be good enough against a verified option. Anyways, paying for verified course is subject to personal value derivation. While I had rated earlier for the above reasons before the course finished. I am facing the exact same problem with this course as I faced with earlier course. The grading process is badly constructed for final assignment. In fact, now I am learning from coursera staff that may be there are not enough students to grade my peer review assignment. So please do audit this course but do not be trapped in specialization. Cheers.. | students to grade my peer review | Assignment | So please do audit this course | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | The professor isn't that great, and really difficult to follow (high speed, English pronunciation not obvious). The assignment was also really similar to the | speed, English pronunciation not obvious). The | Assignment | was also really similar to the | Positive | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | At times a direct contrast the the precursor class. Assignments too easy. Lectures okay but syllabus lacked structure. Too easy. Wasted time. | direct contrast the the precursor class. | Assignment | too easy. Lectures okay but syllabus | Positive | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Great education and a very good setup, but the final assignment is very vague, so it's challenging. I think that when a professor gives a vague assignment, he should be the one grading the work, because peer grading only works best when they know exactly what they are supposed to be grading. | very good setup, but the final | Assignment | is very vague, so it's challenging. | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Great education and a very good setup, but the final assignment is very vague, so it's challenging. I think that when a professor gives a vague assignment, he should be the one grading the work, because peer grading only works best when they know exactly what they are supposed to be grading. | when a professor gives a vague | Assignment | he should be the one grading | Negative | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I really enjoyed the Professor's presentation style, and the format of the course (quizzes with one large assignment at the end). It would have been helpful however to have had the slides available for download. | the course (quizzes with one large | Assignment | at the end). It would have | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Great course, would have been better, if authors added more assignments and material to study as graphs have so many applications. Anyways, I do believe that motivated learners will go ahead and find more challenges for themselves. As always, thanks to all the instructors, keep up the good work! | been better, if authors added more | Assignment | and material to study as graphs | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | This is an interesting course, which is closely related to the graph theory in mathematics. As the previous courses, programming assignments are given every week but it is slightly harder than before. Some pseudo codes are not that easy to convert into the programming language. Yet, it is one of the excellent courses in Coursera. | mathematics. As the previous courses, programming | Assignment | are given every week but it | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | The course contents and assignments are clear and well-structured. Compared to the algorithms & data structures courses, this one was a lot easier (for me anyway). I would have liked additional content on, for instance, (Markovian) grids/fields, but perhaps this will be covered in the 'advanced algorithms' course. | The course contents and | Assignment | are clear and well-structured. Compared to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | useful and fundamental, interesting assignment | useful and fundamental, interesting | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | The teaching quality is very average and mediocre at best. The assignments are merely implementation of lectures . The Stanford and Princeton courses on Algorithms are better courses to take for one to pursue a serious study of Algorithms. | average and mediocre at best. The | Assignment | are merely implementation of lectures . | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Another great course! I started this one right after completing data structures and found it particularly interesting as graph problems seem to pop up everywhere in our modern, networked world. Compared to the data structures course this definitely felt easier, however this may be down to me being more comfortable with my chosen language as well as with the overall process and structure of the assignments. Nevertheless there are some fun problems here that have connections to problems in the "real" world. As a side note, I recommend doing the data structures course before this one, as some of the algorithms discussed rely on data structures, so understanding them and better yet having them implemented already will help a lot with focusing on the new material and passing the assignments. Thanks again all the teachers for the great course! | overall process and structure of the | Assignment | Nevertheless there are some fun problems | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Another great course! I started this one right after completing data structures and found it particularly interesting as graph problems seem to pop up everywhere in our modern, networked world. Compared to the data structures course this definitely felt easier, however this may be down to me being more comfortable with my chosen language as well as with the overall process and structure of the assignments. Nevertheless there are some fun problems here that have connections to problems in the "real" world. As a side note, I recommend doing the data structures course before this one, as some of the algorithms discussed rely on data structures, so understanding them and better yet having them implemented already will help a lot with focusing on the new material and passing the assignments. Thanks again all the teachers for the great course! | the new material and passing the | Assignment | Thanks again all the teachers for | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Very good explanations. The course assignments were well thought-out and were the right difficulty. | Very good explanations. The course | Assignment | were well thought-out and were the | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | I must say I feel disappointed especially when the whole Data Structures and Algorithms series take this course as the selling point ( "you'll learn how to compute the fastest route between New York and Mountain View thousands of times faster than classic algorithms and close to those used in Google Maps", blablabla), but it turns out to be the least challenging course with only elementary introduction to the big topic. Perhaps the preparing time for this course is too short? I still miss the teaching style and assignment design of the first course of the series though. It would seem to be unwise to pay for the following courses if this continues on. (FYI I was the among the first ones who take this series, and I have got 100% grade for each course ever since then.) | still miss the teaching style and | Assignment | design of the first course of | Positive | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Thank you for a great course! But the assignments could have been more challenging. | for a great course! But the | Assignment | could have been more challenging. | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | I can only give this two stars at most. The lecturers are just like reading the PPT without any heuristic teaching approaches. The assignments make me desperate, always show very poor feedback message -- "Wrong answer", even the cases failed because of performance issue. The starter files given from the assignment are inconsistent with the pdf description. It's so confusing. Couldn't get any help from forums. | without any heuristic teaching approaches. The | Assignment | make me desperate, always show very | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | I can only give this two stars at most. The lecturers are just like reading the PPT without any heuristic teaching approaches. The assignments make me desperate, always show very poor feedback message -- "Wrong answer", even the cases failed because of performance issue. The starter files given from the assignment are inconsistent with the pdf description. It's so confusing. Couldn't get any help from forums. | The starter files given from the | Assignment | are inconsistent with the pdf description. | Negative | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Good Course material and Assignment. | Good Course material and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| R1xPlXlzEeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | Awesome! One of the rare courses that teach everything about Graphs! From the very basic to the very advanced. Together with programming assignments that accommodate almost all available programming languages! | the very advanced. Together with programming | Assignment | that accommodate almost all available programming | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| r32oHRuLEeWxXBLj8jbgsw | The professor is excellent. He covers a lot of subjects using good analogies without loosing depth. There are programming assignments to help you grasp the material. | without loosing depth. There are programming | Assignment | to help you grasp the material. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| r32oHRuLEeWxXBLj8jbgsw | Very useful insight about Cryptography, very good practical assignments. I advise it to everyone interested in Cyber Security. Very stimulating. | insight about Cryptography, very good practical | Assignment | I advise it to everyone interested | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| r32oHRuLEeWxXBLj8jbgsw | I felt it was a good introduction to cryptography. There were quizzes and programming assignments throughout the course to assess knowledge. | cryptography. There were quizzes and programming | Assignment | throughout the course to assess knowledge. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Good Introduction to some of the Algorithms in Computational Planning . More of training in assignment than explanation in video | Planning . More of training in | Assignment | than explanation in video | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course is ok, it touches on some interesting topics and it serves its purpose as an introductory course. Unfortunately more interesting topics are only briefly mentioned at the end of the last video. I also think the assignments can be improved, some assignments lack documentation, one of them had a coordinate system swapped from what was shown on screen and the evaluation of some assignments are quite tight, even if you have it working, unless you deliver exactly as it is expected you will fail, not to mention what is expected is sometimes blurry. | last video. I also think the | Assignment | can be improved, some assignments lack | Positive | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course is ok, it touches on some interesting topics and it serves its purpose as an introductory course. Unfortunately more interesting topics are only briefly mentioned at the end of the last video. I also think the assignments can be improved, some assignments lack documentation, one of them had a coordinate system swapped from what was shown on screen and the evaluation of some assignments are quite tight, even if you have it working, unless you deliver exactly as it is expected you will fail, not to mention what is expected is sometimes blurry. | the assignments can be improved, some | Assignment | lack documentation, one of them had | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course is ok, it touches on some interesting topics and it serves its purpose as an introductory course. Unfortunately more interesting topics are only briefly mentioned at the end of the last video. I also think the assignments can be improved, some assignments lack documentation, one of them had a coordinate system swapped from what was shown on screen and the evaluation of some assignments are quite tight, even if you have it working, unless you deliver exactly as it is expected you will fail, not to mention what is expected is sometimes blurry. | screen and the evaluation of some | Assignment | are quite tight, even if you | Positive | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is just a poor sample of a course. Very few material, low quality assignments and grading. | course. Very few material, low quality | Assignment | and grading. | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | A great course in a unique topic. It is very well made with a balance of theory in robotics motion control with practical assignments using the popular language Matlab. However, to enjoy this course thoroughly, I think the previous course (Aerial robotics) is very necessary. Also, prior experience with MatLab or a patience to pick up Matlab will be very essential to fare through this course smoothly. | in robotics motion control with practical | Assignment | using the popular language Matlab. However, | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | it's a nice to learn a lot from the course. Some of the assignment is quite difficult. But with the discussion forum's help, I can pass all of them. | from the course. Some of the | Assignment | is quite difficult. But with the | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | A great course ,this course will introduce you to the planning algorithms and will make you do some cool stuff as assignments. | you do some cool stuff as | Assignment | | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The contents and quality of the video lectures are great. The quality of the supplementary materials (like the quizzes and the Matlab code) provided by TAs for the assignments are very poor. The assignment guides are written with very poor grammar. The Matlab code is written using the worst coding and documenting practices. The automatic evaluation system (the system for grade the submissions), doest't provide useful feedback. As people can read in the course discussion forums, students have been asking for months for improvements to the grading systems. | code) provided by TAs for the | Assignment | are very poor. The assignment guides | Negative | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The contents and quality of the video lectures are great. The quality of the supplementary materials (like the quizzes and the Matlab code) provided by TAs for the assignments are very poor. The assignment guides are written with very poor grammar. The Matlab code is written using the worst coding and documenting practices. The automatic evaluation system (the system for grade the submissions), doest't provide useful feedback. As people can read in the course discussion forums, students have been asking for months for improvements to the grading systems. | the assignments are very poor. The | Assignment | guides are written with very poor | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Interesting material, and good assignments. However this is no assistance when by TAs if you have questions, which is important since there is no feedback on assignments and hard to know where you went wrong. | Interesting material, and good | Assignment | However this is no assistance when | Negative | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Interesting material, and good assignments. However this is no assistance when by TAs if you have questions, which is important since there is no feedback on assignments and hard to know where you went wrong. | since there is no feedback on | Assignment | and hard to know where you | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Very good introduction course for motion planning. Could be better if there is more interactions with the TAs. Also the matlab assignments have some minor mistakes which takes time to figure it out. | with the TAs. Also the matlab | Assignment | have some minor mistakes which takes | Positive | 0.62 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Very good material and cool assignments. | Very good material and cool | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | If the course had the same information and effort as week1 over all 4 weeks i would gave 5 stars, although the assignments are pretty good and I learnt something new, however the assignments are fun but the grader is annoying as the single error output is..... something is wrong... try again?! | would gave 5 stars, although the | Assignment | are pretty good and I learnt | Positive | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | If the course had the same information and effort as week1 over all 4 weeks i would gave 5 stars, although the assignments are pretty good and I learnt something new, however the assignments are fun but the grader is annoying as the single error output is..... something is wrong... try again?! | I learnt something new, however the | Assignment | are fun but the grader is | Negative | 0.77 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The assignments in this course take much more time than indicated. Feedback from staff is minimal. If you are not a good programmer, think twice. Nevertheless, the lectures are interesting and well taught. So if you do not want a certicficate, I recommend this. | The | Assignment | in this course take much more | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Great course, but I found some problems in assignments formulation and also it would be great if some supplementary material was proposed in order to connect this subject with courses, it might seem sometimes disconnected. | but I found some problems in | Assignment | formulation and also it would be | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Prof. Taylor's lectures were clear and easy to understand. The course taught the basics of planning pretty well. The teaching staff, unfortunately, was completely unavailable. The solution checkers for the Matlab assignments were very brittle and wasted a lot of students' time. There were several queries about the assignments on the Discussion forums most of which did not elicit any response from the teaching staff. The students ultimately figured it out by spending several laborious hours figuring out the peculiarities of the solution checkers, and by helping each other. This certainly soured my experience with the course. | The solution checkers for the Matlab | Assignment | were very brittle and wasted a | Negative | 0.86 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Prof. Taylor's lectures were clear and easy to understand. The course taught the basics of planning pretty well. The teaching staff, unfortunately, was completely unavailable. The solution checkers for the Matlab assignments were very brittle and wasted a lot of students' time. There were several queries about the assignments on the Discussion forums most of which did not elicit any response from the teaching staff. The students ultimately figured it out by spending several laborious hours figuring out the peculiarities of the solution checkers, and by helping each other. This certainly soured my experience with the course. | There were several queries about the | Assignment | on the Discussion forums most of | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This course need a serious rework. For the moment I finished it biggest problem was very unclear grading of programming assignments and lack of learning materials. | was very unclear grading of programming | Assignment | and lack of learning materials. | Negative | 0.97 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The lectures were good, but many assignments had errors (graders, errors in code) | The lectures were good, but many | Assignment | had errors (graders, errors in code) | Negative | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The materials are not deep enough. And the programming assignments are just so-so. | not deep enough. And the programming | Assignment | are just so-so. | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is the second of the series, and I had high hopes for this one after the first one was a disappointment. While the material was on the sparse side, the level of the course was more as advertised. The Matlab assignments were not too difficult, but were relevant enough to the material to be acceptable. Some of the assignment simulations/animations were not working, but I was able to submit the results and get full credit. I was ready to give 2 or 3 stars in this review. Unfortunately, on the last assignment, the sample code and scripts was buggy (even towards the end of the course after it had been pointed out to the staff), and inconsistently written. The final project submit script would not work and it was a trial and error troubleshooting to understand why. Some on the discussion boards were able to submit, but other couldn't. Although my assignment would run as I understand the project should, I could not even submit it. Judging from the discussion boards, I'm not the only one with this problem. Again, the University of Pennsylvania has missed the mark with this class and the robotics series. It is regretful that I must again leave a one star review. I realize this is the first time this course was offered, so there are some issues that need to be worked out. I suggest for the remainder of the classes in the series, the creators should do a pilot run first before releasing to Coursera. | was more as advertised. The Matlab | Assignment | were not too difficult, but were | Negative | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is the second of the series, and I had high hopes for this one after the first one was a disappointment. While the material was on the sparse side, the level of the course was more as advertised. The Matlab assignments were not too difficult, but were relevant enough to the material to be acceptable. Some of the assignment simulations/animations were not working, but I was able to submit the results and get full credit. I was ready to give 2 or 3 stars in this review. Unfortunately, on the last assignment, the sample code and scripts was buggy (even towards the end of the course after it had been pointed out to the staff), and inconsistently written. The final project submit script would not work and it was a trial and error troubleshooting to understand why. Some on the discussion boards were able to submit, but other couldn't. Although my assignment would run as I understand the project should, I could not even submit it. Judging from the discussion boards, I'm not the only one with this problem. Again, the University of Pennsylvania has missed the mark with this class and the robotics series. It is regretful that I must again leave a one star review. I realize this is the first time this course was offered, so there are some issues that need to be worked out. I suggest for the remainder of the classes in the series, the creators should do a pilot run first before releasing to Coursera. | to be acceptable. Some of the | Assignment | simulations/animations were not working, but I | Negative | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is the second of the series, and I had high hopes for this one after the first one was a disappointment. While the material was on the sparse side, the level of the course was more as advertised. The Matlab assignments were not too difficult, but were relevant enough to the material to be acceptable. Some of the assignment simulations/animations were not working, but I was able to submit the results and get full credit. I was ready to give 2 or 3 stars in this review. Unfortunately, on the last assignment, the sample code and scripts was buggy (even towards the end of the course after it had been pointed out to the staff), and inconsistently written. The final project submit script would not work and it was a trial and error troubleshooting to understand why. Some on the discussion boards were able to submit, but other couldn't. Although my assignment would run as I understand the project should, I could not even submit it. Judging from the discussion boards, I'm not the only one with this problem. Again, the University of Pennsylvania has missed the mark with this class and the robotics series. It is regretful that I must again leave a one star review. I realize this is the first time this course was offered, so there are some issues that need to be worked out. I suggest for the remainder of the classes in the series, the creators should do a pilot run first before releasing to Coursera. | this review. Unfortunately, on the last | Assignment | the sample code and scripts was | Negative | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is the second of the series, and I had high hopes for this one after the first one was a disappointment. While the material was on the sparse side, the level of the course was more as advertised. The Matlab assignments were not too difficult, but were relevant enough to the material to be acceptable. Some of the assignment simulations/animations were not working, but I was able to submit the results and get full credit. I was ready to give 2 or 3 stars in this review. Unfortunately, on the last assignment, the sample code and scripts was buggy (even towards the end of the course after it had been pointed out to the staff), and inconsistently written. The final project submit script would not work and it was a trial and error troubleshooting to understand why. Some on the discussion boards were able to submit, but other couldn't. Although my assignment would run as I understand the project should, I could not even submit it. Judging from the discussion boards, I'm not the only one with this problem. Again, the University of Pennsylvania has missed the mark with this class and the robotics series. It is regretful that I must again leave a one star review. I realize this is the first time this course was offered, so there are some issues that need to be worked out. I suggest for the remainder of the classes in the series, the creators should do a pilot run first before releasing to Coursera. | submit, but other couldn't. Although my | Assignment | would run as I understand the | Negative | 0.82 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course could be 1-week long instead of 4. The material offered is introductory level. Quizes are too easy, programming assignments still have bugs, and grading procedures cause a lot of confusion. | level. Quizes are too easy, programming | Assignment | still have bugs, and grading procedures | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Many problems and mistakes found in the assignment programs and I felt a lack of staff assistance on helping solving them. | problems and mistakes found in the | Assignment | programs and I felt a lack | Negative | 0.78 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Assignments were fantastic, course structure was great! Focus was mainly on algorithmic concepts that were then implemented during assignments. Great learning experience. Just that the assignment grading system could have been better. | | Assignment | were fantastic, course structure was great! | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Assignments were fantastic, course structure was great! Focus was mainly on algorithmic concepts that were then implemented during assignments. Great learning experience. Just that the assignment grading system could have been better. | concepts that were then implemented during | Assignment | Great learning experience. Just that the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Assignments were fantastic, course structure was great! Focus was mainly on algorithmic concepts that were then implemented during assignments. Great learning experience. Just that the assignment grading system could have been better. | Great learning experience. Just that the | Assignment | grading system could have been better. | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The topic is interesting and the lectures itself were good. The explanations of the algorithms and concepts was clear and easy to understand. However, the amount of material covered is very little. I think there should either be more concepts thought or they should be covered in more depth. Quizzes: The quizzes were very weak. They didn't really tell you weather you understood the concept or not. If one of the answers was wrong there was no information which one it was. So you have no idea which lecture you should watch again. Assignments: The assignments were very bad prepared. In some assignments there were bugs in the provided code, we weren't supposed to edit. The assignments itself are rather easy and can be completed quite quickly, if there wasn't the grader. From the grading you got no information what was wrong or which tests passed or failed. Most of the time it wasn't the case that the algorithm failed, instead the output was not as expected by the grader, although it was as described in the assignment. But you never knew. This part has to be improved a lot. Overall I have to say that I expected much more from University of Pennsylvania, especially after taking the first part of the Specialization which was of good quality. | which lecture you should watch again. | Assignment | The assignments were very bad prepared. | Negative | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The topic is interesting and the lectures itself were good. The explanations of the algorithms and concepts was clear and easy to understand. However, the amount of material covered is very little. I think there should either be more concepts thought or they should be covered in more depth. Quizzes: The quizzes were very weak. They didn't really tell you weather you understood the concept or not. If one of the answers was wrong there was no information which one it was. So you have no idea which lecture you should watch again. Assignments: The assignments were very bad prepared. In some assignments there were bugs in the provided code, we weren't supposed to edit. The assignments itself are rather easy and can be completed quite quickly, if there wasn't the grader. From the grading you got no information what was wrong or which tests passed or failed. Most of the time it wasn't the case that the algorithm failed, instead the output was not as expected by the grader, although it was as described in the assignment. But you never knew. This part has to be improved a lot. Overall I have to say that I expected much more from University of Pennsylvania, especially after taking the first part of the Specialization which was of good quality. | you should watch again. Assignments: The | Assignment | were very bad prepared. In some | Negative | 0.91 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The topic is interesting and the lectures itself were good. The explanations of the algorithms and concepts was clear and easy to understand. However, the amount of material covered is very little. I think there should either be more concepts thought or they should be covered in more depth. Quizzes: The quizzes were very weak. They didn't really tell you weather you understood the concept or not. If one of the answers was wrong there was no information which one it was. So you have no idea which lecture you should watch again. Assignments: The assignments were very bad prepared. In some assignments there were bugs in the provided code, we weren't supposed to edit. The assignments itself are rather easy and can be completed quite quickly, if there wasn't the grader. From the grading you got no information what was wrong or which tests passed or failed. Most of the time it wasn't the case that the algorithm failed, instead the output was not as expected by the grader, although it was as described in the assignment. But you never knew. This part has to be improved a lot. Overall I have to say that I expected much more from University of Pennsylvania, especially after taking the first part of the Specialization which was of good quality. | were very bad prepared. In some | Assignment | there were bugs in the provided | Negative | 0.96 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The topic is interesting and the lectures itself were good. The explanations of the algorithms and concepts was clear and easy to understand. However, the amount of material covered is very little. I think there should either be more concepts thought or they should be covered in more depth. Quizzes: The quizzes were very weak. They didn't really tell you weather you understood the concept or not. If one of the answers was wrong there was no information which one it was. So you have no idea which lecture you should watch again. Assignments: The assignments were very bad prepared. In some assignments there were bugs in the provided code, we weren't supposed to edit. The assignments itself are rather easy and can be completed quite quickly, if there wasn't the grader. From the grading you got no information what was wrong or which tests passed or failed. Most of the time it wasn't the case that the algorithm failed, instead the output was not as expected by the grader, although it was as described in the assignment. But you never knew. This part has to be improved a lot. Overall I have to say that I expected much more from University of Pennsylvania, especially after taking the first part of the Specialization which was of good quality. | we weren't supposed to edit. The | Assignment | itself are rather easy and can | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The topic is interesting and the lectures itself were good. The explanations of the algorithms and concepts was clear and easy to understand. However, the amount of material covered is very little. I think there should either be more concepts thought or they should be covered in more depth. Quizzes: The quizzes were very weak. They didn't really tell you weather you understood the concept or not. If one of the answers was wrong there was no information which one it was. So you have no idea which lecture you should watch again. Assignments: The assignments were very bad prepared. In some assignments there were bugs in the provided code, we weren't supposed to edit. The assignments itself are rather easy and can be completed quite quickly, if there wasn't the grader. From the grading you got no information what was wrong or which tests passed or failed. Most of the time it wasn't the case that the algorithm failed, instead the output was not as expected by the grader, although it was as described in the assignment. But you never knew. This part has to be improved a lot. Overall I have to say that I expected much more from University of Pennsylvania, especially after taking the first part of the Specialization which was of good quality. | it was as described in the | Assignment | But you never knew. This part | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | So I'll start with the positives. The material was appropriate and interesting and well presented. CJ Taylor is an enthusiastic lecturer and the material was presented in an enjoyable easy to understand way and having finished the course, I definitely want to learn more about computational motion planning. The problems I have with this course though are numerous. This is the second part of the Robotics Specialization and compared to the first part, this course was very weak. There was very little lecture material and the course felt thin - as if it were 2 weeks of material stretched over 4. There were many instances where the lectures could have gone in to much more detail and just didn't, I appreciate that you can't cover everything in lectures, but would it have killed you to provide or at least point to some good additional reading resources? The assessments were the worst part. The quizzes barely tested what I had learnt and could mostly be solved by common sense. What I find shocking is that there were so few questions with few multiple choice answer that you could easily brute-force these quizzes if you really wanted to. Compare this to the Aerial Robotics course where the quizzes took time and forced me to think and understand what was discussed in lecture. The programming assignments were shockingly bad. They were hard for completely the wrong reasons. I spent most of my time on them not coding the solution, but trying to figure out what was actually wanted and fixing bugs that were in the provided code that we WEREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO EDIT. The autograder would never tell you why you were wrong, just "I'm sorry, your solution didn't pass all of our test cases." This meant that finding the solution was based on guesswork rather than considered thought. This was made even worse by the fact that some simulations took a long time to run which made iterating guesses very slow - and doing this on a time limit is just pointlessly stressful. One of the assignments had the solution already in the source code as the instructors had forgotten to take it out. The final assignment wouldn't even run out of the box without fixing bugs in the provided code. This would have taken seconds to check had the person who wrote it bothered to check their work beforehand. Thing is, the tasks provided in principle weren't that hard, they were actually kind of too easy. Dijkstra's algorithm isn't that difficult to implement from scratch, and yet all that was asked of us was to implement a small 10 line for-loop. That said, I appreciate that as a software engineer, I might find this sort of thing much easier than most, but even so I don't feel as though the programming assignments helped me learn anything. Overall, regardless of how interesting the material was, this course was very shoddily put together. I appreciate this is the first time the course has been run, but this really felt phoned in and unacceptable. I paid money for this course and the quality of it is notably worse than most free MOOCs I have taken. I feel ripped off and I sincerely hope that the next section is better otherwise I doubt I will bother to continue until the end. I thought Penn University was better than this. | was discussed in lecture. The programming | Assignment | were shockingly bad. They were hard | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | So I'll start with the positives. The material was appropriate and interesting and well presented. CJ Taylor is an enthusiastic lecturer and the material was presented in an enjoyable easy to understand way and having finished the course, I definitely want to learn more about computational motion planning. The problems I have with this course though are numerous. This is the second part of the Robotics Specialization and compared to the first part, this course was very weak. There was very little lecture material and the course felt thin - as if it were 2 weeks of material stretched over 4. There were many instances where the lectures could have gone in to much more detail and just didn't, I appreciate that you can't cover everything in lectures, but would it have killed you to provide or at least point to some good additional reading resources? The assessments were the worst part. The quizzes barely tested what I had learnt and could mostly be solved by common sense. What I find shocking is that there were so few questions with few multiple choice answer that you could easily brute-force these quizzes if you really wanted to. Compare this to the Aerial Robotics course where the quizzes took time and forced me to think and understand what was discussed in lecture. The programming assignments were shockingly bad. They were hard for completely the wrong reasons. I spent most of my time on them not coding the solution, but trying to figure out what was actually wanted and fixing bugs that were in the provided code that we WEREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO EDIT. The autograder would never tell you why you were wrong, just "I'm sorry, your solution didn't pass all of our test cases." This meant that finding the solution was based on guesswork rather than considered thought. This was made even worse by the fact that some simulations took a long time to run which made iterating guesses very slow - and doing this on a time limit is just pointlessly stressful. One of the assignments had the solution already in the source code as the instructors had forgotten to take it out. The final assignment wouldn't even run out of the box without fixing bugs in the provided code. This would have taken seconds to check had the person who wrote it bothered to check their work beforehand. Thing is, the tasks provided in principle weren't that hard, they were actually kind of too easy. Dijkstra's algorithm isn't that difficult to implement from scratch, and yet all that was asked of us was to implement a small 10 line for-loop. That said, I appreciate that as a software engineer, I might find this sort of thing much easier than most, but even so I don't feel as though the programming assignments helped me learn anything. Overall, regardless of how interesting the material was, this course was very shoddily put together. I appreciate this is the first time the course has been run, but this really felt phoned in and unacceptable. I paid money for this course and the quality of it is notably worse than most free MOOCs I have taken. I feel ripped off and I sincerely hope that the next section is better otherwise I doubt I will bother to continue until the end. I thought Penn University was better than this. | just pointlessly stressful. One of the | Assignment | had the solution already in the | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | So I'll start with the positives. The material was appropriate and interesting and well presented. CJ Taylor is an enthusiastic lecturer and the material was presented in an enjoyable easy to understand way and having finished the course, I definitely want to learn more about computational motion planning. The problems I have with this course though are numerous. This is the second part of the Robotics Specialization and compared to the first part, this course was very weak. There was very little lecture material and the course felt thin - as if it were 2 weeks of material stretched over 4. There were many instances where the lectures could have gone in to much more detail and just didn't, I appreciate that you can't cover everything in lectures, but would it have killed you to provide or at least point to some good additional reading resources? The assessments were the worst part. The quizzes barely tested what I had learnt and could mostly be solved by common sense. What I find shocking is that there were so few questions with few multiple choice answer that you could easily brute-force these quizzes if you really wanted to. Compare this to the Aerial Robotics course where the quizzes took time and forced me to think and understand what was discussed in lecture. The programming assignments were shockingly bad. They were hard for completely the wrong reasons. I spent most of my time on them not coding the solution, but trying to figure out what was actually wanted and fixing bugs that were in the provided code that we WEREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO EDIT. The autograder would never tell you why you were wrong, just "I'm sorry, your solution didn't pass all of our test cases." This meant that finding the solution was based on guesswork rather than considered thought. This was made even worse by the fact that some simulations took a long time to run which made iterating guesses very slow - and doing this on a time limit is just pointlessly stressful. One of the assignments had the solution already in the source code as the instructors had forgotten to take it out. The final assignment wouldn't even run out of the box without fixing bugs in the provided code. This would have taken seconds to check had the person who wrote it bothered to check their work beforehand. Thing is, the tasks provided in principle weren't that hard, they were actually kind of too easy. Dijkstra's algorithm isn't that difficult to implement from scratch, and yet all that was asked of us was to implement a small 10 line for-loop. That said, I appreciate that as a software engineer, I might find this sort of thing much easier than most, but even so I don't feel as though the programming assignments helped me learn anything. Overall, regardless of how interesting the material was, this course was very shoddily put together. I appreciate this is the first time the course has been run, but this really felt phoned in and unacceptable. I paid money for this course and the quality of it is notably worse than most free MOOCs I have taken. I feel ripped off and I sincerely hope that the next section is better otherwise I doubt I will bother to continue until the end. I thought Penn University was better than this. | to take it out. The final | Assignment | wouldn't even run out of the | Negative | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | So I'll start with the positives. The material was appropriate and interesting and well presented. CJ Taylor is an enthusiastic lecturer and the material was presented in an enjoyable easy to understand way and having finished the course, I definitely want to learn more about computational motion planning. The problems I have with this course though are numerous. This is the second part of the Robotics Specialization and compared to the first part, this course was very weak. There was very little lecture material and the course felt thin - as if it were 2 weeks of material stretched over 4. There were many instances where the lectures could have gone in to much more detail and just didn't, I appreciate that you can't cover everything in lectures, but would it have killed you to provide or at least point to some good additional reading resources? The assessments were the worst part. The quizzes barely tested what I had learnt and could mostly be solved by common sense. What I find shocking is that there were so few questions with few multiple choice answer that you could easily brute-force these quizzes if you really wanted to. Compare this to the Aerial Robotics course where the quizzes took time and forced me to think and understand what was discussed in lecture. The programming assignments were shockingly bad. They were hard for completely the wrong reasons. I spent most of my time on them not coding the solution, but trying to figure out what was actually wanted and fixing bugs that were in the provided code that we WEREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO EDIT. The autograder would never tell you why you were wrong, just "I'm sorry, your solution didn't pass all of our test cases." This meant that finding the solution was based on guesswork rather than considered thought. This was made even worse by the fact that some simulations took a long time to run which made iterating guesses very slow - and doing this on a time limit is just pointlessly stressful. One of the assignments had the solution already in the source code as the instructors had forgotten to take it out. The final assignment wouldn't even run out of the box without fixing bugs in the provided code. This would have taken seconds to check had the person who wrote it bothered to check their work beforehand. Thing is, the tasks provided in principle weren't that hard, they were actually kind of too easy. Dijkstra's algorithm isn't that difficult to implement from scratch, and yet all that was asked of us was to implement a small 10 line for-loop. That said, I appreciate that as a software engineer, I might find this sort of thing much easier than most, but even so I don't feel as though the programming assignments helped me learn anything. Overall, regardless of how interesting the material was, this course was very shoddily put together. I appreciate this is the first time the course has been run, but this really felt phoned in and unacceptable. I paid money for this course and the quality of it is notably worse than most free MOOCs I have taken. I feel ripped off and I sincerely hope that the next section is better otherwise I doubt I will bother to continue until the end. I thought Penn University was better than this. | don't feel as though the programming | Assignment | helped me learn anything. Overall, regardless | Negative | 0.77 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The first two assignments certainly tested knowledge of the subject however the last two assignmnets were lacking. Good course that does what it is supposed to do. More feedback from test cases would be very helpful. | The first two | Assignment | certainly tested knowledge of the subject | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | A great course on Motion Planning for systems, I enjoyed it. I got stuck a few times during assignments, but due to a great community, I was able to pull through and gain a better understand of the course. | got stuck a few times during | Assignment | but due to a great community, | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Sorry to say that this is not a well prepared course. The course video provided is quite short, the quiz is rather than nothing and the programming assignments are buggy. I don't feel that I learned a lot from this course. UPenn has let me down twice. Hope the 3rd one will be better. | rather than nothing and the programming | Assignment | are buggy. I don't feel that | Negative | 0.88 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | some of the assignments are unclear, need more detail. Over all great course. | some of the | Assignment | are unclear, need more detail. Over | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Overall decent course. This course focused less on the theory aspects in the course videos, which bothered me a lot considering I am paying for it. But the explanations were still good for those algorithms. The assignments were good as well. I liked how they made us work on them instead of the first course where we were mostly tuning parameters. Hopefully MOOCs start having challenging assignments too. The instructor explained really well too! I didn't really end up visiting the Discussion Forums for this course at all. So can't comment on the participation from other students or TAs. Future Advice - Considering how other courses offer about 1-2 hours of course videos, I think this course could offer a lot more. One assignment problem focusing on one algorithm, while having other challenging algorithms taught in those videos to be left for our own implementation would help students a lot more i believe. | still good for those algorithms. The | Assignment | were good as well. I liked | Positive | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Overall decent course. This course focused less on the theory aspects in the course videos, which bothered me a lot considering I am paying for it. But the explanations were still good for those algorithms. The assignments were good as well. I liked how they made us work on them instead of the first course where we were mostly tuning parameters. Hopefully MOOCs start having challenging assignments too. The instructor explained really well too! I didn't really end up visiting the Discussion Forums for this course at all. So can't comment on the participation from other students or TAs. Future Advice - Considering how other courses offer about 1-2 hours of course videos, I think this course could offer a lot more. One assignment problem focusing on one algorithm, while having other challenging algorithms taught in those videos to be left for our own implementation would help students a lot more i believe. | parameters. Hopefully MOOCs start having challenging | Assignment | too. The instructor explained really well | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Overall decent course. This course focused less on the theory aspects in the course videos, which bothered me a lot considering I am paying for it. But the explanations were still good for those algorithms. The assignments were good as well. I liked how they made us work on them instead of the first course where we were mostly tuning parameters. Hopefully MOOCs start having challenging assignments too. The instructor explained really well too! I didn't really end up visiting the Discussion Forums for this course at all. So can't comment on the participation from other students or TAs. Future Advice - Considering how other courses offer about 1-2 hours of course videos, I think this course could offer a lot more. One assignment problem focusing on one algorithm, while having other challenging algorithms taught in those videos to be left for our own implementation would help students a lot more i believe. | could offer a lot more. One | Assignment | problem focusing on one algorithm, while | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | In this course we will get to know about shortest path algorithm such A*, Dijkstra's, concept of configuration space and path planning in the same, developing Probabilistic road maps and RRT and also a bit about Artificial potenial fields. All the algorithms are neatly explained. The material though very short(in terms of total hours of video lectures) is nicely compiled. The quality of the MATLAB exercises is very good with few issues here and there. We can extract a lot about MATLAB implementation of different simulations by spending time understanding the given code and also implementing missing sections as part of the assignment. Overall, a great course. | missing sections as part of the | Assignment | Overall, a great course. | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Most of the homework assignments aren't graded correctly out of the box and have errors. Also, only specific solutions are selected. Otherwise it's great material at a good pace. | Most of the homework | Assignment | aren't graded correctly out of the | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Great course but programming assignments in MATLAB had too many issues. | Great course but programming | Assignment | in MATLAB had too many issues. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This was an interesting course, however there were bugs and errors in most of the assignment materials, which really impaired the learning experience since much of it was reduced to debugging the course organiser's code... Also the 3rd and fourth sections, including assignments, seemed to be rather small and to cover very little material, with little or no supporting material. Moreover, course staff were conspicuous by their absence on the course forums. A stark contrast to the abundance of support provided and material covered in aerial robotics. | and errors in most of the | Assignment | materials, which really impaired the learning | Negative | 0.73 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This was an interesting course, however there were bugs and errors in most of the assignment materials, which really impaired the learning experience since much of it was reduced to debugging the course organiser's code... Also the 3rd and fourth sections, including assignments, seemed to be rather small and to cover very little material, with little or no supporting material. Moreover, course staff were conspicuous by their absence on the course forums. A stark contrast to the abundance of support provided and material covered in aerial robotics. | the 3rd and fourth sections, including | Assignment | seemed to be rather small and | Negative | 0.63 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | I think there is need to provide clearer instructions on how to get the programming assignments done. The course content is good, but doing the programming assignments needs to be more clarified. | on how to get the programming | Assignment | done. The course content is good, | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | I think there is need to provide clearer instructions on how to get the programming assignments done. The course content is good, but doing the programming assignments needs to be more clarified. | is good, but doing the programming | Assignment | needs to be more clarified. | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | I like this course because they are covering really complicated topics in very less material. And the assignments are amazing. They are worth the learning effect they create. | in very less material. And the | Assignment | are amazing. They are worth the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Extremely basic. The assignments would be easy except that the provided code has bugs, and some of the assignment details are wrong, making it very difficult to pass the test cases. There is also very little information on how the work will be graded. | Extremely basic. The | Assignment | would be easy except that the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Extremely basic. The assignments would be easy except that the provided code has bugs, and some of the assignment details are wrong, making it very difficult to pass the test cases. There is also very little information on how the work will be graded. | has bugs, and some of the | Assignment | details are wrong, making it very | Positive | 0.72 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The Assignments are more of Trial and Error and not very helpful. The Course Material and Content is good. Teaching Staff is nowhere to be found. | The | Assignment | are more of Trial and Error | Positive | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The material is interesting, however there is not enough information provided by the course to effectively implement the algorithms in the allotted time of each week's assignments. It relies on deferring to external reading materials as primary sources, and these resources were not specified in advance to secure copies in a timely manner. Additionally, there is a big disconnect between the knowledge provided by the weekly material and what is required to easily do the programming assignments in the suggested time of 3 hours. Overall the course material needs to provide more background material to be more effective in delivering the knowledge expected each week. This may be an artifact of trying to cram what other online course provide in 7-10 weeks down into 4 weeks. If the intention is to give a "flavor" in 4 weeks, then the material needs to be distilled down into more of a cookbook format. | the allotted time of each week's | Assignment | It relies on deferring to external | Positive | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The material is interesting, however there is not enough information provided by the course to effectively implement the algorithms in the allotted time of each week's assignments. It relies on deferring to external reading materials as primary sources, and these resources were not specified in advance to secure copies in a timely manner. Additionally, there is a big disconnect between the knowledge provided by the weekly material and what is required to easily do the programming assignments in the suggested time of 3 hours. Overall the course material needs to provide more background material to be more effective in delivering the knowledge expected each week. This may be an artifact of trying to cram what other online course provide in 7-10 weeks down into 4 weeks. If the intention is to give a "flavor" in 4 weeks, then the material needs to be distilled down into more of a cookbook format. | required to easily do the programming | Assignment | in the suggested time of 3 | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | as an introduction is a really good course. The assignments are interesting and can get you to understand what you are doing. However, the grading system used for the assignment is frustrating.. it is never known what it is actually graded and even if your solution is correct compared to what written in the assignment pdf, most of the times is considered wrong without saying why. | is a really good course. The | Assignment | are interesting and can get you | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | as an introduction is a really good course. The assignments are interesting and can get you to understand what you are doing. However, the grading system used for the assignment is frustrating.. it is never known what it is actually graded and even if your solution is correct compared to what written in the assignment pdf, most of the times is considered wrong without saying why. | the grading system used for the | Assignment | is frustrating. . it is never | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | as an introduction is a really good course. The assignments are interesting and can get you to understand what you are doing. However, the grading system used for the assignment is frustrating.. it is never known what it is actually graded and even if your solution is correct compared to what written in the assignment pdf, most of the times is considered wrong without saying why. | compared to what written in the | Assignment | pdf, most of the times is | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | I don't have reasons to rate it less but I will recommend that the gap between the course materials and the assignment levels should be bridged. It took significantly more time in course which almost defeated the whole purpose. | between the course materials and the | Assignment | levels should be bridged. It took | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Although the course covers interesting subject areas, I feel like the various topics should have been explored to a greater depth. I understand that someone with lesser background in the relevant areas might not agree with me. But overall, I felt slightly underwhelmed by the course. Also, the skeleton of code provided for the assignments had minor errors and the instructions for assignments were sometimes ambiguous or even incorrect as compared to what was actually required of the code. But these minor issues will most likely get resolved in subsequent offerings of the course. | skeleton of code provided for the | Assignment | had minor errors and the instructions | Positive | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Although the course covers interesting subject areas, I feel like the various topics should have been explored to a greater depth. I understand that someone with lesser background in the relevant areas might not agree with me. But overall, I felt slightly underwhelmed by the course. Also, the skeleton of code provided for the assignments had minor errors and the instructions for assignments were sometimes ambiguous or even incorrect as compared to what was actually required of the code. But these minor issues will most likely get resolved in subsequent offerings of the course. | minor errors and the instructions for | Assignment | were sometimes ambiguous or even incorrect | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The assignments were hard, not because of the contents of the courser, but for understanding the context of the method being implemented (what each variable meant and how it was expressed). Also, there should be a range of submissions that could be right but having higher or lower scores depending of how long it took to find the path, or how long the path was to reach the goal. | The | Assignment | were hard, not because of the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | I enjoyed this course, and learnt a lot. The only reason I'm not giving it 5/5 is that the programming assignments were a bit too easy, especially the last two. | it 5/5 is that the programming | Assignment | were a bit too easy, especially | Positive | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Very interesting module about Motion planning. I really appreciate that this course put a big emphasis on concrete implementation with various programming assignments. | on concrete implementation with various programming | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course is very bad and feels thrown together at the last minute. Learning A* and Dijkstra's algorithm is great however the assignments require you to learn not just the little details but to "discovery" techniques not even mentioned in the course material. In addition, you must have strong matlab programming skills and be familiar with much matlab functionality in order to debug some of the assignments. You must have more knowledge concerning matlab than any of the course material or pointers provides. Meaning that beginners will NOT pass this course. The automatic grader provides no feedback at all except pass or fail. This is unfortunate as it can look like your code is working correctly but, the grader is using some edge cases to grade the code but will not include any information indicating what to look for. This is really atrocious. Although the TA's do occasionally provide answers to questions. The total amount of time TA's spend answering questions is just really poor. Don't expect even well asked questions to be answered at all. In addition, the coded template quality upon which your own code depends is horrible and thrown together. You will spend way too much time analyzing it for clues as to what went wrong. Sadly, enough all of these issues have caught up with me and I was unable to pass assignment 2 part 2. Even, though everything looks like it works and achieves the desired goal and even works with all of my own test cases. The grader is merciless. Perhaps, in the feature more time can be devoted to make this course better and I can spend more time learning how the algorithms and maths work rather than matlab and the automatic grader. At this time I don't feel like my money was well spent on these courses. I don't think I would like to risk another 50 dollars learning matlab and debugging the automatic grader on any of the other courses in this specialization. That is very disappointing as I really am passionate about learning robotics and looked forward to the other courses as well. | Dijkstra's algorithm is great however the | Assignment | require you to learn not just | Positive | 0.94 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course is very bad and feels thrown together at the last minute. Learning A* and Dijkstra's algorithm is great however the assignments require you to learn not just the little details but to "discovery" techniques not even mentioned in the course material. In addition, you must have strong matlab programming skills and be familiar with much matlab functionality in order to debug some of the assignments. You must have more knowledge concerning matlab than any of the course material or pointers provides. Meaning that beginners will NOT pass this course. The automatic grader provides no feedback at all except pass or fail. This is unfortunate as it can look like your code is working correctly but, the grader is using some edge cases to grade the code but will not include any information indicating what to look for. This is really atrocious. Although the TA's do occasionally provide answers to questions. The total amount of time TA's spend answering questions is just really poor. Don't expect even well asked questions to be answered at all. In addition, the coded template quality upon which your own code depends is horrible and thrown together. You will spend way too much time analyzing it for clues as to what went wrong. Sadly, enough all of these issues have caught up with me and I was unable to pass assignment 2 part 2. Even, though everything looks like it works and achieves the desired goal and even works with all of my own test cases. The grader is merciless. Perhaps, in the feature more time can be devoted to make this course better and I can spend more time learning how the algorithms and maths work rather than matlab and the automatic grader. At this time I don't feel like my money was well spent on these courses. I don't think I would like to risk another 50 dollars learning matlab and debugging the automatic grader on any of the other courses in this specialization. That is very disappointing as I really am passionate about learning robotics and looked forward to the other courses as well. | order to debug some of the | Assignment | You must have more knowledge concerning | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The course is very bad and feels thrown together at the last minute. Learning A* and Dijkstra's algorithm is great however the assignments require you to learn not just the little details but to "discovery" techniques not even mentioned in the course material. In addition, you must have strong matlab programming skills and be familiar with much matlab functionality in order to debug some of the assignments. You must have more knowledge concerning matlab than any of the course material or pointers provides. Meaning that beginners will NOT pass this course. The automatic grader provides no feedback at all except pass or fail. This is unfortunate as it can look like your code is working correctly but, the grader is using some edge cases to grade the code but will not include any information indicating what to look for. This is really atrocious. Although the TA's do occasionally provide answers to questions. The total amount of time TA's spend answering questions is just really poor. Don't expect even well asked questions to be answered at all. In addition, the coded template quality upon which your own code depends is horrible and thrown together. You will spend way too much time analyzing it for clues as to what went wrong. Sadly, enough all of these issues have caught up with me and I was unable to pass assignment 2 part 2. Even, though everything looks like it works and achieves the desired goal and even works with all of my own test cases. The grader is merciless. Perhaps, in the feature more time can be devoted to make this course better and I can spend more time learning how the algorithms and maths work rather than matlab and the automatic grader. At this time I don't feel like my money was well spent on these courses. I don't think I would like to risk another 50 dollars learning matlab and debugging the automatic grader on any of the other courses in this specialization. That is very disappointing as I really am passionate about learning robotics and looked forward to the other courses as well. | and I was unable to pass | Assignment | 2 part 2. Even, though everything | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is part 2 in the robotics specialization. The course content is way too short and basic for the price. There are about 77 minutes of lecture in total, i.e. less than 20 minutes per week. The first week covers BFS, Dijkstra, and A*, something part of most undergrad programs. The rest of the material is ok but very basic. The programming assignments are "implement Dijkstra" in week 1, "implement Dijkstra on a Torus" (and "do triangles intersect?") in week 2, a very simple for loop in week 3, and "implement gradient descent" in week 4. I could complete the course by looking at it on-and-off over one weekend. The material that is presented is presented well, but there's not enough of it. For reference, part 1 of the robotics specialization had over twice as much lecture content (by time) and then lots of supplementary material in addition to that, quizzes that required some thinking, and more relevant and at least slightly harder programming assignments. | ok but very basic. The programming | Assignment | are " implement Dijkstra" in week | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | This is part 2 in the robotics specialization. The course content is way too short and basic for the price. There are about 77 minutes of lecture in total, i.e. less than 20 minutes per week. The first week covers BFS, Dijkstra, and A*, something part of most undergrad programs. The rest of the material is ok but very basic. The programming assignments are "implement Dijkstra" in week 1, "implement Dijkstra on a Torus" (and "do triangles intersect?") in week 2, a very simple for loop in week 3, and "implement gradient descent" in week 4. I could complete the course by looking at it on-and-off over one weekend. The material that is presented is presented well, but there's not enough of it. For reference, part 1 of the robotics specialization had over twice as much lecture content (by time) and then lots of supplementary material in addition to that, quizzes that required some thinking, and more relevant and at least slightly harder programming assignments. | and at least slightly harder programming | Assignment | | Negative | 0.76 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The assignment code is ambiguous and the assignment is not clear! The lecture is not much helpful than I thought it would be. Overall, I would not recommend this course if you don't need the certificate. | The | Assignment | code is ambiguous and the assignment | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | The assignment code is ambiguous and the assignment is not clear! The lecture is not much helpful than I thought it would be. Overall, I would not recommend this course if you don't need the certificate. | assignment code is ambiguous and the | Assignment | is not clear! The lecture is | Positive | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | i love this course very much! very practical and systematical content. and very useful for accounting profession but its a little bit challenging to follow. I have watched whole the videos for more than 2 times in order to pass the assignment. | times in order to pass the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | This is an interesting course, and I liked the video lectures, yet I believe the instructions to the peer reviewed assignments should be clearer and allow for both creativity (I don't believe the submission should be degraded if the answer is not literally the same as in the key; the main thing should be the correct expression of the idea) and objectivity (I believe that there should be at least 5 peer reviews for the assessment to be more or less objective; if there are only three peers and at least one reviewer is not very diligent, the final evaluation will not be true). I also spotted some typos in the instructions to nearly every module. The texts should be proofread so the students could learn from a correct example. | the instructions to the peer reviewed | Assignment | should be clearer and allow for | Negative | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | As an advanced English speaker, for me this course goes too little into improvement of pronounciation. The tips for conversations - small talk, phone, online etc. - are only very basic as well. Good course for beginners though and I also liked the interspersal of little questions and tasks along the way (although also too simple imo). Very good - but obviously only paid content - are the teamwork assignments. | paid content - are the teamwork | Assignment | | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course is great but there is some room for improvement. One awesome way to improve learner experience, I think, would be to provide one or two examples about what is expected to deliver for each activity (good/bad examples from previous courses, preserving anonymity?). I know a lot of creativity is involved in the process, but sometimes I felt like I was wandering in the dark, trying to complete an assignment without knowing whether I understood appropriately the instructions. | the dark, trying to complete an | Assignment | without knowing whether I understood appropriately | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It would be the best if the written feedback on assignments are compulsory. Currently it's sometimes difficult to get useful feedback | best if the written feedback on | Assignment | are compulsory. Currently it's sometimes difficult | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I probably have to rate this course 5 stars just for the supplementary reading materials provided. There's a lot of great information provided here. This course helps formalize a process that highly talented people just do intuitively. With the information within, you're able to better understand different aspects of your creative process. At times, the professor's delivery can be a little distracting (he has quite a few awkward pauses in the middle of thoughts, and uses the phrase, "right?" a little too unconsciously). I also found some of the lecture material difficult to connect in a practical sense. Some aspects of the design, play, experience model could use better examples in lecture to make the points more concrete. It is a deep model, and they do in fact point you to a whitepaper published on it so there is that, but just for the sake of the lessons; the examples need better explanation. The quizzes were easy, but challenging in the wrong way. Often, questions are posed that weren't ever directly answered in lecture or the materials, and sometimes they are worded in ways that make it difficult to pinpoint what they are looking for. It would be nice to see student responses to the free-response questions make a comeback in future lessons or at least know that they could possibly carry into the material used to teach the next incoming class. The assignments follow a logical progression, and again are supplemented with great materials. The review system is a little wonky. I've posted in the boards about this. They need to make the criteria more clear. The community activity is pretty low. I'm not sure how this can be addressed, but overall this is a great course and perfect second stop on the journey towards the Game Design and Development specialization. | teach the next incoming class. The | Assignment | follow a logical progression, and again | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very insightful course although the assignments were a bit redundant | Very insightful course although the | Assignment | were a bit redundant | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I will review this course appointing its pros and cons. Pros: - The instructor: he is a captivating person. It really seems that he like game development, he make jokes and try to make the course interesting. So, he’s personality is makes the course less boring. Cons: - The course name: when I saw “design” in the course name and the icon of course page, I thought it would be related to graphic design, or history telling and so on. But no, the “design” means “project”. So I think a better name would be “Principles of Game Project”. Although, it might be just me who thought this way, because in my language design means something totally different. - The course content: this course should be at the end of the specialization. It is too much abstract and, in some aspects, very obvious. I will not say it is completely useless, because it is not. It gives us a structured view of the stages of game design and its documentation, but I think it would be better if it was like a case study. - The assignments: probably the worst part of the course. They very very complex, to be sincere, none of the assignments I reviewed were full, I gave max grades to many because I think the person tried really hard to make it. Imagine this situation: you are not a programmer, not a graphic designer, not a writer and with a week you need to make a prototype of the game idea you’ve been working on course. This prototype must show the game mechanics and aesthetics, should be playable… And can be non digital? Come on, we are here learning the concepts of developments digital games and the instructor says that we can make a non digital prototype? Some people did it, and I can say for sure that I couldn’t imagine the real game. I made a digital prototype using the knowledge acquired from the first course, but as you can imagine, it is not enough to make our game ideas come true. - The peer review system: the grading is completely non sense, as I said before, the assignments are complex, so it is difficult to show our ideas clearly in a document, without the abilities to make concept arts or something. In 2 of the 4 assignments 2 of the 3 people gave me max grades and 1 gave me bad grades, and did not left any feedback! One of the assignments when I first submitted it I got 12/20. Then, when I resubmitted it, without changing a comma, I got 20/20. So I think this system must change, maybe the mentor should do it. If you want to do all the specialization, ok, go and do this course. But, if this is not your objective, do not waste your time. | like a case study. - The | Assignment | probably the worst part of the | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I will review this course appointing its pros and cons. Pros: - The instructor: he is a captivating person. It really seems that he like game development, he make jokes and try to make the course interesting. So, he’s personality is makes the course less boring. Cons: - The course name: when I saw “design” in the course name and the icon of course page, I thought it would be related to graphic design, or history telling and so on. But no, the “design” means “project”. So I think a better name would be “Principles of Game Project”. Although, it might be just me who thought this way, because in my language design means something totally different. - The course content: this course should be at the end of the specialization. It is too much abstract and, in some aspects, very obvious. I will not say it is completely useless, because it is not. It gives us a structured view of the stages of game design and its documentation, but I think it would be better if it was like a case study. - The assignments: probably the worst part of the course. They very very complex, to be sincere, none of the assignments I reviewed were full, I gave max grades to many because I think the person tried really hard to make it. Imagine this situation: you are not a programmer, not a graphic designer, not a writer and with a week you need to make a prototype of the game idea you’ve been working on course. This prototype must show the game mechanics and aesthetics, should be playable… And can be non digital? Come on, we are here learning the concepts of developments digital games and the instructor says that we can make a non digital prototype? Some people did it, and I can say for sure that I couldn’t imagine the real game. I made a digital prototype using the knowledge acquired from the first course, but as you can imagine, it is not enough to make our game ideas come true. - The peer review system: the grading is completely non sense, as I said before, the assignments are complex, so it is difficult to show our ideas clearly in a document, without the abilities to make concept arts or something. In 2 of the 4 assignments 2 of the 3 people gave me max grades and 1 gave me bad grades, and did not left any feedback! One of the assignments when I first submitted it I got 12/20. Then, when I resubmitted it, without changing a comma, I got 20/20. So I think this system must change, maybe the mentor should do it. If you want to do all the specialization, ok, go and do this course. But, if this is not your objective, do not waste your time. | to be sincere, none of the | Assignment | I reviewed were full, I gave | Negative | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I will review this course appointing its pros and cons. Pros: - The instructor: he is a captivating person. It really seems that he like game development, he make jokes and try to make the course interesting. So, he’s personality is makes the course less boring. Cons: - The course name: when I saw “design” in the course name and the icon of course page, I thought it would be related to graphic design, or history telling and so on. But no, the “design” means “project”. So I think a better name would be “Principles of Game Project”. Although, it might be just me who thought this way, because in my language design means something totally different. - The course content: this course should be at the end of the specialization. It is too much abstract and, in some aspects, very obvious. I will not say it is completely useless, because it is not. It gives us a structured view of the stages of game design and its documentation, but I think it would be better if it was like a case study. - The assignments: probably the worst part of the course. They very very complex, to be sincere, none of the assignments I reviewed were full, I gave max grades to many because I think the person tried really hard to make it. Imagine this situation: you are not a programmer, not a graphic designer, not a writer and with a week you need to make a prototype of the game idea you’ve been working on course. This prototype must show the game mechanics and aesthetics, should be playable… And can be non digital? Come on, we are here learning the concepts of developments digital games and the instructor says that we can make a non digital prototype? Some people did it, and I can say for sure that I couldn’t imagine the real game. I made a digital prototype using the knowledge acquired from the first course, but as you can imagine, it is not enough to make our game ideas come true. - The peer review system: the grading is completely non sense, as I said before, the assignments are complex, so it is difficult to show our ideas clearly in a document, without the abilities to make concept arts or something. In 2 of the 4 assignments 2 of the 3 people gave me max grades and 1 gave me bad grades, and did not left any feedback! One of the assignments when I first submitted it I got 12/20. Then, when I resubmitted it, without changing a comma, I got 20/20. So I think this system must change, maybe the mentor should do it. If you want to do all the specialization, ok, go and do this course. But, if this is not your objective, do not waste your time. | sense, as I said before, the | Assignment | are complex, so it is difficult | Positive | 0.73 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I will review this course appointing its pros and cons. Pros: - The instructor: he is a captivating person. It really seems that he like game development, he make jokes and try to make the course interesting. So, he’s personality is makes the course less boring. Cons: - The course name: when I saw “design” in the course name and the icon of course page, I thought it would be related to graphic design, or history telling and so on. But no, the “design” means “project”. So I think a better name would be “Principles of Game Project”. Although, it might be just me who thought this way, because in my language design means something totally different. - The course content: this course should be at the end of the specialization. It is too much abstract and, in some aspects, very obvious. I will not say it is completely useless, because it is not. It gives us a structured view of the stages of game design and its documentation, but I think it would be better if it was like a case study. - The assignments: probably the worst part of the course. They very very complex, to be sincere, none of the assignments I reviewed were full, I gave max grades to many because I think the person tried really hard to make it. Imagine this situation: you are not a programmer, not a graphic designer, not a writer and with a week you need to make a prototype of the game idea you’ve been working on course. This prototype must show the game mechanics and aesthetics, should be playable… And can be non digital? Come on, we are here learning the concepts of developments digital games and the instructor says that we can make a non digital prototype? Some people did it, and I can say for sure that I couldn’t imagine the real game. I made a digital prototype using the knowledge acquired from the first course, but as you can imagine, it is not enough to make our game ideas come true. - The peer review system: the grading is completely non sense, as I said before, the assignments are complex, so it is difficult to show our ideas clearly in a document, without the abilities to make concept arts or something. In 2 of the 4 assignments 2 of the 3 people gave me max grades and 1 gave me bad grades, and did not left any feedback! One of the assignments when I first submitted it I got 12/20. Then, when I resubmitted it, without changing a comma, I got 20/20. So I think this system must change, maybe the mentor should do it. If you want to do all the specialization, ok, go and do this course. But, if this is not your objective, do not waste your time. | something. In 2 of the 4 | Assignment | 2 of the 3 people gave | Negative | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I will review this course appointing its pros and cons. Pros: - The instructor: he is a captivating person. It really seems that he like game development, he make jokes and try to make the course interesting. So, he’s personality is makes the course less boring. Cons: - The course name: when I saw “design” in the course name and the icon of course page, I thought it would be related to graphic design, or history telling and so on. But no, the “design” means “project”. So I think a better name would be “Principles of Game Project”. Although, it might be just me who thought this way, because in my language design means something totally different. - The course content: this course should be at the end of the specialization. It is too much abstract and, in some aspects, very obvious. I will not say it is completely useless, because it is not. It gives us a structured view of the stages of game design and its documentation, but I think it would be better if it was like a case study. - The assignments: probably the worst part of the course. They very very complex, to be sincere, none of the assignments I reviewed were full, I gave max grades to many because I think the person tried really hard to make it. Imagine this situation: you are not a programmer, not a graphic designer, not a writer and with a week you need to make a prototype of the game idea you’ve been working on course. This prototype must show the game mechanics and aesthetics, should be playable… And can be non digital? Come on, we are here learning the concepts of developments digital games and the instructor says that we can make a non digital prototype? Some people did it, and I can say for sure that I couldn’t imagine the real game. I made a digital prototype using the knowledge acquired from the first course, but as you can imagine, it is not enough to make our game ideas come true. - The peer review system: the grading is completely non sense, as I said before, the assignments are complex, so it is difficult to show our ideas clearly in a document, without the abilities to make concept arts or something. In 2 of the 4 assignments 2 of the 3 people gave me max grades and 1 gave me bad grades, and did not left any feedback! One of the assignments when I first submitted it I got 12/20. Then, when I resubmitted it, without changing a comma, I got 20/20. So I think this system must change, maybe the mentor should do it. If you want to do all the specialization, ok, go and do this course. But, if this is not your objective, do not waste your time. | left any feedback! One of the | Assignment | when I first submitted it I | Positive | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great content and great teacher. But I found the assignments and the quizzes not that great. I reckon the questions and corrections were a bit subjective and time consuming. | great teacher. But I found the | Assignment | and the quizzes not that great. | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | After the excellent first course in the specialisation, this was quite a disappointment. I realise that the subject matter in this course will inevitably involve abstract concepts and subjective opinions, but I didn't really 'get' the way that Casey was presenting the subject given that there were quizzes and assignments to follow. That's not to say that the videos aren't interesting. But, given their rambling style, they would be much more useful as reference material rather than driving the course, in my opinion. Many of the questions in the quizzes felt like they'd been added simply to make them up to the correct number. Some were so loose that you could write any answer and I'm sure you'd get a mark! Also, I'd say not to even start this course unless you have a clear idea for a game. The assignments require you to produce design documents that are tedious, going on impossible, to write without some firm rooted idea to start from. Maybe if you really want to be a game designer then this will be the course for you. If you are doing the course out of curiosity, for fun, or to learn how to control Unity, I'd give it a miss. | given that there were quizzes and | Assignment | to follow. That's not to say | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | After the excellent first course in the specialisation, this was quite a disappointment. I realise that the subject matter in this course will inevitably involve abstract concepts and subjective opinions, but I didn't really 'get' the way that Casey was presenting the subject given that there were quizzes and assignments to follow. That's not to say that the videos aren't interesting. But, given their rambling style, they would be much more useful as reference material rather than driving the course, in my opinion. Many of the questions in the quizzes felt like they'd been added simply to make them up to the correct number. Some were so loose that you could write any answer and I'm sure you'd get a mark! Also, I'd say not to even start this course unless you have a clear idea for a game. The assignments require you to produce design documents that are tedious, going on impossible, to write without some firm rooted idea to start from. Maybe if you really want to be a game designer then this will be the course for you. If you are doing the course out of curiosity, for fun, or to learn how to control Unity, I'd give it a miss. | clear idea for a game. The | Assignment | require you to produce design documents | Negative | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Teaching style a little loose for me, but man did he make me work on my assignments. The information is valuable and the references are beneficial. My take-away from attending this course gives a good base on how to think about a game and set things up properly from the start. No quick short cuts here. Just good old fashion hard work and how to approach things logically to get things done constructively and productively. | he make me work on my | Assignment | The information is valuable and the | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This is a great course, if you want to hear The Questions you need to Answer to make a good game design for your game. It does not give you the answers, but it gives you a road map to follow. Downside of the course are Quizes and Peer Reviews. Quizes sometimes have shady and non-clear answers, especially for non-native English speakers. Assignments grading criteria makes your peers to choose from 1 to 5. And 5 is "you did so awesome, that you've impressed your peer very much". And this is not happening often. | answers, especially for non-native English speakers. | Assignment | grading criteria makes your peers to | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This was a very good course, however the assignments were too long to complete in only a week. | a very good course, however the | Assignment | were too long to complete in | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It's a really good course but I feel like you need more time to really do the assignments, one week between assignments is kind of little time to do all the design. Sometimes the lectures are not directly relationed with the assignments. | more time to really do the | Assignment | one week between assignments is kind | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It's a really good course but I feel like you need more time to really do the assignments, one week between assignments is kind of little time to do all the design. Sometimes the lectures are not directly relationed with the assignments. | do the assignments, one week between | Assignment | is kind of little time to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It's a really good course but I feel like you need more time to really do the assignments, one week between assignments is kind of little time to do all the design. Sometimes the lectures are not directly relationed with the assignments. | are not directly relationed with the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I would have liked that the written feedback in the assignments were mandatory, it would allow us to improve on our designs | that the written feedback in the | Assignment | were mandatory, it would allow us | Negative | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I learn a lot by doing assignments and reviewing other people's assignments. The important con of this course was some of its quizzes' questions which was ambiguous or badly framed. | I learn a lot by doing | Assignment | and reviewing other people's assignments. The | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I learn a lot by doing assignments and reviewing other people's assignments. The important con of this course was some of its quizzes' questions which was ambiguous or badly framed. | doing assignments and reviewing other people's | Assignment | The important con of this course | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great course for fleshing out ideas. The only problem was the third assignment: making a prototype should take about a month, and we only had a few days to make one. | The only problem was the third | Assignment | making a prototype should take about | Negative | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The information is good but is going too fast and I don't feel I have learned much from it. I'm on week 3 and I'm still not sure of how to make my assignments in a proper way. The quizzes are very confusing too and sometimes I felt frustrated. | sure of how to make my | Assignment | in a proper way. The quizzes | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course has a good starting point, but there are so many things that ended up being wrong that I just can't force myself to give it more than 3 stars (and I'm not sure if it should be 3 or 2 stars). I think this is also the first course on Coursera that didn't get 5 stars from me (not sure if I've given 4 stars once only). So the bad parts first: Assignments are so unrealistic it's unbelievable. Week 1 is doable. Week 2 is problematic if you have a complex idea, let's say it's still doable, but you would certainly need more time than expected weekly hour work. Week 3 is insane. It is so out of the scope of this course. And week 4 is even worse, I had to use pen and paper and then explain only 1 of the core mechanics (even that used more than expected weekly hour work). Some of the quizzes are not fully clear if you are not a native English speaker. Sometimes I had to re-read things several times, and still wasn't sure what I was doing wrong (I realized that only after I managed to literally guess the correct answer). And most of all grading is the worst I've seen in any course. All of it based on a personal opinion. Hey I even managed not to get full points for a "document is HTML/PDF/....". I mean - how can I not get full points there? It either is or is not a HTML. It's so much subjective that it's making it awful. Now about the good parts: Professor did a great job, the course inspired so many ideas for me. The material is concise and it was a pleasure listening to this course. Most of the courses are too slow for me, so I have to fast forward them to 1.5 and some even to 2 times speed. I've run this course only on 1.25 speed, which is a good thing. I'm not a native English speaker. | only). So the bad parts first: | Assignment | are so unrealistic it's unbelievable. Week | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | While I really liked the first course I have massive problems with this course. The first 2 assignments, a high concept document and a story bible were doable. But a full GDD and a prototype on week 3 and 4? These aren't part-time tasks for a few days, these are full-time tasks for at least a full month each to do them properly from scratch. These assignments are so unrealistically hard that they demotivate. And I'm saying that as someone who already had quite some ideas for one game and even started experimental programming. For people that are taking this specialization without a focus on game design and/or without ideas... this course is going to be hell to finish in time. | with this course. The first 2 | Assignment | a high concept document and a | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | While I really liked the first course I have massive problems with this course. The first 2 assignments, a high concept document and a story bible were doable. But a full GDD and a prototype on week 3 and 4? These aren't part-time tasks for a few days, these are full-time tasks for at least a full month each to do them properly from scratch. These assignments are so unrealistically hard that they demotivate. And I'm saying that as someone who already had quite some ideas for one game and even started experimental programming. For people that are taking this specialization without a focus on game design and/or without ideas... this course is going to be hell to finish in time. | do them properly from scratch. These | Assignment | are so unrealistically hard that they | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The concepts are good and important, writing the assignments was not so easy :) It feels like there is a missing link between the concepts & the writing the documents. For example -the last exercise (prototype) was not good at all for most people I checked (including myself?). On a secondary importance level: some of the questions/answers are hard to understand or related to extras (movies, for example) I did not I need to see, so it was a bit frustrating. | are good and important, writing the | Assignment | was not so easy :) It | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Not very informative content, some parts are interesting but not worth the money. The worst thing is, all assignments are writting work that are evaluated by colleagues, meaning, it is purely objective, to the extent that one question asks if my uploaded file is in a readable format, example pdf, txt...etc and two out of three marking my pdf file as not!!! and not even leaving a comment why they are giving that bad score on obvious things! | money. The worst thing is, all | Assignment | are writting work that are evaluated | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The information is great, but I think they need to make this course in two phases because there was a lot of information to process and the assignments need more time if you want to do a good work. The other part that I didn't like was that the information doesn't really correspond to what you actually need to do for your assignments, I think the course needs more videos and examples of how to create the required documents. | of information to process and the | Assignment | need more time if you want | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The information is great, but I think they need to make this course in two phases because there was a lot of information to process and the assignments need more time if you want to do a good work. The other part that I didn't like was that the information doesn't really correspond to what you actually need to do for your assignments, I think the course needs more videos and examples of how to create the required documents. | actually need to do for your | Assignment | I think the course needs more | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This class started out very rocky and the videos had errors, the quizzes had problems, and the assignments had a poor grading system. Hopefully, these will be corrected in future offerings. | the quizzes had problems, and the | Assignment | had a poor grading system. Hopefully, | Negative | 0.88 | 3.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course has some great content and assignments that I'd never make myself do on my own, for that I rate the course highly. I did find myself often wondering exactly what was expected of me on the assignments, and during lecture I'd hear "this is something to think about...", but not what I'd like to hear which is "here's what to do". Overall a great fit into the game development specialization. | course has some great content and | Assignment | that I'd never make myself do | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course has some great content and assignments that I'd never make myself do on my own, for that I rate the course highly. I did find myself often wondering exactly what was expected of me on the assignments, and during lecture I'd hear "this is something to think about...", but not what I'd like to hear which is "here's what to do". Overall a great fit into the game development specialization. | was expected of me on the | Assignment | and during lecture I'd hear " | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | One of the worst courses that I have taken in coursera. The videos feel unstructured without preparation and boring. The quizes are subjective. You can pass all of then without watching a single video or lecture. The assignments are interesting but the way of grading them are bad designed and subjective. Sad, I passed this course without trouble but made me stop wanting to get the full specialization. Spartans! Review the course or better close it. Its a shame. | a single video or lecture. The | Assignment | are interesting but the way of | Negative | 0.96 | 1.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I didn't like the class despite getting 100% on pretty much every assignment. I learned very little from the class. I don't think 99% of what was in the class was useful to me at all. The grading for the class had ludonarrative dissonance with the quizzes. The projects were graded by peers, but the rubric was nonsensical. 1-5 scale for submitting a PDF, for example. So, someone might give you a 1 for submitting the PDF and thus you wouldn't get a full-score. It was just idiotic. | getting 100% on pretty much every | Assignment | I learned very little from the | Positive | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course competes with a full specialization on Coursera with a slight flavor of the "Understanding Video Game" course also available on Coursera. The grading is supported by quizzes and assignment associated to a poor grading system. I found this single class less challenging and interesting than the full specialization on Game Design from CalArts although it allows you to have another view of the process of Game Design in a more engineering way (e.g. writing documentation and not thinking on creating game...). | grading is supported by quizzes and | Assignment | associated to a poor grading system. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | A lot was discussed, and many resources were offered, but I felt the general direction offered was too loose. When time came to do each week's assignment, I was not always sure how to execute. | time came to do each week's | Assignment | I was not always sure how | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| RKMa0PTnEeSR9SIAC7LYOA | This Course is nice , but it is too theoretical. Instructor should include concrete assignments and mathematics with modelling exercises in the Course. | too theoretical. Instructor should include concrete | Assignment | and mathematics with modelling exercises in | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RKMa0PTnEeSR9SIAC7LYOA | Good content and GREAT assignments. Main problem is that the lecture videos are unscripted and could easily be made more concise. The other thing that worried me was that most of the assignments that I peer reviewed had missed large parts of the question. I would rather have my work marked by people who have read the question properly. | Good content and GREAT | Assignment | Main problem is that the lecture | Negative | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| RKMa0PTnEeSR9SIAC7LYOA | Good content and GREAT assignments. Main problem is that the lecture videos are unscripted and could easily be made more concise. The other thing that worried me was that most of the assignments that I peer reviewed had missed large parts of the question. I would rather have my work marked by people who have read the question properly. | me was that most of the | Assignment | that I peer reviewed had missed | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | overall pretty solid. would love a bit more feedback and/or greater correlation between material and assignments. But overall nice introduction to R. | and/or greater correlation between material and | Assignment | But overall nice introduction to R. | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I would say 3-4 stars. Week 3 was kind of dense really. The assignment was also a little over my head not due to the complexity but certain aspects were not covered in length. Week 4 was good though, and it was enjoyable. Overall a really nice introduction to R and I would certainly recommend this course to my friends. | was kind of dense really. The | Assignment | was also a little over my | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Decent class with good programming assignments. I wish there had been more examples of actually writing code in the lectures, but that is my only complaint. | Decent class with good programming | Assignment | I wish there had been more | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent course material and Assignments. Good assignment in the end to exercise grey cells. | Excellent course material and | Assignment | Good assignment in the end to | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent course material and Assignments. Good assignment in the end to exercise grey cells. | Excellent course material and Assignments. Good | Assignment | in the end to exercise grey | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very nice course. Good assignments and challenging quizes. | Very nice course. Good | Assignment | and challenging quizes. | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is a good overview to R Programming, though the lectures leave much to be desired, at least for a programming beginner. Watching the videos left me confused about key concepts, which I absorbed much better through the Swirl interactive exercises, the discussion forums and other examples online. Of course we are supposed to be "hackers," but I enjoyed this course much more once I just turned off the video, read through the slides and focused on other areas where I could learn the concepts. Also, the discussion forums were great for helping with key issues, and the homework assignments were also outstanding for making sure you absorb and apply concepts. So it's worth taking - just keep in mind the videos may not be for everyone... | with key issues, and the homework | Assignment | were also outstanding for making sure | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I learned a lot fast in the class - but the assignments seemed very difficult, and often didn't match the content of the lectures. I enjoyed the class, and definitely earned all I learned. | in the class - but the | Assignment | seemed very difficult, and often didn't | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The assignments had nothing to do with the lectures. The teachers do a poor job of explaining basic concepts and theories. The class is a lot more advanced than the class description makes it seem. | The | Assignment | had nothing to do with the | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I will break down the review into the contents and comment on them. Before doing that and saving the trouble for people who do not like to read a lot - This course is an awesome kick-starter for R-programming. Video Lectures : The speed and content are just perfect. The concepts covered in each lecture and the manner in which it was taught just made them stick well in my mind. 2. Quiz - They were simple so I infer that they are meant to test how well we have learnt the concepts. 3. Swirl Practice Programming Assignments - A very innovative way to teach us in the R console itself. I really enjoyed playing with it. 4. Programming Assignment - It was a sheer pleasure to do the last assignment. The level was really good. I found it a bit daunting at first but then caught up by reviewing some concepts. 5. Discussion Forums - I couldn't be very active in terms of replying but I never missed to hear what mentors had to say. I owe thanks to mentors for their awesome posts that gave deeper insights especially Al Warren. I highly recommend this course. Prof. Peng - your videos are really good and far from boring. And yes, Thank you Coursera. | the concepts. 3. Swirl Practice Programming | Assignment | - A very innovative way to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I will break down the review into the contents and comment on them. Before doing that and saving the trouble for people who do not like to read a lot - This course is an awesome kick-starter for R-programming. Video Lectures : The speed and content are just perfect. The concepts covered in each lecture and the manner in which it was taught just made them stick well in my mind. 2. Quiz - They were simple so I infer that they are meant to test how well we have learnt the concepts. 3. Swirl Practice Programming Assignments - A very innovative way to teach us in the R console itself. I really enjoyed playing with it. 4. Programming Assignment - It was a sheer pleasure to do the last assignment. The level was really good. I found it a bit daunting at first but then caught up by reviewing some concepts. 5. Discussion Forums - I couldn't be very active in terms of replying but I never missed to hear what mentors had to say. I owe thanks to mentors for their awesome posts that gave deeper insights especially Al Warren. I highly recommend this course. Prof. Peng - your videos are really good and far from boring. And yes, Thank you Coursera. | enjoyed playing with it. 4. Programming | Assignment | - It was a sheer pleasure | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I will break down the review into the contents and comment on them. Before doing that and saving the trouble for people who do not like to read a lot - This course is an awesome kick-starter for R-programming. Video Lectures : The speed and content are just perfect. The concepts covered in each lecture and the manner in which it was taught just made them stick well in my mind. 2. Quiz - They were simple so I infer that they are meant to test how well we have learnt the concepts. 3. Swirl Practice Programming Assignments - A very innovative way to teach us in the R console itself. I really enjoyed playing with it. 4. Programming Assignment - It was a sheer pleasure to do the last assignment. The level was really good. I found it a bit daunting at first but then caught up by reviewing some concepts. 5. Discussion Forums - I couldn't be very active in terms of replying but I never missed to hear what mentors had to say. I owe thanks to mentors for their awesome posts that gave deeper insights especially Al Warren. I highly recommend this course. Prof. Peng - your videos are really good and far from boring. And yes, Thank you Coursera. | sheer pleasure to do the last | Assignment | The level was really good. I | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The swirl exercises were helpful, but the video lectures and assignments were not. | helpful, but the video lectures and | Assignment | were not. | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very informative and a good learning process. Assignments help in thorough understanding. | informative and a good learning process. | Assignment | help in thorough understanding. | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There are huge gaps between learning materials (videos) and assignments. Assignments are very difficult and definitely not for R beginners. Also assignments' instruction are a little difficult to understand. I wonder if the purpose of assignments is to exam our reading and understanding abilities or the skills of R!!! I also took courses <Getting and Cleaning Data> and <Exploratory Data Analysis> at the same time and these two courses' assignments are much easier than the course <R Programming>. Writing function in R really isn't that easy especially for an R beginner who only has little knowledge of R packages and functions. I really don't think this course should arrange as the second course to take in this Data Science course series. | gaps between learning materials (videos) and | Assignment | Assignments are very difficult and definitely | Positive | 0.72 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There are huge gaps between learning materials (videos) and assignments. Assignments are very difficult and definitely not for R beginners. Also assignments' instruction are a little difficult to understand. I wonder if the purpose of assignments is to exam our reading and understanding abilities or the skills of R!!! I also took courses <Getting and Cleaning Data> and <Exploratory Data Analysis> at the same time and these two courses' assignments are much easier than the course <R Programming>. Writing function in R really isn't that easy especially for an R beginner who only has little knowledge of R packages and functions. I really don't think this course should arrange as the second course to take in this Data Science course series. | between learning materials (videos) and assignments. | Assignment | are very difficult and definitely not | Positive | 0.87 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There are huge gaps between learning materials (videos) and assignments. Assignments are very difficult and definitely not for R beginners. Also assignments' instruction are a little difficult to understand. I wonder if the purpose of assignments is to exam our reading and understanding abilities or the skills of R!!! I also took courses <Getting and Cleaning Data> and <Exploratory Data Analysis> at the same time and these two courses' assignments are much easier than the course <R Programming>. Writing function in R really isn't that easy especially for an R beginner who only has little knowledge of R packages and functions. I really don't think this course should arrange as the second course to take in this Data Science course series. | definitely not for R beginners. Also | Assignment | instruction are a little difficult to | Positive | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There are huge gaps between learning materials (videos) and assignments. Assignments are very difficult and definitely not for R beginners. Also assignments' instruction are a little difficult to understand. I wonder if the purpose of assignments is to exam our reading and understanding abilities or the skills of R!!! I also took courses <Getting and Cleaning Data> and <Exploratory Data Analysis> at the same time and these two courses' assignments are much easier than the course <R Programming>. Writing function in R really isn't that easy especially for an R beginner who only has little knowledge of R packages and functions. I really don't think this course should arrange as the second course to take in this Data Science course series. | I wonder if the purpose of | Assignment | is to exam our reading and | Negative | 0.88 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There are huge gaps between learning materials (videos) and assignments. Assignments are very difficult and definitely not for R beginners. Also assignments' instruction are a little difficult to understand. I wonder if the purpose of assignments is to exam our reading and understanding abilities or the skills of R!!! I also took courses <Getting and Cleaning Data> and <Exploratory Data Analysis> at the same time and these two courses' assignments are much easier than the course <R Programming>. Writing function in R really isn't that easy especially for an R beginner who only has little knowledge of R packages and functions. I really don't think this course should arrange as the second course to take in this Data Science course series. | same time and these two courses' | Assignment | are much easier than the course | Positive | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It's very interesting course, what give you a basics of R programming language. The most interesting was the last programming assignment with real data set. | most interesting was the last programming | Assignment | with real data set. | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course content and the assignments are too far apart. I would have learned more if it was better aligned and there were some exercise in between. | The course content and the | Assignment | are too far apart. I would | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course is very well laid out to demonstrate the main features of R programming language. (To elaborate on one thing that I liked) The programming assignment for the 4th week (rating/choosing hospital based on outcome) is very helpful to try out what I learnt from the course so far. All the 3 parts of this question are connected well, and I hope the rest of the courses of the Data Specialization is also implementing similar format. | thing that I liked) The programming | Assignment | for the 4th week (rating/choosing hospital | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Overall a good crash course and introduction to R. Its a lot to learn in 4 weeks and some of the assignments were challenging (which I liked). I think the course is worth taking but I do wish the material and assignments were packaged better - more aligned. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time online reading, researching, and learning some concepts on your own. Don't expect to learn everything from the lectures and materials to be successful in this course. | 4 weeks and some of the | Assignment | were challenging (which I liked). I | Negative | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Overall a good crash course and introduction to R. Its a lot to learn in 4 weeks and some of the assignments were challenging (which I liked). I think the course is worth taking but I do wish the material and assignments were packaged better - more aligned. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time online reading, researching, and learning some concepts on your own. Don't expect to learn everything from the lectures and materials to be successful in this course. | I do wish the material and | Assignment | were packaged better - more aligned. | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The lectures for this course do not adequately prepare students for the graded quizzes and assignments. | students for the graded quizzes and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | homework was poorly structured and not adequately discussed in the lecture videos. Had to dig through several buried links to make any progress on the homework assignments. | make any progress on the homework | Assignment | | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | So the course is a mixed bag. PROS: The lecture content is useful, albeit a bit dry. I can't give them too much slack for the dryness, after all it's coding. However, they could have shown more real-time coding, rather than just scrolled through powerpoints with the Command Window pasted. You definitely need to have R open when following along with the lectures. The quizzes are also quite useful, as you're required to know both the background of how things work and use the commands learned from the lecture. CONS: The assignments assume you know a lot more than the basic knowledge, and there's no real way to know how to do the assignments just from the lectures. The quizzes tend to be on the easy side and the assignments ramp things up quite quickly. There's no intermediate material to test your skill. You have to have worked in R to have even a minor chance at succeeding on the assignments. | learned from the lecture. CONS: The | Assignment | assume you know a lot more | Negative | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | So the course is a mixed bag. PROS: The lecture content is useful, albeit a bit dry. I can't give them too much slack for the dryness, after all it's coding. However, they could have shown more real-time coding, rather than just scrolled through powerpoints with the Command Window pasted. You definitely need to have R open when following along with the lectures. The quizzes are also quite useful, as you're required to know both the background of how things work and use the commands learned from the lecture. CONS: The assignments assume you know a lot more than the basic knowledge, and there's no real way to know how to do the assignments just from the lectures. The quizzes tend to be on the easy side and the assignments ramp things up quite quickly. There's no intermediate material to test your skill. You have to have worked in R to have even a minor chance at succeeding on the assignments. | to know how to do the | Assignment | just from the lectures. The quizzes | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | So the course is a mixed bag. PROS: The lecture content is useful, albeit a bit dry. I can't give them too much slack for the dryness, after all it's coding. However, they could have shown more real-time coding, rather than just scrolled through powerpoints with the Command Window pasted. You definitely need to have R open when following along with the lectures. The quizzes are also quite useful, as you're required to know both the background of how things work and use the commands learned from the lecture. CONS: The assignments assume you know a lot more than the basic knowledge, and there's no real way to know how to do the assignments just from the lectures. The quizzes tend to be on the easy side and the assignments ramp things up quite quickly. There's no intermediate material to test your skill. You have to have worked in R to have even a minor chance at succeeding on the assignments. | on the easy side and the | Assignment | ramp things up quite quickly. There's | Positive | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | So the course is a mixed bag. PROS: The lecture content is useful, albeit a bit dry. I can't give them too much slack for the dryness, after all it's coding. However, they could have shown more real-time coding, rather than just scrolled through powerpoints with the Command Window pasted. You definitely need to have R open when following along with the lectures. The quizzes are also quite useful, as you're required to know both the background of how things work and use the commands learned from the lecture. CONS: The assignments assume you know a lot more than the basic knowledge, and there's no real way to know how to do the assignments just from the lectures. The quizzes tend to be on the easy side and the assignments ramp things up quite quickly. There's no intermediate material to test your skill. You have to have worked in R to have even a minor chance at succeeding on the assignments. | minor chance at succeeding on the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am learning a lot through the assignments! make it more difficult next time so that people start exploring a lot | am learning a lot through the | Assignment | make it more difficult next time | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is not set up right, the assignments ask you to do things that aren't explained until the next weeks content, its kind of discouraging. In the end, it does teach you the basics of R, its just too bad that the way to get there is aggravating. The reason I still only give it 2 stars is because of the quality of the courses itself. There are many, many 1 and 2 minute videos, these could've easily been combined. The teacher seems unprepared in his lectures, he stutters and repeats a lot and makes a weird noise between slides. This shouldn't be necessary with pre-recorded lectures. The assignments and quizzes are also poorly written and contain spelling and sloppy mistakes, which doesn't make sense because the material isn't new. It all just makes it seem like the teacher doesn't really care and just wants to sell the course to a lot of people without putting in much effort. If you are not following the specialization I would not advise this course for beginners. I'm quite surprised to see the course get such high ratings. | is not set up right, the | Assignment | ask you to do things that | Negative | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is not set up right, the assignments ask you to do things that aren't explained until the next weeks content, its kind of discouraging. In the end, it does teach you the basics of R, its just too bad that the way to get there is aggravating. The reason I still only give it 2 stars is because of the quality of the courses itself. There are many, many 1 and 2 minute videos, these could've easily been combined. The teacher seems unprepared in his lectures, he stutters and repeats a lot and makes a weird noise between slides. This shouldn't be necessary with pre-recorded lectures. The assignments and quizzes are also poorly written and contain spelling and sloppy mistakes, which doesn't make sense because the material isn't new. It all just makes it seem like the teacher doesn't really care and just wants to sell the course to a lot of people without putting in much effort. If you are not following the specialization I would not advise this course for beginners. I'm quite surprised to see the course get such high ratings. | be necessary with pre-recorded lectures. The | Assignment | and quizzes are also poorly written | Negative | 0.96 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | A comprehensive introduction to programming in R, for people already experienced with numerical software like MATLAB and Mathematica it should be fairly easy to grasp some of the concepts of the language. The assignments are not difficult, though it requires the student to lookup for information in R forums, or stackoverflow. Finally, Roger is a great instructor in my opinion - he's very calm and explains some difficult aspects of the language in a clear way. | the concepts of the language. The | Assignment | are not difficult, though it requires | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course is properly designed for people new to R programming, assignments are bit time consuming. Overall i am happy with what i have learnt. | for people new to R programming, | Assignment | are bit time consuming. Overall i | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I will recommend it 100% for those who want to learn R. There are good teachers, explanations, assignments... But it may have some tricky exercises for those who have not programmed before. | R. There are good teachers, explanations, | Assignment | . . But it may have | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Difficult at times, I regularly used outside websites like stackoverflow to help with assignments, but that's how the real world works, there's no way that the lectures could solve all your problems. Favorite: writing my own functions that searched real databases and returned means, ranks, and useful info. I felt like I took a huge step forward in my goal for data science. Least favorite: Assignment #2, it felt completely unrelated to anything I learned, I wasted hours just to find out it was redundantly simple and in the end I didn't even find out if my code worked, the grade was peer-reviewed based on if you could correctly upload it to github and if it "looked" like it would work. (How would I know! LOL, I assumed all my peers' code was good enough) Would 100% take this course again. | websites like stackoverflow to help with | Assignment | but that's how the real world | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Difficult at times, I regularly used outside websites like stackoverflow to help with assignments, but that's how the real world works, there's no way that the lectures could solve all your problems. Favorite: writing my own functions that searched real databases and returned means, ranks, and useful info. I felt like I took a huge step forward in my goal for data science. Least favorite: Assignment #2, it felt completely unrelated to anything I learned, I wasted hours just to find out it was redundantly simple and in the end I didn't even find out if my code worked, the grade was peer-reviewed based on if you could correctly upload it to github and if it "looked" like it would work. (How would I know! LOL, I assumed all my peers' code was good enough) Would 100% take this course again. | goal for data science. Least favorite: | Assignment | #2, it felt completely unrelated to | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is very thorough, but I did not feel that the lessons often prepared me for the programming assignments. I found that I was frequently looking on the internet for additional resources and finding that I was definitely not alone. | often prepared me for the programming | Assignment | I found that I was frequently | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course was frustrating, the learning curve nearly vertical, the material dense and inaccessible, and the evaluative assignments impossible for new users of R without outside resources. No one should take this course unless they are powering through it for the Data Science specialization. Otherwise, would-be students should just buy an R For Dummies book, and use materials elsewhere. | dense and inaccessible, and the evaluative | Assignment | impossible for new users of R | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course was a good experience, but I wish there were more explained tasks of difficult functions and loops before giving difficult exercises. Also I find this course a little bit boring for me and sometimes very difficult (especially in peer graided assignment) | very difficult (especially in peer graided | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | A great course to advance programming skills in R. Assignments are sometimes challenging, but that´s also what makes it interesting and even more fun if you mastered the challenges and reached your goal. I highly recommend it! | to advance programming skills in R. | Assignment | are sometimes challenging, but that´s also | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Yes, this is not for beginners. The assignment since week2 is beyond what was taught in class. I have to pay another 25 dollars on datacamp and finish 10+ courses, spending 2 weeks at least. Go back to the assignment, without success. The learning curve is a bit tough. Anyway, I'm kind of newbie on programming, will continue learning this one. | this is not for beginners. The | Assignment | since week2 is beyond what was | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Yes, this is not for beginners. The assignment since week2 is beyond what was taught in class. I have to pay another 25 dollars on datacamp and finish 10+ courses, spending 2 weeks at least. Go back to the assignment, without success. The learning curve is a bit tough. Anyway, I'm kind of newbie on programming, will continue learning this one. | at least. Go back to the | Assignment | without success. The learning curve is | Negative | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very enriching course. Steep learning curve for beginner in the assignments. | learning curve for beginner in the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments are not what we expected to be according to video lectures... | | Assignment | are not what we expected to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Quiz and especially assignments were poorly written. Spelling mistakes in slides is simply unacceptable in high-level academia, in my opinion. Especially for a course designed for a global audience. | Quiz and especially | Assignment | were poorly written. Spelling mistakes in | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I had really high hopes for this course. I am not a programmer, though in college I learned C, C++, and used MATLAB a fair amount. I wanted to learn R because it is a free software versus paying a licencing fee to use SPSS which I have done in the past. I had already completed the first week of the course and the first week in this course. I went through the slides and I didn't really feel like I learned any actual programming so then to expect to answer questions where you had to program seemed a bit out of left field. As a comparison it felt like they had an hour worth of slides talking about different trees and how to differentiate them then asked you to drive a tank. I then took the time go through two swirl assignments which I hoped was going to fill in the many gaps left by the slides. They were definitely more helpful than the slide show, but I still felt like they would teach you how to add then ask you to multiply. So in general my recommendation would be not to take the course unless you have a fairly solid understand of programming, otherwise you will do what I did and just wasted $50. | the time go through two swirl | Assignment | which I hoped was going to | Negative | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Amazing one. I learnt a lot from this course, especially from the assignments. | from this course, especially from the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent material and assignments for starters. Easy to follow for independent and self readers. Thanks | Excellent material and | Assignment | for starters. Easy to follow for | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I was initially going to give this 3 stars but it would have been a biased score as I found the programming assignments too hard otherwise everything else was great, so I've added a star to counter my own bias. The programming assignments for a novice like me who has only completed the Data Scientist Toolbox course (which was the only prerequisite as far as I know but may have missed this in the opening spiel) would have significant difficulty completing and comprehensively understanding the programming assignments in any meaningful way (i.e. to reuse the knowledge in a different context or question). I completed all of the videos, swirl programming tasks, took fairly decent notes, exams/tests and still had to look elsewhere for much more guidance than I would have thought necessary on the programming assignments as I found them too hard to do on my own. I am not that smart though and this review can only capture part of my own subjective experience. Other than that, as I really enjoyed learning about R and analysing data in general as well as the way Robert Peng's teaching style and demeanour I really enjoyed it. Trying to work out if my failure to understand and reapply is a lack of my fully grasping the material and if so whether to continue grappling with R and programming in general. I've started the third course of the specialisation so will give you more feedback once I'm done there. Thanks very much for the course and keep up the good work. | score as I found the programming | Assignment | too hard otherwise everything else was | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I was initially going to give this 3 stars but it would have been a biased score as I found the programming assignments too hard otherwise everything else was great, so I've added a star to counter my own bias. The programming assignments for a novice like me who has only completed the Data Scientist Toolbox course (which was the only prerequisite as far as I know but may have missed this in the opening spiel) would have significant difficulty completing and comprehensively understanding the programming assignments in any meaningful way (i.e. to reuse the knowledge in a different context or question). I completed all of the videos, swirl programming tasks, took fairly decent notes, exams/tests and still had to look elsewhere for much more guidance than I would have thought necessary on the programming assignments as I found them too hard to do on my own. I am not that smart though and this review can only capture part of my own subjective experience. Other than that, as I really enjoyed learning about R and analysing data in general as well as the way Robert Peng's teaching style and demeanour I really enjoyed it. Trying to work out if my failure to understand and reapply is a lack of my fully grasping the material and if so whether to continue grappling with R and programming in general. I've started the third course of the specialisation so will give you more feedback once I'm done there. Thanks very much for the course and keep up the good work. | counter my own bias. The programming | Assignment | for a novice like me who | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I was initially going to give this 3 stars but it would have been a biased score as I found the programming assignments too hard otherwise everything else was great, so I've added a star to counter my own bias. The programming assignments for a novice like me who has only completed the Data Scientist Toolbox course (which was the only prerequisite as far as I know but may have missed this in the opening spiel) would have significant difficulty completing and comprehensively understanding the programming assignments in any meaningful way (i.e. to reuse the knowledge in a different context or question). I completed all of the videos, swirl programming tasks, took fairly decent notes, exams/tests and still had to look elsewhere for much more guidance than I would have thought necessary on the programming assignments as I found them too hard to do on my own. I am not that smart though and this review can only capture part of my own subjective experience. Other than that, as I really enjoyed learning about R and analysing data in general as well as the way Robert Peng's teaching style and demeanour I really enjoyed it. Trying to work out if my failure to understand and reapply is a lack of my fully grasping the material and if so whether to continue grappling with R and programming in general. I've started the third course of the specialisation so will give you more feedback once I'm done there. Thanks very much for the course and keep up the good work. | completing and comprehensively understanding the programming | Assignment | in any meaningful way (i. e. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I was initially going to give this 3 stars but it would have been a biased score as I found the programming assignments too hard otherwise everything else was great, so I've added a star to counter my own bias. The programming assignments for a novice like me who has only completed the Data Scientist Toolbox course (which was the only prerequisite as far as I know but may have missed this in the opening spiel) would have significant difficulty completing and comprehensively understanding the programming assignments in any meaningful way (i.e. to reuse the knowledge in a different context or question). I completed all of the videos, swirl programming tasks, took fairly decent notes, exams/tests and still had to look elsewhere for much more guidance than I would have thought necessary on the programming assignments as I found them too hard to do on my own. I am not that smart though and this review can only capture part of my own subjective experience. Other than that, as I really enjoyed learning about R and analysing data in general as well as the way Robert Peng's teaching style and demeanour I really enjoyed it. Trying to work out if my failure to understand and reapply is a lack of my fully grasping the material and if so whether to continue grappling with R and programming in general. I've started the third course of the specialisation so will give you more feedback once I'm done there. Thanks very much for the course and keep up the good work. | have thought necessary on the programming | Assignment | as I found them too hard | Negative | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It is a very hard class for anyone who has never programmed before, in order to complete the assignments you have to look for a lot of extra information. | before, in order to complete the | Assignment | you have to look for a | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course was mostly self learning. It gave me a framework to go along but what is presented in lecture and assignments are completely different. The discussion board and mentors are really good resources and can provide pointers to move along. It is definitely not a class that can provide sufficient information to learn and build applications, but the individual's effort in passing the quizzes and the projects will. It is up to the student to figure out through stack overflow, youtube, and other search result to figure out how to complete these assignments. I believe the assignments given from this class are realistic to real-world situations. | what is presented in lecture and | Assignment | are completely different. The discussion board | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course was mostly self learning. It gave me a framework to go along but what is presented in lecture and assignments are completely different. The discussion board and mentors are really good resources and can provide pointers to move along. It is definitely not a class that can provide sufficient information to learn and build applications, but the individual's effort in passing the quizzes and the projects will. It is up to the student to figure out through stack overflow, youtube, and other search result to figure out how to complete these assignments. I believe the assignments given from this class are realistic to real-world situations. | figure out how to complete these | Assignment | I believe the assignments given from | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course was mostly self learning. It gave me a framework to go along but what is presented in lecture and assignments are completely different. The discussion board and mentors are really good resources and can provide pointers to move along. It is definitely not a class that can provide sufficient information to learn and build applications, but the individual's effort in passing the quizzes and the projects will. It is up to the student to figure out through stack overflow, youtube, and other search result to figure out how to complete these assignments. I believe the assignments given from this class are realistic to real-world situations. | complete these assignments. I believe the | Assignment | given from this class are realistic | Positive | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Course does not do a good job actually explaining R or training you on how to properly use it. The lectures go over the material very fast and you do not get much out of them, and then the assignments throw complex problems that are very difficult. You spend most of your time Googling to learn it, and I find that I would have learned R better if I just did that to start without this course. Maybe if you aren't new to R and have a programming background, it may not be so bad, but if you are new to R and not an experienced programmer, this is not the class to take to learn it. | out of them, and then the | Assignment | throw complex problems that are very | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Course is really great. However for the absolute beginners it might be challenging as the assignments and videos assume basic knowledge of stats and programing | it might be challenging as the | Assignment | and videos assume basic knowledge of | Negative | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Hands-on with the videos should be given, instead of cumulative long assignments. | be given, instead of cumulative long | Assignment | | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course is very informative. I especially recommend the swril practice problems. Assignments serve well for learning the concepts. | especially recommend the swril practice problems. | Assignment | serve well for learning the concepts. | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I give this course 3 star not 5 star because the level of programming assignments are bit difficult as compared to level discussed in lecture videos. Although lecture videos are very informative but beneficial only for very basic level programming and to solve these programming assignments lots of learning is needed. | star because the level of programming | Assignment | are bit difficult as compared to | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I give this course 3 star not 5 star because the level of programming assignments are bit difficult as compared to level discussed in lecture videos. Although lecture videos are very informative but beneficial only for very basic level programming and to solve these programming assignments lots of learning is needed. | programming and to solve these programming | Assignment | lots of learning is needed. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent course - the assignments help learn the nuances of R. | Excellent course - the | Assignment | help learn the nuances of R. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Loved the assignments. Stick with the problem sets for some time! :) | Loved the | Assignment | Stick with the problem sets for | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Poor quality. A disappointing experience. The lectures are very basic, thought for people that have no experience in programming. This might be ok, but the difficulty of assignments should follow; instead, they can be relatively hard; newbie programmers will probably have an extremely hard time solving them, considering that many of the problems they will encounter are not treated at all in the course. The course does not focus enough on what differentiates R from other languages: just a few videos on data types, *apply functions, and a tiny little bit of scoping (very unclear). All these areas should have been expanded, and the course should have had more arguments as well. Finally, the assignments are not enough and their grading system is quite poor: instead of submitting your code and testing it automatically, you should calculate some quantities by hand and select the results out of a few possibilities. All in all, I was disappointed with the course. | be ok, but the difficulty of | Assignment | should follow; instead, they can be | Negative | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Poor quality. A disappointing experience. The lectures are very basic, thought for people that have no experience in programming. This might be ok, but the difficulty of assignments should follow; instead, they can be relatively hard; newbie programmers will probably have an extremely hard time solving them, considering that many of the problems they will encounter are not treated at all in the course. The course does not focus enough on what differentiates R from other languages: just a few videos on data types, *apply functions, and a tiny little bit of scoping (very unclear). All these areas should have been expanded, and the course should have had more arguments as well. Finally, the assignments are not enough and their grading system is quite poor: instead of submitting your code and testing it automatically, you should calculate some quantities by hand and select the results out of a few possibilities. All in all, I was disappointed with the course. | more arguments as well. Finally, the | Assignment | are not enough and their grading | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I felt that the programming assignments were not explained well enough, things like different syntax that wasn't explained and such. If the class required a lot of outside research not included in the class, they should mention that more clearly. | I felt that the programming | Assignment | were not explained well enough, things | Negative | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I really struggled - coming from a zero programming background. I recommend tons of reading, practical exercises, swirl is a bit of a savior and so is stackoverflow. Even with all of that, I struggled to get my mind to think like a programmer and structure the thoughts into plans for the assignments and tests. I think there needs to be a course before this that teaches one what the first step of solving a programming-related problem; eg one that focuses on flow charts, breaking down the question, etc... It literally is like learning a new language : you need to keep reading and practicing and watching/listening to others do it until you start to get it. | the thoughts into plans for the | Assignment | and tests. I think there needs | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | R Programming has solid information and exercises on just that! However the videos and sections for each week are not very clearly structured. Sometimes the end assignment can take many times the number of hours the rest of the content in a week requires. I'd be careful about taking this course while working unless you can devote serious time to programming projects on your off days. That stated, the course is excellent otherwise. | very clearly structured. Sometimes the end | Assignment | can take many times the number | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The combination of assignments and quiz were amazing, It did make me relook at things I though I was clear. Coding made it challenging and exciting | The combination of | Assignment | and quiz were amazing, It did | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I'm giving this course one star because zero stars is not an option. I wish I had read course reviews prior to beginning. First assignment was tough... but do-able. Second assignment seems straight forward, but the template they ask that you follow contains small tricks which appear to be FAR BEYOND anything touched on in lectures. I'm actually going to fight for my money back, what a scam. | course reviews prior to beginning. First | Assignment | was tough. . . but do-able. | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I'm giving this course one star because zero stars is not an option. I wish I had read course reviews prior to beginning. First assignment was tough... but do-able. Second assignment seems straight forward, but the template they ask that you follow contains small tricks which appear to be FAR BEYOND anything touched on in lectures. I'm actually going to fight for my money back, what a scam. | tough. . . but do-able. Second | Assignment | seems straight forward, but the template | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a high disparity between lecture content and the knowledge required to complete the assignments. It would be great to have a complete walk through of each assignment, showing the different ways in which the same functionality can be created, after having submitted an assignment. This would really had helped me to better understand why something is done in a certain way and improved my understanding of how R works. Currently there is zero feedback on completed assignments, which does not aid learning. | the knowledge required to complete the | Assignment | It would be great to have | Positive | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a high disparity between lecture content and the knowledge required to complete the assignments. It would be great to have a complete walk through of each assignment, showing the different ways in which the same functionality can be created, after having submitted an assignment. This would really had helped me to better understand why something is done in a certain way and improved my understanding of how R works. Currently there is zero feedback on completed assignments, which does not aid learning. | a complete walk through of each | Assignment | showing the different ways in which | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a high disparity between lecture content and the knowledge required to complete the assignments. It would be great to have a complete walk through of each assignment, showing the different ways in which the same functionality can be created, after having submitted an assignment. This would really had helped me to better understand why something is done in a certain way and improved my understanding of how R works. Currently there is zero feedback on completed assignments, which does not aid learning. | be created, after having submitted an | Assignment | This would really had helped me | Positive | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a high disparity between lecture content and the knowledge required to complete the assignments. It would be great to have a complete walk through of each assignment, showing the different ways in which the same functionality can be created, after having submitted an assignment. This would really had helped me to better understand why something is done in a certain way and improved my understanding of how R works. Currently there is zero feedback on completed assignments, which does not aid learning. | there is zero feedback on completed | Assignment | which does not aid learning. | Negative | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is not a course for a beginner in programming. If you are interested in learning R, I would recommend going to DataCamp and starting there. The lecture videos were not engaging, and the jump from the lecture and quizzes to the programming assignments was quite significant (as others have pointed out). The lecturer for this course does have a pre-programming assignment on his GitHub repository to aid in the first programming assignment, but this was not easy to locate nor advertised well (had to scroll through discussion forums before I saw someone mention it). The swirl assignments were the only saving grace for a class that was otherwise not engaging or structured well. The class could stand to be restructured: for example, it would have been nice for the lectures to cover the str() function before our first programming assignment. Overall, this class does seem to be a good choice for a "refresher" course if you already have some experience coding in R, but be wary if you have little to no programming experience. | lecture and quizzes to the programming | Assignment | was quite significant (as others have | Positive | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is not a course for a beginner in programming. If you are interested in learning R, I would recommend going to DataCamp and starting there. The lecture videos were not engaging, and the jump from the lecture and quizzes to the programming assignments was quite significant (as others have pointed out). The lecturer for this course does have a pre-programming assignment on his GitHub repository to aid in the first programming assignment, but this was not easy to locate nor advertised well (had to scroll through discussion forums before I saw someone mention it). The swirl assignments were the only saving grace for a class that was otherwise not engaging or structured well. The class could stand to be restructured: for example, it would have been nice for the lectures to cover the str() function before our first programming assignment. Overall, this class does seem to be a good choice for a "refresher" course if you already have some experience coding in R, but be wary if you have little to no programming experience. | this course does have a pre-programming | Assignment | on his GitHub repository to aid | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is not a course for a beginner in programming. If you are interested in learning R, I would recommend going to DataCamp and starting there. The lecture videos were not engaging, and the jump from the lecture and quizzes to the programming assignments was quite significant (as others have pointed out). The lecturer for this course does have a pre-programming assignment on his GitHub repository to aid in the first programming assignment, but this was not easy to locate nor advertised well (had to scroll through discussion forums before I saw someone mention it). The swirl assignments were the only saving grace for a class that was otherwise not engaging or structured well. The class could stand to be restructured: for example, it would have been nice for the lectures to cover the str() function before our first programming assignment. Overall, this class does seem to be a good choice for a "refresher" course if you already have some experience coding in R, but be wary if you have little to no programming experience. | to aid in the first programming | Assignment | but this was not easy to | Negative | 0.97 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is not a course for a beginner in programming. If you are interested in learning R, I would recommend going to DataCamp and starting there. The lecture videos were not engaging, and the jump from the lecture and quizzes to the programming assignments was quite significant (as others have pointed out). The lecturer for this course does have a pre-programming assignment on his GitHub repository to aid in the first programming assignment, but this was not easy to locate nor advertised well (had to scroll through discussion forums before I saw someone mention it). The swirl assignments were the only saving grace for a class that was otherwise not engaging or structured well. The class could stand to be restructured: for example, it would have been nice for the lectures to cover the str() function before our first programming assignment. Overall, this class does seem to be a good choice for a "refresher" course if you already have some experience coding in R, but be wary if you have little to no programming experience. | saw someone mention it). The swirl | Assignment | were the only saving grace for | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is not a course for a beginner in programming. If you are interested in learning R, I would recommend going to DataCamp and starting there. The lecture videos were not engaging, and the jump from the lecture and quizzes to the programming assignments was quite significant (as others have pointed out). The lecturer for this course does have a pre-programming assignment on his GitHub repository to aid in the first programming assignment, but this was not easy to locate nor advertised well (had to scroll through discussion forums before I saw someone mention it). The swirl assignments were the only saving grace for a class that was otherwise not engaging or structured well. The class could stand to be restructured: for example, it would have been nice for the lectures to cover the str() function before our first programming assignment. Overall, this class does seem to be a good choice for a "refresher" course if you already have some experience coding in R, but be wary if you have little to no programming experience. | str() function before our first programming | Assignment | Overall, this class does seem to | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It feels like this course was abandoned by the instructors. The Programming Assignments are practically impossible to be done unless you have previous programming experience. Other than swirl, it would be very helpful if there were basic optional exercises for those who have never programmed before. I worked hard to be able to follow it, but if I knew how uninvolved the instructors were, I would have saved my money and spent it on a course with active involvement from those who developed it. Disappointing. | abandoned by the instructors. The Programming | Assignment | are practically impossible to be done | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very good intro to R programming. Like the assignment project and swirl package to help on hands-on R programming exercise. Even I didn't pay for the specialization, I love the way assignment is organized and gives expected output/results to your code, so I get to know if my code is correct or not. | intro to R programming. Like the | Assignment | project and swirl package to help | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very good intro to R programming. Like the assignment project and swirl package to help on hands-on R programming exercise. Even I didn't pay for the specialization, I love the way assignment is organized and gives expected output/results to your code, so I get to know if my code is correct or not. | the specialization, I love the way | Assignment | is organized and gives expected output/results | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The jump from the lecture material to the assignments was way too much. In order to complete the assignments, one needs to spend lots of time learning things not covered in the course. | from the lecture material to the | Assignment | was way too much. In order | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The jump from the lecture material to the assignments was way too much. In order to complete the assignments, one needs to spend lots of time learning things not covered in the course. | much. In order to complete the | Assignment | one needs to spend lots of | Negative | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | For an introductory course with no prerequisites, the assignments should cover material that has been introduced in lectures. Non-introductory and advanced courses in R can require students to look outside of lectures for completing relatively complex problems. | introductory course with no prerequisites, the | Assignment | should cover material that has been | Negative | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course lecture was ok, Swirl was pretty good. The assignment was confusing and the instructions were not very clear. | ok, Swirl was pretty good. The | Assignment | was confusing and the instructions were | Negative | 0.97 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is a very nice introduction to R. I would advise to complete the swirl assignments as they provide good practice to memorise the commands. Sometimes it feels like swirl use a lot of positive reenforcement to the point of getting the impression of being trained like a dog. Still I felt a great sense of accomplishment completing the course. | would advise to complete the swirl | Assignment | as they provide good practice to | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments were difficult but would have been easy had I first been exposed to the material in later courses. Not sure why the specialization is structured that way. I'll definitely revisit my code for these assignments. | | Assignment | were difficult but would have been | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments were difficult but would have been easy had I first been exposed to the material in later courses. Not sure why the specialization is structured that way. I'll definitely revisit my code for these assignments. | definitely revisit my code for these | Assignment | | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is an excellent introduction to the R programming language. I enjoyed taking the course and look forward to applying what I have learned. The lectures are very well done and the assignments, especially those in swirl are excellent for applied learning. | are very well done and the | Assignment | especially those in swirl are excellent | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course fully meets my expectations. It provides a concise starting point and even manages to introduce advanced concepts such as the 'apply' family. The final assignment is fully appropriate. | as the 'apply' family. The final | Assignment | is fully appropriate. | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It's okay, the explanations are mediocre as well as the assignments. | are mediocre as well as the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a large gap between the assignments and lectures. | is a large gap between the | Assignment | and lectures. | Positive | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It would be better if it was more interactive. The videos aren't very helpful for a beginner programmer, and the assignments are pretty challenging. I still feel like I learned something though, but mostly from swirl which is a pretty cool thing! | for a beginner programmer, and the | Assignment | are pretty challenging. I still feel | Positive | 0.65 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Not a class for the beginning programmer. The lectures do not line up with the assignments, and if you don't have programming experience, you could easily spend 10-20 hours/week figuring out how to finish the assignments. | do not line up with the | Assignment | and if you don't have programming | Negative | 0.75 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Not a class for the beginning programmer. The lectures do not line up with the assignments, and if you don't have programming experience, you could easily spend 10-20 hours/week figuring out how to finish the assignments. | figuring out how to finish the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great course to start getting your hands into R. While the lectures are OK and the Swirl exercises are great, the course falls a bit short in building you up to tackling the weekly programming assignments. I had to spend a lot of time researching on my own to complete the assignments. I don't mind that, but I could do that on my own without paying for the course. I'm paying because I want to learn R quickly without spending hours researching what could have easily been described in the lectures. A lot of times, the course mentors in the discussion forums provided the best guidance. I would have liked each programming exercise to build upon the last one, so that at the end of the course I would have a great R product to review later. As it is, each programming assignment can stand on its own. When learning to programming in a new language, I prefer small, quick victories that build upon one another to accomplish a great task. This is the reason for not giving full 5-stars. Otherwise, Dr. Peng does a good job at providing material. And, be sure to check out his podcast, Not So Standard Deviations, to remind you that even people who have been in this field for years still find some areas challenging. It gives us R beginners some mental support. | up to tackling the weekly programming | Assignment | I had to spend a lot | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great course to start getting your hands into R. While the lectures are OK and the Swirl exercises are great, the course falls a bit short in building you up to tackling the weekly programming assignments. I had to spend a lot of time researching on my own to complete the assignments. I don't mind that, but I could do that on my own without paying for the course. I'm paying because I want to learn R quickly without spending hours researching what could have easily been described in the lectures. A lot of times, the course mentors in the discussion forums provided the best guidance. I would have liked each programming exercise to build upon the last one, so that at the end of the course I would have a great R product to review later. As it is, each programming assignment can stand on its own. When learning to programming in a new language, I prefer small, quick victories that build upon one another to accomplish a great task. This is the reason for not giving full 5-stars. Otherwise, Dr. Peng does a good job at providing material. And, be sure to check out his podcast, Not So Standard Deviations, to remind you that even people who have been in this field for years still find some areas challenging. It gives us R beginners some mental support. | on my own to complete the | Assignment | I don't mind that, but I | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great course to start getting your hands into R. While the lectures are OK and the Swirl exercises are great, the course falls a bit short in building you up to tackling the weekly programming assignments. I had to spend a lot of time researching on my own to complete the assignments. I don't mind that, but I could do that on my own without paying for the course. I'm paying because I want to learn R quickly without spending hours researching what could have easily been described in the lectures. A lot of times, the course mentors in the discussion forums provided the best guidance. I would have liked each programming exercise to build upon the last one, so that at the end of the course I would have a great R product to review later. As it is, each programming assignment can stand on its own. When learning to programming in a new language, I prefer small, quick victories that build upon one another to accomplish a great task. This is the reason for not giving full 5-stars. Otherwise, Dr. Peng does a good job at providing material. And, be sure to check out his podcast, Not So Standard Deviations, to remind you that even people who have been in this field for years still find some areas challenging. It gives us R beginners some mental support. | later. As it is, each programming | Assignment | can stand on its own. When | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is a tougher class than advertised. I essentially had to clear my entire week's plans to complete the first week's assignment, which was by far the toughest. There needs to be more testing on a variety of incoming skill sets. The lectures can also benefit from a recalibration, because the lecturer speaks way too fast for newbies and speaks fastest when explaining the most complex concepts. This makes it tough to learn. | plans to complete the first week's | Assignment | which was by far the toughest. | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Only problem was the large gap between the assignments and lectures. Swirl exercises should not be optional as they are the most helpful part of the course. | was the large gap between the | Assignment | and lectures. Swirl exercises should not | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The lectures and Swirl exercises are extremely easy to understand and follow, but then the assignments are incredibly complicated and difficult. The assignments ask for techniques that aren't focused on or even covered in the lectures. The tips offered by Al Warren in the Discussion forum make the assignments possible to do. Since the tips are so critical to understanding and completing the assignments, I think Al Warren's tips should be incorporated as part of the core course. This course needs more time to be covered in depth - it's a lot of ground to cover in just one month, | understand and follow, but then the | Assignment | are incredibly complicated and difficult. The | Negative | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The lectures and Swirl exercises are extremely easy to understand and follow, but then the assignments are incredibly complicated and difficult. The assignments ask for techniques that aren't focused on or even covered in the lectures. The tips offered by Al Warren in the Discussion forum make the assignments possible to do. Since the tips are so critical to understanding and completing the assignments, I think Al Warren's tips should be incorporated as part of the core course. This course needs more time to be covered in depth - it's a lot of ground to cover in just one month, | are incredibly complicated and difficult. The | Assignment | ask for techniques that aren't focused | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The lectures and Swirl exercises are extremely easy to understand and follow, but then the assignments are incredibly complicated and difficult. The assignments ask for techniques that aren't focused on or even covered in the lectures. The tips offered by Al Warren in the Discussion forum make the assignments possible to do. Since the tips are so critical to understanding and completing the assignments, I think Al Warren's tips should be incorporated as part of the core course. This course needs more time to be covered in depth - it's a lot of ground to cover in just one month, | in the Discussion forum make the | Assignment | possible to do. Since the tips | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The lectures and Swirl exercises are extremely easy to understand and follow, but then the assignments are incredibly complicated and difficult. The assignments ask for techniques that aren't focused on or even covered in the lectures. The tips offered by Al Warren in the Discussion forum make the assignments possible to do. Since the tips are so critical to understanding and completing the assignments, I think Al Warren's tips should be incorporated as part of the core course. This course needs more time to be covered in depth - it's a lot of ground to cover in just one month, | critical to understanding and completing the | Assignment | I think Al Warren's tips should | Positive | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | great assignments. learning immensely helpful | great | Assignment | learning immensely helpful | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | If you have no programming experience in R, this is not the course for you, There is no link with the programming assignments and course slides. But a practice assignment is proposed at the beginning of the course in week 2. | is no link with the programming | Assignment | and course slides. But a practice | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | If you have no programming experience in R, this is not the course for you, There is no link with the programming assignments and course slides. But a practice assignment is proposed at the beginning of the course in week 2. | and course slides. But a practice | Assignment | is proposed at the beginning of | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I managed to complete this course, but that was because of my four years of "MOOC-level" "programming experience" and duckduckgo (~google), not because of the course material. Videos are dull readings of the pdfs, with many "ummmm"s and annoying lip-clicks. Examples are useless, explanations are often vague or even incomplete. The assignments are relatively hard in that you don't get all the necessary info from the course, sometimes even R's own manpages aren't enough. (Which is a shame, as you'd expect a course to teach you how to use the tools you will need for the assignments.) If you have no programming experience, stay away from this course! Otherwise, if you want to learn R, look for other resources, and save yourself some time and money. | often vague or even incomplete. The | Assignment | are relatively hard in that you | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I managed to complete this course, but that was because of my four years of "MOOC-level" "programming experience" and duckduckgo (~google), not because of the course material. Videos are dull readings of the pdfs, with many "ummmm"s and annoying lip-clicks. Examples are useless, explanations are often vague or even incomplete. The assignments are relatively hard in that you don't get all the necessary info from the course, sometimes even R's own manpages aren't enough. (Which is a shame, as you'd expect a course to teach you how to use the tools you will need for the assignments.) If you have no programming experience, stay away from this course! Otherwise, if you want to learn R, look for other resources, and save yourself some time and money. | tools you will need for the | Assignment | ) If you have no programming | Negative | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | the assignments have nothing to do with the presented material. Would have liked some practice of the concepts presented in the lectures as opposed to learning new things just to be able to do the assignment | the | Assignment | have nothing to do with the | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | the assignments have nothing to do with the presented material. Would have liked some practice of the concepts presented in the lectures as opposed to learning new things just to be able to do the assignment | to be able to do the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Extremely hard programming assignments for people with little or no programming background. Even though these assignments were truly challenging and difficult to complete, the course complied with some of the proposed objectives. | Extremely hard programming | Assignment | for people with little or no | Negative | 0.97 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Extremely hard programming assignments for people with little or no programming background. Even though these assignments were truly challenging and difficult to complete, the course complied with some of the proposed objectives. | no programming background. Even though these | Assignment | were truly challenging and difficult to | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | You can learn basic functions of R and do practical assignments on your own. However, the assignments are a little bit challenging, and students need to take some time to figure it out, especially for people who are not familiar with programming. | functions of R and do practical | Assignment | on your own. However, the assignments | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | You can learn basic functions of R and do practical assignments on your own. However, the assignments are a little bit challenging, and students need to take some time to figure it out, especially for people who are not familiar with programming. | assignments on your own. However, the | Assignment | are a little bit challenging, and | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There was some mismatches between what was thought in the lectures and what was tested as part of assignment. | what was tested as part of | Assignment | | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The video lectures were not on par with the, in my opinion, extremely demanding programming assignments. I'd say some knowledge of advanced coding was required in order to complete the assignments, or alternatively, lots of time to learn by yourself on google and forums, which wasn't really the point, was it. | in my opinion, extremely demanding programming | Assignment | I'd say some knowledge of advanced | Positive | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The video lectures were not on par with the, in my opinion, extremely demanding programming assignments. I'd say some knowledge of advanced coding was required in order to complete the assignments, or alternatively, lots of time to learn by yourself on google and forums, which wasn't really the point, was it. | required in order to complete the | Assignment | or alternatively, lots of time to | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Learning R is very interesting and applicable. It is something I plan to continue, but not in the specialization offered here. The main reason being that the difficulty of the assignments seemed far beyond the material presented in the lectures. It could be that relevant examples on using applicable functions to aid in completing assignments were not presented in the lectures. | being that the difficulty of the | Assignment | seemed far beyond the material presented | Positive | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Learning R is very interesting and applicable. It is something I plan to continue, but not in the specialization offered here. The main reason being that the difficulty of the assignments seemed far beyond the material presented in the lectures. It could be that relevant examples on using applicable functions to aid in completing assignments were not presented in the lectures. | applicable functions to aid in completing | Assignment | were not presented in the lectures. | Negative | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Although this course covers quite a bit of the fundamentals of R programming, you will need to use the web quite a bit in order to complete the assignments if you are not familiar with R. I could complete the assignments, but it took me a very long time, as some of the required R commands were not taught in this course (granted, if you are willing to fill in the gaps through google and the wonderful answers from all the guys and gals at StackOverflow, you can complete them, as I did). If you have no previous R experience, like me, but you can hold your own at programming,(me again) you can pass the course. If you have never coded, I think the course would be next to impossible; bear that in mind. | bit in order to complete the | Assignment | if you are not familiar with | Negative | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Although this course covers quite a bit of the fundamentals of R programming, you will need to use the web quite a bit in order to complete the assignments if you are not familiar with R. I could complete the assignments, but it took me a very long time, as some of the required R commands were not taught in this course (granted, if you are willing to fill in the gaps through google and the wonderful answers from all the guys and gals at StackOverflow, you can complete them, as I did). If you have no previous R experience, like me, but you can hold your own at programming,(me again) you can pass the course. If you have never coded, I think the course would be next to impossible; bear that in mind. | with R. I could complete the | Assignment | but it took me a very | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am really unhappy with this course. Coming to R with some background in statistics and SQL, but lacking programming experience, I assumed this would be an introduction. The material in the lectures is straightforward enough, and the swirl exercises are easy to get through and informative, but the assignments are, without exception, based on writing functions in R with basically zero experience. Having no background or frame of reference for best practices in syntax, logic, etc, and very little information in the lectures or supplementary material to help, I found these to be almost impossible to complete. Furthermore, there's no mechanism or provision in the course to review the assignments after they're submitted. So not only did I not feel like I was doing the work correctly, I can't get feedback, and the lecturer doesn't break down the rationale behind the assignment, and how he would have done it or why. In addition, the assignments bear only a tangential relationship to the lecture material. So I would be feeling good coming out of a lecture and going through swirl exercises, only to be plunged into a programming assignment that was far too advanced for the small steps I felt I had taken in my overall competence with the language and material. I don't doubt that someone with better knowledge of programming can get through this stuff, but this class should be reserved for advanced learners only, or maybe be broken up into two courses. I feel like I wasted $49. | get through and informative, but the | Assignment | are, without exception, based on writing | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am really unhappy with this course. Coming to R with some background in statistics and SQL, but lacking programming experience, I assumed this would be an introduction. The material in the lectures is straightforward enough, and the swirl exercises are easy to get through and informative, but the assignments are, without exception, based on writing functions in R with basically zero experience. Having no background or frame of reference for best practices in syntax, logic, etc, and very little information in the lectures or supplementary material to help, I found these to be almost impossible to complete. Furthermore, there's no mechanism or provision in the course to review the assignments after they're submitted. So not only did I not feel like I was doing the work correctly, I can't get feedback, and the lecturer doesn't break down the rationale behind the assignment, and how he would have done it or why. In addition, the assignments bear only a tangential relationship to the lecture material. So I would be feeling good coming out of a lecture and going through swirl exercises, only to be plunged into a programming assignment that was far too advanced for the small steps I felt I had taken in my overall competence with the language and material. I don't doubt that someone with better knowledge of programming can get through this stuff, but this class should be reserved for advanced learners only, or maybe be broken up into two courses. I feel like I wasted $49. | in the course to review the | Assignment | after they're submitted. So not only | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am really unhappy with this course. Coming to R with some background in statistics and SQL, but lacking programming experience, I assumed this would be an introduction. The material in the lectures is straightforward enough, and the swirl exercises are easy to get through and informative, but the assignments are, without exception, based on writing functions in R with basically zero experience. Having no background or frame of reference for best practices in syntax, logic, etc, and very little information in the lectures or supplementary material to help, I found these to be almost impossible to complete. Furthermore, there's no mechanism or provision in the course to review the assignments after they're submitted. So not only did I not feel like I was doing the work correctly, I can't get feedback, and the lecturer doesn't break down the rationale behind the assignment, and how he would have done it or why. In addition, the assignments bear only a tangential relationship to the lecture material. So I would be feeling good coming out of a lecture and going through swirl exercises, only to be plunged into a programming assignment that was far too advanced for the small steps I felt I had taken in my overall competence with the language and material. I don't doubt that someone with better knowledge of programming can get through this stuff, but this class should be reserved for advanced learners only, or maybe be broken up into two courses. I feel like I wasted $49. | break down the rationale behind the | Assignment | and how he would have done | Negative | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am really unhappy with this course. Coming to R with some background in statistics and SQL, but lacking programming experience, I assumed this would be an introduction. The material in the lectures is straightforward enough, and the swirl exercises are easy to get through and informative, but the assignments are, without exception, based on writing functions in R with basically zero experience. Having no background or frame of reference for best practices in syntax, logic, etc, and very little information in the lectures or supplementary material to help, I found these to be almost impossible to complete. Furthermore, there's no mechanism or provision in the course to review the assignments after they're submitted. So not only did I not feel like I was doing the work correctly, I can't get feedback, and the lecturer doesn't break down the rationale behind the assignment, and how he would have done it or why. In addition, the assignments bear only a tangential relationship to the lecture material. So I would be feeling good coming out of a lecture and going through swirl exercises, only to be plunged into a programming assignment that was far too advanced for the small steps I felt I had taken in my overall competence with the language and material. I don't doubt that someone with better knowledge of programming can get through this stuff, but this class should be reserved for advanced learners only, or maybe be broken up into two courses. I feel like I wasted $49. | it or why. In addition, the | Assignment | bear only a tangential relationship to | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am really unhappy with this course. Coming to R with some background in statistics and SQL, but lacking programming experience, I assumed this would be an introduction. The material in the lectures is straightforward enough, and the swirl exercises are easy to get through and informative, but the assignments are, without exception, based on writing functions in R with basically zero experience. Having no background or frame of reference for best practices in syntax, logic, etc, and very little information in the lectures or supplementary material to help, I found these to be almost impossible to complete. Furthermore, there's no mechanism or provision in the course to review the assignments after they're submitted. So not only did I not feel like I was doing the work correctly, I can't get feedback, and the lecturer doesn't break down the rationale behind the assignment, and how he would have done it or why. In addition, the assignments bear only a tangential relationship to the lecture material. So I would be feeling good coming out of a lecture and going through swirl exercises, only to be plunged into a programming assignment that was far too advanced for the small steps I felt I had taken in my overall competence with the language and material. I don't doubt that someone with better knowledge of programming can get through this stuff, but this class should be reserved for advanced learners only, or maybe be broken up into two courses. I feel like I wasted $49. | to be plunged into a programming | Assignment | that was far too advanced for | Negative | 0.81 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments do not correspond with video lessons. Video lessons has a lot of teorical concepts that are not usefull at all. There's a big opportunity to enhace this course. | | Assignment | do not correspond with video lessons. | Negative | 0.64 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Thought this course could've been much more effective. The content felt very random and esoteric at times. Especially the programming assignment on cached results. I get it. I'm a programmer at heart. But this is at the margin of usefulness. How about a segment on running regressions? Or doing some real data analysis? | esoteric at times. Especially the programming | Assignment | on cached results. I get it. | Positive | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Overall not a bad course. Needs some tidying up though. For example, the assignments seem to assume knowledge of functions not covered in the prior lessons. Same applies to the textbook, e.g. page 50 refers to the subset() function, but it is not actually covered. | tidying up though. For example, the | Assignment | seem to assume knowledge of functions | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The video lectures will help you to pass the quizzes, as they are primarily theory and background. The lectures will not, however, aide you in any way in completing the programming assignments. The first programming assignment is extremely difficult and very little is done in the lectures, the textbook, or in swirl to pull all of the pieces together prior to the first programming assignment/quiz. There are so many disparate concepts, that it would be nice if the instructor could at the very least, demonstrate a full analysis of some kind of tabular data in R. How to properly import the data, create the file, structure the data, and then perform some analysis. These concepts are introduced throughout the course, but never brought together in one complete project. | any way in completing the programming | Assignment | The first programming assignment is extremely | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The video lectures will help you to pass the quizzes, as they are primarily theory and background. The lectures will not, however, aide you in any way in completing the programming assignments. The first programming assignment is extremely difficult and very little is done in the lectures, the textbook, or in swirl to pull all of the pieces together prior to the first programming assignment/quiz. There are so many disparate concepts, that it would be nice if the instructor could at the very least, demonstrate a full analysis of some kind of tabular data in R. How to properly import the data, create the file, structure the data, and then perform some analysis. These concepts are introduced throughout the course, but never brought together in one complete project. | the programming assignments. The first programming | Assignment | is extremely difficult and very little | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | One problem is that the programming assignments are not much related to the corresponding lecture. | One problem is that the programming | Assignment | are not much related to the | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments can be made better. They should increase in level of difficulty , rather than making them quite tough for first time R programmers. | | Assignment | can be made better. They should | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is probably the most pedagogically inept course I have ever enrolled on. Although the content is what you would hope to find in such a course, the delivery of it is outrageously bad. When to complete your assignment, Google becomes your best friend rather than your lecture notes, you know that something is wrong. The idea that a baby thrown in the water may just learn to swim rather than drown is pedagogically retarded. Unfortunately, this seems to be the approach here... | outrageously bad. When to complete your | Assignment | Google becomes your best friend rather | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | very useful. great programming assignments | very useful. great programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I must confess that this course is difficult for who is beginning programming with R, the assignments require a lot of work and they are very involved. Nevertheless, I´m extremely satisfied. The book and the lectures are very good and the quizes and exercises forces you to really understand what you are doing or you cannot pass...it is what I really wanted! Thank you Coursera and special thanks to the instructor for his great work! | is beginning programming with R, the | Assignment | require a lot of work and | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Not for new programmers. The lecture material is also not logically organized and does not correspond to the assignments. | and does not correspond to the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The difficulty of the assignments increases fairly dramatically week over week. It might be more productive to scale this content more gently by dividing it into a two-part course? | The difficulty of the | Assignment | increases fairly dramatically week over week. | Positive | 0.98 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Some disconnects between assignments and lectures but you'll find that in a lot of classroom settings. Otherwise fantastic content about the basics of R Programming and the environment thereof. | Some disconnects between | Assignment | and lectures but you'll find that | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignment is a bit too hard for entry level students, especially if we have to complete it in a week considering some students might be full time employees or students. However, assignment is very good for practice. Might consider adding more contents to let students learn more about build their own functions. | | Assignment | is a bit too hard for | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignment is a bit too hard for entry level students, especially if we have to complete it in a week considering some students might be full time employees or students. However, assignment is very good for practice. Might consider adding more contents to let students learn more about build their own functions. | full time employees or students. However, | Assignment | is very good for practice. Might | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is not at all beginner friendly, really hard to follow the assignments and the lectures if you do not have a programming or R background. | friendly, really hard to follow the | Assignment | and the lectures if you do | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great introduction to R programming with some of the assignments proving challenging, but all achievable. | R programming with some of the | Assignment | proving challenging, but all achievable. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Week 2 is an unreasonably difficult jump from Week 1. This course's beginner friendly lectures do not align with the level of understanding needed to complete the assignments. | of understanding needed to complete the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Awesome! It's a well-designed course for a beginner. The quizes and assignments ensured that I took an effort to browse and learn a couple of concepts in depth. Swirl exercises gave me a better understanding of what I've learnt from the vedio lectures. All in all, at the end of one month, you'll know all quick and dirty tricks to deal with huge datasets. Thank you! | for a beginner. The quizes and | Assignment | ensured that I took an effort | Negative | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | 1) This course is NOT for beginners in R programming. Huge gap between lectures and assignments. Swirl lessons are cool, but anyway they don't explain enough. 2) I understand that studying is not always a joy, but lectures of this course are boring. First, slides come with brief comments of instructor. And second, it seems like the instructor speaks with no preparation as there are a lot of stammers, tongue slips, "sort of", "kind of" etc. It annoys a lot... | programming. Huge gap between lectures and | Assignment | Swirl lessons are cool, but anyway | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Huge gap between theory and programming assignments, however quizzes are interesting and require some time to complete. | Huge gap between theory and programming | Assignment | however quizzes are interesting and require | Positive | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It is a very well organised course. I really like the swirl assignment programming assignments. It for doing exercise and learning at the same time. I am very much impressed and learning a lot. | course. I really like the swirl | Assignment | programming assignments. It for doing exercise | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It is a very well organised course. I really like the swirl assignment programming assignments. It for doing exercise and learning at the same time. I am very much impressed and learning a lot. | really like the swirl assignment programming | Assignment | It for doing exercise and learning | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments not always in line with lecture. Material is above beginner level. | | Assignment | not always in line with lecture. | Positive | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I wanted to love this course so bad but unfortunately I couldn't. There was a great distance from what was taught in the lectures and what was asked for you to do in the assignments... and It's not a matter of knowing how to program. I know Ruby and Python but R is a very peculiar language itself. Perhaps they should invest more on gradual exercises like the one they advised to do on github or some easy statistical exercises... Now I don't know if I should take the next module or if I should look for something out of here where I can learn R. I see potential on this course. | for you to do in the | Assignment | . . and It's not a | Positive | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I have some programming experience, but I often could not understand the questions being asked in the programming assignments. Not because of my skill level, but the lack of clarity in the directions. I felt that I learned a lot while taking this course because it held me accountable, but the course design could be much smoother. | questions being asked in the programming | Assignment | Not because of my skill level, | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course progressed very rapidly. Only the basics of R programming were covered in the videos, but then the assignments were SUPER hard! | in the videos, but then the | Assignment | were SUPER hard! | Negative | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Only the most basic of instructions for R, which are bland and easily read in the documentation or other free resources. There are very few best practices or real examples to use anything found within. The quizzes and assignments do not match the lecture material and are contrived. Not worth the money! | anything found within. The quizzes and | Assignment | do not match the lecture material | Negative | 0.75 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Last assignment was pretty rough because there appears to be a lot of functions required that weren't covered in class but maybe it got lost in the amount of information thrown at you in the short time. Or perhaps researching how to use new functions is part of the point. Great class and learned a ton!! | Last | Assignment | was pretty rough because there appears | Negative | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is very helpful to learn R, swirl videos explain clearly all the technical skill. Assignments are very good to push my skill. | explain clearly all the technical skill. | Assignment | are very good to push my | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments don't always align to the course content.... In terms of usefulness and coverage of this course, this really is just the basics of R. | | Assignment | don't always align to the course | Negative | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It's good introduction, but the assignment are rather poor. Not worth paying for it | It's good introduction, but the | Assignment | are rather poor. Not worth paying | Negative | 0.97 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The syllabus is great! And programming assignments even better. | The syllabus is great! And programming | Assignment | even better. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The assignments were fantastic. Very challenging. | The | Assignment | were fantastic. Very challenging. | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great courses design, assignments are much harder than things taught in video. The swirl lesson, though not required, is quite helpful. | Great courses design, | Assignment | are much harder than things taught | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am experienced in C++/C etc and some 50% of the videos i had to rewind. The assignments are really good though | videos i had to rewind. The | Assignment | are really good though | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Thanks to Coursera and Prof. Roger D. Peng for offering such a wonderful course on R Programming. Before the start of this session, my knowledge of R Programming is NIL. After attending the session, I'm confident that I could program in R and level of my knowledge is more than that of fresher. Thanks for the well designed course on R. The Quizzes and Assignments are good and helped me test my understanding. These helped me improve my confidence level as well. I appreciate Professors special video session before difficult assignment. Just following these sessions closely, I could complete the assignment to my satisfaction and have confidence to attempt and complete. I completed this course in the old format. Do I need to repeat it in the new format ? The Discussion Forums are amazingly helpful in sharing subject knowledge and making the learning Fun. Getting help from some corner of the world and getting thanks from some other corner of the world makes this learning truly Universal and great Fun. Thanks again to Coursera and Prof. Roger D. Peng. Wishing Coursera and my Professors all the best and Success always. Best Wishes, S. Ramalakshmanan | course on R. The Quizzes and | Assignment | are good and helped me test | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Thanks to Coursera and Prof. Roger D. Peng for offering such a wonderful course on R Programming. Before the start of this session, my knowledge of R Programming is NIL. After attending the session, I'm confident that I could program in R and level of my knowledge is more than that of fresher. Thanks for the well designed course on R. The Quizzes and Assignments are good and helped me test my understanding. These helped me improve my confidence level as well. I appreciate Professors special video session before difficult assignment. Just following these sessions closely, I could complete the assignment to my satisfaction and have confidence to attempt and complete. I completed this course in the old format. Do I need to repeat it in the new format ? The Discussion Forums are amazingly helpful in sharing subject knowledge and making the learning Fun. Getting help from some corner of the world and getting thanks from some other corner of the world makes this learning truly Universal and great Fun. Thanks again to Coursera and Prof. Roger D. Peng. Wishing Coursera and my Professors all the best and Success always. Best Wishes, S. Ramalakshmanan | Professors special video session before difficult | Assignment | Just following these sessions closely, I | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Thanks to Coursera and Prof. Roger D. Peng for offering such a wonderful course on R Programming. Before the start of this session, my knowledge of R Programming is NIL. After attending the session, I'm confident that I could program in R and level of my knowledge is more than that of fresher. Thanks for the well designed course on R. The Quizzes and Assignments are good and helped me test my understanding. These helped me improve my confidence level as well. I appreciate Professors special video session before difficult assignment. Just following these sessions closely, I could complete the assignment to my satisfaction and have confidence to attempt and complete. I completed this course in the old format. Do I need to repeat it in the new format ? The Discussion Forums are amazingly helpful in sharing subject knowledge and making the learning Fun. Getting help from some corner of the world and getting thanks from some other corner of the world makes this learning truly Universal and great Fun. Thanks again to Coursera and Prof. Roger D. Peng. Wishing Coursera and my Professors all the best and Success always. Best Wishes, S. Ramalakshmanan | sessions closely, I could complete the | Assignment | to my satisfaction and have confidence | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very clear instructions and with great assignments to make you thoroughly understand the materials through practice. | Very clear instructions and with great | Assignment | to make you thoroughly understand the | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Lectures and the homework are not quite relevant. The instructor explains so little on programming, but the assignment are tough. | so little on programming, but the | Assignment | are tough. | Negative | 0.79 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Too short, too simple, too theoretic. I found of little interest the slides, partially interesting the swirl exercise, interesting the programming assignment. I would like to have a longer course with more practical examples. | the swirl exercise, interesting the programming | Assignment | I would like to have a | Negative | 0.69 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is great, but the assignments are harder than I expected, it seems that there are not enough connections between assignments and lectures. | This course is great, but the | Assignment | are harder than I expected, it | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is great, but the assignments are harder than I expected, it seems that there are not enough connections between assignments and lectures. | there are not enough connections between | Assignment | and lectures. | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent introduction to R. I really liked the "swirl" interactive portion of the course. The coding assignments were very good also. | portion of the course. The coding | Assignment | were very good also. | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This was a good introduction to R programming. The assignments were very challenging, and it didn't always seem like the lessons properly prepared you for them, but I guess they just required some "hacking" skills (the initiative to find your own answers, on Google, StackOverflow, etc.). The step-by-step optional Swirl R assignments were very useful. | good introduction to R programming. The | Assignment | were very challenging, and it didn't | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This was a good introduction to R programming. The assignments were very challenging, and it didn't always seem like the lessons properly prepared you for them, but I guess they just required some "hacking" skills (the initiative to find your own answers, on Google, StackOverflow, etc.). The step-by-step optional Swirl R assignments were very useful. | ). The step-by-step optional Swirl R | Assignment | were very useful. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Good course overall but assignments have too little guidance in how they should be completed and can its easier to use material from future lessons to solve the problems | Good course overall but | Assignment | have too little guidance in how | Negative | 0.73 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Very disjointed and no clear progression. While it teaches the basic syntactic rules well enough, the functionality of R is explored in an ad hoc manner where the assignments have little to no relation to the week's lecture. | an ad hoc manner where the | Assignment | have little to no relation to | Negative | 0.95 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course takes more time and is more informative than the Toolbox course. The material in the videos is quite more basic than the material in the quizzes and assignments, but that should be expected. The only improvement I would suggest is to give lecture material on the deeper concepts involved in the assignments. | the material in the quizzes and | Assignment | but that should be expected. The | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course takes more time and is more informative than the Toolbox course. The material in the videos is quite more basic than the material in the quizzes and assignments, but that should be expected. The only improvement I would suggest is to give lecture material on the deeper concepts involved in the assignments. | the deeper concepts involved in the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I hope I can get more instructions on the assignment. | can get more instructions on the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The programming assignments are a great way to get your hands dirty with R, but this is not a course for someone without any prior programming experience, and I found the lectures didn't have much connection with the assignments. | The programming | Assignment | are a great way to get | Positive | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The programming assignments are a great way to get your hands dirty with R, but this is not a course for someone without any prior programming experience, and I found the lectures didn't have much connection with the assignments. | didn't have much connection with the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course should have more assignments of R Programming. Remaining are good. | This course should have more | Assignment | of R Programming. Remaining are good. | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great introduction to R syntax for someone experienced with Python and Pandas. I was able to start coding in R for my job even before completing this course. My only quibble is with assignment 2. I thought it was of limited value and would have preferred the assignment offer more exposure to the apply functions. | course. My only quibble is with | Assignment | 2. I thought it was of | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great introduction to R syntax for someone experienced with Python and Pandas. I was able to start coding in R for my job even before completing this course. My only quibble is with assignment 2. I thought it was of limited value and would have preferred the assignment offer more exposure to the apply functions. | value and would have preferred the | Assignment | offer more exposure to the apply | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Good introduction to R. Without my programming background, I think this course would be more difficult. For example, when I think I should use a switch statement in an assignment, I already know what a switch is, I just need to search online to learn how to do it in R. At the same time, speaking as someone who's worked in software engineering, a lot of any programming job is not about being taught everything but being taught enough to then go out, search online, and find out what you need to get the job done. | use a switch statement in an | Assignment | I already know what a switch | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | You can't do assignments using the lecture materials. Need A LOT of time to finish this course. | You can't do | Assignment | using the lecture materials. Need A | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The Course is not easy for someone who is new to programming languages, I myself with 2 years of programming knowledge with other languages I found it difficult to understand, the only thing I liked about this course was swirl training it was pretty easy, fun, and clear. Assignment was too hard and the descriptions are not that clear specially assignment 3 | was pretty easy, fun, and clear. | Assignment | was too hard and the descriptions | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The Course is not easy for someone who is new to programming languages, I myself with 2 years of programming knowledge with other languages I found it difficult to understand, the only thing I liked about this course was swirl training it was pretty easy, fun, and clear. Assignment was too hard and the descriptions are not that clear specially assignment 3 | descriptions are not that clear specially | Assignment | 3 | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The connection between lectures and assignments needs to be improved. | The connection between lectures and | Assignment | needs to be improved. | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The assignments are highly dissociated from the course material. Also once the due date has passed sharing the best solution would help so as to give insights on what could have been done better. | The | Assignment | are highly dissociated from the course | Positive | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Pro: The course covers a lot of information and the necessary reference material to do the assignments Cons: 1) This is definitely NOT a beginners course with no background with R. The assignments cover/test things that are not covered in class. Please don't advertise this to be a "no experience required" class. 2) The code that is presented in the lessons is overwhelming (read: daunting) to someone like me (with no experience). So it doesn't help when the instructor talks through the code. Please look at datacamp tutorials - If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have passed this class. | necessary reference material to do the | Assignment | Cons: 1) This is definitely NOT | Positive | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Pro: The course covers a lot of information and the necessary reference material to do the assignments Cons: 1) This is definitely NOT a beginners course with no background with R. The assignments cover/test things that are not covered in class. Please don't advertise this to be a "no experience required" class. 2) The code that is presented in the lessons is overwhelming (read: daunting) to someone like me (with no experience). So it doesn't help when the instructor talks through the code. Please look at datacamp tutorials - If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have passed this class. | with no background with R. The | Assignment | cover/test things that are not covered | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The lectures are clear and exhaustive. Assignments and quizzes perfectly compliment the content and aptly test the learning. Definitely recommended to anyone who wants to learn. | The lectures are clear and exhaustive. | Assignment | and quizzes perfectly compliment the content | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent introductory discussions in the videos. The in-R Swirl tutorial is superb - a great way to force you to type out the basic concepts. Assignments are challenging as they leave a little ambiguity, making you get familiar with the help system and online searches. This course isn't the fastest way to get an overview of R, but it's a great way to get a little more than an overview, including some practical experience, if you're willing to put in a little time and work through some bumps. | to type out the basic concepts. | Assignment | are challenging as they leave a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | i generally think the course needs a lot of improvement as after week 1 the assignments and quizzes don't seem to relate to the course content. we are at very different levels so a more gentle easing and explanation of ideas is necessary other than this apparent quantum leap from one stage to the next. i have had to do a different course else where and i am getting the sort of good introduction into the R language, its not practical to expect everyone to understand the ideas in 4 weeks.programming is hard enough as it is. | improvement as after week 1 the | Assignment | and quizzes don't seem to relate | Negative | 0.94 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The content is superbly designer for a beginner. The Swirl assignments need to make compulsory. Infact they contributed more to the learning process. More Swirl contents will make the course richer. | designer for a beginner. The Swirl | Assignment | need to make compulsory. Infact they | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | While this course advances at a fast pace, and Week 1 fits the needs of beginners, Week 2 is intermediate. It took me 9 months to be able to complete Week 2's assignments! Still, the course is quite good as a measure of progress for beginner-intermediate R programmers, and it helped me a lot in my way to Data Science. I'm sure coming back to pay for the whole certification. | be able to complete Week 2's | Assignment | Still, the course is quite good | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | If you are a beginner, this course's assignments will be quite difficult to solve but not impossible. Nevertheless, the course will give you the incentive to try and learn on your own, with the help of Rforums, the Coursera discussions, Google etc. I would appreciate it if some things would be explained in more detail. A beginner most definitely needs more time to spend on the course than the hours estimated. | you are a beginner, this course's | Assignment | will be quite difficult to solve | Positive | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is a challenging course because there is a marked gap between the video lectures and the weekly assignments. This course will be far more demanding of your time and willingness to fail that the Data Scientist's Toolbox. If you have the time and resilience to search out support materials and frequently peruse the Discussion threads, you will be able to find what you need. My peers with programming experience confirmed that there is too wide a gap between the content delivered in the video lectures and the demands of the coding assignments. If you decide to take this course, be sure to do the swirl exercises so you get a feel of how the R functions work. When you grade your peers' work, you might notice that more than a few decided to plagiarize code from others. The videos need to be redone. Effective instructors know that students learn by seeing examples, not by listening to broad descriptions of what a function can do. | the video lectures and the weekly | Assignment | This course will be far more | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This is a challenging course because there is a marked gap between the video lectures and the weekly assignments. This course will be far more demanding of your time and willingness to fail that the Data Scientist's Toolbox. If you have the time and resilience to search out support materials and frequently peruse the Discussion threads, you will be able to find what you need. My peers with programming experience confirmed that there is too wide a gap between the content delivered in the video lectures and the demands of the coding assignments. If you decide to take this course, be sure to do the swirl exercises so you get a feel of how the R functions work. When you grade your peers' work, you might notice that more than a few decided to plagiarize code from others. The videos need to be redone. Effective instructors know that students learn by seeing examples, not by listening to broad descriptions of what a function can do. | and the demands of the coding | Assignment | If you decide to take this | Positive | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It was a decent introduction to R programming IF you already have some programming experience. I would never recommend this as a first programming experience to a novice programmer. That would be like throwing someone who has never swam in the Atlantic without a life boat! That said, if you have some programming knowledge to begin with, the Week 2 and Week 4 programming assignments were good. Week 3 was disjointed; it had NOTHING to do with the lectures from that week. I found the Week 3 programming assignment to be tor easy and, frankly, not very valuable as a learning tool. | Week 2 and Week 4 programming | Assignment | were good. Week 3 was disjointed; | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | It was a decent introduction to R programming IF you already have some programming experience. I would never recommend this as a first programming experience to a novice programmer. That would be like throwing someone who has never swam in the Atlantic without a life boat! That said, if you have some programming knowledge to begin with, the Week 2 and Week 4 programming assignments were good. Week 3 was disjointed; it had NOTHING to do with the lectures from that week. I found the Week 3 programming assignment to be tor easy and, frankly, not very valuable as a learning tool. | I found the Week 3 programming | Assignment | to be tor easy and, frankly, | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course helps to become good in learning fundamentals of R Programming language. The assignments were challenging and helped me learn a lot | fundamentals of R Programming language. The | Assignment | were challenging and helped me learn | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I found the jump in difficulty for the first assignment too great. This seems to be a view reflected elsewhere. | jump in difficulty for the first | Assignment | too great. This seems to be | Positive | 0.66 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I think the video is much easier than the quizzes and assignments. There is a big gap between the weekly video and the quizzes. | much easier than the quizzes and | Assignment | There is a big gap between | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This was truly a challenging course if you're unfamiliar with scripts...in addition the course moves at a moderately fast pace but assignments are doable. Do the r (swirl) assignments. | at a moderately fast pace but | Assignment | are doable. Do the r (swirl) | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This was truly a challenging course if you're unfamiliar with scripts...in addition the course moves at a moderately fast pace but assignments are doable. Do the r (swirl) assignments. | are doable. Do the r (swirl) | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course is excellent and cover many tasks that usually you perform with R. However, on my opinion assignments are not really focused on the topic of the classes, they are not really explained and above the grade of the classes. | with R. However, on my opinion | Assignment | are not really focused on the | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | A very interactive beginner's course. Enjoyed the programming assignments thoroughly. Best Regard to the Team. Abhishek | interactive beginner's course. Enjoyed the programming | Assignment | thoroughly. Best Regard to the Team. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Don't take this course unless you have a programming background. Week 2 has a programming assignment that is way to advanced for students without any programming knowledge. This assignment deals with functions, where the code is complicated. What's unfortunate is that you have to finish ever assignment, including this impossible assignment (for beginners) to get recognition for the course. I spent most of my time researching other sources for information because the lectures, and the supplemental information given on a different site, by the instructor (which indicate knowledge that the lectures are insufficient) give trivial examples when the programming assignments are anything but. This course needs some serious adjustments, either with the prerequisites needed for success in this course, or with the material within the assignments themselves. | background. Week 2 has a programming | Assignment | that is way to advanced for | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Don't take this course unless you have a programming background. Week 2 has a programming assignment that is way to advanced for students without any programming knowledge. This assignment deals with functions, where the code is complicated. What's unfortunate is that you have to finish ever assignment, including this impossible assignment (for beginners) to get recognition for the course. I spent most of my time researching other sources for information because the lectures, and the supplemental information given on a different site, by the instructor (which indicate knowledge that the lectures are insufficient) give trivial examples when the programming assignments are anything but. This course needs some serious adjustments, either with the prerequisites needed for success in this course, or with the material within the assignments themselves. | students without any programming knowledge. This | Assignment | deals with functions, where the code | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Don't take this course unless you have a programming background. Week 2 has a programming assignment that is way to advanced for students without any programming knowledge. This assignment deals with functions, where the code is complicated. What's unfortunate is that you have to finish ever assignment, including this impossible assignment (for beginners) to get recognition for the course. I spent most of my time researching other sources for information because the lectures, and the supplemental information given on a different site, by the instructor (which indicate knowledge that the lectures are insufficient) give trivial examples when the programming assignments are anything but. This course needs some serious adjustments, either with the prerequisites needed for success in this course, or with the material within the assignments themselves. | that you have to finish ever | Assignment | including this impossible assignment (for beginners) | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Don't take this course unless you have a programming background. Week 2 has a programming assignment that is way to advanced for students without any programming knowledge. This assignment deals with functions, where the code is complicated. What's unfortunate is that you have to finish ever assignment, including this impossible assignment (for beginners) to get recognition for the course. I spent most of my time researching other sources for information because the lectures, and the supplemental information given on a different site, by the instructor (which indicate knowledge that the lectures are insufficient) give trivial examples when the programming assignments are anything but. This course needs some serious adjustments, either with the prerequisites needed for success in this course, or with the material within the assignments themselves. | finish ever assignment, including this impossible | Assignment | (for beginners) to get recognition for | Positive | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Don't take this course unless you have a programming background. Week 2 has a programming assignment that is way to advanced for students without any programming knowledge. This assignment deals with functions, where the code is complicated. What's unfortunate is that you have to finish ever assignment, including this impossible assignment (for beginners) to get recognition for the course. I spent most of my time researching other sources for information because the lectures, and the supplemental information given on a different site, by the instructor (which indicate knowledge that the lectures are insufficient) give trivial examples when the programming assignments are anything but. This course needs some serious adjustments, either with the prerequisites needed for success in this course, or with the material within the assignments themselves. | give trivial examples when the programming | Assignment | are anything but. This course needs | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Don't take this course unless you have a programming background. Week 2 has a programming assignment that is way to advanced for students without any programming knowledge. This assignment deals with functions, where the code is complicated. What's unfortunate is that you have to finish ever assignment, including this impossible assignment (for beginners) to get recognition for the course. I spent most of my time researching other sources for information because the lectures, and the supplemental information given on a different site, by the instructor (which indicate knowledge that the lectures are insufficient) give trivial examples when the programming assignments are anything but. This course needs some serious adjustments, either with the prerequisites needed for success in this course, or with the material within the assignments themselves. | or with the material within the | Assignment | themselves. | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I really enjoyed learning R and stepping up the skills for using R. I really appreciate this great opportunity to learn exquisite classes for free at home. I do think this is as amazing as the Industrial Revolution. It is the Educational Revolution! BUT it seems errors occur (in some assignments), and I feel the level of classes is getting higher/tougher suddenly. I feel overwhelmed and challenged from assignments in week 3. &YOU GUYS TALK TOO FAST. (well, it surprisingly didn't affect to my understanding though). PLEASE! like myself, there are many many ESL students taking this course. I really don't think my English is poor (trust me, my undergraduate major is English lit and i wrote my final thesis for master's degree in ENGLISH as an ESL) but sometimes doing assignments and understanding lectures were challenging... Maybe that's because it takes time to get used to all the technical terms that has nothing to do with my major or career so far. But I think, not just JHU, but all the good universities providing courses need to consider ESL students who wanna learn more and pursue their dreams. Also it will be really great there are more ways to earn some degrees and more support for using the knowledge and skills I learned here for my career. (with reasonable price!) Thank you for the wonderful course, JHU! Hope I can go to JHU in US someday. | it seems errors occur (in some | Assignment | and I feel the level of | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I really enjoyed learning R and stepping up the skills for using R. I really appreciate this great opportunity to learn exquisite classes for free at home. I do think this is as amazing as the Industrial Revolution. It is the Educational Revolution! BUT it seems errors occur (in some assignments), and I feel the level of classes is getting higher/tougher suddenly. I feel overwhelmed and challenged from assignments in week 3. &YOU GUYS TALK TOO FAST. (well, it surprisingly didn't affect to my understanding though). PLEASE! like myself, there are many many ESL students taking this course. I really don't think my English is poor (trust me, my undergraduate major is English lit and i wrote my final thesis for master's degree in ENGLISH as an ESL) but sometimes doing assignments and understanding lectures were challenging... Maybe that's because it takes time to get used to all the technical terms that has nothing to do with my major or career so far. But I think, not just JHU, but all the good universities providing courses need to consider ESL students who wanna learn more and pursue their dreams. Also it will be really great there are more ways to earn some degrees and more support for using the knowledge and skills I learned here for my career. (with reasonable price!) Thank you for the wonderful course, JHU! Hope I can go to JHU in US someday. | I feel overwhelmed and challenged from | Assignment | in week 3. &YOU GUYS TALK | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I really enjoyed learning R and stepping up the skills for using R. I really appreciate this great opportunity to learn exquisite classes for free at home. I do think this is as amazing as the Industrial Revolution. It is the Educational Revolution! BUT it seems errors occur (in some assignments), and I feel the level of classes is getting higher/tougher suddenly. I feel overwhelmed and challenged from assignments in week 3. &YOU GUYS TALK TOO FAST. (well, it surprisingly didn't affect to my understanding though). PLEASE! like myself, there are many many ESL students taking this course. I really don't think my English is poor (trust me, my undergraduate major is English lit and i wrote my final thesis for master's degree in ENGLISH as an ESL) but sometimes doing assignments and understanding lectures were challenging... Maybe that's because it takes time to get used to all the technical terms that has nothing to do with my major or career so far. But I think, not just JHU, but all the good universities providing courses need to consider ESL students who wanna learn more and pursue their dreams. Also it will be really great there are more ways to earn some degrees and more support for using the knowledge and skills I learned here for my career. (with reasonable price!) Thank you for the wonderful course, JHU! Hope I can go to JHU in US someday. | as an ESL) but sometimes doing | Assignment | and understanding lectures were challenging. . | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great course really helpful. But only 4 stars, because I wasn't really prepared for the 2nd Assignment (Lexical Scoping), based on the lectures, and the cache assignment operator wasn't well explained. | wasn't really prepared for the 2nd | Assignment | (Lexical Scoping), based on the lectures, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great course really helpful. But only 4 stars, because I wasn't really prepared for the 2nd Assignment (Lexical Scoping), based on the lectures, and the cache assignment operator wasn't well explained. | on the lectures, and the cache | Assignment | operator wasn't well explained. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am very frustrated by the disconnect between the lectures and programming assignment in this course. The lectures are very basic, but that makes sense for an intro-type course. The programming assignments, however, have very little connection to the lectures. I have some experience using software with command-based interface (including R) for statistical analysis, and I am relatively good at searching and finding information independently, but this course was way too hard even for me. I might revisit programming assignments again once I have more time and more experience with the application, just for the sake of completing the course, but I kind of find it silly that I need experience with R to pass the course intended for people with little to no experience with R. | disconnect between the lectures and programming | Assignment | in this course. The lectures are | Positive | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am very frustrated by the disconnect between the lectures and programming assignment in this course. The lectures are very basic, but that makes sense for an intro-type course. The programming assignments, however, have very little connection to the lectures. I have some experience using software with command-based interface (including R) for statistical analysis, and I am relatively good at searching and finding information independently, but this course was way too hard even for me. I might revisit programming assignments again once I have more time and more experience with the application, just for the sake of completing the course, but I kind of find it silly that I need experience with R to pass the course intended for people with little to no experience with R. | for an intro-type course. The programming | Assignment | however, have very little connection to | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am very frustrated by the disconnect between the lectures and programming assignment in this course. The lectures are very basic, but that makes sense for an intro-type course. The programming assignments, however, have very little connection to the lectures. I have some experience using software with command-based interface (including R) for statistical analysis, and I am relatively good at searching and finding information independently, but this course was way too hard even for me. I might revisit programming assignments again once I have more time and more experience with the application, just for the sake of completing the course, but I kind of find it silly that I need experience with R to pass the course intended for people with little to no experience with R. | for me. I might revisit programming | Assignment | again once I have more time | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Wonderful course! I had never programmed in R before and this gave me all of the foundational tools I needed. It gives you just the right amount of hand-holding while also requiring you to think critically about what you've learned and what you need to use to accomplish the assignments. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning R. Also, the "Swirl" library that was used for basic R exercises was fantastic. | need to use to accomplish the | Assignment | I highly recommend this course to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The gap between the lecture materials and programming assignment is enormous. So much of lecture seem to be on the history and theoretical of R programming that it completely fails to cover the material needed to actually completed the programming assignments. Incredibly disappointing! | between the lecture materials and programming | Assignment | is enormous. So much of lecture | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The gap between the lecture materials and programming assignment is enormous. So much of lecture seem to be on the history and theoretical of R programming that it completely fails to cover the material needed to actually completed the programming assignments. Incredibly disappointing! | needed to actually completed the programming | Assignment | Incredibly disappointing! | Negative | 0.94 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | They don't give enough inputs and instructions to complete the assignments, unless they could offer addicional material. | inputs and instructions to complete the | Assignment | unless they could offer addicional material. | Negative | 0.96 | 1.0 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I was really hoping to complete the data science specialization, but I have found the first couple of courses to be not very cohesive. This course in particular was ok, but lectures and application (projects and assignments) had such a wide gap between them I found that I was mostly teaching myself... | but lectures and application (projects and | Assignment | had such a wide gap between | Positive | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | This did not grab my attention like I thought it would. I did not finish the course, but the assignments were entirely too pointless for me to take seriously enough to continue. I very much enjoyed the idea of studying positive Psychology, but after a few class I realized it was very much common sense. | not finish the course, but the | Assignment | were entirely too pointless for me | Negative | 0.95 | 3.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Very thought provoking course with many real life implications and even put-into-practice course assignments. Something everyone should take the time to learn a little about. | life implications and even put-into-practice course | Assignment | Something everyone should take the time | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | I found the presentation of the topic very convincing: I'll try to foster micro-moments of positivity resonance in the future and I am fully convinced that this will have a significant positive impact on my life. The videos were good: not too long and each making a point. I'm not a big fan of the round table format, but I admit it was appropriate for the topic. The only aspect where I see room for improvement is the type of assignments: the quiz was part of the course but the weekly exercise was not. It is maybe worthwhile to create some little assignments with a peer-review, to foster a deeper investment of the participants into the course. | for improvement is the type of | Assignment | the quiz was part of the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | I found the presentation of the topic very convincing: I'll try to foster micro-moments of positivity resonance in the future and I am fully convinced that this will have a significant positive impact on my life. The videos were good: not too long and each making a point. I'm not a big fan of the round table format, but I admit it was appropriate for the topic. The only aspect where I see room for improvement is the type of assignments: the quiz was part of the course but the weekly exercise was not. It is maybe worthwhile to create some little assignments with a peer-review, to foster a deeper investment of the participants into the course. | maybe worthwhile to create some little | Assignment | with a peer-review, to foster a | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Thank for this course. I really liked the lectures, materials and the assignments. This course is helping me think, act and feel positive. I am working on increasing my positivitiy ratio. Thank you again! | liked the lectures, materials and the | Assignment | This course is helping me think, | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | The course is very interative and engaging! The scientific perspective is extremely interesting and what you will learn there will be applicable to your life. I love that there are weekly practical assignment that allow you to experience what you have learnt this week. I would love if there was a level 2 or follow up class!! Strongly recommended. | love that there are weekly practical | Assignment | that allow you to experience what | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | I feel that the same monotone group of people, talking in a drab setting, was so monotonous it was difficult to keep focused on the lesson at hand. I know education is not supposed to be all zip, pow, bang, woah, and such, and I am not suggesting that it should be, but a little break from the drone tempo would be a nice addition. Other than that the course was on par and enjoyable. I liked the self meditative assignments most. | enjoyable. I liked the self meditative | Assignment | most. | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Covers basics well. The video lectures are easy and simple to understand. Liked the assignments and they covered the learned content well. | and simple to understand. Liked the | Assignment | and they covered the learned content | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Great course overall. Excellent, well compiled set of lectures and assignments. | well compiled set of lectures and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Grate course, really interesting and useful especially Algorithms. Assignments are organized very smart way it really motivates to go deeper. Thanks University of California San Diego for creating this course on coursera.org and make it available for online study! | really interesting and useful especially Algorithms. | Assignment | are organized very smart way it | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Excellent Course. This includes useful Data Structures. The Programming assignments are helpful. The instructors have done well to explain the concepts clearly. | includes useful Data Structures. The Programming | Assignment | are helpful. The instructors have done | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | It was really a very good course, you can learn many data structures and its implementations along with programing assignments and quizes which are quite challenging. The idea of concept challenge was awesome. You could learn performing efficiency of the algorithms, benchmarking, linked lists trees hashmaps and other data structures. | and its implementations along with programing | Assignment | and quizes which are quite challenging. | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | I really liked this. Learnt a lot in java. Would have been a 5 start had it included some more optional assignments that appear in competitive programming contests like ACM-ICPC. | had it included some more optional | Assignment | that appear in competitive programming contests | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | These courses are all amazing. They hold the hands of learners through difficult Java concepts in data structures and help learners finish interesting projects so well! I'm glad to have done those projects and completed every single one of them. However, I feel the hand holding is too much (they guided too much of the programming assignments ) :). The learning is more joys than struggles. I like to struggle through a course more. However, I still enjoyed it a lot. I hope they put in more optional assignments for learners to challenge themselves. Right now there are only 2 optional assignments. I absolutely love them! | guided too much of the programming | Assignment | ) :). The learning is more | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | These courses are all amazing. They hold the hands of learners through difficult Java concepts in data structures and help learners finish interesting projects so well! I'm glad to have done those projects and completed every single one of them. However, I feel the hand holding is too much (they guided too much of the programming assignments ) :). The learning is more joys than struggles. I like to struggle through a course more. However, I still enjoyed it a lot. I hope they put in more optional assignments for learners to challenge themselves. Right now there are only 2 optional assignments. I absolutely love them! | hope they put in more optional | Assignment | for learners to challenge themselves. Right | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | These courses are all amazing. They hold the hands of learners through difficult Java concepts in data structures and help learners finish interesting projects so well! I'm glad to have done those projects and completed every single one of them. However, I feel the hand holding is too much (they guided too much of the programming assignments ) :). The learning is more joys than struggles. I like to struggle through a course more. However, I still enjoyed it a lot. I hope they put in more optional assignments for learners to challenge themselves. Right now there are only 2 optional assignments. I absolutely love them! | now there are only 2 optional | Assignment | I absolutely love them! | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The course does an OK (but not great) job at teaching Data Structures. And it does an OK (but not great) job at teaching Algorithm Performance/Optimization. The lectures and starter code could use some better integration. The assignments could be improved. They give you a bunch of code and ask you to complete it. This is kinda the way things work when you inherit a bunch of code, but its not how it works if you have to write it from scratch. This course has been taught many times, and the forums contained old posts, and they didn't seem as useful as in other courses I've taken. My main objective for this course was to continue learning Java, and it helped me do that, so I gave it 3 Stars. | could use some better integration. The | Assignment | could be improved. They give you | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Well structured and explained, and, as always, provides very good programming assignments. Love this specialization! | as always, provides very good programming | Assignment | Love this specialization! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The lectures, assignments, and projects all encourage you to learn about how to design and use optimal search algorithms for text-based applications. I especially value how the discussions present the material in way that is relatively easy to see how it relates to search routines in general. My only complaint is that the instructions do not inform you about the constraints that the online grader implicitly imposes on you. This unfortunately meant that I was not able to submit code with further optimizations that I came up with. | The lectures, | Assignment | and projects all encourage you to | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Introductory course to data structures. The lectures are good, however the assignments are too much guided. Sometimes you can get it done without actually understanding what is going on. | The lectures are good, however the | Assignment | are too much guided. Sometimes you | Negative | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Presented in an easy to understand format, videos are short which helps keep focus, assignments are well prepared which keeps student on the learning material. This course really helped me understand things more clearly. disclaimer: I have previously enrolled in Algorithms Part I (from Princeton). | are short which helps keep focus, | Assignment | are well prepared which keeps student | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The course is fantastic! The professors are very enthusiastic and creative: they explain difficult subjects very clearly and provide visual aids and in-video quizes to enhance more deep understanding of material. Special thanks for the project assignments! They are very interesting and well-laid. I would recommend this course to programmers who want to deepen and practice their data-structures skills. For the novices this course should be taken after the first course of the specialization. | material. Special thanks for the project | Assignment | They are very interesting and well-laid. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Awesome! Excellent methodology and contents! It goes to the point. Assignments are cool and help to understand the concepts. Perhaps, I found it a little bit easy, but this is also good because I can adapt my tight schedule to follow the deadlines while also remain motivated. ;-) | contents! It goes to the point. | Assignment | are cool and help to understand | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | This course is a excellent introduction to data structures and algorithms for beginners. The lectures are extensive, complete and very helpful. The assignments are challenging and stimulating. The project is the construction of a text editor with check spelling, auto-correction, suggestion and more. It was the first time I felt involve in a large project, and you learn a little bit of software engineering too. This is the second course in the specialization and it overcomes the previous course in every aspect. I'll give five stars. The only thing I didn't like was the concept challenges, and not because of the challenges but because of the discussion with the UC San Diego learners. They are not beginners, they are actor pretending they don't know how to solve the problems when it is evident -at least it was my impression- that they are advanced students. I found them annoying and not helpful at all. | extensive, complete and very helpful. The | Assignment | are challenging and stimulating. The project | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | This course by Alvarado, Minnes and Porter was clear, interesting and well presented. In fact, it's one of the better MOOC courses that I've taken. The assignments were of medium difficulty: not too easy but certainly not so difficult that you will get frustrated and give up. In addition, they are interesting assignments. As mentioned, the lectures are concise, clear and interesting. In fact, I recently signed up for another course on algorithms and dropped it because it was SO BORING. Also, I am taking a course on machine learning that presents algorithms. In contrast, that course is not clear whatsoever; if I hadn't taken this one then I would be very confused. Finally, I like how they have the Concept Challenges where students discuss a problem. The thought processes of multiple people talking through the problem was helpful for me. As a result, I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to brush up on performance calculations (i.e., Big O), basic data structures, and a few basic algorithms. | MOOC courses that I've taken. The | Assignment | were of medium difficulty: not too | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | This course by Alvarado, Minnes and Porter was clear, interesting and well presented. In fact, it's one of the better MOOC courses that I've taken. The assignments were of medium difficulty: not too easy but certainly not so difficult that you will get frustrated and give up. In addition, they are interesting assignments. As mentioned, the lectures are concise, clear and interesting. In fact, I recently signed up for another course on algorithms and dropped it because it was SO BORING. Also, I am taking a course on machine learning that presents algorithms. In contrast, that course is not clear whatsoever; if I hadn't taken this one then I would be very confused. Finally, I like how they have the Concept Challenges where students discuss a problem. The thought processes of multiple people talking through the problem was helpful for me. As a result, I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to brush up on performance calculations (i.e., Big O), basic data structures, and a few basic algorithms. | up. In addition, they are interesting | Assignment | As mentioned, the lectures are concise, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Excellent engaging course, top lecturers and suitably challenging assignments. | course, top lecturers and suitably challenging | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Such a nice course on Data Structures. Whats stands out is the simple explanation and assignments thats solves real world problem. | out is the simple explanation and | Assignment | thats solves real world problem. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | I knew most of the concepts before I get enrolled into this course, but I find the project assignments really interesting. | course, but I find the project | Assignment | really interesting. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Loved the assignment, challenging and fun. | Loved the | Assignment | challenging and fun. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very good Course. The assignments were fairly challenging and required 3-5 hours per assignment. The instructors were really good. This was the first course on Coursera which I fully completed. I liked working with a large software project as part of the assignments. | Very good Course. The | Assignment | were fairly challenging and required 3-5 | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very good Course. The assignments were fairly challenging and required 3-5 hours per assignment. The instructors were really good. This was the first course on Coursera which I fully completed. I liked working with a large software project as part of the assignments. | challenging and required 3-5 hours per | Assignment | The instructors were really good. This | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very good Course. The assignments were fairly challenging and required 3-5 hours per assignment. The instructors were really good. This was the first course on Coursera which I fully completed. I liked working with a large software project as part of the assignments. | software project as part of the | Assignment | | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | great course, but the assignments are somewhat easy.... | great course, but the | Assignment | are somewhat easy. . . . | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Amazing video lectures that help in understanding the concepts quickly. In video quizzes help make sure your thought process is right. But The assignments are way too simple if we follow all the steps provided. Assignments have to be more challenging. Surely 5 stars if they add more challenging assignments to this course. | thought process is right. But The | Assignment | are way too simple if we | Negative | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Amazing video lectures that help in understanding the concepts quickly. In video quizzes help make sure your thought process is right. But The assignments are way too simple if we follow all the steps provided. Assignments have to be more challenging. Surely 5 stars if they add more challenging assignments to this course. | we follow all the steps provided. | Assignment | have to be more challenging. Surely | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Amazing video lectures that help in understanding the concepts quickly. In video quizzes help make sure your thought process is right. But The assignments are way too simple if we follow all the steps provided. Assignments have to be more challenging. Surely 5 stars if they add more challenging assignments to this course. | stars if they add more challenging | Assignment | to this course. | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Amazing lectures and practical assignments. | Amazing lectures and practical | Assignment | | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Great stuff! Don't give up on the first assignment, the rest are more easier... | Don't give up on the first | Assignment | the rest are more easier. . | Negative | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The course curriculum is well designed and teaches students the basic data structures needed to be a successful software engineer. The project is good, and the weekly assignments are challenging. | project is good, and the weekly | Assignment | are challenging. | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | I liked everything about this course: the theory, the programming assignments, the consistency and clarity in explaining complex things. The material was structured, well-organized, valuable and helpful. I really liked the lecturers. Mia Minnes, Leo Porter and Christine Alvarado are the ones of the best I've seen in my whole life! A Huge Thank You for your hard work and your strong dedication to what you do! | this course: the theory, the programming | Assignment | the consistency and clarity in explaining | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Loved it. The assignments were fun to solve. | Loved it. The | Assignment | were fun to solve. | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Interesting assignments. Concise video lectures. | Interesting | Assignment | Concise video lectures. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Rqo3iKNbEeWiwAqQT7MHVQ | This is an extraordinary course that teaches valuation of projects. As usual, Prof Kaul builds on the basic building blocks of valuation and makes us fall in love with the concepts. He then possibly sits back and smiles at us tearing our hair out with the assignments. It is great fun and invaluable learning, especially if you happen to have a non-finance background like I did. | tearing our hair out with the | Assignment | It is great fun and invaluable | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Rqo3iKNbEeWiwAqQT7MHVQ | An excellent course on Valuing a company and understanding the same with the help of assignments. | the same with the help of | Assignment | | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| Rqo3iKNbEeWiwAqQT7MHVQ | Excellent course as far as content is concerned. However, the older Coursera format was way more user-friendly. Also the discussion topics were not arranged appropriately as in the previous modules in this specialization. PDFs of assignments would be helpful if posted. | modules in this specialization. PDFs of | Assignment | would be helpful if posted. | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This was a wonderful course. The assignments were thought provoking, the peer review guidelines clear and precise. Really enjoyed it. | This was a wonderful course. The | Assignment | were thought provoking, the peer review | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I must admit that the assignments were more demanding than expected but overall this course is fabulous. The videos are extremely well done and Anne-Marie makes complicated points understandable for everyone, with lively and fun examples. Expect to spend some time on the written assignments (several research articles to study) if you want to completely take advantage of the course. | I must admit that the | Assignment | were more demanding than expected but | Negative | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I must admit that the assignments were more demanding than expected but overall this course is fabulous. The videos are extremely well done and Anne-Marie makes complicated points understandable for everyone, with lively and fun examples. Expect to spend some time on the written assignments (several research articles to study) if you want to completely take advantage of the course. | spend some time on the written | Assignment | (several research articles to study) if | Negative | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Abstract when the assignment is related to psychology. Could you give us some not that professional articles? The whole course is not designed in a clear and logic way. Overwhelmed with so many terms without clear explanations. | Abstract when the | Assignment | is related to psychology. Could you | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Great course! I felt like of the basic nuts and bolts. A lot of the assignments called for evaluating actual social science studies which I found very helpful as it gave me an opportunity to apply the content I learned in the video modules. | and bolts. A lot of the | Assignment | called for evaluating actual social science | Positive | 0.68 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This is my first MOOC and I enjoyed it. The lectures were clear, concise, and interesting. Most of the tests and assignments were relevant and well thought out. | interesting. Most of the tests and | Assignment | were relevant and well thought out. | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Well structured course with the best assignments. Would totally recommend for beginners in the Social science research domain. | Well structured course with the best | Assignment | Would totally recommend for beginners in | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | An excellent course that really does provide you a challenge. Some of the courses I have done on different MOOCs were rather too easy, but this one did push me a lot. It informs you in a clear, but detailed manner. It is necessary to do extra reading and to review videos and notes in order to complete assignments. Best course yet | and notes in order to complete | Assignment | Best course yet | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This course provided a great experiece of online study. The high quality content of the videos and adequate rithym of assignments and quizzes are features that make it an admirable course. I strongly reccomend doing this course if you are still in doubt. | the videos and adequate rithym of | Assignment | and quizzes are features that make | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This course is excellent! I found the content of very high quality, the lecture videos are very clear and easy to understand. What I find remarkable however, is the quality of the exams and assignments! The staff have put in a lot of effort in creating questions and assignments which really test your understanding and knowledge with a clever marking system which always works out to give you a fair mark even when the assignments are peer reviewed. Well done to Anne-Marie and the other staff who put together this course :) | the quality of the exams and | Assignment | The staff have put in a | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This course is excellent! I found the content of very high quality, the lecture videos are very clear and easy to understand. What I find remarkable however, is the quality of the exams and assignments! The staff have put in a lot of effort in creating questions and assignments which really test your understanding and knowledge with a clever marking system which always works out to give you a fair mark even when the assignments are peer reviewed. Well done to Anne-Marie and the other staff who put together this course :) | of effort in creating questions and | Assignment | which really test your understanding and | Negative | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This course is excellent! I found the content of very high quality, the lecture videos are very clear and easy to understand. What I find remarkable however, is the quality of the exams and assignments! The staff have put in a lot of effort in creating questions and assignments which really test your understanding and knowledge with a clever marking system which always works out to give you a fair mark even when the assignments are peer reviewed. Well done to Anne-Marie and the other staff who put together this course :) | a fair mark even when the | Assignment | are peer reviewed. Well done to | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I really enjoyed this course overall (and it was somewhat easy for me because I have some background in this already), but there were some technical issues especially regarding accessing assignments. It would be nice if there was a more robust group of volunteer tutors/teaching assistants or something to answer questions or deal with these technical issues, especially the final exam not working for a while for me and some other people. But, I enjoyed the illustrations (drawings) and cute examples, and also the lecturer did a pretty good job on camera. I would probably give this course a 4.5 if possible, but I am hesitant to give it a full 5 points because of the technical issues. Anyway I would recommend the course to someone who wants a survey of quantitative methods to prepare for future study. | some technical issues especially regarding accessing | Assignment | It would be nice if there | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | What can I say? Although it was a tough course but sometimes things were tough, it felt so incredibly fruitful each week. I think the main reason was because even though there were so many quizzes and the assignments which required so much time, they were carefully crafted in a way which helped build my abilities in a progressive manner. There was definitely a close alignment between instruction (video) and the assessments (quizzes/exams). You'll never be asked questions you weren't prepared to answer because of the aforesaid alignment. As I also work in a department which dabbles in educational research, I found the concepts thought in this course directly applicable to what's done in practice. Because the concepts were communicated so clearly, I could readily see examples of them in my everyday work! | were so many quizzes and the | Assignment | which required so much time, they | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | This is a great course on research design! Especially if you complete all the assignments, there is definitely something you can learn from this course. (I mean, I teach research design and even I learned new things!) | Especially if you complete all the | Assignment | there is definitely something you can | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I definitely learned a lot — I liked how there was a quiz and a brief written assignment every week. Good course! | a quiz and a brief written | Assignment | every week. Good course! | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Very well organized and executed! The assignments are both challenging and present excellent learning opportunities. | Very well organized and executed! The | Assignment | are both challenging and present excellent | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Really enriching course material and the method of explaining by Annemarie Zand Scholten. It gave me a good overview of the quantitative approach to contrast it with the qualitative approach i have been following at my workplace. The course material is very comprehensive and also the transcripts provided for each module. The detailed word to word transcripts really help to revise material while doing assignments and preparing for exams. The assignments really makes one think and helps to digest the course material in the process. The concepts and style of illustrations used in the video are also extremely helpful to understand the content heavy topic. The bonus video material provide the completeness due to the applied examples discussed in them. Overall a very satisfying learning experience! Great! | help to revise material while doing | Assignment | and preparing for exams. The assignments | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Really enriching course material and the method of explaining by Annemarie Zand Scholten. It gave me a good overview of the quantitative approach to contrast it with the qualitative approach i have been following at my workplace. The course material is very comprehensive and also the transcripts provided for each module. The detailed word to word transcripts really help to revise material while doing assignments and preparing for exams. The assignments really makes one think and helps to digest the course material in the process. The concepts and style of illustrations used in the video are also extremely helpful to understand the content heavy topic. The bonus video material provide the completeness due to the applied examples discussed in them. Overall a very satisfying learning experience! Great! | assignments and preparing for exams. The | Assignment | really makes one think and helps | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I had taken 99% of the course last time, but didn't have time to do the assignments or complete it fully. I was pleased to see it was running again. I've followed many many many Courseras and this is by far the highest quality. Well done! What you did right? Illustrations. They perfectly capture the concept without distracting. They are amusing and just-the-right-degree-of-imperfect, which makes the course material feel approachable.The graphic design. The slightly messy, hand-written, crumpled paper background design is perfect. Not pretentious, not overly boring. Just that little touch of individualism and authenticity we need. This is a great way to avoid alienating your students, to keep a connection. Philosophy of science, history of science, research designs, etc. Despite having studied for a BSc, an MSc, and a scientific postgrad, I had to find out about these concepts through on-line courses and podcasts. I was really happy to see these neatly presented to me in a structured way in one spot in the context of a formal Research methods course. When covering these sections, you also did a great job at sticking to the important stuff. I am extremely impressed. In the reality of research, we get sucked in by the nitty gritty and forget about the big picture. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful framework behind the scientific method.You actually bothered spell-checking the transcript, particularly for proper names. I've had Courseras where the transcript seemed more like a onomatopeas than serious text. This is all I remember for now, all that's fresh off my mind, as am just up to week 2 right now, but I wanted to give you all a thumbs up for this great course you've wrapped up. I am seriously considering registering for the entire specialisation because of the quality of this course. | didn't have time to do the | Assignment | or complete it fully. I was | Negative | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | The first time I actually finished a coursera course! The course creators have obviously put a lot of time and effort into creating this course. The lectures extremely well done, the material and assignments are challenging but not impossible and the material is presented in such a way that even qualitative researchers like myself (no know for their passion for quantitative research) can get excited about the material! | extremely well done, the material and | Assignment | are challenging but not impossible and | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | The actual educational value of this course is quite high. The score I can offer it in good faith is dragged down by the additional "assignments" like "Write you own quiz question!" and the expectation to review the quiz questions thought up by other students. Such things in a scientific course are unnecessary and may actually be counterproductive because of the reliance upon other students and their grasp of the material. If they are to remain part of this course, they really should be treated as supplementary and not required to complete the course. It really detracts from the experience for those of us who come here to learn and not to socialize. | dragged down by the additional " | Assignment | like " Write you own quiz | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The only thing I had to do in this course regarding the required assignments was to change python 2.7 code to 3.4 as that's what I'm using. Presentations didn't add much towards the learning either. Definite downgrade from previous courses, especially from the first three. | in this course regarding the required | Assignment | was to change python 2. 7 | Positive | 0.66 | 2.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | You are not actually writing any code for this particular course. The assignments are just taking screenshots of running code that is already provided to you in the code repository for this course. The lectures are great, there is a lot to learn from them but the assignments are a total bust. Not worth it for the money, but go for it if you want to complete the entire specialization | code for this particular course. The | Assignment | are just taking screenshots of running | Negative | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | You are not actually writing any code for this particular course. The assignments are just taking screenshots of running code that is already provided to you in the code repository for this course. The lectures are great, there is a lot to learn from them but the assignments are a total bust. Not worth it for the money, but go for it if you want to complete the entire specialization | to learn from them but the | Assignment | are a total bust. Not worth | Negative | 0.96 | 3.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | As a captstonse course I expected this to be more challenging than other courses in the specialisation, especially the assignments which should have required to put in some real effort rather than simply executing pre-written scripts and uploading screenshots. Rest of the courses in the specialisation were superb, combined with the awesome teaching skills of Dr. Chuck but capstone was quite disappointing unfortunately. | courses in the specialisation, especially the | Assignment | which should have required to put | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | If this entire specialization were a bag of potato chips, the Capstone would be that bland chip that didn't get any salt. The introduction to the Capstone promises that we'll "build applications" utilizing what we've learned so far with optional assignments for delving deeper. However, none of the required assignments involve even the most primitive of problem solving skills or code writing abilities. If you can download a file and take a screenshot then you've got what it takes to pass this class. The optional assignments are far too focused around a new piece of video sharing technology that the instructor and associates have developed. Unfortunately, the technology adds almost nothing beneficial to the class and is probably to blame for the sheer lack of quality in the rest of the class. In fact, the entire Capstone feels like it was so haphazardly put together that it can only be described as the most contrived beta-test I've ever been a part of. Such a disappointing ending to what was otherwise an enjoyable specialization. | we've learned so far with optional | Assignment | for delving deeper. However, none of | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | If this entire specialization were a bag of potato chips, the Capstone would be that bland chip that didn't get any salt. The introduction to the Capstone promises that we'll "build applications" utilizing what we've learned so far with optional assignments for delving deeper. However, none of the required assignments involve even the most primitive of problem solving skills or code writing abilities. If you can download a file and take a screenshot then you've got what it takes to pass this class. The optional assignments are far too focused around a new piece of video sharing technology that the instructor and associates have developed. Unfortunately, the technology adds almost nothing beneficial to the class and is probably to blame for the sheer lack of quality in the rest of the class. In fact, the entire Capstone feels like it was so haphazardly put together that it can only be described as the most contrived beta-test I've ever been a part of. Such a disappointing ending to what was otherwise an enjoyable specialization. | deeper. However, none of the required | Assignment | involve even the most primitive of | Negative | 0.95 | 1.0 |
| rwRs6Tn9EeWJaxK5AT4frw | If this entire specialization were a bag of potato chips, the Capstone would be that bland chip that didn't get any salt. The introduction to the Capstone promises that we'll "build applications" utilizing what we've learned so far with optional assignments for delving deeper. However, none of the required assignments involve even the most primitive of problem solving skills or code writing abilities. If you can download a file and take a screenshot then you've got what it takes to pass this class. The optional assignments are far too focused around a new piece of video sharing technology that the instructor and associates have developed. Unfortunately, the technology adds almost nothing beneficial to the class and is probably to blame for the sheer lack of quality in the rest of the class. In fact, the entire Capstone feels like it was so haphazardly put together that it can only be described as the most contrived beta-test I've ever been a part of. Such a disappointing ending to what was otherwise an enjoyable specialization. | to pass this class. The optional | Assignment | are far too focused around a | Negative | 0.94 | 1.0 |
| Rwzrl_9rEeS9ISIACxWDhA | everything explained in very easy to understand way. the assignments were designed quite well- not only to test the knowledge acquired but the assignment results were designed in such a way that they will be useful in modeling. | very easy to understand way. the | Assignment | were designed quite well- not only | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Rwzrl_9rEeS9ISIACxWDhA | everything explained in very easy to understand way. the assignments were designed quite well- not only to test the knowledge acquired but the assignment results were designed in such a way that they will be useful in modeling. | test the knowledge acquired but the | Assignment | results were designed in such a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | A five-star rating for a five-star course. I've actually completed parts 1 and 2 and I cannot praise both parts too highly. Professor Roth, President of Wesleyan College was an excellent lecturer and imparted his knowledge with great enthusiasm. I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. One negative point on the Coursera side: I'm still waiting for my first and fifth assignments to be assessed. In the case of the first assignment, that goes back to April. | waiting for my first and fifth | Assignment | to be assessed. In the case | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | A five-star rating for a five-star course. I've actually completed parts 1 and 2 and I cannot praise both parts too highly. Professor Roth, President of Wesleyan College was an excellent lecturer and imparted his knowledge with great enthusiasm. I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. One negative point on the Coursera side: I'm still waiting for my first and fifth assignments to be assessed. In the case of the first assignment, that goes back to April. | In the case of the first | Assignment | that goes back to April. | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | I advice NOT to take this course. Why: the professor is never there to read your assignments. He leaves that totally to other students like yourself, to grade your written assignments, and, they do not read and give you a RANDOM grade in 2 seconds. Don't take it, you will waste sooo much time on this one. | is never there to read your | Assignment | He leaves that totally to other | Negative | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | I advice NOT to take this course. Why: the professor is never there to read your assignments. He leaves that totally to other students like yourself, to grade your written assignments, and, they do not read and give you a RANDOM grade in 2 seconds. Don't take it, you will waste sooo much time on this one. | like yourself, to grade your written | Assignment | and, they do not read and | Negative | 0.92 | 1.0 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | Follows a fascinating line of inquiry linking major cultural viewpoints over more than two hundred years of western culture. Well paced, great video component and interesting assignment. This is one of the best courses yet. | paced, great video component and interesting | Assignment | This is one of the best | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | Pulls together a number of important readings to introduce the basic concepts of the title. Taught by an expert with grace and style. Stimulating assignments challenge the student to think comparatively and deeply. | expert with grace and style. Stimulating | Assignment | challenge the student to think comparatively | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| S8Vh0SypEeWGvAojQA48rw | One or two of the assignments were very similar to assignments that were offered earlier in the specialization. Otherwise, the class was a great finale to a very well-done specialization! | One or two of the | Assignment | were very similar to assignments that | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| S8Vh0SypEeWGvAojQA48rw | One or two of the assignments were very similar to assignments that were offered earlier in the specialization. Otherwise, the class was a great finale to a very well-done specialization! | the assignments were very similar to | Assignment | that were offered earlier in the | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| SAZf_ay2EeS5uiIACk-Zyg | great course and its intensive learning . One might think its just another course . However, one needs to follow all the lectures and notes closely to be able to pass all their assignments . | be able to pass all their | Assignment | . | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Great information. Several months later I want a refresher since the material was very good, but I don't think the assignments were involved enough for the material to sink in long term (at least not for me). | good, but I don't think the | Assignment | were involved enough for the material | Negative | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This was a good course although the assignment at the end left a lot of room for improvement. Instructions were not clear and as a result, most of the assignments I graded didn't meet the scoring matrix... | was a good course although the | Assignment | at the end left a lot | Positive | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This was a good course although the assignment at the end left a lot of room for improvement. Instructions were not clear and as a result, most of the assignments I graded didn't meet the scoring matrix... | as a result, most of the | Assignment | I graded didn't meet the scoring | Negative | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Interesting course. Thou the entire assignment is bundled up at the end. | Interesting course. Thou the entire | Assignment | is bundled up at the end. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The content is laid out very well and I found a ton of useful take-away points. Thank you to all the faculty members. I particularly enjoyed the assignments - they really make you think. But I found the branding you - audit and insights the best exercise in this program. I would definitely recommend this to friends and colleagues. | faculty members. I particularly enjoyed the | Assignment | - they really make you think. | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The course content was very good. However, I would have liked to see assignments for each | I would have liked to see | Assignment | for each | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I liked this course a lot as it gave me the opportunity to work doing the assignment, helping me to think as an executive team leader. It was very challenged but very rewarding at the end of it. | the opportunity to work doing the | Assignment | helping me to think as an | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The material was beneficial but I would have found the course more helpful if there were weekly assignments rather than one assignment at the end of the course that incorporated all of the principles. | more helpful if there were weekly | Assignment | rather than one assignment at the | Negative | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The material was beneficial but I would have found the course more helpful if there were weekly assignments rather than one assignment at the end of the course that incorporated all of the principles. | were weekly assignments rather than one | Assignment | at the end of the course | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | An insightful Course, I would however suggest that the assignments be done weekly. Wonderful course all the same. | I would however suggest that the | Assignment | be done weekly. Wonderful course all | Positive | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The final assignment could use a little bit of work, from a clarity standpoint. I actually think that the exercise is quite rewarding, but the expectations of, and directions for participants aren't entirely clear (and that's coming from a native English speaker). | The final | Assignment | could use a little bit of | Positive | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | It was a great experience, I learnt a lot especially when I did the assignments. Thank you :) | lot especially when I did the | Assignment | Thank you :) | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| sCE0nT-OEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Content is grade, however I am still waiting for the grading of my last assignment in this course. :( | for the grading of my last | Assignment | in this course. :( | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | This course was just amazing. Ecery single concept of the course is useful, widely explained and applied throughout the assignments. The final week is the best one because you apply all the concepts in a website. I think that if you don't have the chance to see results in your own website, you might still think you only learned the theory. However, I had the chance to apply my knowledge on my university's website and so far, its metrics have already started to improve. I hope that after reading this and finishing the course, you will be as delighted as I am now. | widely explained and applied throughout the | Assignment | The final week is the best | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | Poor grading system. Based on 2 peers' "subjective" points of your week4 analysis assignment, even if you digested all the materials and received 100% on quizzes all weeks, you will have to repeat taking this course endlessly. At first I thought I did not analyze thoroughly so on my second session, I basically rewrote the whole assessment, followed by samples passed students gave me, also making sure I covered all the points the instruction asked me to cover, peer gives me 1 or 1.5 point for writing persona with little detail. I wrote 350 words persona, with stories and demographic of my target audience. Because I am 2.5 points short or so, I have to take this same course for the next round session for the third time, wait it it reaches week 4, resubmit my analysis that is now edited for 4 times. There is no clear guideline, format, or even sample provided, but the grades are left to the peers. Some pass with less than 300 word analysis with a lot of charts and pictures. I did as well but wasn't lucky at my first round so I developed 3 pg. analysis all in words to make it look like a true analytical report, didn't pass again. I do not know what this instructor is looking for as a form of assessment/analysis paper, and only those who are lucky enough to meet sensible peer graders pass. Waste of time, waste of money no one wants to spend lifetime to get a certificate especially when one knows what he or she is talking about. | subjective" points of your week4 analysis | Assignment | even if you digested all the | Negative | 0.72 | 1.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | It was OK. There is nothing you will gain from this course that you can't get in a single 1/2 hour youtube video instead of 100 2 minute videos here. The assignments were questionable and the examples used in the first assignment at least no longer exist. | 100 2 minute videos here. The | Assignment | were questionable and the examples used | Negative | 0.78 | 2.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | It was OK. There is nothing you will gain from this course that you can't get in a single 1/2 hour youtube video instead of 100 2 minute videos here. The assignments were questionable and the examples used in the first assignment at least no longer exist. | the examples used in the first | Assignment | at least no longer exist. | Negative | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | Excellent content, but I would prefer the assignments be evaluated and rated by experts, not the colleagues. | content, but I would prefer the | Assignment | be evaluated and rated by experts, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | I found the assignment given to be very thorough in allowing students to demonstrate learned knowledge in a real world situation. | I found the | Assignment | given to be very thorough in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | Great introduction to the fundamentals of SEO. The assignments and questions as well thought out. I've benefited immensely from this course. | to the fundamentals of SEO. The | Assignment | and questions as well thought out. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Exceptional curriculum layout with thoughtful lectures and assignments. | curriculum layout with thoughtful lectures and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The content and the assignment were of high quality and I really enjoyed the case I had to work on. So overal the course was very good, but negative was that the course was a bit too long, I understand Coursera needs to finance the course, so it is better to have a long one and earn a lot of subscription fees. Bu the extra review rounds felt redundant, and because the course was so long it was difficult to keep focussed on it. | The content and the | Assignment | were of high quality and I | Positive | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Being in this class and specialization was a great experience to me. Great instructors with great content but I prefer a professional person judge the final assignment of capstone. | a professional person judge the final | Assignment | of capstone. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Interesting subjects to chose from. Also nice and short format of the assignment. | nice and short format of the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I must say that the Capstone Project was a good assignment. The issue is that the Peer Reviews were bad. I had to resubmit my assignment due to a student that choose to give me 0's when the other reviewers gave me 5's. There was also a bias to what each reviewer thought the capstone should cover so you had no idea which direction to update your work because the next reviewer may feel that the type of analysis you did was not Necessary. The course needs a specific Rubric and specific methods each person has to use in order to complete the assignment. For example, Must Use the Four Forces Model when evaluating Strategy. This way everyone knows what to expect and what to look for. Otherwise you can get a low grade on a great project because a Classmate thought you should have used another model so he gave you a 1 or 0 when the model you used demonstrated your knowledge. Capstones need to be monitored either by a student or assistant to protect against trolls that don't read your work and give you the lowest score. Otherwise the Course was great and the information was definitely well put together. The Peer Reviews brought my overall grade lower because I didn't get the High Mark I should have. | the Capstone Project was a good | Assignment | The issue is that the Peer | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I must say that the Capstone Project was a good assignment. The issue is that the Peer Reviews were bad. I had to resubmit my assignment due to a student that choose to give me 0's when the other reviewers gave me 5's. There was also a bias to what each reviewer thought the capstone should cover so you had no idea which direction to update your work because the next reviewer may feel that the type of analysis you did was not Necessary. The course needs a specific Rubric and specific methods each person has to use in order to complete the assignment. For example, Must Use the Four Forces Model when evaluating Strategy. This way everyone knows what to expect and what to look for. Otherwise you can get a low grade on a great project because a Classmate thought you should have used another model so he gave you a 1 or 0 when the model you used demonstrated your knowledge. Capstones need to be monitored either by a student or assistant to protect against trolls that don't read your work and give you the lowest score. Otherwise the Course was great and the information was definitely well put together. The Peer Reviews brought my overall grade lower because I didn't get the High Mark I should have. | bad. I had to resubmit my | Assignment | due to a student that choose | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| sHs1AyWUEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I must say that the Capstone Project was a good assignment. The issue is that the Peer Reviews were bad. I had to resubmit my assignment due to a student that choose to give me 0's when the other reviewers gave me 5's. There was also a bias to what each reviewer thought the capstone should cover so you had no idea which direction to update your work because the next reviewer may feel that the type of analysis you did was not Necessary. The course needs a specific Rubric and specific methods each person has to use in order to complete the assignment. For example, Must Use the Four Forces Model when evaluating Strategy. This way everyone knows what to expect and what to look for. Otherwise you can get a low grade on a great project because a Classmate thought you should have used another model so he gave you a 1 or 0 when the model you used demonstrated your knowledge. Capstones need to be monitored either by a student or assistant to protect against trolls that don't read your work and give you the lowest score. Otherwise the Course was great and the information was definitely well put together. The Peer Reviews brought my overall grade lower because I didn't get the High Mark I should have. | use in order to complete the | Assignment | For example, Must Use the Four | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| shV98lfdEeWT8xIUiEQHHQ | The course contains useful writing tips, but severly lacks practical writing assignments (peer-review assessment would be great here!). The quizzes are way too easy, IMO. | tips, but severly lacks practical writing | Assignment | (peer-review assessment would be great here! | Negative | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| sK74dCWgEeW8-A6tkjXxWQ | Upon the first few views of the subject material, presented in the form of dramatized episodes, I was skeptical if this course was worth its time. I was pleasantly surprised once we moved into motivation in the 21st century, and the course only improved from there (though the multiple long videos in the financial crisis module felt redundant). A meaningful course as long as you can engage yourself with the material rather than rely on their sub-par assignments and quizzes to engage you. I also, did not participate in any discussions, but perhaps if I had this course would have been rated 5 stars. | rather than rely on their sub-par | Assignment | and quizzes to engage you. I | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| sK74dCWgEeW8-A6tkjXxWQ | I would rate this course a 5/5 if not for the final assignment which I don't believe adds much to the course particularly with regards to reviewing the work of other students and being reviewed by other students. | 5/5 if not for the final | Assignment | which I don't believe adds much | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| SN5tm_tBEeScRyIAC3-PxA | This course is intense and informative. The material is well presented and the assignments have clearly benefitted a great deal of care from the instructors. Process Mining a fine complement to the more typical data science coursework. | material is well presented and the | Assignment | have clearly benefitted a great deal | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I dislike this course because I have to complete so many assignment in one week. Instructions could have improved and slides could have improved rather than using chalkboard. Sorry there are a number of times I have to rewatch the videos and still dont understand. Hence I even have to place myself in another slot because I could not finish the assignment. Please improve on this module so that it is more enjoyable for learners who really want to learn. Thank you. | I have to complete so many | Assignment | in one week. Instructions could have | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I dislike this course because I have to complete so many assignment in one week. Instructions could have improved and slides could have improved rather than using chalkboard. Sorry there are a number of times I have to rewatch the videos and still dont understand. Hence I even have to place myself in another slot because I could not finish the assignment. Please improve on this module so that it is more enjoyable for learners who really want to learn. Thank you. | because I could not finish the | Assignment | Please improve on this module so | Negative | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Not so good. The course explains mathematical models and Excel applications but both are not detailed. There are many mistakes in PPTs and assignments. | are many mistakes in PPTs and | Assignment | | Positive | 0.68 | 3.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Beware this course, especially if you are new to this area (despite what the course/specialization says). There are very few examples to clarify and illustrate the different topics of the course, but what's worse is that the assignments are almost completely divorced from the instructional videos; the assignments and especially the final project are much more complicated than anything presented in the instructional videos, so there is no knowledge basis from which the student can operate to complete the assignments/projects satisfactorily or smoothly. I am extremely dissatisfied and wish I hadn't paid for this specialization. Beware. | but what's worse is that the | Assignment | are almost completely divorced from the | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Beware this course, especially if you are new to this area (despite what the course/specialization says). There are very few examples to clarify and illustrate the different topics of the course, but what's worse is that the assignments are almost completely divorced from the instructional videos; the assignments and especially the final project are much more complicated than anything presented in the instructional videos, so there is no knowledge basis from which the student can operate to complete the assignments/projects satisfactorily or smoothly. I am extremely dissatisfied and wish I hadn't paid for this specialization. Beware. | divorced from the instructional videos; the | Assignment | and especially the final project are | Positive | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The concepts here are useful and Mr. Egger is a knowledgeable instructor but 1) this class is really about gathering information with Excel as the tool - you aren't learning anything about Excel functionality, so the title of this course is really misleading if you just want to become a stronger user in Excel 2) there is a huge disconnect between the video lessons and the excel worksheets used to complete the assignments and since many previous reviewers mentioned this, it seems like that's not going to change. 3) the disconnect between the lessons and the assignments wouldn't be an issue if the instructor could be bothered to respond to forum questions. Mine sat unanswered for 5 days as the deadline passed. You are NOT going to get support if you dont understand something. | excel worksheets used to complete the | Assignment | and since many previous reviewers mentioned | Negative | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The concepts here are useful and Mr. Egger is a knowledgeable instructor but 1) this class is really about gathering information with Excel as the tool - you aren't learning anything about Excel functionality, so the title of this course is really misleading if you just want to become a stronger user in Excel 2) there is a huge disconnect between the video lessons and the excel worksheets used to complete the assignments and since many previous reviewers mentioned this, it seems like that's not going to change. 3) the disconnect between the lessons and the assignments wouldn't be an issue if the instructor could be bothered to respond to forum questions. Mine sat unanswered for 5 days as the deadline passed. You are NOT going to get support if you dont understand something. | disconnect between the lessons and the | Assignment | wouldn't be an issue if the | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | PROS: - Classification lecture is good; -Weekly assignments are challenging enough CONS - No slides provided. Professor draws on an eletronic chalkboard (with a very bad handwriting) and you need to keep going back to videos when you are doing the homework. For me, this shows lack of professionalism and laziness - Some excel sheets are provided. But they are very messy and badly formatted, matching the messy handwriting in the videos. AND, the instructions are for MAC! No instructions for PC are provided whatsoever. I never used MAC, so I had a very hard time! - Very few examples real examples are provided; - You learn math concepts, not Excel skills! Except for the LINEST function, which is very handy, BUT it's NOT TAUGHT in the videos. I had to google the function to learn it. - They say to complete each piece of the final assingment after you finish the respective week related to that piece. But they only say that as you start week 6! - The course doesn't provide sufficient material for the final assignment. You get stuck without knowing how to get to answers; - Some answers to the final assignment are not correct, you check the answer sheet, and the results aren't present in the test! OVERALL: I'd never recommend this course to anyone. I only took it because I'm plannening to finish the specialization. I've taken several Online Courses (5+ on Excel), and this is the worst and most frustating one by far! | - Classification lecture is good; -Weekly | Assignment | are challenging enough CONS - No | Positive | 0.66 | 2.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | PROS: - Classification lecture is good; -Weekly assignments are challenging enough CONS - No slides provided. Professor draws on an eletronic chalkboard (with a very bad handwriting) and you need to keep going back to videos when you are doing the homework. For me, this shows lack of professionalism and laziness - Some excel sheets are provided. But they are very messy and badly formatted, matching the messy handwriting in the videos. AND, the instructions are for MAC! No instructions for PC are provided whatsoever. I never used MAC, so I had a very hard time! - Very few examples real examples are provided; - You learn math concepts, not Excel skills! Except for the LINEST function, which is very handy, BUT it's NOT TAUGHT in the videos. I had to google the function to learn it. - They say to complete each piece of the final assingment after you finish the respective week related to that piece. But they only say that as you start week 6! - The course doesn't provide sufficient material for the final assignment. You get stuck without knowing how to get to answers; - Some answers to the final assignment are not correct, you check the answer sheet, and the results aren't present in the test! OVERALL: I'd never recommend this course to anyone. I only took it because I'm plannening to finish the specialization. I've taken several Online Courses (5+ on Excel), and this is the worst and most frustating one by far! | provide sufficient material for the final | Assignment | You get stuck without knowing how | Positive | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | PROS: - Classification lecture is good; -Weekly assignments are challenging enough CONS - No slides provided. Professor draws on an eletronic chalkboard (with a very bad handwriting) and you need to keep going back to videos when you are doing the homework. For me, this shows lack of professionalism and laziness - Some excel sheets are provided. But they are very messy and badly formatted, matching the messy handwriting in the videos. AND, the instructions are for MAC! No instructions for PC are provided whatsoever. I never used MAC, so I had a very hard time! - Very few examples real examples are provided; - You learn math concepts, not Excel skills! Except for the LINEST function, which is very handy, BUT it's NOT TAUGHT in the videos. I had to google the function to learn it. - They say to complete each piece of the final assingment after you finish the respective week related to that piece. But they only say that as you start week 6! - The course doesn't provide sufficient material for the final assignment. You get stuck without knowing how to get to answers; - Some answers to the final assignment are not correct, you check the answer sheet, and the results aren't present in the test! OVERALL: I'd never recommend this course to anyone. I only took it because I'm plannening to finish the specialization. I've taken several Online Courses (5+ on Excel), and this is the worst and most frustating one by far! | - Some answers to the final | Assignment | are not correct, you check the | Positive | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Concepts are fantastic but the material developed to deliver the course is short of expectations, especially from a university. Excel sheets do not match what is demonstrated in video lectures, lots of confusion around how to complete tasks, quiz answer options not being correct, and missing Excel spreadsheets (e.g. video lecture says to refer to accompanying excel spreadsheet, but no spreadsheet available). Also, judging from past discussions by students, some inconsistencies around formulas being presented in video lectures versus assignment questions. could have been a great course, but the inconsistencies have made is very disappointing. | being presented in video lectures versus | Assignment | questions. could have been a great | Negative | 0.95 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The title is very misleading. Excel is an afterthought for this course; instead there is a heavy focus on statistics. The class claims to be for beginners, but that is clearly not the case, as it requires previous knowledge in inferential statistics and calculus. Excel is hardly used and is certainly not the focus; there are weeks where Excel is not used at all. There are no practice assignments, only quizzes. It's clear that this course is outdated and poorly maintained, as the videos refer to examples that are not included or content that was not presented. Needless to say, I will not be taking any other courses in this specialization. | at all. There are no practice | Assignment | only quizzes. It's clear that this | Negative | 0.89 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Dr Eggers is a tremendous professor. The course has wit and application along with assignments that are well scaffolded to the learning content. Highly recommend this class. | has wit and application along with | Assignment | that are well scaffolded to the | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | This is my first Coursera course and I wasn't sure what to expect. I was hoping for a good experience but preparing myself for mediocrity. I finished the course at 2am on Monday morning and I've been really impressed, both with the Coursera "infrastructure" and with the quality of the teaching from Daniel Egger and his team. I live in South Africa where tertiary educational standards vary widely, and appear to be on the decline. More and more, we are going to need MOOCs like this from the best universities in the world. More specifically, relating to this course, I found the video lectures well presented and the quizzes thoughtfully prepared. The Excel models really helped with grasping the concepts and practice. A couple of suggestions: a) The course FAQ makes light of the background knowledge necessary to cope with the course. It needs to be more honest about the need for mathematics and statistics. Linear regression is not for sissies, in my opinion. b) Please tell us at the START of the course that we should attack the project week by week. This advice isn't (unless I missed something) given until you open the week 6 project. Ahem... it's too late by then! I spent a very frantic 4 nights last week crunching the project work, 4 quizzes and the assignment. I got to bed at 2.30am, and i'm not a night owl. Overwhelmingly though, a really interesting course. I'm already starting the next one. | project work, 4 quizzes and the | Assignment | I got to bed at 2. | Negative | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Really good course, I think the most value is at the end when you are able to apply the concept learned in the final assignment | the concept learned in the final | Assignment | | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Quite an useful course for Excel application in business decision-making. But I think the final project is a little more difficult than weekly assignments. And only Quiz 1 has some hints about the potential problems we might come across during the quiz. The linear regression part, especially multivariate linear regression, need more explanations how to derive the matrix in Excel. Even though I followed every steps and referred other classmates' discussions, I cannot work out the matrix with Excel. So sad :( | a little more difficult than weekly | Assignment | And only Quiz 1 has some | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Excellent and reasonably challenging course. One of the courses that would be extremely hard without a solid foundation in maths. The final project is massive and time-consuming - I didn't see it coming and was surprised, not in a good way ;) You better start working on the final assignment since the beginning of the course. | better start working on the final | Assignment | since the beginning of the course. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Much work needs to be done on this course to make it friendly to learners. The quizzes and assignments do not align with what is taught in the lessons. Further, the content in the lessons does not even show or explain what is expected from the learning. I spent the majority of my time exploring the discussions to discover what I was supposed to be doing and the rest of it on Google teaching myself the concepts that were not taught in the course. | friendly to learners. The quizzes and | Assignment | do not align with what is | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Warning: The lecture videos along will NOT be enough to prepare you for the final assignment! Be prepared to do your own research for the extra study materials. On the forum, many students said they had to drop out during the last week (probably without getting a refund!) because they were completely caught off guard by the huge knowledge gap between lectures and the final assignment. If you are determined to get the specialization certificate, you should definitely start the final assignment as early as possible. Don't wait until the last week or two!! | to prepare you for the final | Assignment | Be prepared to do your own | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Warning: The lecture videos along will NOT be enough to prepare you for the final assignment! Be prepared to do your own research for the extra study materials. On the forum, many students said they had to drop out during the last week (probably without getting a refund!) because they were completely caught off guard by the huge knowledge gap between lectures and the final assignment. If you are determined to get the specialization certificate, you should definitely start the final assignment as early as possible. Don't wait until the last week or two!! | gap between lectures and the final | Assignment | If you are determined to get | Positive | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Warning: The lecture videos along will NOT be enough to prepare you for the final assignment! Be prepared to do your own research for the extra study materials. On the forum, many students said they had to drop out during the last week (probably without getting a refund!) because they were completely caught off guard by the huge knowledge gap between lectures and the final assignment. If you are determined to get the specialization certificate, you should definitely start the final assignment as early as possible. Don't wait until the last week or two!! | you should definitely start the final | Assignment | as early as possible. Don't wait | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| sQB40x47EeWS6wrbVw_uEw | An excellent introduction to (or refresher of) statistics that pertain to the clinical setting. The two peer-reviewed assignments were very valuable and interesting. My one complaint is that the videos are short, so some lessons are made up of many 2+ minute videos that need to be downloaded separately. | the clinical setting. The two peer-reviewed | Assignment | were very valuable and interesting. My | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| SrM6V-3pEeSJZSIAC0gHUg | Practical and immediately applicable - language and activities to start your positive classroom. Participants are dedicated and the assignments offer insightful opportunities to explore concepts and create content for your classroom. | classroom. Participants are dedicated and the | Assignment | offer insightful opportunities to explore concepts | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| SrM6V-3pEeSJZSIAC0gHUg | unable to do assignment wo today is last date | unable to do | Assignment | wo today is last date | Positive | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| SrM6V-3pEeSJZSIAC0gHUg | I've done a few online courses on various, and for me, this is poor. The content is gratingly simplified, the delivery worse. The instructions for the assignments are impenetrable at best. Unfortunately, I can't gain those moments that I've spent on this course back. | delivery worse. The instructions for the | Assignment | are impenetrable at best. Unfortunately, I | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| SrM6V-3pEeSJZSIAC0gHUg | I loved this course. The videos were interesting and easy to follow. The assignments understandable and uncomplicated. The entire course is a course that brings to educator closer to what he needs to be doing: helping to develop productive citizens who like who they are and become the better for it. Thank you Mr. Levin and everyone responsible. | interesting and easy to follow. The | Assignment | understandable and uncomplicated. The entire course | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| SrM6V-3pEeSJZSIAC0gHUg | The videos and assignments for this course are new and interesting to me. The layout of tasks for each week is simple and easy to follow. I look forward to the course topics and interviews shown each week. Highly recommend this course for any teacher (and any professional) looking to adopt new methods and strategies to improve their work environment for themselves and others. | The videos and | Assignment | for this course are new and | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| SrM6V-3pEeSJZSIAC0gHUg | Quite informative. However, if you are not working as a teacher while taking this course it is a bit hard to do the assignments. | a bit hard to do the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| svzDI2FSEeW6DxKCi866Kw | I had rated the course earlier but would like to amend my statement. By some uncanny chance, I have just managed to pass the final assignment on my fourth try, which means I have passed my course. I still believe my original observations are valid. Thank you. | just managed to pass the final | Assignment | on my fourth try, which means | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| SxjkGailEeSy_SIAC49HnA | I personally enjoyed the course. However I was disappointed when I was told after week (3 or 5?) that I'd completed the course, when I in fact hadn't gotten to the end and had not done the final two assignments...? Regardless, I went ahead and finished the course, but I was also disturbed to see that some of the students did their assignments in a mockery fashion e.g. wrote song lyrics, or stated "I don't know what else to say so I will tell you about my day..." That was very irritating. The class wasn't described clearly in the catalog, I thought it would be more of a history of the periods plus literature, but it wasn't exactly that... Instead it was a discussion of techniques and prose, and exhibiting truly talented authors. I liked the class, just not what I expected. | had not done the final two | Assignment | . . ? Regardless, I went | Negative | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| SxjkGailEeSy_SIAC49HnA | I personally enjoyed the course. However I was disappointed when I was told after week (3 or 5?) that I'd completed the course, when I in fact hadn't gotten to the end and had not done the final two assignments...? Regardless, I went ahead and finished the course, but I was also disturbed to see that some of the students did their assignments in a mockery fashion e.g. wrote song lyrics, or stated "I don't know what else to say so I will tell you about my day..." That was very irritating. The class wasn't described clearly in the catalog, I thought it would be more of a history of the periods plus literature, but it wasn't exactly that... Instead it was a discussion of techniques and prose, and exhibiting truly talented authors. I liked the class, just not what I expected. | some of the students did their | Assignment | in a mockery fashion e. g. | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | Unfortunately, this course is not well maintained. The directions for the last assignment in the course are very out of date and though there are some links to some updates it is very self taught. You'll basically have to work through setting up Amazon Web Services (AWS) and learning Hadoop/PIg on you own. Also, should be familiar with R and Rmarkdown or Python or something similar before taking. Not too much direction is given on how to do the assignments so a very self paced course. | maintained. The directions for the last | Assignment | in the course are very out | Positive | 0.96 | 3.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | Unfortunately, this course is not well maintained. The directions for the last assignment in the course are very out of date and though there are some links to some updates it is very self taught. You'll basically have to work through setting up Amazon Web Services (AWS) and learning Hadoop/PIg on you own. Also, should be familiar with R and Rmarkdown or Python or something similar before taking. Not too much direction is given on how to do the assignments so a very self paced course. | given on how to do the | Assignment | so a very self paced course. | Positive | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | The instructions are very good, and it's nice to work on real big data. Also it is very helpful for hearing information about how a data scientist should consider problems carefully. Without taking the class, it wouldn't be easy for me to rationalize for example cost and sensitivity issues. However I took out one star because of the instruction for the final assignment being out of date. Although the task it self is not too hard to figure out. The initial instruction on how to start using AWS was outdated. | of the instruction for the final | Assignment | being out of date. Although the | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | This course is really bad. The instruction is not enough to solve the programming assignment. The almost contents aren't related to communicating data science result. | not enough to solve the programming | Assignment | The almost contents aren't related to | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. The AWS final assignment is a very much throw you into the deep end with no real instruction (well at least completely outdated instructions) and will expect you to swim (or more likely for most people, to drown). I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | at 10000 feet level and the | Assignment | are very challenging and the course | Positive | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. The AWS final assignment is a very much throw you into the deep end with no real instruction (well at least completely outdated instructions) and will expect you to swim (or more likely for most people, to drown). I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | the skills required to complete the | Assignment | The AWS final assignment is a | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. The AWS final assignment is a very much throw you into the deep end with no real instruction (well at least completely outdated instructions) and will expect you to swim (or more likely for most people, to drown). I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | complete the assignments. The AWS final | Assignment | is a very much throw you | Positive | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. The AWS final assignment is a very much throw you into the deep end with no real instruction (well at least completely outdated instructions) and will expect you to swim (or more likely for most people, to drown). I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging). | and understanding of how to complete | Assignment | (though still very challenging). | Positive | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | This course is not maintained. It's flat out exploitative to throw students at an AWS assignment without updated instructions and with outdated versions of pig scripts, etc. They're setting students up to hemorrhage money on AWS and possibly not get anything out of it. Under no circumstances should you take this course or even this specialization so long as this assignment is gating it. | to throw students at an AWS | Assignment | without updated instructions and with outdated | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | This course is not maintained. It's flat out exploitative to throw students at an AWS assignment without updated instructions and with outdated versions of pig scripts, etc. They're setting students up to hemorrhage money on AWS and possibly not get anything out of it. Under no circumstances should you take this course or even this specialization so long as this assignment is gating it. | this specialization so long as this | Assignment | is gating it. | Negative | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | Much of the assignment was out of date. The content was not related to big portion of the assignment. There was no way of getting clarification over the outdated assignment content. | Much of the | Assignment | was out of date. The content | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | Much of the assignment was out of date. The content was not related to big portion of the assignment. There was no way of getting clarification over the outdated assignment content. | related to big portion of the | Assignment | There was no way of getting | Negative | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | Much of the assignment was out of date. The content was not related to big portion of the assignment. There was no way of getting clarification over the outdated assignment content. | of getting clarification over the outdated | Assignment | content. | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | The lectures are excellent, but do not take this course if you are not already proficient in a graphing package, whether it's R, python, or something else much more sophisticated than Excel. Otherwise you will be faced with the painfully frustrating task of learning a package while trying to complete an assignment, all with a short deadline. | package while trying to complete an | Assignment | all with a short deadline. | Negative | 0.72 | 1.0 |
| sxQd3zI6EeWtEArDRuZAUQ | Excellent content. Detractors were some of the lectures had a continual popping in the audio and the instructions for the final assignment seemed a little dated and required a bit more work to figure out the correct steps. | and the instructions for the final | Assignment | seemed a little dated and required | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | This course was informative. I especially loved the interview with Tressie from Taco Bell. I feel like I learned a lot from her. The only part I did not enjoy from this course was the Peer to Peer assignment. Don't get me wrong, the assignment was very informative. I love the concept of peer to peer assignments because I get to learn so much more in different sectors. However, socialmention.com was NOT working for me. It was very slow and I could not even load the page. I had to go to a cafe with high speed internet in order to load my keywords, hashtags, and influencers, but I couldn't until the last day (which is why I handed in my assignment late). Other than that, this course was (probably) better than the first one. | course was the Peer to Peer | Assignment | Don't get me wrong, the assignment | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | This course was informative. I especially loved the interview with Tressie from Taco Bell. I feel like I learned a lot from her. The only part I did not enjoy from this course was the Peer to Peer assignment. Don't get me wrong, the assignment was very informative. I love the concept of peer to peer assignments because I get to learn so much more in different sectors. However, socialmention.com was NOT working for me. It was very slow and I could not even load the page. I had to go to a cafe with high speed internet in order to load my keywords, hashtags, and influencers, but I couldn't until the last day (which is why I handed in my assignment late). Other than that, this course was (probably) better than the first one. | assignment. Don't get me wrong, the | Assignment | was very informative. I love the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | This course was informative. I especially loved the interview with Tressie from Taco Bell. I feel like I learned a lot from her. The only part I did not enjoy from this course was the Peer to Peer assignment. Don't get me wrong, the assignment was very informative. I love the concept of peer to peer assignments because I get to learn so much more in different sectors. However, socialmention.com was NOT working for me. It was very slow and I could not even load the page. I had to go to a cafe with high speed internet in order to load my keywords, hashtags, and influencers, but I couldn't until the last day (which is why I handed in my assignment late). Other than that, this course was (probably) better than the first one. | the concept of peer to peer | Assignment | because I get to learn so | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | This course was informative. I especially loved the interview with Tressie from Taco Bell. I feel like I learned a lot from her. The only part I did not enjoy from this course was the Peer to Peer assignment. Don't get me wrong, the assignment was very informative. I love the concept of peer to peer assignments because I get to learn so much more in different sectors. However, socialmention.com was NOT working for me. It was very slow and I could not even load the page. I had to go to a cafe with high speed internet in order to load my keywords, hashtags, and influencers, but I couldn't until the last day (which is why I handed in my assignment late). Other than that, this course was (probably) better than the first one. | is why I handed in my | Assignment | late). Other than that, this course | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | Using MOOC 2, I was really hoping we would go more in depth on (free) tools like Google Analytics. I would have liked information on how to better utilize the information I get from Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook's built in analytics tools as well. I know I'm under-utilizing them at present, and there's good stuff there. In spite of claims to the contrary, the Lexalytics and IBM Bluemix videos did feel like extended infomercials. Moreover, I work for a small non-profit, and we have neither the funds or bandwidth to utilize programs like this. I think the time could have been better used doing a deeper dive with Klout and SocialMention. I'm working on the assignment now and feel like we barely scraped the surface with both of these programs. There are just too many tools being introduced in this MOOC, and not enough practical learning. Tools are fantastic, but it's important to be utilizing them properly, otherwise I end up feeling like I'm wasting time. | and SocialMention. I'm working on the | Assignment | now and feel like we barely | Positive | 0.63 | 2.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | I liked this course, but there is room for improvement. For the assignment where you list keywords and hashtags associated with your target audience using Social Mention, the keyword results are only as good as the search term you use. And there was not much guidance on how to determine that search term. For instance, my target market is comprised of sales and marketing managers in corporate and creative environments. What should I search for to find out what they are talking about? I truly don't know. I took a guess and completed the assignment, but it would be helpful to understand the strategy for using social mention successfully. Secondly, the IBM Blue Mix section did not work. I signed up (using my Coursera email) but never received a confirmation email. I checked my spam folder. I created a support ticket through IBM and received support emails, but never got the confirmation email. They re-sent it several times but it never came through. Viewing the discussions, I was not the only one this happened to. And I had stopped watching the videos because I thought I needed that access to finish the course. Getting that straightened out would be a huge improvement. | is room for improvement. For the | Assignment | where you list keywords and hashtags | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | I liked this course, but there is room for improvement. For the assignment where you list keywords and hashtags associated with your target audience using Social Mention, the keyword results are only as good as the search term you use. And there was not much guidance on how to determine that search term. For instance, my target market is comprised of sales and marketing managers in corporate and creative environments. What should I search for to find out what they are talking about? I truly don't know. I took a guess and completed the assignment, but it would be helpful to understand the strategy for using social mention successfully. Secondly, the IBM Blue Mix section did not work. I signed up (using my Coursera email) but never received a confirmation email. I checked my spam folder. I created a support ticket through IBM and received support emails, but never got the confirmation email. They re-sent it several times but it never came through. Viewing the discussions, I was not the only one this happened to. And I had stopped watching the videos because I thought I needed that access to finish the course. Getting that straightened out would be a huge improvement. | took a guess and completed the | Assignment | but it would be helpful to | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | Well designed, full of useful information, great guest speakers, valuable assignments. I highly recommend it! | useful information, great guest speakers, valuable | Assignment | I highly recommend it! | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| t1gZRTXyEeW6RApRXdjJPw | I liked the assignment, and the course... for the most part. What I didn't care for was so much time being spent on the IBM BlueMix and other software tutorials. I don't really see the value in those software, and it felt very sales pitch-y. I can't imagine using them in my day to day, so it just felt like a waste of time. But I did like all other aspects of this course, including the Taco Bell insight, as well as the details on Social Mention and the other free web applications that is more pertinent to future social work. | I liked the | Assignment | and the course. . . for | Positive | 0.84 | 3.0 |
| tAfppJ3KEeWoKRLkmmHLTQ | Overall the course was good, but the quiz assignments need work. When entering formula's there should be more clarity. Formula's can be entered in many ways and even when right were often counted as wrong. | course was good, but the quiz | Assignment | need work. When entering formula's there | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| tAfppJ3KEeWoKRLkmmHLTQ | Very poor course. Low depth of teaching, assignments awfully developed. | poor course. Low depth of teaching, | Assignment | awfully developed. | Negative | 0.95 | 1.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | A very interesting experience. I got imagination level-up. Though it was really difficult to understand what should you do in each assignment. I've spent quite a while time to realize what to do each time. And some students did their homework completely wrong. But except of that it's a great course. | what should you do in each | Assignment | I've spent quite a while time | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | Good course, especially since you have the option to take it for free. Nice assignments that gets you to think outside the box or challenge. Recommend it if you wanna keep yourself busy and learn. | to take it for free. Nice | Assignment | that gets you to think outside | Negative | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | As a complete beginner to character design (and game design in general), I found this course very easy to understand with many great assignments to reinforce learning! I especially liked watching other designers create characters from scratch - seeing and hearing about the process other designers use to turn their ideas into a character they can use in a game - even animated characters - was particularly helpful. After completing this course, I now have many different character designs I can potentially use in my own games, along with awesome feedback from peers to make my character designs even better! I recommend this course to anyone interested in getting into game design and development. | easy to understand with many great | Assignment | to reinforce learning! I especially liked | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | there was 1 concept taught in the first lesson that of density. then it was loads of videos of other people drawing characters, not actually going through a design process. and then a few assignments designing a few characters . I was hoping to learn more about some of the principles of character design- wasnt blown away by this course wont be taking any more of these | design process. and then a few | Assignment | designing a few characters . I | Negative | 0.71 | 2.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | Lots of fun to join in and nice easy pace to complete the assignments. Overall had an awesome time participating! | nice easy pace to complete the | Assignment | Overall had an awesome time participating! | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | An amazing course, I really enjoyed it .. very useful assignments .. opened my mind in different ways would have loved references or so .. | enjoyed it . . very useful | Assignment | . . opened my mind in | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | Excellent! Sorry, I didn't do any assignments, but I really enjoy the course. The words of Robertryan Cory were brilliant! Cheers. | Excellent! Sorry, I didn't do any | Assignment | but I really enjoy the course. | Negative | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | One of the best courses I've ever taken on-line. Good explanations and artist's examples, and the assignments were awesome. Thanks! | explanations and artist's examples, and the | Assignment | were awesome. Thanks! | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| TCmaO25NEeWdfRLY06XVmw | An absolutely high quality class. The instruction is superb, the assignment is on par with top programs at Stanford, MIT, and CMU. Dr. Grossman's lecture is just so clear and energetic that makes learning this hard topic fun. | class. The instruction is superb, the | Assignment | is on par with top programs | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| teQEkL-gEeWw3xJ2buBW3w | Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive. I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low. Reasons are: 1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late). 2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts. 3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion). 4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent. So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars. | as said, are excellent. But the | Assignment | are often wrong and not accurate | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| teQEkL-gEeWw3xJ2buBW3w | Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive. I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low. Reasons are: 1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late). 2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts. 3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion). 4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent. So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars. | . . ). In the first | Assignment | you are asked to list favorites | Positive | 0.79 | 4.0 |
| teQEkL-gEeWw3xJ2buBW3w | Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive. I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low. Reasons are: 1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late). 2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts. 3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion). 4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent. So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars. | flexible. In many of the following | Assignment | the naming of the to be | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| teQEkL-gEeWw3xJ2buBW3w | Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive. I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low. Reasons are: 1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late). 2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts. 3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion). 4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent. So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars. | names are correct. In the third | Assignment | it is worse, there is no | Negative | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| teQEkL-gEeWw3xJ2buBW3w | Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive. I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low. Reasons are: 1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late). 2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts. 3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion). 4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent. So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars. | (or at least Dance) music. All | Assignment | should follow a predescribed form, while | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| teQEkL-gEeWw3xJ2buBW3w | Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive. I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low. Reasons are: 1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late). 2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts. 3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion). 4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent. So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars. | points or do not pass the | Assignment | So that is too strict (in | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| tEqImn2kEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Amazing course. I loved each lesson, the examples, the methodology, the teacher is Amazing!!! (Feel like we're friends now!) Very easy to follow exercises and achievable assignments. | easy to follow exercises and achievable | Assignment | | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| tEqImn2kEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Berkelee's Pro Tools Basics is one of the best courses I've taken here. Chrissy Tignor-Fisher is a wonderful teacher. She is very knowledgable and explains everything clearly, with an encouraging and inspiring attitude. The lecture videos are top-notch, with excellent presentation quality and tons of relevant information. Course assignments provide plenty of creative learning opportunities. Last but definitely not least, the peers in this course are so supportive, kind, and talented. It's been a joy to be a part of this course. Highly recommended to everyone! ***** | and tons of relevant information. Course | Assignment | provide plenty of creative learning opportunities. | Positive | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| tEqImn2kEeWb-BLhFdaGww | This class has been the best Pro Tools course I have studied .Chrissy Tignor-Fisher has put together an incredible progressive lesson plan . The video lessons are top notch . The quality of audio and visual are crystal clear . The information is presented and demonstrated with such clarity it keeps you wanting to learn more . Chrissy I,m at week 4 of your 5 week Basic Pro Tools course . I took the class so I can really start tapping into the power of Pro Tools and get my studying habits back up to par . Yes there are assignments and deadlines through out this course . Thanks to the Coursera and Berklee Team for providing this platform of education . I look forward to participating in more courses provided by Coursera. | to par . Yes there are | Assignment | and deadlines through out this course | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| tGbJuel4EeSnMSIACzuFJw | This course is very helpful. I enjoyed doing all the negotiation assignments with the fellow students. I think there could be even more of those because the most important part of becoming a better negotiator is practice practice practice! | I enjoyed doing all the negotiation | Assignment | with the fellow students. I think | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| tGbJuel4EeSnMSIACzuFJw | I have a master of science degree in consultation thus negotiation was a big part of the course therefore I have some background on the negotiation topic. I took this MOOC to polish up my skills and to see the value of negotiation training from a top university like Yale. The course was well designed and while I believe there is no one way of teaching negotiation, this course was more of quantitative way of doing negotiations thus the mathematics is a bit hard to follow. My degree course had no mathematics in it and thus this was an adjustment for me. I did like though that e had an opportunity to do live negotiations or the option of writing an essay and that the assignments had no deadlines thus making it a very flexible course. | writing an essay and that the | Assignment | had no deadlines thus making it | Negative | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| tGbJuel4EeSnMSIACzuFJw | Loved this course. The lecture videos were very clear, well framed, loved the white background and the instructor was always looking at the camera. The animated illustrations provided made the lecture extremely fun to watch and a lot easier to understand. Barry is an excellent presenter, well spoken, fun, pleasant and speaks in a welcoming tone. What I loved about this course is the nature of the assignments which stressed the point of actually doing negotiations with other classmates, it forced me to interact with complete strangers from different countries and review the work of others, which was an immensely pleasant experience. | course is the nature of the | Assignment | which stressed the point of actually | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| tGbJuel4EeSnMSIACzuFJw | I found this course very helpful and would recommend this course for anyone who wants to improve their negotiation skills. The course uses animation to elaborate complex concepts and assignments for practices. Not like other negotiation skills teaching the tips for negotiation, the thinking logic and principle of the course is highly useful. Besides, there are many recorded role plays for us to see what others do and what we can learn from others. So far this is the best course I've taken at Coursera Platform! I do think Coursera should make some billboard for course recommendations based on students comments. | animation to elaborate complex concepts and | Assignment | for practices. Not like other negotiation | Positive | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | It is a great course . Thanks to all the instructors ,but please I have the same problem with my grading of assignment Peer Review -Week 5. I am still waiting for my grading ,although I completed it all . Hassan Ali | same problem with my grading of | Assignment | Peer Review -Week 5. I am | Negative | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | The People Teaching this course are the best and they have so much life and show a good interest, they actually teach and they make the course enjoyable and by so doing i was able to pass all my quizzes and assignments. | to pass all my quizzes and | Assignment | | Negative | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I would give it 5 stars but , staff really needs to start reviewing assignments because there are a couple of bad apples copying the work of other students. We work hard and should not have our work plagiarized, but since it is peer review and not teacher graded, they get away with it. | staff really needs to start reviewing | Assignment | because there are a couple of | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I loved returning each week to the videos, the assignments, and interacting with classmates from around the world. This class has been one of the very best that I've taken. On to course #2! | each week to the videos, the | Assignment | and interacting with classmates from around | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400. | feedback and a lot of the | Assignment | were written by students in horrendous | Negative | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400. | problems with getting credit for their | Assignment | Also, even though the videos are | Negative | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400. | found it slow, expensive and the | Assignment | to be actually annoying. It's perfect | Negative | 0.71 | 1.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I liked the course and I found it useful . I will recommend it to my friends. However , some of the instructions are not clear. I understood that I have time to catch up till Dec 21st. But now, My assignment and editing are not accepted and I want to know what I can do. | till Dec 21st. But now, My | Assignment | and editing are not accepted and | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | On overall its a very good course, but assignment submission was a bit confusing ! | its a very good course, but | Assignment | submission was a bit confusing ! | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | New concepts ! Great assignments ! and fantastic teachers ! | New concepts ! Great | Assignment | ! and fantastic teachers ! | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| tjqUXz-5EeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I would highly recommend this course for anyone who wishes to understand the events that happened during the GFC. Both, Prof Andrew Materick and Secretary Geitner provide excellent "insights & data"; and have made the course very interesting. Looking forward for other coursers on Finance from Yale University. P.S: The assignments are not easy as they seem to be. One has to carefully listen to the lessons and make proper notes. | from Yale University. P. S: The | Assignment | are not easy as they seem | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| TN2PygiBEeW4diIACwKO-g | Really enjoyed this part of the course. I am very grateful for the opportunity to learn online and I am impressed by the quality of this course. I like the format of the three units for Soul Beliefs as I think this works well with the amount of material. However, it can take some time to have assignments marked by peers. Patience. My heartfelt thanks to the Profs and everyone involved. | can take some time to have | Assignment | marked by peers. Patience. My heartfelt | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | If this class is truly designed and welcomes beginners who have no knowledge in SEO as it is described in course introduction, assignment instructions should be provided with sample writings or rubrics. The writing assignment instruction reads,for example, "Identify headers, alt-text, and etc. and recommend how to improve them for optimization." Where does it say provide alt-text images for recommendation, make a tie to the recommendation, and list references for the images recommend, if not 3 points off? The lectures are short, doesn't show much details of what is expected for audit writing or analysis writing, but my 2 page analysis or audit is not enough because a thorough rubric expects to see this and that that is not even mentioned in instruction? It is a common sense that a writer has to be detail-oriented with recommendations? Then the course SHOULD not encourage SEO beginners who has never seen SEO audits or analysis paper. If not, assignment instruction should be listed thoroughly as rubric, so that a beginner SEO student can pass the writing and take it as a learning experiences. Endless flunking mal-grading system, is this Coursera's education method? | it is described in course introduction, | Assignment | instructions should be provided with sample | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | If this class is truly designed and welcomes beginners who have no knowledge in SEO as it is described in course introduction, assignment instructions should be provided with sample writings or rubrics. The writing assignment instruction reads,for example, "Identify headers, alt-text, and etc. and recommend how to improve them for optimization." Where does it say provide alt-text images for recommendation, make a tie to the recommendation, and list references for the images recommend, if not 3 points off? The lectures are short, doesn't show much details of what is expected for audit writing or analysis writing, but my 2 page analysis or audit is not enough because a thorough rubric expects to see this and that that is not even mentioned in instruction? It is a common sense that a writer has to be detail-oriented with recommendations? Then the course SHOULD not encourage SEO beginners who has never seen SEO audits or analysis paper. If not, assignment instruction should be listed thoroughly as rubric, so that a beginner SEO student can pass the writing and take it as a learning experiences. Endless flunking mal-grading system, is this Coursera's education method? | sample writings or rubrics. The writing | Assignment | instruction reads, for example, " Identify | Negative | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | If this class is truly designed and welcomes beginners who have no knowledge in SEO as it is described in course introduction, assignment instructions should be provided with sample writings or rubrics. The writing assignment instruction reads,for example, "Identify headers, alt-text, and etc. and recommend how to improve them for optimization." Where does it say provide alt-text images for recommendation, make a tie to the recommendation, and list references for the images recommend, if not 3 points off? The lectures are short, doesn't show much details of what is expected for audit writing or analysis writing, but my 2 page analysis or audit is not enough because a thorough rubric expects to see this and that that is not even mentioned in instruction? It is a common sense that a writer has to be detail-oriented with recommendations? Then the course SHOULD not encourage SEO beginners who has never seen SEO audits or analysis paper. If not, assignment instruction should be listed thoroughly as rubric, so that a beginner SEO student can pass the writing and take it as a learning experiences. Endless flunking mal-grading system, is this Coursera's education method? | audits or analysis paper. If not, | Assignment | instruction should be listed thoroughly as | Negative | 0.74 | 1.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | Generally a good course. I was disappointed with the instructions in the Week 3 assignment. In past courses within the certification, the instructions have noted specifically what was required. Here, the instructions around the Google Business Page part of the assignment did not include some specific elements we were being evaluated one. | the instructions in the Week 3 | Assignment | In past courses within the certification, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | Generally a good course. I was disappointed with the instructions in the Week 3 assignment. In past courses within the certification, the instructions have noted specifically what was required. Here, the instructions around the Google Business Page part of the assignment did not include some specific elements we were being evaluated one. | Google Business Page part of the | Assignment | did not include some specific elements | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | Assignments flawed and need reviewing. | | Assignment | flawed and need reviewing. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| TN6htXEnEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | Course itself is excellent, cases are very good and practical, but the only thing is lots of technical issues with the assignments and quizzes. Therefore only 3 stars. | lots of technical issues with the | Assignment | and quizzes. Therefore only 3 stars. | Negative | 0.85 | 3.0 |
| towthzydEeW0tw4knrMo3Q | very great course the variety in doctors every lesson is a very great thing but the assignment and asking about the names of bacteria is really hard and there is no enough data about why they are called that so it is really hard i hope you can add a lesson clarifing the names of bacteria | a very great thing but the | Assignment | and asking about the names of | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| TpvXIzxZEeWjyxInT4zYJQ | Great course. I wish there were homework assignments though to make it more engaging. One of the best courses I have taken in coursera | course. I wish there were homework | Assignment | though to make it more engaging. | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| trDN9vgGEeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | I enjoyed this course very much. Thank you for offering this course for folks like me who need an introduction to Project Management. Although it was extremely helpful to put my learning into practice and do the work, I found the peer reviews difficult to assess. When reviewing the work of my peers, some of the information did not flow as a project as a whole. For instance, sometimes the WBS did not match with the project activities sequence, but because the rubric/peer review was so broad, as long as the peer put down 10 or more activities, he/she received a perfect score. I do not believe this is an accurate reflection of ones full understanding of project management with the given rubric. I suggest creating a more detailed rubric that helps bring all the information together where those doing the peer review and those creating the documents can see the value of each part of the assignment. The assignment should essentially match the rubric to ensure accuracy of grading. Thank you again for this opportunity to take your course! | value of each part of the | Assignment | The assignment should essentially match the | Positive | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| trDN9vgGEeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | I enjoyed this course very much. Thank you for offering this course for folks like me who need an introduction to Project Management. Although it was extremely helpful to put my learning into practice and do the work, I found the peer reviews difficult to assess. When reviewing the work of my peers, some of the information did not flow as a project as a whole. For instance, sometimes the WBS did not match with the project activities sequence, but because the rubric/peer review was so broad, as long as the peer put down 10 or more activities, he/she received a perfect score. I do not believe this is an accurate reflection of ones full understanding of project management with the given rubric. I suggest creating a more detailed rubric that helps bring all the information together where those doing the peer review and those creating the documents can see the value of each part of the assignment. The assignment should essentially match the rubric to ensure accuracy of grading. Thank you again for this opportunity to take your course! | each part of the assignment. The | Assignment | should essentially match the rubric to | Positive | 0.71 | 3.0 |
| trDN9vgGEeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | It was a good exercise, but there were some inconsistencies between the assignment rubric that was published and the grading key the students use to evaluate your work. More alignment between these two would be helpful. | there were some inconsistencies between the | Assignment | rubric that was published and the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| trgWdYiKEeWfngrMqWa91Q | The lectures were not very interesting or instructive. The reading materials were much more so. However, the assignments in the class were based much more on the lectures and on self-reflection than on the materials. I learned a little bit, and as such found the course worth the time I put into it, but I almost think one could get through this course with little difficulty without reading any of the written materials, and thus derive very little benefit from it. I would encourage the makers of this course to do a significant revamping. (In addition to greater incorporation and emphasis on the written materials, I think more real-life examples of diplomatic successes and failures would be a far more effective and entertaining use of the lecture time than the esoteric philosophising that seems to characterize it in this edition.) | were much more so. However, the | Assignment | in the class were based much | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| trgWdYiKEeWfngrMqWa91Q | This course has been so helpful and informative. Thank you so much. I love how the number of words required in writing the analysis (assignments) gradually increased. :) | words required in writing the analysis | Assignment | gradually increased. :) | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I DON'T recommend this course AT ALL. This college doesn't spend much effort to structure this course - just putting short videos (less than 10mins in total per a week) and external references (which someone else wrote). The assignments are just open discussion among students and have ourselves evaluate with each other. I haven't learn anything from this course. It's just a waste of time and money. Coursera should inspect this course otherwise these skeptical courses can deteriorate the reputation of this MOOC platform - I love the other courses/specializations provided by other universities though, | references (which someone else wrote). The | Assignment | are just open discussion among students | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I like the class and the assignments. Lessons are quite short however with the assignments and quizzes I am forced to search for the answers among provided reading material. I feel I am learning a lot! | I like the class and the | Assignment | Lessons are quite short however with | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I like the class and the assignments. Lessons are quite short however with the assignments and quizzes I am forced to search for the answers among provided reading material. I feel I am learning a lot! | are quite short however with the | Assignment | and quizzes I am forced to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Excellent overview of some current issues related to security and the Internet. I especially liked the assignments which required one to write a short essay. The videos are somewhat minimal but I do not think that is necessarily bad. Instead, one has to gather a lot of information oneself through readings and Internet searches. | the Internet. I especially liked the | Assignment | which required one to write a | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | It's good to learn new about cyber security and assignment are good. | learn new about cyber security and | Assignment | are good. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Videos seemed disjointed. Assignments were marked inconsistently. Did not find the subject interesting but the course did give useful insights into the industry. | Videos seemed disjointed. | Assignment | were marked inconsistently. Did not find | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I have learning a lot about cybersecurity in this course, and I really liked the process of handing in assignments as well as reviewing other students' work. | liked the process of handing in | Assignment | as well as reviewing other students' | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| TYSbV73jEeW1WAr3aepXuw | The last assignment serves the core aim :) | The last | Assignment | serves the core aim :) | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Very impressive course, the lectures and assignments are very well organized and are quite interesting. It is very important topic for everybody in today's world. I hope a lot of people are encouraged to take this course, so everybody can start contributing to changing our world for the better. | Very impressive course, the lectures and | Assignment | are very well organized and are | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | This is a greatly comprehensive course about sustainable development. Prof. Sachs addressed many crucial situations and urgent problems that we face with today regarding global economic growth, environmental sustainability and social inclusion. He not only analysed their causes, but also provided well-thought, heartfelt solutions based on large amount of interdisciplinary studies. I am positively influenced by the wisdom and compassion presented in the course. The design of assignments is conducive to learning and encourages me to explore pertinent resources in the field of sustainable development. The assignments themselves are informative and resourceful. Learning this topic through the course has broadened my perspectives about the world I live in and has shed light on my own path as where to go for the best as a biologist, and first of all, as a human being. THANKS!! | in the course. The design of | Assignment | is conducive to learning and encourages | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | This is a greatly comprehensive course about sustainable development. Prof. Sachs addressed many crucial situations and urgent problems that we face with today regarding global economic growth, environmental sustainability and social inclusion. He not only analysed their causes, but also provided well-thought, heartfelt solutions based on large amount of interdisciplinary studies. I am positively influenced by the wisdom and compassion presented in the course. The design of assignments is conducive to learning and encourages me to explore pertinent resources in the field of sustainable development. The assignments themselves are informative and resourceful. Learning this topic through the course has broadened my perspectives about the world I live in and has shed light on my own path as where to go for the best as a biologist, and first of all, as a human being. THANKS!! | the field of sustainable development. The | Assignment | themselves are informative and resourceful. Learning | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I have taken courses in photography before. I periodically attempt to brush up on my knowledge. A lot has changed with digital photography as a new medium. Everything is clearly explained and the professor is articulate. This course would be excellent for someone who is just beginning photography and/or it may be beneficial for someone who would like to review photography concepts. The peer review process could be improved, but also it is beneficial to review other peoples work. I still think its helpful to have a professional look at your work when possible. An extra credit assignment might be to join a camera club or talk to a professional in your community and possibly even show them your pictures as your progress through the course. The main thing is don't be too hard on yourself, or others too. We are all beginners here. | work when possible. An extra credit | Assignment | might be to join a camera | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Information was excellent, and the assignments were incredibly helpful by integrating the peer-reviewing process to help get a better idea of how to improve your work! Both professors made information easy for newcomers to process by laying out all of the vocabulary upfront so everyone stayed on the same page. Highly recommended for people who photograph as a hobby and people looking to get more serious about their photography. | Information was excellent, and the | Assignment | were incredibly helpful by integrating the | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Good: very wide and also deep in transferring knowedge assignments are clear and challenging because they require a story to which the shots ghave to follow Not so good: sometimes the shown examples are show too shortly, and the videos toggle between professor and motiv to fast. Show both at the same time woiuld help the (iOs) app is a bit limited (e.g. assessments can not be edited). | and also deep in transferring knowedge | Assignment | are clear and challenging because they | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | The course full of very useful information. Also it is so practical and the assignments are great | it is so practical and the | Assignment | are great | Positive | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | A very good course that introduces you to a lot of photography related concepts and terms. The assignments are very hands on and fun to do. The course also gives you great pointers for choosing a new camera! | photography related concepts and terms. The | Assignment | are very hands on and fun | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | It is a fantastic course. It has wonderful faculty and assignments are worth taking. | course. It has wonderful faculty and | Assignment | are worth taking. | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I wish I could at least read the assignments if not get reviews on them in the audited version. | I could at least read the | Assignment | if not get reviews on them | Negative | 0.98 | 2.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | As a beginning course for photography, it teaches you quite a lot. The academic in me feels like there's not enough serious assignments though. To pass this class, a lot of what you'll be passing will be fairly easy multiple choice tests, with only two assignments that specifically require you to go out in field and take some pictures. I have high hopes for the rest of the specialization though, as this was only the very first of five courses. | feels like there's not enough serious | Assignment | though. To pass this class, a | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | As a beginning course for photography, it teaches you quite a lot. The academic in me feels like there's not enough serious assignments though. To pass this class, a lot of what you'll be passing will be fairly easy multiple choice tests, with only two assignments that specifically require you to go out in field and take some pictures. I have high hopes for the rest of the specialization though, as this was only the very first of five courses. | multiple choice tests, with only two | Assignment | that specifically require you to go | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | The course would be great if only everybody could fully participate. As I cannot pass quizzes and submit assignments not having purchased it, I have less motivation to carry on :( | I cannot pass quizzes and submit | Assignment | not having purchased it, I have | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Great course, I've learned a lot, but it is somewhat discouraging not being able to pass the course because I can not pay for it. I don't need the certificate, but I would still prefer getting feedback on the quizzes and getting involved with the assignments. | quizzes and getting involved with the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Excellent instruction with interesting assignments. | Excellent instruction with interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I have thoroughly loved and enjoyed watching videos and attempting assignments. Also Prof. Peter and Prof. Mark are really good teachers. I learned all that I could better from them rather than back in college. Hope to do more courses with them and also continue being a Spartan! And yes, hoping to meet the professors in person someday. | and enjoyed watching videos and attempting | Assignment | Also Prof. Peter and Prof. Mark | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Love the peer review process! The professors are incredibly knowledgeable, the assignments inspire creativity, and the content is relevant and timely. | The professors are incredibly knowledgeable, the | Assignment | inspire creativity, and the content is | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | There were some technical challenges that made this course not as fun. The content was good. If you make the assignments easier to submit (for example: provide a box to write a statement as opposed to uploading one) it will remove frustration and increase enjoyment. | was good. If you make the | Assignment | easier to submit (for example: provide | Negative | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Really enjoying the pace of this course. The video sections are easily digestible! I like the assignments and my classmates and I are learning to critique. It would be nice if the instructors could do some critique for the students who are paying for the full program including the Capstone project at the end. | are easily digestible! I like the | Assignment | and my classmates and I are | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I have to say, I am disappointed in that I feel there is little to no interaction here between students and instructors/aides. Additionally, the assignments are not functioning properly and it creates much confusion. The instructors videos are great and have been helpful but the rest is lacking! There is no way to view other's bodies of work and critiques are very vague, etc. This is photography... where is the photography from learners (other than the assignments)? Why is there no gallery here? | between students and instructors/aides. Additionally, the | Assignment | are not functioning properly and it | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I have to say, I am disappointed in that I feel there is little to no interaction here between students and instructors/aides. Additionally, the assignments are not functioning properly and it creates much confusion. The instructors videos are great and have been helpful but the rest is lacking! There is no way to view other's bodies of work and critiques are very vague, etc. This is photography... where is the photography from learners (other than the assignments)? Why is there no gallery here? | photography from learners (other than the | Assignment | Why is there no gallery here? | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Although I've been active in photography for many years, there was still new information. I enjoyed the assignments as they made me think more creatively about my environment. I enjoyed the class. reviewing as well as the reviews from the other students. Thank you for a great class. | still new information. I enjoyed the | Assignment | as they made me think more | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | I found this class to be very helpful in exploring the art of photography. If you want to learn more of the basics and beginning elements of photography this is a great start. The classes are to the point and not very time consuming. The assignments are well written to make you go out and start using your camera. | and not very time consuming. The | Assignment | are well written to make you | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| u3goXsk9EeWT3Aqsn0BGnQ | Great course. Very clear and informative. There are lots of examples that are interesting and easy to understand. The assignments make it absolutely worth it. | interesting and easy to understand. The | Assignment | make it absolutely worth it. | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| ujxZm0T9EeWhnQozdayc-w | Interesting and well presented. I completed the entire course, all lectures and assignments. However, week 1 is persistently listed as "overdue" even though it was actually completed ahead of time. Please remove from the "overdue" status which incessantly prompts me to join an upcoming new session. I enjoyed the course but this technical snafu is annoying. | the entire course, all lectures and | Assignment | However, week 1 is persistently listed | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The course content is good, although it is very "USA centered". It is very good for people with small experience in the professional market, no just the games area, but all areas. Casey is a great teacher, he makes boring stuff be less boring. The only negative point of the course are the assignments. Again, like in the previous course, the assignments are too subjective, too personal, hard to do and evaluate. Unlike last course (Game Design), I really recommend this one, useful stuff. | point of the course are the | Assignment | Again, like in the previous course, | Negative | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The course content is good, although it is very "USA centered". It is very good for people with small experience in the professional market, no just the games area, but all areas. Casey is a great teacher, he makes boring stuff be less boring. The only negative point of the course are the assignments. Again, like in the previous course, the assignments are too subjective, too personal, hard to do and evaluate. Unlike last course (Game Design), I really recommend this one, useful stuff. | like in the previous course, the | Assignment | are too subjective, too personal, hard | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I was most excited about taking this class (in fact, it's how I found the specialization as a whole) and I did not get as much out of it as I was hoping for. :-\ I think that it's geared to too wide of an audience, so we didn't get as specific as I was anticipating. I also felt that a lot of the time of the videos were taken up by telling us what not to do. ("You don't want to be too far to this side, but you don't want to be too far to the other side, right?") I did get some good information out of this class, but I found a disconnect between the lectures and the homework. When we were assigned an elevator pitch as an assignment, it might have been nice to have seen some examples of elevator pitches--what makes a good (or a bad) elevator pitch? What kind of things would be a good idea to include? Concrete examples would have been super helpful. Submitting my homework and then seeing that other people did vastly different stuff made me question my own submission (Did we just take it in a different direction or did I (or they) misunderstand the assignment?) but since we're all peer reviewing, it's a case of the blind leading the blind there. This also happened with the SWOT Document...which I don't think was even mentioned in the lectures at all in-depth. Again, it would have been helpful to have seen some concrete examples, as I've never heard of that document before. | assigned an elevator pitch as an | Assignment | it might have been nice to | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I was most excited about taking this class (in fact, it's how I found the specialization as a whole) and I did not get as much out of it as I was hoping for. :-\ I think that it's geared to too wide of an audience, so we didn't get as specific as I was anticipating. I also felt that a lot of the time of the videos were taken up by telling us what not to do. ("You don't want to be too far to this side, but you don't want to be too far to the other side, right?") I did get some good information out of this class, but I found a disconnect between the lectures and the homework. When we were assigned an elevator pitch as an assignment, it might have been nice to have seen some examples of elevator pitches--what makes a good (or a bad) elevator pitch? What kind of things would be a good idea to include? Concrete examples would have been super helpful. Submitting my homework and then seeing that other people did vastly different stuff made me question my own submission (Did we just take it in a different direction or did I (or they) misunderstand the assignment?) but since we're all peer reviewing, it's a case of the blind leading the blind there. This also happened with the SWOT Document...which I don't think was even mentioned in the lectures at all in-depth. Again, it would have been helpful to have seen some concrete examples, as I've never heard of that document before. | did I (or they) misunderstand the | Assignment | ) but since we're all peer | Negative | 0.84 | 2.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Great content and great teacher. But I found the assignments and the quizzes not that great. I reckon the questions and corrections were a bit subjective and time consuming. | great teacher. But I found the | Assignment | and the quizzes not that great. | Negative | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I felt this course was much more fair and the assignments were more realistic than in the previous course, it was better structured as well. In general this course was very helpful and instructive. | was much more fair and the | Assignment | were more realistic than in the | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The material was interesting and the professor was engaging to watch. But unlike other Coursera courses, I never did see any replies from a staff member to any of the questions posted on the forums. Other professors on Coursera reply to threads themselves or have a TA reply for them. I understand that one person may not be able to reply to all threads if the forum is active. But at least those asking questions to get clarification about the assignments should be answered. The class forum was not very active during this session and could have been easily watched more closely by one person. | questions to get clarification about the | Assignment | should be answered. The class forum | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Course assignments have nothing to do with the lectures. Most of the assignments could have been copy-pasted stuff from the previous course in this specialization. Same as with previous course - review point organization leaves too many space for individual opinions. Assignment with a video clip is something I didn't expect at all. I had to download a bunch of free software to make it, and I didn't make it good enough, because I'm not skilled in using those programs. Of course, it then reflected my average score, because review point system is too much oriented toward personal opinions of others. I felt this course gave me the least out of this specialization, and I also felt this course scratched a lot of things, but didn't quite get into many details that could have been mentioned (maybe even instead of the assignments that were quite dull to me). There is a section of clips that is a bit useless to those outside of USA. Unlike previous course, this one was at least doable inside the expected work hours / week (except for the video assignment which took me a bit more), and that's why I'll give it 1 point higher than previous course. This review might sound a bit harsh, even though it's not the intention. With a bit of polishing, it could become really great, but it really could use some of the improvements I have mentioned above. | Course | Assignment | have nothing to do with the | Negative | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Course assignments have nothing to do with the lectures. Most of the assignments could have been copy-pasted stuff from the previous course in this specialization. Same as with previous course - review point organization leaves too many space for individual opinions. Assignment with a video clip is something I didn't expect at all. I had to download a bunch of free software to make it, and I didn't make it good enough, because I'm not skilled in using those programs. Of course, it then reflected my average score, because review point system is too much oriented toward personal opinions of others. I felt this course gave me the least out of this specialization, and I also felt this course scratched a lot of things, but didn't quite get into many details that could have been mentioned (maybe even instead of the assignments that were quite dull to me). There is a section of clips that is a bit useless to those outside of USA. Unlike previous course, this one was at least doable inside the expected work hours / week (except for the video assignment which took me a bit more), and that's why I'll give it 1 point higher than previous course. This review might sound a bit harsh, even though it's not the intention. With a bit of polishing, it could become really great, but it really could use some of the improvements I have mentioned above. | with the lectures. Most of the | Assignment | could have been copy-pasted stuff from | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Course assignments have nothing to do with the lectures. Most of the assignments could have been copy-pasted stuff from the previous course in this specialization. Same as with previous course - review point organization leaves too many space for individual opinions. Assignment with a video clip is something I didn't expect at all. I had to download a bunch of free software to make it, and I didn't make it good enough, because I'm not skilled in using those programs. Of course, it then reflected my average score, because review point system is too much oriented toward personal opinions of others. I felt this course gave me the least out of this specialization, and I also felt this course scratched a lot of things, but didn't quite get into many details that could have been mentioned (maybe even instead of the assignments that were quite dull to me). There is a section of clips that is a bit useless to those outside of USA. Unlike previous course, this one was at least doable inside the expected work hours / week (except for the video assignment which took me a bit more), and that's why I'll give it 1 point higher than previous course. This review might sound a bit harsh, even though it's not the intention. With a bit of polishing, it could become really great, but it really could use some of the improvements I have mentioned above. | too many space for individual opinions. | Assignment | with a video clip is something | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Course assignments have nothing to do with the lectures. Most of the assignments could have been copy-pasted stuff from the previous course in this specialization. Same as with previous course - review point organization leaves too many space for individual opinions. Assignment with a video clip is something I didn't expect at all. I had to download a bunch of free software to make it, and I didn't make it good enough, because I'm not skilled in using those programs. Of course, it then reflected my average score, because review point system is too much oriented toward personal opinions of others. I felt this course gave me the least out of this specialization, and I also felt this course scratched a lot of things, but didn't quite get into many details that could have been mentioned (maybe even instead of the assignments that were quite dull to me). There is a section of clips that is a bit useless to those outside of USA. Unlike previous course, this one was at least doable inside the expected work hours / week (except for the video assignment which took me a bit more), and that's why I'll give it 1 point higher than previous course. This review might sound a bit harsh, even though it's not the intention. With a bit of polishing, it could become really great, but it really could use some of the improvements I have mentioned above. | mentioned (maybe even instead of the | Assignment | that were quite dull to me). | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Course assignments have nothing to do with the lectures. Most of the assignments could have been copy-pasted stuff from the previous course in this specialization. Same as with previous course - review point organization leaves too many space for individual opinions. Assignment with a video clip is something I didn't expect at all. I had to download a bunch of free software to make it, and I didn't make it good enough, because I'm not skilled in using those programs. Of course, it then reflected my average score, because review point system is too much oriented toward personal opinions of others. I felt this course gave me the least out of this specialization, and I also felt this course scratched a lot of things, but didn't quite get into many details that could have been mentioned (maybe even instead of the assignments that were quite dull to me). There is a section of clips that is a bit useless to those outside of USA. Unlike previous course, this one was at least doable inside the expected work hours / week (except for the video assignment which took me a bit more), and that's why I'll give it 1 point higher than previous course. This review might sound a bit harsh, even though it's not the intention. With a bit of polishing, it could become really great, but it really could use some of the improvements I have mentioned above. | / week (except for the video | Assignment | which took me a bit more), | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I wasn't that impressed. I did learn a lot about business types and copyright stuff, but it seemed like the assignments had nothing to do with the course material. | stuff, but it seemed like the | Assignment | had nothing to do with the | Negative | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I believe the final assignment should be a Business Plan for a Game Developer Company. It would sum up all that we learned throughout the course! | I believe the final | Assignment | should be a Business Plan for | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very well designed and thought through. A lot of information that you can continue to develop by yourself. It gives you the tools and talks about processes which you need to surround yourself with. The only thing I lacked was a bit more in depth for some of the latter assignments. Having a template would both be distracting, but also give you some examples on what the level needed would to be to be able to pass the assignments. | depth for some of the latter | Assignment | Having a template would both be | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very well designed and thought through. A lot of information that you can continue to develop by yourself. It gives you the tools and talks about processes which you need to surround yourself with. The only thing I lacked was a bit more in depth for some of the latter assignments. Having a template would both be distracting, but also give you some examples on what the level needed would to be to be able to pass the assignments. | to be able to pass the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | During the first week the assignments for the week was not even remotely associated with the content we learn throughout the week. For individuals who wish to learn about the video game industry but are not avid video game players or well read in its trade magazines, this is a bit frustrating. This slightly improved in following weeks. Besides that, the course is stellar. | During the first week the | Assignment | for the week was not even | Negative | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The information in this course was valuable, but the assignments were poorly integrated with the course. The types of documents assigned were either not covered or barely covered in the course leaving the students to guess what was expected. For one assignment the provided template left off a section required in the grading criteria. The quizes were also poorly tied to the lecture material and some of the questions were ambiguous. There were several quizes were a single wrong answer resulted in having to take the quiz over. | this course was valuable, but the | Assignment | were poorly integrated with the course. | Negative | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | The information in this course was valuable, but the assignments were poorly integrated with the course. The types of documents assigned were either not covered or barely covered in the course leaving the students to guess what was expected. For one assignment the provided template left off a section required in the grading criteria. The quizes were also poorly tied to the lecture material and some of the questions were ambiguous. There were several quizes were a single wrong answer resulted in having to take the quiz over. | guess what was expected. For one | Assignment | the provided template left off a | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Game video pitch is the most interesting assignment. I have got chance to see other students' ideas. | video pitch is the most interesting | Assignment | I have got chance to see | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Many of the issues from the previous course have been fixed in this course. Not bad, but there were still issues with the video content not matching up well with the assignments. Especially in that the assignments are never talked about in the videos, especially how to create the papers that are asked of the student. | not matching up well with the | Assignment | Especially in that the assignments are | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Many of the issues from the previous course have been fixed in this course. Not bad, but there were still issues with the video content not matching up well with the assignments. Especially in that the assignments are never talked about in the videos, especially how to create the papers that are asked of the student. | the assignments. Especially in that the | Assignment | are never talked about in the | Positive | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| UShq4HPgEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Problems with translation from Spanish to English creating confusion to non - Spanish students. Not all the lectures are translated. I have noticed that some English translation is missing or is incorrect. Also, since I am a non - Spanish student I can not review correctly and accordingly Spanish posted assignments due to language barriers. | review correctly and accordingly Spanish posted | Assignment | due to language barriers. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Professor Impey covers an extensive subject using a clear and instigating language. The assignments and tasks proposed helps a lot the comprehension and make you search for more information. One of the best online courses I have already had. Congratulations to Professor Impey and all team that produced the available material. | a clear and instigating language. The | Assignment | and tasks proposed helps a lot | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | The astronomy course exceeded my expectations. I learned a great deal from the video lectures and the astrpoedia textbook. I was surprised that preparing for the essay questions was also a good source for added knowledge in researching for the assignments. I am indebted to Chris Impey for the excellent lectures and course. Everything was well presented and explained well but I could not get up to understand much of the last lesson – Life in the Universe. In summary, great course and recommend it without reservations. Kudos and thanks to Chris Impey. | added knowledge in researching for the | Assignment | I am indebted to Chris Impey | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This course is bad! I had come upto week 4. While Chris Impey is knowledgeable and good, the course structure is very poor and leaves a lot to be desired. I would venture to make some suggestions: a. Restrict each video to a max of 7 minutes. More than that makes one sleepy. b. Reduce the number of videos in each module to a max of say 6. c. Instead of having Chris expound it like an audio reading, please include some slides, pictures,tables so that the matter to be learnt becomes self evident and Chris doesn't have to speak so much. A good example is the Coursera "The Global Financial Crisis", which I am also doing currently. d. If you feel all the material in this course has to be studied, then to achieve the objectives in (a) and (b) above, divide this course into two parts, Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space - part I & II. e. The written assignments are very simple and do not require any mental resources other than memory. Can you make the questions more challenging? For example, in Telescopes (Assignment 2), can you not ask a question like "In addition to Atacama, Chile, using Google earth, which other parts of the globe may be suitable for installation of ground based telescopes?" or "To obviate the blurring effect of the atmosphere, discuss the possibility of high altitude balloon based telescopes?" or "What do you feel about the fact that since today's mobile phones have high computing ability, their components can be used to make a low-cost space based interferometric telescopes?" Kudos to Chris and his team! On the whole, knowledge wise, this is a good course. | I & II. e. The written | Assignment | are very simple and do not | Positive | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This course is bad! I had come upto week 4. While Chris Impey is knowledgeable and good, the course structure is very poor and leaves a lot to be desired. I would venture to make some suggestions: a. Restrict each video to a max of 7 minutes. More than that makes one sleepy. b. Reduce the number of videos in each module to a max of say 6. c. Instead of having Chris expound it like an audio reading, please include some slides, pictures,tables so that the matter to be learnt becomes self evident and Chris doesn't have to speak so much. A good example is the Coursera "The Global Financial Crisis", which I am also doing currently. d. If you feel all the material in this course has to be studied, then to achieve the objectives in (a) and (b) above, divide this course into two parts, Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space - part I & II. e. The written assignments are very simple and do not require any mental resources other than memory. Can you make the questions more challenging? For example, in Telescopes (Assignment 2), can you not ask a question like "In addition to Atacama, Chile, using Google earth, which other parts of the globe may be suitable for installation of ground based telescopes?" or "To obviate the blurring effect of the atmosphere, discuss the possibility of high altitude balloon based telescopes?" or "What do you feel about the fact that since today's mobile phones have high computing ability, their components can be used to make a low-cost space based interferometric telescopes?" Kudos to Chris and his team! On the whole, knowledge wise, this is a good course. | more challenging? For example, in Telescopes | Assignment | 2), can you not ask a | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Amazing course! Chris Impey is a wonderful teacher. The lectures are captivating, but at a level that is appropriate for astronomy beginners. The quizzes are only easy if you were paying attention, and the writing assignments consolidate the material. This course has made me even more interested in the subject and since starting it I have even gone beyond the scope of this course and done my own investigations. Definitely recommended. | were paying attention, and the writing | Assignment | consolidate the material. This course has | Negative | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | I really like the way the videos were made, it's literally like a 1-1 session wiv the professor himself. I have learnt a lot in the process of completing each assignment, also it has done nothing but build my love for astronomy and space itself even further than it was. | in the process of completing each | Assignment | also it has done nothing but | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| UTmoThr5EeWqIgq-TOy4Xw | very informative and interesting course. However it was mind bogglingly confusing about what was exactly required for the final assignment. Please be clearer next time! | was exactly required for the final | Assignment | Please be clearer next time! | Negative | 0.77 | 3.0 |
| UTmoThr5EeWqIgq-TOy4Xw | Excellent course material and challenging assignments. Really informative . Five star course ! | Excellent course material and challenging | Assignment | Really informative . Five star course | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| UwQkL5z8EeWJORITtzkPnQ | Awesome instructor, awesome materials and awesome learners. Of course, difficult assignments that I taught me a lot! Thank you Coursera, Dr. Larry and the entire team behind the scene. | and awesome learners. Of course, difficult | Assignment | that I taught me a lot! | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| UwQkL5z8EeWJORITtzkPnQ | Excellent course. Larry is a great teacher and the quizzes and assignments give a great opportunity to consolidate our learning. One recommendation I would give is to try to make the forum more useful maybe by including TAs o including mentors that response on the course contents and not only on technical issu | great teacher and the quizzes and | Assignment | give a great opportunity to consolidate | Positive | 0.84 | 5.0 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Great course that explains a lot of core concepts and techniques (like controlling depth of field). Also gives a great introduction to the different types of lenses available. My only criticism would be that the last two weeks are lighter on content (however the assignments are challenging and a lot of fun!) | are lighter on content (however the | Assignment | are challenging and a lot of | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Same comment as before. Do the professors ever look at the assignments? Can we get feedback from the people teaching the course? | the professors ever look at the | Assignment | Can we get feedback from the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Interesting aspects on camera usage are well explained. Interesting assignments as well. | camera usage are well explained. Interesting | Assignment | as well. | Positive | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | If there hadn't been so many hiccups with the videos and quizzes I would recommend this course. However, I lost a great deal of time viewing incomplete videos and trying to complete quizzes covering material that was not addressed or only partially addressed in the videos. Then had to go back and Review all the videos once they had been re-uploaded. It was a very frustrating experience. I lost momentum and even motivation and as a result am now behind with the assignments and quizzes. | result am now behind with the | Assignment | and quizzes. | Negative | 0.67 | 2.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | The content could have digged deeper a bit more and the assignments could have been harder. | deeper a bit more and the | Assignment | could have been harder. | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | Informative, but needs more challenging assignments. | Informative, but needs more challenging | Assignment | | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | I liked this class. I have mixed feelings about this course not using due dates. On the one hand it's stress-free because I'm not penalized if I don't finish the assignment in a timely fashion. But at the same time, I'm less motivated to complete everything. Luckily I am a completionist so I did everything I needed to complete the class. But I can't say the same for everyone... | penalized if I don't finish the | Assignment | in a timely fashion. But at | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | Assignments were uninspired and some questions were weird. Also, this textbook is horrible, and is presented in a very inconvenient format (PDF-only, two book pages per page of PDF so you can't effectively read it on a phone). | | Assignment | were uninspired and some questions were | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | well organized but need more assignments and practical assignments | well organized but need more | Assignment | and practical assignments | Positive | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | well organized but need more assignments and practical assignments | but need more assignments and practical | Assignment | | Positive | 0.81 | 3.0 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | Very good course. The material is very well presented and the quizzes and assignments are very consistent with the course material. I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to dig a little deeper into marketing analytics. | well presented and the quizzes and | Assignment | are very consistent with the course | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | A very useful course taught by a knowledgeable and experienced professor. All the necessary skills to conduct and conclude a successful negotiation are well taught including the opportunity to practice your negotiation skills in an assignment. | practice your negotiation skills in an | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | The teacher was excellent, he was very clear and pricise. I was not to happy on the final assignment as there was no real way of knowing how well you did | not to happy on the final | Assignment | as there was no real way | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | more interaction and ongoing assignments would be better, but really great course! | more interaction and ongoing | Assignment | would be better, but really great | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | World class teacher. Fine contents with a very useful legal approach that is often missed in introductory negotiation courses. Compared to other Coursera MOOCs I missed support materials or further readings. Additional assignments and cases could be included. | support materials or further readings. Additional | Assignment | and cases could be included. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | The course was very good, but I guess there were too many quizzes, and the instructions / questions in the quizzes and other assignments are not unambiguous. That could be improved. Other than that I liked the course and the specialization very much. | questions in the quizzes and other | Assignment | are not unambiguous. That could be | Negative | 0.64 | 4.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | Good course. Stands well in the specialization. It was a bit buggy throughout tho. And the assignments could have focussed more on the control part. | bit buggy throughout tho. And the | Assignment | could have focussed more on the | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | Very interesting course, both tests and assignments are demanding but fair. Biggest problem of this course is that not all required topics are covered enough in lectures. | Very interesting course, both tests and | Assignment | are demanding but fair. Biggest problem | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | In some ways good, but deeply flawed. The assignments were weakly correlated with the lectures, and no explanation was given for correct answers or for incorrect answers. I believe the authors would have benefited greatly from getting outside feedback from an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate student, rather than each other. | ways good, but deeply flawed. The | Assignment | were weakly correlated with the lectures, | Positive | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course helped me identify my interest at the intersection of biomechanics and robotics. The lectures were very motivating which gave a birds eye view of the background and research in mobility of legged robots. While watching the lectures, I expected programming assignments involving simulation of dynamics and control of the templates and further perform compositions with them but didn't find them much. In a few assignments, the wording of the questions was ambiguous or the grader accepted only certain answers; hence, consumed a lot of time. However, the TAs were very helpful in clearing most of the doubts very quickly which also made solving the assignments easier. Further, it provided references to abundant resources to steer the student in the right direction to pursue specific interests. Overall, this four-week course provided a very good intuitive understanding of the dynamics and control of legged mobility in animals and robots. | watching the lectures, I expected programming | Assignment | involving simulation of dynamics and control | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course helped me identify my interest at the intersection of biomechanics and robotics. The lectures were very motivating which gave a birds eye view of the background and research in mobility of legged robots. While watching the lectures, I expected programming assignments involving simulation of dynamics and control of the templates and further perform compositions with them but didn't find them much. In a few assignments, the wording of the questions was ambiguous or the grader accepted only certain answers; hence, consumed a lot of time. However, the TAs were very helpful in clearing most of the doubts very quickly which also made solving the assignments easier. Further, it provided references to abundant resources to steer the student in the right direction to pursue specific interests. Overall, this four-week course provided a very good intuitive understanding of the dynamics and control of legged mobility in animals and robots. | find them much. In a few | Assignment | the wording of the questions was | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course helped me identify my interest at the intersection of biomechanics and robotics. The lectures were very motivating which gave a birds eye view of the background and research in mobility of legged robots. While watching the lectures, I expected programming assignments involving simulation of dynamics and control of the templates and further perform compositions with them but didn't find them much. In a few assignments, the wording of the questions was ambiguous or the grader accepted only certain answers; hence, consumed a lot of time. However, the TAs were very helpful in clearing most of the doubts very quickly which also made solving the assignments easier. Further, it provided references to abundant resources to steer the student in the right direction to pursue specific interests. Overall, this four-week course provided a very good intuitive understanding of the dynamics and control of legged mobility in animals and robots. | quickly which also made solving the | Assignment | easier. Further, it provided references to | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course is a disappointment after the previous two courses in the specialisation. It tries to cover too many topics. As a result it provides a shallow introduction to many topics rather than deep coverage of any one topic. I do not feel I have learnt anything of substance. Many of the assignment questions are poorly written. To name one example, assignment 3.1.1 question 3 has at least three correct answers, but the grader accepts only one of them. I wasted hours trying to work out why it was marking my answer wrong. The lectures by the TAs are delivered in a "robotic" tone if you'll pardon the pun. They are reading off an autocue and it shows. | anything of substance. Many of the | Assignment | questions are poorly written. To name | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course is a disappointment after the previous two courses in the specialisation. It tries to cover too many topics. As a result it provides a shallow introduction to many topics rather than deep coverage of any one topic. I do not feel I have learnt anything of substance. Many of the assignment questions are poorly written. To name one example, assignment 3.1.1 question 3 has at least three correct answers, but the grader accepts only one of them. I wasted hours trying to work out why it was marking my answer wrong. The lectures by the TAs are delivered in a "robotic" tone if you'll pardon the pun. They are reading off an autocue and it shows. | poorly written. To name one example, | Assignment | 3. 1. 1 question 3 has | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I have taken many courses on Coursera now, and I've enjoyed and learned a lot from most of them, but I have to admit I was disappointed with this one, despite having a deep interest in modern art and art theory. Here are some of my criticisms: 1. The course is aimed at teachers and art educators, which was not made at all clear on the course info page, apart from a single reference to the 'pedagogical framework'. If I'd understood this, I may well not have enrolled. 2. I found the course very basic, with no consideration of art theory beyond a level appropriate for classroom discussion. This is in contrast to many other Coursera courses, which have been pitched at graduate level or above. I don't really feel like I learned anything on this course. 3. The video lectures are very short and uninformative, but the weekly reading list is very long and much more time consuming that the actual tuition. I would have preferred a better balance between tutorials and reading. 4. The weekly quizzes were very short (six questions, where other courses typically have 20 to 30 questions per module), and and questions focus almost entirely on the pedagogical set texts, with very little attention paid to the art history or the works discussed in the tutorials. If you are not going to be tested on the material, what is the point of all that required reading? 5. The final peer-assessed assignment is lacking in instructions or guidance. For example, you are required to upload images of 3 or 4 artworks and discuss them. It is in fact impossible to upload more than a single image, but there are no instructions on what to do about this. People found various workarounds - uploading pdfs or Word documents, or zipped folders of images, but really, there should be some official guidance on this. 6. Comments made when assessing other students' work are not anonymous - this is unique in my Coursera experience, where anonymous marking is the norm, and knowing how fractious people can get when they are disappointed with their grade, I am not at all happy about having my name made available to them. Overall, the only reason I persisted with this course is that I wanted to get a certificate with MoMA written on it. Too bad I couldn't have actually learned something as well. | required reading? 5. The final peer-assessed | Assignment | is lacking in instructions or guidance. | Negative | 0.65 | 3.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This was a well structured course even though it wasn't exactly clear that it was about educators in the first place. The introductory videos on every week were very clever and on point. Loved the instructors and the whole team behind this course. However, the final assignment's grading is unacceptable. I cannot stress out how important it is to justify each score given, especially the lower ones. The final assignment did not have this, and as a consequence, when the final grade was in, low or high, you cannot know why, and fix your mistakes in the future. Some people were kind enough to leave comments on the comment section below, explaining everything, however, this should be the case for everyone's review. After all, it is a paid course. | behind this course. However, the final | Assignment | grading is unacceptable. I cannot stress | Negative | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This was a well structured course even though it wasn't exactly clear that it was about educators in the first place. The introductory videos on every week were very clever and on point. Loved the instructors and the whole team behind this course. However, the final assignment's grading is unacceptable. I cannot stress out how important it is to justify each score given, especially the lower ones. The final assignment did not have this, and as a consequence, when the final grade was in, low or high, you cannot know why, and fix your mistakes in the future. Some people were kind enough to leave comments on the comment section below, explaining everything, however, this should be the case for everyone's review. After all, it is a paid course. | especially the lower ones. The final | Assignment | did not have this, and as | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Love this course sooo much and I spent a lot of time for the last assignment >3< | lot of time for the last | Assignment | >3< | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I really enjoyed this course. The ideas were clearly articulated, and furnished with great examples from the Museum's collection. The assignment at the end of the course gave me a great opportunity to critically think about pieces from a different angle, and the course certainly gave me new tools for looking at art - some of which I already | examples from the Museum's collection. The | Assignment | at the end of the course | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Very well organised with beautiful and interesting videos. Clear explanations and nice assignments. | interesting videos. Clear explanations and nice | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Nice idea, but too many technical difficulties. I tried to complete quiz 4 nine times and eventually passed the deadline. And in order to submit my final assignment I had to embedded my images into a word doc and export it as a PDF... I won't get extra marks for being able to work THAT out! ; ) I did enjoy the rest of the course though. Thanks for all your efforts. | in order to submit my final | Assignment | I had to embedded my images | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Introduce many interesting artworks and you can actually try to be an curator in the last assignment. | be an curator in the last | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I really enjoyed the course.I learned a lot of things about specific pieces of modern art with some of which I was familiar to and with others I wasn't.The only thing I would say this course lacks is the fact that there are not enough assignments to work on and so we can not use our imagination and knowledge to write something inspiring! | fact that there are not enough | Assignment | to work on and so we | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | A really interesting course on a fascinating and often misunderstood topic. It could be vastly improved by doing away with the peer assignment review requirement. | by doing away with the peer | Assignment | review requirement. | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | The concept of this course is unique and pretty interesting, but videos are too short, basic and non-specific, they have vague connection with the rest of the materials. And the design of the tests and assignment is just awful. The questions with multiple choice work wrong: marking all the right answers is not appropriate, you must choose the "all of the above" option, but it is wrong because of formal logic. The correct option here is only to match all the answers and the "all of the above" line. Also many questions are debatable, and there is no answers in the materials for the course. And, finally, the uploading of the last assignment was just impossible for more than a week, and I don't know if it will ever be possible. Bad experience. | the design of the tests and | Assignment | is just awful. The questions with | Negative | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | The concept of this course is unique and pretty interesting, but videos are too short, basic and non-specific, they have vague connection with the rest of the materials. And the design of the tests and assignment is just awful. The questions with multiple choice work wrong: marking all the right answers is not appropriate, you must choose the "all of the above" option, but it is wrong because of formal logic. The correct option here is only to match all the answers and the "all of the above" line. Also many questions are debatable, and there is no answers in the materials for the course. And, finally, the uploading of the last assignment was just impossible for more than a week, and I don't know if it will ever be possible. Bad experience. | finally, the uploading of the last | Assignment | was just impossible for more than | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | It was really a nice experience learning the fundamentals of Project Management. An eyeopener to the all the experienced workforce. The Course is really well designed including the content, pedagogy, Quizzes, Evaluation criteria and the assignments. At the end of the week, it will make sure you are well equipped the fundamental tools and try implementing them in the practical scenarios. | pedagogy, Quizzes, Evaluation criteria and the | Assignment | At the end of the week, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | Learned a lot! Very good information and the assignment was a fun and great exercise for implementing the things learned. | lot! Very good information and the | Assignment | was a fun and great exercise | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | Pros: Basics were explained well. A good kick start for beginners who are travelling towards learning Project planning and management. Cons: Wish we had assignments to practice MS Project to a certain extent. Some of the Quiz questions were confusing (Esp. the 3rd week quiz) | and management. Cons: Wish we had | Assignment | to practice MS Project to a | Negative | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| vGGtBxVGEeW_mxLPrCkAqw | This course was delivered 6-months behind schedule and the assignments half-way through the course can't even be completed due to technical problems and sloppy content. When students try to seek support to fix the issues, nothing is done and they receive no response. The specialization started so well, but the care that was taken to craft the specialization course content in the beginning has been lost in the later courses. | delivered 6-months behind schedule and the | Assignment | half-way through the course can't even | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Very useful and exhaustive coverage of all concepts with well designed Assignments to test them as well. | of all concepts with well designed | Assignment | to test them as well. | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great assignment. | Great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Loved this course and Colleen. She quickly becomes one of my favourite teachers at Coursera. The course is informative, vell-structured and interesting. I might come back later and review in one more time, simply because it has some useful moments I do not want to forget. Assignments are well thought through and indeed valuable. I trully learned a lot! Thanks :) | I do not want to forget. | Assignment | are well thought through and indeed | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | I feel a lot more confidence in what I am learning. Although some of the assignments have been a little confusing, it has pushed me to look for external sources to validate and seek material to complete work, pushing me to use creativity. | am learning. Although some of the | Assignment | have been a little confusing, it | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | I really enjoyed this course, they do build on one another and though there's quite a bit of information, as Dr. van Lent says, use the internet as a resource. I found myself using the internet to complete many of the assignments, along with trial and error. I had fun doing this course. | internet to complete many of the | Assignment | along with trial and error. I | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | I find this course very useful! The videos are well made, clear, and easy to understand. The assignments are interesting. Grateful to the teaching team! | clear, and easy to understand. The | Assignment | are interesting. Grateful to the teaching | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | It's a good course for beginner, lots of CSS properties and pseudo-class selectors are covered in detail during the classes and you will get a good knowledge about CSS. If you code along the course and do all the assignments to practice in the end of the course you will have solid foundation for continued learning and programming in CSS3. It is course that I recommend to enroll. | the course and do all the | Assignment | to practice in the end of | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Awesome assignments! | Awesome | Assignment | | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course. | taught is easy to understand. What | Assignment | asked to do is useful. This | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great cource and following the Introduction to HTML5 perfectly. One is able to learn quickly and solving the assignment leads to immediate gratification. | to learn quickly and solving the | Assignment | leads to immediate gratification. | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great explanations by Colleen van Lent. A good number of assignments but maybe the final one could have involved styling a few of the pages in the Ultimate Frisbee website. | van Lent. A good number of | Assignment | but maybe the final one could | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The material and resources are excellent. This was the first course I took without any mentors or tutors, so my participation in the discussions was very high. The following could be improved: inclusion of 'type="text/css"' in the <LINK> element; perils of alternating between background and background-color, especially in complicated, long style sheets; links to Coursera lecture videos and materials from the students' side rather than teacher's; explanation for Assignment One if the text-align:center style should be applied to the <a> or the <nav> element (I used the nav because I wanted the menu styled below the H1 heading, which is where the menu is positioned in later assignments). I'm deducting a star for Coursera's unwillingness to respond in its Community Help Forums to its method of assigning peer review assignments and for introducing new 'features' without notice to its educational content partners. I shouldn't have to engage a very busy professional to intercede on the students' behalf. Despite the large population of people taking the class (or is that cumulative? Coursera doesn't specify), about twenty students were active on the Discussion Forums. I felt we students were left on our own which is fine as long as we all are aware that the more peer reviews we do, the more we can learn from each other. I also did not like the error message in red 'There was an upload error. Please try again' coexisting with the 'Your assignment was submitted successfully!' in green on the same page. This confused lots of us and those of us who'd never used the transloadit.com script for uploading our assignments for peer-review would only know of transmission error if classmates flagged our submissions. I identified this as an issue and Coursera didn't respond because I'm only a lowlife deadbeat student. Never mind that there are people who've paid for the courses who encounter the same issues on this platform. | side rather than teacher's; explanation for | Assignment | One if the text-align:center style should | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The material and resources are excellent. This was the first course I took without any mentors or tutors, so my participation in the discussions was very high. The following could be improved: inclusion of 'type="text/css"' in the <LINK> element; perils of alternating between background and background-color, especially in complicated, long style sheets; links to Coursera lecture videos and materials from the students' side rather than teacher's; explanation for Assignment One if the text-align:center style should be applied to the <a> or the <nav> element (I used the nav because I wanted the menu styled below the H1 heading, which is where the menu is positioned in later assignments). I'm deducting a star for Coursera's unwillingness to respond in its Community Help Forums to its method of assigning peer review assignments and for introducing new 'features' without notice to its educational content partners. I shouldn't have to engage a very busy professional to intercede on the students' behalf. Despite the large population of people taking the class (or is that cumulative? Coursera doesn't specify), about twenty students were active on the Discussion Forums. I felt we students were left on our own which is fine as long as we all are aware that the more peer reviews we do, the more we can learn from each other. I also did not like the error message in red 'There was an upload error. Please try again' coexisting with the 'Your assignment was submitted successfully!' in green on the same page. This confused lots of us and those of us who'd never used the transloadit.com script for uploading our assignments for peer-review would only know of transmission error if classmates flagged our submissions. I identified this as an issue and Coursera didn't respond because I'm only a lowlife deadbeat student. Never mind that there are people who've paid for the courses who encounter the same issues on this platform. | the menu is positioned in later | Assignment | I'm deducting a star for Coursera's | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The material and resources are excellent. This was the first course I took without any mentors or tutors, so my participation in the discussions was very high. The following could be improved: inclusion of 'type="text/css"' in the <LINK> element; perils of alternating between background and background-color, especially in complicated, long style sheets; links to Coursera lecture videos and materials from the students' side rather than teacher's; explanation for Assignment One if the text-align:center style should be applied to the <a> or the <nav> element (I used the nav because I wanted the menu styled below the H1 heading, which is where the menu is positioned in later assignments). I'm deducting a star for Coursera's unwillingness to respond in its Community Help Forums to its method of assigning peer review assignments and for introducing new 'features' without notice to its educational content partners. I shouldn't have to engage a very busy professional to intercede on the students' behalf. Despite the large population of people taking the class (or is that cumulative? Coursera doesn't specify), about twenty students were active on the Discussion Forums. I felt we students were left on our own which is fine as long as we all are aware that the more peer reviews we do, the more we can learn from each other. I also did not like the error message in red 'There was an upload error. Please try again' coexisting with the 'Your assignment was submitted successfully!' in green on the same page. This confused lots of us and those of us who'd never used the transloadit.com script for uploading our assignments for peer-review would only know of transmission error if classmates flagged our submissions. I identified this as an issue and Coursera didn't respond because I'm only a lowlife deadbeat student. Never mind that there are people who've paid for the courses who encounter the same issues on this platform. | its method of assigning peer review | Assignment | and for introducing new 'features' without | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The material and resources are excellent. This was the first course I took without any mentors or tutors, so my participation in the discussions was very high. The following could be improved: inclusion of 'type="text/css"' in the <LINK> element; perils of alternating between background and background-color, especially in complicated, long style sheets; links to Coursera lecture videos and materials from the students' side rather than teacher's; explanation for Assignment One if the text-align:center style should be applied to the <a> or the <nav> element (I used the nav because I wanted the menu styled below the H1 heading, which is where the menu is positioned in later assignments). I'm deducting a star for Coursera's unwillingness to respond in its Community Help Forums to its method of assigning peer review assignments and for introducing new 'features' without notice to its educational content partners. I shouldn't have to engage a very busy professional to intercede on the students' behalf. Despite the large population of people taking the class (or is that cumulative? Coursera doesn't specify), about twenty students were active on the Discussion Forums. I felt we students were left on our own which is fine as long as we all are aware that the more peer reviews we do, the more we can learn from each other. I also did not like the error message in red 'There was an upload error. Please try again' coexisting with the 'Your assignment was submitted successfully!' in green on the same page. This confused lots of us and those of us who'd never used the transloadit.com script for uploading our assignments for peer-review would only know of transmission error if classmates flagged our submissions. I identified this as an issue and Coursera didn't respond because I'm only a lowlife deadbeat student. Never mind that there are people who've paid for the courses who encounter the same issues on this platform. | try again' coexisting with the 'Your | Assignment | was submitted successfully! ' in green | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The material and resources are excellent. This was the first course I took without any mentors or tutors, so my participation in the discussions was very high. The following could be improved: inclusion of 'type="text/css"' in the <LINK> element; perils of alternating between background and background-color, especially in complicated, long style sheets; links to Coursera lecture videos and materials from the students' side rather than teacher's; explanation for Assignment One if the text-align:center style should be applied to the <a> or the <nav> element (I used the nav because I wanted the menu styled below the H1 heading, which is where the menu is positioned in later assignments). I'm deducting a star for Coursera's unwillingness to respond in its Community Help Forums to its method of assigning peer review assignments and for introducing new 'features' without notice to its educational content partners. I shouldn't have to engage a very busy professional to intercede on the students' behalf. Despite the large population of people taking the class (or is that cumulative? Coursera doesn't specify), about twenty students were active on the Discussion Forums. I felt we students were left on our own which is fine as long as we all are aware that the more peer reviews we do, the more we can learn from each other. I also did not like the error message in red 'There was an upload error. Please try again' coexisting with the 'Your assignment was submitted successfully!' in green on the same page. This confused lots of us and those of us who'd never used the transloadit.com script for uploading our assignments for peer-review would only know of transmission error if classmates flagged our submissions. I identified this as an issue and Coursera didn't respond because I'm only a lowlife deadbeat student. Never mind that there are people who've paid for the courses who encounter the same issues on this platform. | transloadit. com script for uploading our | Assignment | for peer-review would only know of | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great introduction to CSS3! The teaching is engaging and easy to understand. Assignments let you get hands-on and solidify what you've just learnt. Furthermore, peer-grading of assignments means you might pick up some things you weren't aware of. And there is a real sense of achievement by the end of the course. | is engaging and easy to understand. | Assignment | let you get hands-on and solidify | Positive | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great introduction to CSS3! The teaching is engaging and easy to understand. Assignments let you get hands-on and solidify what you've just learnt. Furthermore, peer-grading of assignments means you might pick up some things you weren't aware of. And there is a real sense of achievement by the end of the course. | you've just learnt. Furthermore, peer-grading of | Assignment | means you might pick up some | Negative | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | I had a great learning experience mainly due to the thought provoking and exciting homework assignments. | the thought provoking and exciting homework | Assignment | | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Excelent course. Good balance between being comprehensive and holding interest. The assignments are also appropriate and comlkement the course well. | being comprehensive and holding interest. The | Assignment | are also appropriate and comlkement the | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Most of the courses are great, but for some homework assignment, the requirement in video and reading material doesn't agree all the time. Sometime reading material only contains 3 requirements but video contains 4 or vise versa. Try to make them agree may save a lot of hassle | are great, but for some homework | Assignment | the requirement in video and reading | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Very lively, clear, good pace, place for personnal work, a constant remainder about accessibility. However, confusion in assignment instructions spoils a little the flow. | remainder about accessibility. However, confusion in | Assignment | instructions spoils a little the flow. | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great course in the sense that we start from scratch to be able to do good design. But I think week 3 should have an assignment too (we don't really have to play with position, transition, etc ...), and that week 4 was too light (not a lot of new stuff, and only design a table as assignment). | think week 3 should have an | Assignment | too (we don't really have to | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Great course in the sense that we start from scratch to be able to do good design. But I think week 3 should have an assignment too (we don't really have to play with position, transition, etc ...), and that week 4 was too light (not a lot of new stuff, and only design a table as assignment). | and only design a table as | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | The lectures were well-paced and thoughtfully curated. Just enough content and assignments to get you started; the prof says repeatedly she assumes you're going to treat this as a starting point and experiment on your own. | thoughtfully curated. Just enough content and | Assignment | to get you started; the prof | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | Arizona State University along with Coursera offer an excellent course for teaching English as a foreign language. It is accessible and easy to follow with well presented, quality and videos to watch which makes learning simple. The tutors in the videos are top of their game and are likable and funny. Assignments are peer to peer assessed until the capstone course which is both p2p and professionally graded. You are able to work at your own pace and if you find yourself getting behind you can easily switch sessions. The course is not expensive but for those who struggle with finances, support is available. There is always general support and advice available whenever you need it. I have thoroughly enjoyed everything this course series has to offer and highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain the certificate, but also for anyone starting out as a teacher, there is much to be learned here and in my opinion, it is well worth it. | game and are likable and funny. | Assignment | are peer to peer assessed until | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | Foolish quiz answers, seemingly plagiarized assignments, dead forums, in my opinion, make this a less than satisfactory specialization. Great lessons, excellent presenters, and 'sticky' information - well, that makes this course worth its' cost, and it is well worth looking into. I imagine it will become better with age - this is the first iteration so don't let my fours stars dissuade you from exploring this specialization further. I am looking forward to part 2. | Foolish quiz answers, seemingly plagiarized | Assignment | dead forums, in my opinion, make | Positive | 0.82 | 4.0 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course was very helpful. There were many tips and hints and practical suggestions on how to design a lesson in the course. It was exactly what I needed to learn. Though we all had a lot of fun, it took me quite a lot of energy and mental efforts to complete all the assignments. Good job, guys! | mental efforts to complete all the | Assignment | Good job, guys! | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| vrTPjkqzEeWB9g55-yieoQ | The material is useful, but the execution is poor. There were numerous quiz questions that I think they just had coded wrong on their end. I think they need to carefully look at the questions with the most incorrect answers and ask themselves if they've made a mistake. Also, this might be the first time they've tried making a peer-reviewed project part of the course, but they did a poor job. They made it a homework assignment for week 2, but didn't make it clear that it wasn't due until the end of the course, even though Coursera sends you emails saying it's due soon. This caused a great deal of confusion. Some of the required readings also had broken links. It's odd nobody on their end checked those the week the material was taught. They do provide a lot of useful supplemental material (though often pay-walled). | job. They made it a homework | Assignment | for week 2, but didn't make | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| VSinqvgqEeSuXCIAC2iUpg | I liked how the course was structured and build up. I believe that the assignments were very suitable to test our understanding of the different concepts which were introduced in this MOOC. | build up. I believe that the | Assignment | were very suitable to test our | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| VTyPXbMXEeW-cQqGkhsQ8w | Still waiting for my assignment grades for weeks 1-3 despite having had many people mark these. | Still waiting for my | Assignment | grades for weeks 1-3 despite having | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Some off the instructions for the assignments were either incomplete or misleading. Uploading instructions were also unclear. | Some off the instructions for the | Assignment | were either incomplete or misleading. Uploading | Negative | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The course is very preliminary. Its content can be covered in one session and does not need 4 weeks. The assignments were not clear enough. The course material can not be downloaded and can not be retrieved or used as reference after finishing the course, unlike other courses I have taken with Coursera, but in other University. | does not need 4 weeks. The | Assignment | were not clear enough. The course | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Very basic in terms of material covered. Would be nice as a free remedial class in prep for the main specialization. Homework assignments were confusing and did not appear to have been reviewed by the instructors before being sent to students (main problem, the free software students use was not the same version as that being used to develop the homework). Instructor support was not evident in the user forums. Below the quality of the free classes taken in the past. | prep for the main specialization. Homework | Assignment | were confusing and did not appear | Negative | 0.92 | 1.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This course is terrible for many reasons. Firstly, the amount of content is ridiculously small - only about 20 minutes of video lectures per week. Moreover, more than 50% of content is just non-relevant. Secondly, practical assignments are very poorly planned: 1) in weeks 3 peer graded assignment students are asked to save Tableau workbooks as twbx files, even though this feature is not supported by Tableau Public that is used in this course. The assignment itself is just opening and saving file in Tableau. 2) in weeks 4 peer graded assignment you just asked to write some vaguely defined 1 page description. It doesn't include any Tableau-related activities. Thirdly, quizzes are ambiguous and very general. Overall, this course is just a waste of time. For comparison, you can easily get more useful information about Tableau from the 4 minute long "Getting started" video on the Tableau website than from this course. Just wonder how Coursera allows such courses to be places on the platform. | content is just non-relevant. Secondly, practical | Assignment | are very poorly planned: 1) in | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This course is terrible for many reasons. Firstly, the amount of content is ridiculously small - only about 20 minutes of video lectures per week. Moreover, more than 50% of content is just non-relevant. Secondly, practical assignments are very poorly planned: 1) in weeks 3 peer graded assignment students are asked to save Tableau workbooks as twbx files, even though this feature is not supported by Tableau Public that is used in this course. The assignment itself is just opening and saving file in Tableau. 2) in weeks 4 peer graded assignment you just asked to write some vaguely defined 1 page description. It doesn't include any Tableau-related activities. Thirdly, quizzes are ambiguous and very general. Overall, this course is just a waste of time. For comparison, you can easily get more useful information about Tableau from the 4 minute long "Getting started" video on the Tableau website than from this course. Just wonder how Coursera allows such courses to be places on the platform. | 1) in weeks 3 peer graded | Assignment | students are asked to save Tableau | Negative | 0.86 | 1.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This course is terrible for many reasons. Firstly, the amount of content is ridiculously small - only about 20 minutes of video lectures per week. Moreover, more than 50% of content is just non-relevant. Secondly, practical assignments are very poorly planned: 1) in weeks 3 peer graded assignment students are asked to save Tableau workbooks as twbx files, even though this feature is not supported by Tableau Public that is used in this course. The assignment itself is just opening and saving file in Tableau. 2) in weeks 4 peer graded assignment you just asked to write some vaguely defined 1 page description. It doesn't include any Tableau-related activities. Thirdly, quizzes are ambiguous and very general. Overall, this course is just a waste of time. For comparison, you can easily get more useful information about Tableau from the 4 minute long "Getting started" video on the Tableau website than from this course. Just wonder how Coursera allows such courses to be places on the platform. | is used in this course. The | Assignment | itself is just opening and saving | Negative | 0.79 | 1.0 |
| VuRXs3EiEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This course is terrible for many reasons. Firstly, the amount of content is ridiculously small - only about 20 minutes of video lectures per week. Moreover, more than 50% of content is just non-relevant. Secondly, practical assignments are very poorly planned: 1) in weeks 3 peer graded assignment students are asked to save Tableau workbooks as twbx files, even though this feature is not supported by Tableau Public that is used in this course. The assignment itself is just opening and saving file in Tableau. 2) in weeks 4 peer graded assignment you just asked to write some vaguely defined 1 page description. It doesn't include any Tableau-related activities. Thirdly, quizzes are ambiguous and very general. Overall, this course is just a waste of time. For comparison, you can easily get more useful information about Tableau from the 4 minute long "Getting started" video on the Tableau website than from this course. Just wonder how Coursera allows such courses to be places on the platform. | 2) in weeks 4 peer graded | Assignment | you just asked to write some | Negative | 0.91 | 1.0 |
| w7FFV3l0EeW53BJEfL52qQ | Too much material packed into too little time. 2nd week 2nd problem has 180 test cases... must pass 2/3 of problems to pass course. This means I'd have to spend countless hours just debugging test cases (177 of which are not even visible to you) in order to pass this course. Not for the faint of heart. If you have other commitments like work/school/kids, do not take this course .. lightly. Edited: I realised I gave out a low rating because I wasn't expecting the difficult level. In that sense the rating was biased. I've adjusted based on learning & how challenging the programming assignments are & also whether instructors listen to our feedback :) | learning & how challenging the programming | Assignment | are & also whether instructors listen | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| w8XFGTVyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Professor Dinham's investigative and research based approach is great, and in my opinion much needed in the professional educational community worldwidely. The material is presented thoroughly and the second piece of peer-assesed assignment is pretty well explained. However, I think the course material proposed in the outlines should be more diverse, by adding complementary video lectures, research articles and book extracts in every week, since this was proposed in this way just in fifth week; course 5 of the specialization program is a great example of that. The first piece of peer-assessed assignment may improve by being clearer and giving the opportunity to the learner to express his/her own ideas, instead of request a summary from this. Multiple Choice Questions should follow the principles exposed in the 6th course of the specialization program, which seems to not be done at all. Forums prompts should be shorter and clearer by highlighting a single key question instead of a bunch of these as happened. | and the second piece of peer-assesed | Assignment | is pretty well explained. However, I | Negative | 0.88 | 2.0 |
| w8XFGTVyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Professor Dinham's investigative and research based approach is great, and in my opinion much needed in the professional educational community worldwidely. The material is presented thoroughly and the second piece of peer-assesed assignment is pretty well explained. However, I think the course material proposed in the outlines should be more diverse, by adding complementary video lectures, research articles and book extracts in every week, since this was proposed in this way just in fifth week; course 5 of the specialization program is a great example of that. The first piece of peer-assessed assignment may improve by being clearer and giving the opportunity to the learner to express his/her own ideas, instead of request a summary from this. Multiple Choice Questions should follow the principles exposed in the 6th course of the specialization program, which seems to not be done at all. Forums prompts should be shorter and clearer by highlighting a single key question instead of a bunch of these as happened. | that. The first piece of peer-assessed | Assignment | may improve by being clearer and | Negative | 0.63 | 2.0 |
| W9XMEny5EeW3pg6oA-kqJQ | A great set of ideas, strategies, and examples on how to grow without Venture Capital. I personally love the interviews with experts and successful entrepreneurs. Plus, it has some of the most interesting homework assignments ever; example: talk to at least five entrepreneurs about their experience with VC. Excellent! | some of the most interesting homework | Assignment | ever; example: talk to at least | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| Wa2LIymGEeWFggqB2SRvtQ | Excellent quality of simulation files and homework assignments. This course denotes a tremendous effort and hard work. I feel proud to have completed it, this course is by far one of the most challenging I have taken at coursera, and now going for the capstone project to complete my specialization ! | quality of simulation files and homework | Assignment | This course denotes a tremendous effort | Negative | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| WChOZHTVEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Concepts are explained very well with practical examples. Assignments are made in such a way that an overall understanding of the module covered is ensured. I'd definitely recommend it to all who have interest in mechanics. | explained very well with practical examples. | Assignment | are made in such a way | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| wD1C7I_eEeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | No option of completing the course without paying. So why do you call your site FREE online courses? And why do we have to go into the trouble of attending the class and watching the videos, and reading the material without being capable of at least watching our results in assignments? | at least watching our results in | Assignment | | Negative | 0.75 | 1.0 |
| wD1C7I_eEeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | I found much of the content to be interesting and timely. However, I thought the quizzes were poorly written. There was no feedback, so as a learner it was hard to grow from errors. Also, there were many that required more than one answer, if you missed one, you missed entire question. Without feedback, it was difficult to know which one you missed. The week 4 lesson content was a bit dense for an introductory course. It was dry and could've been more global. Last, the large lesson assignment was only graded by peers with no feedback from the instructor. | more global. Last, the large lesson | Assignment | was only graded by peers with | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| wD1C7I_eEeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | Although the content is good, the course itself does not reflect in any way what a good asynchronous course should be. Where is the discussion board? How can one communicate with the instructor or with other classmates? Although peer review of an assignment is one aspect of asynchronous and synchronous education, said assignment should also be reviewed by an instructor, especially when said instruction carries so much weight. In addition, I think overall the tests are unfair. I was marked wrong twice for a question that asked my opinion! Also, in the "check all that apply" questions, if one misses one of the answers, the whole question is marked wrong. Finally, many of the test questions themselves are irrelevant to the content of the course. One last thing- the course says it's a five week program, but there are only 4 weeks. Something needs to be adjusted. | classmates? Although peer review of an | Assignment | is one aspect of asynchronous and | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| wD1C7I_eEeWZyg6bf_Oxkw | Although the content is good, the course itself does not reflect in any way what a good asynchronous course should be. Where is the discussion board? How can one communicate with the instructor or with other classmates? Although peer review of an assignment is one aspect of asynchronous and synchronous education, said assignment should also be reviewed by an instructor, especially when said instruction carries so much weight. In addition, I think overall the tests are unfair. I was marked wrong twice for a question that asked my opinion! Also, in the "check all that apply" questions, if one misses one of the answers, the whole question is marked wrong. Finally, many of the test questions themselves are irrelevant to the content of the course. One last thing- the course says it's a five week program, but there are only 4 weeks. Something needs to be adjusted. | of asynchronous and synchronous education, said | Assignment | should also be reviewed by an | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course gave an overview of hiring and developing talent, but had far fewer actionable takeaways than the first course in the specialization. I found Cheri Alexander's sections to be extremely long-winded, unclear, and redundant. Also, I like the idea of mixing up the assignment format, but creating three movies is a lot to ask for a management course, especially when the same assignment could easily have been done in another format - it felt forced. Also, I found that the order for some lectures seemed off and the flow between instructors was not as seamless as it had been before. For instance, we were asked to create a development plan at the end of a week about hiring and before the week on development. | the idea of mixing up the | Assignment | format, but creating three movies is | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course gave an overview of hiring and developing talent, but had far fewer actionable takeaways than the first course in the specialization. I found Cheri Alexander's sections to be extremely long-winded, unclear, and redundant. Also, I like the idea of mixing up the assignment format, but creating three movies is a lot to ask for a management course, especially when the same assignment could easily have been done in another format - it felt forced. Also, I found that the order for some lectures seemed off and the flow between instructors was not as seamless as it had been before. For instance, we were asked to create a development plan at the end of a week about hiring and before the week on development. | management course, especially when the same | Assignment | could easily have been done in | Negative | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Overall another great learning opportunity. Appreciate the relevant models and templates to aid in identifying and coaching top talent. 4 stars as there are some opportunities to improve the delivery of the first lesson and I am not a fan of video tape assignments. That said, would highly recommend - the course learnings are incredibly relevant and will support you in making a difference in the work lives and careers of your team. | not a fan of video tape | Assignment | That said, would highly recommend - | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed the course overall, but the HR component/perspective was only somewhat useful. Beware of the final unit (week 4): the takeaways and the final quiz are not well aligned. In the week's final project, though the questions doesn't ask for them, be sure to explain your rationales. When reviewing your peers' work, the points rely on whether you've explained yourself. Cheri Alexander's inclusion of videos felt like filler and the notion of having to create a video as an assignment is time-consuming and ultimately not necessary to our learning. Because I experienced a great course with two of the three professors in Leading Teams, I can only conclude that Professor Alexander designed the final assignment, criteria, and quiz. These components were not clear. Fortunately, my classmates were very supportive and understood the spirit of the assignment. It's a good class, but I enjoyed the first one in this specialization more. | to create a video as an | Assignment | is time-consuming and ultimately not necessary | Negative | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed the course overall, but the HR component/perspective was only somewhat useful. Beware of the final unit (week 4): the takeaways and the final quiz are not well aligned. In the week's final project, though the questions doesn't ask for them, be sure to explain your rationales. When reviewing your peers' work, the points rely on whether you've explained yourself. Cheri Alexander's inclusion of videos felt like filler and the notion of having to create a video as an assignment is time-consuming and ultimately not necessary to our learning. Because I experienced a great course with two of the three professors in Leading Teams, I can only conclude that Professor Alexander designed the final assignment, criteria, and quiz. These components were not clear. Fortunately, my classmates were very supportive and understood the spirit of the assignment. It's a good class, but I enjoyed the first one in this specialization more. | that Professor Alexander designed the final | Assignment | criteria, and quiz. These components were | Positive | 0.78 | 3.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed the course overall, but the HR component/perspective was only somewhat useful. Beware of the final unit (week 4): the takeaways and the final quiz are not well aligned. In the week's final project, though the questions doesn't ask for them, be sure to explain your rationales. When reviewing your peers' work, the points rely on whether you've explained yourself. Cheri Alexander's inclusion of videos felt like filler and the notion of having to create a video as an assignment is time-consuming and ultimately not necessary to our learning. Because I experienced a great course with two of the three professors in Leading Teams, I can only conclude that Professor Alexander designed the final assignment, criteria, and quiz. These components were not clear. Fortunately, my classmates were very supportive and understood the spirit of the assignment. It's a good class, but I enjoyed the first one in this specialization more. | and understood the spirit of the | Assignment | It's a good class, but I | Positive | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| we5nljlYEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Started a bit slow but built through an incredibly rich and valuable amount of content and assignments. | and valuable amount of content and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| wEl1EleDEeWTbwotamPtlQ | Firstly i think for a coursera course it is not Long enough at all. There are not enough assignments which motivate studying and fixing the newly learned things in the memory. There are neither required nor recommended readings at all. For me reading is a very good Addition to the Videos so that you can slowly think about the thoughts and arguments. Especially in a topic which is undoubtly very controversal in public as in academia like especially the history of Israel and Palestine from the 30s onwards it is important to give different narratives of history to the students. There are no narratives critical to british colonialism at all mentioned, instead of the White paper of 1939. After all the course represents a very one sided an biased narrative which is presented to a global audience of students. Even if a certain narrative is preferred by the teaching scholars, which is completely acceptable and natural, not just in the field of history, it nevertheless is important to cover different narratives fairly and as neutral as possible, which does not happen in this course. When mentioned other narratives are quickly downplayed or denied, and repeatedly dichotomies like the "inferior" arabs, the "ferocity" of the arab oposition and so on are mentioned or cited without beeing problematized at all. Nevertheless the Course was a reminder of many Things I learned before, and brings up some interesting historic connections and key points. | at all. There are not enough | Assignment | which motivate studying and fixing the | Negative | 0.94 | 3.0 |
| wjL4-4_TEeW93wo8Ha4kow | I rather liked the material and its delivery. Another thing I liked very much was students' commitment and achievements as exposed in the peer-reviewed assignments. What I disliked was abundance of personal-computer slang in the language of the professor, jamming all the peer-reviewed assignments into only two weeks and the incident with broken APA style. Despite my criticisms mentioned, I am grateful to the professor, HSE and Coursera staff, and my classmates for the opportunity and experience! | achievements as exposed in the peer-reviewed | Assignment | What I disliked was abundance of | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| wjL4-4_TEeW93wo8Ha4kow | I rather liked the material and its delivery. Another thing I liked very much was students' commitment and achievements as exposed in the peer-reviewed assignments. What I disliked was abundance of personal-computer slang in the language of the professor, jamming all the peer-reviewed assignments into only two weeks and the incident with broken APA style. Despite my criticisms mentioned, I am grateful to the professor, HSE and Coursera staff, and my classmates for the opportunity and experience! | the professor, jamming all the peer-reviewed | Assignment | into only two weeks and the | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good introduction into Meteor. The Pace is good and the instruction is engaging. The last assignment can be a bit tricky for the challenges. | the instruction is engaging. The last | Assignment | can be a bit tricky for | Positive | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | One of the best instructors. Makes the course so interesting that you can't wait to see what's coming next. I completed the 4 week course in three days( minus the assignment). | course in three days( minus the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | A great introduction to Meteor.js. I really appreciated the simplicity of each module. I found the final assignment to be easy to get passing marks, but just the right challenge to get full marks. Totally recommended if you want a quick introduction to the buzz that is Meteor. | each module. I found the final | Assignment | to be easy to get passing | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Excellent course covering meteor fundamentals. Reasonably challenging final assignment especially if you take on the extra features. Instructor was clear and concise. Loved it! | covering meteor fundamentals. Reasonably challenging final | Assignment | especially if you take on the | Positive | 0.76 | 5.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Very good course on an introduction to Meteor.js. The course is a nice speed and flows well. It would be nice if there were more assignments in the weeks 1 - 3. You can create ones on your own (which I did), but it would be nice if there were more guided or outlined ones. | be nice if there were more | Assignment | in the weeks 1 - 3. | Negative | 0.92 | 5.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Was only videos and 2 question quizzes until the very end. I was very surprised by the assignment at the end as it was never mentioned in any of the videos. Almost didn't finish it in time because it was due right after Christmas. Would like more hands-on assignments throughout the course instead of one at the end. | I was very surprised by the | Assignment | at the end as it was | Positive | 0.87 | 3.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Was only videos and 2 question quizzes until the very end. I was very surprised by the assignment at the end as it was never mentioned in any of the videos. Almost didn't finish it in time because it was due right after Christmas. Would like more hands-on assignments throughout the course instead of one at the end. | after Christmas. Would like more hands-on | Assignment | throughout the course instead of one | Negative | 0.91 | 3.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | As good as it was up till now, with introduction to Meteor.js the course really starts to shine. The education concept remains the same - during the lecture you receive a direction, while the rest of learning is expected to be done independently by reading relevant resources on the Web. The course still provides a working code and one can get away with boilerplated code, but it defeats the purpose of learning. The final assignment, if done properly, teaches lot and I'm extremely excited about how much I can do now. I'm also excited to work with a Meteor.js framework, which, allegedly, the hottest thing on the web right now. Really looking forward to start the next module. | the purpose of learning. The final | Assignment | if done properly, teaches lot and | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good course and good introduction to Meteor.js. I knocked it down one star because the assignments are not as effective as they could be. Weeks 1-3 are short, easy quizzes. Only in week 4 is there a programming assignment, and it is a doozy. More than 6 hours for me--nothing like the 30 minutes it claims (however, I will point out it was a good assignment and I learned a lot). I think if the assignments were structured more like the U of Hong Kong web development courses this would be a five star course. | it down one star because the | Assignment | are not as effective as they | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good course and good introduction to Meteor.js. I knocked it down one star because the assignments are not as effective as they could be. Weeks 1-3 are short, easy quizzes. Only in week 4 is there a programming assignment, and it is a doozy. More than 6 hours for me--nothing like the 30 minutes it claims (however, I will point out it was a good assignment and I learned a lot). I think if the assignments were structured more like the U of Hong Kong web development courses this would be a five star course. | week 4 is there a programming | Assignment | and it is a doozy. More | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good course and good introduction to Meteor.js. I knocked it down one star because the assignments are not as effective as they could be. Weeks 1-3 are short, easy quizzes. Only in week 4 is there a programming assignment, and it is a doozy. More than 6 hours for me--nothing like the 30 minutes it claims (however, I will point out it was a good assignment and I learned a lot). I think if the assignments were structured more like the U of Hong Kong web development courses this would be a five star course. | point out it was a good | Assignment | and I learned a lot). I | Positive | 0.91 | 4.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Good course and good introduction to Meteor.js. I knocked it down one star because the assignments are not as effective as they could be. Weeks 1-3 are short, easy quizzes. Only in week 4 is there a programming assignment, and it is a doozy. More than 6 hours for me--nothing like the 30 minutes it claims (however, I will point out it was a good assignment and I learned a lot). I think if the assignments were structured more like the U of Hong Kong web development courses this would be a five star course. | a lot). I think if the | Assignment | were structured more like the U | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | A good useful course for beginners. The last assignment takes much more than 30 minutes though, it takes at least a few hours, unless you are an experienced developer. | useful course for beginners. The last | Assignment | takes much more than 30 minutes | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Great course but the final assignment is really tough. Hence, it would be great if more examples were given and the inclusion of an additional assignment at wk 2 would help too. | Great course but the final | Assignment | is really tough. Hence, it would | Positive | 0.75 | 3.0 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Great course but the final assignment is really tough. Hence, it would be great if more examples were given and the inclusion of an additional assignment at wk 2 would help too. | and the inclusion of an additional | Assignment | at wk 2 would help too. | Negative | 0.83 | 3.0 |
| Wl5ych5kEeWFIxLDnS6_kQ | All assignments giving you more insight on your personality had to be purchased. I did not really feel like a free course .... too | All | Assignment | giving you more insight on your | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Wl5ych5kEeWFIxLDnS6_kQ | This was one of the best MOOC I completed recently. Good lecture content that explains various concepts to start building leadership skills and the ACE terminology helps in recollecting the concepts. The assignments in terms of self-portrait and conversation was awesome and was a totally new experience. Loved the course thoroughly and made a good friend as well ! | helps in recollecting the concepts. The | Assignment | in terms of self-portrait and conversation | Positive | 0.82 | 5.0 |
| wmoTBzyAEeWFSA6UPWxRyQ | The course was a broad overview to different areas of climate science. At the end I understood a little more deeply the mechanics of global warming, but some things could have gone in more depth. I found the quantity of assignments/quizzes to be a bit unmanageable even though some were very short. I really liked the explainer assignments. When I first saw them i thought they were going to be a bit much, but actually they were extremely helpful as they forced me to process the information learned week to week. | short. I really liked the explainer | Assignment | When I first saw them i | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| wnxlH3Q8EeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | To the point and powerful. I like the assignments and I was surprised with how much we focused on our own thought model and value system rather that external circumstances & people. I expected a course on "how to manipulate (coach) different personality types. It turns out that good coaching starts with me. | point and powerful. I like the | Assignment | and I was surprised with how | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| wnxlH3Q8EeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | This course feels quite weak, especially for the paid course, for these reasons: Models (Leader as Mentor, Coach, etc..., CTFAR model), which are given in this course, are given as is, with no references on how they were developed, authorship, and how good the results of application are. Almost no (just one) external references for reading to better understanding course material. The amount of material (about 3 hours of video, 4 quizzes, 2 discussions and 1 assignment) doesn't feel like it's a month's course, more like a one/one-and-a-half week. No references on topics, described as "hard" during the course (for example, identifying your values), which would make this topics less "hard". No instructor interaction on the course forum (I don't know if this should be like this or not, but it still feels bad). However, the final assignment is good and practice oriented. | 4 quizzes, 2 discussions and 1 | Assignment | doesn't feel like it's a month's | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| wnxlH3Q8EeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | This course feels quite weak, especially for the paid course, for these reasons: Models (Leader as Mentor, Coach, etc..., CTFAR model), which are given in this course, are given as is, with no references on how they were developed, authorship, and how good the results of application are. Almost no (just one) external references for reading to better understanding course material. The amount of material (about 3 hours of video, 4 quizzes, 2 discussions and 1 assignment) doesn't feel like it's a month's course, more like a one/one-and-a-half week. No references on topics, described as "hard" during the course (for example, identifying your values), which would make this topics less "hard". No instructor interaction on the course forum (I don't know if this should be like this or not, but it still feels bad). However, the final assignment is good and practice oriented. | still feels bad). However, the final | Assignment | is good and practice oriented. | Positive | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| Wp6z-dymEeWUwhJ351EtdQ | I enjoyed this course a lot! It gives a good introduction to the topic of real time systems, the lessons are well organized and you don't need to be a computer science expert to learn and understand the material taught in the course. The course not only teaches theory but gives you practical guidelines and very useful examples/assignments to illustrate how the theory is used in practice to solve typical problems and design real time systems , which is the feature I liked most about this course. This "hands-on" approach is very useful to the practitioner, with some inexpensive and simple hardware at your disposal the open-source software tools introduced in the course can get you quite far in designing your own real time system! Needless to say, no course is perfect and there are always things that can be improved. For example, the wording of the assignments and quizzes in this course is in dire need of an update/edit. | For example, the wording of the | Assignment | and quizzes in this course is | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Wp6z-dymEeWUwhJ351EtdQ | The course is very good in my opinion. There are some little drawbacks though. The assignments are not very difficult but expect you to be autonomous in setting up the environments; this was a bit of a hurdle for some students. Also the reviews could be better. The review feedback depends on how well the reviewer understood the subject; more concrete instructions would be good as well as more precise criterias for the grading of the peer review. | are some little drawbacks though. The | Assignment | are not very difficult but expect | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| Wp6z-dymEeWUwhJ351EtdQ | A must for beginners. Loved the way of teaching and assignments help in self-learning | Loved the way of teaching and | Assignment | help in self-learning | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Wp6z-dymEeWUwhJ351EtdQ | The course feels pretty shallow and it ignores all the interesting stuff like proofs. There is no written material available, so if you can't follow the lectures, poor you. Quizzes aren't very well formulated and sometimes the correct answer is more of a matter of opinion rather than a hard fact. Evaluation seems to be based solely on peer review and there are no model solutions available, so the points you'll get may vary depending on how your peers understood the assignment and if they were interested in the review process at all. My overall feeling is that nothing was quite challenging on the course, and I didn't learn much more than what I could have learnt by reading a few paragraphs per topic from Wikipedia. I also felt that the programming assignments were quite disjoint from the core, tough I don't feel like I understand the core better than before the course because none of the assignments made me think why something works, rather than that we just mechanically reproduced the examples shown in the lectures. | on how your peers understood the | Assignment | and if they were interested in | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| Wp6z-dymEeWUwhJ351EtdQ | The course feels pretty shallow and it ignores all the interesting stuff like proofs. There is no written material available, so if you can't follow the lectures, poor you. Quizzes aren't very well formulated and sometimes the correct answer is more of a matter of opinion rather than a hard fact. Evaluation seems to be based solely on peer review and there are no model solutions available, so the points you'll get may vary depending on how your peers understood the assignment and if they were interested in the review process at all. My overall feeling is that nothing was quite challenging on the course, and I didn't learn much more than what I could have learnt by reading a few paragraphs per topic from Wikipedia. I also felt that the programming assignments were quite disjoint from the core, tough I don't feel like I understand the core better than before the course because none of the assignments made me think why something works, rather than that we just mechanically reproduced the examples shown in the lectures. | I also felt that the programming | Assignment | were quite disjoint from the core, | Positive | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| Wp6z-dymEeWUwhJ351EtdQ | The course feels pretty shallow and it ignores all the interesting stuff like proofs. There is no written material available, so if you can't follow the lectures, poor you. Quizzes aren't very well formulated and sometimes the correct answer is more of a matter of opinion rather than a hard fact. Evaluation seems to be based solely on peer review and there are no model solutions available, so the points you'll get may vary depending on how your peers understood the assignment and if they were interested in the review process at all. My overall feeling is that nothing was quite challenging on the course, and I didn't learn much more than what I could have learnt by reading a few paragraphs per topic from Wikipedia. I also felt that the programming assignments were quite disjoint from the core, tough I don't feel like I understand the core better than before the course because none of the assignments made me think why something works, rather than that we just mechanically reproduced the examples shown in the lectures. | the course because none of the | Assignment | made me think why something works, | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | I really enjoyed learning about magic in the middle ages and am grateful for the opportunity offered by the University of Barcelona. The lectures were clearly spoken and the content was good. However, I would have liked to go more into detail about the practices of magic, I missed that a little bit. For example, the specifics of several charms/ingredients/etc are only treated on a few occasions. I have now also enrolled in different courses on Coursera and I can say that this course could have been organised better, with better assignments, quizzes, etc. So there is still room for improvement. | have been organised better, with better | Assignment | quizzes, etc. So there is still | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | First and foremost thank you for providing us with all that material which is of high quality! The only improvement I can think of is a better sound quality and also having a person of your institution to review peers' assignment (or something of similar logic in order to improve the evaluation process of the assignments). Thank you for your time and may you continue your wonderful work! | of your institution to review peers' | Assignment | (or something of similar logic in | Negative | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | First and foremost thank you for providing us with all that material which is of high quality! The only improvement I can think of is a better sound quality and also having a person of your institution to review peers' assignment (or something of similar logic in order to improve the evaluation process of the assignments). Thank you for your time and may you continue your wonderful work! | improve the evaluation process of the | Assignment | Thank you for your time and | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| wU9rptfZEeSQpiIAC2iNcA | Before you fix healthcare, fix your course. The grading process (timing) is horrible. I finished earlier and had to wait until the last day to find out I didn't pass the last assignment. I reviewed double of the requirement and checked every day for a month for peer submissions. This course has problems, this happened before in Creative Problem Solving with the University of Minnesota as well. All the other Coursera courses all designed properly. Pezhman Tehranpour | out I didn't pass the last | Assignment | I reviewed double of the requirement | Negative | 0.64 | 1.0 |
| X1RtV0EiEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | If you can make the assignments nearer to the real world scenario and a little more detailed explanations for some parts, it would be great! | If you can make the | Assignment | nearer to the real world scenario | Positive | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| X4ituSzfEeWl3A7Kuc0JCQ | The Course is acceptable, however, it should be called, Introduction to VoIP communication or Developing VoIP applications rather than its current title. Assignments are either super easy or never have a right answer Personally, I will not recommend this course for other who want to understand IoT | applications rather than its current title. | Assignment | are either super easy or never | Positive | 0.63 | 1.0 |
| X9NQX3HtEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Great course.. Highly recommend to learn about care giver landscape and vocabulary. I especially enjoyed the CEO assignments. | vocabulary. I especially enjoyed the CEO | Assignment | | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| XczDJRhBEeaUCRJWL-pjpQ | Great job! Thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences. For me, it would be more helpful if the teachers or mentors, will give their own feedback in week 4's assignment- Prototyping. Their feedback is very much needed as it is their expertise. Thanks! | their own feedback in week 4's | Assignment | Prototyping. Their feedback is very much | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | I found the course very useful to review some basic economic policy concepts and to improve the understanding of major economic and policy making issues that challenge both policy makers and advisers today. Prof. Gayle Allard has a real gift to explain in a clear and appealing way complex ideas and policy issues. The only objection I would have regards the peer assignment grading which I found somehow lacking in realism and accuracy. I also found that, on the discussion forums, some of the mentors replies did not completely met expectations. Having said that, I would not hesitate in recommending this outstanding course to both beginners and more advanced students and generally to anybody interested in improving his(her) knowledge of economics. Congratulations! | I would have regards the peer | Assignment | grading which I found somehow lacking | Negative | 0.89 | 5.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | good form of assignments | good form of | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Although you cannot do the assignments unless you upgrade, I learned so much. Prof. Allard was very clear, and gave many great resources that I have used in other courses. This class shaped my political opinions on fiscal issues and helped me to understand the implications of tax and welfare reform in terms of the general public. This online course was definitely on par with and a great supplement to my Ivy-league education. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is studying social sciences. | Although you cannot do the | Assignment | unless you upgrade, I learned so | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Although the course was very useful, I couldn't complete the course due to an assignment. The assignment is very unrealistic and the graders don't give any feedback!! The assignment is open ended question and not difficult but took significant time, when I submit I was unable to pass. | complete the course due to an | Assignment | The assignment is very unrealistic and | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Although the course was very useful, I couldn't complete the course due to an assignment. The assignment is very unrealistic and the graders don't give any feedback!! The assignment is open ended question and not difficult but took significant time, when I submit I was unable to pass. | course due to an assignment. The | Assignment | is very unrealistic and the graders | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Although the course was very useful, I couldn't complete the course due to an assignment. The assignment is very unrealistic and the graders don't give any feedback!! The assignment is open ended question and not difficult but took significant time, when I submit I was unable to pass. | don't give any feedback! ! The | Assignment | is open ended question and not | Negative | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Excellent explanations, and very creative assignments such as the policy simulator and the peer-reviewed assignments. | Excellent explanations, and very creative | Assignment | such as the policy simulator and | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Excellent explanations, and very creative assignments such as the policy simulator and the peer-reviewed assignments. | the policy simulator and the peer-reviewed | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Gayle was an outstanding lecturer. I have little economics background and I was able to follow all lessons quite well. Videos were of perfect length, not too long. I enjoyed the graphs, etc in presentations as well as the questions in the middle of a video (to see if we were paying attention). Quizzes were very helpful. The big assignment with the simulator took some time but was worth it. It brought together all ideas and I think it taught me a lot. This was my 1st coursera course so i think the bar is set very high. | Quizzes were very helpful. The big | Assignment | with the simulator took some time | Positive | 0.63 | 5.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | This course was very helpful for me to know about the indicators that gives you the hint about how healthy the economy is ! This course allowed me to read the news about economics, how to interpret the figures mentioned in the news, how good the policy makers are whether appropriate/inappropriate considering the situation, where the rest of the countries stand in todays world. On top of it assignments and final exam made my understanding even deeper and precise. Thanks to IE Business school and Coursera platform for offering such a wonderful course for a begineer like me. | todays world. On top of it | Assignment | and final exam made my understanding | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Please reconsider the peer reviewed assignment as it is not very transparent and inefficient. | Please reconsider the peer reviewed | Assignment | as it is not very transparent | Negative | 0.62 | 4.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Very good course. The final assignment was 'stretching' and I enjoyed this challenge! | Very good course. The final | Assignment | was 'stretching' and I enjoyed this | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| XeB2pvgkEeS36CIACw8Krw | Excellent course and very enjoyable teacher. Tough assignment but well worth the effort. Really made economics very interesting | course and very enjoyable teacher. Tough | Assignment | but well worth the effort. Really | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I really liked the structure and the content of this course but I didn't like the assignment questions. The questions went into too much detail instead of questions about understanding the topic. All in all it's a great course for people who want to get into SEO! | course but I didn't like the | Assignment | questions. The questions went into too | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | Good information presented, but I can't get past the outdated teaching method of using the first 45 to 60 seconds of each video to talk about what the video is going to cover, then spending 30 seconds repeating those bullet points at the end of each video. Some videos are 4 minutes long, so more than half of the content is not actually content, it is essentially the instructor reading the outline for the upcoming content. It's a waste of both instructor and learner time. There are errors in the materials, and since there is no instructor feedback/interaction, there is no way to find out what was meant (including in reading assignments). All you can do is submit a ticket to get it fixed and hope that it gets corrected for the next people who take this course. | what was meant (including in reading | Assignment | All you can do is submit | Negative | 0.81 | 3.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I recommend this course to the immature SEO learners. It helps to establish a fundamental understanding of how SEO has evolved over the past decade. The second half of the courses emphasises on the algorithm updates, explained in a very clear manner with the assignment being well designed. | a very clear manner with the | Assignment | being well designed. | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | Good introduction course, but I hoped that there would be more assignments. Completed course in 3 days | hoped that there would be more | Assignment | Completed course in 3 days | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I failed to figure out how to translate the theory (presented in the lectures) into practice (the only assignment, a website audit). I would have benefited from another application assignment that was a stepping stone to the full-blown audit. Information was interesting, but not sure this is a good course for someone new to the nitty gritty of SEO. | the lectures) into practice (the only | Assignment | a website audit). I would have | Negative | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I failed to figure out how to translate the theory (presented in the lectures) into practice (the only assignment, a website audit). I would have benefited from another application assignment that was a stepping stone to the full-blown audit. Information was interesting, but not sure this is a good course for someone new to the nitty gritty of SEO. | would have benefited from another application | Assignment | that was a stepping stone to | Negative | 0.89 | 2.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I liked the course contents, especially the Google algorithm evolution and the assignment to do an SEO analysis. I felt the first week content related to the jobs in the field of SEO was a bit long and could have been shortened since many aspects were repeated in the "consulting/agency" and "in-house" roles. | the Google algorithm evolution and the | Assignment | to do an SEO analysis. I | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | As a web developer, I found that I already knew about 98% of the information presented. The final 2% I could have found faster via a Google search than by watching the lectures. It was also a little strange to me that the course began with a segment on job opportunities and how to begin a career in SEO. I feel this would have made more sense after an introduction to the material. I also did not like that the free version of the course did not allow you to complete any of the assignments, as this has not been the case in my other Coursera courses. Not only were you unable to assess your comprehension of the material because of this, but also it meant receiving annoying emails and notifications that I had not completed the module. In other classes I have taken, there are additional resources and content for the paid users. As it stands, I'm really glad I did not pay for this class. I will continue to the next SEO course, because I'm hoping that it will delve more into the technical aspects of optimization, but I am not pleased with the format so far. | you to complete any of the | Assignment | as this has not been the | Negative | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I am disappointed by not being able to do the assignments unless I pay for the course. | not being able to do the | Assignment | unless I pay for the course. | Negative | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| xg_cj6KwEeWiwAqQT7MHVQ | I would definitely recommend this course to anyone at all in the professional world. It is thought-provoking, varied, insightful and full of real-life examples. There was a decent amount of content to get through each week but this was broken up into manageable chunks. Interviews with a range of mature professionals were utilised, offering a range of perspectives and professional experiences. The use of peer group assessment was also very positive - firstly it meant that you actually had to complete the assignments set, unlike other courses on coursera, and it also gave you a sense of being part of a learning community, as well as gaining perspectives from other participants on the course. | you actually had to complete the | Assignment | set, unlike other courses on coursera, | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| xg_cj6KwEeWiwAqQT7MHVQ | Without question the content is great, but the written assignment instructions were somewhat vague and did not match the peer review rubric at times (although the mentor did pin a few posts to address the problem). | content is great, but the written | Assignment | instructions were somewhat vague and did | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Mentors offer little to no support and the assignments are tedious in the quantity of work required. Please adjust the first assignment. Asking people to take public photos is invasive and uncomfortable. | little to no support and the | Assignment | are tedious in the quantity of | Negative | 0.85 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Mentors offer little to no support and the assignments are tedious in the quantity of work required. Please adjust the first assignment. Asking people to take public photos is invasive and uncomfortable. | work required. Please adjust the first | Assignment | Asking people to take public photos | Negative | 0.68 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I found the course very interesting. The weekly assignments were a great challenge, but lacked reference to some reading on the subject.When I went quiz I've found that most of the questions had to do with concepts that weren't covered in the videos. I think that this courser should have further readings about these concepts. | the course very interesting. The weekly | Assignment | were a great challenge, but lacked | Positive | 0.89 | 4.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | All the videos and assignments were interesting and informative, I am just not sure how relevant they were to the specialization. | All the videos and | Assignment | were interesting and informative, I am | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I really enjoyed this class a lot! The assignments directly tested the weekly material and I thought they were useful activities. The end quiz was good to re-think the entire course and reflect on all of the material we learned. | enjoyed this class a lot! The | Assignment | directly tested the weekly material and | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Interesting assignments | Interesting | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I've had to guess a lot of things, video explanations were not up to the level of the assignments (I don't look for easier assignments but broader explanations).the last week assignment on crowdsourcing it's cool but for example Mechanical Turk take 48hrs to validate you before you could start, so if you start the assignment on friday you'll barely make it and if you had time until saturday(because you work) you are doomed. | up to the level of the | Assignment | (I don't look for easier assignments | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I've had to guess a lot of things, video explanations were not up to the level of the assignments (I don't look for easier assignments but broader explanations).the last week assignment on crowdsourcing it's cool but for example Mechanical Turk take 48hrs to validate you before you could start, so if you start the assignment on friday you'll barely make it and if you had time until saturday(because you work) you are doomed. | assignments (I don't look for easier | Assignment | but broader explanations). the last week | Negative | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I've had to guess a lot of things, video explanations were not up to the level of the assignments (I don't look for easier assignments but broader explanations).the last week assignment on crowdsourcing it's cool but for example Mechanical Turk take 48hrs to validate you before you could start, so if you start the assignment on friday you'll barely make it and if you had time until saturday(because you work) you are doomed. | but broader explanations). the last week | Assignment | on crowdsourcing it's cool but for | Positive | 0.89 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I've had to guess a lot of things, video explanations were not up to the level of the assignments (I don't look for easier assignments but broader explanations).the last week assignment on crowdsourcing it's cool but for example Mechanical Turk take 48hrs to validate you before you could start, so if you start the assignment on friday you'll barely make it and if you had time until saturday(because you work) you are doomed. | start, so if you start the | Assignment | on friday you'll barely make it | Negative | 0.92 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Assignments are not well prepared: forms are not helping either people accomplishing the assignment, or the people reviewing their work. We have to go back and forth to review the question answered in both cases (when filling-out or reviewing), and sometimes notation criteria are not clear upfront. Please review the assignments and improve them, because it was really frustrating. | | Assignment | are not well prepared: forms are | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Assignments are not well prepared: forms are not helping either people accomplishing the assignment, or the people reviewing their work. We have to go back and forth to review the question answered in both cases (when filling-out or reviewing), and sometimes notation criteria are not clear upfront. Please review the assignments and improve them, because it was really frustrating. | not helping either people accomplishing the | Assignment | or the people reviewing their work. | Negative | 0.62 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | Assignments are not well prepared: forms are not helping either people accomplishing the assignment, or the people reviewing their work. We have to go back and forth to review the question answered in both cases (when filling-out or reviewing), and sometimes notation criteria are not clear upfront. Please review the assignments and improve them, because it was really frustrating. | not clear upfront. Please review the | Assignment | and improve them, because it was | Negative | 0.88 | 2.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | the assignments wasn't that good | the | Assignment | wasn't that good | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | I think this course was inspiring and motivating. I learned a lot regarding the social computing, learned about websites I haven't heard till now, l found more about exploring and searching and the utilization of internet tools. The only reason I gave this course 4 stars is because one of my assignments (week 2 that is), did not get any reviews.... Thank you for the experience! | stars is because one of my | Assignment | (week 2 that is), did not | Positive | 0.65 | 4.0 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Videos are fun and informative. I think assignment questions sometimes are too scientific nevertheless for some people this can be even more exciting. | are fun and informative. I think | Assignment | questions sometimes are too scientific nevertheless | Positive | 0.96 | 5.0 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I star reduced because it was somehow lacking in assignments and practical applicable steps to start eating healthy. A great base of information to build on and offer more in depth of what foods to eat and not to eat. Would also love more information on label reading and organic vs Other food. Extra Virgin vs Virgin Olive oil etc. | because it was somehow lacking in | Assignment | and practical applicable steps to start | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I would have loved to get more information. Addtional readings, forums to share ideas and recipes, projects etcs about food, health and nutrition. Maybe homework would increase our knowledge! Some paper as final assignment would be helpful. Thanks for the course and enjoy your meals :) | our knowledge! Some paper as final | Assignment | would be helpful. Thanks for the | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| xRA5cxnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Excellent Contents for concepts explained with sample queries and assignments. It is really amazing to go thru all the new concepts within such a short time frame. | concepts explained with sample queries and | Assignment | It is really amazing to go | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| xRA5cxnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Thank you for this well prepared and presented course. the assignment were very useful to test and validate our understanding of the course materials. I also liked the opening question and the answer at the end. | well prepared and presented course. the | Assignment | were very useful to test and | Positive | 0.66 | 4.0 |
| xRA5cxnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | If you have Oracle installed from previous classes, there is very little setup required. If not, give yourself ample time to install/configure it. Assignments take MUCH longer than the quoted 30 minutes. | yourself ample time to install/configure it. | Assignment | take MUCH longer than the quoted | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| xtpKLngcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Very limited teaching and contradictory assignments. For those with English as a second language be aware this course uses grammatical terminology but in a stylistic way and can cause a lot of confusion. Assignments are weak but as a whole for the four courses making up the Capstone just grit your teeth and get through it, the least enjoyable and instructive of all four. | Very limited teaching and contradictory | Assignment | For those with English as a | Positive | 0.94 | 2.0 |
| xtpKLngcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Very limited teaching and contradictory assignments. For those with English as a second language be aware this course uses grammatical terminology but in a stylistic way and can cause a lot of confusion. Assignments are weak but as a whole for the four courses making up the Capstone just grit your teeth and get through it, the least enjoyable and instructive of all four. | can cause a lot of confusion. | Assignment | are weak but as a whole | Negative | 0.89 | 2.0 |
| xtpKLngcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This was a great class. I really learned a lot ... this is the type of class that will change someone as a writer. The quotes, the diagrams, the instruction, the assignments, the book recommendations ... everything was great. Thank you!! =) | quotes, the diagrams, the instruction, the | Assignment | the book recommendations . . . | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| xtpKLngcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | wonderful course, clear assignments, informative lectures. of all the classes this one changed my writing the most. I thought it would be the most extraneous of the series. I thought the plot and character class would be more important but in fact, just paying attention to style helped the movement of my stories - it forced things to happen, it forced a plot, it forced a character to do things. Scribona's advice is practical - use more nouns and verbs, pay attention to how you describe the world through the eyes of the characters, learn how to edit and so on. He helped me finally get a handle the POV i use all the time in writing, but never really understood, and so I used it badly. Some of the other classes in the specialization were too heady, and not practical. But most importantly, Scribona's love for the written word was so apparent during the lectures that it elicited the same reverence in the students. | wonderful course, clear | Assignment | informative lectures. of all the classes | Positive | 0.93 | 5.0 |
| xtpKLngcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Great course on the application of style in fiction writing. Professor does reference a few books for further understanding and example. He explains things well and in a concise way, sometimes with the use of simple diagrams. Very effective and useful assignments and topics. The only drawback is that auditing students cannot receive peer review internal to the course. | simple diagrams. Very effective and useful | Assignment | and topics. The only drawback is | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| xtpKLngcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Priceless instruction - as with all related courses in this specialization. If you're auditing the course assignment completion isn't permitted, so essentially, course "completion" isn't a possibility. | specialization. If you're auditing the course | Assignment | completion isn't permitted, so essentially, course | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | This course was a great start to Foundations of Everyday Leadership. I actually learned tangible examples and techniques. The assignments and quizzes were great and I can't wait to keep learning in the courses to come! | learned tangible examples and techniques. The | Assignment | and quizzes were great and I | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Very good course that gets to some extremely important aspects of what leadership is. I found it a nice refresher with some good suggested and mandatory reading assignments. | some good suggested and mandatory reading | Assignment | | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Good organization and lecture format, but stressfully strict rubrics on the assignments given the peer review structure. | but stressfully strict rubrics on the | Assignment | given the peer review structure. | Negative | 0.64 | 3.0 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | The course was very informative and practical. I liked that it had case studies that needed working with others. However, if there is a way that mentors from the university could also grade the case study assignments, it would be useful. When I graded, I didn't look for the exact use of terminology but if my coursemate had documented the idea, I gave a positive grade. People could have a bias to the grading. At times I found people randomly added me probably to access the case study but didn't bother to discuss. In a future upgrade of the course, if the university can assign teams and track progress somehow it would be great. Perhaps limit the number of entries to each course and assign a mentor per few groups. I enjoyed it however and learnt alot which I will apply to my work. Thank you. | could also grade the case study | Assignment | it would be useful. When I | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| xx-VwD-OEeWBrBIWi3mmCw | Could have included some assignments. The explanations and examples were very clear. | Could have included some | Assignment | The explanations and examples were very | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | Excellent quality assignments. Really the best online writing course I've found. This is a teacher that knows what he's doing, and how to draw out the best of his students' unique ideas and talents. | Excellent quality | Assignment | Really the best online writing course | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | This isn't a CLASS it's a workshop. Thank goodness for fee waivers; I would have been so upset if I had spent my money on this course. As someone who has taken Coursera offerings in the past, I cannot cosign the quality of this course. This class seems to suffer from both a lack of structure and time. I believe if the course was longer (allowing for more space between unguided assignments) the class would be a little better. I understand that the Instructor is barred by time constraints (this is only a five week course, and an opt-in one at that), so I do relate to not wanting to inundate the class with reading assignment and lengthy lectures. That said, the guidance and lessons are lacking-- even if the class was longer, I would still only give it 2.5/5 stars. It appeared that the onus was on the Mentors to provide answers; for example, the professor mentioned that our scripts are meant to feature half hour pilots. This left many students writing dramas rather than comedies at a loss, since they were planning for hour long pilots. (This, again, is partially an issue of the class being so short; more time to review = the option to have longer pilots, rather than only accepting half hour pilots in order to allow students to review five different submissions within three days.) Since half hour dramas are unconventional, I asked one of our mentors, JZ (who is great) for examples. The responsibility should not be on the Mentors to find out-- information like that should be included in the prompt; if not discussed in depth, then at least as a link or list of examples to research on your own if you have the time + desire to do so. Especially since the assignment boils down to "break convention with no examples of successful scripts in this fashion." In a class presumably allowing beginningeres/greenhorns to participate, this is irresponsible and flawed teaching. The same goes of the "hints" that are periodically posted (though again, appreciated!) by mentors in the forums-- those definitions and explanations should be included in the meat of the class, not as supplemental elements. In all honesty, if I didn't have prior experience with writing, I oftentimes wouldn't have any idea what was being discussed by the professor. (And one trip through the forums will illustrate that I am not the only one.) The assignments and due dates are oddly crunched together (another time constraint issue, I understand), but the Instructor's videos seem to imply that we should be receiving feedback before proceeding each time? Maybe in a longer course that would work, but here, I didn't even receive written feedback initially, so it would have been a mistake to wait for some to revise by before forging ahead. If this class isn't going to provide a solid foundation to build on, then it should be made clear, upfront. There is nothing wrong with an experience based / motivation-focused class, but that aspect needs to be transparent. "We will not provide 101 teachings/readings." This isn't a class; it's a workshop. It's a makerspace at best. I expected insight and some level of instruction. In one of the lectures, the Instructor literally says: "I'm not a big fan of some of the classic story structures, defining in what must happen in each act. Or the problem, the twist, the resolution, rising action, denouement, fine action, etc." He does not define these terms, nor allude to them ever again. These are key benchmarks in screenwriting. Definitions would be helpful for someone just starting out, even if the Instructor doesn't strictly want us to abide by them. His students should leave the class more informed than when they came. Unless you're lucky and receive a response from a mentor or someone with visible background in script writing, the reviews don't amount to much, because very few enrollees seem to know what is going on enough to provide a meaty assessment. That is the fault of the course, I think, rather than my peers. Likewise, The grading system here is atrocious because of it; few people understand the foundation, and thusly don't know how to format or structure. So to then be graded on a purely pass or fail basis (that, looking through the forums, many students weren't even AWARE of until the first review grades rolled in) is ridiculous. And I am saying that as someone that scored 100% on both assignments that I did stay to complete, so this is not a case of sour grapes, but an observation of inefficiency. I understand that the class is based around "Active Learning", but for active learning to work and bear fruit, students should be able to engage with/analyze/synthesize/evaluate/build upon class content. Which necessitates actual, meaningful content. Content beyond my fellow confused peers, and 2 minute videos illustrating various ways of saying "Write Something Interesting and if it isn't Interesting, people won't care." Not exactly an astute observation that we couldn't glean anywhere but this course. Honestly, my 4th Edition copy of "The Screenwriters Bible" is five times more helpful than this course, and it is about six years out of date. | (allowing for more space between unguided | Assignment | the class would be a little | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | This isn't a CLASS it's a workshop. Thank goodness for fee waivers; I would have been so upset if I had spent my money on this course. As someone who has taken Coursera offerings in the past, I cannot cosign the quality of this course. This class seems to suffer from both a lack of structure and time. I believe if the course was longer (allowing for more space between unguided assignments) the class would be a little better. I understand that the Instructor is barred by time constraints (this is only a five week course, and an opt-in one at that), so I do relate to not wanting to inundate the class with reading assignment and lengthy lectures. That said, the guidance and lessons are lacking-- even if the class was longer, I would still only give it 2.5/5 stars. It appeared that the onus was on the Mentors to provide answers; for example, the professor mentioned that our scripts are meant to feature half hour pilots. This left many students writing dramas rather than comedies at a loss, since they were planning for hour long pilots. (This, again, is partially an issue of the class being so short; more time to review = the option to have longer pilots, rather than only accepting half hour pilots in order to allow students to review five different submissions within three days.) Since half hour dramas are unconventional, I asked one of our mentors, JZ (who is great) for examples. The responsibility should not be on the Mentors to find out-- information like that should be included in the prompt; if not discussed in depth, then at least as a link or list of examples to research on your own if you have the time + desire to do so. Especially since the assignment boils down to "break convention with no examples of successful scripts in this fashion." In a class presumably allowing beginningeres/greenhorns to participate, this is irresponsible and flawed teaching. The same goes of the "hints" that are periodically posted (though again, appreciated!) by mentors in the forums-- those definitions and explanations should be included in the meat of the class, not as supplemental elements. In all honesty, if I didn't have prior experience with writing, I oftentimes wouldn't have any idea what was being discussed by the professor. (And one trip through the forums will illustrate that I am not the only one.) The assignments and due dates are oddly crunched together (another time constraint issue, I understand), but the Instructor's videos seem to imply that we should be receiving feedback before proceeding each time? Maybe in a longer course that would work, but here, I didn't even receive written feedback initially, so it would have been a mistake to wait for some to revise by before forging ahead. If this class isn't going to provide a solid foundation to build on, then it should be made clear, upfront. There is nothing wrong with an experience based / motivation-focused class, but that aspect needs to be transparent. "We will not provide 101 teachings/readings." This isn't a class; it's a workshop. It's a makerspace at best. I expected insight and some level of instruction. In one of the lectures, the Instructor literally says: "I'm not a big fan of some of the classic story structures, defining in what must happen in each act. Or the problem, the twist, the resolution, rising action, denouement, fine action, etc." He does not define these terms, nor allude to them ever again. These are key benchmarks in screenwriting. Definitions would be helpful for someone just starting out, even if the Instructor doesn't strictly want us to abide by them. His students should leave the class more informed than when they came. Unless you're lucky and receive a response from a mentor or someone with visible background in script writing, the reviews don't amount to much, because very few enrollees seem to know what is going on enough to provide a meaty assessment. That is the fault of the course, I think, rather than my peers. Likewise, The grading system here is atrocious because of it; few people understand the foundation, and thusly don't know how to format or structure. So to then be graded on a purely pass or fail basis (that, looking through the forums, many students weren't even AWARE of until the first review grades rolled in) is ridiculous. And I am saying that as someone that scored 100% on both assignments that I did stay to complete, so this is not a case of sour grapes, but an observation of inefficiency. I understand that the class is based around "Active Learning", but for active learning to work and bear fruit, students should be able to engage with/analyze/synthesize/evaluate/build upon class content. Which necessitates actual, meaningful content. Content beyond my fellow confused peers, and 2 minute videos illustrating various ways of saying "Write Something Interesting and if it isn't Interesting, people won't care." Not exactly an astute observation that we couldn't glean anywhere but this course. Honestly, my 4th Edition copy of "The Screenwriters Bible" is five times more helpful than this course, and it is about six years out of date. | to inundate the class with reading | Assignment | and lengthy lectures. That said, the | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | This isn't a CLASS it's a workshop. Thank goodness for fee waivers; I would have been so upset if I had spent my money on this course. As someone who has taken Coursera offerings in the past, I cannot cosign the quality of this course. This class seems to suffer from both a lack of structure and time. I believe if the course was longer (allowing for more space between unguided assignments) the class would be a little better. I understand that the Instructor is barred by time constraints (this is only a five week course, and an opt-in one at that), so I do relate to not wanting to inundate the class with reading assignment and lengthy lectures. That said, the guidance and lessons are lacking-- even if the class was longer, I would still only give it 2.5/5 stars. It appeared that the onus was on the Mentors to provide answers; for example, the professor mentioned that our scripts are meant to feature half hour pilots. This left many students writing dramas rather than comedies at a loss, since they were planning for hour long pilots. (This, again, is partially an issue of the class being so short; more time to review = the option to have longer pilots, rather than only accepting half hour pilots in order to allow students to review five different submissions within three days.) Since half hour dramas are unconventional, I asked one of our mentors, JZ (who is great) for examples. The responsibility should not be on the Mentors to find out-- information like that should be included in the prompt; if not discussed in depth, then at least as a link or list of examples to research on your own if you have the time + desire to do so. Especially since the assignment boils down to "break convention with no examples of successful scripts in this fashion." In a class presumably allowing beginningeres/greenhorns to participate, this is irresponsible and flawed teaching. The same goes of the "hints" that are periodically posted (though again, appreciated!) by mentors in the forums-- those definitions and explanations should be included in the meat of the class, not as supplemental elements. In all honesty, if I didn't have prior experience with writing, I oftentimes wouldn't have any idea what was being discussed by the professor. (And one trip through the forums will illustrate that I am not the only one.) The assignments and due dates are oddly crunched together (another time constraint issue, I understand), but the Instructor's videos seem to imply that we should be receiving feedback before proceeding each time? Maybe in a longer course that would work, but here, I didn't even receive written feedback initially, so it would have been a mistake to wait for some to revise by before forging ahead. If this class isn't going to provide a solid foundation to build on, then it should be made clear, upfront. There is nothing wrong with an experience based / motivation-focused class, but that aspect needs to be transparent. "We will not provide 101 teachings/readings." This isn't a class; it's a workshop. It's a makerspace at best. I expected insight and some level of instruction. In one of the lectures, the Instructor literally says: "I'm not a big fan of some of the classic story structures, defining in what must happen in each act. Or the problem, the twist, the resolution, rising action, denouement, fine action, etc." He does not define these terms, nor allude to them ever again. These are key benchmarks in screenwriting. Definitions would be helpful for someone just starting out, even if the Instructor doesn't strictly want us to abide by them. His students should leave the class more informed than when they came. Unless you're lucky and receive a response from a mentor or someone with visible background in script writing, the reviews don't amount to much, because very few enrollees seem to know what is going on enough to provide a meaty assessment. That is the fault of the course, I think, rather than my peers. Likewise, The grading system here is atrocious because of it; few people understand the foundation, and thusly don't know how to format or structure. So to then be graded on a purely pass or fail basis (that, looking through the forums, many students weren't even AWARE of until the first review grades rolled in) is ridiculous. And I am saying that as someone that scored 100% on both assignments that I did stay to complete, so this is not a case of sour grapes, but an observation of inefficiency. I understand that the class is based around "Active Learning", but for active learning to work and bear fruit, students should be able to engage with/analyze/synthesize/evaluate/build upon class content. Which necessitates actual, meaningful content. Content beyond my fellow confused peers, and 2 minute videos illustrating various ways of saying "Write Something Interesting and if it isn't Interesting, people won't care." Not exactly an astute observation that we couldn't glean anywhere but this course. Honestly, my 4th Edition copy of "The Screenwriters Bible" is five times more helpful than this course, and it is about six years out of date. | to do so. Especially since the | Assignment | boils down to " break convention | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | This isn't a CLASS it's a workshop. Thank goodness for fee waivers; I would have been so upset if I had spent my money on this course. As someone who has taken Coursera offerings in the past, I cannot cosign the quality of this course. This class seems to suffer from both a lack of structure and time. I believe if the course was longer (allowing for more space between unguided assignments) the class would be a little better. I understand that the Instructor is barred by time constraints (this is only a five week course, and an opt-in one at that), so I do relate to not wanting to inundate the class with reading assignment and lengthy lectures. That said, the guidance and lessons are lacking-- even if the class was longer, I would still only give it 2.5/5 stars. It appeared that the onus was on the Mentors to provide answers; for example, the professor mentioned that our scripts are meant to feature half hour pilots. This left many students writing dramas rather than comedies at a loss, since they were planning for hour long pilots. (This, again, is partially an issue of the class being so short; more time to review = the option to have longer pilots, rather than only accepting half hour pilots in order to allow students to review five different submissions within three days.) Since half hour dramas are unconventional, I asked one of our mentors, JZ (who is great) for examples. The responsibility should not be on the Mentors to find out-- information like that should be included in the prompt; if not discussed in depth, then at least as a link or list of examples to research on your own if you have the time + desire to do so. Especially since the assignment boils down to "break convention with no examples of successful scripts in this fashion." In a class presumably allowing beginningeres/greenhorns to participate, this is irresponsible and flawed teaching. The same goes of the "hints" that are periodically posted (though again, appreciated!) by mentors in the forums-- those definitions and explanations should be included in the meat of the class, not as supplemental elements. In all honesty, if I didn't have prior experience with writing, I oftentimes wouldn't have any idea what was being discussed by the professor. (And one trip through the forums will illustrate that I am not the only one.) The assignments and due dates are oddly crunched together (another time constraint issue, I understand), but the Instructor's videos seem to imply that we should be receiving feedback before proceeding each time? Maybe in a longer course that would work, but here, I didn't even receive written feedback initially, so it would have been a mistake to wait for some to revise by before forging ahead. If this class isn't going to provide a solid foundation to build on, then it should be made clear, upfront. There is nothing wrong with an experience based / motivation-focused class, but that aspect needs to be transparent. "We will not provide 101 teachings/readings." This isn't a class; it's a workshop. It's a makerspace at best. I expected insight and some level of instruction. In one of the lectures, the Instructor literally says: "I'm not a big fan of some of the classic story structures, defining in what must happen in each act. Or the problem, the twist, the resolution, rising action, denouement, fine action, etc." He does not define these terms, nor allude to them ever again. These are key benchmarks in screenwriting. Definitions would be helpful for someone just starting out, even if the Instructor doesn't strictly want us to abide by them. His students should leave the class more informed than when they came. Unless you're lucky and receive a response from a mentor or someone with visible background in script writing, the reviews don't amount to much, because very few enrollees seem to know what is going on enough to provide a meaty assessment. That is the fault of the course, I think, rather than my peers. Likewise, The grading system here is atrocious because of it; few people understand the foundation, and thusly don't know how to format or structure. So to then be graded on a purely pass or fail basis (that, looking through the forums, many students weren't even AWARE of until the first review grades rolled in) is ridiculous. And I am saying that as someone that scored 100% on both assignments that I did stay to complete, so this is not a case of sour grapes, but an observation of inefficiency. I understand that the class is based around "Active Learning", but for active learning to work and bear fruit, students should be able to engage with/analyze/synthesize/evaluate/build upon class content. Which necessitates actual, meaningful content. Content beyond my fellow confused peers, and 2 minute videos illustrating various ways of saying "Write Something Interesting and if it isn't Interesting, people won't care." Not exactly an astute observation that we couldn't glean anywhere but this course. Honestly, my 4th Edition copy of "The Screenwriters Bible" is five times more helpful than this course, and it is about six years out of date. | not the only one. ) The | Assignment | and due dates are oddly crunched | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | This isn't a CLASS it's a workshop. Thank goodness for fee waivers; I would have been so upset if I had spent my money on this course. As someone who has taken Coursera offerings in the past, I cannot cosign the quality of this course. This class seems to suffer from both a lack of structure and time. I believe if the course was longer (allowing for more space between unguided assignments) the class would be a little better. I understand that the Instructor is barred by time constraints (this is only a five week course, and an opt-in one at that), so I do relate to not wanting to inundate the class with reading assignment and lengthy lectures. That said, the guidance and lessons are lacking-- even if the class was longer, I would still only give it 2.5/5 stars. It appeared that the onus was on the Mentors to provide answers; for example, the professor mentioned that our scripts are meant to feature half hour pilots. This left many students writing dramas rather than comedies at a loss, since they were planning for hour long pilots. (This, again, is partially an issue of the class being so short; more time to review = the option to have longer pilots, rather than only accepting half hour pilots in order to allow students to review five different submissions within three days.) Since half hour dramas are unconventional, I asked one of our mentors, JZ (who is great) for examples. The responsibility should not be on the Mentors to find out-- information like that should be included in the prompt; if not discussed in depth, then at least as a link or list of examples to research on your own if you have the time + desire to do so. Especially since the assignment boils down to "break convention with no examples of successful scripts in this fashion." In a class presumably allowing beginningeres/greenhorns to participate, this is irresponsible and flawed teaching. The same goes of the "hints" that are periodically posted (though again, appreciated!) by mentors in the forums-- those definitions and explanations should be included in the meat of the class, not as supplemental elements. In all honesty, if I didn't have prior experience with writing, I oftentimes wouldn't have any idea what was being discussed by the professor. (And one trip through the forums will illustrate that I am not the only one.) The assignments and due dates are oddly crunched together (another time constraint issue, I understand), but the Instructor's videos seem to imply that we should be receiving feedback before proceeding each time? Maybe in a longer course that would work, but here, I didn't even receive written feedback initially, so it would have been a mistake to wait for some to revise by before forging ahead. If this class isn't going to provide a solid foundation to build on, then it should be made clear, upfront. There is nothing wrong with an experience based / motivation-focused class, but that aspect needs to be transparent. "We will not provide 101 teachings/readings." This isn't a class; it's a workshop. It's a makerspace at best. I expected insight and some level of instruction. In one of the lectures, the Instructor literally says: "I'm not a big fan of some of the classic story structures, defining in what must happen in each act. Or the problem, the twist, the resolution, rising action, denouement, fine action, etc." He does not define these terms, nor allude to them ever again. These are key benchmarks in screenwriting. Definitions would be helpful for someone just starting out, even if the Instructor doesn't strictly want us to abide by them. His students should leave the class more informed than when they came. Unless you're lucky and receive a response from a mentor or someone with visible background in script writing, the reviews don't amount to much, because very few enrollees seem to know what is going on enough to provide a meaty assessment. That is the fault of the course, I think, rather than my peers. Likewise, The grading system here is atrocious because of it; few people understand the foundation, and thusly don't know how to format or structure. So to then be graded on a purely pass or fail basis (that, looking through the forums, many students weren't even AWARE of until the first review grades rolled in) is ridiculous. And I am saying that as someone that scored 100% on both assignments that I did stay to complete, so this is not a case of sour grapes, but an observation of inefficiency. I understand that the class is based around "Active Learning", but for active learning to work and bear fruit, students should be able to engage with/analyze/synthesize/evaluate/build upon class content. Which necessitates actual, meaningful content. Content beyond my fellow confused peers, and 2 minute videos illustrating various ways of saying "Write Something Interesting and if it isn't Interesting, people won't care." Not exactly an astute observation that we couldn't glean anywhere but this course. Honestly, my 4th Edition copy of "The Screenwriters Bible" is five times more helpful than this course, and it is about six years out of date. | someone that scored 100% on both | Assignment | that I did stay to complete, | Negative | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | I'm sorry, but I have taken many courses on Coursera and this is, without a doubt, the absolute worst. This isn't minimal teaching, it's practically nonexistent. Frankly, buying a book would at least give more guidance than tossing one-minute 'lectures' out there and having students blindly fend for themselves under the guise of "experimental learning". Plus, you then have an all or nothing grade system - there is no middle ground, just pass or fail on an assignment that had little to no instruction or examples listed to begin with. I'm truly surprised that Coursera agreed to allow this course as it is. I suggest that the instructor and team see how other instructors at universities are teaching their Coursera courses. Just because something is free, it doesn't give free reign to be lazy. If I had paid for it, I would have asked for a refund. This entire course needs a serious revamp. | just pass or fail on an | Assignment | that had little to no instruction | Negative | 0.98 | 1.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | Such a great course. Jumping in and just doing it worked for me, as I tend to spend time reading up and educating myself theoretically before ever getting around to actually writing. Seeing sample scripts and discussions of form and writing criteria is definitely important, as I have managed to learn a lot through looking at many scripts and comparing, so I think there's a place for that in the course, but the actual project base was what really made the difference for me. The grading criteria points with every assignment have functioned as vital checklists in which to review not just my peers, but also my own work as well. I really learned a whole lot more about stretching my limits and what I am capable of doing by actually writing than just by dreaming of doing it one day. My confidence is at an all-time high, and now I am actively revising the pilot and working on the following episodes, as well as actively seeking opportunities for further courses, contests, and screenwriter communities and associations. Thank you, David. Before this course, I never actually thought I'd do it, and decided to sign up on a whim because I love writing and I love film and TV, but I never even considered screenwriting as a career or an option, and now this has all been changed. I am forever grateful. Please come back and give more courses on the different facets of writing for the screen, like developing compelling characters, world building, genre tips, etc. Your support has been phenomenal. Thanks to Michigan State University, Coursera, and all of my peers for the amazing encouragement and support. | The grading criteria points with every | Assignment | have functioned as vital checklists in | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | I really enjoyed this class. I would say that it is a lot of work in a short period of time. Also there were some issues with the peer review process. For example not knowing the criteria we would be graded on before submitting the assignments, many students unable to get enough reviews to move forward especially if they had to revise their assignment. Hopefully, this will be worked out for future versions. Overall, it was an interesting process. | be graded on before submitting the | Assignment | many students unable to get enough | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | I really enjoyed this class. I would say that it is a lot of work in a short period of time. Also there were some issues with the peer review process. For example not knowing the criteria we would be graded on before submitting the assignments, many students unable to get enough reviews to move forward especially if they had to revise their assignment. Hopefully, this will be worked out for future versions. Overall, it was an interesting process. | if they had to revise their | Assignment | Hopefully, this will be worked out | Negative | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | There is no instruction with this course. If you've never written a script before you're not going to get a lot of help here other than researching things yourself, which you can do without this course. Not to mention, the feedback is minimal and not all that helpful. For example. if i've never written a script, what value am I to someone else who has also never written a script. And what value is their feedback to me. I signed up to get some experience and to also get feedback from those more experienced than I. I'm less interested in what my peers have to say and more interested in the feedback of the instructor who has years more experience than most of us. To pass assignments off of 4 or 5 peer reviews is worthless. There's no value in that. What does the instructor think??? Would HE pass us? He occasionally drops a line in the discussion forum, but no direct feedback to the students. I think this class should have a cap on enrollment so that the instructor can actually review and provide feedback to the students. Joke's on anyone paying $49 to essentially teach yourself. This guys just sits back and "moderates" when he can. The best thing about this class is that it does force you to write, but beyond that, it's not helpful at all. Truly disappointing. | than most of us. To pass | Assignment | off of 4 or 5 peer | Positive | 0.68 | 1.0 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | The assignments should be flexible, i.e we should be given the score based on what we have answered and provided an opportunity to re-take them if we have to improve the score further instead of having a strict policy of getting all the answers correct in order to complete an assignment. Further the lectures were as though the faculty is reading out from a board in front of them (with an exception of Frederik Krebs), and thus many concepts were only touched on the surface. For people with not much background in organic chemistry understanding PEDOT:PSS and other chemical components we tough. A suggestion would be to increase the class duration and explaining the concepts in a more clear way. | The | Assignment | should be flexible, i. e we | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | The assignments should be flexible, i.e we should be given the score based on what we have answered and provided an opportunity to re-take them if we have to improve the score further instead of having a strict policy of getting all the answers correct in order to complete an assignment. Further the lectures were as though the faculty is reading out from a board in front of them (with an exception of Frederik Krebs), and thus many concepts were only touched on the surface. For people with not much background in organic chemistry understanding PEDOT:PSS and other chemical components we tough. A suggestion would be to increase the class duration and explaining the concepts in a more clear way. | correct in order to complete an | Assignment | Further the lectures were as though | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | Fenomenal course, you learn all the basics of organic solar cells in great detail, you have extra material to read, tutorials, and live sessions. I think it should have more exercises or peer reviewed assignments so that you can explain processes and get parameters of the cell. | have more exercises or peer reviewed | Assignment | so that you can explain processes | Negative | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | Hi First of all I just want to write I have a background in mechanical engineering and I know the working principles of solar cells quite well. I just wanted to check out this course. I started this course but I find that it is very difficult to concentrate. I tried pinpointing exactly what the problem was and I came up with following: There is too much talking and not enough going on visually. I know you have a person in front of a white screen, and a few visual effects such as floating words and diagrams. It is just not working for me. I have a hard time remembering what you said. I can pause and go back again which is always nice but the info still doesn't stick. This especially true for the LCA part, which I don't even think is a difficult concept to grasp. I think the best courses I have seen online is not particularly rehearsed and it is usually just a guy, with a pen, running you through some examples to illustrate the working principles. Afterwards they do an everyday life example. I find that these courses always help me a lot. I am sorry about the 2 stars but I hope you see it as a room for improvement. It is probably a first time for you guys to use an online platform as a media so it will take a couple of iterations to get it right. I did like when you illustrated Isc and Voc in terms and abbreviations. More stuff like that, possibly also with an electrical diagram etc and som flow analogy. If I can propose anything it would be to organize it a bit more like Michigan Universitys Python learning series. I think it is quite good and the assignments are also challenging but you learn a lot. Anyway thanks a lot for the course. I hope you will find a way that works. | it is quite good and the | Assignment | are also challenging but you learn | Positive | 0.93 | 2.0 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | The course gave me a good, in-depth understanding of OPVs and how further developing the technology surrounding them could help solve the energy crisis. The material was thorough and the quizzes were challenging without being frustrating and encouraged you to learn more about the topics discussed. My only problem was that I was unable to access a community forum so a few times I was stuck on an assignment and had no way to find out information to help me. Instead I just had to guess and work through it alone which wasn't horrible but I would have like to have been able to discuss it with other people taking the course. Overall a good course that has gotten me very excited about OPVs and the future of solar technology. | times I was stuck on an | Assignment | and had no way to find | Negative | 0.85 | 4.0 |
| y20FTlDPEeWMlwoziUhyxQ | I enjoyed the topics studied the assignments were helpful in reviewing the subject of lessons taught. | I enjoyed the topics studied the | Assignment | were helpful in reviewing the subject | Positive | 0.98 | 4.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Gave basic introduction to design principles but the assignments were very engaging | introduction to design principles but the | Assignment | were very engaging | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course as much content in it and it's difficult to have an holistic idea how it all fits together. Some videos are taught having the same problem like, for example, some tools/themes are presented without us knowing what they are for. E.g., Chi-squared test and null hypothesis. Only after a while we understand their use. This bring a lot of overhead to us who are learning. Some videos seem to have been re-worked over time and present cuts or jumps. As for assignments, they should be better worked because some questions are not clear or misleading regarding the criteria that you want to evaluate. For example, I already reported that in Question 2. and 3. of the assignment for the 3rd week. The example you give is a short introduction with two problems: 1) "I did the website", which can make the participant not to be at ease to criticize and 2) we're no evaluating the participant performance but the website. Next, you ask us to rewrite the introduction, which we do with those two problems in mind. Now, when we do the peer review we realize that you're expecting for us to rate the new introduction based on having "early prototype" and "user feedback". The original problems just seem not to count. Only by chance you can eventually write the new introduction touching the points that count for grading. | present cuts or jumps. As for | Assignment | they should be better worked because | Negative | 0.93 | 3.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course as much content in it and it's difficult to have an holistic idea how it all fits together. Some videos are taught having the same problem like, for example, some tools/themes are presented without us knowing what they are for. E.g., Chi-squared test and null hypothesis. Only after a while we understand their use. This bring a lot of overhead to us who are learning. Some videos seem to have been re-worked over time and present cuts or jumps. As for assignments, they should be better worked because some questions are not clear or misleading regarding the criteria that you want to evaluate. For example, I already reported that in Question 2. and 3. of the assignment for the 3rd week. The example you give is a short introduction with two problems: 1) "I did the website", which can make the participant not to be at ease to criticize and 2) we're no evaluating the participant performance but the website. Next, you ask us to rewrite the introduction, which we do with those two problems in mind. Now, when we do the peer review we realize that you're expecting for us to rate the new introduction based on having "early prototype" and "user feedback". The original problems just seem not to count. Only by chance you can eventually write the new introduction touching the points that count for grading. | Question 2. and 3. of the | Assignment | for the 3rd week. The example | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | An essential course for any job in the field of Design, it teaches the core concepts such as Typography, Colour, Positioning, Spacing, etc. and requires one to work hard on the assignments. | one to work hard on the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Several errors in lecture and lack-luster assignments decreased my perception of value. | Several errors in lecture and lack-luster | Assignment | decreased my perception of value. | Negative | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I feel that this specialization is not focused enough on developing portfolio pieces. One portfolio piece at the end of an 8-month course does not seem adequate to me. So I wish we focused more on developing high fidelity work - in addition to the need-finding, user research, sketches, short weekly assignments. This high fidelity, digital work could even be optional, but I need some guidance on what work to develop and how the overall process should look. Even being allowed to enroll in the capstone before completing the first 7 sections would be helpful. The review is kind of about what you are looking to get out of these classes. If you just want to LEARN about UX and human centered design, then it's a 4-5 star course. But if you want to PRODUCE some great work that will help you land a job in the industry, it might not be for you. | need-finding, user research, sketches, short weekly | Assignment | This high fidelity, digital work could | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is a great course with tons of valuable info. The peer-review projects are very hands-on, and you learn a lot by doing that. However, I wish there were more explanations for certain things (for example, for the experiments section) - or at least, more resources to get further info. Also, for Assignment 3, it would have been very helpful to have the answer key, since there is some confusion around some of the answers. | to get further info. Also, for | Assignment | 3, it would have been very | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | the assignment descriptions are too vague to understand...it took me 4-5 reads to complete some of them. overall this topic didn't really attract me much. | the | Assignment | descriptions are too vague to understand. | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The first assignment was very confusing in terms of what was required, and it should be fixed. | The first | Assignment | was very confusing in terms of | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Everything is great apart of the third week assignment. I guess it needs to be changed. | great apart of the third week | Assignment | I guess it needs to be | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | If you don't pay the fee to get the certification, you can't do the assignments :( | the certification, you can't do the | Assignment | :( | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Definitely improved from the first course of this specification. Better feedback on errors regarding quizzes' questions and still really interesting assignments for peer review that help you to learn. Still missing a document or a file with all the notes that one can take away and use as a reference guide, hence only 3/5. | quizzes' questions and still really interesting | Assignment | for peer review that help you | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Lectures are clear and extensively cited; assignments are interesting. | Lectures are clear and extensively cited; | Assignment | are interesting. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course wasn't good. Many of the assignment instructions and questions were poorly written, and students clearly had trouble understanding what was asked of them. The assignments also weren't very deep or imaginative, and some of them requested very specific answers relying in keywords from the lectures rather than ensuring that the students had really understood the concepts. The design principles were introduced at such a surface level as to be just silly rather than useful. This was kind of a waste of my time. | course wasn't good. Many of the | Assignment | instructions and questions were poorly written, | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course wasn't good. Many of the assignment instructions and questions were poorly written, and students clearly had trouble understanding what was asked of them. The assignments also weren't very deep or imaginative, and some of them requested very specific answers relying in keywords from the lectures rather than ensuring that the students had really understood the concepts. The design principles were introduced at such a surface level as to be just silly rather than useful. This was kind of a waste of my time. | what was asked of them. The | Assignment | also weren't very deep or imaginative, | Negative | 0.91 | 1.0 |
| YcfRNRoCEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very interesting. The assignments test the learning are and more related to what we see around us. It is a test of our perception on interactive design. This is very helpful. | Very interesting. The | Assignment | test the learning are and more | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Course content is good, however instructions for the assignments are not complete. Often, instructions for the assignments that are required in the grading criteria are buried in the discussion forums, sometimes in multiple threads. And the method of grading is also only explained in the discussion forum. This can lead to the peer review grades being difficult to assign. The assignment pages should be updated to properly include ALL requirements and an explanation of how to grade the assignment. | is good, however instructions for the | Assignment | are not complete. Often, instructions for | Positive | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Course content is good, however instructions for the assignments are not complete. Often, instructions for the assignments that are required in the grading criteria are buried in the discussion forums, sometimes in multiple threads. And the method of grading is also only explained in the discussion forum. This can lead to the peer review grades being difficult to assign. The assignment pages should be updated to properly include ALL requirements and an explanation of how to grade the assignment. | not complete. Often, instructions for the | Assignment | that are required in the grading | Positive | 0.66 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Course content is good, however instructions for the assignments are not complete. Often, instructions for the assignments that are required in the grading criteria are buried in the discussion forums, sometimes in multiple threads. And the method of grading is also only explained in the discussion forum. This can lead to the peer review grades being difficult to assign. The assignment pages should be updated to properly include ALL requirements and an explanation of how to grade the assignment. | grades being difficult to assign. The | Assignment | pages should be updated to properly | Negative | 0.67 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Course content is good, however instructions for the assignments are not complete. Often, instructions for the assignments that are required in the grading criteria are buried in the discussion forums, sometimes in multiple threads. And the method of grading is also only explained in the discussion forum. This can lead to the peer review grades being difficult to assign. The assignment pages should be updated to properly include ALL requirements and an explanation of how to grade the assignment. | explanation of how to grade the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.86 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I don't recommend this class. Jogesh K. Muppala has very labored English and his pace and verbosity make the lectures hard to get through. I've turned in around 10 assignments and have yet to get a grade on anything. The course content is poorly organized and executed. Peer grading is just dumb (and clearly doesn't work, since I have yet to get a single assignment back). When you turn in assignment files, they cannot be opened (and we found out from an apparent student how to get past the technical issues). Questions about the class and submitting assignments went unanswered. My advice, save your money and don't take this class. | through. I've turned in around 10 | Assignment | and have yet to get a | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I don't recommend this class. Jogesh K. Muppala has very labored English and his pace and verbosity make the lectures hard to get through. I've turned in around 10 assignments and have yet to get a grade on anything. The course content is poorly organized and executed. Peer grading is just dumb (and clearly doesn't work, since I have yet to get a single assignment back). When you turn in assignment files, they cannot be opened (and we found out from an apparent student how to get past the technical issues). Questions about the class and submitting assignments went unanswered. My advice, save your money and don't take this class. | have yet to get a single | Assignment | back). When you turn in assignment | Positive | 0.69 | 1.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I don't recommend this class. Jogesh K. Muppala has very labored English and his pace and verbosity make the lectures hard to get through. I've turned in around 10 assignments and have yet to get a grade on anything. The course content is poorly organized and executed. Peer grading is just dumb (and clearly doesn't work, since I have yet to get a single assignment back). When you turn in assignment files, they cannot be opened (and we found out from an apparent student how to get past the technical issues). Questions about the class and submitting assignments went unanswered. My advice, save your money and don't take this class. | assignment back). When you turn in | Assignment | files, they cannot be opened (and | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I don't recommend this class. Jogesh K. Muppala has very labored English and his pace and verbosity make the lectures hard to get through. I've turned in around 10 assignments and have yet to get a grade on anything. The course content is poorly organized and executed. Peer grading is just dumb (and clearly doesn't work, since I have yet to get a single assignment back). When you turn in assignment files, they cannot be opened (and we found out from an apparent student how to get past the technical issues). Questions about the class and submitting assignments went unanswered. My advice, save your money and don't take this class. | Questions about the class and submitting | Assignment | went unanswered. My advice, save your | Negative | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I think the course, while well laid out content-wise, is poorly executed. I'm thankful I audited the course. I would have been upset had I paid for it. Still, even the free access permits you to use all of the materials minus the major graded assignments. I struggled getting any styling to work with my CSS (files that was provided by the teacher) in conjunction with my Bootstrap. I was unable to replicate what he presented throughout the project (figuring it out on my own after-the-fact), as he would jump ahead in sections while verbally NOT visually detailing what he would be doing next. I was lost for a while. When I managed to correct where he'd left me in the dark, I found that my class assignments failed to override the bootstrap defaults. I didn't get much help when I asked if he had altered the bs files or changed his specificity in order to get them to work. Overall - I'd give the class a C+. I did learn a few things that filled in the gaps with responsive websites, but the tutorials were ultimately not very helpful. | the materials minus the major graded | Assignment | I struggled getting any styling to | Negative | 0.65 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I think the course, while well laid out content-wise, is poorly executed. I'm thankful I audited the course. I would have been upset had I paid for it. Still, even the free access permits you to use all of the materials minus the major graded assignments. I struggled getting any styling to work with my CSS (files that was provided by the teacher) in conjunction with my Bootstrap. I was unable to replicate what he presented throughout the project (figuring it out on my own after-the-fact), as he would jump ahead in sections while verbally NOT visually detailing what he would be doing next. I was lost for a while. When I managed to correct where he'd left me in the dark, I found that my class assignments failed to override the bootstrap defaults. I didn't get much help when I asked if he had altered the bs files or changed his specificity in order to get them to work. Overall - I'd give the class a C+. I did learn a few things that filled in the gaps with responsive websites, but the tutorials were ultimately not very helpful. | dark, I found that my class | Assignment | failed to override the bootstrap defaults. | Negative | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course for people who start creating web application. Great exercises and assignments. Thank you very much. | creating web application. Great exercises and | Assignment | Thank you very much. | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Wonderful course, well designed content, exercise and assignment. Only that difficulties of the assignment could be improved so as to ensure bette learning. We want more challenge! lol | course, well designed content, exercise and | Assignment | Only that difficulties of the assignment | Positive | 0.83 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Wonderful course, well designed content, exercise and assignment. Only that difficulties of the assignment could be improved so as to ensure bette learning. We want more challenge! lol | assignment. Only that difficulties of the | Assignment | could be improved so as to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Easy way to understand and assignments covers the most important parts in every week . | Easy way to understand and | Assignment | covers the most important parts in | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The full course should be available to everybody with the assignments, only the certificate should be given to those who have paid for the course. | be available to everybody with the | Assignment | only the certificate should be given | Positive | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Last assignment does not have full instructions on how to complete it. Otherwise a good course. | Last | Assignment | does not have full instructions on | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The topic is overall well covered. The material are not easy to go through and do not reference well key knowledge area, specifically: how to apply them. The exercises and the assignments could be largely improved: the targets and the guidance are not always clear. Adding up on the same files instead having one file per exercice / one learning key point does not help. | apply them. The exercises and the | Assignment | could be largely improved: the targets | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This bootstrap course is very nice , every components are explained nicely. Assignments also good. Waiting for next angular js lecture | , every components are explained nicely. | Assignment | also good. Waiting for next angular | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I audited this course and did the assignments independently. This course focuses on examining Bootstrap's CSS and Javascript components in much detail. Towards the end one is introduced to NPM and Bower. Concepts are explained through a project. Nearly all major components of Bootstrap were covered, many of which are often ignored in other courses I have taken. The course materials (the slides) are very well made. I like the pace at which this course goes and the instructors are very active and helpful on the discussion forums. | audited this course and did the | Assignment | independently. This course focuses on examining | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good course. The assignments are a bit too easy since they give the code in the assignment details basically, but still the course gives a good introduction to bootstrap and other web frameworks and tools. | Good course. The | Assignment | are a bit too easy since | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good course. The assignments are a bit too easy since they give the code in the assignment details basically, but still the course gives a good introduction to bootstrap and other web frameworks and tools. | they give the code in the | Assignment | details basically, but still the course | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course was very informative and assignments were very good. trainer was clear and good. | This course was very informative and | Assignment | were very good. trainer was clear | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A informative class with a great instructor. Teaching is mostly through videos but their are exercises each day as well, which I appreciate (I'm a hands on kind of learner). The assignments at the end of the week are challenging in that they usually ask you to learn something from a 3rd part website or take what you know and combine it in ways he hasn't shown you. While that might be difficult for some I find it refreshing. By the end I feel that I know the breadth of bootstrap and have decent skills to implement basic websites with it. | hands on kind of learner). The | Assignment | at the end of the week | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A very good course, working on one large website project. The lecturer talks a little slowly, but makes things very clear. Some of the review criteria for the assignments are wrong for example "div-xs-12" should have been "col-sm-12" , which makes fair grading difficult at times. | of the review criteria for the | Assignment | are wrong for example " div-xs-12" | Negative | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | i think the assignment of this course was very good and i think any one that did the assignment by himself ,have learned some good web dev skills . | i think the | Assignment | of this course was very good | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | i think the assignment of this course was very good and i think any one that did the assignment by himself ,have learned some good web dev skills . | think any one that did the | Assignment | by himself , have learned some | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good course, but a little expensive to participate. it's terrible that i cannot submit the assignment. | terrible that i cannot submit the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.92 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | First, the assignments always had poor instructions. It wasn't until grading time you would find out what the criteria are. (After your assignment is submitted) Secondly, there was no documentation/help for the fact the Windows needs a webserver to run content in this section. (Many versions of Windows can't do this) Discovered/resolved over many hours, when course content would not work. The actual course content was sparse/not much to it other than "Bootstrap bootstrap bootstrap." After how good the first course was/how much ground it covered, this course was frustrating, poorly documented, and a disappointment. | First, the | Assignment | always had poor instructions. It wasn't | Negative | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | First, the assignments always had poor instructions. It wasn't until grading time you would find out what the criteria are. (After your assignment is submitted) Secondly, there was no documentation/help for the fact the Windows needs a webserver to run content in this section. (Many versions of Windows can't do this) Discovered/resolved over many hours, when course content would not work. The actual course content was sparse/not much to it other than "Bootstrap bootstrap bootstrap." After how good the first course was/how much ground it covered, this course was frustrating, poorly documented, and a disappointment. | what the criteria are. (After your | Assignment | is submitted) Secondly, there was no | Negative | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well presented course, with carefully thought out exercises and assignments that all worked together to reinforce the material. The videos explaining the assignments helped to clarify the requirements, and Jogesh Muppala's sense of humour makes the lectures a pleasure to watch. | with carefully thought out exercises and | Assignment | that all worked together to reinforce | Positive | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Well presented course, with carefully thought out exercises and assignments that all worked together to reinforce the material. The videos explaining the assignments helped to clarify the requirements, and Jogesh Muppala's sense of humour makes the lectures a pleasure to watch. | the material. The videos explaining the | Assignment | helped to clarify the requirements, and | Positive | 0.81 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good lecture and assignment. Let me learn a lot of things. | Good lecture and | Assignment | Let me learn a lot of | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I concur with others of a similar opinion on this course: Assignment instructions/criteria differ from the grading rubric criteria. Assignments mostly copy and paste. Referring people to the Bootstrap docs as reference defeats the purpose of an instructor. Many of the assignments required you to do things against best practices, like inserting inline styles to make your element look like the instructor's screenshot of his page. The last week's content seemed to be a slapdash mix of bits and pieces, and trying to inform people about Node modules via solving a quadratic equation seemed really strange. How about an example from the real world, like even an e-commerce application? (In the comments on this, the instructor said there wasn't time in this course to explain Node modules, but that he provided a "clearer" example in the Node.js course. Hunh? Why wouldn't you do a simpler example in the drive-by assignment?) Instructor consistently mispronounced words that are CENTRAL to the field, which just seemed weird and made me question his credibility. This might sound petty, but kuh-rooze-zel for the word Carousel? It would be like a fashion designer mis pronouncing tulle as tull-ee or bias as bye-ez. Just not impressed. I am glad my employer paid the tuition and not me. The only positive was it enforced a schedule and structure for me to try my hand at Bootstrap. I had already worked with Foundation. | a similar opinion on this course: | Assignment | instructions/criteria differ from the grading rubric | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I concur with others of a similar opinion on this course: Assignment instructions/criteria differ from the grading rubric criteria. Assignments mostly copy and paste. Referring people to the Bootstrap docs as reference defeats the purpose of an instructor. Many of the assignments required you to do things against best practices, like inserting inline styles to make your element look like the instructor's screenshot of his page. The last week's content seemed to be a slapdash mix of bits and pieces, and trying to inform people about Node modules via solving a quadratic equation seemed really strange. How about an example from the real world, like even an e-commerce application? (In the comments on this, the instructor said there wasn't time in this course to explain Node modules, but that he provided a "clearer" example in the Node.js course. Hunh? Why wouldn't you do a simpler example in the drive-by assignment?) Instructor consistently mispronounced words that are CENTRAL to the field, which just seemed weird and made me question his credibility. This might sound petty, but kuh-rooze-zel for the word Carousel? It would be like a fashion designer mis pronouncing tulle as tull-ee or bias as bye-ez. Just not impressed. I am glad my employer paid the tuition and not me. The only positive was it enforced a schedule and structure for me to try my hand at Bootstrap. I had already worked with Foundation. | differ from the grading rubric criteria. | Assignment | mostly copy and paste. Referring people | Negative | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I concur with others of a similar opinion on this course: Assignment instructions/criteria differ from the grading rubric criteria. Assignments mostly copy and paste. Referring people to the Bootstrap docs as reference defeats the purpose of an instructor. Many of the assignments required you to do things against best practices, like inserting inline styles to make your element look like the instructor's screenshot of his page. The last week's content seemed to be a slapdash mix of bits and pieces, and trying to inform people about Node modules via solving a quadratic equation seemed really strange. How about an example from the real world, like even an e-commerce application? (In the comments on this, the instructor said there wasn't time in this course to explain Node modules, but that he provided a "clearer" example in the Node.js course. Hunh? Why wouldn't you do a simpler example in the drive-by assignment?) Instructor consistently mispronounced words that are CENTRAL to the field, which just seemed weird and made me question his credibility. This might sound petty, but kuh-rooze-zel for the word Carousel? It would be like a fashion designer mis pronouncing tulle as tull-ee or bias as bye-ez. Just not impressed. I am glad my employer paid the tuition and not me. The only positive was it enforced a schedule and structure for me to try my hand at Bootstrap. I had already worked with Foundation. | of an instructor. Many of the | Assignment | required you to do things against | Positive | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I concur with others of a similar opinion on this course: Assignment instructions/criteria differ from the grading rubric criteria. Assignments mostly copy and paste. Referring people to the Bootstrap docs as reference defeats the purpose of an instructor. Many of the assignments required you to do things against best practices, like inserting inline styles to make your element look like the instructor's screenshot of his page. The last week's content seemed to be a slapdash mix of bits and pieces, and trying to inform people about Node modules via solving a quadratic equation seemed really strange. How about an example from the real world, like even an e-commerce application? (In the comments on this, the instructor said there wasn't time in this course to explain Node modules, but that he provided a "clearer" example in the Node.js course. Hunh? Why wouldn't you do a simpler example in the drive-by assignment?) Instructor consistently mispronounced words that are CENTRAL to the field, which just seemed weird and made me question his credibility. This might sound petty, but kuh-rooze-zel for the word Carousel? It would be like a fashion designer mis pronouncing tulle as tull-ee or bias as bye-ez. Just not impressed. I am glad my employer paid the tuition and not me. The only positive was it enforced a schedule and structure for me to try my hand at Bootstrap. I had already worked with Foundation. | a simpler example in the drive-by | Assignment | ) Instructor consistently mispronounced words that | Positive | 0.81 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I was expecting the assignments to be harder. But overall a really good introduction to Bootstrap. | I was expecting the | Assignment | to be harder. But overall a | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Fairly disappointing compared to the first week of this course. The balance of instruction to exercise was very low. I also resent being sent to raw Bootstrap documentation; if I could have read that, I likely wouldn't be taking the course. It makes it frustrating to jump into the exercises when the course had 5-7 minutes of lectures, 15 minutes on the exercise and then an assignment on something new. Update: I'm also impressed by Mr. Muppala taking feedback like a boss and blaming students for low reviews. | on the exercise and then an | Assignment | on something new. Update: I'm also | Negative | 0.83 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good but the assignments are minor changes instead of full blown impls | Good but the | Assignment | are minor changes instead of full | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Course is great, but I putted 4 stars because of missing hints for assignments. It will be great to have such hints in this course. | stars because of missing hints for | Assignment | It will be great to have | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Awesome Course. One of the best courses , i have been part of on coursera. well paced, very rich in content, very good delivery of the ideas,. Assignments very good. A value for time i just wish practice quiz to have more number of question, and more challenging. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO JOGESH. THANKS A LOT | good delivery of the ideas, . | Assignment | very good. A value for time | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very nice introduction. Very structured and good assignments. | nice introduction. Very structured and good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great class, the professor has a rather interesting sense of humor which actually makes the whole experience more enjoyable. The assignments are challenging enough to make sure you learn, but are still doable within the allotted time. One recommendation from me is to use the same tools he uses in the videos (such as Brackets) as it becomes a bonus to get familiar with new development tools. | the whole experience more enjoyable. The | Assignment | are challenging enough to make sure | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Fantastic course! Really comprehensive yet easy and pleasant to follow. Just a minor comment - I'd like that review criteria were more specific beforehand - I actually had lower grades in a couple of assignments due to review items that only showed up after submission. | lower grades in a couple of | Assignment | due to review items that only | Negative | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is a great course for anyone looking to take their knowledge of basic web design to a new level. I found bootstrap a little intimidating at first but this course does a great job of teaching and explaining it at a great pace. If you're new to web development and tired of making websites that look like they're from the 90s, bootstrap is a great tool to get your websites to look modern and professional. The instructor is very knowledgeable and explains things thoroughly (he's also very funny!). I recommend incorporating the additional learning materials as they will help you understand the concepts discussed in the lectures on a much deeper level. Lastly, be sure to do every exercise as they are essential to completing the assignments. Have fun! | they are essential to completing the | Assignment | Have fun! | Positive | 0.78 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great professor and good explanations with a bit of a challenge with the assignments which made you have to make sure you understand the material. | bit of a challenge with the | Assignment | which made you have to make | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is pretty well structured and the exercises were explained pretty well. It was pretty easy to follow the steps and do the assignments, but sometimes required a little bit more explanation on what does what, and why sometimes even after following his steps, our website might not look similar to what he has done on the exercise. One thing also if possible I'm not sure if carousel is pronounced ka-ruu-sel in Hong Kong, but it's Char-uh-sel like the ride, which to me was quite annoying to listen to. | follow the steps and do the | Assignment | but sometimes required a little bit | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | the course is very good... perfect explanations and challenging assignments | . . perfect explanations and challenging | Assignment | | Positive | 0.77 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course was pretty cool. A lot of very useful stuff was covered, but I feel like it went too fast. But I think it could be better connected together in terms of broad principles, rather than just going through tons of particular examples. I still don't feel like I have a "mental framework" for how to lay out a web page, other than the basics of the 12-column grid system. It all seemed very ad hoc. It's by no means a bad course, and I still gave it four stars since the material is very useful, but I definitely think it could be improved upon. Also, the ratio of homework/lectures is way too low. I definitely think the course should put more emphasis on actually creating websites oneself. Many of the homework assignments took me under an hour -- after I spent hours watching all the videos and taking notes trying to remember it all. | websites oneself. Many of the homework | Assignment | took me under an hour -- | Negative | 0.67 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It would be better if the assignments were not guided so straight forward. | It would be better if the | Assignment | were not guided so straight forward. | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course that slowly builds up a web site with exercises and assignments. Instructor has good sense of humor which makes the lectures interesting and fun. | a web site with exercises and | Assignment | Instructor has good sense of humor | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great intro course that fully dives into Bootstrap and all it's capabilities. The site that you build in this course can actually be a decent addition to any portfolio for a new web designer too. I would have given it a 5/5, but I thought the course moved too slowly and rushed over explaining the available JavaScript and jQuery plugins that Bootstrap has to offer. The plugins are quite useful not just within Bootstrap, and they can be installed and customized for a range of web projects. Expect to dedicate at least 3-4 hours a week just completing the module lectures and exercises along with the homework assignment. This is not out of the ordinary though, Bootstrap does have a lot of components to cover. I truly believe Professor Muppala is the best person to do it as well. I appreciated his input in the discussion forums and thorough instruction. | and exercises along with the homework | Assignment | This is not out of the | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | 4rd assignment is tooooo easy - i expect here complicated task with non-trivial work with modules but not this child's plays. Other assignments and lectures looks good, but here is too many errors in subtitles - not critical but in every video i detect at least 1-2 | 4rd | Assignment | is tooooo easy - i expect | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | 4rd assignment is tooooo easy - i expect here complicated task with non-trivial work with modules but not this child's plays. Other assignments and lectures looks good, but here is too many errors in subtitles - not critical but in every video i detect at least 1-2 | but not this child's plays. Other | Assignment | and lectures looks good, but here | Negative | 0.95 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Perfect course! Explanation is very good and the examples help you get through all assignment. | examples help you get through all | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I found week two to really outweigh the others in terms of difficulty in the assignment but It's probably the week I learnt the most! Great Job!! | in terms of difficulty in the | Assignment | but It's probably the week I | Positive | 0.71 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is the second course in the Full Stack series by Hong Kong University. Because I find the first course in this series very interesting (the assignments are challenging and easy to understand; the professor does a very good job in explaining the materials), I continue to take the second course, which is this one, a shoot. However, it is a complete disappointment. In every single assignment, it requires a file, which is built by going through every single lectures of the course. That means I have to go through every videos and copy his code to my code in order to get the file. If you have a lot of time, that is perfectly fine. However, if you are a college student like me, you properly will not be able to commit that much time. Personally, when I take a course, I take a look at the assignment and then see what knowledge I need to have in order to complete the assignment. Because of this, I may watch the lecture or just Google out the answer. Requiring a file in order to complete an assignment strips away my liberty in doing so. Furthermore, if you miss a step in the video, your file may very well be ruined and you need to rewatch the video again to see what you missed. Also, the course is extremely slow paced. I have to play back rate to x1.5 normal speed. Sadly, even with faster speed, the lectures are also poorly structured. There are many other materials online that can cover the same amount of information in less time and easier to understand. Combined with the required file for each assignment, this course can easily be a torture. | in this series very interesting (the | Assignment | are challenging and easy to understand; | Positive | 0.97 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is the second course in the Full Stack series by Hong Kong University. Because I find the first course in this series very interesting (the assignments are challenging and easy to understand; the professor does a very good job in explaining the materials), I continue to take the second course, which is this one, a shoot. However, it is a complete disappointment. In every single assignment, it requires a file, which is built by going through every single lectures of the course. That means I have to go through every videos and copy his code to my code in order to get the file. If you have a lot of time, that is perfectly fine. However, if you are a college student like me, you properly will not be able to commit that much time. Personally, when I take a course, I take a look at the assignment and then see what knowledge I need to have in order to complete the assignment. Because of this, I may watch the lecture or just Google out the answer. Requiring a file in order to complete an assignment strips away my liberty in doing so. Furthermore, if you miss a step in the video, your file may very well be ruined and you need to rewatch the video again to see what you missed. Also, the course is extremely slow paced. I have to play back rate to x1.5 normal speed. Sadly, even with faster speed, the lectures are also poorly structured. There are many other materials online that can cover the same amount of information in less time and easier to understand. Combined with the required file for each assignment, this course can easily be a torture. | a complete disappointment. In every single | Assignment | it requires a file, which is | Negative | 0.97 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is the second course in the Full Stack series by Hong Kong University. Because I find the first course in this series very interesting (the assignments are challenging and easy to understand; the professor does a very good job in explaining the materials), I continue to take the second course, which is this one, a shoot. However, it is a complete disappointment. In every single assignment, it requires a file, which is built by going through every single lectures of the course. That means I have to go through every videos and copy his code to my code in order to get the file. If you have a lot of time, that is perfectly fine. However, if you are a college student like me, you properly will not be able to commit that much time. Personally, when I take a course, I take a look at the assignment and then see what knowledge I need to have in order to complete the assignment. Because of this, I may watch the lecture or just Google out the answer. Requiring a file in order to complete an assignment strips away my liberty in doing so. Furthermore, if you miss a step in the video, your file may very well be ruined and you need to rewatch the video again to see what you missed. Also, the course is extremely slow paced. I have to play back rate to x1.5 normal speed. Sadly, even with faster speed, the lectures are also poorly structured. There are many other materials online that can cover the same amount of information in less time and easier to understand. Combined with the required file for each assignment, this course can easily be a torture. | I take a look at the | Assignment | and then see what knowledge I | Neutral | 0.50 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is the second course in the Full Stack series by Hong Kong University. Because I find the first course in this series very interesting (the assignments are challenging and easy to understand; the professor does a very good job in explaining the materials), I continue to take the second course, which is this one, a shoot. However, it is a complete disappointment. In every single assignment, it requires a file, which is built by going through every single lectures of the course. That means I have to go through every videos and copy his code to my code in order to get the file. If you have a lot of time, that is perfectly fine. However, if you are a college student like me, you properly will not be able to commit that much time. Personally, when I take a course, I take a look at the assignment and then see what knowledge I need to have in order to complete the assignment. Because of this, I may watch the lecture or just Google out the answer. Requiring a file in order to complete an assignment strips away my liberty in doing so. Furthermore, if you miss a step in the video, your file may very well be ruined and you need to rewatch the video again to see what you missed. Also, the course is extremely slow paced. I have to play back rate to x1.5 normal speed. Sadly, even with faster speed, the lectures are also poorly structured. There are many other materials online that can cover the same amount of information in less time and easier to understand. Combined with the required file for each assignment, this course can easily be a torture. | have in order to complete the | Assignment | Because of this, I may watch | Negative | 0.77 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is the second course in the Full Stack series by Hong Kong University. Because I find the first course in this series very interesting (the assignments are challenging and easy to understand; the professor does a very good job in explaining the materials), I continue to take the second course, which is this one, a shoot. However, it is a complete disappointment. In every single assignment, it requires a file, which is built by going through every single lectures of the course. That means I have to go through every videos and copy his code to my code in order to get the file. If you have a lot of time, that is perfectly fine. However, if you are a college student like me, you properly will not be able to commit that much time. Personally, when I take a course, I take a look at the assignment and then see what knowledge I need to have in order to complete the assignment. Because of this, I may watch the lecture or just Google out the answer. Requiring a file in order to complete an assignment strips away my liberty in doing so. Furthermore, if you miss a step in the video, your file may very well be ruined and you need to rewatch the video again to see what you missed. Also, the course is extremely slow paced. I have to play back rate to x1.5 normal speed. Sadly, even with faster speed, the lectures are also poorly structured. There are many other materials online that can cover the same amount of information in less time and easier to understand. Combined with the required file for each assignment, this course can easily be a torture. | file in order to complete an | Assignment | strips away my liberty in doing | Negative | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is the second course in the Full Stack series by Hong Kong University. Because I find the first course in this series very interesting (the assignments are challenging and easy to understand; the professor does a very good job in explaining the materials), I continue to take the second course, which is this one, a shoot. However, it is a complete disappointment. In every single assignment, it requires a file, which is built by going through every single lectures of the course. That means I have to go through every videos and copy his code to my code in order to get the file. If you have a lot of time, that is perfectly fine. However, if you are a college student like me, you properly will not be able to commit that much time. Personally, when I take a course, I take a look at the assignment and then see what knowledge I need to have in order to complete the assignment. Because of this, I may watch the lecture or just Google out the answer. Requiring a file in order to complete an assignment strips away my liberty in doing so. Furthermore, if you miss a step in the video, your file may very well be ruined and you need to rewatch the video again to see what you missed. Also, the course is extremely slow paced. I have to play back rate to x1.5 normal speed. Sadly, even with faster speed, the lectures are also poorly structured. There are many other materials online that can cover the same amount of information in less time and easier to understand. Combined with the required file for each assignment, this course can easily be a torture. | with the required file for each | Assignment | this course can easily be a | Positive | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good explanations of all bootstrap materials. The last assignments are just too easy. | of all bootstrap materials. The last | Assignment | are just too easy. | Negative | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | One of the best course I have taken in Coursera. Very well structured, the professor makes every concept looks really simple. The assignments are the best part, they give us the confidence you need to start designing your own responsive front-end web application from scratch. The level is suitable for beginner and mid-level. | every concept looks really simple. The | Assignment | are the best part, they give | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | A good course, content are a little bit too much in 4 weeks study. Exercises and assignment are easy. | in 4 weeks study. Exercises and | Assignment | are easy. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course. exercise and assignment are carefully designed to reiterate the concept. Practical tools are like LESS/SASS are covered. The approach to have students help grade each other homework is very good. | Great course. exercise and | Assignment | are carefully designed to reiterate the | Positive | 0.72 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Although the course structure and information is great, the course exercise and grading organization has a lot of space for improvement. Current structure doesn't make it possible for the learner to determine the speed. All the parts are equally important. You have to carefully go through hours of instructions. Each week and the assignment builds on what you have done before, but there are no checkpoints where you can verify your code matches the actual expectations. This causes a lot of confusion. Peer evaluation rules are not shown before you submit your work. After submitting my work, I discovered that there are requirements that were not in the assignment. | of instructions. Each week and the | Assignment | builds on what you have done | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Although the course structure and information is great, the course exercise and grading organization has a lot of space for improvement. Current structure doesn't make it possible for the learner to determine the speed. All the parts are equally important. You have to carefully go through hours of instructions. Each week and the assignment builds on what you have done before, but there are no checkpoints where you can verify your code matches the actual expectations. This causes a lot of confusion. Peer evaluation rules are not shown before you submit your work. After submitting my work, I discovered that there are requirements that were not in the assignment. | requirements that were not in the | Assignment | | Negative | 0.81 | 3.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course is AMAZING! It was the BEST course I've ever taken in Coursera. Prof. Muppala is great, his lectures cover everything you need, so you do not feel lost at all although you learn pretty advanced stuff.. Course material is well-organized, and exercises go great with assignments. In short, this course is not like other introductory courses that just teach simple things or syntax. I really felt that I learned some stuff that I can actually use for my own projects. | well-organized, and exercises go great with | Assignment | In short, this course is not | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This one is much harder and time consuming, compared to the first course of the specialization. Also, to receive maximum points for assignment, you need to think ahead and make things assignment don't ask you directly (like "removing the script if you're not using it, you'll receive 5 pts"). Good course anyway. | Also, to receive maximum points for | Assignment | you need to think ahead and | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This one is much harder and time consuming, compared to the first course of the specialization. Also, to receive maximum points for assignment, you need to think ahead and make things assignment don't ask you directly (like "removing the script if you're not using it, you'll receive 5 pts"). Good course anyway. | to think ahead and make things | Assignment | don't ask you directly (like " | Negative | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course. Good preparation for the course by instructor, and guidance in discussion forums. If you want to learn a good amount in short period of time, this is recommended. Nice set of assignments that give you a feeling of accomplishing something with what you are learning. | this is recommended. Nice set of | Assignment | that give you a feeling of | Positive | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| yEfdpZz9EeWlGQ5Xb9b0kw | OK course. Difficult to follow at times. The assignments and reading make it worth taking. | Difficult to follow at times. The | Assignment | and reading make it worth taking. | Positive | 0.74 | 3.0 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | The course is very rushed and the assignment does not cover the key points of the classes. I did not feel like I have learnt anything from this course, it is badly structured, I had to take a different Statistics course just to get through this course. | course is very rushed and the | Assignment | does not cover the key points | Positive | 0.71 | 1.0 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | An Excellently conceived course with good content and a competitively efficient evaluation components viz., assignments and quizzes. | competitively efficient evaluation components viz. , | Assignment | and quizzes. | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Very challenging and very valuable as a learning experience. I really liked it and fortunately I passed. I did think it was a bit too fast-paced in some places though. It is so much theoretical and mathematical stuff that it would have been all right to spend 2 months rather than 1, and learn a little bit more in-depth with a little more space for practice and assignments. | little more space for practice and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | It was a good course especially for beginners like me. Though i would advice to continuously keep digging more about other packages also and also going through stack overflow for various hurdles encountered during doing programming assignment. I would recommend this course to everyone who wants to know about data analysis using R language in particular. | various hurdles encountered during doing programming | Assignment | I would recommend this course to | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Explanations not clear and feels like he's reading rather than explaining things. Consecutive videos feel like they are disconnected. Videos stop in the middle of him talking something. Thank god for the swirl assignments which make things much clearer! Also the course proceed very fast not giving enough time to the concepts. | something. Thank god for the swirl | Assignment | which make things much clearer! Also | Negative | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Dividing a week's contents into modules and adding a brief introduction at the beginning of each module makes the course much more clear. Students can also know what programming assignments (swirl) they should do every week. I appreciate those changes in the new class. | Students can also know what programming | Assignment | (swirl) they should do every week. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | It's a course of very good quality, but personally I wanted something more challenging. I believe that since there are advanced version of texts, there should also be advanced version of tests in order to make people like me work harder. I would also like to see more peer-reviewed assignments, these are very good. | also like to see more peer-reviewed | Assignment | these are very good. | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | I love this course. All the lessons, activities, assessments and assignments were arranged properly. The content is substantial, both in journalism and English language. I would highly recommend to this course to my colleagues. | All the lessons, activities, assessments and | Assignment | were arranged properly. The content is | Positive | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Perfect course. I learned lot of stuff and really enjoyed it. I am only giving 4 stars because as a non-paying student I could not benefit from the graded assignments. As person who would never use the knowledge professionally (working in IT), I did not want to pay for the certificate. | could not benefit from the graded | Assignment | As person who would never use | Negative | 0.72 | 4.0 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Interesting subject, but not much content and assessments are way too short. More variety in assignments would be nice too. | way too short. More variety in | Assignment | would be nice too. | Negative | 0.74 | 2.0 |
| yJFvuj06EeWBrBIWi3mmCw | Nice course but the peer assignment is awful. | Nice course but the peer | Assignment | is awful. | Negative | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | Good. One more written assignment would have been good (the one in week 2 was great), and perhaps more incentives or reminders to use the forum. Some of the reading seemed rather hard going and academic and theoretical, but the course was good as an intro to issues related to public policy, getting to know the keywords used, and showing the systemic shifts in cities over the last 2 decades towards a more multi stakeholder approach for a more decarbonated economy. | Good. One more written | Assignment | would have been good (the one | Negative | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | This course is very easy, but the content is excellent and engaging. The assignment really makes you reflect about what is your city making for sustainability and also is inspiring to know what other cities around the world are doing for it. It should be part of our continuous education in sustainability. | content is excellent and engaging. The | Assignment | really makes you reflect about what | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Great Courses. I have a much more clearer understanding now about the basic data structure and how to use them. The assignments are the most important part. | and how to use them. The | Assignment | are the most important part. | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The final module with the Splay tree is way too difficult when compared to the rest of the material in the course. This course would be better structured with three assignments as follows: 1) tree order problem, 2) a simpler tree assignment that only deals with a basic binary search tree, 3) the set range sum problem implementing the splay tree, as an advanced problem. Aside from the difficulty of the last module, this is a great course. It's very comprehensive and you'll take away lots of useful information on course completion. | would be better structured with three | Assignment | as follows: 1) tree order problem, | Negative | 0.96 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The final module with the Splay tree is way too difficult when compared to the rest of the material in the course. This course would be better structured with three assignments as follows: 1) tree order problem, 2) a simpler tree assignment that only deals with a basic binary search tree, 3) the set range sum problem implementing the splay tree, as an advanced problem. Aside from the difficulty of the last module, this is a great course. It's very comprehensive and you'll take away lots of useful information on course completion. | order problem, 2) a simpler tree | Assignment | that only deals with a basic | Positive | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I found the assignments challenging in the absolute best sense of the term, and therefore incredibly rewarding as well! Whenever I've gotten stuck, the answer was always in the course material somewhere, even if I didn't see it there at first. The discussion forums were extremely helpful, and I was astounded to see that that instructors were still actively monitoring the discussion forums and responding to student questions. I'm obviously not an expert in this field, but I've been an educator before, and my own impression of the assignments was that they were extremely well designed: it was impossible to pass them without knowing what you were doing, the tools to approach them were always found in the lectures, and the challenge problems pushed your knowledge even farther. I would recommend the specialization to everyone. Additionally, I noticed that the content aligns well with other DS&A syllabi I have seen in brick-and-mortar institutions, especially the first 3 or 4 courses. It's also a very nice luxury to be able to submit in Python. I have certainly learned a great deal. | I found the | Assignment | challenging in the absolute best sense | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I found the assignments challenging in the absolute best sense of the term, and therefore incredibly rewarding as well! Whenever I've gotten stuck, the answer was always in the course material somewhere, even if I didn't see it there at first. The discussion forums were extremely helpful, and I was astounded to see that that instructors were still actively monitoring the discussion forums and responding to student questions. I'm obviously not an expert in this field, but I've been an educator before, and my own impression of the assignments was that they were extremely well designed: it was impossible to pass them without knowing what you were doing, the tools to approach them were always found in the lectures, and the challenge problems pushed your knowledge even farther. I would recommend the specialization to everyone. Additionally, I noticed that the content aligns well with other DS&A syllabi I have seen in brick-and-mortar institutions, especially the first 3 or 4 courses. It's also a very nice luxury to be able to submit in Python. I have certainly learned a great deal. | and my own impression of the | Assignment | was that they were extremely well | Positive | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The last two weeks felt rushed. The Binary Search Tree/AVL Tree module doesn't have a quiz or an assignment and it's easy to move on without fully understanding both data structures. This allows for wasting time on the last assignment which relies on understanding AVL trees. I recommend reading the external resources for each lesson and making sure you have a grasp of the data structure before moving to the next module. | doesn't have a quiz or an | Assignment | and it's easy to move on | Negative | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The last two weeks felt rushed. The Binary Search Tree/AVL Tree module doesn't have a quiz or an assignment and it's easy to move on without fully understanding both data structures. This allows for wasting time on the last assignment which relies on understanding AVL trees. I recommend reading the external resources for each lesson and making sure you have a grasp of the data structure before moving to the next module. | for wasting time on the last | Assignment | which relies on understanding AVL trees. | Negative | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Great course! As soon as you'll understand how the splay tree works and use a hint from the assignment, the rope problem (the best so far) will no longer be a problem. The course could have been improved though by giving a brief overview of B-trees and Red-Black trees. Anyways, thanks to all the instructors for their hard work and good luck to the all the learners! | and use a hint from the | Assignment | the rope problem (the best so | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Pros: Effort has been taken in putting up the assignments. Cons: Quality of teaching is very poor and too fast to follow through . Instructors have rushed to present course material . I would not recommend this course . Princeton and Stanford offer much higher quality and presentation on the same topics. | been taken in putting up the | Assignment | Cons: Quality of teaching is very | Positive | 0.63 | 2.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | This course is well paced and covers all the data structures needed to code efficiently. This course also provides good real life problems in the form of assignments. | life problems in the form of | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Very useful basic data structures, interesting assignments closely related to the course. | Very useful basic data structures, interesting | Assignment | closely related to the course. | Positive | 0.66 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | All in all a great and challenging course. A big thank you to all the teachers! I especially liked the assignments as completing them forced me to think about all the little details and edge cases. A few observations/constructive criticisms: - While the first 3 weeks had almost everything explained rigorously, including complete, usable pseudo codes, the last 2 weeks had lots of holes in terms of details. I think it is down to the fact that it covered a lot, however, pseudo codes suddenly became very high level, to the point where a 5 liner translated to ~100 lines of real code. This in terms meant that learners had to do quite a bit of additional research about the nitty-gritty. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed this extra research, just be mindful about the extra time required. - There are languages with first class support, namely C++, Java and Python3, which means there are starter files supplied. If you choose a different, supported language then be prepared that you have to implement everything from scratch, which again mean extra time, although I would argue that you will learn more, especially in the last 2 weeks. - Forums seemed to be more active in the past, especially with regards to teacher contribution. Be prepared to be self-reliant and able to come up with answers to your own questions. | the teachers! I especially liked the | Assignment | as completing them forced me to | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Data Structures was really interesting, over all, also assignments are quite challenging. It's important to check the external references & discussion forums if you want to get the best of it. | was really interesting, over all, also | Assignment | are quite challenging. It's important to | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I'm honestly quite pissed. The material itself is fine but I have had a terrible experience working with the instructors. I don't think I will continue taking these courses. I don't appreciate the amount of time and effort given into the programming assignments only to receive practically zero help. First of all, I don't know WHY I'm failing the test cases, I just am. Your program runs through maybe 100 tests to ensure correctness but somehow the instructors decide you should only see the first 3. But then, I try posting on the forums to receive help only to have it removed. Quite frankly, I have spent well over 10 hours at this point on a single problem and I've created my own tests and I have looked at all the very vague hints given in the forums and I still have no clue what to do. I have school, a job, and yet I'm losing all this productivity because I'm running all these damn tests hoping on the off-chance that I catch whatever weird bug it is that's failing my code. All I want is real, concrete feedback. | and effort given into the programming | Assignment | only to receive practically zero help. | Negative | 0.87 | 1.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | [Slightly updated according to Michael's questions] The course is fine, but comparing to the previous one - Algorithmic Toolbox - this one is weaker and with lesser quality. Pros: the course contains some interesting data structures and valuable observations. The starter files for assignments are in place. Related books are given after each video session. All the tasks have automatic grader. There is a couple of interesting tasks to do. Cons: the material is mostly lectures, and there is even a video where lecturer just reads the article from Wiki (Splay tree - has the same information with same lack of some proofs). Expected: add quizzes as it was in the first course. The course has less weeks - only 4 as comparing to 5 in AT. So various important data structures are not discussed. The course has less homework - 3 tasks each week as comparing to 5 in AT. And all 3 are usually just implementations of some basic algos seen in lectures. I consider the course valuable due to a number of good videos and a couple of good tasks to do. But in general, this course has the area for improvement. | valuable observations. The starter files for | Assignment | are in place. Related books are | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | This course is very helpful, especially for its assignment. You must pass the time and memory constraints which will help your thinking of how to improve algorithms. | is very helpful, especially for its | Assignment | You must pass the time and | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | It is a really professional and enrich course ,, materials are very helpful and assignments really help me to improve and check my understanding. | , materials are very helpful and | Assignment | really help me to improve and | Positive | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Great assignments | Great | Assignment | | Positive | 0.69 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed. I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization! The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing. Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped. Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike! Regards, Sergey | lot of knowledge. Especially because of | Assignment | All lectors are very good in | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed. I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization! The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing. Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped. Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike! Regards, Sergey | spend enough time to solve all | Assignment | instead of only enough for passing. | Negative | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed. I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization! The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing. Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped. Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike! Regards, Sergey | I am going to solve all | Assignment | which I skipped. Big thanks to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The structure of the class follows the regular academic model you'll find in college: lecture -> lecture -> lecture -> assignment... repeat. I don't think this model is suitable for online delivery. Without discussion and the ability to interrupt and ask questions, the lectures are at times a more frustrating than useful (especially with Coursera's user interface, which lacks quick rewind and is generally speaking rather poorly thought out). For many of the topics, better videos exist online (try safari or pluralsight). As for the problems, they were the main source of learning, but were also at times a bit frustrating (the splay trees starter code was rather sad to look at). I find that hacker rank is probably better at delivering value (if you can forego the warm fuzzy feeling you get from getting a verified certificate, you'll probably be better served by practicing on hacker rank than from doing the problems in this course). | lecture -> lecture -> lecture -> | Assignment | . . repeat. I don't think | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Great course, hard and challenging. Couple comments. Please use pen during lectures easier to follow and understand . Some assignments require more then 8 hours to complete so please add to description of the course (don't make assignment easier) | to follow and understand . Some | Assignment | require more then 8 hours to | Positive | 0.88 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Great course, hard and challenging. Couple comments. Please use pen during lectures easier to follow and understand . Some assignments require more then 8 hours to complete so please add to description of the course (don't make assignment easier) | description of the course (don't make | Assignment | easier) | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The fact that test cases are not available is extremely frustrating and time consuming. I absolutely disagree with the instructors about the reason why test cases are hidden. Michael Levin Hi, Learning new complex things is time consuming, it is essential, and it is ok. Without this time spent you wouldn't have learned even half of what you've learned while trying to find your mistakes yourself. Also, the testing techniques presented here are indispensable in the real life, and many learners of the Algorithmic Toolbox course have already confirmed this Hello Mr. Levin, First please forgive me for communicating with you in this place. I am not sure if there is a direct way to answer you, but I believe you will have access to my response. I entirely agree with what you said that this needs time and I do not mind spending time learning new things. That is why I am here in the first place. But I think that hiding the test sets misplaces the balance where this time is being spend. Let me give you an example: week 3 – hash chains - assignment no. 2. I wrote the app, submitted this and it failed on test no. 5. Having generated tons of test cases I was nowhere closer as all looked good, but still failed your engine. As it turned out the problem was not with the algorithm implemented but with the presentation layer. ‘Check x’ command when x is not found in the hash table should return blank line and my program returned nothing. I could not find this in the specification hence lots of hours trying to figure out the solution. It was not a bug with the program, it was the problem how the data is presented. I do not mind spending time developing solutions to the assignments. I would love if there were more advanced (even optional) problems to solve but I want to spend this time on the algorithm and solving the task rather than trying to figure out how to display the data. Please, do not get me wrong, I absolutely adore the course, lectures are brilliant and my opinion should be regarded as a constructive criticism even if you do not agree with me. Thank you again for what you are doing. Regards, Marcin | week 3 – hash chains - | Assignment | no. 2. I wrote the app, | Negative | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The fact that test cases are not available is extremely frustrating and time consuming. I absolutely disagree with the instructors about the reason why test cases are hidden. Michael Levin Hi, Learning new complex things is time consuming, it is essential, and it is ok. Without this time spent you wouldn't have learned even half of what you've learned while trying to find your mistakes yourself. Also, the testing techniques presented here are indispensable in the real life, and many learners of the Algorithmic Toolbox course have already confirmed this Hello Mr. Levin, First please forgive me for communicating with you in this place. I am not sure if there is a direct way to answer you, but I believe you will have access to my response. I entirely agree with what you said that this needs time and I do not mind spending time learning new things. That is why I am here in the first place. But I think that hiding the test sets misplaces the balance where this time is being spend. Let me give you an example: week 3 – hash chains - assignment no. 2. I wrote the app, submitted this and it failed on test no. 5. Having generated tons of test cases I was nowhere closer as all looked good, but still failed your engine. As it turned out the problem was not with the algorithm implemented but with the presentation layer. ‘Check x’ command when x is not found in the hash table should return blank line and my program returned nothing. I could not find this in the specification hence lots of hours trying to figure out the solution. It was not a bug with the program, it was the problem how the data is presented. I do not mind spending time developing solutions to the assignments. I would love if there were more advanced (even optional) problems to solve but I want to spend this time on the algorithm and solving the task rather than trying to figure out how to display the data. Please, do not get me wrong, I absolutely adore the course, lectures are brilliant and my opinion should be regarded as a constructive criticism even if you do not agree with me. Thank you again for what you are doing. Regards, Marcin | spending time developing solutions to the | Assignment | I would love if there were | Negative | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | A really great course that deliver exactly its promises : a college-grade algorithmic course. If you are looking to know all about classical data structures (arrays, lists, trees, heaps, ...) used in every program, this is the course for you. And if you are not interested in those topics ... well, you should ! Or course, this is a challenging course by it abstract nature. But with some work, the support of the instructors and of your peers, you will overcome the difficulties. After that with your newly gained knowledge, you will be able to choose the right data structure for your needs or implement it efficiently in the language of your choice. Worth mentioning the course is language-agnostic -- and the assignment may be submitted in C, C++, Java or Python. | course is language-agnostic -- and the | Assignment | may be submitted in C, C++, | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | It is an excellent course and I very much enjoyed working on the assignments. I specially liked Olhos de Gato | very much enjoyed working on the | Assignment | I specially liked Olhos de Gato | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | The class was very helpful to me. The information learned definitely improved my improvisation style. It was presented very clearly by the instructor. The assignments were interesting and helpful. I have recommended the class to a friend who is taking it at the moment:) Will recommend it to others!!! | very clearly by the instructor. The | Assignment | were interesting and helpful. I have | Negative | 0.79 | 5.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | Excellent and Challenging! Learnt a lot and if you are working toward a certificate you really need to set aside time to earn a pass for each assignment. Few glitches when it came to grading and assignment instructions. BUT the discussion board is really helpful and interactive. The TA's also provide timely help. | to earn a pass for each | Assignment | Few glitches when it came to | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | Excellent and Challenging! Learnt a lot and if you are working toward a certificate you really need to set aside time to earn a pass for each assignment. Few glitches when it came to grading and assignment instructions. BUT the discussion board is really helpful and interactive. The TA's also provide timely help. | when it came to grading and | Assignment | instructions. BUT the discussion board is | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | Challenging yet accessible for people who have a smattering of theory and experience with notation and jazz idioms. A lot of people gave it a go as near beginners and got loads out of it. Gary Burton is a clear and personable teacher as well as a jazz legend, so you can't go wrong. Hearing and giving feedback on other students' assignments was a lot of fun. Thoroughly recommended to give you a boost on your way to improvising with confidence and understanding | and giving feedback on other students' | Assignment | was a lot of fun. Thoroughly | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | The course itself and the content of it is great, the only suggestions would be: 1) It could be reviewed, how the evaluations of each submission are made. For example, 1st assignment - descriptive analysis was asked to evaluate based on if the 3 "most important" things - if they have been mentioned in the description. The thing is that in real you can not tell, which are the most important because people think differently and could focus more on other details. It was easy to add also those "important" points by resubmitting work, but the problem is that only with that the analysis of a student is not getting better, thus the evaluation is not precise. For tasks like that I would suggest at lease to make a list of 20 things to mention and then count how many are there - thus making the quality assessment more precise. 2) Some topics could have been explained more detailed in the videos, e.g., about guide tones and lines 3) The requirements for the submissions could have been more clear. I also got the impression that in if switching the sessions the requirements could be slightly different (As I got the case when somebody pointed out a particular thing that he thought was required and I have not done. I checked the page but nothing about that. Also other classmates mentioned nothing about that and thought all was perfectly fine). I hope this helps. Thank you so much, Regards, Ance | submission are made. For example, 1st | Assignment | - descriptive analysis was asked to | Negative | 0.64 | 5.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | Gary clearly presents the idea of jazz improvisation. The assignment is challenge but well set to push the limit of learners. | the idea of jazz improvisation. The | Assignment | is challenge but well set to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | The teacher is great at performing but the pace of the class is way too fast for me. The assignment is hard. But, hey, that's Berklee. | way too fast for me. The | Assignment | is hard. But, hey, that's Berklee. | Negative | 0.89 | 3.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | While the content is very helpful and Gary does his best to make people confident to improvise in Jazz music, this course has imho two major flaws: The biggest one: assignments given and results accepted do not fit together. E.g. in week 1 learners are supposed to describe in their own words how a piece of music does sound like. But the accepted answers are totally different from such a description. Instead only a very detailed and specialized answer is accepted. This leads to studends copying these answers into their assignments without them learning anything. The other flaw is that Gary is very brief in his explanations. Even intermediate musicians seem to struggle with content just because some explanations are not exact or vague. | two major flaws: The biggest one: | Assignment | given and results accepted do not | Negative | 0.72 | 1.0 |
| ypgDPuPQEeSyBSIAC9REKg | While the content is very helpful and Gary does his best to make people confident to improvise in Jazz music, this course has imho two major flaws: The biggest one: assignments given and results accepted do not fit together. E.g. in week 1 learners are supposed to describe in their own words how a piece of music does sound like. But the accepted answers are totally different from such a description. Instead only a very detailed and specialized answer is accepted. This leads to studends copying these answers into their assignments without them learning anything. The other flaw is that Gary is very brief in his explanations. Even intermediate musicians seem to struggle with content just because some explanations are not exact or vague. | studends copying these answers into their | Assignment | without them learning anything. The other | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | Great explanations and very good assignments. | Great explanations and very good | Assignment | | Positive | 0.95 | 5.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | Good course for a free one. Thank you for all of your great work. Somehow, the pace is too fast. Covering about 2 sections per week is by far too hard to read the book along with the class. There's no practice exercise to strengthen what you learn. The assignment is very hard and sometime don't directly implement the knowledge you learn in that week. Sometime the video sound is too quiet (but you can read the transcript when it happened.) The book is better in my opinion. | to strengthen what you learn. The | Assignment | is very hard and sometime don't | Positive | 0.63 | 3.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | The course lost a lot without tests. Theory is great. Assignments are pain in the azz - too much is assumed here and there. You must resubmit like a dozen of times to figure out what is wrong. | lot without tests. Theory is great. | Assignment | are pain in the azz - | Positive | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | Great course. Awesome assignments, very good and descriptive video lectures. Lecture material is also composed in a very practical way. You not only see some Algorithm/Data Structure, but can see what is its practical application and how it was invented. | Great course. Awesome | Assignment | very good and descriptive video lectures. | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | very nice!It will be better if we can be offered some quiz and feedback,not only coding assignment. | quiz and feedback, not only coding | Assignment | | Positive | 0.62 | 5.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | I really liked the videos and the lecture slides. I think the assignments were really good as well, but had the feeling sometimes small but important informations were missing or not placed well enough. I read the description for the 8puzzle half a dozen times, but that this is not actually solving the task in the optimal amount of moves but rather in some arbitrary amount of moves (we just output the optimal moves) somehow escaped my attention. | the lecture slides. I think the | Assignment | were really good as well, but | Positive | 0.97 | 4.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | Excellent course. Not only for the lecture, but also for the assignment. They are very tough and challenging. | the lecture, but also for the | Assignment | They are very tough and challenging. | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | A high-quality course, especially its assignments, i learned a lot from it | A high-quality course, especially its | Assignment | i learned a lot from it | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| yQcuJCOcEeagwg7hVay0BQ | Excellent course to boost your knowledge. Assignments are very interesting and challenging. Really must have course for every one | Excellent course to boost your knowledge. | Assignment | are very interesting and challenging. Really | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Great course. I just had to google a bit for the last assignment but overall meets expectations. I now know what I did not about this little device ! | google a bit for the last | Assignment | but overall meets expectations. I now | Positive | 0.85 | 5.0 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | This course would have received five stars but there was no discussion forum and the weekly assignments lacked clear explanation. I feel that instructor could have gone a little deeper into the subject matter. However, I liked the laid back instruction style. The assignments were perfect for beginners like me. I'm looking forward to the follow-up course. | no discussion forum and the weekly | Assignment | lacked clear explanation. I feel that | Negative | 0.69 | 3.0 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | This course would have received five stars but there was no discussion forum and the weekly assignments lacked clear explanation. I feel that instructor could have gone a little deeper into the subject matter. However, I liked the laid back instruction style. The assignments were perfect for beginners like me. I'm looking forward to the follow-up course. | the laid back instruction style. The | Assignment | were perfect for beginners like me. | Positive | 0.99 | 3.0 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Good course, professor Ian is very good. Only I miss a more deep discussion and maybe more complex assignments. Thanks a lot! | deep discussion and maybe more complex | Assignment | Thanks a lot! | Positive | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Very well done (3 stars so I know I have completed the lectures but not the work, will change after completing assignments) | the work, will change after completing | Assignment | | Positive | 0.92 | 3.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Week 3 wasn't taught well. And the assignment was too difficult. Other weeks were fine. | 3 wasn't taught well. And the | Assignment | was too difficult. Other weeks were | Negative | 0.94 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The course lectures were too sparse leading up to the final, very important assignment of learning to how to create an ETL package. More time and energy should have been spent on the technical aspects of the Pentaho Spoon program, rather than doing overviews of application pros and cons. | up to the final, very important | Assignment | of learning to how to create | Positive | 0.79 | 2.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | quite challenging, high paced lectures. It seems like an easy course because the lectures are quite brief, but make no mistake, there is no repeating of concepts or endless bla bla. To succeed in the assignments one is very likely to watch lectures again. Without any previous knowledge in this subject it is almost impossible to grasp everything by just watching the videos due to the new vocabulary and the information density. The assignments definetly take more time than indicated. | bla bla. To succeed in the | Assignment | one is very likely to watch | Positive | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | quite challenging, high paced lectures. It seems like an easy course because the lectures are quite brief, but make no mistake, there is no repeating of concepts or endless bla bla. To succeed in the assignments one is very likely to watch lectures again. Without any previous knowledge in this subject it is almost impossible to grasp everything by just watching the videos due to the new vocabulary and the information density. The assignments definetly take more time than indicated. | vocabulary and the information density. The | Assignment | definetly take more time than indicated. | Positive | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | This course needs a cleanup of loose ends on some of the assignments. Some assignment requirements are very ambiguous and in some cases the solutions are not matching the requirements of what was due. | loose ends on some of the | Assignment | Some assignment requirements are very ambiguous | Positive | 0.82 | 3.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | This course needs a cleanup of loose ends on some of the assignments. Some assignment requirements are very ambiguous and in some cases the solutions are not matching the requirements of what was due. | on some of the assignments. Some | Assignment | requirements are very ambiguous and in | Positive | 0.88 | 3.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Awful. Just awful. There are dozens of students trying to install Pentaho and failing. Only reason I managed is that I have prior experience with the software. There are no TAs, no help, nothing. The Quiz is a scam designed to force you to shell out even more money of the so-called-optional textbook, and the assignments are extremely vague and orders of magnitude beyond the laughable 30 minutes the instructor suggested they should take. My submissions for week 3 total over 30 pages -- and I work a full time job... Avoid this class, do not reward terrible courses with your cash. | of the so-called-optional textbook, and the | Assignment | are extremely vague and orders of | Negative | 0.83 | 1.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | I like the course, and I learn a lot (having plenty of experience already). However, the assignments take far more time than the quoted 30 minutes, and a lot of time is spent installing and getting open-source tools to work - which I would have rather spent on actually hands on work on the subject-matter. | plenty of experience already). However, the | Assignment | take far more time than the | Positive | 0.77 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The instructions for installing the software are not very intuitive and can be very frustrating at times, so make sure to allot additional time getting it installed. The assignment time listed is FAR less than the amount of time to complete the assignment, again, make sure to allot additional time for completing the assignments. | additional time getting it installed. The | Assignment | time listed is FAR less than | Negative | 0.68 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The instructions for installing the software are not very intuitive and can be very frustrating at times, so make sure to allot additional time getting it installed. The assignment time listed is FAR less than the amount of time to complete the assignment, again, make sure to allot additional time for completing the assignments. | amount of time to complete the | Assignment | again, make sure to allot additional | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The instructions for installing the software are not very intuitive and can be very frustrating at times, so make sure to allot additional time getting it installed. The assignment time listed is FAR less than the amount of time to complete the assignment, again, make sure to allot additional time for completing the assignments. | allot additional time for completing the | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Solid class overall, however video lectures do not provide enough background info to complete some of the assignments. Expect to spend much more time than the estimated 30 mins to complete. | info to complete some of the | Assignment | Expect to spend much more time | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice introduction to databases and data warehouses. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. What I dislike (giving 4 stars instead of 5) is difficulty in setting up the environment for assignments to complete - it took me longer just to properly install the software needed for assignments 2 and 5 than to work out the assignments. The lectures could be also improved. | the plus is there are practical | Assignment | for every week, where you learn | Negative | 0.83 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice introduction to databases and data warehouses. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. What I dislike (giving 4 stars instead of 5) is difficulty in setting up the environment for assignments to complete - it took me longer just to properly install the software needed for assignments 2 and 5 than to work out the assignments. The lectures could be also improved. | I like the format of the | Assignment | What I dislike (giving 4 stars | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice introduction to databases and data warehouses. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. What I dislike (giving 4 stars instead of 5) is difficulty in setting up the environment for assignments to complete - it took me longer just to properly install the software needed for assignments 2 and 5 than to work out the assignments. The lectures could be also improved. | in setting up the environment for | Assignment | to complete - it took me | Positive | 0.84 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice introduction to databases and data warehouses. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. What I dislike (giving 4 stars instead of 5) is difficulty in setting up the environment for assignments to complete - it took me longer just to properly install the software needed for assignments 2 and 5 than to work out the assignments. The lectures could be also improved. | properly install the software needed for | Assignment | 2 and 5 than to work | Negative | 0.75 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice introduction to databases and data warehouses. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. What I dislike (giving 4 stars instead of 5) is difficulty in setting up the environment for assignments to complete - it took me longer just to properly install the software needed for assignments 2 and 5 than to work out the assignments. The lectures could be also improved. | 5 than to work out the | Assignment | The lectures could be also improved. | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | This course was full of issues related to the installation and use of Pentaho Pivot 4J and Data Integration. The professor's presence is resolving these issues was practically nonexistent. Coursera needs to do a much better job at insuring that their professors are offering a quality course and living up to the expectations of the students. In the case of this course and the professor, they failed miserably. In addition, it is practically impossible to get support from Coursera when an issue exists and in most cases when contact is made, the assistance is minimal. It is a shame as the platform is nicely designed and the course topics are very interesting. If you are considering taking this course, be forewarned that the majority of the support of problems/issues come from the community, not the Professor or Coursera. In addition, you are required to grade the assignments of your fellow students. This is not done by the professor. | you are required to grade the | Assignment | of your fellow students. This is | Negative | 0.73 | 2.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Overall - great course giving possibility to learn working on tools such as Pivot4J and Pentaho Data Integration. While I am more interested in Business Analyst approach - it certainly gives meaningful background to data warehouse concepts and data quality. Biggest disadvantage is in my opinion module 5 with rather difficult and unclear assignment. I wish instructions were more precise and whole assignment more analogical to presented examples. | 5 with rather difficult and unclear | Assignment | I wish instructions were more precise | Positive | 0.76 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Overall - great course giving possibility to learn working on tools such as Pivot4J and Pentaho Data Integration. While I am more interested in Business Analyst approach - it certainly gives meaningful background to data warehouse concepts and data quality. Biggest disadvantage is in my opinion module 5 with rather difficult and unclear assignment. I wish instructions were more precise and whole assignment more analogical to presented examples. | instructions were more precise and whole | Assignment | more analogical to presented examples. | Positive | 0.78 | 4.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice class, well thought out and organized. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. Getting hands on on Pentaho was a big plus. | well thought out and organized. The | Assignment | are interesting and the practice assignments | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| yWjlOBnoEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Very nice class, well thought out and organized. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. Getting hands on on Pentaho was a big plus. | assignments are interesting and the practice | Assignment | are relevant. Getting hands on on | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| ywoUFzVxEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | More assignments would help reinforce learning | More | Assignment | would help reinforce learning | Negative | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Excellent practical course. I consider assignments to be more valuable than any lectures, though maybe in this particular course I could welcome a bit more theory and even better — more user case details. | Excellent practical course. I consider | Assignment | to be more valuable than any | Positive | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | I enjoyed the lecture of Ms. Gerber. She has a very clear-cut way of explanation that truly draws me in. However, some of the concept in this lecture is taught without complete examples, so often time I find myself a little puzzled doing the assignment. Also, I would appreciate more chance to do more assignments to fully master the topic, though I understand the limit of a MOOC. Nevertheless, nice course! | myself a little puzzled doing the | Assignment | Also, I would appreciate more chance | Positive | 0.73 | 4.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | I enjoyed the lecture of Ms. Gerber. She has a very clear-cut way of explanation that truly draws me in. However, some of the concept in this lecture is taught without complete examples, so often time I find myself a little puzzled doing the assignment. Also, I would appreciate more chance to do more assignments to fully master the topic, though I understand the limit of a MOOC. Nevertheless, nice course! | appreciate more chance to do more | Assignment | to fully master the topic, though | Positive | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Great, interactive assignments that are clear, relevant, and a lot of fun to do. | Great, interactive | Assignment | that are clear, relevant, and a | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | I really like this course assignments. | I really like this course | Assignment | | Positive | 0.93 | 4.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | A good instructor and interesting assignments, but the information presented was quite shallow. I don't feel that I learned much from this course. | A good instructor and interesting | Assignment | but the information presented was quite | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Highlight of the course was the interview with the IDEO researcher. It's great that you have actual people from the industry bringing their knowledge to the table, I really liked that. On the other hand, I think the course was in general too easy compared to the academic level of the previous courses of the specialization. Especially the assignments were not requiring the same amount of work / proof. For example conducting interviews would just require some written summary while previous courses required actually to record a full interview to soundcloud. I think the course was especially missing the assignment on prototyping, which would be really important. It was kindof just skipped and we students were not asked to actually build prototypes. I think the course should be harder and request more effort from the students. | courses of the specialization. Especially the | Assignment | were not requiring the same amount | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Highlight of the course was the interview with the IDEO researcher. It's great that you have actual people from the industry bringing their knowledge to the table, I really liked that. On the other hand, I think the course was in general too easy compared to the academic level of the previous courses of the specialization. Especially the assignments were not requiring the same amount of work / proof. For example conducting interviews would just require some written summary while previous courses required actually to record a full interview to soundcloud. I think the course was especially missing the assignment on prototyping, which would be really important. It was kindof just skipped and we students were not asked to actually build prototypes. I think the course should be harder and request more effort from the students. | the course was especially missing the | Assignment | on prototyping, which would be really | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | This course is well structured and engaging. I have learned a lot and the assignments were a great opportunity for me to put this new knowledge into practice - although it was a real challenge to complete the assignments beside my job. Now looking forward to the next chapter! | have learned a lot and the | Assignment | were a great opportunity for me | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | This course is well structured and engaging. I have learned a lot and the assignments were a great opportunity for me to put this new knowledge into practice - although it was a real challenge to complete the assignments beside my job. Now looking forward to the next chapter! | a real challenge to complete the | Assignment | beside my job. Now looking forward | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | I can't finish the friggin' course. I can code fluently in HTML, CSS and Javascript, but can't figure out how to upload a PDF assignment here. This student's user experience is atrocious. | out how to upload a PDF | Assignment | here. This student's user experience is | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Assignments at times a bit hazy and there is very little guidance. In general the types of assignments do not lend themselves too well to peer review. This is far off the standard set by courses 1 and 2. Lectures seem a bit generic and although Liz Gerber tries to make it hands on, the subject matter really doesnt seem anywhere as tangible as when Klemmer presents it. | | Assignment | at times a bit hazy and | Positive | 0.82 | 2.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Assignments at times a bit hazy and there is very little guidance. In general the types of assignments do not lend themselves too well to peer review. This is far off the standard set by courses 1 and 2. Lectures seem a bit generic and although Liz Gerber tries to make it hands on, the subject matter really doesnt seem anywhere as tangible as when Klemmer presents it. | guidance. In general the types of | Assignment | do not lend themselves too well | Negative | 0.72 | 2.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Assignments are ambiguously phrased and full of inconsistencies and typos. The last assignment does not provide feedback at all. It mainly felt like sitting in a lecture theatre getting a fragmented overview of the lecturer's work, while never gaining a real handle on the wider context, or what would have happened if an action hadn't been taken/had been performed differently. There was not enough further reading and no discussion of other people's work - such as a dissection of how a company might have arrived at a product we can actually identify in the wild. Rather than learning how I could tackle any project, I now know how to work on very specific examples of projects - if anything was to deviate from this, I'd still be clueless. Overall, the course feels haphazard and badly prepared. | | Assignment | are ambiguously phrased and full of | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Assignments are ambiguously phrased and full of inconsistencies and typos. The last assignment does not provide feedback at all. It mainly felt like sitting in a lecture theatre getting a fragmented overview of the lecturer's work, while never gaining a real handle on the wider context, or what would have happened if an action hadn't been taken/had been performed differently. There was not enough further reading and no discussion of other people's work - such as a dissection of how a company might have arrived at a product we can actually identify in the wild. Rather than learning how I could tackle any project, I now know how to work on very specific examples of projects - if anything was to deviate from this, I'd still be clueless. Overall, the course feels haphazard and badly prepared. | of inconsistencies and typos. The last | Assignment | does not provide feedback at all. | Negative | 0.78 | 1.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | the course is just 5 minute video of an overview of the topic then an assignment,many topics are replicated from previous courses in the same speclization | overview of the topic then an | Assignment | many topics are replicated from previous | Positive | 0.69 | 2.0 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Unfortunately I found this course to be the least enjoyable so far in the specialization. I'm not sure if I was just jarred by the change in instructor, but I found her manner of lecture to be almost belittling. I'm not sure if she's a mother or not, but that's the way she comes across--like she's trying to squeeze massive and advanced theory into a pill designed for ten year-olds. A majority of this class simply glossed over things we already learned in the intro class, and she would often list things she was going to talk about, and then ignore one of those items entirely. In fact, one of the most challenging assignments in this course was building a journey map, something that was mentioned in the lectures, but not gone into in depth at all. I tackled this challenge by sort of haphazardly googling journey maps and praying my submission would come across as somewhat logical. Ultimately I'm very disappointed with this part of the specialization. I don't feel like it was worth my $39, and would love to see this class completely redesigned for future learners. Research and prototyping is arguably one of the most important things for a burgeoning UX designer to learn, and this class could stand to be a lot more in depth. | fact, one of the most challenging | Assignment | in this course was building a | Positive | 0.89 | 2.0 |
| Z7-ViyT-EeW5pgpJEN0S6w | Great course, really covered so many details! I really enjoyed this one. This course, together with an intro course, is what I've been really expecting from this specialization. I especially liked the idea with the assignment being given only on the last week of the course. Already recommended those 2 courses. | especially liked the idea with the | Assignment | being given only on the last | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| Z7-ViyT-EeW5pgpJEN0S6w | I feel it very similar to the first course. Yes, you make a bigger game, it's more complex, we review more script stuff, and the project is more challenging. However, I feel that it's mainly about joining the pieces together, and following the instructions from the videos. I would like to see more exercises where there is the need to do stuff by yourself. Example: add the code to Sparty script to enable double jump. Then, after we complete the assignment, show us the correct result, so that we also practice scripting, and do the rest of the course with the right script. Also, I think it would be good to add a small course related to the artist's work, just as there is for the designer (Principles of Game Design) and the programmer (this course), but that's outside of the scope of this review. | jump. Then, after we complete the | Assignment | show us the correct result, so | Negative | 0.69 | 4.0 |
| Zba0dJLREeSb9SIACzCJlg | A rather non-engaged teacher ho does not know what goes on with the reviews. She does not have enough people to review the written assignment and the assignments go UN-reviewed leading to a 'no-grade' whihc is ridiculous. It is not even clear how the written reviews are graded. She is not involved and does not serve to inspect the work of the students to ascertain that a grade is in order. Three reviews are requited for a grade, but she has so few reviewers that one might only get one review and then fail. Very inept. Stay away from this one. She does not get involved with answering questions of students either. Her internet activity is rated a 2/5 whihc I did not know until I got involved with this course. Observation of the video showing her teaching is terrible. She places herself in front of the camera and one cannot see the placement of the student's fingers or most importantly what is actually happening on the fret board with the finger movement. She also places herself directly in front of the camera blocking a clear view of everything - poor video skills. | enough people to review the written | Assignment | and the assignments go UN-reviewed leading | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| Zba0dJLREeSb9SIACzCJlg | A rather non-engaged teacher ho does not know what goes on with the reviews. She does not have enough people to review the written assignment and the assignments go UN-reviewed leading to a 'no-grade' whihc is ridiculous. It is not even clear how the written reviews are graded. She is not involved and does not serve to inspect the work of the students to ascertain that a grade is in order. Three reviews are requited for a grade, but she has so few reviewers that one might only get one review and then fail. Very inept. Stay away from this one. She does not get involved with answering questions of students either. Her internet activity is rated a 2/5 whihc I did not know until I got involved with this course. Observation of the video showing her teaching is terrible. She places herself in front of the camera and one cannot see the placement of the student's fingers or most importantly what is actually happening on the fret board with the finger movement. She also places herself directly in front of the camera blocking a clear view of everything - poor video skills. | review the written assignment and the | Assignment | go UN-reviewed leading to a 'no-grade' | Neutral | 0.50 | 1.0 |
| ZgdEeNmtEeWIyg6KWmLgkQ | Comprehensive course for beginners level. The lectures are thorough with many examples and resources. Assignments are interesting, with gradual level and lots of fun. Very recommended! | thorough with many examples and resources. | Assignment | are interesting, with gradual level and | Positive | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| ZgdEeNmtEeWIyg6KWmLgkQ | Awesome course! Dr Tim is the best. Classes are light and humorous. All the examples are very practical and the assignments are smartly designed. I recommend it to anyone who wants a hands on start on making games, even with no prior programming experience, which was my case. But don't be fooled: if you do all the assignments, labs and projects, the course will be quite demanding. A good sign. Looking forward the next C# courses from Dr Tim. | examples are very practical and the | Assignment | are smartly designed. I recommend it | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| ZgdEeNmtEeWIyg6KWmLgkQ | Awesome course! Dr Tim is the best. Classes are light and humorous. All the examples are very practical and the assignments are smartly designed. I recommend it to anyone who wants a hands on start on making games, even with no prior programming experience, which was my case. But don't be fooled: if you do all the assignments, labs and projects, the course will be quite demanding. A good sign. Looking forward the next C# courses from Dr Tim. | fooled: if you do all the | Assignment | labs and projects, the course will | Negative | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | It is really helpful to get an idea for statisctics. Examples, quizzes, assignments as well as R lab designed on according to content of class. There is no suprise. | an idea for statisctics. Examples, quizzes, | Assignment | as well as R lab designed | Positive | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Very nice and useful course, some small mistakes in R assignments | course, some small mistakes in R | Assignment | | Positive | 0.63 | 4.0 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Great and clear videos, they make it very easy to understand all the concepts even if you don't know anything about the topic. The R-lab assignments are a great tool for getting usedt to working with what you have learned. | anything about the topic. The R-lab | Assignment | are a great tool for getting | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course has given me a much better understanding of many concepts I never understood while studying at university - Like the sampling distribution etc. and I can recommend it... The only "but" is... I can see from the discussions that some (many?) students have problems with the "R" assignments. I have been programming previously, so I have not have had these problems. I would though like that these "R" assignments where easier to print or collect in a PDF document, so that I could easily use it as a "howto" later. | have problems with the " R" | Assignment | I have been programming previously, so | Negative | 0.87 | 4.0 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | This course has given me a much better understanding of many concepts I never understood while studying at university - Like the sampling distribution etc. and I can recommend it... The only "but" is... I can see from the discussions that some (many?) students have problems with the "R" assignments. I have been programming previously, so I have not have had these problems. I would though like that these "R" assignments where easier to print or collect in a PDF document, so that I could easily use it as a "howto" later. | though like that these " R" | Assignment | where easier to print or collect | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| ZQDT5AS2EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Great insight into conducting for people at all levels. It's invaluable as a musician to have as many skills up your sleeve as possible and that's what this course helps with. The video lessons are quite long, but the multiple choice quizzes more than make up for that where other courses have little content and lots of complicated technology requests for submitting assignments. Perfect! | of complicated technology requests for submitting | Assignment | Perfect! | Positive | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| zs3YSHQ6EeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I enjoyed the course very much but found the assignment very frustrating. Despite trying numerous ways with the data provided I did not get the same map coverage as the instructor and there was no explanation as to what I might have done differently despite a number of people asking the same question in the forums. It was still possible to get full marks without but it would have been more satisfying to get the same answer. | course very much but found the | Assignment | very frustrating. Despite trying numerous ways | Positive | 0.74 | 4.0 |
| zTzjmvssEeSDoyIAC1CH0g | Thank you so much for conducting such a well paced course to the prelude of Greek's history! The course was simply fascinating! Professor Andrew's teaching style was very detailed, often humorous and also engaging. It felt as if I was really present in one of his lectures in the university classroom! The provided reading assignments also immensely helped in gaining an in-depth understanding of the course content! The active discussion forum gave me the opportunity to fine tune my learning through Q/As and additional articles for further reading, provided by the very generous, friendly and encouraging mentors! Looking forward to such a course in future, With best regards, Saoumitaa G | the university classroom! The provided reading | Assignment | also immensely helped in gaining an | Positive | 0.91 | 5.0 |
| zTzjmvssEeSDoyIAC1CH0g | Best instructor and lectures covering the entire area..But Assignments should include more questions so that to cover entire content of course. | covering the entire area. . But | Assignment | should include more questions so that | Negative | 0.75 | 5.0 |
| zTzjmvssEeSDoyIAC1CH0g | This is an absolutely 5-star course. Educational, interesting, right-paced... It is very clear that the professor has a passion for the subject and is deeply knowledgeable. There are two questions after every video lecture, which focus on the most important parts of the lecture and also helps the student see if they understood the content. Reading assignments are relevant and interesting. End-of-the week quizzes are challenging, but can be completed very successfully if the student paid close attention to the subject. I would recommend this course to everyone who likes history or ancient cultures. I hope for a sequel, too! | if they understood the content. Reading | Assignment | are relevant and interesting. End-of-the week | Negative | 0.73 | 5.0 |
| zTzjmvssEeSDoyIAC1CH0g | The reading assignments were really good and the pace of the course was very effective. | The reading | Assignment | were really good and the pace | Positive | 0.94 | 5.0 |
| Zu4IrxZMEea11goAlyx5IQ | In this course, I found the peer review process and feedback to be very helpful and a great learning experience. The assignments encouraged me to produce deliverables and focus on areas where I needed more work. Glad to have taken this course and grateful for the other student as well. Thank you! :-) | and a great learning experience. The | Assignment | encouraged me to produce deliverables and | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| zwNXQiWXEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | This is a very good course if you are considering a career in graphic design, it does not concentrate a lot on the technique but rather on the creative process and the theory. The assignment are not too intense yet very helpful in giving that exposure to the role of the graphic designer. I definitely recommend it if you are a beginner or even if you already know some techniques but want to learn more about the theory. Also, throughout the course you get very valuable recommendations for further readings, I found that very helpful. | creative process and the theory. The | Assignment | are not too intense yet very | Negative | 0.71 | 5.0 |
| zwqURwiiEeahpQ5cgS1w4w | A simple and useful course on logistics in the context of supply chain management that helps even learners who have no previous experience to learn these topics which are of great importance in the modern world. Assignments with a practical orientation, good quality of audio and video and a great instructor are other points worth mentioning. | great importance in the modern world. | Assignment | with a practical orientation, good quality | Positive | 0.98 | 5.0 |
| _3l2SpONEeW2aQ7olstw0Q | Great content and clear explanations for a better understanding of the topic. I found very useful all the assignments to deepen my learning. | I found very useful all the | Assignment | to deepen my learning. | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| _3l2SpONEeW2aQ7olstw0Q | It does not fully utilize the power and possibilities of a MOOC (students cannot study at their own pace, there is no live interaction, standard quizes and assignments), which is a bit ironic. Peer-reviewing really brings down the quality of the feedback. Not everyone is capable of testing, evaluating and giving constructive feedback. | no live interaction, standard quizes and | Assignment | which is a bit ironic. Peer-reviewing | Positive | 0.69 | 2.0 |
| _ehbrDx9EeWFSA6UPWxRyQ | Dedicated resource person. Good reading materials. Challenging quizzes and assignments. | Good reading materials. Challenging quizzes and | Assignment | | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| _j_95QpWEeWoRw4pD4cXmw | My favorite course online this far (I have enrolled in 200+ and completed 50+ of them)! Great content, great instructors, fair and reasonable assignments. This course should be a must for everybody on this planet. I highly highly recommend it. I already loved Scandinavian countries, but now I also like Lund University a lot! | content, great instructors, fair and reasonable | Assignment | This course should be a must | Positive | 0.86 | 5.0 |
| _j_95QpWEeWoRw4pD4cXmw | Really great course! I loved the way the course is organized- the whole idea of exploring sustainability on different levels (individual, business, city and nation). As you move from one module to the next, the material builds on each other. It's just organized really effectively, and helps the learner see not only the complexity of the issue, but also how sustainability can me addressed at every level of society. Along with the lecture videos, this course has a "compendium" that is a bit like a textbook for the course. This, I thought, was a great idea. It made the material more accessible, because you can read over it to recap, or if you can't watch the videos. I also loved that the compendium had all these links and videos, which really enriched the learning experience for me. This is definitely something that other Coursera courses should try. Finally, the assignments were a really nice way to explore how the ideas in the course have been applied around the world. Overall, really fantastic course. Highly recommend to anyone interested in environmental sustainability, development and economics! | Coursera courses should try. Finally, the | Assignment | were a really nice way to | Neutral | 0.50 | 5.0 |
| _Mms-nE8EeWKsgrp3VnvAw | The subject is interesting and the instructors both seemed very competent. Still I wish the course had been better prepared as there were lots of sounds defects: you had to adjust the volume during each video which is tiresome. In the same idea, the questions during the course would pop up in mid-sentence, sometimes with too much anticipation with the subject at hand. Last, the questions in the assignments were sometimes not so much to check your understanding but your memory about a small detail like a % in a study that is already obsolete by the time we learn it... All in all a great course, with great instructors but still room for improvement as a mooc. | hand. Last, the questions in the | Assignment | were sometimes not so much to | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| _xNLlFY4EeWKXg4Y7_tPaw | Very interesting course, providing a descent overview of the whole water management and policy question. A lot of interesting examples are provided to illustrate the different points and various experts are interviewed throughout the course. I still believe though that the general message remains very generic and would benefit from further technical details to go more in depth. Also, the English subtitles do not always exactly match the oral French version. Finally, the marking only based on quizzes that can be retaken several times makes it very easy in my view. I believe that assignments that would require more involvement from the students (e.g. maybe group assignments with other students?) or applications of the course concepts to case studies would greatly enhance the quality of the course. Still, it remains a very interesting and well dispensed course! | in my view. I believe that | Assignment | that would require more involvement from | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| _xNLlFY4EeWKXg4Y7_tPaw | Very interesting course, providing a descent overview of the whole water management and policy question. A lot of interesting examples are provided to illustrate the different points and various experts are interviewed throughout the course. I still believe though that the general message remains very generic and would benefit from further technical details to go more in depth. Also, the English subtitles do not always exactly match the oral French version. Finally, the marking only based on quizzes that can be retaken several times makes it very easy in my view. I believe that assignments that would require more involvement from the students (e.g. maybe group assignments with other students?) or applications of the course concepts to case studies would greatly enhance the quality of the course. Still, it remains a very interesting and well dispensed course! | the students (e. g. maybe group | Assignment | with other students? ) or applications | Neutral | 0.50 | 3.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It's a very nice course. The exercises selected were fun to work with and quite interesting. The lectures were quite clear and the material was well-elaborated. The assignments are quite interesting and fun to work with. | and the material was well-elaborated. The | Assignment | are quite interesting and fun to | Positive | 0.87 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course was really awesome! I enjoyed doing the assignments and the way how the content was being taught was impressive. Very good! | really awesome! I enjoyed doing the | Assignment | and the way how the content | Positive | 0.97 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Like the first course of this specialization this course is really great! The explanations are simple and precise. And the programming assignments are really exciting! Perfect to start your journey in Java. | simple and precise. And the programming | Assignment | are really exciting! Perfect to start | Positive | 0.99 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | It's a very good introductory course that I will definitely suggest to anyone who wants to start over. The videos and especially the programming assignments are wonderful. But if you don't pay for a certificate you will not be able to participate in the module quizzes, a bit frustrating when you put a serious amount of effort. | The videos and especially the programming | Assignment | are wonderful. But if you don't | Positive | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | In the assignment of week2 , the Algorithm was not made clear. | In the | Assignment | of week2 , the Algorithm was | Neutral | 0.50 | 4.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | You need a little more experience in coding that just the first course, or try not to leave everything by the end of the week(as I did) to find what you need for the assignments. Great course ! | find what you need for the | Assignment | Great course ! | Positive | 0.74 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | the assignment is to hard to complete. | the | Assignment | is to hard to complete. | Negative | 0.99 | 4.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | If you are a real beginner like me (having zero or little programming knowledge) and your time is limited, I think this course (or the specialisation) is not suitable for you. The assignments and quizzes are very time consuming. One week I spent literally 30+ hours writing and debugging codes for just one quiz. | is not suitable for you. The | Assignment | and quizzes are very time consuming. | Positive | 0.82 | 1.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great assignments, lot of interesting stuff! | Great | Assignment | lot of interesting stuff! | Positive | 0.65 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great projects! I feel like I learned a lot from completing each programming assignment. | a lot from completing each programming | Assignment | | Positive | 0.67 | 5.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Can be a little bit to hard for beginners but great and interesting assignments. | for beginners but great and interesting | Assignment | | Positive | 0.88 | 4.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Interesting, but some assignments needs to be double checked. In my opinion some of the presented material is teaching poor coding practices for the sake of simplicity. | Interesting, but some | Assignment | needs to be double checked. In | Negative | 0.86 | 4.0 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | As usual the 4 professors(presenters) have done an excellent job. The resources, videos, assignments and quizzes are very helpful, well thought out and comprehensive. They have done an enormous amount of work. But there seem to be problems with the import edu.duke.* due to installation problems (e.g. Windows 10). Maybe include 3 videos like:( example from other Coursera courses e.g. R Programming) Installing BlueJ on a Mac Installing BlueJ on Windows Installing Bluej on (Mac) ; including these would enable me to give a rating of 5 stars. For the beginner programmer this would help a lot. I know there is the Discussions forum (very helpful) and students must sweat a bit to get BlueJ to work on some messy Operating Systems but this is my comment as a Beta Tester | an excellent job. The resources, videos, | Assignment | and quizzes are very helpful, well | Positive | 1.0 | 4.0 |