| Doc_id | Review | Left | Term | Right | Sentiment | Polarity | Rating | Contradiction-Based_MOY | Contradiction-Based_Ci |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | content is not enough for one class. should be only one to two videos. | should be only one to two | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Seems like the course lectures are out of order or duplicated. In order for us the complete the first project, it required us to view Week 2 videos as well. I wish this was noted/told to the students in the course. | required us to view Week 2 | Video | as well. I wish this was | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The course is poorly organised: There is a project on week one that requires knowledges of week two. Some concepts are dictated more than once because it uses videos made for this course + other recorded from a class room. I think this course should be a 3 weeks project and the price should be the half of it cost. Though I enjoyed the second project. | more than once because it uses | Video | made for this course + other | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Some videos have bad audio quality. | Some | Video | have bad audio quality. | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | To be honest, I couldn't realize why this had to be an entire seminar on its own. Apart from that, in some videos the audio quality was rather poor and the instructor seemed to have caught some cold or something. Although the topic of the course is interesting and significant, I think that do far it is the least engaging of the specialization... | own. Apart from that, in some | Video | the audio quality was rather poor | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Some of the videos has low quality, which make them harder to understand for non native speakers. In my opinion there is also too less tips for second assessment. | Some of the | Video | has low quality, which make them | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -4ffSHNYEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Covers some important and interesting areas and is generally well taught (although the recording quality on the videos varies). Interesting final project! | (although the recording quality on the | Video | varies). Interesting final project! | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -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. | distracting. THe format for the lecture | Video | varies throughout and this inconsistency (along | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.78 |
| -A_ToPNPEeSAEiIAC9TCSQ | Don Hornstein is a very engaging instructor in his lectures, which makes watching the videos a breeze. I wish there was more though for reading materials. I gave the course five stars because it does as it states, it is an very brief introduction into Environmental law. However, I feel there are things lacking that can be improved upon, like written work and more in depth study. Perhaps a specialization where the subjects are taught in courses of 4 weeks, where they go in more depth. Such as common law and nuisance, wildlife protection act, clean water act, and air pollution. Then finishing off with a capstone project. If a specialization was offered, I would sign up. I feel the missing requirement of coursework beyond the quizzes is detrimental to my retaining the information learned. | his lectures, which makes watching the | Video | a breeze. I wish there was | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| -A_ToPNPEeSAEiIAC9TCSQ | This is really an awesome course. Lecture videos by Prof. Hornstein are very lucid ,informative and bang on point. Thank you Sir and thank you Coursera for this superb platform. | is really an awesome course. Lecture | Video | by Prof. Hornstein are very lucid | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| -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! | completes the readings and watches the | Video | and help with retention of the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| -A_ToPNPEeSAEiIAC9TCSQ | Prof. Horstein was a great lecturer - he had a very structured approach and spoke to his audience, not just "at" his audience. I enjoyed the mini-quizes inside of the videos, and felt his lectures were the perfect length. I learned quite a bit in this course! I'm a trainee lawyer in the UK and have a Masters in international policy (political science) so this was a very good way for me to see if I'm genuinely interested in environmental law - which I am. Thanks! | enjoyed the mini-quizes inside of the | Video | and felt his lectures were the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| -A_ToPNPEeSAEiIAC9TCSQ | the course was fantastic especially the 1 minute lawyer segments. Not sure if it is a site problem, problem with the course or with my machine but I frequently had times where the picture would freeze and audio would continue. The videos while informative were also quite long and it might have been a better idea to divide each 20 minute video into 2 smaller ones. Otherwise though it was a great course by a fantastic professor. | freeze and audio would continue. The | Video | while informative were also quite long | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| -A_ToPNPEeSAEiIAC9TCSQ | the course was fantastic especially the 1 minute lawyer segments. Not sure if it is a site problem, problem with the course or with my machine but I frequently had times where the picture would freeze and audio would continue. The videos while informative were also quite long and it might have been a better idea to divide each 20 minute video into 2 smaller ones. Otherwise though it was a great course by a fantastic professor. | idea to divide each 20 minute | Video | into 2 smaller ones. Otherwise though | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Very interesting information about dogs that's also a 'myth burster' of sorts for me. Dr. Hare 's video's were not only well made but also well spaced. I found a few quiz questions difficult to understand even though I paid close attention to all lessons. But hey- I passed the final quiz in first attempt so Its all good! Thanks Dr. Hare & Duke University for making this 'different' course available!! | sorts for me. Dr. Hare 's | Video | were not only well made but | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Very informative, unfortunately Dr. Hare had a lot of filler words (ah, umm) in his videos, but typically receded towards the later part of the videos. As opposed to other reviews I do not feel like the incorporation of his book and website burdened the lecture, many professors in universities use their own book for their courses and I feel like Dognition would greatly help students be engaged in the course, they do have a couple games on their Youtube page if you want a taste before purchasing Dognition. I feel like this lecture has more to do with cognition than with emotion, and unfortunately I went into this lecture thinking it would be more about dog psychology. So don't dive into this course thinking you'll know a lot about dog psychology as emotion and cognition are just parts of psychology but it'll definitely give you some insightful information on dog cognition. | towards the later part of the | Video | As opposed to other reviews I | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Great course, just a little too much selling towards the end I felt. But top-notch videos, and interesting content for sure! | the end I felt. But top-notch | Video | and interesting content for sure! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Interesting subject & Basic idea to have a dog defined for the exercises is nice but w/o dog hard to benefit. A bit too much talking in front of a wall ;-) Could benefit from more illustrative material. Graphs / Videos / Pictures. Why not show examples of Dogs doing the games, that would be great for people who do not (yet) own a dog. I was hoping to get some insight into problematic dog behaviour but maybe that was wrong expectation. | from more illustrative material. Graphs / | Video | / Pictures. Why not show examples | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | This course is for you if you love dogs, and/or are interested in the science of animal behavior. Dr. Hare's presentations are interesting, informative and fun. I loved his use of scientific studies, videos, and Russian history (yes!) to get his points across. His book (optional) and the dog games (also optional) only add more depth to his lectures, but don't feel you need to buy the book and/or the games...you can take the online course and do just fine (but hopefully you'll want to read more, and participate as a citizen scientist, after taking the online course!). I will recommend this class to my canine_enthusiast friends, as I found Dr. Hare's class to re-evaluate how I look at the thought processes of dogs. This course is time well-spent! | loved his use of scientific studies, | Video | and Russian history (yes! ) to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | I was really disappointed in this "course" for several reasons. I did not complete it, because it was really not worth spending time on. The organizer impressed me as only wanting to sell copies of his book on dog behavior and used the course as his vehicle. Then there were games to "purchase" online to facilitate teaching my dog cognitive skills. The videos were lacking in creativity. I was really disappointed with this, especially since its a cool topic that could easily be presented in a very exciting way. The artistic level, the videos, slides, etc were something a high school student could pull together. After taking solid courses like ModPo and Positive Psychology, I was amazed at the lack of effort that was put into this. | teaching my dog cognitive skills. The | Video | were lacking in creativity. I was | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | LOVED the course, ENJOYED the learning! Great video presentations by Dr. Hare … easy to engage, and wonderful to have the flexible fit into my schedule. Keep up to good work. Would like to know more about how the "Certificate" is issued. Keep getting opportunity to pay for the certificate on screen, even though I did that at the start of the course. LOVE the book as well … thank you for providing such great tools. | the course, ENJOYED the learning! Great | Video | presentations by Dr. Hare … easy | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | I thought it's going to be a little boring - I only took it "for fun", I don't even have a dog or plans or get one, but starting with week 3 and especially week 4 the bigger picture of evolution of humans and animals up to this day alone was worth taking this course. Definitely broadened my mind. Also very valuable were was the information about dog breed profiles and what science can actually tell us about traits like aggressiveness and if they are related to breeds (they are not). If you are looking for concrete dog training tips you won't find them, this course is more about giving an overview of the state of science, but it does so very well IMHO. You can take the course in two afternoons easily - I recommend against doing it over 8 weeks. The videos are short, I watched them at 2 x speed mostly. | doing it over 8 weeks. The | Video | are short, I watched them at | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | This was an amazing course! The format was fantastic and easy to follow and Dr. Brian hare was an engaging speaker, which the videos wonderful to watch. I also really liked that it was self-paced because then I could really try out the Dognition exercises with my dog and have the time to read the book. | was an engaging speaker, which the | Video | wonderful to watch. I also really | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Excellent! Great scientific information, videos and other explanations on animal evolution! You'll understand your best friend better and your own evolution. | Excellent! Great scientific information, | Video | and other explanations on animal evolution! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Videos kept cutting out either entirely or the sound would cut out. Made it very difficult to follow. | | Video | kept cutting out either entirely or | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | I´d found this course really good, I have a litle bit experience with dog training throw the years experience with my dogs and internet videos, but this approach never have it before, I thanks to Dr. Ohara for the great course he made for Coursera I definitely apply dognition games to my dogs and the dogs of my friends. Saludos | experience with my dogs and internet | Video | but this approach never have it | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
| -N44X0IJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Overall a good and useful course, however: A) They could do a much better job regarding LDA, standard Gibbs sampling, and Bayesian model and inference. Many slides on these 3 topics only contained some text and the instructor tried to "verbally" visualize the related important concepts. Hence not a good use of a video session. B) Week 1 and the 1st half of Week 6 were redundant. C) It would be much better to have a 7-week course with more topics and may be with some optional videos on Bayesian model, HMM. | and may be with some optional | Video | on Bayesian model, HMM. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.59 |
| -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. | understand. I had to watch the | Video | more than two times to try | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.59 |
| -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. | this specialization. There is only one | Video | talking about HMM models, and Markov | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.59 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Really great course! The videos were very clear and I learned a ton about a program I've been using for years to record audio only. | Really great course! The | Video | were very clear and I learned | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 1.13 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | This is a great intro class, designed to be completed within the Ableton trial period. Ableton should pay Erin a commission on sales that come out of this course, because I imagine it's bringing them 100s of new sales! The materials (mostly videos) are excellent and easy to follow. I learned a lot in this short class and would love to see an "intermediate" Ableton class in the future. My only complaints are related to the collaboration software that you need to use for this course, blend.io. Site navigation in blend.io can be painfully slow, and the site is buggy. I would have preferred to simply share information via dropbox or some other file sharing method. The peer review process is a great idea, although I think it's really tricky to do this in a music/art, because there is so much subjectivity and not much of a rubric. (There are some quantitative questions just to verify that the student follows instructions, but the open feedback is totally open). But, overall, the peer review works pretty well and gives students an additional incentive to turn in a quality product. | of new sales! The materials (mostly | Video | are excellent and easy to follow. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 1.13 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Great instructor, I like how you can go back and keep going over the instructional videos throughout the course. | and keep going over the instructional | Video | throughout the course. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 1.13 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | Great course! Helped me to get started with Ableton Live. Video lectures were straight to the point. | to get started with Ableton Live. | Video | lectures were straight to the point. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 1.13 |
| -nRRAPmuEeSndSIAC7LTLQ | For anyone getting started this is a great course to do it with. I'm retaking this course as a refresher since I took the same class in the beginning of the year. I've been very busy so I forgot some functions. The videos & explanations make it very easy to get reacquainted. Plus what's more fun than getting some more production in, hearing your own creations & everyone else's for that matter. =) | so I forgot some functions. The | Video | & explanations make it very easy | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 1.13 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | Simple and important concepts that everyone should know. Took this self paced course and understood all the videos. I wish the course could have more information on Finance which is useful for entrepreneurs. | paced course and understood all the | Video | I wish the course could have | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | Great, straightforward course. It would be nice to have "practice" problems to help engage the information beyond the quizzes and video lectures. | the information beyond the quizzes and | Video | lectures. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | lack of examples to workout. good short videos. good option for introduction | of examples to workout. good short | Video | good option for introduction | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | Great course but, in 2 videos, the professor makes reference to exercises that should be for downloading and they are not. Please, either include them or re shoot the videos. | Great course but, in 2 | Video | the professor makes reference to exercises | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | Great course but, in 2 videos, the professor makes reference to exercises that should be for downloading and they are not. Please, either include them or re shoot the videos. | include them or re shoot the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
| 0aY3BdGZEeSX5iIAC4tS5g | It was a good intro course. However, I wish there were a few more videos to go a bit more in-depth. | wish there were a few more | Video | to go a bit more in-depth. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
| 0EqoQy7_EeWPngoW78wA_Q | Wonderful job. Great Videos to watch and I learned a lot. Thanks | Wonderful job. Great | Video | to watch and I learned a | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.68 | 0.9 |
| 0EqoQy7_EeWPngoW78wA_Q | it will be better if there is some form of text or readings that can be shared in the course. When speaking of the examples during the lecture, I wish there is a real video of the experience rather than just the prof speaking of it. I wish I could have my own understanding in responding to those experiences. However, overall I learnt a lot through out the courses, it is really easy to understand, and usually I watch the videos when I want to take a break from whatever I was doing. | I wish there is a real | Video | of the experience rather than just | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.9 |
| 0EqoQy7_EeWPngoW78wA_Q | it will be better if there is some form of text or readings that can be shared in the course. When speaking of the examples during the lecture, I wish there is a real video of the experience rather than just the prof speaking of it. I wish I could have my own understanding in responding to those experiences. However, overall I learnt a lot through out the courses, it is really easy to understand, and usually I watch the videos when I want to take a break from whatever I was doing. | understand, and usually I watch the | Video | when I want to take a | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.9 |
| 0HiU7Oe4EeWTAQ4yevf_oQ | Nice resource for missing data. Several problems with the course: Quizzes are not aligned well with instructional material. Low quality of sound in videos. No feedback mechanisms. | material. Low quality of sound in | Video | No feedback mechanisms. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.78 | 0.78 |
| 0HiU7Oe4EeWTAQ4yevf_oQ | I was interested in the topic. The course itself seems like just a starting point with understanding dealing with missing data. I wanted to know more and see more examples than the videos offered. I also would have appreciated including examples from more than just R, though I did appreciate the minimal discussion of other statistical software that are available for statistical analysis when it did occur. | and see more examples than the | Video | offered. I also would have appreciated | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.78 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | I find this course excellent. It is a well balanced course in combining econometric theory and its application. The fact is that to apply econometric theory one needs to understand fair bit of econometric method (that includes matrix algebra, some properties of inner product space etc.) as well as how to apply those concepts in practice. In this respect this course does serve its purpose very well. Overall, this course focuses some fundamental aspects and properties of cross-sectional data and time series data. Therefore, it provides one a good foundation (over 8 weeks) so that one can carry out one's future quest regarding any empirical topic by oneself ! I admit that modern econometric theory develops more sophisticated techniques but all of them share one common aspect i.e. they are based on more or less the same fundamentals or properties. Indeed, this course has been designed carefully by targeting those fundamentals and properties. Thus it might be very helpful to follow the modern econometric techniques. However, this course does not talk about the panel data analysis, which share both the cross-sectional and time series properties (more or less). In my opinion it might be better to have at least additional one week session on panel data. In particular, when the data set shares both cross-sectional and time series properties, which set of properties will be dominant or how the estimation technique incorporates the variation of two dimensions (i.e. cross-sectional and time ) etc. Finally, I like to thank all the teaching members and moderators of this course. I have enjoyed the lecture slides and videos very much. | have enjoyed the lecture slides and | Video | very much. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | Tough course! Very close to being in a classroom with plenty of material in every video. Keep a book on the topic handy and you will understand the material better. | with plenty of material in every | Video | Keep a book on the topic | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | One thing I regret from this course is the content of the video lectures. Having watch the first week's videos, I found that the professor mostly just read the slides - and did it in a very faithful and careful manner, not to miss a subscript .... This is quite devastating for me. I can read the slides myself (although I have to download it first, since the fonts on the screen are very small). What I need is the professor to explain the logic behind the formulas, the *why* behind what is written, instead of just reading *what* is written on the slides. I find it amusing that with an expected learning of 8 hours a week, the total duration of the first week's videos add up to a mere 36 minutes. A couple of weeks ago I have just finished a course that subjectively is comparable in its difficulty level. That course is also rich in mathematical content and also requires a commitment of 4-8 hours per week. Each week, the duration of the lecture videos amount to somewhere between 120-150 minutes - and the lecturer didn't read slides; instead, he would explain the logic behind the concepts and provided papers for learners to read on our own time. That approach really helped scaffold my learning. I hope you'd consider revisiting this course's learning plan - or probably just state on the course info page that this course is more suitable for a refresher course rather than an introductory one. | course is the content of the | Video | lectures. Having watch the first week's | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | One thing I regret from this course is the content of the video lectures. Having watch the first week's videos, I found that the professor mostly just read the slides - and did it in a very faithful and careful manner, not to miss a subscript .... This is quite devastating for me. I can read the slides myself (although I have to download it first, since the fonts on the screen are very small). What I need is the professor to explain the logic behind the formulas, the *why* behind what is written, instead of just reading *what* is written on the slides. I find it amusing that with an expected learning of 8 hours a week, the total duration of the first week's videos add up to a mere 36 minutes. A couple of weeks ago I have just finished a course that subjectively is comparable in its difficulty level. That course is also rich in mathematical content and also requires a commitment of 4-8 hours per week. Each week, the duration of the lecture videos amount to somewhere between 120-150 minutes - and the lecturer didn't read slides; instead, he would explain the logic behind the concepts and provided papers for learners to read on our own time. That approach really helped scaffold my learning. I hope you'd consider revisiting this course's learning plan - or probably just state on the course info page that this course is more suitable for a refresher course rather than an introductory one. | total duration of the first week's | Video | add up to a mere 36 | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| 1BM3lirjEeWLVg5w1LoYqQ | One thing I regret from this course is the content of the video lectures. Having watch the first week's videos, I found that the professor mostly just read the slides - and did it in a very faithful and careful manner, not to miss a subscript .... This is quite devastating for me. I can read the slides myself (although I have to download it first, since the fonts on the screen are very small). What I need is the professor to explain the logic behind the formulas, the *why* behind what is written, instead of just reading *what* is written on the slides. I find it amusing that with an expected learning of 8 hours a week, the total duration of the first week's videos add up to a mere 36 minutes. A couple of weeks ago I have just finished a course that subjectively is comparable in its difficulty level. That course is also rich in mathematical content and also requires a commitment of 4-8 hours per week. Each week, the duration of the lecture videos amount to somewhere between 120-150 minutes - and the lecturer didn't read slides; instead, he would explain the logic behind the concepts and provided papers for learners to read on our own time. That approach really helped scaffold my learning. I hope you'd consider revisiting this course's learning plan - or probably just state on the course info page that this course is more suitable for a refresher course rather than an introductory one. | week, the duration of the lecture | Video | amount to somewhere between 120-150 minutes | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | The videos should be completely reconsidered. Instructors pointing at virtual points on screen does not help at all. The course creators tried to squeeze in many concepts in 4 weeks. More examples should be provided in lectures, not just abstract math (e.g. lectures on projective transformation). | The | Video | should be completely reconsidered. Instructors pointing | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.47 | 0.69 |
| 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. | computer vision-related algorithms. Unfortunately the lecture | Video | are poorly edited and subtitles are | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.47 | 0.69 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | The course is a very good overall description of the Perception field. The part I really liked is that there was no haste or a concept just superficially discussed - lectures are long and detailed. The presentation of lectures especially from Prof. Jianbo Shi are excellent - to represent Matrices in colours and give a intuitive sense of every formula(especially the Jacobians and treating the image blending process as painting) . The bad part of this course is that pronunciations of faculties could be a little unclear and hence a very good transcript is required - which in this course is not upto the mark. There were few mistakes on the slides and should be rectified atleast in the pdf of the slides. What this means is that we have to go through some frustration while watching the video first time which gradually improves on second or third view. Also, there is absolutely no participation of teaching staff. A good content should be supplemented with assistance to further enhance learning experience. Few doubts because of this remains unclear and I wish I could have got this sorted in this class. | through some frustration while watching the | Video | first time which gradually improves on | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.47 | 0.69 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | The videos are so long in time and not very clear. | The | Video | are so long in time and | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.47 | 0.69 |
| 1eYewVu-EeWACQpGR_316w | Lessons and videos are very long for one week. | Lessons and | Video | are very long for one week. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.47 | 0.69 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Terrible course compared to all others I've seen on Coursera. Content is scarce, quality is low, maybe okay for college graduates, but being in business, it's just too slim. Video quality is also terrible. Don't waste 35$ | in business, it's just too slim. | Video | quality is also terrible. Don't waste | Negative | -0.9 | -1.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | I expected more content. The course description says that there is material for 4-8 hours, however the videos are only one hour long. | material for 4-8 hours, however the | Video | are only one hour long. | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | You can finish the whole course in about an hour, though I took about a couple, since I watched a set of great YouTube videos linked to from the course material. The tips and techniques you will learn will be invaluable when working on projects/courses. The knowledge gained from the course can be leveraged to put you on the path to a productive life with a lot less stress and lot more happiness and self-contentment. Give this one a try, and you will be very happy at the end of the course! | watched a set of great YouTube | Video | linked to from the course material. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Short course but very instructive. I enjoyed specially the video about Multitasking. | very instructive. I enjoyed specially the | Video | about Multitasking. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | I'm glad I didn't pay for this course. Nothing new, obviuos advice and basic information. Nice instructor, with a clear pronunciation and interesting videos in Module 4. | with a clear pronunciation and interesting | Video | in Module 4. | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | This module covers all the basic and yet very important information to be able to set your goal/priorities right everyday. Planning and making an estimate with the task for the day helps me to identify what I need to do first. Knowing what is multitasking and how to be effective in delivering several task at the same time. Thank you for all additional modules and video. | you for all additional modules and | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 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! | there will be 4-8 hours of | Video | _besides_ readings and quizzes. So this | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 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! | were 100%. The design of the | Video | is a bit " spartan" :) | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | A very helpful course. Short and to the point. It made me consider a lot of my bad habits which resulted in bad time management. I now appreciate my time more and welling to change the way I think, plan and manage my time better than I used to in order to be more productive. I realize that multitasking gave me the illusion of being so accomplished, when the only thing I was accomplishing was being highly distracted and by that working against myself. I loved the additional materials, especially Mike Sanders YouTube videos. Thank you very much for providing this course! | additional materials, especially Mike Sanders YouTube | Video | Thank you very much for providing | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Well explained videos, But very short course. Only 1 or 2 (short) videos per week! | Well explained | Video | But very short course. Only 1 | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Well explained videos, But very short course. Only 1 or 2 (short) videos per week! | course. Only 1 or 2 (short) | Video | per week! | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | The additional resources provided add that extra edge to your learning from this course and the provision of slides recapitulating what the videos covered is a great support. | provision of slides recapitulating what the | Video | covered is a great support. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | The information is probably great, but the instructor speaks way too slowly in the videos and it's very difficult to listen to. I switched to reading it as a transcript but that generates as a .txt file which is also very difficult to read as it's not broken into paragraphs. | speaks way too slowly in the | Video | and it's very difficult to listen | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | The material is very interesting, but with only 15 minutes of video a week, it is really not enough. | but with only 15 minutes of | Video | a week, it is really not | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Love this course. Nice presentations and video lectures. Would love to see more reference materials in future. Thanks to the team, which helped me to realize where i stand, and where to focus in "time management and professional productivity". | Love this course. Nice presentations and | Video | lectures. Would love to see more | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | Easy to absorb, the audio examples given in video are good for those who do not understand the basic concepts/terms explained in notes alone. I feel this was a helpful short course, that is both efficient and well organised. Really teaches you to work smarter, not harder ;) | absorb, the audio examples given in | Video | are good for those who do | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | It's alright, but could be much much better. I didn't feel engaged and half of the time I was just wishing the video would just end. The course itself highlighted some good ideas about saving time and prioritising, but the way it was presented just fell short for me. | time I was just wishing the | Video | would just end. The course itself | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 1ndQqNPxEeSloiIAC3kKUw | It is definitely beneficial to a certain extent but I thought that it was a little dry. However I really enjoyed the time period of each video, as I am the kind of people that tends to get a restless when the teaching gets too long | enjoyed the time period of each | Video | as I am the kind of | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Great videos and testing structure. Great feedback to all of my questions in the forums too. 7 hours a week seems about right for me, with the recommended reading and watching the videos. However the course got continually harder and harder and by the time I was at the final exam I was really worried. In the end it got a bit difficult and stressful but I do feel it was valuable, and like I said, getting the feedback, even on weekends in the forums, helped a lot. | Great | Video | and testing structure. Great feedback to | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Great and comprehensive video material. The book and programming exercises provide extra learning opportunities. I'm sure to be using my newly developed statistics skills in my PhD. | Great and comprehensive | Video | material. The book and programming exercises | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 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. | I checked and rechecked the course | Video | no mention at all of it. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Simple delivery with quality reading and video materials. | Simple delivery with quality reading and | Video | materials. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | Professor Rundel makes the subject interesting by quoting real time examples in the videos. This course will certainly help beginners in statistics. The entire specialization is a step by step process to master statistics. | quoting real time examples in the | Video | This course will certainly help beginners | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | This is one of the best courses I've taken with Coursera so far. The lecture videos combine very nicely with the R training. I look forward to taking the next course in this series. | with Coursera so far. The lecture | Video | combine very nicely with the R | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | The mixture of well thought out videos, an online book, and rmarkdown lab templates made this a great experience. I plan to complete the entire course. | The mixture of well thought out | Video | an online book, and rmarkdown lab | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | I have watched the introduction video to this course and i was glad to learn some basics of probability. I hope it will enhance my data analysis skills and help to realize my career as a data scientist. | I have watched the introduction | Video | to this course and i was | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 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. | Great course. | Video | were easy to understand and follow. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 2dHcFsRdEeW2JxKnR3RyOw | thanks for your effort to make videos, but this is the first time find a class that i can not submit my answer to check if it is correct or not before my account is upgraded. Disappoint to Coursera and Duke. | thanks for your effort to make | Video | but this is the first time | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| 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. | newer versions of Unity. Quality of | Video | recording is kind of crappy esp. | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | A great introduction to Unity and game development in general. Occasionally feels too "scripted" when watching the videos, but otherwise good. Thanks :) | too " scripted" when watching the | Video | but otherwise good. Thanks :) | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Introduction is much more than this course is, in my respectful opinion. When I read the information on the specialized program, I thought it was something more compact, more useful in the face of the video game industry. However, this program of courses is rather a paltry touchdown, an insignificant approach. I think it should be underlined that it is a course for those who have never had any experience in videogames development. Considering all this, is a great course. You have to be objective. | useful in the face of the | Video | game industry. However, this program of | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Both the instructor and video + documents are great. Recommended course for anyone who want to create game in Unity. | Both the instructor and | Video | + documents are great. Recommended course | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Instructor did a great job explaining functionality in Unity 3D. Class material touched on basics needed to start building games using the tool. On some advanced topics the instructor moved too fast in the videos. Could pause, rewind review to catch up but it was a bit too fast. | instructor moved too fast in the | Video | Could pause, rewind review to catch | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I've always loved video games, but knew nothing about game dev. I decided to take this Specialization because the dev courses focus on Unity, a good choice for indie development. The example projects are fun and Brian Winn is an excellent, clear, and likable instructor. I'm a software engineer by trade, so customizing scripts was fun and easy for me, but it would probably be challenging for someone who has never programmed before. | I've always loved | Video | games, but knew nothing about game | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I learned so much in this short course! I learned more than I ever thought I could about making video games, considering I'm a complete beginner. Great step by step videos for learning to make games in Unity, plus lectures about aspects of game development. It would not be very challenging if you are not a beginner, and there is almost no focus on writing your own scripts, so this wouldn't be the right course for someone wanting to learn to code their own games. I subtracted one star because there was no professor interaction (such as on the message boards), although the professor is very good in the videos. | ever thought I could about making | Video | games, considering I'm a complete beginner. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I learned so much in this short course! I learned more than I ever thought I could about making video games, considering I'm a complete beginner. Great step by step videos for learning to make games in Unity, plus lectures about aspects of game development. It would not be very challenging if you are not a beginner, and there is almost no focus on writing your own scripts, so this wouldn't be the right course for someone wanting to learn to code their own games. I subtracted one star because there was no professor interaction (such as on the message boards), although the professor is very good in the videos. | professor is very good in the | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | It's a simple and straight-forward course that brings you through the basics pretty fast. If you have the time, you could actually do the whole course in a day or two, just coming back for peer review. There are no surprises and the projects are simple. The instructor even lists what the objects of each lesson and video are, so if you need to look back at a specific feature, you need only look at the titles and then watch that one video. It's also interesting to see what people think of when creating a second level, if they try to go further. | the objects of each lesson and | Video | are, so if you need to | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | It's a simple and straight-forward course that brings you through the basics pretty fast. If you have the time, you could actually do the whole course in a day or two, just coming back for peer review. There are no surprises and the projects are simple. The instructor even lists what the objects of each lesson and video are, so if you need to look back at a specific feature, you need only look at the titles and then watch that one video. It's also interesting to see what people think of when creating a second level, if they try to go further. | titles and then watch that one | Video | It's also interesting to see what | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 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. | had to go through all the | Video | just to complete the assignment which | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 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. | you don't go through all the | Video | which I think is the drawback | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Very great course. The instruction is spot on, allowing me to listen while I work without the need to actually watch the video. Definitely worth it for novices and even intermediate level developers. | the need to actually watch the | Video | Definitely worth it for novices and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Good examples and great video tutorials. The learning curve it's well balanced and the workshops are well structured according the lessons. | Good examples and great | Video | tutorials. The learning curve it's well | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 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. | and very good intro to Unity. | Video | assignments and everything really helped to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Good course. A good intro to the use of Unity3D for video game development. A lot of the code is already given, everything is easy to install, so no coding experience is necessary prior. The teacher is very calm and teaches well. I would personnally have liked a bit more coding, but that's only me I guess. | to the use of Unity3D for | Video | game development. A lot of the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Amazing! I recommend it to all who want to simply be introduced into the complicated world of Game Development. The videos and your classmates are a tremendous help so make sure to interact with them frequently. | complicated world of Game Development. The | Video | and your classmates are a tremendous | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | While I enjoyed the projects and found the instructor easy to follow and understand, I was disappointed in how little coding we did. The code walkthroughs were rushed and I barely learned enough to scratch the surface of some of the scripts we used in the basic projects. Since scripting is such a huge part of game development, I feel like there should have been more focus on it. Maybe a new term in each video or something? And I understand that the course was only four weeks, which doesn't allow much time for deep scripting analysis, but maybe the course should be longer than four weeks. Overall a fun class and I now have two games to show off to people. | Maybe a new term in each | Video | or something? And I understand that | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Amazing introduction to game development on Unity. The course used the latest build on Unity and taught me enough to feel confident experimenting with game development on my own. The videos are clear, concise, and valuable. | game development on my own. The | Video | are clear, concise, and valuable. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 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. | able to make your very own | Video | game. Very hands on course with | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Great start for someone that has an understanding of computers and basic programming, but wants to get started in video game development. Didn't know anything about Unity or game design to begin. | but wants to get started in | Video | game development. Didn't know anything about | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Excellent video content and quality, engaging assignments and helpful resources. | Excellent | Video | content and quality, engaging assignments and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 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. | promote investigation by ourselves. Basically, the | Video | are the steps we need to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Excellent course for someone who wants to learn and make a video game! | wants to learn and make a | Video | game! | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | For beginners of video game development tool (Unity), this course is a great start. I think it would be even better if it can have maybe one or two more weeks for more example projects, and cover more about scripting, computer visual, imaging concepts etc. | For beginners of | Video | game development tool (Unity), this course | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | Really ice course, the videos are ease to follow, and the instructor is really active in the forums (which is awesome) | Really ice course, the | Video | are ease to follow, and the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2H8ExCTIEeWeDBJG1XrG0w | I really enjoyed the course so far. The explanation is great. The only downside is the video quality is not that great its not bad but it would be a lot better if it was better quality. Its very Blurry even in High quality. Although thats not a problem that did not stop me from enjoying the course. | great. The only downside is the | Video | quality is not that great its | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Dr. Chuck is a wonderful teacher. His delivery is superlative. Love the choice of videos too. They really add to the experience. I bought the course book and found it to be very helpful. Thank you Dr. Chuck and Go Blue! | is superlative. Love the choice of | Video | too. They really add to the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | I am only on Week 3 of this course and so far I am thoroughly enjoying it. The videos are informative and well put together. Very interesting to learn about the history of the internet and how it has evolved. I currently work for an smaller ISP in Northern Alberta and after stumbling into this job, I ended up loving networking and computers. This really helps with an introduction to some fundamental concepts of the internet. Thank you for providing this course. | I am thoroughly enjoying it. The | Video | are informative and well put together. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | The video collection in the course is so awesome and is overall so well structured, that once you start watching , you are going to stop only when you are done with the complete course. | The | Video | collection in the course is so | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | This course is engaging, highly informative, fun, and just the right amount of challenge. Each section (History, Technology, and Security) is taught one at a time. There is a lot of ground covered without it becoming overwhelming. The extra videos available to watch give you more of a background of the history of the internet. Given the important role that the Internet and computers play in our everyday lives, having this background knowledge and basic understanding of how things work is vital. Dr. Chuck is clearly enthusiastic about the subject matter, and it shows. | without it becoming overwhelming. The extra | Video | available to watch give you more | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Was very, very usefull and totally worth the time, energy to watch the videos, do the quizes. Dr. Chuck is a really great person, easy to understand. Recommend this class for everybody whose a little interested in the making of the biggest innovation in the 20th century. | the time, energy to watch the | Video | do the quizes. Dr. Chuck is | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | I found this to be more a 'have fun' improve your general knowledge course than something a bit more focused like learning to program in a particular language. Having said that this is probably the single course on Coursera in which I have had the most genuine fun. The topic if just fantastic and the videos from so many of the key players is just incredibly interesting. | topic if just fantastic and the | Video | from so many of the key | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Excellent history of the web. The videos with such key players in the development of the internet are priceless direct sources for future generations. | Excellent history of the web. The | Video | with such key players in the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | This course is a must for anyone who wants to understand the fundamentals of how the internet works. The content, videos, and the teachings of Dr. Charles severance are just great, very precise and to the point with real life examples and interviews. It has been much more than what I had imagined and expected. Thanks very much Dr. Charles Severance and Coursera for a great course. | how the internet works. The content, | Video | and the teachings of Dr. Charles | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Videos are poorly edited (too much blank space, the bullet points are not clearly visible, there is no narrative or discursive structure, the diagrams are not clear, and the interviews are raw and unedited). Sessions are too long and include too much irrelevant information. The little useful information there is, is not structured clearly and thus it's harder to learn. The material for the first 3 weeks resemble more to someone talking about "the good ol' days" rather than a properly thought-out history class. I had to leave the course as I found it to be a waste of my time, and I am glad I decided not to pay for a certificate for it. My expectations were a lot higher for a University course. | | Video | are poorly edited (too much blank | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Perhaps it's just that I'm not a part of the target audience of this course, but I am deeply dissatisfied with it. Aside from a couple of rare interviews and old video records [which admittedly were very interesting, though too few], I found nothing of value that cannot be learned by reading Wikipedia or other easily accessible sources. The course is pretty light on technical details and there could [and perhaps should] have been much more beyond-the-scenes content, as well as references to specific documents and events in order to justify this course's existence. In other words, if you are a techie and are indeed interested in this topic, chances are that you already know most of the material taught. | couple of rare interviews and old | Video | records [which admittedly were very interesting, | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | This course gave me great insights into the evolution of the internet, computer networks. Interview videos of people behind all the magic is an excellent collection and it is really informative to comprehend the big picture. I am very happy that I enrolled into this course and I am enjoying it. | of the internet, computer networks. Interview | Video | of people behind all the magic | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Great mix of video's from first-hand experts; white-boarding and lecture. Well done! | Great mix of | Video | from first-hand experts; white-boarding and lecture. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Great at teaching the basics of Internet. Quizzes should be more challenging. I liked very much the videos. | challenging. I liked very much the | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Video quality is poor. The content is quite interesting, but while navigating, the quality of the video disturbs me. It would be better, if you can upgrade this. | | Video | quality is poor. The content is | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 2UHGXkNtEeSfwCIACxeXRw | Nice course! Provides a good basis in understanding the Internet, where it originated from and how it works. Mr. Severance is an excellent tutor and I really liked his videos and keynotes. He makes the material come to live. | tutor and I really liked his | Video | and keynotes. He makes the material | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| 33tTdzylEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Best course ever! Loved the videos, super easy to follow and I have learned A lot! | Best course ever! Loved the | Video | super easy to follow and I | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.04 |
| 33tTdzylEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I found this course very interesting, a good teach that keeps your attention along all the videos, with a lot of external material (papers, videos, web page) useful to improve your knowledge. Thanks to all the people that have worked on this course. | a lot of external material (papers, | Video | web page) useful to improve your | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.04 |
| 33tTdzylEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I found this course really interesting and useful for working environment. There are a lot of insight earned during the course. The reading materials are also impressive - not just relying on the theoretical context. HBR articles are on the the best reliant sources at the moment and as a fan of Harvard deliverables, I am glad that the University put it as the references. The video is out of the box. Involving the alumni having important position in mutlinational companies is a smart idea. The lecture is not just imposing to the academic literatures but also to best professional practices from the industries. Well done and keep the good work for the teaching lecturer! I will be very interested to participate in other courses from Universita Bocconi. | put it as the references. The | Video | is out of the box. Involving | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.04 |
| 33tTdzylEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | I am learning a lot from the course about leadership qualities and communication across culture. The slideshow and reading material really helps with digesting and remembering some of the points made in the video. | of the points made in the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 1.04 |
| 3791_tdbEeS2-SIAC4-TTw | The videos are excellent and it provides good information | The | Video | are excellent and it provides good | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
| 3791_tdbEeS2-SIAC4-TTw | Dave Nagy sir has explained this course with such simplicity that one can understand the course with ease. Thank you sir. The videos, and the related articles are so distinct that it helps us understand very well. I personally enjoyed doing this course and am looking forward to do more courses. | with ease. Thank you sir. The | Video | and the related articles are so | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
| 3791_tdbEeS2-SIAC4-TTw | Nice content but a few bugs with the videos and sound track when watching online. | but a few bugs with the | Video | and sound track when watching online. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
| 3791_tdbEeS2-SIAC4-TTw | As for information in course itself, it was interesting for me to enroll and to be part of the course. But I highly dislike that there was a feeling of that the lecturer is trying to remember any things right while the video goes. It is not a real class, it is a video and it could be done much more accurately. There were many many boring moments, while management itself is not a boring discipline, it is very interesting. Anyway I am glad I participated in the course. | remember any things right while the | Video | goes. It is not a real | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
| 3791_tdbEeS2-SIAC4-TTw | As for information in course itself, it was interesting for me to enroll and to be part of the course. But I highly dislike that there was a feeling of that the lecturer is trying to remember any things right while the video goes. It is not a real class, it is a video and it could be done much more accurately. There were many many boring moments, while management itself is not a boring discipline, it is very interesting. Anyway I am glad I participated in the course. | a real class, it is a | Video | and it could be done much | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
| 3791_tdbEeS2-SIAC4-TTw | Really simple and easy to follow along. I learned things that will definitely help me work more efficiently in my business. I found it faster to just go over the slides instead of watching the videos. | the slides instead of watching the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Good course.. Should have SVM related info too -- waiting for the promised optional videos from Prof. Carlos | -- waiting for the promised optional | Video | from Prof. Carlos | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.96 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Sometimes is difficult to understand the concept behind Classification because some videos are more practical than theorical, I mean it could be better to start the video explaining some concepts and then show and explan some samples and theorical issues. Thanks. | could be better to start the | Video | explaining some concepts and then show | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.96 |
| 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. | easy to digest and follow (optional | Video | were large compared with the rest | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.96 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | The videos are fine. But, It's SIMPLY TERRIBLE to force people to pay to be able to do the quizzes. There was no such a thing in the first two courses (by the way, I gave high rates for both). It is OK to pay for the verified certificate, however, disabling the functions in the course is a wrong way to earn money, because people who want to learn the course might not necessarily want the certificate, and this is unfair to them because it limits the resources available. This whole Specialization thing starts to make me feel like you guys are in urgent need of money, rather benefiting the community. Remember there are tons of free resources on the internet, and this only undermines your strengths. You will lose tons of potential fans. Stop being seemingly arrogant. | The | Video | are fine. But, It's SIMPLY TERRIBLE | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.88 | 0.96 |
| 3c1bSkIJEeWpogr5ZO8qxQ | Assignments were more challenging than previous course. Loved solving them. Enjoyed the optional videos. | Loved solving them. Enjoyed the optional | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.96 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | This course provides a well-paced introduction to learning the Korean language. It is well-suited to students who have little or no knowledge of Korean language to begin with. The course videos and the conversations of the players in the instructive videos helps us to get a feel for how the language operates in a real situation. The course lecturer provides detailed explanations of the origins of Korean vowels and consonants, the way the language is constructed, correct pronunciation, and much more. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn the Korean language. Many thanks to our lecturer for this great course. | language to begin with. The course | Video | and the conversations of the players | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | This course provides a well-paced introduction to learning the Korean language. It is well-suited to students who have little or no knowledge of Korean language to begin with. The course videos and the conversations of the players in the instructive videos helps us to get a feel for how the language operates in a real situation. The course lecturer provides detailed explanations of the origins of Korean vowels and consonants, the way the language is constructed, correct pronunciation, and much more. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn the Korean language. Many thanks to our lecturer for this great course. | of the players in the instructive | Video | helps us to get a feel | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | Very helpful intro course. The videos are easy to follow and there's lots of examples. The extra notes are sometimes lacking (for example the pdf for 5.4 doesn't mention 듣다 and the other irregular verbs) so I took lots of notes while watching. The vocabulary list seems daunting, especially in the last week, but with some practice I've memorised most of it. I liked the parts that explained pronounciation in detail. 선생님 고맙습니다. | Very helpful intro course. The | Video | are easy to follow and there's | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | Great introduction to the Korean language, with supplementary videos and dialogues. This course also incorporates handy PDF files with vocabulary and reviews of all the lessons. | to the Korean language, with supplementary | Video | and dialogues. This course also incorporates | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | I just previewed the course and the tutorials are hassle free and simple to learn from! I knew a few basic things about Korean and the videos helped me brush up on my past knowledge. I'm looking forward to the current session of the course to begin so I can complete it and be better at Korean! | basic things about Korean and the | Video | helped me brush up on my | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | First Step Korean is a really good beginner course to start learning Korean. The lectures are structured in a clear manner that gives the learner ample examples to understand the usage of the language and allows the learner to practice along very naturally with Prof. Kang. Personally, when I learnt basic Korean through Korean TV shows and classes in a community club, it was hard for me to grasp the grammar as it was pretty confusing. This basic course allowed me to understand the usage of grammar, such as 이, 가, 은, 는 and transforming basic form verbs. The lectures are delivered in a way that allows you to learn in a gradual manner and frequently review what you have learnt in previous lectures. The subtitles and notes make the lessons really easy to understand and follow. Through Coursera's online platform, the video lectures allows easy review of the lecture without having to physically sit through a class. I'm glad and grateful that First Step Korean is offered on Coursera and I hope there's a Second Step Korean in the near future for us to carry on with intermediate learning. | follow. Through Coursera's online platform, the | Video | lectures allows easy review of the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 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. | and give some exercise in the | Video | to make us practice. I like | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | Very informative but I think that, if I hadn't already had a basic knowledge of the Korean alphabet and grammar structure, I'd have found the grammar explanations to be a bit too brief. Excellent for beginner level refresher though. Some glitches in the tests (e.g. the correct answer being something not taught until the next lesson) and the videos (one lesson unable to be downloaded on any of the computers to which I have access). Would be good if this course had some social /cultural lessons (like how to drink in front of a superior | until the next lesson) and the | Video | (one lesson unable to be downloaded | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| 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!! | writing a story. The short guiding | Video | were to the point and interviews | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This course was really useful and Mr. Skyhorse's way of explaining in the videos was so good | Skyhorse's way of explaining in the | Video | was so good | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 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. | concise. Each one contained roughly three | Video | most less than 10 minutes. I | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 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. | I especially enjoyed the Shop Talk | Video | where fellow writers discussed their approach | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I learned a lot about doing it the better way, than I did. What would have been cool: The essential graphics from the videos and some school material to print out and work with it. THX! | cool: The essential graphics from the | Video | and some school material to print | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This was a great way to get started writing again after a long time. The videos were engaging and full of good information. It's good to see and hear real authors talk about the work. | again after a long time. The | Video | were engaging and full of good | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 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! | is simply one of the best | Video | courses I have found on the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The content is interesting, but not rich enough for a course. I finished all the videos and assignments in only 2 days. | a course. I finished all the | Video | and assignments in only 2 days. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | -Made on 10/05/2016- Low quantity of information and resources. For the cost , is not even near to other moocs. Block the sending and sharing of activities, and unable the peer evaluation because of a required payment, really handicap the learning and the quality of the course. If I pay a Mooc, is becouse of a strong quality and substantial learning; this two lacking in this course. I can give you a list of other moocs around this and other subjects (film, writing, mat, entrepreneurship, photography...) for you to make relations and compare structures. Please revise this course, you have nice video edition and the teacher is good, and willing to teach, but the global course is missing several things. I encourage you to take my words. | revise this course, you have nice | Video | edition and the teacher is good, | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | The problem is that the only feedback a student gets is from other students. I only received 1 feedback from the supposedly 3 each week for 4 weeks. I gave 3 stars because the videos are very good and good concepts but I paid far more money than they now charge. So I doubt I will finish the certificate because the final course relies only on student feedback which is non-existent. | I gave 3 stars because the | Video | are very good and good concepts | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | I did learn. However, some info could of been better explained. I felt like some videos didn't really further my knowledge. And the lack of communication on the discussions by the professor, was quite unbelievable. More participation by the professor would be appreciated. I do understand there's many people doing this, but if other can, why couldn't he? Maybe have an assistant? Otherwise, like I said, I did learn a lot and I do appreciate it. | better explained. I felt like some | Video | didn't really further my knowledge. And | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 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. | worth the time spent watching the | Video | and completing the assignments for myself. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 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. | about the final assignment. Revise the | Video | too. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | Very simple videos to understand complex ideas. Had a whole lot of fun watching them | Very simple | Video | to understand complex ideas. Had a | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | This is a very good course, but I would have expected transcripts of the talks as well. I have done a few coursera courses and the supplementary materials here are minimal. Also, in the week 4, it is confusing to have the video transcript in the assigment section - very unclear whether that's a part of the assigment or not. | it is confusing to have the | Video | transcript in the assigment section - | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3KNgoXgcEeWrAxJQXw-8PQ | All the videos contain necessary information. The assignments are clear and very well structured. It is really a great course! | All the | Video | contain necessary information. The assignments are | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
| 3TdKKA-VEeWhsgqB1eduww | Very clear to explain the concepts. It would be better if the professor offer us more time to go through the diagrams in the video rather than press the "pause" botton. | go through the diagrams in the | Video | rather than press the " pause" | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.08 |
| 3TdKKA-VEeWhsgqB1eduww | It was amazing experience with all the course videos and the quiz at the end of the week was helpful. | amazing experience with all the course | Video | and the quiz at the end | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.08 |
| 3Vo3Am1LEeWMPAqsmzmVew | Nice course, but the discussion forum are not the same as in the old format. I also think that the shiny videos from Rstudio are better than the instructional videos in this course. | I also think that the shiny | Video | from Rstudio are better than the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| 3Vo3Am1LEeWMPAqsmzmVew | Nice course, but the discussion forum are not the same as in the old format. I also think that the shiny videos from Rstudio are better than the instructional videos in this course. | Rstudio are better than the instructional | Video | in this course. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| 3Vo3Am1LEeWMPAqsmzmVew | In general, an excellent course, taught by competent professors. I believe that in the main this course does very well in achieving its objective of knowledge transfer. However, having experienced it, there were parts where the professor was demonstrating a topic using a video presentation showing him operate a process or screen sequence on his computer. These aspects, like virtually all the material on this course, are of a technical nature and contain many important details. As such, to help complete and re-enforce their learning, students require something like a sequence of slides that they can print out and retain for revision and future reference. In certain parts, the provision of the printable screenshots in the form of slides was absent. An important theme of the course and Data Science in general is "Reproducible Research". What I'm arguing for here is, "Reproducible Learning Materials" covering a complete course, not only parts of it. Admittedly, it was only a very small proportion of the course that suffers from this defect. But I would not like it to become the norm in the future. As a suggestion, it could be possible to author a lecture using HTML so as to combine the verbatum lecture text with every slide/screenshot image embedded in its right position within the lecture. I notice Coursera courses have also moved away from the weekly lists of individual lectures together with their links to .txt, .mp4, etc. files. The new presentation keeps you submerged within the flow within each week's series of lectures. One has to 'click out' in order to watch your progress and then re-enter the lectures at a resumption point. I prefer the previous navigation structure in order to access lectures and materials. Printed learning materials are also important for me, in addition to the video lectures. The latter are of course vital as the medium for the initial exposure of the material. | was demonstrating a topic using a | Video | presentation showing him operate a process | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| 3Vo3Am1LEeWMPAqsmzmVew | In general, an excellent course, taught by competent professors. I believe that in the main this course does very well in achieving its objective of knowledge transfer. However, having experienced it, there were parts where the professor was demonstrating a topic using a video presentation showing him operate a process or screen sequence on his computer. These aspects, like virtually all the material on this course, are of a technical nature and contain many important details. As such, to help complete and re-enforce their learning, students require something like a sequence of slides that they can print out and retain for revision and future reference. In certain parts, the provision of the printable screenshots in the form of slides was absent. An important theme of the course and Data Science in general is "Reproducible Research". What I'm arguing for here is, "Reproducible Learning Materials" covering a complete course, not only parts of it. Admittedly, it was only a very small proportion of the course that suffers from this defect. But I would not like it to become the norm in the future. As a suggestion, it could be possible to author a lecture using HTML so as to combine the verbatum lecture text with every slide/screenshot image embedded in its right position within the lecture. I notice Coursera courses have also moved away from the weekly lists of individual lectures together with their links to .txt, .mp4, etc. files. The new presentation keeps you submerged within the flow within each week's series of lectures. One has to 'click out' in order to watch your progress and then re-enter the lectures at a resumption point. I prefer the previous navigation structure in order to access lectures and materials. Printed learning materials are also important for me, in addition to the video lectures. The latter are of course vital as the medium for the initial exposure of the material. | for me, in addition to the | Video | lectures. The latter are of course | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Thank you and its a great learning through videos and the support provided by the | and its a great learning through | Video | and the support provided by the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I'm not new to this subject, but definitively I liked the material, the way they conducted the course, the examples and videos. I liked the way they always resume and make the effort for recap each lesson. I guess this is one of the courses which deserves the be paid. | conducted the course, the examples and | Video | I liked the way they always | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I really liked this course. Its the second one I take on Coursera. I think Im ending the course with a lot of tools to work on my leadership. Very good examples, videos and explanations. If you need to improve your leadership, this curse will definitely will help you. | on my leadership. Very good examples, | Video | and explanations. If you need to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 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. | Some of the | Video | made too long by unnecessary clips | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 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. | with just the right amount of | Video | and homework assignment to keep you | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 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. | assignment to keep you engaged. The | Video | and data presented were very well | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Awesome teachers, and referential videos, movies, etc. | Awesome teachers, and referential | Video | movies, etc. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good course, it is well done and very useful. Examples and external video are perfect to undertake and understand the course. | and very useful. Examples and external | Video | are perfect to undertake and understand | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | very nicely done course, recommended for all people regardless of ranking. Reference material and videos are awesome | regardless of ranking. Reference material and | Video | are awesome | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Amazing Course! It has really broadened my understanding of key concepts! The videos are a great resource. | my understanding of key concepts! The | Video | are a great resource. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 41f7CjlXEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This is an excellent course. The materials and videos are fantastic and relevant to anyone in a leadership position within an organization. | an excellent course. The materials and | Video | are fantastic and relevant to anyone | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 |
| 487jV_KLEeS5LyIAC3lSsg | This course helped me better understand the complexity of copyright. The teachers gave many useful examples and scenarios to clarify the frameworks and concepts of copyright. The course is well organized into manageable sections. The video lectures are extensive, and I did spend considerable time viewing them and completing the reading. This course is not what I would call easy. Be willing to put in time to complete this. I highly respect professionals who deal with these issues on a daily basis. | well organized into manageable sections. The | Video | lectures are extensive, and I did | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
| 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". | those videos is very helpful. The | Video | are very clear and easy to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
| 4DTOYbWgEeWEoAqTi6kTYw | Muy bueno! Algunas fallas en las ediciones de los videos, pero muy buen curso! | fallas en las ediciones de los | Video | pero muy buen curso! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.09 | 1.19 |
| 4DTOYbWgEeWEoAqTi6kTYw | En general fue muy útil. Sin embargo, creo que el formato puede mejorar mucho si se acortan algunos videos o se editan para evitar la información redundante. | mejorar mucho si se acortan algunos | Video | o se editan para evitar la | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.09 | 1.19 |
| 4DTOYbWgEeWEoAqTi6kTYw | Terrible, muy mala calidad, mala organización, video grabado con comentarios y errores. Una pésima imagen para una institución tan seria como la UNAM. | Terrible, muy mala calidad, mala organización, | Video | grabado con comentarios y errores. Una | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 1.09 | 1.19 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | very interesting course, with a tricky questions sometimes, but with ones that makes you think carefully. Very interesting interview videos. Thanks! | you think carefully. Very interesting interview | Video | Thanks! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.46 | 1.08 |
| 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. | industry. The course provides guest speaker | Video | detailed lecture notes, and other forms | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.46 | 1.08 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | I really enjoy the lessons because they show me the professional structure of the fashion industry and the main players in luxury. The examples were perfect to illustrate every chapter. It was interactive, worthed and glamorous. I enjoyed how fierce are Italians of the Made in Italy label and I understood a little more of this concept thanks to the explanations in the videos. I recommend it 100 % ! | thanks to the explanations in the | Video | I recommend it 100 % ! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.46 | 1.08 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | Very immersive and entertaining course; the subject is interesting per se but the execution of the Coursera module is very practical and very well illustrated with plentiful case studies, interviews, and real life examples. The only apparent room for improvement would be minor technical issues (video glitches, flawed English subtitles). So far the best Coursera course I have taken. | improvement would be minor technical issues | Video | glitches, flawed English subtitles). So far | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.46 | 1.08 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | Both teachers are so passionate about what they are talking that is always a pleasure watching the videos and learning a lot about Fashion and Luxury! | is always a pleasure watching the | Video | and learning a lot about Fashion | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 1.08 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | I have always been interested in the fashion industry and found this subject not only informative, but also fascinating to go through. I enjoyed this immensely. Some information I knew, but there was a lot that also opened my eyes. My only negative was the clarity of the speakers English at times which made me have to either listen to the video again or use sub titles, otherwise I would give 5 stars. Other than that, a very informative and interesting course. Well put together and structured. Thank you. | have to either listen to the | Video | again or use sub titles, otherwise | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 1.08 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I am a bit disappointed by this course. I was expecting a more fast paced course with more information regarding Angular. Unfortunately in the videos there is a lot of time spent on unnecessary details and reading out loud the source code. The exercises are quite basic and they did not pose real challenges - except for errors coming from mismatched packages or mistakes in configuration files. Also I think that the level of support provided by the mentors of this course is lacking. Mentors are quite absent and very late in providing any help in the forums so the students have to kind of counsel one another - that is sometimes good but a proper class also requires a good level of supervision. All in all I think this is an OK course that is mostly geared to the uninitiated. It needs some serious work to make it a great course. | information regarding Angular. Unfortunately in the | Video | there is a lot of time | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | A great course on Angular JS, explained in an excellent practical manner. Exercise videos clearly show and allow us to practice along which makes the understanding very effective. | in an excellent practical manner. Exercise | Video | clearly show and allow us to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Good one. Like the "Bloomers" at the end of some videos. | Bloomers" at the end of some | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | A whole lot of information to absorb, that I will definitely agree with! If there was anything I wish went into more detail, there would be two things. 1) Yo / Yeoman: This part of the course was more of an "Obligatory" lecture, just to say it's mentioned. I watched that one video many times over, but still ended up going to YouTube for actual "training" on the ins and outs. I know time is constrained in MOOC's and you don't get the full load of knowledge you would in a traditional school. However, my thoughts are that either give us an exercise so we can at least have that as experience in using it, or just remove it completely. The lecture was put together as a sort of "Follow Along", but it really felt rushed and more of an "Obligatory" thing than an actual lesson. 2) Give us more detail on the difference between Services and Factories. Keep in mind that I still have Multi-Platform Mobile App Development, and Server Side Development with Node.js still to go, so I don't know if these are explained more in those courses. As it stands right now, I -still- don't know the difference between a factory and a service, or even what a provider is. When should I use a factory? When should I use a service? Which is better suited for what task? All those questions I do not have an answer for after this course, which feels a bit short for me. | it's mentioned. I watched that one | Video | many times over, but still ended | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Not a bad course, but videos must be shorter. Divide 30-40 min videos into small ones | Not a bad course, but | Video | must be shorter. Divide 30-40 min | Negative | -0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Not a bad course, but videos must be shorter. Divide 30-40 min videos into small ones | must be shorter. Divide 30-40 min | Video | into small ones | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Overall, this is a very effective introduction to AngularJS. AngularJS can be intimidating or confusing, and this course is largely an introduction, but the videos and exercises do a great job of letting you get over the initial learning curve. This course will give you a thorough foundation in AngularJS, way better than any other free course online, and will give you an idea of where you can go off and explore on your own if you're interested in going on to develop intermediate skills. My only critique of this course is that I really had to explore the "additional materials" at the end of each section to get a grasp of some of the concepts. I found that some of the videos oversimplified pretty complicated subjects and weren't thorough enough to allow you to complete some of the exercises. I also think the course briefly introduces some pretty complicated tools too early to new developers and doesn't do a good job of explaining their value (like Grunt and Gulp). However, this course is still amazing for a free course. If you've done any of the quick tutorials in AngularJS (like codeacademy's), you've really only scratched the surface of AngularJS. A hands-on course like this give you a much better foundation. To conclude, despite it's minor flaws, this is still the best free introduction to AngularJS online today. Good luck! | is largely an introduction, but the | Video | and exercises do a great job | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Overall, this is a very effective introduction to AngularJS. AngularJS can be intimidating or confusing, and this course is largely an introduction, but the videos and exercises do a great job of letting you get over the initial learning curve. This course will give you a thorough foundation in AngularJS, way better than any other free course online, and will give you an idea of where you can go off and explore on your own if you're interested in going on to develop intermediate skills. My only critique of this course is that I really had to explore the "additional materials" at the end of each section to get a grasp of some of the concepts. I found that some of the videos oversimplified pretty complicated subjects and weren't thorough enough to allow you to complete some of the exercises. I also think the course briefly introduces some pretty complicated tools too early to new developers and doesn't do a good job of explaining their value (like Grunt and Gulp). However, this course is still amazing for a free course. If you've done any of the quick tutorials in AngularJS (like codeacademy's), you've really only scratched the surface of AngularJS. A hands-on course like this give you a much better foundation. To conclude, despite it's minor flaws, this is still the best free introduction to AngularJS online today. Good luck! | I found that some of the | Video | oversimplified pretty complicated subjects and weren't | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Hard work, I had to watch most of the videos at least twice so took much more time than I anticipated. I'm glad I stuck with it because it made the start of the next course much easier. Very satisfying to have completed it. | had to watch most of the | Video | at least twice so took much | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Too long videos, you should make more short videos, instead of one boring long video. You speak too slow and that makes a 8 minutes video turns into 30 minutes video. | Too long | Video | you should make more short videos, | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Too long videos, you should make more short videos, instead of one boring long video. You speak too slow and that makes a 8 minutes video turns into 30 minutes video. | videos, you should make more short | Video | instead of one boring long video. | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Too long videos, you should make more short videos, instead of one boring long video. You speak too slow and that makes a 8 minutes video turns into 30 minutes video. | videos, instead of one boring long | Video | You speak too slow and that | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Too long videos, you should make more short videos, instead of one boring long video. You speak too slow and that makes a 8 minutes video turns into 30 minutes video. | and that makes a 8 minutes | Video | turns into 30 minutes video. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Too long videos, you should make more short videos, instead of one boring long video. You speak too slow and that makes a 8 minutes video turns into 30 minutes video. | minutes video turns into 30 minutes | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 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. | runners just had such long lectures | Video | that it was a really big | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Interesting content, but sooo slow. 20 minutes long videos could have been done in 5 minutes. Moreover, the teacher's voice and tone did nothing to make the content live. | but sooo slow. 20 minutes long | Video | could have been done in 5 | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 52blABnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | What an awesome course. The teacher is top-class, really knows the subject, and how to continually explain each module. The video exercises are just made for the student to grasp the content. One of the best courses I hev experienced on Coursera. | to continually explain each module. The | Video | exercises are just made for the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 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. | the volume of Introduction to AngularJS | Video | is too loud. Though I can | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 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. | sound is discouraging when the next | Video | has normal volume causing me to | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.98 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | Fantastic! Good work that the teacher can compact the course section to less than 10-minute videos each week, and it is clear. Easy to grasp . . . help a lot for my initial study! MLA format and work cited page are great too . . . thanks! | course section to less than 10-minute | Video | each week, and it is clear. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | It has good content, but there were missing classes to give more advices or clear any question students have, when grading peer review homeworks there were plenty of mistakes that would have been avoided if there were more video lectures or forums with teachers. | been avoided if there were more | Video | lectures or forums with teachers. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | through this course i was able to right effectively on some complex topics which was what i was hoping for. Thanks a lot to the instructor Tamy Chapman whose video lectures were excellent in content and quality. | to the instructor Tamy Chapman whose | Video | lectures were excellent in content and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | I wasn't sure what to expect with the Advanced Writing course. Again, peer review was unnecessarily harsh because people don't understand the flexibility and nuance of writing, but it's definitely informative and has made me a more mature academic writer. This specialization is well worth it, for the videos alone. The instructor is clear and the videos are very concise. | is well worth it, for the | Video | alone. The instructor is clear and | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | I wasn't sure what to expect with the Advanced Writing course. Again, peer review was unnecessarily harsh because people don't understand the flexibility and nuance of writing, but it's definitely informative and has made me a more mature academic writer. This specialization is well worth it, for the videos alone. The instructor is clear and the videos are very concise. | The instructor is clear and the | Video | are very concise. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
| 5c9BeiTUEeW3AhKilvRZ0Q | It is detailed, rigorous, and exciting! The teacher's presentations in video materials are interesting as well! | and exciting! The teacher's presentations in | Video | materials are interesting as well! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | Watching the videos has made taking this unit much easier and more efficient. The material is at the right level of detail and each topic is explained well. Love Coursera also! | Watching the | Video | has made taking this unit much | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.89 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | A great course to start. IT bridges between Design Thinking and Agile. I found that very valuable, especially for Product Owners who need to understand what "Pre-Scrum" activities are required/helpful in their role, i.e. it doesn't make sense to define what you want before you know what you need. Some of the videos have a bit of lengths, if you're already familiar with the topic. But that might be part of the didactics for beginners. The Quizzes sometimes seem to be a bit 'awkward' - i.e. maybe they aren't very obvious for non-native speakers while they are for native speakers? It's often littel details, or rather the tone of the sentence, that seems to make it the right answer. The access to templates etc. is great although they are available in the internet anyway if you know where to look. The skits remind me the TV distance learning for English in the 70ies in Germany. I find the funny but not as usefull as they could be. But I like the idea. | what you need. Some of the | Video | have a bit of lengths, if | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.89 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | It would be nice with more than [Ted the HVAC tech] to clear things up, he is hard to relate to if you have another kind of software you want to develop. Othervise i really like the methods and the videos, the teacher is easy to understand, he has good points and is good at explaning his material. | really like the methods and the | Video | the teacher is easy to understand, | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.89 |
| 5Ih5rOq7EeODsBIxORBKNw | great material and video quality, love it. | great material and | Video | quality, love it. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| 5Ih5rOq7EeODsBIxORBKNw | Seriously this is the best business-related course on coursera! The material and the professor is outstanding. I'd very much recommend it. You won't get bored while watching all the videos. | get bored while watching all the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| 5Ih5rOq7EeODsBIxORBKNw | Very good content, nice videos with interesting speaker. Very interactive course. | Very good content, nice | Video | with interesting speaker. Very interactive course. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| 5Ih5rOq7EeODsBIxORBKNw | Really interesting subject, with helpful quizzes. Some technical issues with the videos but nothing there to stop you from gaining some really helpful skills, if you dig business related courses. | quizzes. Some technical issues with the | Video | but nothing there to stop you | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | The video lectures are not engaging at all. | The | Video | lectures are not engaging at all. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | The books, readings, and additional resources for studying are really good and helpfull. The only thing is that the videos where they explain the courses could be more fluid, dynamic and with a better domain of the tool by the professor. | The only thing is that the | Video | where they explain the courses could | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | all video lectures feel like they are just read from a paper and it takes a lot of effort to follow and engage. It is the 4th course I'm taking to get ma digital marketing specialisation and is far off the poorest. The slides don't make much sense and a lot of times I have to research stuff again on other websites to actually get the point. The quiz questions are sometimes not related to the topic. It seems like, the professor does not know enough about the subject to speak freely and engaging about the topics. I'm quite disappointed about this course and can not recommend it. I think the course should be worked over. A great example of how to do it right is Aric Rindfleischs lecture, which was engaging, challenging and very well structured | all | Video | lectures feel like they are just | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | The course structure is okay and availability of course material e-book is big plus for the course. However there are negatives also. This is a course on "Digital Marketing" and it has to be taken to great heights in terms of content and delivery. Most critical issue is delivery. The most happening and lively subject like this needs a delivery in a exalted method. Though reference material is good collection but there is total disconnect between video lectures and those reference material at many instances. Revamp all video series. Add more case studies videos. | but there is total disconnect between | Video | lectures and those reference material at | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | This was my least favorite of the course. The questions were out of order, the videos and lectures were terrible and dry | questions were out of order, the | Video | and lectures were terrible and dry | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | For multiple modules, the questions were out of order. Some of the videos didn't seem polished to the point that it made me think it was not the final edits? Also, from other Coursera courses, I really valued interviews and summaries that highlighted the key points (vs a summary of the topics convered). Finally, the module quizzes didn't seem to highlight the key points, but instead had questions specific to not-so-important details (e.g., which agency created the MB campaign). | out of order. Some of the | Video | didn't seem polished to the point | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | Me gustó el curso, pero está dividido en demasiados videos. Hay incluso algunos que solo duran 1 minuto, tal vez sea bueno alargarlos o combinarlos con otros videos. | bueno alargarlos o combinarlos con otros | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 5_M54uIIEeSsKCIAC3iEqA | A great course with good literature, easy to follow videos, a nice community, and very helpful content! | with good literature, easy to follow | Video | a nice community, and very helpful | Positive | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I like this class very much, the teacher is very interesting, the video is also very lively, | the teacher is very interesting, the | Video | is also very lively, | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It is a great start to understanding some of the basics of Game Design. And Fran's videos are always fun to watch. | basics of Game Design. And Fran's | Video | are always fun to watch. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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 | game design, but couldn't stop watching | Video | until the very end of the | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | love this course. I love the | Video | and the assignments. I want to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It was extremely helpful in giving the basic idea of creating a video game | the basic idea of creating a | Video | game | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Good. It could be better with more videos | It could be better with more | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | expect to make a dive into | Video | game analysis. This game focuses on | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | not knowing any coding to make | Video | games. Assignment criteria could use some | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | integration between the material in the | Video | and the assignments, as sometimes you | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | week, and that can make the | Video | less useful, or the assignment not | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I think this course was a really effective way to get people thinking about the mechanics of game play. It was challenging to strip away a lot of the trappings and focus on a very pure game design. Fran is a likable teacher, and his videos were engaging and easy to understand. | is a likable teacher, and his | Video | were engaging and easy to understand. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | So far this course has been great, the lecturer is awesome and the videos are short enough to make you stay focused. | the lecturer is awesome and the | Video | are short enough to make you | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Very good course and the lecturer video is well made and interesting! | Very good course and the lecturer | Video | is well made and interesting! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The course instructor was such a fantastic teacher! Being a beginner at game design, I found myself learning a ton despite the short videos (though these videos were so fun and entertaining to watch). I definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in getting started in game design! After completing this course, I feel much more confident about taking my game ideas to the next step. I now even have a rough draft of a board game that I created throughout the course, which I plan to eventually turn into a polished 2 or 3-player game! | learning a ton despite the short | Video | (though these videos were so fun | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The course instructor was such a fantastic teacher! Being a beginner at game design, I found myself learning a ton despite the short videos (though these videos were so fun and entertaining to watch). I definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in getting started in game design! After completing this course, I feel much more confident about taking my game ideas to the next step. I now even have a rough draft of a board game that I created throughout the course, which I plan to eventually turn into a polished 2 or 3-player game! | despite the short videos (though these | Video | were so fun and entertaining to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Ive found the course to be allot of fun, it really made you consider the importance of simplicity and clarity, i really tried to make the most of the course, I enjoyed reviewing other peoples works and hearing feedback on my- own, and found it very helpful and encouraging, it has motivated me to want to try and translate my ideas into a video game, too see the possibilities and how i could use this very simplistic form of paper based games as an easy tool to use as a projection board when thinking about future ideas. | and translate my ideas into a | Video | game, too see the possibilities and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The videos are entertaining to watch and to develop a paper-based game as assignment isfun. | The | Video | are entertaining to watch and to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | This course was very fun to take part in, the videos were enjoyable to watch, and the weekly projects were very fun to not only create, but to also critique. | fun to take part in, the | Video | were enjoyable to watch, and the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Even if it is a really simple course, I found it interesting and fun, even the homework were really funny to do. Much better than the second one. I just say that pricing is too high for a course that actually put 1/2 basic concept for each video. | put 1/2 basic concept for each | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | It's a great introduction. Even if you never try to develop something, this course allows you to make your first game and think about important questions around game design that can improve your projects. The videos are very fun and easy to understand. | that can improve your projects. The | Video | are very fun and easy to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I was a big fan of the character design for video games course, and i thought i wouldn't like any other more than that... but i was wrong, i loved completing this course, and loved the result of my own game. | fan of the character design for | Video | games course, and i thought i | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | A LOT of fun, light hearted look into the beginnings of making games of all kinds. This course focuses on starting making games with board games, but the things you learn in this course apply to video games as well. Fran is engaging and made the video segments fun to explain concepts. | Fran is engaging and made the | Video | segments fun to explain concepts. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Great Introduction to the subject. Entertaining videos. | Great Introduction to the subject. Entertaining | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I went in this course with high expectations. After I watched all of the videos for the first week and saw the hilarious homework I quickly checked what this is about. LESS THAN 3 HOURS OF VIDEOS! Not to mention paying, you will be better off with Extra Credits... | After I watched all of the | Video | for the first week and saw | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | I went in this course with high expectations. After I watched all of the videos for the first week and saw the hilarious homework I quickly checked what this is about. LESS THAN 3 HOURS OF VIDEOS! Not to mention paying, you will be better off with Extra Credits... | about. LESS THAN 3 HOURS OF | Video | Not to mention paying, you will | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | I really enjoyed this course! The | Video | were fun and informational, the assignments | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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. | and covers the very basics. The | Video | were fun to watch and the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Fun teacher to watch, making video lessons never boring and enjoyable. | Fun teacher to watch, making | Video | lessons never boring and enjoyable. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The videos are short, concrete, simple, with clear examples and even funny. As a whole i think the class offers lots of things to learn and think. | The | Video | are short, concrete, simple, with clear | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | Great Course, great professor, great videos and very very good content. Eve if you're not a beginner you should do this course to refresh your knowledge. | Great Course, great professor, great | Video | and very very good content. Eve | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 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 :) | fun method of education. short length | Video | kind instructor and fun assignments. i | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | One of the best teacher i've ever have, i enjoy every minute of the video, love the "assistant teacher", i wish to be able to shake his hand some day. | i enjoy every minute of the | Video | love the " assistant teacher" , | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | So far this course looks very exciting and the professor seems really knowledgeable and is making the videos very interesting and fun! love it. | really knowledgeable and is making the | Video | very interesting and fun! love it. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6DwzaCw7EeWGvAojQA48rw | The course was quite helpful. I've been trying to make games already, but never knew where to start designing the game. Unfortunately it's quite short which was disappointing. I would never pay 80$ for a couple hours of video with basics | 80$ for a couple hours of | Video | with basics | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 1.09 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | The course is quite interesting, but I have not given it a 5 star because the quality of some videos is very poor. | star because the quality of some | Video | is very poor. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | The course is a well thought and masterfully set of lessons on the main principle of journalism: it talks ethics starting from maybe old concepts that surprisingly are still fitting today. Being a basic course, it is very easy to follow and finish. Quizzes are alternating between very good and very bad. Tough ethical decisions and a space to discuss them is a really great thing, but peer grading two phrases essays with only the ability of telling yes or no doesn't make for a good use of the crowdsourcing the very course is advocating. The videos seem to have been made with an indecent knowledge of the technology, especially for journalists who are supposed to use it daily; green screens were used so badly as some parts of the professors "spark white", and slides are often cut away and put back in view while the teacher is talking about it, which was downright infuriating. It still qualifies for a very good opening course in journalism, but needs serious improvement. | the very course is advocating. The | Video | seem to have been made with | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I really enjoyed this introduction to journalism with lecturers from Michigan State University. I really like the video lectures as well as the added readings. It makes it feel like I am a student without needing to be at a campus. The videos are great! Each lecturer gives great explanations in such a short video making it easy to absorb the information. Highly recommend for those who definitely want to take the route of a journalist. | State University. I really like the | Video | lectures as well as the added | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I really enjoyed this introduction to journalism with lecturers from Michigan State University. I really like the video lectures as well as the added readings. It makes it feel like I am a student without needing to be at a campus. The videos are great! Each lecturer gives great explanations in such a short video making it easy to absorb the information. Highly recommend for those who definitely want to take the route of a journalist. | to be at a campus. The | Video | are great! Each lecturer gives great | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | Video classes | | Video | classes | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 6Fa6w3EjEeWbbw5cIAKQrw | I liked that it focus on new media, however I missed some text material to support the classes. Some minor mistakes on the exercises still need to be fixed. Some videos could be better produced, but the content is very good and I understand that it is also intended to be view on cellphones, so it was good. | still need to be fixed. Some | Video | could be better produced, but the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 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. | Good: The | Video | lectures cover a nice variety of | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 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. | hastily put together. Some of the | Video | have summarizing points, which is helpful | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.85 | 0.94 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Really smooth conduct of people in videos and excellent way of explaining things. Very excited to keep going to see what this specialization has to offer further. Thank you. | Really smooth conduct of people in | Video | and excellent way of explaining things. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Great! Easy to follow, very well video lecture, and very useful! | Great! Easy to follow, very well | Video | lecture, and very useful! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | There is a lot of self-teaching with these courses because there are no professors present to reach out to with questions. In addition, the course staff do not always respond promptly nor are they fully knowledgeable about all aspects of error messages that may arise out of coding. At times the code that were provided in the lecture videos were out of date and a lot of time was spent on googling to find the updated code. This is definitely not a beginner coder course and I do not recommend it to anyone who has not coded before. | that were provided in the lecture | Video | were out of date and a | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | The course videos are fantastic | The course | Video | are fantastic | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Great introduction to quantitative data analysis and a great refresher for those of us who have been out of it for a while. Presented well, the videos were great, and I enjoyed it very much. | for a while. Presented well, the | Video | were great, and I enjoyed it | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | So far, course is one of the best I am taking. It moves at a slow enough pace that you feel you can actually learn explore but at the same time are not bored. The videos are well done and have the right balance of interesting content and skill building. | same time are not bored. The | Video | are well done and have the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 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. | The highest | Video | production values of any class I've | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 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. | from disparate sources), and the pretty | Video | are at times completely unrelated to | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Very nice lecture videos and explanations! Totally worth it | Very nice lecture | Video | and explanations! Totally worth it | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 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. | Near zero interaction from staff, short | Video | leave a lot to be desired, | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | Bad material, poor graphics, wrong mc questions in videos. More hype content than a course. This is not the way to learn Python, seriously don't take this one | poor graphics, wrong mc questions in | Video | More hype content than a course. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6JyoHjVOEeWBMQ5pdIoFkQ | I really enjoy learning from the teachers of this prestigious Univresity. Videos are not boring and the material is great. | the teachers of this prestigious Univresity. | Video | are not boring and the material | Negative | -0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.16 |
| 6lQZLjVvEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | It was like someone is reading a book for you. there was no need to watch videos. It wasn't even helping your memory. Just 2 instructor standing still in front of camera and reading from a file in flat voice. | there was no need to watch | Video | It wasn't even helping your memory. | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.87 | 0.93 |
| 6lQZLjVvEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Well taught Software Processes and practices. I liked the way the course was conducted, the quiz and video lectures. | course was conducted, the quiz and | Video | lectures. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 0.93 |
| 6lQZLjVvEeWfzhKP8GtZlQ | Good introduction to many core concepts. Overall video and presentation quality are quite good. The course is not particularly challenging, so if you are concerned with time requirements, I don't think you need to worry. | introduction to many core concepts. Overall | Video | and presentation quality are quite good. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.87 | 0.93 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I did the MOOC just to break the ice and have a general idea about this world of writing for young audiences. I think the course is fair and quite complete, has some very interesting insights, and the videos as very informative and the perfect lenght (by the time your head can't take more info, they are over). Thank you very much, it has been a pleasure. | some very interesting insights, and the | Video | as very informative and the perfect | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I enjoyed this course to the fullest extent possible. I loved how they made a few short videos every lesson instead of one long one like other courses provide. It made it incredibly manageable and easy to invest time into. It was a great learning experience and I will be looking into furthering my opportunities to become a published author because I now have the confidence and a bit more knowledge on the industry. Thank you so very much. | how they made a few short | Video | every lesson instead of one long | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I enjoyed the course. The videos are simply super. Inspired me so much :) | I enjoyed the course. The | Video | are simply super. Inspired me so | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Very detailed, descriptive and knowledgeable videos. The two resource persons are excellent at their jobs. Thank you for improving my knowledge on writing. | Very detailed, descriptive and knowledgeable | Video | The two resource persons are excellent | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Good videos but strucural info and help. Unfortunately , for me it wasn´t very exciting or motivating and perhaps that is because of my own interests. | Good | Video | but strucural info and help. Unfortunately | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Seemingly straightforward, but packed with information. Sometimes it takes two listens to the videos to realize how much is being taught. Valuable information that moved me forward on my quest to be a published children's author. | it takes two listens to the | Video | to realize how much is being | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Learnt a lot, lessons are on video and are extremely articulate so did not miss a word. Teachers are knowledgeable and down to the most important details, hence, the course is not too long, and doesn't take forever to complete. Amazing! | Learnt a lot, lessons are on | Video | and are extremely articulate so did | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 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! | languages. Such a rich source! The | Video | and interviews were great and I | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 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. | Very cool easy going course. The | Video | are short and to the point | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | This course is excellent, the content is rich, the videos are amusing and helpful, the interviews are just great. Thank you so much for such a high quality course! | excellent, the content is rich, the | Video | are amusing and helpful, the interviews | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I'm not a beginner in programming, but I think course is very useful for everybody, who want know about python. And video is very interesting | who want know about python. And | Video | is very interesting | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good introduction to Python, it gets you into the mindset of programming and combining syntax to do something useful. The videos could be more to the point and better quality though. | syntax to do something useful. The | Video | could be more to the point | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | As a beginner I don't know where to start and what to practice. This course took me in a ride which helped me to learn python basics and while learning videos and resources that are available made me feel comfortable. | learn python basics and while learning | Video | and resources that are available made | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very helpful resources and video tutorials. | Very helpful resources and | Video | tutorials. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very methodical approach learning Python. Excellent book and video. | approach learning Python. Excellent book and | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I really enjoy learning how to use python together with these videos. Thanks a lot. Already enrolled for the next course! | to use python together with these | Video | Thanks a lot. Already enrolled for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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 | that he is making a learning | Video | so interactive. Perfect teaching perfect syllabus. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Assignments are really very usefull,and the videos are clearly understandable it can be of more depth | are really very usefull, and the | Video | are clearly understandable it can be | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very well done course. It's very slow, so if you're looking for something akin to a full time college course, I would take this at either double or triple the pace the course recommends. It's geared towards people who have never developed or really looked at code at all, so if you have, you'll be ahead of the pack. Overall, I enjoyed the course a lot. It definitely covered things from many angles and went through things slow enough for me me to process everything. That said, I was also able to increase the speed of the videos and complete a few weeks in one when I had the time. Fun class | to increase the speed of the | Video | and complete a few weeks in | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is an excellent course about beginning of python programming, I recommend to take it, the material is clear and you can repeat the videos every time that you need. | clear and you can repeat the | Video | every time that you need. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent introduction to Python! And the classes are very dynamic. Maybe some videos could be better recorded but you can understand everything | classes are very dynamic. Maybe some | Video | could be better recorded but you | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It is one of the best courses available on any MOOC. It is for absolute beginners and people knowing any prog language might feel like skipping ahead in some of the videos. But nonetheless, it is a great course and Dr.Chuck is a great teacher ! | skipping ahead in some of the | Video | But nonetheless, it is a great | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very tidy and step by step course. Dr. Chuck has a great sense of humour, it wants you to keep wanting more. The bonus videos with all the great inventors of the languages is like cherry on cake. | to keep wanting more. The bonus | Video | with all the great inventors of | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excelente curso, cubre todo lo básico, las clases son exhaustivas y muy entendibles para cualquiera. El sonido de los videos es muy bueno. | para cualquiera. El sonido de los | Video | es muy bueno. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great introduction into fundamental concepts in Python. Dr. Chuck is a perfect teacher, funny, competent and engaging. You will watch the videos in no time! Also, the electronic version of the book is free and covers every problem you can possibly come across in this course. My recommendation: install Python on your computer immediately after enrolling and track the differences between Python 2 (course version) and Python 3. For example, instead of using "print x", you will use "print(x)". | and engaging. You will watch the | Video | in no time! Also, the electronic | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Awesome experience. Dr. Chuck is a good teacher, gives real time examples, walked us through his world tour. Perfect Videos , sessions.I would give 10/10 for Dr.Chuck , Sir you are the best. | us through his world tour. Perfect | Video | , sessions. I would give 10/10 | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I enjoyed this course. I was a good introduction to Python. The videos and material are easy to understand. I look forward to taking the other courses in this specialization. | a good introduction to Python. The | Video | and material are easy to understand. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | really like this course, professor is pretty cool the way he explain all things is very impressive and videos are amazing even you don't get bored and lot's of thing you will learn in a small interval of time | all things is very impressive and | Video | are amazing even you don't get | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | One of the greatest teachings by a professor. Good method of teaching and thus my way of learning has been differed from the orthodox classroom learning. Thank You Coursera! i'm enjoying the video learning and I'm keen to learn other courses from this very organization. | Thank You Coursera! i'm enjoying the | Video | learning and I'm keen to learn | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great intro to Python! Too much video that didn't seem useful to me (the office hours and accompanying video), but the lectures and practice provided a nice balance of learning. | great intro to Python! Too much | Video | that didn't seem useful to me | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A great intro to Python! Too much video that didn't seem useful to me (the office hours and accompanying video), but the lectures and practice provided a nice balance of learning. | me (the office hours and accompanying | Video | but the lectures and practice provided | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I think the textbook does a great job of explaining things very well. I did not watch any videos so can not comment on them as supplements to the textbook. However, after taking this course, I do feel like I have a good foundation for learning Python and code in general. My only criticism is that the course still uses an older version of Python which has some differences and can make the learning frustrating if you are not aware of those differences. Granted, with a free textbook for an older version this is a minor issue thus far in the series. | well. I did not watch any | Video | so can not comment on them | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Videos are very good. Giving examples of our daily life experiences while teaching is easy to be related | | Video | are very good. Giving examples of | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Generally a very good course. Some of the very simple things seemed to be explained in far more detail than necessary, but then other more difficult area, were breezed through rapidly. Although of course it is always possible to track back through the videos or pause them until you've got your head round it. | possible to track back through the | Video | or pause them until you've got | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The videos ramble too much which makes it hard to really dig into the material. | The | Video | ramble too much which makes it | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good course, especially the bonus video part are really giving interesting background | Very good course, especially the bonus | Video | part are really giving interesting background | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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 | While the | Video | are a good guide, the quizzes | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good introduction to computer programming and python. The concepts have been presented gradually and also it has been made a connection between the program and the hardware running the program. I also liked very much the bonus videos at the end of each chapter. | also liked very much the bonus | Video | at the end of each chapter. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Easy for starters to begin, and I love the bonus video! | begin, and I love the bonus | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | To be honest, I thought the course stumbled and fell short. It was too basic and slow paced. The tone was a bit immature at times, and perhaps appropriate only for a grade school level classroom--not something for working professionals. And it's certainly not mature enough or challenging enough for a university class. Even if the goal were to teach those with no programming experience, it could accomplish that while providing more content, and making the content relevant. Is the course worth the price? Hell no. If you do pay, you may feel very cheated at the end. The entire course can be reduced to 3 pages of notes. One would be better off checking into other free, online tutorials. I'm not sure about the value of the videos titled "Office Hours." They all appeared as self-promotional behavior from the professor, as if to say, "hey look how great I am making this video in Paris." They're really nothing more than that. In one video, he corners a guest speaker at a conference, who appears annoyed after a few minutes and gives the professor a polite brush-off: "other people here would like to talk with me too." After all of these videos, you will ask yourself, "okay, why did Severance make me watch that?" "What was the point?" And you'll shrug your shoulders and say, "another waste of time." | sure about the value of the | Video | titled " Office Hours. " They | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | To be honest, I thought the course stumbled and fell short. It was too basic and slow paced. The tone was a bit immature at times, and perhaps appropriate only for a grade school level classroom--not something for working professionals. And it's certainly not mature enough or challenging enough for a university class. Even if the goal were to teach those with no programming experience, it could accomplish that while providing more content, and making the content relevant. Is the course worth the price? Hell no. If you do pay, you may feel very cheated at the end. The entire course can be reduced to 3 pages of notes. One would be better off checking into other free, online tutorials. I'm not sure about the value of the videos titled "Office Hours." They all appeared as self-promotional behavior from the professor, as if to say, "hey look how great I am making this video in Paris." They're really nothing more than that. In one video, he corners a guest speaker at a conference, who appears annoyed after a few minutes and gives the professor a polite brush-off: "other people here would like to talk with me too." After all of these videos, you will ask yourself, "okay, why did Severance make me watch that?" "What was the point?" And you'll shrug your shoulders and say, "another waste of time." | how great I am making this | Video | in Paris. " They're really nothing | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | To be honest, I thought the course stumbled and fell short. It was too basic and slow paced. The tone was a bit immature at times, and perhaps appropriate only for a grade school level classroom--not something for working professionals. And it's certainly not mature enough or challenging enough for a university class. Even if the goal were to teach those with no programming experience, it could accomplish that while providing more content, and making the content relevant. Is the course worth the price? Hell no. If you do pay, you may feel very cheated at the end. The entire course can be reduced to 3 pages of notes. One would be better off checking into other free, online tutorials. I'm not sure about the value of the videos titled "Office Hours." They all appeared as self-promotional behavior from the professor, as if to say, "hey look how great I am making this video in Paris." They're really nothing more than that. In one video, he corners a guest speaker at a conference, who appears annoyed after a few minutes and gives the professor a polite brush-off: "other people here would like to talk with me too." After all of these videos, you will ask yourself, "okay, why did Severance make me watch that?" "What was the point?" And you'll shrug your shoulders and say, "another waste of time." | nothing more than that. In one | Video | he corners a guest speaker at | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | To be honest, I thought the course stumbled and fell short. It was too basic and slow paced. The tone was a bit immature at times, and perhaps appropriate only for a grade school level classroom--not something for working professionals. And it's certainly not mature enough or challenging enough for a university class. Even if the goal were to teach those with no programming experience, it could accomplish that while providing more content, and making the content relevant. Is the course worth the price? Hell no. If you do pay, you may feel very cheated at the end. The entire course can be reduced to 3 pages of notes. One would be better off checking into other free, online tutorials. I'm not sure about the value of the videos titled "Office Hours." They all appeared as self-promotional behavior from the professor, as if to say, "hey look how great I am making this video in Paris." They're really nothing more than that. In one video, he corners a guest speaker at a conference, who appears annoyed after a few minutes and gives the professor a polite brush-off: "other people here would like to talk with me too." After all of these videos, you will ask yourself, "okay, why did Severance make me watch that?" "What was the point?" And you'll shrug your shoulders and say, "another waste of time." | too. " After all of these | Video | you will ask yourself, " okay, | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course for a beginner. Instructor and student assistants make sure that you get the basics and (most important) grasp the concepts behind the code. This is very important because next to the keywords and syntax the most crucial thing to be learned is to start "thinking" like a programmer. How to break it down to the necessary incremental steps. I personally like the combination of video lecture, on-line student notes and on-line lab. Getting Python installed locally is a breeze for Windows or Linux. Already enrolled in Course 2!! | I personally like the combination of | Video | lecture, on-line student notes and on-line | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | a great course to start with, it is very simple and helpful i really enjoyed it alot, Dr. Charles makes everything easy and fun, you will get to apply after each chapter that way you will improve alot and there is also Bonus videos which i found so amazing because you get to know about new stuff but still related to programming. | alot and there is also Bonus | Video | which i found so amazing because | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I had some experience with programming from 25 years ago, but I think that the videos, the book chapters, and the mentors that supported the discussions were all fantastic. I would highly recommend the class, and I would highly recommend Coursera in general. Thank you for the opportunity | ago, but I think that the | Video | the book chapters, and the mentors | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good course. The materials are perfect, the videos clear, funny and comprehensible, the assignments easy if one does follow and learn. | course. The materials are perfect, the | Video | clear, funny and comprehensible, the assignments | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | One of the best courses I've taken on Coursera. The content is very crisp and not too overly simplistic and very, very engaging. The faculty, Charles Severance is superb. His explanations and videos are a good balance of fun and learning. This course rekindled my love for coding and the Bonus videos are kinda..they are simply great. | Severance is superb. His explanations and | Video | are a good balance of fun | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent, personable teacher, great video lectures, assignments are simple, but great at demonstrating key concepts | Excellent, personable teacher, great | Video | lectures, assignments are simple, but great | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good course, perfect for beginners. I had some previous knowledge so found it a little slow, but just powered on with the python informatics, which has a better pace than the course. I'll probably rely more on the course videos going forward though as I venture deeper in to the language. | probably rely more on the course | Video | going forward though as I venture | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Easy to follow. The videos tie back to the book, this gives you the option of digesting the information on multiple ways. Pace could be a bit faster, but this program is flexible so you can complete it earlier if you want to. | Easy to follow. The | Video | tie back to the book, this | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I really enjoy the videos describing the history of the language. The exercises were very good and the 'Office Hours' videos were lots of fun. Its really great to see how many people are interested in Python all around the world. These all provided a good foundation. I also thought it was great to be able to do the exercises and programming problems at any time. I look forward to the second course in this series. | I really enjoy the | Video | describing the history of the language. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I really enjoy the videos describing the history of the language. The exercises were very good and the 'Office Hours' videos were lots of fun. Its really great to see how many people are interested in Python all around the world. These all provided a good foundation. I also thought it was great to be able to do the exercises and programming problems at any time. I look forward to the second course in this series. | very good and the 'Office Hours' | Video | were lots of fun. Its really | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is my second online class using Couresa and what I've liked (what has helped me) so far in this class have been the videos, I think I could have learned this on my own, but it's great listening to an actual instructor. | in this class have been the | Video | I think I could have learned | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Video lectures could be a little bit shorter by cutting basic explanations, for example, don't need to go thru the whole list oz numbers to see that each of them is smaller or larger. | | Video | lectures could be a little bit | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Material are clear and well explained. Course instructor gives much appreciated personality in his videos. | gives much appreciated personality in his | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent class! Was not a big fan of online courses; especially technical material but Dr Chuck is awesome. So engaging and he really makes the class fun. Really like the bonus videos as well as the format. Each chapter/ section broken down into small chucks so easier to digest. Small sections was also helpful if Is something was unclear and had to re-watch or re-read. Highly recommended. | class fun. Really like the bonus | Video | as well as the format. Each | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Videos are dated and have some errors, but otherwise great course! | | Video | are dated and have some errors, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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 | programming basics. A couple of funny | Video | as well. Certain topics are a | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Easy to understand, videos are fun to watch. Learning python was easy. | Easy to understand, | Video | are fun to watch. Learning python | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course, step-by-step learning. Content is easy to understand and well explained. Videos provide further explanation, if required. If you want to learn Python by yourself, get enrolled now! | easy to understand and well explained. | Video | provide further explanation, if required. If | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great videos. Very entertaining, plus the explanations are in a very understandable way, everyone can connect to this, even a super beginner like me. | Great | Video | Very entertaining, plus the explanations are | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The Instructor is very good and friendly. Also the book and videos are free. | and friendly. Also the book and | Video | are free. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great introductory course for programming in general (if you're familiar with other languages you should skip a few videos). | languages you should skip a few | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I think it could have less videos teaching how to install Python and more about the language principles. | I think it could have less | Video | teaching how to install Python and | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A good course to understand the basics of Python, though there's no difference between the book chapters and the video lectures (lectures are basically readings of the chapters) - I expected more info in general. | between the book chapters and the | Video | lectures (lectures are basically readings of | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Well structured. Easy to follow videos and excellent student notes with examples. Access to the textbook is a great plus. | Well structured. Easy to follow | Video | and excellent student notes with examples. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | i am really in love by the way they teach the method for teaching is so perfect by taking quiz ,assinments and all that helps students to know about himself/herself. and the bonus videos of interviews of great founders and CEO's inspire students to do something more creative for the next time and most important student's saturated notes. they helped you out to clear your concepts more precise so my advice to all newcomers is to take a brief look on notes. and also Dr. Charles Severance and his team deserves a hats-off for his hard-work. love this course....thanks | know about himself/herself. and the bonus | Video | of interviews of great founders and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | An good introduction to Python geared towards people without programming experience. If you already have a good programming experience the only interesting thing of interest will be the syntax, but that's just a fraction of the video's time. You will probably start skipping forward on the basic ideas of how computers work and lessons will take just the time to listen to the videos and you probably will be able to finish a couple of lessons in one evening, instead of a week. I really appreciated the extra videos that give some background on the history behind programming. At the end of this course you will have a basic idea of how a computer works and how you can instruct it to do still very basic things. | that's just a fraction of the | Video | time. You will probably start skipping | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | An good introduction to Python geared towards people without programming experience. If you already have a good programming experience the only interesting thing of interest will be the syntax, but that's just a fraction of the video's time. You will probably start skipping forward on the basic ideas of how computers work and lessons will take just the time to listen to the videos and you probably will be able to finish a couple of lessons in one evening, instead of a week. I really appreciated the extra videos that give some background on the history behind programming. At the end of this course you will have a basic idea of how a computer works and how you can instruct it to do still very basic things. | the time to listen to the | Video | and you probably will be able | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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. | Professor is really interesting during class | Video | and with proper level of assignments | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | While the videos are optional the virtual office hours are unnecessary. If the instructor were to film some of the q&a at these sessions they would be a nice addition, but as is we watch a few minutes of people introducing themselves in a foreign country. Overall nice course. | While the | Video | are optional the virtual office hours | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The way the lectures were mixed with entertaining and informative videos of prominent persons involved with python, and computer science generally, kept me captivated and hungry to move forward constantly. I didn't find any of the material tiring because of the style of presentation although I felt everything was introduced thoroughly. It was fantastic. Thank you | were mixed with entertaining and informative | Video | of prominent persons involved with python, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Finally made programming "click" for me after trying several courses. I feel very, very enthusiastic about this course. I would recommend this to anyone who is computer literate enough to be studying online in the first place. Dr. Charles Severance is an expert in the subject (as far as my newbie self can tell) and he is clearly, beyond the shadow of a doubt, an expert in the delivery of this sort of complex material in a way that beginners can understand. He is also charismatic enough to be pleasant to watch, which matters since most of the course are videos of him talking. Besides being easy to understand, the material becomes useful and real-world applicable marvelously quickly. This is really a phenomenal course. I highly, highly recommend it. | since most of the course are | Video | of him talking. Besides being easy | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | More coding exercises, as optional for example, would be nice. Otherwise good course and guide videos. | nice. Otherwise good course and guide | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good for a beginner, but I find sometimes the bonus videos are a bit useless. But each to themselves! would recommend for a beginner. | but I find sometimes the bonus | Video | are a bit useless. But each | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | 比较好的入门课。 For high-level students , the video about some famous people is good. | 比较好的入门课。 For high-level students , the | Video | about some famous people is good. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent introductory courser for Python learner and i love to watch the office hour video and interviews I can see the passion and very funny course hope you will come to Hong Kong soon! | love to watch the office hour | Video | and interviews I can see the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Professor Severance is a appreciably comical man and I've found it very easy to grasp concepts in Python programming under his guidance. I like the pace of his video lectures and suggest that he maintain this level of concision mixed with clarity. | I like the pace of his | Video | lectures and suggest that he maintain | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It is really a good start for student who are not major in computer science. And Dr. Chuck is really a good teacher. He makes the video clear and easy to understand. | a good teacher. He makes the | Video | clear and easy to understand. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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 | was too slow to view the | Video | and this really slowed me down. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | That's what I really deserved. Absolutely clear video lecture explanations. The book is awesome. Thank you so much. | what I really deserved. Absolutely clear | Video | lecture explanations. The book is awesome. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | good videos, great way to get started with python. looking forward to the next course. | good | Video | great way to get started with | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Solid course for getting started with Python, and programming in general. I thought some concepts were explained a little too much, so the videos could have been shorter. But better to over explain, than summarize and leave people wondering. I'll be continuing the Python courses for sure! | a little too much, so the | Video | could have been shorter. But better | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Brilliant Course! Taught me a lot of concepts in very few lecture videos and was fun! Kudos to Charles | of concepts in very few lecture | Video | and was fun! Kudos to Charles | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Thank you for preparing this excellent class, it helps me a lot. The videos after the class content is great as well. | it helps me a lot. The | Video | after the class content is great | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent professor who clearly states the objectives and how to accomplish them accompanied by notes and videos to help students learn material. | accomplish them accompanied by notes and | Video | to help students learn material. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Ideas are clearly expressed. Excellent videos for beginners. | Ideas are clearly expressed. Excellent | Video | for beginners. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Very good for the absolute beginner. I'm not an absolute beginner to programming but I am to python so I found I could skip a heck of a lot. Exercises are useful for getting into routine of writing programs and the worked exercise videos show best practice. | writing programs and the worked exercise | Video | show best practice. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A good introduction course to programming in general. Dr. Chuck clearly explains things that I've never been able to grasp from books. I love the Computing Conversation videos, watching the inventors of Python and Arduino inspires anyone watching to create fun things to play around with or something more useful. I often come back to these videos for inspiration | books. I love the Computing Conversation | Video | watching the inventors of Python and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | A good introduction course to programming in general. Dr. Chuck clearly explains things that I've never been able to grasp from books. I love the Computing Conversation videos, watching the inventors of Python and Arduino inspires anyone watching to create fun things to play around with or something more useful. I often come back to these videos for inspiration | I often come back to these | Video | for inspiration | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | i liked how the course was designed.Gave an overview of Python Programming.Coming from C/C++ found the coding quite crisp. Furthermore i would like to thank the faculty who designed the course .Professor Charles for the video & the instructions too. And yes indeed programming for everybody is not a myth. | course . Professor Charles for the | Video | & the instructions too. And yes | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Good to start learning python from scratch. The Bonus Video are Awesome. I Loved this course. | learning python from scratch. The Bonus | Video | are Awesome. I Loved this course. | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The initial topics and concepts are very well explained, which helps to build a solid foundation for learning future advanced programming techniques. Prof. Charles has taken time to elaborate on basics which can be easily grasped by complete beginners. The language and pace of course is easy and the lessons are peppered with lot of examples and video interviews of industry experts. | peppered with lot of examples and | Video | interviews of industry experts. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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! | Great introduction to Python, | Video | were excellent - instructions were clear | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great, great course! It takes an aspiring programmer by hand and leads step by step through loops, functions and conditional statements. Charles Severance, the instructor, makes the videos funny and interesting and the interviews with people from the field create the feeling of being a part of something big :-) | Charles Severance, the instructor, makes the | Video | funny and interesting and the interviews | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I'd been intimidated by python for awhile, despite having experience in other programming languages. This was a really good introduction for a beginner and made digesting the blocks incredibly easy. Another great benefit of the course is the extensive media through which you can access the information for the course. Video, the textbook and even podcasts (which I have listened to on bike rides); Dr. Severance clearly wants to make the information as accessible as possible. Additionally, Dr. Severance is incredibly personable and funny. I would love to have him as a professor. My one complaint with the course would be that it moves really slow if you already have any coding experience. To give you an idea, I have a background in R and got through this course in 2 days. Either way, I'm on to the next course in the series and will continue on with the rest of them. Thank you, Dr. Severance! | access the information for the course. | Video | the textbook and even podcasts (which | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent introduction to Python. Instructor teaches with humour and lots of examples, making the lecture videos useful and entertaining. Good pace for an intro course, easy to start with increasing difficulty as it progresses. | lots of examples, making the lecture | Video | useful and entertaining. Good pace for | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I really enjoyed this course, and found it easy to keep up with the projects by setting aside one day a week. I find that the lectures move a little slowly, but simply speeding up the video time made it feel much more efficient. Following along with the e-book, I felt confident going through each of the exercises, and had a lot of fun while banging my head against the keyboard trying to figure out how to make things work (due to my own errors, not problems within the course). I'm looking forward to the next class! | slowly, but simply speeding up the | Video | time made it feel much more | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This is an awesome course. He makes it easy to learn how to program with python and I like that he uses humor in his videos | that he uses humor in his | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Covers the very basics of python. Even if you are new to programming (not only python), this course gets your simple programming knowledge right. Charles is one of the best professor i have seen, who involves his student in the video lectures. | who involves his student in the | Video | lectures. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This was a great intro for anyone who has never programmed and very well articulated. Concepts clearly explained. Giving it 5 stars since the effort that has gone into making these videos is poorly understood by people who have not been in lecturing positions - I salute you ! Having been a self taught programmer from the mid 80's on BASIC with Apple 2E's, it is a breath of fresh air seeing this kind of material on the Internet. I had to dig around in libraries which had books (yes paper!). If the youth could rather spend time exploiting this fountain of knowledge instead of hacking away on FPS and Online gaming then we could see some really cool stuff happen :). | that has gone into making these | Video | is poorly understood by people who | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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. | with the assignments and the small | Video | in between. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | There is lots of videos in this course which should not be the part of course. | There is lots of | Video | in this course which should not | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great of individuals looking to introduce themselves to Python or reintroduce themselves. If you have a basic understanding of Python, you might wish to look elsewhere. The course is well taught and enjoyable videos make the learning fun. | course is well taught and enjoyable | Video | make the learning fun. | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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 :( | overuse of colours in almost every | Video | (almost everything was coloured - highlighting | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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 :( | to drink in a 20 minute-or-less | Video | The Tutor tried to loosen a | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Really good course, even for those who already have a programming background. This course teaches programming basics, quick and easy. I completed the course within 2 weeks, and I had learned a lot. I truly enjoyed watching the "Bonus videos" - really interesting and motivating. | truly enjoyed watching the " Bonus | Video | - really interesting and motivating. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Excellent course. Very well organized and prepared by teachers. Bonus videos with Massimo Banzi, Guido van rossum and others were awesome. Thank you so much for putting together such a beautiful course on Python :) | organized and prepared by teachers. Bonus | Video | with Massimo Banzi, Guido van rossum | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | breaking down the videos into various little ones would be more productive i think. | breaking down the | Video | into various little ones would be | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | This course is an amazing introduction not only to Python but coding and how computers work in general. The videos are super helpful and the professor is very funny and a great lecturer. | how computers work in general. The | Video | are super helpful and the professor | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | I like Dr. Severances' style, so far. His videos are engaging and fun to watch. I also appreciate that the textbook is available for free, as well as a ton of other Python free resources, for the sake of learning. | Dr. Severances' style, so far. His | Video | are engaging and fun to watch. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The lessons were not too hard and Chuck covered the basics well. It's also good that he mixes in humor so the videos are not boring. | he mixes in humor so the | Video | are not boring. | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Exceptional faculty. Bonus videos were incredible!! | Exceptional faculty. Bonus | Video | were incredible! ! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 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. | assignment rather than sitting through the | Video | | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Dr Chuck is awesome as always. His courses are accessible, videos are informative yet playful, and you learn a lot without any effort. | as always. His courses are accessible, | Video | are informative yet playful, and you | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Great course delivery and loved the extra videos, however as an experienced java developer I found the course too basic. | course delivery and loved the extra | Video | however as an experienced java developer | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The only course I've actually start learning some programming. Especially good for those who don't know anything about programming and could hardly imagine how things done inside this electrical magic box. In some sense better than Codeschool, task is a bit harder, and the overall coverage is deeper, though I passed it on 1.5x video speed because of lots of talking. Like it anyway. | I passed it on 1. 5x | Video | speed because of lots of talking. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7A1yFTaREeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It is a good course for them who don't have any programming background and guest videos are awesome. | have any programming background and guest | Video | are awesome. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 1.11 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Difficult to understand the video lectures at time but really useful content. Excellent further reading sections at the end of each module. | Difficult to understand the | Video | lectures at time but really useful | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.65 |
| 7gLccRnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I did the free part of the course. It was too simple I did other free MOOCs that had much more. The videos were like reading a book. The subject is interesting and there's some potential to the practical part of the course. I only did the first 3 weeks | MOOCs that had much more. The | Video | were like reading a book. The | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.65 |
| 7jEat7ioEeWfYA612mWHZw | Fantastic course. I hope a degree on this should be made available online. Thanks to the tutors. Your videos and explanation and transcription was clear. | online. Thanks to the tutors. Your | Video | and explanation and transcription was clear. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| 7jEat7ioEeWfYA612mWHZw | The audio quality of a lot of the lectures are quite bad. A number of the slides seem to be un-organised at times, with repeating information, making them confusing. While all the information seems to be presented, it feels like it could be done better with more time spent preparing and recording the videos. | time spent preparing and recording the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.99 | 1.0 |
| 7O843CBJEeWcQw5YiljpGw | Love the downloadable videos, slides & transcript files. Suggestion: better to add "answer model' file after every quiz as a downloadable one. | Love the downloadable | Video | slides & transcript files. Suggestion: better | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 0.88 |
| 7O843CBJEeWcQw5YiljpGw | Excellent course. I suggest that in a few quizzes you were asking to get the numbers off the slides in the video. It is very difficult to read the numbers off the video. Can you instead add the slides in the quiz PDF file? All the information required to answer the quizzes should be in the PDF file. The course material was very good. The problem sets were very good too because of real life data. The rigor of courses was average. I can understand why you do not want to make the course more rigorous. However, it would help advanced engineering students to go through a more rigorous course. | numbers off the slides in the | Video | It is very difficult to read | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.88 |
| 7O843CBJEeWcQw5YiljpGw | Excellent course. I suggest that in a few quizzes you were asking to get the numbers off the slides in the video. It is very difficult to read the numbers off the video. Can you instead add the slides in the quiz PDF file? All the information required to answer the quizzes should be in the PDF file. The course material was very good. The problem sets were very good too because of real life data. The rigor of courses was average. I can understand why you do not want to make the course more rigorous. However, it would help advanced engineering students to go through a more rigorous course. | to read the numbers off the | Video | Can you instead add the slides | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.88 |
| 7_wUMCBSEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Muy buen curso. Lástima que existan fallos a la hora de cargar los ejercicios en algunos casos. Excelentes videos que te llevan paso a paso para conocer el programa. | los ejercicios en algunos casos. Excelentes | Video | que te llevan paso a paso | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| 7_wUMCBSEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Me gusta mucho la forma de explicar del profesor, lo dice claro; sin embargo me gustaría que no la parte de encuesta durante el video no interrumpiera la explicación que está dando, si no haciendo un punto y a parte haya un espacio para esta sección. | la parte de encuesta durante el | Video | no interrumpiera la explicación que está | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| 7_wUMCBSEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Buenas explicaciones y las lecciones con swirl ayudan mucho a practicar lo aprendido en los videos | a practicar lo aprendido en los | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| 7_wUMCBSEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Muy recomendable. Es un curso introductorio, muy bien estructurado, con explicaciones claras y concisas (agradable el profesor). Ya es opción del alumno buscar más información en la bibliografía proporcionada o seguir practicando en R. Las tareas son de gran utilidad para comprender el contenido de los videos. Ojalá puedan abrir una segunda parte del curso | para comprender el contenido de los | Video | Ojalá puedan abrir una segunda parte | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| 7_wUMCBSEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Bueno el curso pero hay que correguir algunos errores en los archivos para los ejercicio, de ahi muy bueno, las explicaciones del profesor en los videos todo bien. saludos y gracias por dejarnos participar. | las explicaciones del profesor en los | Video | todo bien. saludos y gracias por | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| 7_wUMCBSEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | Este curso es muy similar al curso "R Programing" de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, la ventaja es que este curso esta en español, muy bien explicado los videos del instructor | en español, muy bien explicado los | Video | del instructor | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | I really like the content of this course and the quality of the readings. The videos are intuitive and help you go through the most important concepts. I definitely recommend it! And big thank you to the teachers that delivered high standard course! | the quality of the readings. The | Video | are intuitive and help you go | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | This is a rather pleasant course with a mix of advantages and disadvantages. For me, the advantages outweigh the negative sides. It slides on the surface of things, though, so don't expect to get too much 'in the know' after it. What I liked (and you might too) -> Short, visually engaging, clear in their purpose videos -> Interesting recommended/required literature/video content to solidify the concepts presented in the videos -> Comfortable layout of the transcripts so you can DL them and check them out as PDFs -> The course is focused on a very interesting, dynamic topic -- and lives up with a dynamic, fun and engaging approach What I didn't like that much -> Quizzes had some rather easy questions and as a whole weren't that serious. You can retake them -- you need to rely on your honesty to assess how much you've learned. -> The brisk nature of the videos is nice, but sometimes the narrative would jump from one point to another too abruptly. I still recommend the course for those who want to get their feet a little bit wet when it comes to innovation, digital affairs and basic entrepreneurship concepts. | visually engaging, clear in their purpose | Video | -> Interesting recommended/required literature/video content to | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | This is a rather pleasant course with a mix of advantages and disadvantages. For me, the advantages outweigh the negative sides. It slides on the surface of things, though, so don't expect to get too much 'in the know' after it. What I liked (and you might too) -> Short, visually engaging, clear in their purpose videos -> Interesting recommended/required literature/video content to solidify the concepts presented in the videos -> Comfortable layout of the transcripts so you can DL them and check them out as PDFs -> The course is focused on a very interesting, dynamic topic -- and lives up with a dynamic, fun and engaging approach What I didn't like that much -> Quizzes had some rather easy questions and as a whole weren't that serious. You can retake them -- you need to rely on your honesty to assess how much you've learned. -> The brisk nature of the videos is nice, but sometimes the narrative would jump from one point to another too abruptly. I still recommend the course for those who want to get their feet a little bit wet when it comes to innovation, digital affairs and basic entrepreneurship concepts. | solidify the concepts presented in the | Video | -> Comfortable layout of the transcripts | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | This is a rather pleasant course with a mix of advantages and disadvantages. For me, the advantages outweigh the negative sides. It slides on the surface of things, though, so don't expect to get too much 'in the know' after it. What I liked (and you might too) -> Short, visually engaging, clear in their purpose videos -> Interesting recommended/required literature/video content to solidify the concepts presented in the videos -> Comfortable layout of the transcripts so you can DL them and check them out as PDFs -> The course is focused on a very interesting, dynamic topic -- and lives up with a dynamic, fun and engaging approach What I didn't like that much -> Quizzes had some rather easy questions and as a whole weren't that serious. You can retake them -- you need to rely on your honesty to assess how much you've learned. -> The brisk nature of the videos is nice, but sometimes the narrative would jump from one point to another too abruptly. I still recommend the course for those who want to get their feet a little bit wet when it comes to innovation, digital affairs and basic entrepreneurship concepts. | -> The brisk nature of the | Video | is nice, but sometimes the narrative | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | Very nice course with really meaningfull and straight to the point videos. | meaningfull and straight to the point | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | Informative short videos and interesting articles. Good course, thank you! | Informative short | Video | and interesting articles. Good course, thank | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | A good perspective. The videos were well done. | A good perspective. The | Video | were well done. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | One of the best organized courses I have taken at Coursera. The videos set the stage for concepts in the course, this is followed by reading material which again comprises of public videos and articles. And the finally the test is not just on videos but also on the reading material and the beauty of how the questions are framed to test if you have really "understood" (not just crammed) the concepts. | material which again comprises of public | Video | and articles. And the finally the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | One of the best organized courses I have taken at Coursera. The videos set the stage for concepts in the course, this is followed by reading material which again comprises of public videos and articles. And the finally the test is not just on videos but also on the reading material and the beauty of how the questions are framed to test if you have really "understood" (not just crammed) the concepts. | the test is not just on | Video | but also on the reading material | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | My suggestions: ** videos: pace is way too fast, and without much visuals and a clear structure/plan, hard to fully grab in one view. I don't think your 5mn max duration really makes sense. When the content is of interest, better to make it longer to improve clarity. Positive: you provide written/text versions of your videos. ** support documents: way too many and not always relevant ** quizzes: i don't think that asking us the name of a founder etc. really test anything about our understanding of our lesson. Too many irrelevant questions. All in all, it seems you applied one of the rules you discuss in this course: release fast, and adjust later on based on customers' feedback.. Unsure this is the right approach when it comes to online learning. I had higher expectations vs. Mines Telecom. | My suggestions: ** | Video | pace is way too fast, and | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | The course does a great job of curating very relevant videos and articles to understand digital from a 360 degree perspective. While all of us are exposed to digital from a consumer perspective, looking at it from an entrepreneur's and investors' perspectives completed the picture in my head. I liked the short video format, it is engaging and easier to schedule into our lives. Some of the readings were called "not mandatory" but were needed for answering the quiz! I would request not to have really long readings - some of them were very intensive papers written as part of an academic exercise and I will be surprised if any of the students, who are looking for many small and engaging materials would be interested in tackling really long non-man | great job of curating very relevant | Video | and articles to understand digital from | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | Really nice information to know more about the new digital market and its business models. Enriched a lot my knowledge and, for sure, it'll happen to you too if you take the course and study it. *The videos are really good - deep information, short and beautiful to watch. | the course and study it. *The | Video | are really good - deep information, | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8GTGgDxOEeWdUgozVKt3nw | This course introduced me to some strategic concepts of the digital world which are quite different from the business strategies I was aware of. It includes many examples and case studies that exemplify and clarify the concepts. The videos themselves are short and animated which make a pretty dynamic pace. | exemplify and clarify the concepts. The | Video | themselves are short and animated which | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
| 8H8wFp3KEeWoKRLkmmHLTQ | Re-watching these videos months after completing the course! Fantastic! | Re-watching these | Video | months after completing the course! Fantastic! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.82 | 0.91 |
| 8H8wFp3KEeWoKRLkmmHLTQ | Outdated presentation style: mostly "voice behind text and Excel window" long... long videos. I'm not questioning the material itself, but I was heavily bored during the course. | Excel window" long. . . long | Video | I'm not questioning the material itself, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.82 | 0.91 |
| 8LAp90EaEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | This is a great course and a daring venture for what is really an art form, beyond it's scientific requirements. This part of the specialization needs a little refinement. I posted this in the discussion forum. · 7 days ago · Edited First of all.....these guys running this data science department have their hands full. They are teaching live classes for students who have spent OODLES (lots) of money to attend this prestigious college . Johns Hopkins is about as good as it gets for a medical degree. Then they are doing experiments and other data science for the research division of Johns Hopkins which is also as good as it gets........THEN they are doing these MOOC courses on top of all their other responsibilities......Dr. Leek is a University of Washington Alumni, which is also top notch for Data Science. The video lesson is flawed, there is no denying it. But I must say these teachers are very open to improvement in the course and your comments on what could be better done are received and acted upon, so I would include them in your thank you letter to the teachers. ALSO I think these MOOC courses are best done by all members of the department contributing. Truly this field IS a team sport. I feel this course was good, but the videos need to be edited and scripted, so unnecessary language, which dilutes the core knowledge, that must be learned, is not diluted where questions are left in the students head about content when being tested. I learned long ago in a college calculus class that if your mark isn't perfect, it's OK, so long as you pass with a high score......even if it is the teachers fault. The course could use better video production with teleprompter scripting......maybe some AV students at Johns Hopkins could get on board. it will happen eventually I'm sure. You want to take a course that is absolutely one of the best courses I've taken anywhere and truly the best online. Try the number one business course on Coursera: GROW TO GREATNESS, either part 1 or 2, University of Virginia, Darden School Of Business...........A team created course with one helluva a teacher who is a business person, researcher and award-winning writer. I would recommend this course to ANY student and especially E-Teachers. The problem with this course is that there is a lot of information that can be included but may not be absolutely necessary as a "core concept". Needless to say, the more technical skills any employee has, the more insight they will have into their teammate's skills, as well, as the overall mission of the data department and the business it serves. I'm more of a tech and infrastructure person, I'm not real passionate about coding. I find it tedious. The more I learn about it, the more I enjoy it, albeit, from a distance. I can't see myself creating great blocks of scripts, but the more I know about how they are created AND what rules the code in a project must abide by, the better my skills will be as a data center manager. So I'm trying to learn as much as possible about R, Python, and companion programs like ggvis for creating visualizations. I'd say visualizations are an essential skill for a data manager, since you have to present results and projects, questions, and answers to higher ups and other departments. this link comes from the resource section of this course: https://www.datacamp.com/courses/ggvis-data-visualization-r-tutorial This link or URL is of much more value to me, than a flawed test question and a reduction in my 100 percent average in the specialization. Without this lesson, in this course, I would not have this valuable resource. Another great link, which has a great FREE print publication as well: http://www.processor.com/ ...these people have been advising data center managers longer than just about anybody ! Verbally and in the transcript are some nebulous statements that point toward the main idea, that concept being: the more any employee, on any data science or technical team member IS, a "jack of all trades", the better. So that could have been included in some more general way on the quiz, because really that is pretty much a general rule, I've found, working in ANY capacity in the tech industry. I have done a great deal of audio editing, working at numerous radio stations, with Adobe Audition. With others like: Pro Tools, or any other really good quality AV digital editor the result is streamlined, near seamless, audio-video, or one or the other. You just learn how to read and edit wave forms of all kinds. Years ago, in Dallas, Texas, attending Richland College. I learned a valuable lesson. I was taking a college level Calc-Trig math class being taught by the regular professor's WIFE. I don't know if the professor was sick, but this woman, who was teaching the class for the whole semester, frankly, was not qualified. I had always been considered an illiterate by my high school math teachers, a married couple who, frankly, were highly abnormal even on the geekiest scale. These people were acting like they were a world above most people in the class. Needless to say, I assumed, by their "adult" opinions, they were sent by God Himself, to educate me thru denigration. I was amazed, how 10 years later, in College math how well I was doing. I was carrying a 100 percent average ! So midterm this faux professor declares, "I'll be prefiguring all the arithmetic to be easy, so you won't have to bring your calculators !" SO I DIDN'T.......and of course the teacher's wife proclaims....."I didn't have time to make the arithmetic easy so you'd better use your calculators !" I literally had pages and pages of figuring in handwriting accompanying my 3 page test. The result was a C plus on the test. I angrily told the sub teacher "I did not bring a calculator to this test because you said it wouldn't be necessary, therefore I must be allowed to redo this test with a calculator !" She of course relented, "No that won't be possible...that's not a bad grade...." she continued, "what are you worried about ?"........ I was so peeved, I was going to drop the class. It was too late in the semester, and I was so disgusted with this woman's cavalier dismissal of my perfect grade that I just stopped going to class. The result was a failing final grade. Who ultimately suffered from this dilemma ? That, albeit, unfairly was me.....who created this "academic" tragedy, by the aggravation of a deeply flawed situation. Once again, that would be me. | this course was good, but the | Video | need to be edited and scripted, | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.61 | 0.72 |
| 8LAp90EaEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | This is a great course and a daring venture for what is really an art form, beyond it's scientific requirements. This part of the specialization needs a little refinement. I posted this in the discussion forum. · 7 days ago · Edited First of all.....these guys running this data science department have their hands full. They are teaching live classes for students who have spent OODLES (lots) of money to attend this prestigious college . Johns Hopkins is about as good as it gets for a medical degree. Then they are doing experiments and other data science for the research division of Johns Hopkins which is also as good as it gets........THEN they are doing these MOOC courses on top of all their other responsibilities......Dr. Leek is a University of Washington Alumni, which is also top notch for Data Science. The video lesson is flawed, there is no denying it. But I must say these teachers are very open to improvement in the course and your comments on what could be better done are received and acted upon, so I would include them in your thank you letter to the teachers. ALSO I think these MOOC courses are best done by all members of the department contributing. Truly this field IS a team sport. I feel this course was good, but the videos need to be edited and scripted, so unnecessary language, which dilutes the core knowledge, that must be learned, is not diluted where questions are left in the students head about content when being tested. I learned long ago in a college calculus class that if your mark isn't perfect, it's OK, so long as you pass with a high score......even if it is the teachers fault. The course could use better video production with teleprompter scripting......maybe some AV students at Johns Hopkins could get on board. it will happen eventually I'm sure. You want to take a course that is absolutely one of the best courses I've taken anywhere and truly the best online. Try the number one business course on Coursera: GROW TO GREATNESS, either part 1 or 2, University of Virginia, Darden School Of Business...........A team created course with one helluva a teacher who is a business person, researcher and award-winning writer. I would recommend this course to ANY student and especially E-Teachers. The problem with this course is that there is a lot of information that can be included but may not be absolutely necessary as a "core concept". Needless to say, the more technical skills any employee has, the more insight they will have into their teammate's skills, as well, as the overall mission of the data department and the business it serves. I'm more of a tech and infrastructure person, I'm not real passionate about coding. I find it tedious. The more I learn about it, the more I enjoy it, albeit, from a distance. I can't see myself creating great blocks of scripts, but the more I know about how they are created AND what rules the code in a project must abide by, the better my skills will be as a data center manager. So I'm trying to learn as much as possible about R, Python, and companion programs like ggvis for creating visualizations. I'd say visualizations are an essential skill for a data manager, since you have to present results and projects, questions, and answers to higher ups and other departments. this link comes from the resource section of this course: https://www.datacamp.com/courses/ggvis-data-visualization-r-tutorial This link or URL is of much more value to me, than a flawed test question and a reduction in my 100 percent average in the specialization. Without this lesson, in this course, I would not have this valuable resource. Another great link, which has a great FREE print publication as well: http://www.processor.com/ ...these people have been advising data center managers longer than just about anybody ! Verbally and in the transcript are some nebulous statements that point toward the main idea, that concept being: the more any employee, on any data science or technical team member IS, a "jack of all trades", the better. So that could have been included in some more general way on the quiz, because really that is pretty much a general rule, I've found, working in ANY capacity in the tech industry. I have done a great deal of audio editing, working at numerous radio stations, with Adobe Audition. With others like: Pro Tools, or any other really good quality AV digital editor the result is streamlined, near seamless, audio-video, or one or the other. You just learn how to read and edit wave forms of all kinds. Years ago, in Dallas, Texas, attending Richland College. I learned a valuable lesson. I was taking a college level Calc-Trig math class being taught by the regular professor's WIFE. I don't know if the professor was sick, but this woman, who was teaching the class for the whole semester, frankly, was not qualified. I had always been considered an illiterate by my high school math teachers, a married couple who, frankly, were highly abnormal even on the geekiest scale. These people were acting like they were a world above most people in the class. Needless to say, I assumed, by their "adult" opinions, they were sent by God Himself, to educate me thru denigration. I was amazed, how 10 years later, in College math how well I was doing. I was carrying a 100 percent average ! So midterm this faux professor declares, "I'll be prefiguring all the arithmetic to be easy, so you won't have to bring your calculators !" SO I DIDN'T.......and of course the teacher's wife proclaims....."I didn't have time to make the arithmetic easy so you'd better use your calculators !" I literally had pages and pages of figuring in handwriting accompanying my 3 page test. The result was a C plus on the test. I angrily told the sub teacher "I did not bring a calculator to this test because you said it wouldn't be necessary, therefore I must be allowed to redo this test with a calculator !" She of course relented, "No that won't be possible...that's not a bad grade...." she continued, "what are you worried about ?"........ I was so peeved, I was going to drop the class. It was too late in the semester, and I was so disgusted with this woman's cavalier dismissal of my perfect grade that I just stopped going to class. The result was a failing final grade. Who ultimately suffered from this dilemma ? That, albeit, unfairly was me.....who created this "academic" tragedy, by the aggravation of a deeply flawed situation. Once again, that would be me. | fault. The course could use better | Video | production with teleprompter scripting. . . | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.61 | 0.72 |
| 8LAp90EaEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Great idea and syllabus. The videos are too short and missing some explanations. | Great idea and syllabus. The | Video | are too short and missing some | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.61 | 0.72 |
| 8om3I-4LEeSbxyIACw0OOQ | Great course overall. It focuses on functional programming concepts like immutability, locally-defined functions, pattern-matching and forces the user to use recursion, taking you out of your for-loop comfort zone. In my humble opinion, maybe the time spent in learning the SML language, which is not the main goal of the course, takes a bit too long, but on the other hand I guess that can't really be helped. Videos are grate and grading procedures are pretty fair. Mind you, the course is fairly time-consuming. | guess that can't really be helped. | Video | are grate and grading procedures are | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 1.11 |
| 8om3I-4LEeSbxyIACw0OOQ | A brilliant first part to this 3 part programming language course. Part A focuses on teaching Functional Programming concepts using ML, a programming language that is becoming more relevant today with the popularity increase in the Haskell and F# languages, both based on ML. Dan is excellent on the videos, explaining the core concepts extremely well, while also doing a great job with the live coding (a really hard thing to do, even for a software engineer with 10 years of experience). Everyone on the discussion forums, the TA's, the Admins and Dan, are really great, and compliment the video lectures well. Overall really happy with the course and can't wait to get started on Parts B and C. | ML. Dan is excellent on the | Video | explaining the core concepts extremely well, | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.11 |
| 8om3I-4LEeSbxyIACw0OOQ | A brilliant first part to this 3 part programming language course. Part A focuses on teaching Functional Programming concepts using ML, a programming language that is becoming more relevant today with the popularity increase in the Haskell and F# languages, both based on ML. Dan is excellent on the videos, explaining the core concepts extremely well, while also doing a great job with the live coding (a really hard thing to do, even for a software engineer with 10 years of experience). Everyone on the discussion forums, the TA's, the Admins and Dan, are really great, and compliment the video lectures well. Overall really happy with the course and can't wait to get started on Parts B and C. | are really great, and compliment the | Video | lectures well. Overall really happy with | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.11 |
| 8TKORJrSEeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | Excellent course, video lectures were very useful, psychology portion was especially interesting. | Excellent course, | Video | lectures were very useful, psychology portion | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 8TKORJrSEeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | The topic of the course is very interesting, the readings were important, but some of the reading were based on a book, that I had to purchase. Was a very useful course, but was a little bit tiring, videos with 12 minutes with too much theory but less pratical examples. But was a good experience. I would like to thanks the professors, that made this course. | but was a little bit tiring, | Video | with 12 minutes with too much | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 8TKORJrSEeW6bw4ogk2HGQ | I'm sorry that I'm going to sound harsh, but this course is useless. It touches so many different topics without going deeply into any of them. All you get is a basic knowledge about All Things Cyber™. The recommended readings are all over the place, the video captions look like they're just a basic speech recognition and like nobody actually proof read them. They're full of errors. Lecturers say one word, captions show a completely different word. Plus, they're full of spelling errors. (Kadafi regime in Libya!? Really!?) You can get the same amount of knowledge by reading two or three Wikipedia pages. Don't waste your time on this course. | are all over the place, the | Video | captions look like they're just a | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 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 | are some audio issues in the | Video | Second, the quizzes are excessively easy | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 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 | are excessively easy and the in | Video | quizzes should not appear in the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 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 | one that presented most of the | Video | was excessively nervous and all that | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 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 | him to this, and shoot the | Video | again and again until they had | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 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 | to further reflection. I think the | Video | issues that I've mentioned should been | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.8 |
| 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. | course is made easy through the | Video | and the assignments do well to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | It is told that to take this course, basic computer skills like sending emails and downloading files are necessary-this is a beginning level course. Then, in the first module, instructors talk about polymorphism, inheritance and abstraction. For someone who have no prior programming experience, these are definitely not suitable topics to start with. Moreover, students are supposed to learn these concepts to get a good grade from first quiz, although they know nothing about programming. I had some programming experience, so I was already familiar with these subjects. But the lectures were too boring to keep watching. I watched like 10 videos and learned nothing about the course subject. I think I won't be spending my time for this course, which seems to me like reading some reference files. | keep watching. I watched like 10 | Video | and learned nothing about the course | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Basing on the first videos, I would not recommend this course to anyone believing that "You are expected have basic computer literacy skills, such as knowing how to send & receive emails and browse the web". The lector is robotic, the slides look outdated, listener is bored after 10 min of watching. I definitely WOULD NOT pay for this course. I will change the rate after I watch more videos, but this course is a big no-no for me. | the rate after I watch more | Video | but this course is a big | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 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 | I would actually look up other | Video | of other people explaining it to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 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. | there are over 3 hours of | Video | in the 1st week plus 3 | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 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. | week 3, and i watched the | Video | multiple times and google the subject | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Good course in general but it could use more exercises and solutions for those exercises. It could be a great course in future Also, sometimes it's confusing like you are asked to download code and write it along with the video but the files already (at least partially) contain the code that you should write and it looks quite different from the video. | and write it along with the | Video | but the files already (at least | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 8UQBnm04EeWyAQ6K5KeLkw | Good course in general but it could use more exercises and solutions for those exercises. It could be a great course in future Also, sometimes it's confusing like you are asked to download code and write it along with the video but the files already (at least partially) contain the code that you should write and it looks quite different from the video. | it looks quite different from the | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | I've never taken biology before, although i had to google lots of terms, i understood the concept and that was all i wanted, great videos! | that was all i wanted, great | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | This class was very enlightening. I liked how the videos went along with the quizzes and it was easy to articulate what everyone was saying. | very enlightening. I liked how the | Video | went along with the quizzes and | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | Great subject and some very well presented videos. However there were several which were incomprehensible. Either because of the quality of the video or the very heavy accent of the speaker especially to a non-American viewer. One doesn't always want to read a transcript but to listen and concentrate. If all the videos had been of good listenable quality I would have given the course 5 stars | subject and some very well presented | Video | However there were several which were | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | Great subject and some very well presented videos. However there were several which were incomprehensible. Either because of the quality of the video or the very heavy accent of the speaker especially to a non-American viewer. One doesn't always want to read a transcript but to listen and concentrate. If all the videos had been of good listenable quality I would have given the course 5 stars | because of the quality of the | Video | or the very heavy accent of | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | I liked most everything about this course, even if it stretches one to understand / pronounce the biological terms. Still it is better to have a little more of the scientific component than too less. The videos were very well done, good to have the sub-titles because sometimes with Rob it was had to follow so it was nice to read too. The extra material and reference were also well appreciated. In fact we would be very interested to follow-up if/when more results of the project are known. Hint - write another book! | scientific component than too less. The | Video | were very well done, good to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | love the short videos and detailed cover on the current research that is happening. great work university of colorado boulder. | love the short | Video | and detailed cover on the current | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | The content was amazing, i can't be happier with what i learnt. Thanks for sharing all of that knowledge! As an opportunity area, i would say it was hard to follow some of the speakers because they spoke monotonous, the content was very dense and perhaps in those cases some graphic content in the video could help. Thank you, great course, great project! | cases some graphic content in the | Video | could help. Thank you, great course, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 93w6xNzBEeSvjyIAC3jXcg | In general this was an easy, interesting and enjoyable course, Video interviews and lectures by key researchers in this exciting field were a highlight. It's an introductory course so not deep, but fun. A couple of things significantly detracted from the course for me. One was a feeling of unqualified evangelism. I think the microbiome is indeed a hugely important field, but the level of hype here, and lack of any critical perspective, was off-putting. This is particularly disturbing for products like probiotics, which have become a huge industry with little solid evidence to support them, or to choose between them. Also, they devote a lot of time to selling the American Gut Project. Which is a good cause, but I would rather they had spent that time teaching me something useful. I resent being duped into watching ads when I've signed up to be educated. The other thing that bothered me was the course required us to divulge a lot of personal information to other students in pointless, time-consuming projects. I didn't learn anything from these projects and found them annoying. | an easy, interesting and enjoyable course, | Video | interviews and lectures by key researchers | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.95 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Just finished watching all the videos and it is excellent! To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. Phillips Brooks | Just finished watching all the | Video | and it is excellent! To say, | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Excellent On-line Course in Creative Writing developing Character. Amy Bloom was an exceptional Instructor, both in her lesson planning and video lectures and interviews, as well as in her caring monitoring of the class involvement, progress and questions. Thank you, Amy, for offering us your knowledge in such an interesting and engaging form! | both in her lesson planning and | Video | lectures and interviews, as well as | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | Compared to other courses in the creative writing specialization, I felt that this one needs some improvement. The video lectures just didn't have enough meat to them. For example, in other courses in the specialization, there will be links to optional readings or videos, leading to a deeper understanding of the concepts. Some readings, for example, would be welcome to give example of great (or even not so great) characterization. | this one needs some improvement. The | Video | lectures just didn't have enough meat | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
| 9a6pC3gcEeWxvQr3acyajw | The excercises on the course are great, but the videos can be a little vague. | the course are great, but the | Video | can be a little vague. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
| 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. =( | this class needs some work: the | Video | the instruction/syllabus/content, and the assignments. Sorry, | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | I loved this I think video game design and creation is the new way to learn code and complexity of design. Great experience thank you so much! | I loved this I think | Video | game design and creation is the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | A totally great course that makes clear the concepts we should be careful with when developing video games. | should be careful with when developing | Video | games. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Good course to help you get started designing video game worlds. | to help you get started designing | Video | game worlds. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Unlike the other two lecturers in this course, this module's lecture is very very bad. I always felt like coming back and learning more with the other two lectures but with this one I had to force myself to complete the lessons. First of all his English is bad, sometimes you cant understand what he means even with subtitles. He repeats many things through out the course and he tries to teach by asking questions all the time. As a guy who takes and make his own notes, I found it really difficult to put together a sentence he was saying. It seems that nobody proof read his lectures before posting it on coursera. I feel that it was done blindly and in a rushed way. If possible can you please change the videos and also the script. Please make it more understandable. | possible can you please change the | Video | and also the script. Please make | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | I was a little bit dissapointed with this course because, in my opinion, it is not structured well, it is just an amount of questions we need to think about. It has ended but I have the feeling I still have no good idea about what is world design for video games... | about what is world design for | Video | games. . . | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | Great teacher, great videos, great staff, this course, and CalArts course in general, know how to create great learning content that engages and promotes learning, there is never a second when I'm thinking "man, when is this going to end?". | Great teacher, great | Video | great staff, this course, and CalArts | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | i really like the material, i feel that i learning the basic of video game development | that i learning the basic of | Video | game development | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | I am all for short videos but here it is a little bit too short... Tehchnically there is about 1h of videos for the 4 weeks of this course and no real documentations to review. Hence you get few pointers on how to design game wold for video games and really case studies in my opinion... A full review of one or two games would have been a great addition. | I am all for short | Video | but here it is a little | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | I am all for short videos but here it is a little bit too short... Tehchnically there is about 1h of videos for the 4 weeks of this course and no real documentations to review. Hence you get few pointers on how to design game wold for video games and really case studies in my opinion... A full review of one or two games would have been a great addition. | Tehchnically there is about 1h of | Video | for the 4 weeks of this | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9p1NWzJzEeWFJhJQP1CW-Q | I am all for short videos but here it is a little bit too short... Tehchnically there is about 1h of videos for the 4 weeks of this course and no real documentations to review. Hence you get few pointers on how to design game wold for video games and really case studies in my opinion... A full review of one or two games would have been a great addition. | how to design game wold for | Video | games and really case studies in | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| 9uthHBq9EeWg_RJGAuFGjw | El curso es muy completo, te explica la electrónica en general, es muy útil tener una imagen del panorama completo desde una base física. Por otro lado las clases de Arduino son muy intuitivas con ejemplos claros, todos los programas se entienden a la perfección, además se muestra todo en video, es decir los circuitos que se arman. Como recomendación sería interesante como video final un apartado de varios ejemplos de sistemas que se puedan hacer con Arduino, y a partir de este curso, con que otros cursos se podría seguir. Saludos! | perfección, además se muestra todo en | Video | es decir los circuitos que se | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.06 |
| 9uthHBq9EeWg_RJGAuFGjw | El curso es muy completo, te explica la electrónica en general, es muy útil tener una imagen del panorama completo desde una base física. Por otro lado las clases de Arduino son muy intuitivas con ejemplos claros, todos los programas se entienden a la perfección, además se muestra todo en video, es decir los circuitos que se arman. Como recomendación sería interesante como video final un apartado de varios ejemplos de sistemas que se puedan hacer con Arduino, y a partir de este curso, con que otros cursos se podría seguir. Saludos! | arman. Como recomendación sería interesante como | Video | final un apartado de varios ejemplos | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.06 |
| 9uthHBq9EeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Excelente todo, los profesores, los videos, la plataforma y lo más importante lo aprendido. | Excelente todo, los profesores, los | Video | la plataforma y lo más importante | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.06 |
| 9zXfqf2IEeSnBSIACi-PoQ | Thank you for making me understand the very basics of finance, OMG. Although I prefer Islamic finance (without interest), I wanted to understand how western finance works. The videos are short, to the point, and I would advice anyone to be committed. I like how Coursera sends you emails to remind you, encourage you and motivate you to complete the course. Much respect for the work you put into the technical notes, and for making the concepts as easy to understand as possible! I am so grateful for this course, it helps a lot with my Managerial Finance class!! :) | understand how western finance works. The | Video | are short, to the point, and | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| 9zXfqf2IEeSnBSIACi-PoQ | Extremely useful course, lecturer explains concepts really well, one of the best courses I have taken. There is a required reading, but even the videos cover everything. The examples given were explanatory and, also, the course offered many comments on investment strategies that every person should know in my opinion. In general, I learnt a lot, but then again I didn't have any background on this topic before. | a required reading, but even the | Video | cover everything. The examples given were | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| 9zXfqf2IEeSnBSIACi-PoQ | great class, enjoyed the videos and readings, wish they had more examples and exercises with excel | great class, enjoyed the | Video | and readings, wish they had more | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| a0fzUULWEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Very well designed and implemented course. Practical and pragmatic. Videos interesting and easy to watch. Smart questions and quizzes that promote learning. The work load is not too demanding, but leaves you feeling like you earned the passing scores. Just right. Highly recommended. | and implemented course. Practical and pragmatic. | Video | interesting and easy to watch. Smart | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 0.95 |
| a0fzUULWEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | A very comprehensive introduction, well structured and narrated. Video lectures were interesting and easy-to-follow. I liked the fact that TED talks and other video sources were used in the syllabus. Also, the course book is well written. My only addition to it would be to include more solution-based topics. | comprehensive introduction, well structured and narrated. | Video | lectures were interesting and easy-to-follow. I | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.95 |
| a0fzUULWEeWZtA4u62x6lQ | A very comprehensive introduction, well structured and narrated. Video lectures were interesting and easy-to-follow. I liked the fact that TED talks and other video sources were used in the syllabus. Also, the course book is well written. My only addition to it would be to include more solution-based topics. | fact that TED talks and other | Video | sources were used in the syllabus. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.95 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | A really good introduction to the course, well explained, good videos, I only wish I could have read the extra materials too. Only one complaint (very minor) - I live in Colombia and found a couple of references to Columbia in the materials. But overall super. | to the course, well explained, good | Video | I only wish I could have | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | This was a great course! It's like a big summary of this discipline, because it would take a lot longer to study it in depth. The videos are interesting with some graphics to help us out. There is a transcript for every week and I used it every time. The only negative point would be the style of those transcripts; the way they are presented. The paragraphs are not in line and there's no real sections in the text. It makes it harder to read. Overall, I'm really glad with this couse and I must say the online community was definitely an asset. | to study it in depth. The | Video | are interesting with some graphics to | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Wonderful course especially for beginners. Very much informative easy to understand. Videos are very interactive and keeps one engaged. Would like to do further courses in this area. | Very much informative easy to understand. | Video | are very interactive and keeps one | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Really enjoyed the material. The videos were simple, especially for a beginner. This is the first course I completed online and the experience was really good. Prof. Bakker is an able instructor and the concepts were well explained. The tests were simple though. Most of them took only one or two attempts to pass. That counts as a positive by the way. | Really enjoyed the material. The | Video | were simple, especially for a beginner. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | One of the best courses I ever made in my life. The videos gave me the opportunity to write my own notes and help me - with the additional readings - to learn about the main subject. | ever made in my life. The | Video | gave me the opportunity to write | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | This excellent, balanced course uses a great combination of concise videos and additional reading. I enrolled hoping to better understand this hot-topic and Prof. Bakker's course was perfect. | uses a great combination of concise | Video | and additional reading. I enrolled hoping | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | In my opinion, this course is great. I'm doing my MSc in Forensic Psychology and I did this course to learn more about terrorism. The professor does a very good job at keeping the audience interested and he speaks clearly and slowly enough for everybody to understand. For a 7 week course, you get tons of information and, most importantly, it is well organized, going through modules in a systematic and thoughful way. Every week you have about 3 or 4 required readings, which will deepen your knowledge about the subjects addressed during the videos. I would strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to have someone very knowledgeable guide you through an interesting and current topic. Thumbs up to Coursera as well, everything went perfectly. | about the subjects addressed during the | Video | I would strongly recommend this course | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Good fist MOOC experience. Pity the google hangout wasn't up but never mind. Would prefer more questions in the videos to check I'm listening attentively. Would also like to see a list of all the reading material in one place rather than per lectiure. Then I can go to each web page and save as epub usiing the crhome dotepub extension and copy to my ereader. Anyway you can streamline that kind of admin task would be appreciated. You ought to spruke ways to read the web pages, because reading it on a laptop or even tablet is a bit tedious. Also with the PDFs, some info on saving them as resizable PDFs would be appreciated. Course content was good and I like the coursera front end. Need someway to manage tthe growing library of reading material that accumalates not just with this one course but if you do multiple MOOCs over time, Thank! | Would prefer more questions in the | Video | to check I'm listening attentively. Would | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | I am enjoying this course very much, it is informative and very well organized and presented. I highly recommend it to anyone with an internet in the topic as it provides an excellent overview and includes current academic and non academic (mass media, world leaders. etc). perspectives. The video lectures are exciting and I look forward to the time I spend viewing them, the core readings are relevant and there are good suggestions for those wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the material. Dr Edwin Bakker the professor for this course is an excellent educator. | media, world leaders. etc). perspectives. The | Video | lectures are exciting and I look | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Very interesting topic given by an excellent lecturer. Readings and course video's complement one another. | an excellent lecturer. Readings and course | Video | complement one another. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Very interesting, good videos and reading material. Loved learning about terrorism. | Very interesting, good | Video | and reading material. Loved learning about | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | This is a really interesting course with current information about the state of terrorism and counterterrorism studies today and with an updated module on ISIS and what is happening in Syria at the moment. The history is an important aspect ,so having finished the course I feel I have a good overview of where we are and where we are coming from with an acknowledgement of the future. I wasn't sure that I would finish since one of the quizzes was so tricky but I got through it and learnt to revise well for the final exam. The videos are very well presented by Dr. Bakker and guests and the essential and supplementary readings very pertinent and enlarging.I wish I still had access to those materials as I didn't read everything I would have liked to but know I can at least refer to Perspectives on Terrorism online whenever I want to for current articles. | well for the final exam. The | Video | are very well presented by Dr. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | When discussed in popular media, terrorism is a topic that is quite sensationalized. In contrast, Professor Bakker offered a very balanced view of terrorism in this course, tackling common perceptions of terrorism and counterterrorism in an organized fashion, and backing up his claims with arguments from both sides as well as hard data collected by scholars in the field. I also like that the course was kept current with added discussion on Syria. The lectures on Syria were a bit less clear and organized than the previous ones, but then again, hindsight is 20/20, and the Syria conflict is a current event. By and large, I liked that Professor Bakker did not "preach" his thoughts on terrorism, e.g. making leaps of faith and then expecting us to take unproven assumptions as the basis for a further argument. If I had to make one suggestion on how to improve the course, I would say that the handful of videos by external speakers were not properly contextualized in the course. In particular, I didn't understand why there was a video of a woman from Amnesty International talking about drone strikes and urging political action, since it was not referenced at all by other lectures. | would say that the handful of | Video | by external speakers were not properly | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | When discussed in popular media, terrorism is a topic that is quite sensationalized. In contrast, Professor Bakker offered a very balanced view of terrorism in this course, tackling common perceptions of terrorism and counterterrorism in an organized fashion, and backing up his claims with arguments from both sides as well as hard data collected by scholars in the field. I also like that the course was kept current with added discussion on Syria. The lectures on Syria were a bit less clear and organized than the previous ones, but then again, hindsight is 20/20, and the Syria conflict is a current event. By and large, I liked that Professor Bakker did not "preach" his thoughts on terrorism, e.g. making leaps of faith and then expecting us to take unproven assumptions as the basis for a further argument. If I had to make one suggestion on how to improve the course, I would say that the handful of videos by external speakers were not properly contextualized in the course. In particular, I didn't understand why there was a video of a woman from Amnesty International talking about drone strikes and urging political action, since it was not referenced at all by other lectures. | didn't understand why there was a | Video | of a woman from Amnesty International | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Very interesting. May need permanent updates, for instance through short addition video lectures. Course transcripts are really useful, in particular when translated! | updates, for instance through short addition | Video | lectures. Course transcripts are really useful, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | I loved the fact that we could achieve the course in our own timings and I obviously love the whole course, the lectures, the videos, I couldn´t feel more satisfied and grateful! | the whole course, the lectures, the | Video | I couldn´t feel more satisfied and | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
| 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 | course was well crafted and your | Video | were great! All of the assignments | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Great class, love the videos, Kimberley Barker knows how to keep the learners' attention through all the videos. Very insightful podcasts, articles and examples are shared during the course. | Great class, love the | Video | Kimberley Barker knows how to keep | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | The videos were not very professional. Depth of the subject was not there. Very introductory and generic course where personal branding as a subject was merely cursorily touched. | The | Video | were not very professional. Depth of | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Poor quality videos make the course less appealing and make it seems to be unprofessional | Poor quality | Video | make the course less appealing and | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Great course, I'd totally recommend it. The teacher was amazing! She really knows a lot about branding and I felt I learned a lot from her (plus she's funny!). She also supplied us with many awesome links to articles and videos to even further our knowledge of personal branding and get other perspectives from different sources. If you are asking yourself "Why should I be bothered about branding, that's some marketing stuff I don't care about", then know - this is a MUST for every single person who exists online (and since you are reading this right now, you most likely are), because by having profiles and engaging on the interwebz, you inevitably are building a reputation and this class will teach you how to manage that reputation. | many awesome links to articles and | Video | to even further our knowledge of | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Very good course but some of the videos were buffering and I couldn't view them properly. | good course but some of the | Video | were buffering and I couldn't view | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Thank you very much for this course - by far the best part for me was Week 2 when we were helped to really identify who we are and how we project ourselves to ourselves and to others. Thank you Kimberley for keeping the videos short and interesting (I find this vital to the success of MOOCs). I do however feel like the Quiz's could have been a little bit more challenging ;) | Thank you Kimberley for keeping the | Video | short and interesting (I find this | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Helpful, but most of the information was general and could be found on any social media advice blogs. While the instructor was fun...her videos could use more graphics/powerpoints or some sort of visual instead of just straight up talking. | instructor was fun. . . her | Video | could use more graphics/powerpoints or some | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Excellent teacher. Very well recorded videos. Good lectures and nice content. It changes the way how you see your life (personal and professional aspects). Congratulations. I recommend to all. | Excellent teacher. Very well recorded | Video | Good lectures and nice content. It | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Really liked the course! Gives a very good base to personal branding and it is easy to follow with short and interesting videos. Keep it up. Congratulations. | to follow with short and interesting | Video | Keep it up. Congratulations. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| a0OJ1ha4EeWKlgqs7LdhRw | Loved the course but thought it wasn't enough. I wanted to cover more topics, more material and more videos from our charismatic teacher Kimberley | more topics, more material and more | Video | from our charismatic teacher Kimberley | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 1.05 |
| 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. | Very well structured and extremely clear | Video | and also helpful staff and mentors | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 0.92 |
| 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. | help you out. Negative points: -The | Video | lectures, although informative have a very | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.92 |
| 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. | course, since one spends hours watching | Video | for just learning about basic syntax | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.92 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This is the only one course, I have paid for certificate. I liked most of the course. Instructor has a unique way of teaching Matlab. He started Matlab basics. After that, he had shown functions. The reason of showing functions at the very first times was to evaluate the problems. I am so surprised when I have seen the usage of column operator in such different ways. Course was followed by decision structures, loops, strings and file I/O. The course content was well prepared. Video lectures are quite helpful. Especially, 1 hour problem solving example video was so beneficial. However, at the end of the course, problems become quite challenging and time consuming. In first 6 problem set, my success rate was 100%. But, in last two week's problems I was able to solve only 5 of 8. The problems become difficult to understand, there were not enough explanations or hints. Discussion pages were not useful some times. I had to make further research on internet to understand the problem and it was time consuming. In the new version of the course, it would be better if problems are clear to understand. In short, the Instructors and Mentors did great job. Do I suggest this course to anyone else? The answer is definitely YES! Thank you. | Especially, 1 hour problem solving example | Video | was so beneficial. However, at the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 0.92 |
| A4W_GyDjEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | So far the course appears to be very good, but the request for an upgrade after every video becomes more and more annoying as the number multiplies | request for an upgrade after every | Video | becomes more and more annoying as | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.92 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Before I began this course, I had only a very general knowledge of Buddhist meditation. After going through a number of lessons, I realized I really knew less than I thought. I had only been attracted to the Buddhist world encountered in readings and travels. For many years, it was something that I wanted to know more about. So I appreciate having access to this course. Classification and organization of detailed and complex material is well organized. Great work amassing and presenting knowledge of contemplative practices. I feel there was some repetition or redundancy, but in my case that was not necessarily a bad thing, other than to add to the mass of information being delivered. The repetition helped to stabilize my memory and helped to establish a baseline of concepts from which to build my understanding. I became mired in detail, but absorbed as much as I could in lieu of being able to recall consciously specific pieces of information. I don't want to judge the presenters by suggesting that they tried to put too much information into too little of a space. I found my efforts to absorb the info meditative in nature, thus I welcomed the challenge. The videos of presenters reading texts of detailed and dense info was difficult to follow at times, but I discovered that it helps, in some cases, to download the script of the talks and follow along with the video as I read the script. The focus on history and historical debates and conflicts between shamatha and vipassana practices, etc., within Buddhism were helpful but not as key as the meditation practices. I suppose it is difficult to separate them since they are so entwined. I have learned a lot more than I ever expected when I began this course. I value discussions and sharing among students, but the course is so dense and time consuming that I had no time left to participate in sharing with others. Not to devalue the info itself, which is fantastic. | thus I welcomed the challenge. The | Video | of presenters reading texts of detailed | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I have to admit that the professors know the topic and are conducting amazing research, but the course was dry and terribly designed. The videos are too long, without quizzes or activities to break the long dry monologues. They also talk like robots and one gets lost really fast. I have taken many courses in coursera with long and short videos, with boring and engaging teachers but this is by far the worse. They are trying to show off so much information and in such a high level language (to most), that it makes it incredibly boring. I should add that I have studied Buddhism, and there are so many better ways to provide people an opportunity to come into contact with this beautiful topic. | was dry and terribly designed. The | Video | are too long, without quizzes or | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I have to admit that the professors know the topic and are conducting amazing research, but the course was dry and terribly designed. The videos are too long, without quizzes or activities to break the long dry monologues. They also talk like robots and one gets lost really fast. I have taken many courses in coursera with long and short videos, with boring and engaging teachers but this is by far the worse. They are trying to show off so much information and in such a high level language (to most), that it makes it incredibly boring. I should add that I have studied Buddhism, and there are so many better ways to provide people an opportunity to come into contact with this beautiful topic. | in coursera with long and short | Video | with boring and engaging teachers but | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is an excellent, in depth course packed with information and guidance on many levels including Buddhist philosphy and history, Neurology, Mindfulness and Meditation practices, and an introduction to both calm and insight meditation. Labs provide an additional resource with guided meditations and explanations. There are also inerviews with knowledgable academics involved in related fields. Instructors range from Buddhist Monks to knowlegable Professors from University of Virginia and other instutions. Most lectures are interesting and done in away that communicates well on video. Dr Clifford Saron took difficult scientific data and made it understanable. One extremely gifted and knowlegable professor, however, often rapidly read his lectures, full of academic jargon. Even so, it is well worth the effor and rewarding information wise to sit through his videos which you can stop and start to make notes. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in the subject. | in away that communicates well on | Video | Dr Clifford Saron took difficult scientific | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is an excellent, in depth course packed with information and guidance on many levels including Buddhist philosphy and history, Neurology, Mindfulness and Meditation practices, and an introduction to both calm and insight meditation. Labs provide an additional resource with guided meditations and explanations. There are also inerviews with knowledgable academics involved in related fields. Instructors range from Buddhist Monks to knowlegable Professors from University of Virginia and other instutions. Most lectures are interesting and done in away that communicates well on video. Dr Clifford Saron took difficult scientific data and made it understanable. One extremely gifted and knowlegable professor, however, often rapidly read his lectures, full of academic jargon. Even so, it is well worth the effor and rewarding information wise to sit through his videos which you can stop and start to make notes. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in the subject. | information wise to sit through his | Video | which you can stop and start | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Interesting topic, . but the videos are too long and sometimes lack of dynamism . I recommend the comparison with Science. | Interesting topic, . but the | Video | are too long and sometimes lack | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course was a very comprehensive introduction to Buddhist Meditation: - there were lectures about the different Buddhist meditation traditions - practical trainings on Buddhist meditation - neurological and psychological view on the effects of meditation on the human body and many more topics related to meditation. I found the course was actually overloaded with content: most videos were too long and there were too many videos. Some videos were more like reading a text: the lecturer was most likely reading his own script from a Teleprompter instead of really talking to the audience. The videos were not bad, but I see some room for improvement for most videos of most lecturers. My favourite videos were from Anam Thubten, he was most genuine and convincing to me. All in all it was still an excellent introduction into the topic for me: a big thank you to all people involved, you did a great job!! | really talking to the audience. The | Video | were not bad, but I see | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course was a very comprehensive introduction to Buddhist Meditation: - there were lectures about the different Buddhist meditation traditions - practical trainings on Buddhist meditation - neurological and psychological view on the effects of meditation on the human body and many more topics related to meditation. I found the course was actually overloaded with content: most videos were too long and there were too many videos. Some videos were more like reading a text: the lecturer was most likely reading his own script from a Teleprompter instead of really talking to the audience. The videos were not bad, but I see some room for improvement for most videos of most lecturers. My favourite videos were from Anam Thubten, he was most genuine and convincing to me. All in all it was still an excellent introduction into the topic for me: a big thank you to all people involved, you did a great job!! | some room for improvement for most | Video | of most lecturers. My favourite videos | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course was a very comprehensive introduction to Buddhist Meditation: - there were lectures about the different Buddhist meditation traditions - practical trainings on Buddhist meditation - neurological and psychological view on the effects of meditation on the human body and many more topics related to meditation. I found the course was actually overloaded with content: most videos were too long and there were too many videos. Some videos were more like reading a text: the lecturer was most likely reading his own script from a Teleprompter instead of really talking to the audience. The videos were not bad, but I see some room for improvement for most videos of most lecturers. My favourite videos were from Anam Thubten, he was most genuine and convincing to me. All in all it was still an excellent introduction into the topic for me: a big thank you to all people involved, you did a great job!! | videos of most lecturers. My favourite | Video | were from Anam Thubten, he was | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed the course, the structure and the material. I really enjoyed the interviews with some of the speakers. Occasionally certain lectures were a little dry for video. | lectures were a little dry for | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | (I posted this review in a blog [https://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/review-of-the-free-coursera-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-and-the-modern-world-lesser-vehicle-course-given-by-uva/]. Much of the courseware was outstanding. Many of the videos were so poorly done (boring) that I couldn't watch them. (I do not watch people read prepared text in a video. Ever.) ----------- From the blog ---------------------------------- I recently took the FREE Coursera course, "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World". (https://www.coursera.org/learn/buddhist-meditation) From the course catalog: " Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World explores the immense variety of meditation practices past and present. We present their histories, their philosophical underpinnings, their transformations in the modern global world, and we give you a chance to reflect upon meditation practices through secular contemplations designed just for this course." (Note: In the class overview, it is noted that the term "Lesser Vehicle" is "perjorative" but they use it anyway. ??") There are many FREE reasons to take this FREE "Lesser Vehicle" course (the first of four): #1 - An awesome, wonderful hour-long interview with Sharon Salzberg, one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. What an awesome lady. I was not aware that she is also a Dzogchen student. (Did I mention it was FREE?) Worth signing up for the course just to skip to Week 6 to watch this interview. #2 - Guided Meditations by Dr. Anne Klein and Anam Thubten. Very, very, very nice. FREE, it's ALL FREE. #3 - The Science of Mindfulness against the Background of the Scientific Study of Meditation videos with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His videos start in Week 1 and continue through Week 6 in building a basis for understanding the scientific research on meditation. He (and the course) demonstrates what can and cannot (presently) be scientifically proven about meditation. One excellent example: Two trained pianists were told to learn a complicated piece of music, one with the piano, and the other only in his imagination. After 2 weeks (I think) of practice, their brains' MRI patterns exhibited almost the exact same changes. Dr. Saron noted that the results are not definitive but still may have implications for the compassion/bodhicitta meditations we do. #4: An interview on "Buddhist Modernism", with David McMahan. Very much academic-oriented. One statement, in particular, struck me since, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be true: "The Buddhist Tantra teachings are not accepted nor are they popular in the West." For all the Buddhist monastics that visit the USA and the West to grab donations and go back to their home countries, few of them are sticking around to teach complete Tantra classes. The few that do (and do it well) are having a hard time making ends meet. (That's just my opinion, I guess.) There are also short 5-10 minute interviews with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro (a short "snapshot" of the Tibetan take on the week's particular subject, which was often better (to me) than the 90min-long "talking head" version ) and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche ("How does Buddhism change in a New Culture" and "Benefits and Dangers of Secularing Buddhism", the TB rebuttal, as it were. He did note that motivation is the key. Bad agenda = bad results, good motivation will cause good results.) Have I noted the course is FREE? So you can take the course, and the following courses, without doing any of the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any video or transcript to your heart's content whenever you wish in any order you wish. (That assumes the courses are not taken off-line at a future date.) Further in the course description is a blurb that may point to at least 3 future courses in "Mahāyāna, …Vajrayāna, …and a fourth vehicle, which is explicit in many Tibetan materials, though no standard term ever emerged that was accepted by all sectarian traditions - we will thus term it as the “Natural Vehicle” or “Post Tantra”." If the quality of guided meditations (GM) in following classes are even half the quality of this course's GM's, then that's all the reason I need to continue the future classes, too. Course gotchas: #1. That said (other shoe dropping here), the other half of the course was videos of people reading their prepared academic papers, in monotone or semi-monotone voices. (Transcripts are available. I figure I can read a paper in 5% of the time someone else reads it to me in a video. Ugh.) However, they would probably need the voice of Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, B. Cumberbatch or James Spader to keep me awake. To be fair, the content is golden, although the papers seems to be geared to the academic community, rather than the student community. Books and Videos on these subjects are all over Amazon, YouTube, FPMT, Dharma-Documentaries, etc. #2. The Sharon Salzberg (SS), in her interview, brought up an excellent point. She noted that she and a noted clinical psychology (CP) scientist (researcher) (whose name I have forgotten) were at a conference where the issue on the table was that someone was having trouble with "loving kindness" meditation as a first meditation class. SS noted that she would instantly recommend the student change to "calm abiding" meditation whereas the CP could not change that student's meditation technique to another technique (such as calm abiding) as her research findings would then be invalid. Similarly, many of the non-Buddhist guided meditations that I viewed in this course felt like a physical education or "How To" class. Do this. Do that. It did not feel as though they lived the material, just taught it. (Whereas it was patently obvious Dr. Klein & Anam Thubten were definitely "walking the walk", so to speak, so were able to speak from the heart.) Interviews I did not watch, that may be of great interest to others, include meditation in the school system by Tish Jennings, meditation in the Business Community (an interview with David Mick), the Burmese meditation tradition in an interview with Erik Braun, the MBSR (Meditation Based Stress Reduction) with Susan Bauer-Wu, and meditation in the legal community with Rhonda Magee. And all that is just the first course. Many of it's "failings" may just be my karmic opinions. The course is worth checking out and watching/reading/meditating on those parts that interest you. In that respect, the breadth of the course content is quite nice and so well done. Grade: B-. | courseware was outstanding. Many of the | Video | were so poorly done (boring) that | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | (I posted this review in a blog [https://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/review-of-the-free-coursera-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-and-the-modern-world-lesser-vehicle-course-given-by-uva/]. Much of the courseware was outstanding. Many of the videos were so poorly done (boring) that I couldn't watch them. (I do not watch people read prepared text in a video. Ever.) ----------- From the blog ---------------------------------- I recently took the FREE Coursera course, "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World". (https://www.coursera.org/learn/buddhist-meditation) From the course catalog: " Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World explores the immense variety of meditation practices past and present. We present their histories, their philosophical underpinnings, their transformations in the modern global world, and we give you a chance to reflect upon meditation practices through secular contemplations designed just for this course." (Note: In the class overview, it is noted that the term "Lesser Vehicle" is "perjorative" but they use it anyway. ??") There are many FREE reasons to take this FREE "Lesser Vehicle" course (the first of four): #1 - An awesome, wonderful hour-long interview with Sharon Salzberg, one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. What an awesome lady. I was not aware that she is also a Dzogchen student. (Did I mention it was FREE?) Worth signing up for the course just to skip to Week 6 to watch this interview. #2 - Guided Meditations by Dr. Anne Klein and Anam Thubten. Very, very, very nice. FREE, it's ALL FREE. #3 - The Science of Mindfulness against the Background of the Scientific Study of Meditation videos with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His videos start in Week 1 and continue through Week 6 in building a basis for understanding the scientific research on meditation. He (and the course) demonstrates what can and cannot (presently) be scientifically proven about meditation. One excellent example: Two trained pianists were told to learn a complicated piece of music, one with the piano, and the other only in his imagination. After 2 weeks (I think) of practice, their brains' MRI patterns exhibited almost the exact same changes. Dr. Saron noted that the results are not definitive but still may have implications for the compassion/bodhicitta meditations we do. #4: An interview on "Buddhist Modernism", with David McMahan. Very much academic-oriented. One statement, in particular, struck me since, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be true: "The Buddhist Tantra teachings are not accepted nor are they popular in the West." For all the Buddhist monastics that visit the USA and the West to grab donations and go back to their home countries, few of them are sticking around to teach complete Tantra classes. The few that do (and do it well) are having a hard time making ends meet. (That's just my opinion, I guess.) There are also short 5-10 minute interviews with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro (a short "snapshot" of the Tibetan take on the week's particular subject, which was often better (to me) than the 90min-long "talking head" version ) and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche ("How does Buddhism change in a New Culture" and "Benefits and Dangers of Secularing Buddhism", the TB rebuttal, as it were. He did note that motivation is the key. Bad agenda = bad results, good motivation will cause good results.) Have I noted the course is FREE? So you can take the course, and the following courses, without doing any of the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any video or transcript to your heart's content whenever you wish in any order you wish. (That assumes the courses are not taken off-line at a future date.) Further in the course description is a blurb that may point to at least 3 future courses in "Mahāyāna, …Vajrayāna, …and a fourth vehicle, which is explicit in many Tibetan materials, though no standard term ever emerged that was accepted by all sectarian traditions - we will thus term it as the “Natural Vehicle” or “Post Tantra”." If the quality of guided meditations (GM) in following classes are even half the quality of this course's GM's, then that's all the reason I need to continue the future classes, too. Course gotchas: #1. That said (other shoe dropping here), the other half of the course was videos of people reading their prepared academic papers, in monotone or semi-monotone voices. (Transcripts are available. I figure I can read a paper in 5% of the time someone else reads it to me in a video. Ugh.) However, they would probably need the voice of Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, B. Cumberbatch or James Spader to keep me awake. To be fair, the content is golden, although the papers seems to be geared to the academic community, rather than the student community. Books and Videos on these subjects are all over Amazon, YouTube, FPMT, Dharma-Documentaries, etc. #2. The Sharon Salzberg (SS), in her interview, brought up an excellent point. She noted that she and a noted clinical psychology (CP) scientist (researcher) (whose name I have forgotten) were at a conference where the issue on the table was that someone was having trouble with "loving kindness" meditation as a first meditation class. SS noted that she would instantly recommend the student change to "calm abiding" meditation whereas the CP could not change that student's meditation technique to another technique (such as calm abiding) as her research findings would then be invalid. Similarly, many of the non-Buddhist guided meditations that I viewed in this course felt like a physical education or "How To" class. Do this. Do that. It did not feel as though they lived the material, just taught it. (Whereas it was patently obvious Dr. Klein & Anam Thubten were definitely "walking the walk", so to speak, so were able to speak from the heart.) Interviews I did not watch, that may be of great interest to others, include meditation in the school system by Tish Jennings, meditation in the Business Community (an interview with David Mick), the Burmese meditation tradition in an interview with Erik Braun, the MBSR (Meditation Based Stress Reduction) with Susan Bauer-Wu, and meditation in the legal community with Rhonda Magee. And all that is just the first course. Many of it's "failings" may just be my karmic opinions. The course is worth checking out and watching/reading/meditating on those parts that interest you. In that respect, the breadth of the course content is quite nice and so well done. Grade: B-. | of the Scientific Study of Meditation | Video | with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | (I posted this review in a blog [https://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/review-of-the-free-coursera-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-and-the-modern-world-lesser-vehicle-course-given-by-uva/]. Much of the courseware was outstanding. Many of the videos were so poorly done (boring) that I couldn't watch them. (I do not watch people read prepared text in a video. Ever.) ----------- From the blog ---------------------------------- I recently took the FREE Coursera course, "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World". (https://www.coursera.org/learn/buddhist-meditation) From the course catalog: " Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World explores the immense variety of meditation practices past and present. We present their histories, their philosophical underpinnings, their transformations in the modern global world, and we give you a chance to reflect upon meditation practices through secular contemplations designed just for this course." (Note: In the class overview, it is noted that the term "Lesser Vehicle" is "perjorative" but they use it anyway. ??") There are many FREE reasons to take this FREE "Lesser Vehicle" course (the first of four): #1 - An awesome, wonderful hour-long interview with Sharon Salzberg, one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. What an awesome lady. I was not aware that she is also a Dzogchen student. (Did I mention it was FREE?) Worth signing up for the course just to skip to Week 6 to watch this interview. #2 - Guided Meditations by Dr. Anne Klein and Anam Thubten. Very, very, very nice. FREE, it's ALL FREE. #3 - The Science of Mindfulness against the Background of the Scientific Study of Meditation videos with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His videos start in Week 1 and continue through Week 6 in building a basis for understanding the scientific research on meditation. He (and the course) demonstrates what can and cannot (presently) be scientifically proven about meditation. One excellent example: Two trained pianists were told to learn a complicated piece of music, one with the piano, and the other only in his imagination. After 2 weeks (I think) of practice, their brains' MRI patterns exhibited almost the exact same changes. Dr. Saron noted that the results are not definitive but still may have implications for the compassion/bodhicitta meditations we do. #4: An interview on "Buddhist Modernism", with David McMahan. Very much academic-oriented. One statement, in particular, struck me since, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be true: "The Buddhist Tantra teachings are not accepted nor are they popular in the West." For all the Buddhist monastics that visit the USA and the West to grab donations and go back to their home countries, few of them are sticking around to teach complete Tantra classes. The few that do (and do it well) are having a hard time making ends meet. (That's just my opinion, I guess.) There are also short 5-10 minute interviews with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro (a short "snapshot" of the Tibetan take on the week's particular subject, which was often better (to me) than the 90min-long "talking head" version ) and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche ("How does Buddhism change in a New Culture" and "Benefits and Dangers of Secularing Buddhism", the TB rebuttal, as it were. He did note that motivation is the key. Bad agenda = bad results, good motivation will cause good results.) Have I noted the course is FREE? So you can take the course, and the following courses, without doing any of the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any video or transcript to your heart's content whenever you wish in any order you wish. (That assumes the courses are not taken off-line at a future date.) Further in the course description is a blurb that may point to at least 3 future courses in "Mahāyāna, …Vajrayāna, …and a fourth vehicle, which is explicit in many Tibetan materials, though no standard term ever emerged that was accepted by all sectarian traditions - we will thus term it as the “Natural Vehicle” or “Post Tantra”." If the quality of guided meditations (GM) in following classes are even half the quality of this course's GM's, then that's all the reason I need to continue the future classes, too. Course gotchas: #1. That said (other shoe dropping here), the other half of the course was videos of people reading their prepared academic papers, in monotone or semi-monotone voices. (Transcripts are available. I figure I can read a paper in 5% of the time someone else reads it to me in a video. Ugh.) However, they would probably need the voice of Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, B. Cumberbatch or James Spader to keep me awake. To be fair, the content is golden, although the papers seems to be geared to the academic community, rather than the student community. Books and Videos on these subjects are all over Amazon, YouTube, FPMT, Dharma-Documentaries, etc. #2. The Sharon Salzberg (SS), in her interview, brought up an excellent point. She noted that she and a noted clinical psychology (CP) scientist (researcher) (whose name I have forgotten) were at a conference where the issue on the table was that someone was having trouble with "loving kindness" meditation as a first meditation class. SS noted that she would instantly recommend the student change to "calm abiding" meditation whereas the CP could not change that student's meditation technique to another technique (such as calm abiding) as her research findings would then be invalid. Similarly, many of the non-Buddhist guided meditations that I viewed in this course felt like a physical education or "How To" class. Do this. Do that. It did not feel as though they lived the material, just taught it. (Whereas it was patently obvious Dr. Klein & Anam Thubten were definitely "walking the walk", so to speak, so were able to speak from the heart.) Interviews I did not watch, that may be of great interest to others, include meditation in the school system by Tish Jennings, meditation in the Business Community (an interview with David Mick), the Burmese meditation tradition in an interview with Erik Braun, the MBSR (Meditation Based Stress Reduction) with Susan Bauer-Wu, and meditation in the legal community with Rhonda Magee. And all that is just the first course. Many of it's "failings" may just be my karmic opinions. The course is worth checking out and watching/reading/meditating on those parts that interest you. In that respect, the breadth of the course content is quite nice and so well done. Grade: B-. | with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His | Video | start in Week 1 and continue | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | (I posted this review in a blog [https://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/review-of-the-free-coursera-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-and-the-modern-world-lesser-vehicle-course-given-by-uva/]. Much of the courseware was outstanding. Many of the videos were so poorly done (boring) that I couldn't watch them. (I do not watch people read prepared text in a video. Ever.) ----------- From the blog ---------------------------------- I recently took the FREE Coursera course, "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World". (https://www.coursera.org/learn/buddhist-meditation) From the course catalog: " Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World explores the immense variety of meditation practices past and present. We present their histories, their philosophical underpinnings, their transformations in the modern global world, and we give you a chance to reflect upon meditation practices through secular contemplations designed just for this course." (Note: In the class overview, it is noted that the term "Lesser Vehicle" is "perjorative" but they use it anyway. ??") There are many FREE reasons to take this FREE "Lesser Vehicle" course (the first of four): #1 - An awesome, wonderful hour-long interview with Sharon Salzberg, one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. What an awesome lady. I was not aware that she is also a Dzogchen student. (Did I mention it was FREE?) Worth signing up for the course just to skip to Week 6 to watch this interview. #2 - Guided Meditations by Dr. Anne Klein and Anam Thubten. Very, very, very nice. FREE, it's ALL FREE. #3 - The Science of Mindfulness against the Background of the Scientific Study of Meditation videos with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His videos start in Week 1 and continue through Week 6 in building a basis for understanding the scientific research on meditation. He (and the course) demonstrates what can and cannot (presently) be scientifically proven about meditation. One excellent example: Two trained pianists were told to learn a complicated piece of music, one with the piano, and the other only in his imagination. After 2 weeks (I think) of practice, their brains' MRI patterns exhibited almost the exact same changes. Dr. Saron noted that the results are not definitive but still may have implications for the compassion/bodhicitta meditations we do. #4: An interview on "Buddhist Modernism", with David McMahan. Very much academic-oriented. One statement, in particular, struck me since, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be true: "The Buddhist Tantra teachings are not accepted nor are they popular in the West." For all the Buddhist monastics that visit the USA and the West to grab donations and go back to their home countries, few of them are sticking around to teach complete Tantra classes. The few that do (and do it well) are having a hard time making ends meet. (That's just my opinion, I guess.) There are also short 5-10 minute interviews with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro (a short "snapshot" of the Tibetan take on the week's particular subject, which was often better (to me) than the 90min-long "talking head" version ) and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche ("How does Buddhism change in a New Culture" and "Benefits and Dangers of Secularing Buddhism", the TB rebuttal, as it were. He did note that motivation is the key. Bad agenda = bad results, good motivation will cause good results.) Have I noted the course is FREE? So you can take the course, and the following courses, without doing any of the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any video or transcript to your heart's content whenever you wish in any order you wish. (That assumes the courses are not taken off-line at a future date.) Further in the course description is a blurb that may point to at least 3 future courses in "Mahāyāna, …Vajrayāna, …and a fourth vehicle, which is explicit in many Tibetan materials, though no standard term ever emerged that was accepted by all sectarian traditions - we will thus term it as the “Natural Vehicle” or “Post Tantra”." If the quality of guided meditations (GM) in following classes are even half the quality of this course's GM's, then that's all the reason I need to continue the future classes, too. Course gotchas: #1. That said (other shoe dropping here), the other half of the course was videos of people reading their prepared academic papers, in monotone or semi-monotone voices. (Transcripts are available. I figure I can read a paper in 5% of the time someone else reads it to me in a video. Ugh.) However, they would probably need the voice of Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, B. Cumberbatch or James Spader to keep me awake. To be fair, the content is golden, although the papers seems to be geared to the academic community, rather than the student community. Books and Videos on these subjects are all over Amazon, YouTube, FPMT, Dharma-Documentaries, etc. #2. The Sharon Salzberg (SS), in her interview, brought up an excellent point. She noted that she and a noted clinical psychology (CP) scientist (researcher) (whose name I have forgotten) were at a conference where the issue on the table was that someone was having trouble with "loving kindness" meditation as a first meditation class. SS noted that she would instantly recommend the student change to "calm abiding" meditation whereas the CP could not change that student's meditation technique to another technique (such as calm abiding) as her research findings would then be invalid. Similarly, many of the non-Buddhist guided meditations that I viewed in this course felt like a physical education or "How To" class. Do this. Do that. It did not feel as though they lived the material, just taught it. (Whereas it was patently obvious Dr. Klein & Anam Thubten were definitely "walking the walk", so to speak, so were able to speak from the heart.) Interviews I did not watch, that may be of great interest to others, include meditation in the school system by Tish Jennings, meditation in the Business Community (an interview with David Mick), the Burmese meditation tradition in an interview with Erik Braun, the MBSR (Meditation Based Stress Reduction) with Susan Bauer-Wu, and meditation in the legal community with Rhonda Magee. And all that is just the first course. Many of it's "failings" may just be my karmic opinions. The course is worth checking out and watching/reading/meditating on those parts that interest you. In that respect, the breadth of the course content is quite nice and so well done. Grade: B-. | the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any | Video | or transcript to your heart's content | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | (I posted this review in a blog [https://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/review-of-the-free-coursera-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-and-the-modern-world-lesser-vehicle-course-given-by-uva/]. Much of the courseware was outstanding. Many of the videos were so poorly done (boring) that I couldn't watch them. (I do not watch people read prepared text in a video. Ever.) ----------- From the blog ---------------------------------- I recently took the FREE Coursera course, "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World". (https://www.coursera.org/learn/buddhist-meditation) From the course catalog: " Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World explores the immense variety of meditation practices past and present. We present their histories, their philosophical underpinnings, their transformations in the modern global world, and we give you a chance to reflect upon meditation practices through secular contemplations designed just for this course." (Note: In the class overview, it is noted that the term "Lesser Vehicle" is "perjorative" but they use it anyway. ??") There are many FREE reasons to take this FREE "Lesser Vehicle" course (the first of four): #1 - An awesome, wonderful hour-long interview with Sharon Salzberg, one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. What an awesome lady. I was not aware that she is also a Dzogchen student. (Did I mention it was FREE?) Worth signing up for the course just to skip to Week 6 to watch this interview. #2 - Guided Meditations by Dr. Anne Klein and Anam Thubten. Very, very, very nice. FREE, it's ALL FREE. #3 - The Science of Mindfulness against the Background of the Scientific Study of Meditation videos with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His videos start in Week 1 and continue through Week 6 in building a basis for understanding the scientific research on meditation. He (and the course) demonstrates what can and cannot (presently) be scientifically proven about meditation. One excellent example: Two trained pianists were told to learn a complicated piece of music, one with the piano, and the other only in his imagination. After 2 weeks (I think) of practice, their brains' MRI patterns exhibited almost the exact same changes. Dr. Saron noted that the results are not definitive but still may have implications for the compassion/bodhicitta meditations we do. #4: An interview on "Buddhist Modernism", with David McMahan. Very much academic-oriented. One statement, in particular, struck me since, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be true: "The Buddhist Tantra teachings are not accepted nor are they popular in the West." For all the Buddhist monastics that visit the USA and the West to grab donations and go back to their home countries, few of them are sticking around to teach complete Tantra classes. The few that do (and do it well) are having a hard time making ends meet. (That's just my opinion, I guess.) There are also short 5-10 minute interviews with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro (a short "snapshot" of the Tibetan take on the week's particular subject, which was often better (to me) than the 90min-long "talking head" version ) and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche ("How does Buddhism change in a New Culture" and "Benefits and Dangers of Secularing Buddhism", the TB rebuttal, as it were. He did note that motivation is the key. Bad agenda = bad results, good motivation will cause good results.) Have I noted the course is FREE? So you can take the course, and the following courses, without doing any of the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any video or transcript to your heart's content whenever you wish in any order you wish. (That assumes the courses are not taken off-line at a future date.) Further in the course description is a blurb that may point to at least 3 future courses in "Mahāyāna, …Vajrayāna, …and a fourth vehicle, which is explicit in many Tibetan materials, though no standard term ever emerged that was accepted by all sectarian traditions - we will thus term it as the “Natural Vehicle” or “Post Tantra”." If the quality of guided meditations (GM) in following classes are even half the quality of this course's GM's, then that's all the reason I need to continue the future classes, too. Course gotchas: #1. That said (other shoe dropping here), the other half of the course was videos of people reading their prepared academic papers, in monotone or semi-monotone voices. (Transcripts are available. I figure I can read a paper in 5% of the time someone else reads it to me in a video. Ugh.) However, they would probably need the voice of Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, B. Cumberbatch or James Spader to keep me awake. To be fair, the content is golden, although the papers seems to be geared to the academic community, rather than the student community. Books and Videos on these subjects are all over Amazon, YouTube, FPMT, Dharma-Documentaries, etc. #2. The Sharon Salzberg (SS), in her interview, brought up an excellent point. She noted that she and a noted clinical psychology (CP) scientist (researcher) (whose name I have forgotten) were at a conference where the issue on the table was that someone was having trouble with "loving kindness" meditation as a first meditation class. SS noted that she would instantly recommend the student change to "calm abiding" meditation whereas the CP could not change that student's meditation technique to another technique (such as calm abiding) as her research findings would then be invalid. Similarly, many of the non-Buddhist guided meditations that I viewed in this course felt like a physical education or "How To" class. Do this. Do that. It did not feel as though they lived the material, just taught it. (Whereas it was patently obvious Dr. Klein & Anam Thubten were definitely "walking the walk", so to speak, so were able to speak from the heart.) Interviews I did not watch, that may be of great interest to others, include meditation in the school system by Tish Jennings, meditation in the Business Community (an interview with David Mick), the Burmese meditation tradition in an interview with Erik Braun, the MBSR (Meditation Based Stress Reduction) with Susan Bauer-Wu, and meditation in the legal community with Rhonda Magee. And all that is just the first course. Many of it's "failings" may just be my karmic opinions. The course is worth checking out and watching/reading/meditating on those parts that interest you. In that respect, the breadth of the course content is quite nice and so well done. Grade: B-. | reads it to me in a | Video | Ugh. ) However, they would probably | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The content of this course was superb. The level of detail and the connections between traditional teaching with modern science and western practice was very helpful, and much appreciated. The interviews and additional content on practice and historical significance was wonderful. The neuroscience content was presented very effectively, with just the right amount of detail needed here, and the critique and straightforward way that the research was presented was masterful, and so much needed in today's cult-like vision of meditation. I look forward to the other 3 segments of the course. I would recommend putting the transcripts of the lectures together in a more easily readable format, then use the videos by Dr. Germano to highlight the issues presented rather than just reading. | easily readable format, then use the | Video | by Dr. Germano to highlight the | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | After being bored to death by his first highly complex and involved analytical/historical lectures, I skipped over every video that Prof. Germano lectured in. I'm not sure if his later videos were great or not, and they were supposed to be "foundational/historical," but the rest of the course was extremely educative and enjoyable for a beginner like me, and Prof. Germano's lectures were not needed for the graded quizzes. | analytical/historical lectures, I skipped over every | Video | that Prof. Germano lectured in. I'm | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | After being bored to death by his first highly complex and involved analytical/historical lectures, I skipped over every video that Prof. Germano lectured in. I'm not sure if his later videos were great or not, and they were supposed to be "foundational/historical," but the rest of the course was extremely educative and enjoyable for a beginner like me, and Prof. Germano's lectures were not needed for the graded quizzes. | I'm not sure if his later | Video | were great or not, and they | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed and benefitted from some of this course. In particular I would highly recommend the Meditation Labs, the Science of Meditation videos and the short presentations from the Tibetan Buddhist monks . But I think the creators of this course need to be a lot clearer about what their aims are in that part of the course which Dr Germano presented. Since this was he was presenting the main overview of Buddhist content it was particularly disappointing that his presentations were so bad. I understand that there were difficulties in getting the course up and running from the various delays in its starting date and the change to its title and perhaps Dr Germano's role was more affected than the other lecturers. However it's pretty damning when he manages to to be so off-putting to so many of the students, going on the discussion comments. For my own part, I've studied and practiced Buddhism for more than 30 years and I am left with little sense of what his aims were for his lectures. To be more specific Dr Germano's Presentation: -he read from what I presume were lecture notes but more likely he was reading from an academic paper. the language was pretty turgid. -he could have just provided a PDF of his paper / notes for us to download. That would have been much more helpful as presumably it would have had some structure to it. doing that would have enabled him to use his video time in a more creative way. -MOOCs are wonderful audio-visual opportunities but he had no slides or illustrations at all. The few text headers which appeared then disappeared in only a very few seconds and sometimes did not relate directly to what he was saying at that time. Dr Germano's content: the amended title was Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. This is a complex subject which encompasses many layers of meditation practice culled from historically earlier Buddhist traditions. Can I suggest that any future version of this course includes the following: -include a video which presents the main aspects of the historical development of Buddhism. There was some mention of this in Germano's material but he did it from the Tibetan point of view. Surely what a modern day presentation needs is a modern impartial historical analysis of the subject. It's not as if there aren't plenty of academics and practitioners who are active in this field. -it's confusing to describe Tibetan Lesser Vehicle practices but then illustrate them with Pali text sources, modern Mindfulness practice, and modern Brahma Vihara practice all of which have emerged from the modern Theravadin tradition. -it's also perplexing to include information about many modern Theravadin teachers (Sayadaw, Goenka) in a course apparently not about them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the videos about Sayadaw and the interview with Sharon Saltzberg, but I am left in the dark about just what differences, if any, there are between them and Tibetan meditation. Overall I think this course was offered prematurely. Much of its content was enthralling, inspiring and very useful practically. However much of it was not. | Meditation Labs, the Science of Meditation | Video | and the short presentations from the | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed and benefitted from some of this course. In particular I would highly recommend the Meditation Labs, the Science of Meditation videos and the short presentations from the Tibetan Buddhist monks . But I think the creators of this course need to be a lot clearer about what their aims are in that part of the course which Dr Germano presented. Since this was he was presenting the main overview of Buddhist content it was particularly disappointing that his presentations were so bad. I understand that there were difficulties in getting the course up and running from the various delays in its starting date and the change to its title and perhaps Dr Germano's role was more affected than the other lecturers. However it's pretty damning when he manages to to be so off-putting to so many of the students, going on the discussion comments. For my own part, I've studied and practiced Buddhism for more than 30 years and I am left with little sense of what his aims were for his lectures. To be more specific Dr Germano's Presentation: -he read from what I presume were lecture notes but more likely he was reading from an academic paper. the language was pretty turgid. -he could have just provided a PDF of his paper / notes for us to download. That would have been much more helpful as presumably it would have had some structure to it. doing that would have enabled him to use his video time in a more creative way. -MOOCs are wonderful audio-visual opportunities but he had no slides or illustrations at all. The few text headers which appeared then disappeared in only a very few seconds and sometimes did not relate directly to what he was saying at that time. Dr Germano's content: the amended title was Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. This is a complex subject which encompasses many layers of meditation practice culled from historically earlier Buddhist traditions. Can I suggest that any future version of this course includes the following: -include a video which presents the main aspects of the historical development of Buddhism. There was some mention of this in Germano's material but he did it from the Tibetan point of view. Surely what a modern day presentation needs is a modern impartial historical analysis of the subject. It's not as if there aren't plenty of academics and practitioners who are active in this field. -it's confusing to describe Tibetan Lesser Vehicle practices but then illustrate them with Pali text sources, modern Mindfulness practice, and modern Brahma Vihara practice all of which have emerged from the modern Theravadin tradition. -it's also perplexing to include information about many modern Theravadin teachers (Sayadaw, Goenka) in a course apparently not about them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the videos about Sayadaw and the interview with Sharon Saltzberg, but I am left in the dark about just what differences, if any, there are between them and Tibetan meditation. Overall I think this course was offered prematurely. Much of its content was enthralling, inspiring and very useful practically. However much of it was not. | have enabled him to use his | Video | time in a more creative way. | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed and benefitted from some of this course. In particular I would highly recommend the Meditation Labs, the Science of Meditation videos and the short presentations from the Tibetan Buddhist monks . But I think the creators of this course need to be a lot clearer about what their aims are in that part of the course which Dr Germano presented. Since this was he was presenting the main overview of Buddhist content it was particularly disappointing that his presentations were so bad. I understand that there were difficulties in getting the course up and running from the various delays in its starting date and the change to its title and perhaps Dr Germano's role was more affected than the other lecturers. However it's pretty damning when he manages to to be so off-putting to so many of the students, going on the discussion comments. For my own part, I've studied and practiced Buddhism for more than 30 years and I am left with little sense of what his aims were for his lectures. To be more specific Dr Germano's Presentation: -he read from what I presume were lecture notes but more likely he was reading from an academic paper. the language was pretty turgid. -he could have just provided a PDF of his paper / notes for us to download. That would have been much more helpful as presumably it would have had some structure to it. doing that would have enabled him to use his video time in a more creative way. -MOOCs are wonderful audio-visual opportunities but he had no slides or illustrations at all. The few text headers which appeared then disappeared in only a very few seconds and sometimes did not relate directly to what he was saying at that time. Dr Germano's content: the amended title was Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. This is a complex subject which encompasses many layers of meditation practice culled from historically earlier Buddhist traditions. Can I suggest that any future version of this course includes the following: -include a video which presents the main aspects of the historical development of Buddhism. There was some mention of this in Germano's material but he did it from the Tibetan point of view. Surely what a modern day presentation needs is a modern impartial historical analysis of the subject. It's not as if there aren't plenty of academics and practitioners who are active in this field. -it's confusing to describe Tibetan Lesser Vehicle practices but then illustrate them with Pali text sources, modern Mindfulness practice, and modern Brahma Vihara practice all of which have emerged from the modern Theravadin tradition. -it's also perplexing to include information about many modern Theravadin teachers (Sayadaw, Goenka) in a course apparently not about them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the videos about Sayadaw and the interview with Sharon Saltzberg, but I am left in the dark about just what differences, if any, there are between them and Tibetan meditation. Overall I think this course was offered prematurely. Much of its content was enthralling, inspiring and very useful practically. However much of it was not. | course includes the following: -include a | Video | which presents the main aspects of | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I enjoyed and benefitted from some of this course. In particular I would highly recommend the Meditation Labs, the Science of Meditation videos and the short presentations from the Tibetan Buddhist monks . But I think the creators of this course need to be a lot clearer about what their aims are in that part of the course which Dr Germano presented. Since this was he was presenting the main overview of Buddhist content it was particularly disappointing that his presentations were so bad. I understand that there were difficulties in getting the course up and running from the various delays in its starting date and the change to its title and perhaps Dr Germano's role was more affected than the other lecturers. However it's pretty damning when he manages to to be so off-putting to so many of the students, going on the discussion comments. For my own part, I've studied and practiced Buddhism for more than 30 years and I am left with little sense of what his aims were for his lectures. To be more specific Dr Germano's Presentation: -he read from what I presume were lecture notes but more likely he was reading from an academic paper. the language was pretty turgid. -he could have just provided a PDF of his paper / notes for us to download. That would have been much more helpful as presumably it would have had some structure to it. doing that would have enabled him to use his video time in a more creative way. -MOOCs are wonderful audio-visual opportunities but he had no slides or illustrations at all. The few text headers which appeared then disappeared in only a very few seconds and sometimes did not relate directly to what he was saying at that time. Dr Germano's content: the amended title was Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. This is a complex subject which encompasses many layers of meditation practice culled from historically earlier Buddhist traditions. Can I suggest that any future version of this course includes the following: -include a video which presents the main aspects of the historical development of Buddhism. There was some mention of this in Germano's material but he did it from the Tibetan point of view. Surely what a modern day presentation needs is a modern impartial historical analysis of the subject. It's not as if there aren't plenty of academics and practitioners who are active in this field. -it's confusing to describe Tibetan Lesser Vehicle practices but then illustrate them with Pali text sources, modern Mindfulness practice, and modern Brahma Vihara practice all of which have emerged from the modern Theravadin tradition. -it's also perplexing to include information about many modern Theravadin teachers (Sayadaw, Goenka) in a course apparently not about them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the videos about Sayadaw and the interview with Sharon Saltzberg, but I am left in the dark about just what differences, if any, there are between them and Tibetan meditation. Overall I think this course was offered prematurely. Much of its content was enthralling, inspiring and very useful practically. However much of it was not. | get me wrong, I enjoyed the | Video | about Sayadaw and the interview with | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I could barely get the videos to work. The information was great, what I could get to, anyways. | I could barely get the | Video | to work. The information was great, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Speakers sound so monotone and dry that they leave an unenthusiastic impression of an incredibly fascinating subject. Some video lectures and writings are so unnecessarily verbose they cloud what is being taught. Frustratingly fought my way through the lessons and failed to clearly retain what I was trying to learn from Prof. Germano. All apologies to the professor for any harshness, and I MAY try again one day, but not now. | of an incredibly fascinating subject. Some | Video | lectures and writings are so unnecessarily | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| aaNxjzc9EeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Joined this course as I was really interested in understanding meditation itself from a scientific perspective. The monotonous drone of the instructors combined with the super low volume that one has to strain to hear, the extra extra long essays which read like one long chapter less novel, the videos which extend what could've been covered in 5-7 minutes to nearly 30, all take the interest away. Unclear if this was intentional & intended to enable participating students to be more patient and tolerant of imperfections around them. | one long chapter less novel, the | Video | which extend what could've been covered | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| 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. | just want the information, watch the | Video | but don't expect anything else, including | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.7 | 0.92 |
| aAo9tS8NEeWv_w7cMMH1Uw | The videos and lectures were fine, but there seemed to be a lot missing from this course. The discussion boards were empty and the reliance on peer reviewed papers left a little to be desired. There could have been more instruction given on how to grade. | The | Video | and lectures were fine, but there | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.7 | 0.92 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Very good introduction to philosophy. The amount of work and care that was used to create this course is clearly visible in the videos with the speakers, backgrounds, video and sound quality. Thanks very much! | the videos with the speakers, backgrounds, | Video | and sound quality. Thanks very much! | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | I almost gave this two stars, but the content of the course is excellent, and I didn't want to take away from that. To start off, for an introductory class, this covers a large amount and variety of material. It might be better served to break it up into even smaller sections over the course of something like ten weeks or even twelve instead of cramming it all into seven weeks. The lectures are enjoyable, but often they consist of nothing but the professor speaking. There are so many new terms, definitions, and ideas being introduced that it would help if these lectures also included slides or graphs with some of these ideas being broken down, as you would have in a regular class on a projector or on a chalkboard. Frequently, the practice quizzes are just the same questions from the video lectures repeated over again, and offer very little prep for the actual quizzes, which are painfully pedantic for a non-credit course. Every section has a different style of quiz, which is hard to prepare for. I am someone who usually tests well and have been struggling with most of these, even when I read all of the handouts and take notes. So, if this same course could be broken up over a slightly longer time and the quizzes could be more uniform, the lectures contained some slides, the course would be a brilliant introduction to philosophy overall. It's got all of the meat there, the presentation just makes it tough to digest. | just the same questions from the | Video | lectures repeated over again, and offer | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| 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 | don't think I bothered watching the | Video | from the third week on. . | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Fully satisfied with this course. Very good program and content, good videos, professional teachers... I really learned a lot. I recommend the course 100 % | Very good program and content, good | Video | professional teachers. . . I really | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Very interesting but the video ended abruptly when I was expecting a question. There appears to be no link to the next part of the course. I would have found a facility to rewind helpful. | Very interesting but the | Video | ended abruptly when I was expecting | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Very interesting course with different approaches and topics on philosphy. Nice way to refresh knowledge or to get a new ones. Everything is really understandable with good videos and course materials provided. | Everything is really understandable with good | Video | and course materials provided. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | So far this course has been very very instrumental in my learning. I still feel it should be divided in shorter videos of max 5 minutes each. that is what makes an online Mooc special i.e classes of hours are not forced into you. In anycase, this course was mostly fit for being a well designed and defined MOOC and worth a take by everyone !! | it should be divided in shorter | Video | of max 5 minutes each. that | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Very good teaching strategy. Takes you through ideas and gives you examples. Has a couple of questions each video to keep your attention. It is a very interesting subject, even if the teaching was bad, but the lectures add even more by taking their time with concepts. Keep doing what you're doing. I would take other courses by this school if they were similarly designed. Thank you. | Has a couple of questions each | Video | to keep your attention. It is | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | no tengo complicaciones para reproduccir los videos, solo me gusta trabajo averiguar lo del certificado | no tengo complicaciones para reproduccir los | Video | solo me gusta trabajo averiguar lo | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | The course does not have much videos and some of the lecturers (especailly week 5) talk TOO FAST. The subject is abstract and hard enough and talking too fast makes it harder. | The course does not have much | Video | and some of the lecturers (especailly | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | I found the course a little hard to follow mainly because the video lectures would not load. I found I spent more time trying to get the course material working than actually absorbing it. I really liked the lectures once they were working though. Its a very nice introduction to a way of thinking and the examples used to argument the theories were very entertaining. | hard to follow mainly because the | Video | lectures would not load. I found | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | The way of presenting topics of philosophy is refreshing and inviting for further reflection. The tests however are focusing on nitty gritty differences or features in the presented videos. Less motivating to submit the tests and invites me to focus only on the preseed video and excellent links to other extra sources. | differences or features in the presented | Video | Less motivating to submit the tests | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | The pronunciation of the lectors is more than awful! Their English is quite unsuitable for video lectures! So I quit the course. It is just a torture listening to them! | Their English is quite unsuitable for | Video | lectures! So I quit the course. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | Interesting course, though It shows me how difficult is for me to understand everything. I was difficult to follow it because the videos were too slow and sometimes I went away. besides I wanted to download the Transcriptions and sometimes it was imposible in the iPad. near the end of the course I found out that I needed to close my session on the iPad to be able to have access to my course with my laptop. It is true that I am learning English an maybe this is a hard course for me.. Or maybe it is because I am not a philosopher even If I love them. | difficult to follow it because the | Video | were too slow and sometimes I | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| Auue1KA-EeS9VCIACyUcdg | I think the selected topic were really interesting ones but since i´m not a scientifical backgrpund it was kind of difficult to follow some of the discussed concepts and ideas. And that was because not always these were explained from the very beginning and a lot of them were only mentioned, as it was supposed that we had to know them previously. Maybe with a little more time for the videos this would have been solved. In any case I really enjoyed it and I think it is important to have the opportunity to watch these courses and come to learn where are the stages of these matter. Thank you for the effort! | a little more time for the | Video | this would have been solved. In | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | I again found many of the lectures to be difficult to follow along, there seems to be lots of different styles of videos in the way that the person was superimposed on the slides. In fact it was often impossible to read the text in the slide due to the size of the presenters head which obscured the text. Honestly this data science course is getting worse as the months progress, you really should think of updating the content of the course if you want to continue to charge money for it. 2 stars as I did actually learn something despite the quality of the material and its delivery. | be lots of different styles of | Video | in the way that the person | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | It really helped me to have a better understanding of these Regression Models. However, I've noticed that there is a video recording repeated: Week 3, Model Selection. Part 3 is included in Part 2. | I've noticed that there is a | Video | recording repeated: Week 3, Model Selection. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | The video lectures are really boring and useless | The | Video | lectures are really boring and useless | Negative | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | Very concise and good structured course. The new videos are much better than the old ones! Thank you Brian Caffo! However in the discussion forum you find less posts than in the previous format, which is a pitty. | and good structured course. The new | Video | are much better than the old | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | The professor doesn't explain clearly as part of the videos is his correcting himself or saying the same thing two or three times. And why must the videos show the teacher? It distracts from the slides and seeing him move doesn't help understand anything better Concepts like VIF or hat values are not very well explained by the teacher, at least the SWIRL lesson explains it correctly. ANOVA and ANCOVA are mentioned in the description but they aren't explained anywhere. ANOVA is used without any explanation of what it is. I found myself searching online for other sources to understand the concepts. | explain clearly as part of the | Video | is his correcting himself or saying | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | The professor doesn't explain clearly as part of the videos is his correcting himself or saying the same thing two or three times. And why must the videos show the teacher? It distracts from the slides and seeing him move doesn't help understand anything better Concepts like VIF or hat values are not very well explained by the teacher, at least the SWIRL lesson explains it correctly. ANOVA and ANCOVA are mentioned in the description but they aren't explained anywhere. ANOVA is used without any explanation of what it is. I found myself searching online for other sources to understand the concepts. | three times. And why must the | Video | show the teacher? It distracts from | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | This course will give you a good basic foundation in regression models. However, do be prepared to do a good amount of work besides just viewing the videos. I would recommend at the very least to go through the exercises in the 'recommended textbook' to gain a better understanding. | of work besides just viewing the | Video | I would recommend at the very | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | I found the videos tough to watch. I was hoping for something that would be more practical for non-statisticians, but the lectures mainly devolved into mathematical proofs. That said, I did learn some from this class. Just not as much as I'd hoped. | I found the | Video | tough to watch. I was hoping | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | Very difficult. Needs homework problems guided by videos like Statistical Inference coarse to make easier. | difficult. Needs homework problems guided by | Video | like Statistical Inference coarse to make | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| a_xPWXNVEeWxvQr3acyajw | I just realized that you have to upgrade(pay $49) in order to submit the quiz and receive the feedback. That's depressing since my purpose is to watch the video and check out what I learned so far without getting any certificate. The policy here bring huge inconvenience for people like me. | my purpose is to watch the | Video | and check out what I learned | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
| 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. | The | Video | are beautifully edited and interesting to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | The videos were very succinct and unobtrusively informative. The professor's approach was very good for a fundamentals course. My only real complaint would be the peer review system being the only provider of grades on the final project. The final grading feedback would be benefitted by the professor himself or a set of trained moderators that have more insight on design conventions. | The | Video | were very succinct and unobtrusively informative. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| 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. | I liked the course. The | Video | showed the ideas very clear. Allthough | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Clear speech in video and instructions. | Clear speech in | Video | and instructions. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Excellent coverage. The assignments are good and the quality of the video is gret | good and the quality of the | Video | is gret | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Well-made videos. Assignments could be more rigorous. Not too much overlap with first course in specialization. | Well-made | Video | Assignments could be more rigorous. Not | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| BPkiQyWcEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Initially, I took the course just for general interest in typography. The nice experience I made here convinced me to go deeper into the material in the future. I definitely learned something that took me some steps forward. I especially liked the well-made videos. They are very good to listen to and they are very clearly designed, it is making things easy to understand. In the exams and in the peer reviews, it seemed to make a difference that some students had already taken the Graphics Design Specialization. I can definitely recommend this course. | forward. I especially liked the well-made | Video | They are very good to listen | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| 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! | how it works. I found the | Video | material very interesting and liked how | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | the only problem here is the assigments, they are hard and unrelated somehow to the videos | hard and unrelated somehow to the | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 0.82 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | Very good and interesting course certainly provides a good level of foundation for functional programming. The exercises are challenging and it did take me longer then 3 hour to complete the course work. Further I had to revisit the videos and get the additional reading materials. | Further I had to revisit the | Video | and get the additional reading materials. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.46 | 0.82 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | There are some issues with the course video, but overall great course :) | are some issues with the course | Video | but overall great course :) | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 0.82 |
| bRPXgjY9EeW6RApRXdjJPw | The content is great! But the rearrangement of lectures is not synced with intros at the beginning of some videos. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to make or alter a video. After all it doesn't affect much. | effort to make or alter a | Video | After all it doesn't affect much. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 0.82 |
| 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! | tools. * The audio of the | Video | sometimes loses A LOT of quality. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 0.82 |
| BuO0neR5EeWYOBIRup69HQ | In my opinion this is not a course. The contents are a short interview cut up over 4 weeks, fluffed with a myriad of vendor-biased PDFs. The 90s classroom style video editing is annoying to boot. | vendor-biased PDFs. The 90s classroom style | Video | editing is annoying to boot. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.22 | 1.22 |
| BuO0neR5EeWYOBIRup69HQ | So far I've gone through the first week. Lots of business and technical info. The video quality is AMAZING!! | of business and technical info. The | Video | quality is AMAZING! ! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.22 | 1.22 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | A bit too much math in the questions, although it seemed (in the videos) that we could skip it. I'm very visually oriented (and also a MENSA member), and I would have explained more with graphics. Or at least not have to much 'equations' in the questions. | questions, although it seemed (in the | Video | that we could skip it. I'm | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.52 | 1.04 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | Very interesting topics, nice pictures and animation in the videos, the lecturer with deep insight into the problems. | nice pictures and animation in the | Video | the lecturer with deep insight into | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.52 | 1.04 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | very good course, although the very beginning is very basic. exceeded expectations. I would have liked it to have the video transcripts, as i like to have another source for learning and understanding the contents. i liked the professor and his attitude. i think some things are left kind of unanswered or implicit, which for someone who is not directly involved with the subject confuse me. maybe Q&A sessions with the professor would also be a good idea besides the recommended transcripts. overall it was very good | have liked it to have the | Video | transcripts, as i like to have | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.04 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | Great Course with superb videos and knowledge. Would like to work with you sir | Great Course with superb | Video | and knowledge. Would like to work | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.04 |
| bV6GUWEbEeSceSIACy-PDA | Excellent course. Down to Earth videos, great approach. I really recommend it for those seeking to go a little bit deeper in the strange but fascinating world of sub-atomic particles. Thanks Proffesor Hitoshi Murayama! | Excellent course. Down to Earth | Video | great approach. I really recommend it | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.04 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | Overly-remedial information, but that is not what earns this course such a poor evaluation from me. The poor evaluation comes from the composition of the review quizzes: The end-of-section quizzes ask questions to which there can be more than one correct answer, yet only a single response will receive credit. Example: "A recommended solution to a problem is valued by an executive because..." Followed by four possible answers: One of which is clearly incorrect while one makes an awful assumption. These two choices can be eliminated easily. However, the final two options are BOTH UNARGUABLY CORRECT, but only one was briefly mentioned in the material (reading or video), and thus only that one receives credit. Unfortunately, this demonstrates the course creators' desire to value a student's memorization of the instructor's own unique words over the student's assimilation of the course content and ideas. Course-takers beware, this course seems more tailored to stroking Ms. Bravo's ego than to you actually learning anything of commercial value. | mentioned in the material (reading or | Video | and thus only that one receives | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | The idea of having support with the videos does not work with this course. Also, the exams do not match at all with the information provided. The anwers to the exams are so relative or subjective, and that's a problem for those who does not domain English very well, just like me. | idea of having support with the | Video | does not work with this course. | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | Way too much reading material. Not enough video lectures/ explanations. The professor also needs to speak a little slower for people to follow. | too much reading material. Not enough | Video | lectures/ explanations. The professor also needs | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | A lot of reading material is unavailable (link does not work or it is behind paywall). I also found the videos lacking. For example, there were 5 important tips and only one was given, before jumping at next topic. | behind paywall). I also found the | Video | lacking. For example, there were 5 | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | I think that , this course need to add more keys critical important point in each lesson by keywords on Videos. And examples how to use these skill on nature life | in each lesson by keywords on | Video | And examples how to use these | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | There wasn't a lot of information inside the video and the test's questions hade multiple possible answer. However, the links to ressources such as HarvardReview or Inc.com were pretty good and usefull. | a lot of information inside the | Video | and the test's questions hade multiple | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | Not enough videos. Content very generic. | Not enough | Video | Content very generic. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | A good introduction to Workplace Communication. The resources supplied were extremely helpful. I didn't pay so much attention to the slides that came with this - in fact, I'm not even sure how relevant they are looking back. I had expected the overview videos to be an insight to the resource content, but it wasn't quite compiled that way. The tests could have been longer, and perhaps could have contained obvious solutions - in some instances the solutions provided were all applicable, leaving the student to select the best option. In other instances the options available weren't even discussed in the content, confusing the student. | back. I had expected the overview | Video | to be an insight to the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | The teacher of this course talks toooo fast ! I`m for example a french educated student, so I prefer to take courses with a teacher who talks in a comprehensive way in which I can understand everything he says in order to proceed in my work and then to benefit everything in this course. Concerning the quiz, in the all of the quiz there is questions not related to what already said from the teacher or in the articles required to read. I red the articles coupes of time but in a specific questions, the answers, it seems, that we should answer from our own memory because badly it`s not mentioned in any article or in the video of the teacher. Thanks | in any article or in the | Video | of the teacher. Thanks | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | great course.. top class collection of articles to help in communication. Most of the knowledge is in the articles then the videos themselves | is in the articles then the | Video | themselves | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | I expected much more information in videos. Instead of that, videos are very short and provide only few information and don't allow us to pass the exams at the end of each module. There are some link to websites where you can learn much more and which are not even written by the professor. | I expected much more information in | Video | Instead of that, videos are very | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | I expected much more information in videos. Instead of that, videos are very short and provide only few information and don't allow us to pass the exams at the end of each module. There are some link to websites where you can learn much more and which are not even written by the professor. | information in videos. Instead of that, | Video | are very short and provide only | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | a nice "entry level" course lacking a forum discussion... was not even able to report some issue with videos and no explanation provided with quizzes results :/ | able to report some issue with | Video | and no explanation provided with quizzes | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| bzK7K9cYEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | The material was well delivered but I found it distracting to go between the video lecture and the additional material. | it distracting to go between the | Video | lecture and the additional material. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | This course is awesome. Jim Fowler is very good teacher. His explanations are concise, but very easy to assimilate because of all the visual resources. I loved the fact that the videos were short overall, since I do not have much free time to keep watching slow long videos. A perfect score. | I loved the fact that the | Video | were short overall, since I do | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | This course is awesome. Jim Fowler is very good teacher. His explanations are concise, but very easy to assimilate because of all the visual resources. I loved the fact that the videos were short overall, since I do not have much free time to keep watching slow long videos. A perfect score. | time to keep watching slow long | Video | A perfect score. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | The best course about mathematics that I've ever taken. The course is very interesant, the videos are very well done, the activities and quizzes are very challenging. I had seen sequences and series a time ago and I didn't like them at all, but now it is a complete different story. I really enjoyed this course and I recommend it. | The course is very interesant, the | Video | are very well done, the activities | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | This is an excellent course and the course tutor's lectures are clear, thorough and amusing. This is the future of learning Math and Sciences. Some brief summary notes of the key points would have been useful, to save one having to trace back through the videos to find something. | having to trace back through the | Video | to find something. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | I appreciate the free course, but it seems that this course is not comprehensively prepared like the first course. 1) There are no solution, and sometimes nothing at all, provided under the wrong answer of each task in practice quizs. And 2), the tasks are not 100% related with previous radios, which could be frastrating for people like me who want to solve all tasks before entering into the next session. 3) Some important points are missing in the video whereas less significant points are overdressed in excessive details. | important points are missing in the | Video | whereas less significant points are overdressed | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | I use this and Calculus One as reference when I need to remind myself some more basic concepts. It's so easy to find the relevant video lecture and have it explained in different ways, great refresher. I love Jim Fowler's style, he makes me laugh :) | so easy to find the relevant | Video | lecture and have it explained in | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | Consistent video format, good explanations, video length not too long but also not too short. | Consistent | Video | format, good explanations, video length not | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | Consistent video format, good explanations, video length not too long but also not too short. | Consistent video format, good explanations, | Video | length not too long but also | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | Very slow beginning and quite few gaps between videos and quiz but very nice to go back to basics and practice calculus again | beginning and quite few gaps between | Video | and quiz but very nice to | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | It had been a while, and I really enjoyed rediscovering the series through this course, whether by watching the videos -providing intuitions, main points, key notions, and concrete examples (every-day-life ones and mathematical ones, as a particularly appreciated example, see the bridge video) given by an enthusiastic mathematician- or by following his related mooculus book -providing formal course materials (but you can still picture the professor explaining things to you, which is really enjoyable) including all the definitions, theorems, and justifications, and a lot of exercises with their answers, completing gracefully the videos. I truly hope that, in future coming courses, I will have the opportunity to have this professor dealing with other subjects -like integrals (on non-bounded domains) or function series- that can be related and used, afterwards, with series through dedicated theorems. | this course, whether by watching the | Video | -providing intuitions, main points, key notions, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | It had been a while, and I really enjoyed rediscovering the series through this course, whether by watching the videos -providing intuitions, main points, key notions, and concrete examples (every-day-life ones and mathematical ones, as a particularly appreciated example, see the bridge video) given by an enthusiastic mathematician- or by following his related mooculus book -providing formal course materials (but you can still picture the professor explaining things to you, which is really enjoyable) including all the definitions, theorems, and justifications, and a lot of exercises with their answers, completing gracefully the videos. I truly hope that, in future coming courses, I will have the opportunity to have this professor dealing with other subjects -like integrals (on non-bounded domains) or function series- that can be related and used, afterwards, with series through dedicated theorems. | particularly appreciated example, see the bridge | Video | given by an enthusiastic mathematician- or | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | It had been a while, and I really enjoyed rediscovering the series through this course, whether by watching the videos -providing intuitions, main points, key notions, and concrete examples (every-day-life ones and mathematical ones, as a particularly appreciated example, see the bridge video) given by an enthusiastic mathematician- or by following his related mooculus book -providing formal course materials (but you can still picture the professor explaining things to you, which is really enjoyable) including all the definitions, theorems, and justifications, and a lot of exercises with their answers, completing gracefully the videos. I truly hope that, in future coming courses, I will have the opportunity to have this professor dealing with other subjects -like integrals (on non-bounded domains) or function series- that can be related and used, afterwards, with series through dedicated theorems. | with their answers, completing gracefully the | Video | I truly hope that, in future | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | Jim Fowler is fantastic. It's hard to make sequences and series exciting and engaging, but he manages to do it. As with conventional classroom courses, certain techniques work better than others for online learning. His pedagogical techniques for breaking down derivations and equations work incredibly well for online learning videos. I would eagerly take another class taught by Professor Fowler again. May I suggest classes in Differential Equations and Partial Differential Equations? I didn't take those in college, and over 20 years later, I still regret it and feel the lack of knowledge in my working life. | work incredibly well for online learning | Video | I would eagerly take another class | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | The videos are fun and engaging, and the professor explains even the most abstract concepts in ways that are easy to understand. | The | Video | are fun and engaging, and the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| c9w_wD0cEeS9XCIAC0GF3g | Another fantastic course put together by Jim Fowler! The instructional videos provide good arguments and present the theorems, proofs, concepts, etc. very well. | together by Jim Fowler! The instructional | Video | provide good arguments and present the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.07 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | thank you for all preparations and really nice videos | for all preparations and really nice | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.06 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Very good intro to IOT and embedded systems with short videos. Definitely boost my understanding. | IOT and embedded systems with short | Video | Definitely boost my understanding. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.06 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Excellent the video classes are entertaining and informative. | Excellent the | Video | classes are entertaining and informative. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.06 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Well explained and structured course as an intro to the Internet of the Thing, the professor is very clear in his explanations and the tours and videos exploring real life instruments he uses in his laboratory helps you to keep the theory he teaches in connection to the practice. Recommended for anyone wanting to have an idea about the domain. Not only technically speaking but also as a review of the implications of technologies in daily life. | his explanations and the tours and | Video | exploring real life instruments he uses | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.52 | 1.06 |
| CEwR00UZEeWb8RJf7Z1H0w | Sometimes too easy, but may be good as a start point. Video lessons are long for the amount of the shared information. | be good as a start point. | Video | lessons are long for the amount | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.52 | 1.06 |
| 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 | assignments and the examples in the | Video | weren't so clear and concatenate like | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.92 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | This wasn't as easy to understand as the HTML and CSS classes. I think it's because it wasn't as clear to me what JavaScript was and how it affected the computer. It sort of felt like jumping into something I couldn't wrap my brain around. That said, I still learned a lot and enjoyed the videos. | learned a lot and enjoyed the | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.92 |
| CJs0DTk_EeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | A great course. A perfect way to be introduced to JavaScript. I really liked that the course pace stays the same all of the way, so the student can keep going on. I also liked the continuous encouraging of the teacher for the students to code, which is a key factor united to the the great explanations that we can find in each video. Thank you very much! | that we can find in each | Video | Thank you very much! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.92 |
| ClCx1sbdEeShXyIAC5MC2w | I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I learned much about myself and have a clearer picture around whether a career in veterinary medicine would still be a good fit for me. (dream I put off #life) I believe a combination of hands on study would help me to further my academic skills within this field. Additionally, I was very challenged in ways I didn't expect and in other areas where I expected a deficiency in my learning there was none. Either way I succeeded and passed my tests and assessments successfully and was able to delve deeper into areas I hadn't dreamed I would. The only suggestion I have is utilization of an interactive video for blood flow through the heart which would be greatly beneficial to many including myself. Thank you for such an engaging and engrossing program. | have is utilization of an interactive | Video | for blood flow through the heart | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.77 |
| ClCx1sbdEeShXyIAC5MC2w | Some videos are quite long and repetitive but overall, it's fantastic. | Some | Video | are quite long and repetitive but | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.77 |
| Cn3HgzTdEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This course is beyond abundant in great information. However, there is almost too much information to take in , and absolutely too much information to be able to study in just and hour a day. It needs to be stretched out into 6 weeks instead of 4 to accommodate those with an already busy schedule. For example, one 8 minute video might require an allotment of one hour to properly glean all the provided information. You will need to take notes on almost every word spoken so the pattern will be hit play, pause write out the last couple of sentences (the instructor speaks very quickly), hit play , pause and repeat until the end of the video and then re-watch it in order to absorb everything as one. And beware, in the peer reviews you will need to bullet and highlight EVERY point required extremely specifically in order to get full credit. For example, for the first essay, I wrote it out in ESSAY form as was specified and had all of the required points written out exactly how it was instructed. However, because I did not put into a basic outline form, I received a failed score. I resubmitted the EXACT same content in bullet-ed and highlighted form (which was NOT what was assigned) and miraculously received 100%. | schedule. For example, one 8 minute | Video | might require an allotment of one | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.82 | 0.92 |
| Cn3HgzTdEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This course is beyond abundant in great information. However, there is almost too much information to take in , and absolutely too much information to be able to study in just and hour a day. It needs to be stretched out into 6 weeks instead of 4 to accommodate those with an already busy schedule. For example, one 8 minute video might require an allotment of one hour to properly glean all the provided information. You will need to take notes on almost every word spoken so the pattern will be hit play, pause write out the last couple of sentences (the instructor speaks very quickly), hit play , pause and repeat until the end of the video and then re-watch it in order to absorb everything as one. And beware, in the peer reviews you will need to bullet and highlight EVERY point required extremely specifically in order to get full credit. For example, for the first essay, I wrote it out in ESSAY form as was specified and had all of the required points written out exactly how it was instructed. However, because I did not put into a basic outline form, I received a failed score. I resubmitted the EXACT same content in bullet-ed and highlighted form (which was NOT what was assigned) and miraculously received 100%. | repeat until the end of the | Video | and then re-watch it in order | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.82 | 0.92 |
| Cn3HgzTdEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Very good course; I enjoyed all the lecture videos and have learned a lot. I look forward to complete other PR related courses from NUS shortly. Thank you. | course; I enjoyed all the lecture | Video | and have learned a lot. I | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.82 | 0.92 |
| Cn3HgzTdEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | As an introductory course I found this simply amazing. The videos, the information, the assignations. I truly believe that this covered the whole PR concept in an introductory way inspiring new PR practicioners. Thank you, professor Duta! | I found this simply amazing. The | Video | the information, the assignations. I truly | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.82 | 0.92 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I am Brazilian, and I have been studying English since 2011 as a second language. So far, I have not found I course like Grammar and Punctuation. What makes the difference is that it explains the content in a simple way so that students can learn easily. Besides, I learned things on the lecture videos that I had not learned until then. | I learned things on the lecture | Video | that I had not learned until | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | The course is great, but I am very disappointed that after spend 3 hours watching the videos and practicing, I can only submit my answer if I upgrade. This should be said before I enrolled in this course. | after spend 3 hours watching the | Video | and practicing, I can only submit | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| 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. | and to the point. The course-content, | Video | and audio qualities are good. Links | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I find this course quite interesting and useful! In this course you can learn not only by video and quizzes, but also play games and do interesting tasks. The education goes in an easy way and without any difficulties! Thank you! | you can learn not only by | Video | and quizzes, but also play games | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Absolutely brilliant. I really recommend this course if you need to brush up on your grammar and punctuation. I didn't study grammar at school, (many years ago) as it wasn't in the curriculum, however, this is an informative and yet interesting way to learn. The course provides you with videos, quizzes, and tests which help to embed the learning at your own pace. | learn. The course provides you with | Video | quizzes, and tests which help to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This course is really helpful especially for people wanting to write English articles better. The course outline is well laid out, videos are easy to understand, and exercises are very helpful for practicing your punctuation. The only negative point for me is how the teachers use a very strong American accent that some of the letters in a word are not pronounced anymore, like 'meanin' instead of 'meaning' and 'writin' instead of 'writing'. It doesn't really affect the teaching, though. All in all, this course helped me a lot and I recommend it to anyone wanting to improve their punctuation and review their English grammar knowledge. | course outline is well laid out, | Video | are easy to understand, and exercises | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | There's some room for improvement, that's for sure. The last video was really bad, not because of the content, but because the Professor was very sloppy in her speaking. I also think there should be more practice exercises and a better way to know if the answers were correct. But overall, was very happy with it. | improvement, that's for sure. The last | Video | was really bad, not because of | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I loved this course. Tamy Chapman was awesome at teaching me. Her videos re fluently explained. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! I forgot to mention in my introduction that I am a fourth grader. | was awesome at teaching me. Her | Video | re fluently explained. Thank you so | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| 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. | concise and clear style of the | Video | and clarity of examples given in | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | It definetely deserves 5 stars. Videos are very complete and clear. Strongly recommend this course for those wanting to improve their writing skills. Thanks Coursera! ;) | It definetely deserves 5 stars. | Video | are very complete and clear. Strongly | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | The videos are really boring, however the course is good. | The | Video | are really boring, however the course | Negative | -0.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Well crafted course with very simple descriptive videos by a skilled Instructional Designer. | crafted course with very simple descriptive | Video | by a skilled Instructional Designer. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Well designed and neatly structured. Lots of useful information in short time. Mixture of videos, exercises and quizzes was fun, and peers interaction was invigorating. | information in short time. Mixture of | Video | exercises and quizzes was fun, and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This is a great course. It solved many of my writing problems. The last part of the videos need some improvement though. | problems. The last part of the | Video | need some improvement though. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Saludos, Gracias Por la oportunidad. En realidad es muy buen curso dado que adquieres la idea y apoyo para saber como realizar procesos fundamentales para construir una vivienda. Pienso que si pueden incorporar ejemplos reales dónde se muestre como colocar, vaciar, trabajadores en el momento de la construcción puede aportarnos invaluable valor académico. Alguna obra pequeña en la que tengan oportunidad de tomar algún video o fotografías. Los felicito la facultad de ingeniería y toda la UNAM. tienen un alto nivel, gracias por colaborar en estos cursos para el libre aprendizaje. | que tengan oportunidad de tomar algún | Video | o fotografías. Los felicito la facultad | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Es un buen curso pero creo que ayudaría mucho tener videos reales y no animaciones. Las animaciones no son de gran calidad y tomar videos sustituyendo las animaciones de actividades tan sencillas en la rama de la construcción podría ser de más utilidad para la comunidad. | pero creo que ayudaría mucho tener | Video | reales y no animaciones. Las animaciones | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Es un buen curso pero creo que ayudaría mucho tener videos reales y no animaciones. Las animaciones no son de gran calidad y tomar videos sustituyendo las animaciones de actividades tan sencillas en la rama de la construcción podría ser de más utilidad para la comunidad. | son de gran calidad y tomar | Video | sustituyendo las animaciones de actividades tan | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | El curso es genial. Se hace muy ameno y aprendes mucho, Obviamente para aprender más hay qye completarlo con información exterior. Quizás no puedas constriur tu vivienda al acabar, pero sí tener una idea de cómo se hace de principio a fin. Los prefesores se explican genial, videos fáciles de entender y el orden de formación también me ha gustado. Lo recomiendo. | fin. Los prefesores se explican genial, | Video | fáciles de entender y el orden | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Considero que es necesario videos mas extensos 10-15 min aprox. , donde se explique, por ejemplo mas materiales de relleno, no solo 1; mas métodos y más ejemplos en general. Los quiz demasiado simples, mínimo 10 preguntas por video. | Considero que es necesario | Video | mas extensos 10-15 min aprox. , | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Considero que es necesario videos mas extensos 10-15 min aprox. , donde se explique, por ejemplo mas materiales de relleno, no solo 1; mas métodos y más ejemplos en general. Los quiz demasiado simples, mínimo 10 preguntas por video. | demasiado simples, mínimo 10 preguntas por | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| CVrclTu_EeW0tw4knrMo3Q | Muy bueno, aunque hacen falta arquitectos en los videos, la visión de ingenieros esta incompleta sin la opinión de arquitectos. | aunque hacen falta arquitectos en los | Video | la visión de ingenieros esta incompleta | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.74 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is excellent in many ways. The course material,video is very simple and understandable to a layman also. one need not be an expert.The presentation was superb, leaving no doubt at the end of each week.The course material and video is self sufficient. I am very happy to have joined the course. I would like to complete the rest of the course satisfactorily. I would love to have soft copies of the material which can be downloaded for study at convenient. Thank you | in many ways. The course material, | Video | is very simple and understandable to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is excellent in many ways. The course material,video is very simple and understandable to a layman also. one need not be an expert.The presentation was superb, leaving no doubt at the end of each week.The course material and video is self sufficient. I am very happy to have joined the course. I would like to complete the rest of the course satisfactorily. I would love to have soft copies of the material which can be downloaded for study at convenient. Thank you | each week. The course material and | Video | is self sufficient. I am very | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| 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. | Great | Video | interesting content. Quizzes were good, assignments | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I found it pretty more useful in HTML and CSS. Teaching JS can be improved a bit by letting more videos about JS. | improved a bit by letting more | Video | about JS. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | showed me 4 videos and no course instruction, am bummed really wants to take the course | showed me 4 | Video | and no course instruction, am bummed | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | awesome course.veru usefull videos to learn from. | awesome course. veru usefull | Video | to learn from. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| 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. | to advanced Javascript with no explanation | Video | to help over a series of | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The course is well put together, however they say you do not need any programming background, but you definitely need a little. I had to use other sources to help such as Codeacademy and Udemy just to keep up. The do not go over loops, conditionals or basic C foundation that would help. The leap from HTML, CSS to JavaScript is massive. They need to relook some of the topics and either more videos or add in some easier teaching methods. I took a similar one on Udemy (that was free) just after I completed this one and it was 10x easier to understand and closed so many loops I had when learning JavaScript. | of the topics and either more | Video | or add in some easier teaching | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is NOT a beginner's course. There is not enough coverage of fundamental programming concepts, and too much playing around with complex application concepts such as Steganography. Simple image manipulation is a good way to teach programming concepts. Teaching bit arithmetic in a first programming course is NOT. Also, there are many errors in the videos that should be corrected. And finally, this course is advertised as requiring 3-5 hours per week. What a huge underestimate! I have been programming professionally since 1989. Other than week 1, every week requires closer to 8-10 hours at least. Stop advertising this as a beginning course, or restructure it such that it is more appropriate for beginners. | there are many errors in the | Video | that should be corrected. And finally, | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Lessons are too compact and some of the videos too long and full of content, so it's hard to process all the information at once. | too compact and some of the | Video | too long and full of content, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | interesting programming topics selected. Modifying image is something that everyone could relate to as everyone must have encountered with digital image before. The use of pencode which is WYSIWYG editor makes it more interactive and current. A huge improvement from the plain, boring Python platform and text editor. Most of the instructors facial expression are so dead, and flat-voice delivery makes it a chore to watch. Think how youtube tutorials engage their audience and makes it entertaining to watch. But maybe that's too much to ask for a traditional institutional lecture. Overall, this is one of the best intro to programming video I have watched. The lessons choice are relevant and could be followed with ease. | of the best intro to programming | Video | I have watched. The lessons choice | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Overall the course was great, with a nice variety of topics and plenty of time to complete it. Difficulty wise, the course was not difficult, however, some sections were a little bit confusing. Specifically regarding the JavaScript portion, some of the instructor videos that I viewed didn't really help and instead caused extensive use of outside for help. Sometimes the instructors would seem a little bit unprepared for the presentation as well, resulting in videos a little bit less polished than it could've been. | JavaScript portion, some of the instructor | Video | that I viewed didn't really help | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Overall the course was great, with a nice variety of topics and plenty of time to complete it. Difficulty wise, the course was not difficult, however, some sections were a little bit confusing. Specifically regarding the JavaScript portion, some of the instructor videos that I viewed didn't really help and instead caused extensive use of outside for help. Sometimes the instructors would seem a little bit unprepared for the presentation as well, resulting in videos a little bit less polished than it could've been. | the presentation as well, resulting in | Video | a little bit less polished than | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| 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 | was an amazing Course. High quality | Video | good practice quiz and interesting assignments. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course is misleading in a lot of ways. It is not for beginners at all. The quizzes in the course are beyond impossible. The lecture videos give an introduction to some concepts, but you are left on your own to figure everything out. They do not provide the proper tools to enable students to understand or pass. Reading through a lot of the discussion boards, there are two types of students: 1. those like me, who have never programmed in their life, and cannot figure any of this out, and 2. Those who have all sorts of experience and write things that are way advanced for a "Beginners" course. Do yourself a favor, and seriously do some research on appropriate programs before signing up for this one. It needs to be structured way better than what it is now. | course are beyond impossible. The lecture | Video | give an introduction to some concepts, | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | As the title of this course states, it is about web and programming for beginners. While myself I wasn't absolute beginner in Web and HTML, only Javascript was a new topic for me, I used this course to check my knowledge and experience and "brush up" my skills. Teachers are friendly , videos are good, questionnaires check your understanding. Tasks are interesting enoug for people "to get a taste of things" and do some funny stuff. Thanks to Duke University team! | my skills. Teachers are friendly , | Video | are good, questionnaires check your understanding. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Video Lectures are really great and easy to understand with hands on programming tasks. Very interesting and informative. Learnt a lot within 4 weeks time. Definitely recommend for anyone interested in creating websites. | | Video | Lectures are really great and easy | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The teachers explain everything very clearly, but the guest videos are a little pointless | everything very clearly, but the guest | Video | are a little pointless | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| c_rkuRoBEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Honestly not a very well designed course. I went through the videos and tests for weeks 1 and 2 and found that it's just rushing us through the basics while not really telling us much. Much of it was "here's an introduction to a tiny detail... You go find out the rest".. | designed course. I went through the | Video | and tests for weeks 1 and | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| d0bq5PkAEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | Excelent introductory course to the subject of video and image processing, highly recommended! | introductory course to the subject of | Video | and image processing, highly recommended! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.9 |
| d0bq5PkAEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | Very good overview of theory, specific algorithms, and some practice of application in MATLAB. There's a lot of material to cover and the videos are longer, requiring self-pacing throughout the individual lectures. Some of the weeks are very challenging. Extracurricular study, practice and implementation helped in areas where I had yet to encounter supporting material and/or prerequisites. | of material to cover and the | Video | are longer, requiring self-pacing throughout the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.9 |
| d0bq5PkAEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | This is an excellent course to get to understand the principles of image and video processing. However, this is not a course to take lightl. If your goal is to learn, you'll spend AT LEAST 5-7 hours/week (especially between weeks 5-9) if you want to get all the juice out of it. | understand the principles of image and | Video | processing. However, this is not a | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.9 |
| d0bq5PkAEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | This course material and the way of teaching of guide was awesome. I have learnt a lot from this course. I was newcomer for image and video processing, knowing not much. But finally learnt a lot , Now I am very happy and relaxed | I was newcomer for image and | Video | processing, knowing not much. But finally | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.9 |
| d0bq5PkAEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | It covers all the fundamental knowledge of digital image and video processing | fundamental knowledge of digital image and | Video | processing | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.9 |
| D5GKj_UHEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | i found this a great overview of animal welfare, i enjoyed the videos, and found the questions relevant to the content. | of animal welfare, i enjoyed the | Video | and found the questions relevant to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.02 | 1.17 |
| D5GKj_UHEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | Absolutely brilliant course. The pace, the information, the explanations, all very well done. I'll admit, some of the videos and images were difficult to watch, I would suggest a warning right before it is shown as to mentally prepare. However, I may be overly sensitive! Thank you for this course! | done. I'll admit, some of the | Video | and images were difficult to watch, | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.02 | 1.17 |
| D5GKj_UHEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | Fantastic course, well presented. Easy to take at your own pace, videos allow you to pause and rewind learning at any point. Excellent content, with knowledgeable presenters. Highly recommend | to take at your own pace, | Video | allow you to pause and rewind | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.02 | 1.17 |
| D5GKj_UHEeSBSSIAC7JSBQ | Video's have no sound | | Video | have no sound | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.02 | 1.17 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I have learned a lot from these engaging and uncomplicated videos. I'd encourage EFL teachers to do this useful course to improve their teaching style. | lot from these engaging and uncomplicated | Video | I'd encourage EFL teachers to do | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | What a wonderful way to learn the history of what we do as language teachers. I enjoyed every video and the articles were wonderful also. Thank you. | as language teachers. I enjoyed every | Video | and the articles were wonderful also. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I love the videos and the teachers are so cool! I very much enjoy learning from them. | I love the | Video | and the teachers are so cool! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| 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👍😊 | courses of this Specialization in the | Video | the assignments. . . reinforces the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I loved this course. I loved the videos, I learned a lot from them. Dr. Dixon is an excellent teacher. The content of this course was awesome! Thanks! | loved this course. I loved the | Video | I learned a lot from them. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I appreciate the video vignettes and e-enactments as part of the instruction. Many are tongue-in-cheek (on purpose) and enliven the learning process. | I appreciate the | Video | vignettes and e-enactments as part of | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Loved the course but I had to work hard for the grade on this one. The videos were engaging (and fun, yes, fun), making a dry topic like history of ESL teaching a lot more palatable. Be prepared to work hard in this one but it's completely worth it. | the grade on this one. The | Video | were engaging (and fun, yes, fun), | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Very objective and simple to understand. Short videos focused on teaching very straight forward information. | objective and simple to understand. Short | Video | focused on teaching very straight forward | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | i dont want to know the history of language and the pendulum swing i just want a list short and simple in a single 20 min video and move one. this was so boring | simple in a single 20 min | Video | and move one. this was so | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Fantastic course i have learned so much .Great videos full of information and great instructors . This is my second course I have completed with Coursera and I couldn't ask for a more supportive team . | have learned so much . Great | Video | full of information and great instructors | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | A great course and fully packed with interesting information about different methodologies thought time. Wouldn't give it 5 stars because most part during the video lectures are just silly and although I know the professor is trying his best to convey an idea, it seems like there are moments it just drifts away from the point. Also, the "angel x devil" debates are equally silly, opposite to the following overview video which is excellent. I'd recommend everybody to take this course but I certainly wouldn't do it again and neither dowload the videos for future reference. | stars because most part during the | Video | lectures are just silly and although | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | A great course and fully packed with interesting information about different methodologies thought time. Wouldn't give it 5 stars because most part during the video lectures are just silly and although I know the professor is trying his best to convey an idea, it seems like there are moments it just drifts away from the point. Also, the "angel x devil" debates are equally silly, opposite to the following overview video which is excellent. I'd recommend everybody to take this course but I certainly wouldn't do it again and neither dowload the videos for future reference. | silly, opposite to the following overview | Video | which is excellent. I'd recommend everybody | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | It was great, though I think the video classes could have some application examples in the classrooms and the material could be available to the students. | was great, though I think the | Video | classes could have some application examples | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | I enjoyed this course thoroughly! I love how playful the professors are in the videos. Makes learning fun! | playful the professors are in the | Video | Makes learning fun! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | It is a great way to analize and compare the most important approaches in history. The information is very clear and it helps you realize where common modern practices, activities and policies come from. Some of the videos might be a little childish though. | policies come from. Some of the | Video | might be a little childish though. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course presents various methods to learners and teachers how English should be taught in an extremely effective manner. The videos are well prepared and each lesson has been provided a well structured lesson for all kinds of learners. Keep it up! | in an extremely effective manner. The | Video | are well prepared and each lesson | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| d64E7li7EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The instructors' videos are hilarious, making the content memorable. Well worth paying for this course just for its comedic value alone. Unlike the first course in the specialization, which focused on students speaking through video recordings, the second course focuses on writing short answers to demonstrate comprehension. | The instructors' | Video | are hilarious, making the content memorable. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.06 |
| 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. | good introduction to Interaction Design. The | Video | were short and informative. The Assignments | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| 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.) | Love the succinct quality of the | Video | The information was clear, and the | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| 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. | a very good introduction of HCI, | Video | were very clear and the heuristical | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Instructor is clearly reading off of cards or a prompter that doesn't face the camera so he's constantly not looking at you which is frustrating. The feeling of each lesson being so scripted takes away from the feeling of a professor teaching material with which he is comfortable. Comparing this to UC San Diego course videos is like night and day and really makes you realize the importance of quality production/natural flow of teaching. | this to UC San Diego course | Video | is like night and day and | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Some of the videos feel a little outdated but otherwise high quality. | Some of the | Video | feel a little outdated but otherwise | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Good lessons, interesting content. But media is a bit old fashioned, I missed more interactive activities and more modern videos. | more interactive activities and more modern | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Excellent video lectures by Professor Scott Klemmer | Excellent | Video | lectures by Professor Scott Klemmer | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Great introduction, good videos and great use of peer review. Also discovered some very useful books to add even more background to my knowledge base. | Great introduction, good | Video | and great use of peer review. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| 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. | The | Video | are slow and unengaging and way | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| 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 also did not like the | Video | set-up. The quality of the course | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| 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. | fins something specific searching in 2-3 | Video | is not fun at all. | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The content of this course is good but the production quality of the videos are not vary high. | but the production quality of the | Video | are not vary high. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Very detailed and structured content. Is it possible to get printable content as well along with videos? | printable content as well along with | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Well organized and the videos explain a lot. The are some resources named in the videos but the links are missing. | Well organized and the | Video | explain a lot. The are some | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | Well organized and the videos explain a lot. The are some resources named in the videos but the links are missing. | are some resources named in the | Video | but the links are missing. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| DUIbAwrmEeWhsgqB1eduww | An excellent course that showed me an undiscovered world (for me) about a very trivial situation that occurs almost everyday but is usually unnoticed. Thanks to the Michigan University for this opportunity and to Mr. George Siedel, I want to highlight his performance, explanations and videos that although simple, are very entertained and highly educationals in every moment. | to highlight his performance, explanations and | Video | that although simple, are very entertained | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.81 |
| DUIbAwrmEeWhsgqB1eduww | He seguido las presentaciones. La información es buena, aunque le falta mucha más interacción a medida que se revisan los videos. Intercalar los videos con preguntas, ejercicios breves. Y el autor tiene un vasto expertise, aunque las presentaciones en video son muy monótonas. Van 3 veces que presento el examen final, y no logro aprobarlo. ¿Sería posible dosificar el valor del curso en varias evidencias de aprendizaje, y no en una sola? Gracias, de cualquier manera. | se revisan los videos. Intercalar los | Video | con preguntas, ejercicios breves. Y el | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.81 |
| DUIbAwrmEeWhsgqB1eduww | He seguido las presentaciones. La información es buena, aunque le falta mucha más interacción a medida que se revisan los videos. Intercalar los videos con preguntas, ejercicios breves. Y el autor tiene un vasto expertise, aunque las presentaciones en video son muy monótonas. Van 3 veces que presento el examen final, y no logro aprobarlo. ¿Sería posible dosificar el valor del curso en varias evidencias de aprendizaje, y no en una sola? Gracias, de cualquier manera. | vasto expertise, aunque las presentaciones en | Video | son muy monótonas. Van 3 veces | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.81 |
| DUIbAwrmEeWhsgqB1eduww | The videos didn't work correctly (sound and subtitles). I suggest to fix the problems because it is hard to understand the content of the course if the problems reamin. | The | Video | didn't work correctly (sound and subtitles). | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.7 | 0.81 |
| DYv7azSfEeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Good introductory course, excellent videos. | Good introductory course, excellent | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.08 |
| DYv7azSfEeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Excellent course for understanding Software Product Management. Excellent tutorial videos. | understanding Software Product Management. Excellent tutorial | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.08 |
| DYv7azSfEeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | The Presenters are great. The compilation of whole video with graphics and quiz makes learning so effective and fun. | are great. The compilation of whole | Video | with graphics and quiz makes learning | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.08 |
| DYv7azSfEeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Clear explanations, good videos, professional instructors and very useful complementing material. | Clear explanations, good | Video | professional instructors and very useful complementing | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.08 |
| DYv7azSfEeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Aunque está muy bien producido, creo que lo han alargado innecesariamente; al fin y al cabo, es una introducción, y podría haberse resumido en un video o dos, dejando todo el material que dan (bien poco) repartido entre el resto de cursos de la especialización. | y podría haberse resumido en un | Video | o dos, dejando todo el material | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 1.08 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | There are some website errors. Also I think the videos could be better | website errors. Also I think the | Video | could be better | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| 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. | that adding some quizzes during the | Video | would be interesting and productive as | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| 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- | Video | and assignments were fantastic. Little partecipation | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | In my humble opinion it is necessary to review some points in this module: 1) Video Content: Making more dynamic, switch between explanations and slides in full screen. Only explanations, it is very tiring to attend the classes. The video would be ideal as shown in week 4 of this Mooc: How the hotel shouldnt work with Expedia? or video: How to hotel shouldnt work with Booking.com? 2) Analysis requested: In the first week the requested analysis was of a very high level, it required knowledge of financial analysis and hotel area. In my case, I felt much difficulty because I do not have any knowledge in the hotel industry. And analyzing the exercise, I realized it was necessary to have knowledge of financial ratios of profitability and a certain familiarity in the hotel industry. I left a comment on the discussion board stating that I was not feeling safe to do the exercise. However, there was no demonstration by the teachers of the course. In short, I was not feeling prepared, let alone analyze colleagues. The first time, did not get the minimum score. The second time, with the longest time, I could better perform the exercise. But rather it was the result of review of financial ratios and other other accessories. I realized that those who examined me in the first and second time, had little or no idea about financial analysis. And another point that struck me was that one of the people who fell for me to analyze, was all in white and the person apologized for failing to do. With nothing to analyze, I did not think fair to give a low rating, so I preferred not to analyze. If the person left blank, something needs to be revised. When mounting a course, you have to take into consideration that there are different levels of students: beginner, intermediate and advanced in the subject matter. The first week was not to have been given is analysis. It could have been the third or fourth week of this Mooc, so it would have time for a further deepening of the matter addressed. 3) Amount of content: Adding the video, quiz and analysis, are about 30 content. It is very tiring and little time for such content. Could decrease the amount of video and quiz, relocating to another week course or Mooc. 4) Feedback: Teachers need to leave a contact way (facebook, twitter, etc.) and be active in Coursera forum or leave a wizard to ask questions when needed. 5) Notes: He missed the weight of the notes. I found a little confusing the allocation of notes. 6) Curriculum: Missed curriculum (biography) of teachers. No contact information. 7) Books: Missed suggestions of books in the hotel industry. Anyway, these are only observed points in order to contribute to development of course. Thanks for listening. | tiring to attend the classes. The | Video | would be ideal as shown in | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | In my humble opinion it is necessary to review some points in this module: 1) Video Content: Making more dynamic, switch between explanations and slides in full screen. Only explanations, it is very tiring to attend the classes. The video would be ideal as shown in week 4 of this Mooc: How the hotel shouldnt work with Expedia? or video: How to hotel shouldnt work with Booking.com? 2) Analysis requested: In the first week the requested analysis was of a very high level, it required knowledge of financial analysis and hotel area. In my case, I felt much difficulty because I do not have any knowledge in the hotel industry. And analyzing the exercise, I realized it was necessary to have knowledge of financial ratios of profitability and a certain familiarity in the hotel industry. I left a comment on the discussion board stating that I was not feeling safe to do the exercise. However, there was no demonstration by the teachers of the course. In short, I was not feeling prepared, let alone analyze colleagues. The first time, did not get the minimum score. The second time, with the longest time, I could better perform the exercise. But rather it was the result of review of financial ratios and other other accessories. I realized that those who examined me in the first and second time, had little or no idea about financial analysis. And another point that struck me was that one of the people who fell for me to analyze, was all in white and the person apologized for failing to do. With nothing to analyze, I did not think fair to give a low rating, so I preferred not to analyze. If the person left blank, something needs to be revised. When mounting a course, you have to take into consideration that there are different levels of students: beginner, intermediate and advanced in the subject matter. The first week was not to have been given is analysis. It could have been the third or fourth week of this Mooc, so it would have time for a further deepening of the matter addressed. 3) Amount of content: Adding the video, quiz and analysis, are about 30 content. It is very tiring and little time for such content. Could decrease the amount of video and quiz, relocating to another week course or Mooc. 4) Feedback: Teachers need to leave a contact way (facebook, twitter, etc.) and be active in Coursera forum or leave a wizard to ask questions when needed. 5) Notes: He missed the weight of the notes. I found a little confusing the allocation of notes. 6) Curriculum: Missed curriculum (biography) of teachers. No contact information. 7) Books: Missed suggestions of books in the hotel industry. Anyway, these are only observed points in order to contribute to development of course. Thanks for listening. | hotel shouldnt work with Expedia? or | Video | How to hotel shouldnt work with | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | In my humble opinion it is necessary to review some points in this module: 1) Video Content: Making more dynamic, switch between explanations and slides in full screen. Only explanations, it is very tiring to attend the classes. The video would be ideal as shown in week 4 of this Mooc: How the hotel shouldnt work with Expedia? or video: How to hotel shouldnt work with Booking.com? 2) Analysis requested: In the first week the requested analysis was of a very high level, it required knowledge of financial analysis and hotel area. In my case, I felt much difficulty because I do not have any knowledge in the hotel industry. And analyzing the exercise, I realized it was necessary to have knowledge of financial ratios of profitability and a certain familiarity in the hotel industry. I left a comment on the discussion board stating that I was not feeling safe to do the exercise. However, there was no demonstration by the teachers of the course. In short, I was not feeling prepared, let alone analyze colleagues. The first time, did not get the minimum score. The second time, with the longest time, I could better perform the exercise. But rather it was the result of review of financial ratios and other other accessories. I realized that those who examined me in the first and second time, had little or no idea about financial analysis. And another point that struck me was that one of the people who fell for me to analyze, was all in white and the person apologized for failing to do. With nothing to analyze, I did not think fair to give a low rating, so I preferred not to analyze. If the person left blank, something needs to be revised. When mounting a course, you have to take into consideration that there are different levels of students: beginner, intermediate and advanced in the subject matter. The first week was not to have been given is analysis. It could have been the third or fourth week of this Mooc, so it would have time for a further deepening of the matter addressed. 3) Amount of content: Adding the video, quiz and analysis, are about 30 content. It is very tiring and little time for such content. Could decrease the amount of video and quiz, relocating to another week course or Mooc. 4) Feedback: Teachers need to leave a contact way (facebook, twitter, etc.) and be active in Coursera forum or leave a wizard to ask questions when needed. 5) Notes: He missed the weight of the notes. I found a little confusing the allocation of notes. 6) Curriculum: Missed curriculum (biography) of teachers. No contact information. 7) Books: Missed suggestions of books in the hotel industry. Anyway, these are only observed points in order to contribute to development of course. Thanks for listening. | 3) Amount of content: Adding the | Video | quiz and analysis, are about 30 | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| DzPiWTeDEeWCYBKNeFwojw | In my humble opinion it is necessary to review some points in this module: 1) Video Content: Making more dynamic, switch between explanations and slides in full screen. Only explanations, it is very tiring to attend the classes. The video would be ideal as shown in week 4 of this Mooc: How the hotel shouldnt work with Expedia? or video: How to hotel shouldnt work with Booking.com? 2) Analysis requested: In the first week the requested analysis was of a very high level, it required knowledge of financial analysis and hotel area. In my case, I felt much difficulty because I do not have any knowledge in the hotel industry. And analyzing the exercise, I realized it was necessary to have knowledge of financial ratios of profitability and a certain familiarity in the hotel industry. I left a comment on the discussion board stating that I was not feeling safe to do the exercise. However, there was no demonstration by the teachers of the course. In short, I was not feeling prepared, let alone analyze colleagues. The first time, did not get the minimum score. The second time, with the longest time, I could better perform the exercise. But rather it was the result of review of financial ratios and other other accessories. I realized that those who examined me in the first and second time, had little or no idea about financial analysis. And another point that struck me was that one of the people who fell for me to analyze, was all in white and the person apologized for failing to do. With nothing to analyze, I did not think fair to give a low rating, so I preferred not to analyze. If the person left blank, something needs to be revised. When mounting a course, you have to take into consideration that there are different levels of students: beginner, intermediate and advanced in the subject matter. The first week was not to have been given is analysis. It could have been the third or fourth week of this Mooc, so it would have time for a further deepening of the matter addressed. 3) Amount of content: Adding the video, quiz and analysis, are about 30 content. It is very tiring and little time for such content. Could decrease the amount of video and quiz, relocating to another week course or Mooc. 4) Feedback: Teachers need to leave a contact way (facebook, twitter, etc.) and be active in Coursera forum or leave a wizard to ask questions when needed. 5) Notes: He missed the weight of the notes. I found a little confusing the allocation of notes. 6) Curriculum: Missed curriculum (biography) of teachers. No contact information. 7) Books: Missed suggestions of books in the hotel industry. Anyway, these are only observed points in order to contribute to development of course. Thanks for listening. | content. Could decrease the amount of | Video | and quiz, relocating to another week | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| DzuPrDfDEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | Buen curso, sin embargo creo que hay cosas para mejorar: son pocos video y mucha lectura, hay errores en las pruebas de escritura, incluso se puede ver en la encuesta final, algunos textos no existen, y por ultimo hay muchos textos del 2008 eso los hace un poquito obsoletos. Muchas gracias por el curso ! | hay cosas para mejorar: son pocos | Video | y mucha lectura, hay errores en | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
| DzuPrDfDEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | El contenido es relativamente bueno. Sin embargo, tuve una queja respecto a que las imágenes del fondo de los videos eran meramente decorativas y no ayudaban a que el estudiante a memorizar o a asimilar lo que estaba aprendiendo. La respuesta de la universidad fue bastante tajante y en pocas palabras, me invitò a que si estaba aburrida con ésta especialización, bien podía buscar otra. La respuesta fue grosera y desafiante. Ahora he tratado de acceder al tercer nivel y tengo un bloqueo ¡Parece que tuviera que pagar de nuevo el curso cuando en realidad pagué LA TOTALIDAD DE LA ESPECIALIZACIÓN en Diciembre de 2.015! No estoy segura de si me echaron porque les pareció que no debí opinar, pero tampoco tengo forma de pedir un reembolso. Lastimosamente. No le recomiendo ésta especialización a nadie. No es la primera vez que hago un curso virtual, y definitivamente puedo decir que éste es desastroso. | las imágenes del fondo de los | Video | eran meramente decorativas y no ayudaban | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
| DzuPrDfDEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | Se ve como un buen curso, solo creo que le falta mas material interactivo (videos), la mayoría de las cosas son lecturas, que si ayudan pero creo que los videos generan mas impacto. | que le falta mas material interactivo | Video | la mayoría de las cosas son | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
| DzuPrDfDEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | los videos son demasiado basicos. No hablan de cosas específicas, es importante hablar de cosas específicas y herrmaientas para que al complementarlas con las lecturas sea mucho más educativo. Hay videos que no dicen nada! | lecturas sea mucho más educativo. Hay | Video | que no dicen nada! | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
| e4SzF9c1EeS-LCIAC3icWw | Very bad course. The content can barely be applied outside US, you don't know from which perspective it's explained (for sales or purchasing people), the videos are bad quality, the teacher is babbling, no extra resources, no interaction with the audience outside the assessments. | (for sales or purchasing people), the | Video | are bad quality, the teacher is | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| e4SzF9c1EeS-LCIAC3icWw | Best short and brief video as well as presentations. It helped me lot to learn new styles and approches towards "negotiations" which is part of daily life these days. Thanks to the team and Coursera. | Best short and brief | Video | as well as presentations. It helped | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | It was challenging, but videos (and lecturer) are very easy-to-follow :) | It was challenging, but | Video | (and lecturer) are very easy-to-follow :) | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.18 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | Sensacional. Everytime I saw all videos in the same day (yesterday) ... great teatcher and good material. Best course ever. | Sensacional. Everytime I saw all | Video | in the same day (yesterday) . | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.18 |
| EA0hyTUGEeWWBQrVFXqd1w | The videos are really good, makes it fun to watch and learn. I especially like that it's appearently iive coded and you get to know the train of thoughts from the Lecturer. Really well done, thanks for this course :) | The | Video | are really good, makes it fun | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.18 |
| eBEnnYkqEeWGBwqGAoUFww | The course has been very interesting, the methodology with videos and lots of real examples has helped me to learn very easily, starting from zero. The course has given to me a very solid foundation knowledge about financial accounting without being familiar with it before. I really recommend this course for those who are not familiar with financial accounting and want to understand it and build a solid foundation knowledge. | been very interesting, the methodology with | Video | and lots of real examples has | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.03 |
| eBEnnYkqEeWGBwqGAoUFww | I learned quite a lot from this course. The videos were brief, but the material was well-explained. For a solid, general overview of financial statements and the logic behind them, I highly recommend this course. | a lot from this course. The | Video | were brief, but the material was | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.03 |
| eBEnnYkqEeWGBwqGAoUFww | This is a very interesting course, I would hace liked the teacher would explain a little bit more about NOF and Operational ratios, go further on this topics and less analysisi of Balance Sheet and P&L. But in general, great explanations and videos and completely easy to understand everything, very good examples. | But in general, great explanations and | Video | and completely easy to understand everything, | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 1.03 |
| eBEnnYkqEeWGBwqGAoUFww | I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in getting a thorough (albeit, rapid) introduction to financial accounting. Professor Marc Badia has a gift for deconstructing dense material into digestible bits through concise weekly videos. The quizzes and final project are all very applied in nature---while we all learn differently, I can't stress enough the importance of taking meticulous notes each week! | into digestible bits through concise weekly | Video | The quizzes and final project are | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.03 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I enjoyed this course but I was not satisfied with the assessment. The content kept me engaged and highly motivated. I acquired some very specific and useful skills, which I developed by completing projects on topics of my choosing that were meaningful to me. I really liked Karl's casual and somewhat spontaneous style - this is a breath of fresh air from the video tutorials out there where lecturers are reading from prompts or reciting from memory. The biggest drawback to this course is that it relied completely on peer grading for the assessment (which you have to pay for). I don't think this assessment method was sufficiently designed to reduce the influence of graders who were overly subjective, hadn't sufficiently mastered the content themselves, or were disinterested in putting effort into the peer review. From now on, I will think twice about paying for any course where all of the assessment is based on how my classmates grade me. While peer review can be useful for learning, I don't think it's an accurate assessment tool. Especially if I'm paying to learn from a professional in a field, I'd expect to receive some feedback and assessment from that pro. Another area of improvement is that there were several instances where videos repeated things covered in previous videos. These things could be cleaned up a bit and the course would be more polished. | breath of fresh air from the | Video | tutorials out there where lecturers are | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I enjoyed this course but I was not satisfied with the assessment. The content kept me engaged and highly motivated. I acquired some very specific and useful skills, which I developed by completing projects on topics of my choosing that were meaningful to me. I really liked Karl's casual and somewhat spontaneous style - this is a breath of fresh air from the video tutorials out there where lecturers are reading from prompts or reciting from memory. The biggest drawback to this course is that it relied completely on peer grading for the assessment (which you have to pay for). I don't think this assessment method was sufficiently designed to reduce the influence of graders who were overly subjective, hadn't sufficiently mastered the content themselves, or were disinterested in putting effort into the peer review. From now on, I will think twice about paying for any course where all of the assessment is based on how my classmates grade me. While peer review can be useful for learning, I don't think it's an accurate assessment tool. Especially if I'm paying to learn from a professional in a field, I'd expect to receive some feedback and assessment from that pro. Another area of improvement is that there were several instances where videos repeated things covered in previous videos. These things could be cleaned up a bit and the course would be more polished. | that there were several instances where | Video | repeated things covered in previous videos. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | I enjoyed this course but I was not satisfied with the assessment. The content kept me engaged and highly motivated. I acquired some very specific and useful skills, which I developed by completing projects on topics of my choosing that were meaningful to me. I really liked Karl's casual and somewhat spontaneous style - this is a breath of fresh air from the video tutorials out there where lecturers are reading from prompts or reciting from memory. The biggest drawback to this course is that it relied completely on peer grading for the assessment (which you have to pay for). I don't think this assessment method was sufficiently designed to reduce the influence of graders who were overly subjective, hadn't sufficiently mastered the content themselves, or were disinterested in putting effort into the peer review. From now on, I will think twice about paying for any course where all of the assessment is based on how my classmates grade me. While peer review can be useful for learning, I don't think it's an accurate assessment tool. Especially if I'm paying to learn from a professional in a field, I'd expect to receive some feedback and assessment from that pro. Another area of improvement is that there were several instances where videos repeated things covered in previous videos. These things could be cleaned up a bit and the course would be more polished. | videos repeated things covered in previous | Video | These things could be cleaned up | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
| eH8S1b38EeWxzxJER_JW2w | Very nice videos, understandable language and a great teacher! If you want to get more knowledge about design, it is a great course! | Very nice | Video | understandable language and a great teacher! | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
| eLzp7w-NEeWPhwrBf2tcNQ | The course was very basic and there was nothing new in the videos compared to the document(PDF) . Instructor was only reading the slides. | there was nothing new in the | Video | compared to the document(PDF) . Instructor | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 0.83 |
| eLzp7w-NEeWPhwrBf2tcNQ | The contents of PPTs are just read out in the video lectures. It's as good as providing only the PPTs. | are just read out in the | Video | lectures. It's as good as providing | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.78 | 0.83 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | Enjoyable and easy to follow along with. good videos and examples. Helped fill in some gaps. | easy to follow along with. good | Video | and examples. Helped fill in some | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.95 |
| 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. | Very well done. The | Video | are well explained, with nice illustrations | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.48 | 0.95 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | Videos are good and to the point. Animation is very user friendly. | | Video | are good and to the point. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.95 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | There is a lot of self-teaching with these courses because there are no professors present to reach out to with questions. In addition, the course staff do not always respond promptly nor are they fully knowledgeable about all aspects of error messages that may arise out of coding. At times the code that were provided in the lecture videos were out of date and a lot of time was spent on googling to find the updated code. This is definitely not a beginner coder course and I do not recommend it to anyone who has not coded before. | that were provided in the lecture | Video | were out of date and a | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.48 | 0.95 |
| 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. | The instructors are pleasant, and the | Video | helpful. Unlike some classes where it | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.95 |
| ENhHCTboEeW8ZAoCexam_w | Very nice lecture videos and explanations! Totally worth it | Very nice lecture | Video | and explanations! Totally worth it | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.48 | 0.95 |
| eo6NBCQPEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | It was very helpful to take this course as it gave me an insight to understand and look closely at the indications which will guide me in the future to deal with children who are normally labelled as 'slow', 'not focused', 'has lack of concentration' etc. The course gives a detailed understanding towards the psychological aspects and directs teachers to engage and encourage such children. I sure feel more equipped to handle such scenarios in the future. Would appreciate if more videos of real classroom training can be added! All the best! | the future. Would appreciate if more | Video | of real classroom training can be | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.88 |
| eo6NBCQPEeW5Rwo0txKkgQ | This is the best course I've ever done on Coursera. It's not just watching some videos, but actually studying the topic and getting challenged. I'm taking so much away for my work. Thanks a lot for all this enthusiasm and professionalism! | Coursera. It's not just watching some | Video | but actually studying the topic and | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.88 |
| ERjY4rTHEeSK3SIACw8Xnw | No me gustó mucho. Si bien los temas son interesantes, los videos eran algo aburridos, sin chispa. Igualmente reconozco el buen trabajo del Instructor. Si cambia su actuación en los videos, será mucho mejor el curso. Saludos | bien los temas son interesantes, los | Video | eran algo aburridos, sin chispa. Igualmente | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
| ERjY4rTHEeSK3SIACw8Xnw | Buenos videos, aunque la forma de evaluación deja mucho que desear. | Buenos | Video | aunque la forma de evaluación deja | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
| ERjY4rTHEeSK3SIACw8Xnw | Me gustaron los videos y te hace reflexionar | Me gustaron los | Video | y te hace reflexionar | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
| ERjY4rTHEeSK3SIACw8Xnw | Genial, mucho conocimiento en videos resumidos y entendibles de 5 a 8 minutos. | Genial, mucho conocimiento en | Video | resumidos y entendibles de 5 a | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
| ERjY4rTHEeSK3SIACw8Xnw | Un curso muy bien cuidado en contenidos. El Dr. Gershenson es una autoridad en el tema. Pero descuidado en la plataforma: No se podían bajar los videos, ni los textos, en su inmensa mayoría. La revisión de los ensayos se lo dejan a los alumnos en su totalidad. La retroalimentación que recibí del trabajo final carecía de sustento (contrario al pensamiento científico). No permitía el derecho a réplica. Espero que corrijan en próximos cursos. | plataforma: No se podían bajar los | Video | ni los textos, en su inmensa | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
| 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. | not participate in the course. The | Video | lectures are poorly done, including errors | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Course content: some Swift specific topics are shortly covered in the videos. Overall, the teaching material is very short. In the first week, students basically learn how to start Xcode. Week four contains a 15 minutes video on image processing, that's basically it for the week. Follow-up readings for week two just provide a link to Apple's iOS Developer site. That's clearly not enough for a course. Students can google for tutorials by themselves. Project: The projects mentions classes, which are not covered in the course. It was then also my impression from the peer reviews, that some students without prior knowledge were just lost. There are many great tutorials on the web which offer more insights and give students a much more fundamental knowledge than this course. | topics are shortly covered in the | Video | Overall, the teaching material is very | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | An ok introduction to Swift Programming, but I can see people who do not have previous development experience struggling with this course. Also lecturers were virtually nonexistent on the forums to help with questions which is disappointing since it is a paid course which implies you are paying for their time and effort not just the certificate. Best advice for people taking this course is to get through the material as early as possible and give yourself as much time as possible to work on the project, don't wait till the last week to work on it. Would also suggest the following changes to improve the course and help people understand the material better: 1. Have a programming exercise to complete at the end of every week to prove you have understood the material taught, a quiz alone with 10 or less questions is not enough. The course ramps up way to quickly with the project if all you have been doing is following the videos, students should be practicing and proving they know the work far more often. 2. Provide a clearer project brief since it was clear many people did not understand all the requirements. 3. Provide a video of what the final project should do in general to make it even clearer. Overall I didn't have a bad experience with the course, just disappointed that it was really bear bones, there were too few opportunities to prove your understanding, it was poorly managed and the lack of interaction from the lecturers a massive problem when they are being paid to help out, not just provide videos and forget about the students. | all the requirements. 3. Provide a | Video | of what the final project should | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Videos are poorly done and leave a lot of useful details out. There is zero support from staff in the forums. If you take this course, plan on spending a lot of time doing research on external sources in order to gain an understanding of the very broad and lacking in detail videos. To improve this course, the instructors should: -provide links to at least one textbook on Swift -add Mentors to the course to help students in the forums -include a repository of code snippets for practice of the concepts | | Video | are poorly done and leave a | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The videos are poorly done, and it's hard to follow with practicing in a Playground at the same time. Also, some of the optional material, is required for completing the assessment, which a bit unfair. The material covered in the videos is too basic to be able to apply the principles to a larger programme. | The | Video | are poorly done, and it's hard | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The videos are poorly done, and it's hard to follow with practicing in a Playground at the same time. Also, some of the optional material, is required for completing the assessment, which a bit unfair. The material covered in the videos is too basic to be able to apply the principles to a larger programme. | unfair. The material covered in the | Video | is too basic to be able | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Worst course I took on Coursera so far! It was my first course I actually paid for and it turned out to be the least useful one. The small number of exercises and videos does not justify the high price of the course. It might have been ok if they had included the iOS parts also, but charging 70 EUR for the first part alone is grossly overpriced. | The small number of exercises and | Video | does not justify the high price | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Videos could be more comprehensive. | | Video | could be more comprehensive. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| 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. | introduction to introduction DIY Swift. The | Video | are chaotic and lack explications, examples, | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Thank you for the course. With all my respect to authors, I have something to say: I beleave all 4 cources in the spesialization could be combine to one. Looks like authors may invest more time and passion to it. I just skipped all videos with Parham Aarabi. | to it. I just skipped all | Video | with Parham Aarabi. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Pleased with the course. Well described all the videos and very understandable examples as well. Although no example codes were given so that's why I give a 4 stars. But I highly recommend it. I had a background in Objective-C and I was wondering how to start with Swift, and I think it was a good way to start. Thank you. | the course. Well described all the | Video | and very understandable examples as well. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course is a waste of time and money. I'm an experienced programmer, and I thought this would be a good introduction to Swift; it wasn't. The first two weeks were short, introductory programming lessons. Week 3, "Advanced Swift," consisted of one 12-minute video that barely scratches the surface of three separate topics. Many things that I would consider fundamentals for this type of programming course (classes, for example) were rarely even mentioned, much less taught and demonstrated. If you want to learn Swift, look elsewhere. Don't waste your time and money on this course. | Swift, " consisted of one 12-minute | Video | that barely scratches the surface of | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| 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. | difficult to understand without repeating the | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This is a great starter course, the Reading Materials are a great way to learn directly from the source with a clearer understanding thanks to the videos. Thank you! | a clearer understanding thanks to the | Video | Thank you! | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| 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 | Video | and final assignment. Videos should be | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The Good: The idea of having the lectures in a Q&A style, two experts in continuous conversation about the topic has a potential The Bad: That potential is wasted on poorly planned lessons and course content The Ugly: Instructors run the Swift code that is written during the lesson and they get a wrong result due to an error in the code. They both agree that the result is weird but then continue to explain that this is how Swift works. In short, they are misleading and confusing you on a topic you are trying to learn. This is of course unintentional but gives you a clue about how the quality check on lecture videos are taken care of. Details here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/swift-programming/discussions/DBk-SJO2EeWNbBIwwhtGwQ | how the quality check on lecture | Video | are taken care of. Details here: | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | This course needs major improvement. Lectures included errors in the code. While showing code in video lectures instructor was quick to delete code, not giving time for students to view and understand what had just been shown. On Dec 15, two weeks before due date of final project, large portions of all weeks of the course were changed, requiring going back through to complete these new lectures. No adjustment was made to the due date. Requirements for the final project are vague and confusing and I am not able to submit the final project by the due date in about 2 hours. If this issue is not addressed I will need to consider adjusting my star rating. This experience casts a negative impression for me on the Coursera platform and University of Toronto teaching staff. I'm disappointed. | the code. While showing code in | Video | lectures instructor was quick to delete | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The debugger video showed some very awesome tools I've never known about. Thanks for mentioning the view hierarchy in debugger mode. | The debugger | Video | showed some very awesome tools I've | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I think this course could be much better without Jack Wu, laughing every few seconds. I would except more professional approach and not videos likely taken on first shot with errors. | except more professional approach and not | Video | likely taken on first shot with | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Very knowledgeable educators. Course is given in a q&a style which is very very good for a web based course since the questions often are exactly what i want to ask. However, think the course can still be improved, especially in the following aspects. (1) examples in the course are not thought through ahead. Instead, educators came up with them on the spot. that way it may not be the best example to convey the message, plus the videos are made unnecessarily long in this way. Think it's good that for a programming course to show real time programming sometimes. But to do this all the time is a bit too much and therefore inefficient. Comparing to some other courses, think this one could really benefit if the educators could give some thought on how to teach, especially to think from a student perspective. For example: about the capability of overwriting and defining new operators, the example given was to define a knife operator and to overload plus operator to stew vegetables. Both examples do not make much sense to me. Although i did understand that it's nice that one can define his/her own operation/operator, when the examples came I actually got confused -- how do i stew vegetables with code?? (2) Some of the quiz questions I don't find useful. For this course I need lots of time to complete the quiz in contrast to other coursera courses I did. This is because i need to actually read the documentation in order to answer the quiz questions since they are really in depth. In this way, to do the quiz is actually the way to learn. But some questions are quite artificial, for example, there's a multi-choice question about "what are the different ways one can find help..." (3) Finally, I find the video and the quiz very abstract. that it's very difficult to follow without making a line of code myself... Also it is not clear what the educators expect as a pre-requisite for taking this course. Sometimes things are explained as if the listeners have no programming background at all. some other time, a concept is explained so fast I wonder whether i should have known objective-C in order to follow this course... | to convey the message, plus the | Video | are made unnecessarily long in this | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The videos were a bit unfocused, but over all I learned a good amount about Swift, and appreciate many of it's design decisions. | The | Video | were a bit unfocused, but over | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Was pretty good overall. I feel there was a lack of in-lecture questions in the first few videos. That aside, great course. | in-lecture questions in the first few | Video | That aside, great course. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Probably guys did big amount of work, but the course looks extremely raw. Half of lectures time is talking about nothing and it seems that there were no lecture plan before shooting the video. It would have been ok if the course had been free, but I expected much more from it for that price. Thank you for you work, but, I think, you need to keep improving the quality of the course. | no lecture plan before shooting the | Video | It would have been ok if | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Unfortunately the course is not very well thought out. The lecture videos are poorly organized, concepts are not presented in the proper context and lack sufficient detail/depth, little thought or effort was put into designing the examples in the videos, there are no actual coding exercises until the last week, there are no examples of elegant code, nor thoughtful examples of good vs. bad code, the quizzes contain questions that are poorly worded and ambiguous (and I think some actually have the wrong answers and are contradicted by other online resources). It's very high level, and they hand-wave important concepts. I really don't see how this class can actually teach you to build a robust high-quality app. You're probably better off just reading some of the official documentation online. | very well thought out. The lecture | Video | are poorly organized, concepts are not | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Unfortunately the course is not very well thought out. The lecture videos are poorly organized, concepts are not presented in the proper context and lack sufficient detail/depth, little thought or effort was put into designing the examples in the videos, there are no actual coding exercises until the last week, there are no examples of elegant code, nor thoughtful examples of good vs. bad code, the quizzes contain questions that are poorly worded and ambiguous (and I think some actually have the wrong answers and are contradicted by other online resources). It's very high level, and they hand-wave important concepts. I really don't see how this class can actually teach you to build a robust high-quality app. You're probably better off just reading some of the official documentation online. | into designing the examples in the | Video | there are no actual coding exercises | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | After 97% of the work completed, I have to admit that this course is NOT GOOD. The instructor is not actually the professor himself, and they do lots of mistakes in the videos. You do not learn anything that helpful, and perhaps the actual Swift documentation is way more clearer than this course is. | do lots of mistakes in the | Video | You do not learn anything that | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Poor video quality, weak, ad hoc examples, not well thought flow. Seems like tutors have not spent time on proper preparation. Free courses on iTunesU (especially those by Stanford University) are far more better. | Poor | Video | quality, weak, ad hoc examples, not | Negative | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Sadly, this course is NOT an Introduction to Swift Programming. As a beginner I found this course was not structured and I was confused about the correct steps to take in order to start programming in Swift. No doubt that these guys are knowledgable but they do not plan the course or teach in a linear fashion. Furthermore the sound and video quality is poor and I have decided to quit this course after the first week and a half. | linear fashion. Furthermore the sound and | Video | quality is poor and I have | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | Very disorganized. More than a course, it seems more like 2 students learning along with you. The lessons have 0 preparation and they come up with examples that do not work half of the time during the video itself. I do not recommend this course (and as a matter of fact, the entire specialization) to anyone. | half of the time during the | Video | itself. I do not recommend this | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The lectures for this course seem unorganized and often had poor audio. The content covered in many lectures seemed off topic. Quiz questions would then focus on the off topic information making it confusing with regard to what material to focus on during a lecture. Do I focus on the proposed subject of the video or the many tangents about other topics. This combined with the unorganized nature of videos(just winging it) made the lectures distracting. The lecture videos are full of code that simply does not work in the real world and help from staff takes literally days to get(and not just over the weekend). | on the proposed subject of the | Video | or the many tangents about other | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The lectures for this course seem unorganized and often had poor audio. The content covered in many lectures seemed off topic. Quiz questions would then focus on the off topic information making it confusing with regard to what material to focus on during a lecture. Do I focus on the proposed subject of the video or the many tangents about other topics. This combined with the unorganized nature of videos(just winging it) made the lectures distracting. The lecture videos are full of code that simply does not work in the real world and help from staff takes literally days to get(and not just over the weekend). | made the lectures distracting. The lecture | Video | are full of code that simply | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | A resource if your starting with Swift. Video quality is often poor. Examples are a bit too contrived. Generally, presentations should be better prepared, too much figuring things out during the video. Good choice of project for the practical.Many interesting coding practice tidbits along the way but needs polish. | resource if your starting with Swift. | Video | quality is often poor. Examples are | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The course need more improvements in terms of material, presentation and execution. The two presenters format didn't work well as it made the lecture look informal. The material need better preparation and it seems at times to be ad-hoc coding. A few videos were not edited properly resulting in lengthy black screens after the presenters were done talking. | to be ad-hoc coding. A few | Video | were not edited properly resulting in | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | I'm sorry but the presentations were very poor and unprepared. The first quiz focused on rather unimportant and stuff which was NOT PRESENTED in videos, like keyboard shortcuts etc. Do not recommend. | stuff which was NOT PRESENTED in | Video | like keyboard shortcuts etc. Do not | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The material is OK, the video quality is regular and the instructors are childish. I prefer the Android specialization where the instructors are more mature and professional. | The material is OK, the | Video | quality is regular and the instructors | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | It felt like amateur course. the volume was very low and was missing videos | was very low and was missing | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| eUI0xjeIEeWO-Qq6rEZAow | The professors did no prepared the classes. They make so many mistakes in the video lectures and they also laughts in the middle of the course and they send a non-professional feeling to the students. The content of the course is very good, but the proffesors could really do better. | make so many mistakes in the | Video | lectures and they also laughts in | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | Totally enjoyable. The videos are professional, varied and so informative. Comparing the quiz to some others , I found they were better formulated and less ambiguous. Personally I feel I learned an amazing amount in a short time span and bother the content and pace were stimulating! so bravo! This is the type of general knowledge everyone should have but probably 90 % only have a rough, inaccurate or no awareness whatsoever. This could be run even at the school level, it could stimulate future scientists. | Totally enjoyable. The | Video | are professional, varied and so informative. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | The high quality of videos and content makes this course an outstanding, fantastic and entertainment MOOC course for everyone who wish to learn the big history that is hidding in the Universe. Thanks coursera and macquare University for let us access to this beatiful show of altruism and openness, both of you deserve not only a big five star but a great standing applasue. Congratulations great course. All my best Coursera community, Carlos Arturo Pimentel. | The high quality of | Video | and content makes this course an | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | An EXCELLENT multi-disciplinary course that provides a though-provoking overview of world history. The videos are interesting, the additional resources fascinating. | though-provoking overview of world history. The | Video | are interesting, the additional resources fascinating. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | This is definitely my favorite course on Coursera and anywhere else in internet! So glad I accidentally ran into it! Under a name that doesn't tell much about the content there is a real jewel - a multidisciplinary course that is truly able to connect many of the dots and make perfect sense of all these endless math and science, history and many other classes we all had to sit throughout our school years. I loved every minute of this course, all the experts zooming into subjects, all of additional materials (especially Crushcourse videos). Big History course is awesome for those always asking "but why?" questions. A very big thank you to The Big History course team for finding time and passion for making it available to everyone in the world! | all of additional materials (especially Crushcourse | Video | Big History course is awesome for | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | I loved every minute of this course. I only watched the video's because of lack of time, but really was sorry when reaching the end. Iit is packed full with (new) insights, very entertaining with excellent quality images, comments from the various lecturers that will make you think in a more balanced way about the world we live in. I did not know about Big History and signed up out of curiosity. However, I believe it should be mandatory for everybody to get this kind of connection of various disciplines to understand more of what got us here. Strongly recommended! | this course. I only watched the | Video | because of lack of time, but | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | Very nice! I like the variation and the montages of the video lectures very much. The variety really kept me enticed and paying attention throughout everything. This course would also be a perfect self-paced course. Interesting subject matter as well! Very important for everyone, to get a sense of where we are and where our lives fit into the bigger picture. | variation and the montages of the | Video | lectures very much. The variety really | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | Incredible course in every way: Highly competent lecturers, excellent video quality in both content and production, great pacing and delivery of information and dozens of links to engaging resource material. One of the best MOOCs I have ever participated in: fun, informative and intriguing! | every way: Highly competent lecturers, excellent | Video | quality in both content and production, | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| EwR6zhSDEeWCWhKuhISYpw | Various professors which are inspiring and knowledgable. Good format, short videos and links for digging deeper. But it´s a five star course because I enjoy being flabbergasted with my origin myth. | inspiring and knowledgable. Good format, short | Video | and links for digging deeper. But | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 1.2 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | This course relies heavily on self-reading and theoretical knowledge. Video interviews which are part of the curriculum are mostly not useful. Overall the course did not provide me with the value I was looking for. | heavily on self-reading and theoretical knowledge. | Video | interviews which are part of the | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Content is good. I found the information in the videos valuable, albeit short and leaving me wanting more. I suppose that's what research is for. In general great and short course to get one on track with research methods.Take this course, as it is good. So why three stars? I know it is a long review, and feel free to remove it from the list, if you deem it appropriate. I have learned a lot in the course, and it is a valuable experience still. My problem lies with the design of the course, that seems to have started with great vigour at then lost the steam at the end. I would like to suggest few pointers. Especially since the presenters have another courses in the catalogue with similar issues. 1. Help learners to focus - Body language, and position in the room. Standing in front of windows with the traffic outside may seem a minor thing, but it detracts form you and the content. As a course designer it is a responsibility to set it right. Same applies for hands in back pockets, posture when sat down, lens flare etc. 2 - As instructors you have offered very little teaching. All was left to the guest speakers. All very good and knowledgeable. Some graphic and own mini lecture would help to establish you as experts (not that you are not, but we would not know that from the videos), rather than mere interviewers. (Summary of what was said). 3 - match the video and e-tivity focus. And think about the accessibility of the material to your learners, especially if no previous knowledge is required. Week three was about managing research and planning. The reading, was surprisingly different (week 4 activity would be more suitable here) and really hard to access to someone, who hasn't done much reading in theories of knowledge etc. This would be more accessible as a guided lecture and quiz, rather than 400 words response. I hope I was not offensive to anyone. I was trying to help you to help us learn better, if that makes sense. M | I found the information in the | Video | valuable, albeit short and leaving me | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Content is good. I found the information in the videos valuable, albeit short and leaving me wanting more. I suppose that's what research is for. In general great and short course to get one on track with research methods.Take this course, as it is good. So why three stars? I know it is a long review, and feel free to remove it from the list, if you deem it appropriate. I have learned a lot in the course, and it is a valuable experience still. My problem lies with the design of the course, that seems to have started with great vigour at then lost the steam at the end. I would like to suggest few pointers. Especially since the presenters have another courses in the catalogue with similar issues. 1. Help learners to focus - Body language, and position in the room. Standing in front of windows with the traffic outside may seem a minor thing, but it detracts form you and the content. As a course designer it is a responsibility to set it right. Same applies for hands in back pockets, posture when sat down, lens flare etc. 2 - As instructors you have offered very little teaching. All was left to the guest speakers. All very good and knowledgeable. Some graphic and own mini lecture would help to establish you as experts (not that you are not, but we would not know that from the videos), rather than mere interviewers. (Summary of what was said). 3 - match the video and e-tivity focus. And think about the accessibility of the material to your learners, especially if no previous knowledge is required. Week three was about managing research and planning. The reading, was surprisingly different (week 4 activity would be more suitable here) and really hard to access to someone, who hasn't done much reading in theories of knowledge etc. This would be more accessible as a guided lecture and quiz, rather than 400 words response. I hope I was not offensive to anyone. I was trying to help you to help us learn better, if that makes sense. M | was said). 3 - match the | Video | and e-tivity focus. And think about | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | It is like for kids, I think all courses must mention their target audience. Contents, Videos, talks nothing was value for time. | must mention their target audience. Contents, | Video | talks nothing was value for time. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | I like the first E-tivity where we were asked to do the reading and listen to the video then come up with our own research question. I wished the rest of the course had continued along the same line where we can create a possible framework of what our research would have looked like by utilizing the ideas developed during the videos and readings. | the reading and listen to the | Video | then come up with our own | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | This course is nicely organized and has manageable readings & videos. The video quality could be better. It's very very basic information about research. It might be useful to someone who does not know anything about it at all. The title might lead one to expect that methods of research such as qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method would be explored. Rather, this course is a general overview of what research is. | organized and has manageable readings & | Video | The video quality could be better. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | This course is nicely organized and has manageable readings & videos. The video quality could be better. It's very very basic information about research. It might be useful to someone who does not know anything about it at all. The title might lead one to expect that methods of research such as qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method would be explored. Rather, this course is a general overview of what research is. | has manageable readings & videos. The | Video | quality could be better. It's very | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | Very good teachers and interesting videos. | Very good teachers and interesting | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| 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. | enough to solidify main ideas. The | Video | were interesting. I would recommend the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | The overall premise of the course is strong. Although I found the instructors and guest speakers extremely knowledgeable, quite a bit of the material was repetitive within in each week's video clip content. | was repetitive within in each week's | Video | clip content. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | It's a really good course to learn general parameters of research. However I think the E-tivity 3 wasn't clear some people did a summary from the reading, some others answered the questions from the reading and me tried to do a connection between the videos and the reading. These misunderstandings can have impact in the evaluation from the partners | to do a connection between the | Video | and the reading. These misunderstandings can | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| fCKQimXqEeSuUyIAC0mIhA | It is very short to feel like a real class. Video Lectures are too short too. I liked the readings. | to feel like a real class. | Video | Lectures are too short too. I | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| 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. | is taught through a combination of | Video | readings and weekly assignments which are | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.8 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I really enjoyed taking this course. It was informative, interesting and I really liked its format. Every module has a series of reading references, besides the videos on the specific topic, so one can also do some additional reading to better understand the topic. Additionally, there are discussions with campus students or professors, that address the subject from another perspective. | series of reading references, besides the | Video | on the specific topic, so one | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I loved this course but my only problem was regarding this course the video getting old, those videos were filmed in 2014 and we are in 2016 a lot of things has merged and discovered. | problem was regarding this course the | Video | getting old, those videos were filmed | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Terrific course covering the full marketing mix with respect to digital - truly enlightening and with tons of ways I can improve my new venture - great videos that are well laid out and beyond interesting to watch. I highly recommend this course | improve my new venture - great | Video | that are well laid out and | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Great course! Good videos, the assignments are challenging and the concepts clear. Perfect :) | Great course! Good | Video | the assignments are challenging and the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | From the first video, I found out new informations that will help in my marketer career. | From the first | Video | I found out new informations that | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Muy interesante y participativo. El diseño del curso, con videos y casos hace que pongas en práctica lo que vas aprendiendo y por tanto lo asimiles mucho mejor. Muy recomendable! | participativo. El diseño del curso, con | Video | y casos hace que pongas en | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | The concepts and knowledge this course covers are useful and practical. The length of the videos is the only thing I dislike. Sometimes they are too long. | and practical. The length of the | Video | is the only thing I dislike. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| 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. | bit more detail: there were 12 | Video | lectures, 3 assignments that had to | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I thought the course was illuminating and a great start to the specialization. I had me thinking and discussing what I learned. Professor Aric could use a little more energy as he had a very scripted feel to the lecture videos which almost felt like he was reading from the marketing dictionary. However, he was very thorough and informative. | very scripted feel to the lecture | Video | which almost felt like he was | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Excellent class -- interactive with interesting videos and exercises. | Excellent class -- interactive with interesting | Video | and exercises. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| 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. | The | Video | are long and not engaging enough. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Videos rather slow and don't keep you focus. Voice of the professor is rather low key and slow. Hard to pay attention at times. Even though there are examples, it should be more interactive with other videos rather than links of text. | | Video | rather slow and don't keep you | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| 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. | prevent video-learner's fatigue. Each set of | Video | was interrupted by a graded assignment | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Marketing in a Digital World presents many key concepts of modern-day marketing. The professor provides links to great reading material and resources that supplement the excellent video content hosted on Coursera. | and resources that supplement the excellent | Video | content hosted on Coursera. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | I really enjoyed this course and I liked the variety of videos as well as "special lessons" with professionals from different fields. The exercises supported studies and gave better understanding of the tools. However, I believe some of the lessons (or videos) were a bit off from topic or gave too much focus on the issues that, I believe, are not that much related to the course purpose. (e.g. too much of 3D printing). Overall, it is a great course and I was pleased to participate in it! | and I liked the variety of | Video | as well as " special lessons" | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Well prepared videos from quality side. Content is nice. Gave a lot of new insights. Professor is great | Well prepared | Video | from quality side. Content is nice. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | Excellent course, the videos were very useful to make the success of the course plus the quizzes ... Thanks for this great experience to update our knowledge! | Excellent course, the | Video | were very useful to make the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| FDKAdNsuEeSEcyIAC2mPOQ | fresh and informative ....videos and assignments are relevant and entertaining.... i will go for other such related courses | and informative . . . . | Video | and assignments are relevant and entertaining. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.05 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Muy buen contenido anexo ("para saber más"), aunque puede mejorar, ya que presentaba pequeñas fallas de transcripción. Videos con relatos muy deficientes en oratoria y explicación del contenido. A diferencias de otros cursos que he realizado en Coursera, en este curso los test realizados no constituyen otra oportunidad de aprendizaje (al corregir no fundamenta las respuestas correctas ni las incorrectas) | que presentaba pequeñas fallas de transcripción. | Video | con relatos muy deficientes en oratoria | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Los videos explican de manera breve y detallada, el material de apoyo complementa perfectamente lo hablo en los videos y Las referencias bibliográficas de gran calidad. | Los | Video | explican de manera breve y detallada, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Los videos explican de manera breve y detallada, el material de apoyo complementa perfectamente lo hablo en los videos y Las referencias bibliográficas de gran calidad. | complementa perfectamente lo hablo en los | Video | y Las referencias bibliográficas de gran | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Una introduccion a la adminsitracion de proyectos muy buena, los videos son claros y concisos. El material de apoyo es muy basto y explicativo | adminsitracion de proyectos muy buena, los | Video | son claros y concisos. El material | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | seria bueno hacer los videos con un poco mas de contenido ya que no explican todo | seria bueno hacer los | Video | con un poco mas de contenido | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Buen curso, los materiales complementarios son muy buenos, sin embargo en las actividades adicionales faltan más ejemplos y los videos pueden resultar un poco confusos debido principalmente a que parecen cortar el tema de forma abrupta. | adicionales faltan más ejemplos y los | Video | pueden resultar un poco confusos debido | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Le hace falta incluir mas información en los videos. | falta incluir mas información en los | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| Ff6HyFZrEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Curso con videos muy confusos, pues la información que se muestra en video muchas veces difiere de lo que dice el instructor. Planeaba tomar la certificación completa pero he desistido de ello. | la información que se muestra en | Video | muchas veces difiere de lo que | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| FjD-ZB8oEeScWCIACnuVZQ | Although the content was informational, the presenters were uninteresting and made watching the videos hard to do. | were uninteresting and made watching the | Video | hard to do. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.86 | 0.91 |
| FjD-ZB8oEeScWCIACnuVZQ | Excelente curso, en ocasiones el material puede ser un poco denso pero para eso se puede detener el video y retomar. Es muy bueno que dejen material adicional. | para eso se puede detener el | Video | y retomar. Es muy bueno que | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.86 | 0.91 |
| FjD-ZB8oEeScWCIACnuVZQ | There is no real flow between videos and questions, not easy to follow. Good efford, good content, just wrong methodology for online training for 2015. | There is no real flow between | Video | and questions, not easy to follow. | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.86 | 0.91 |
| FjD-ZB8oEeScWCIACnuVZQ | Good enough for a free course offering very basic understanding of the topic. Lots of video errors, and sometimes the lecturer's speech isn't very smooth. Tests are poorly worded sometimes in ways that contradict the language used in the lectures, making them difficult to pass even with notes. I wouldn't pay for the certificate - if I were an employer I would not recognize this course as teaching any sort of proficiency. | understanding of the topic. Lots of | Video | errors, and sometimes the lecturer's speech | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.86 | 0.91 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | I very much enjoyed this course. All of the videos were informative as well as engaging. The material was compelling and I think I may like to learn more in the future! | enjoyed this course. All of the | Video | were informative as well as engaging. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | I found the course very informative, there was quite a lot of information in there for only six weeks of study but it didn't feel overwhelming either. Professor Marc van Oostendorp was very engaging in his presentation of the material, and I liked the fact that his students were there to ask questions as well. I also liked how the language informants were used - I was able to practice what I had learned in the other videos by analysing their speech patterns. Overall, I was quite impressed by this course. | I had learned in the other | Video | by analysing their speech patterns. Overall, | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | A great course, it contains very broad discussion of the problems of linguistics. Quite demanding quizes force students to watch videos carefully and to read the required reading. This leads to better understanding of the matter. The videos in the course are great too, the explanation of prof. Oostendorp is very lively and entertaining. The interviews with specialists are unique. | demanding quizes force students to watch | Video | carefully and to read the required | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | A great course, it contains very broad discussion of the problems of linguistics. Quite demanding quizes force students to watch videos carefully and to read the required reading. This leads to better understanding of the matter. The videos in the course are great too, the explanation of prof. Oostendorp is very lively and entertaining. The interviews with specialists are unique. | better understanding of the matter. The | Video | in the course are great too, | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | Excellent and most enjoyable course! The videos of the professor and his students are clear and fluent and even the quiz are not too hard. And the best part are the informants in various languages one does not encounter every day. The course is mostly recommended to all. | Excellent and most enjoyable course! The | Video | of the professor and his students | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | I watched all the videos, but did not do the coursework. I was a total beginner on the subject. The videos were very well made, and quite nice to watch. However, I feel like the material was a bit too easy for my taste. I would have enjoyed a course that delved into "harder things". For someone who doesn't like as much "hard challenges" as I do, I do think that this course is a nice introduction to the subject. | I watched all the | Video | but did not do the coursework. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| fM5baJoUEeW93wo8Ha4kow | I watched all the videos, but did not do the coursework. I was a total beginner on the subject. The videos were very well made, and quite nice to watch. However, I feel like the material was a bit too easy for my taste. I would have enjoyed a course that delved into "harder things". For someone who doesn't like as much "hard challenges" as I do, I do think that this course is a nice introduction to the subject. | total beginner on the subject. The | Video | were very well made, and quite | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| 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. | even though you just watched the | Video | carefully. Reason for this is that | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 0.97 |
| 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. | a minute. This made watching the | Video | frustrating at times. I'm not sure | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 0.97 |
| Fp0K8RoEEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Always a pleasure watching these videos. The material is well worth the cost. | Always a pleasure watching these | Video | The material is well worth the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 0.97 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | I give this 4 out of 5 stars mostly due to some technical video/audio issues with the material and its presentation and editing. Also, there didn't seem to be anyone moderating and only a few other people taking the class so not enough forum discussions to help us out. Additionally, I'm also disappointed there isn't a part II that continues into ML approaches to the subject. Finally, I think a bit more rigor and theory could be introduced into the videos before just pointing to the accompanying textbooks. But I understand the tradeoffs. Looking forward to part II (please Dr. Balch!) | theory could be introduced into the | Video | before just pointing to the accompanying | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.8 |
| 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! | during homeworks + quiz. The course | Video | also seem to be much more | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 0.8 |
| fTnuinwaEeS7SCIACxCljA | Although this course holds quite a lot of information, it is quite slow in the way the information is transmitted and unfortunately, the presenter did not 'made homework' in terms of preparing what to say. In addition to the lagging of 'so, anyways, uhmm...' or just silence, many of the videos are also quite low in quality - especially sound due to bad microphone. Overall the information was interesting and useful, and I'm looking for Part II. | or just silence, many of the | Video | are also quite low in quality | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 0.8 |
| fZN4SVfiEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Coming from an engineering background, I had my reservations about learning Law but just going through the initial video modules of this course by Professor Ayres completely changed that. He describes the nuances of law in a very simple and understandable manner. I have to say I understood more about the logic behind the existence of Law in those first few sessions by the Professor than I would have by just reading books and I am really motivated to learn further. | but just going through the initial | Video | modules of this course by Professor | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.13 |
| fZN4SVfiEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | Very good videos of Professor Ayers explaining everything in a way that makes you understand everything a bit better, than when reading it yourself. Definitely useful for people who is going to law school or want start at law school. | Very good | Video | of Professor Ayers explaining everything in | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.13 |
| fZN4SVfiEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | This is really a good set of tools for law students. I have finished the first week, and it really helped a lot already. The videos are not very long, so you can just spend 30 minutes everyday for one or two small videos. The professor uses formal legal language that may require extra work but if you like the legal reasoning, it's such a wonderful exercise! | really helped a lot already. The | Video | are not very long, so you | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.13 |
| fZN4SVfiEeWsGQ6fKrurvQ | This is really a good set of tools for law students. I have finished the first week, and it really helped a lot already. The videos are not very long, so you can just spend 30 minutes everyday for one or two small videos. The professor uses formal legal language that may require extra work but if you like the legal reasoning, it's such a wonderful exercise! | everyday for one or two small | Video | The professor uses formal legal language | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.13 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | nice challenging course with very good lecture videos and supporting material. the questions tested the material very well and were just challenging enough for my taste. Also the teachers were explaining the material very well. | challenging course with very good lecture | Video | and supporting material. the questions tested | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Excellent approach, robust presentation, demanding but rewarding quizzes, overall a valuable course. A slight drawback is of technical nature and is responsibility of the host platform: a couple of module videos contain wrong subtitles. Nevertheless, both teacher speak clear English, and it wouldn't be hard for most participants to follow. | host platform: a couple of module | Video | contain wrong subtitles. Nevertheless, both teacher | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| 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. | with the material covered in the | Video | was not always immediately obvious. Also, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| GEfA2A0UEeSWFyIACpBHcA | Extraordinarily dry presentation. It was a struggle to sit through each video. | a struggle to sit through each | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| ggSJwHE8EeWxvQr3acyajw | Very well-explained information is given. Anyone who is a chicken-lover or keeps chickens should take this course. It's not too much to learn. The videos are short and to the point, yet well-explained. A very good course. | not too much to learn. The | Video | are short and to the point, | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| ggSJwHE8EeWxvQr3acyajw | This is a great class. I enjoyed the videos. I hope to see more classes on poultry in the future. | a great class. I enjoyed the | Video | I hope to see more classes | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| ggSJwHE8EeWxvQr3acyajw | A very informative and interesting course, a good cover of both behaviour and welfare. Each section was explained well, so no background knowledge was required. I appreciated the additional video content to explain concepts. I would have liked a little more information on disease and nutrition but I understand it is difficult to cover everything in a short course. | was required. I appreciated the additional | Video | content to explain concepts. I would | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| ggSJwHE8EeWxvQr3acyajw | Very worthwhile. Great overview of pertinent behavioral, environmental, physiological and biological factors influencing chicken behavior and welfare. Good videos with supplementary materials that added value to the course. Thank you for making this available through MOOC. | influencing chicken behavior and welfare. Good | Video | with supplementary materials that added value | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | GOOD place to start THe arduino intro is good but little short on c but its only 4 weeks not enough for me to grasp right off the bat anyway so i back off to next session then catch up more C then finish its only a couple short c videos then your asked to write programs with little or no knowledge basicly 3- 7 min lectures on the language EASY TO BE KINDA LOST AT FIRST IM 60 yrs old not twenty !!! From what im reading online LIBRARIES ARE TOTALLY LIMITED ON ARDUINOS IDE nd ITS NOT REALLY C its ARDUINO C because a lot of the workings of the arduino ide are easier for new people alot of the inner workings are hidden tough to learn the inner workings unlike a full featured IDE GOOD Platform to start on AFTER BASICS HERE with tidbits Id rather go later to C++ and spend the time there then get on better platform ARM PIC boards with real ides and REAL C + something you can use in the real world for bigger programs and I can see staying here at arduino too long and not going on to other platforms could cause bad programing habits to start with writing limited code just seems more productive after you get your electronics down coding and some hardwhare experience to go right to the real deal Pic arm or any of the other boards with a MUCH steeper learning curve GREAT to Figure out and learn electronics get some hardwhare experience here of course on ARDUINO and from what im seeing from some pros Even if there on more advanced platforms that run bigger faster programs dont have the bootloader many pros use arduino for a first layout to test circuits here first GOOD COURSE gets you DIGGING AND THINKING This is where to start you certainly cant start on advanced platforms right off its really almost impossible without a lot more skill to obtain first | its only a couple short c | Video | then your asked to write programs | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.63 | 1.12 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Great way of learning Arduino, and a great way of providing info. by video lectures. The best part being the questions that are asked in between the lectures and that makes it more interactive virtually. The course content is no doubt enjoyable and its worth taking this course as it builds up our basic concepts of embedded systems. | great way of providing info. by | Video | lectures. The best part being the | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.63 | 1.12 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Although most information in the course can be easily obtained via the internet, the packaging of the right content in the form of video lectures accelerates the learning process ten-fold! One can get started within the hour with Arduino programming without reading a single article on the web! Great course. One suggestion for improvement is to spend more time on the discussion library functions that are relevant to the IoT technology. | right content in the form of | Video | lectures accelerates the learning process ten-fold! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.63 | 1.12 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Very good introduction to Arduino and C. Easy to follow, short videos and good practical exercises. | and C. Easy to follow, short | Video | and good practical exercises. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.63 | 1.12 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | Great course to get started with Arduino! Short lectures explaining the basic concepts and how to start programming the Arduino. It's quite short so I'd recommend to freely browse additional material and videos while you're taking the course. Have fun with Arduino projects! | to freely browse additional material and | Video | while you're taking the course. Have | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.63 | 1.12 |
| gh5rVEd3EeW2ZBIIl17oPw | I found this to be very useful in getting started with both C and the Arduino - neither of which I've studied/used before. I felt the lectures were well delivered and the videos of the Arduino board and circuit helped me to connect components correctly. I suspect some of the problems I experienced in submitting my projects might be resolved through some more detailed advice within the course notes. I'm looking forward very much to the companion course involving interfacing with the Arduino. | lectures were well delivered and the | Video | of the Arduino board and circuit | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.63 | 1.12 |
| GkyTjuR5EeWpUQ6vdoq9ZQ | Good course. Not many videos to watch, but a lot of papers to read. I think though the selection of them is very good and make you understand the concepts and the challenges of IoT. If you don't mind to read a lot, it is a very good course. | Good course. Not many | Video | to watch, but a lot of | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.77 |
| GkyTjuR5EeWpUQ6vdoq9ZQ | I really enjoyed this course and enjoy this subject in general. My only complaint is the audio quality for the videos are worse than any other class I've taken. The intro/out is very loud then the speakers are barely audible which became frustrating. That aside, it is a great course. | is the audio quality for the | Video | are worse than any other class | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.77 |
| GMSg0yWsEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | This course was a great overview introduction into ASD. The information was presented so the information was not overwhelming. You begin the course by looking at ASD from a wide-lens down to details. This is recommended for anyone who is interested in learning more about ASD and then to take more details classes as needed. The videos that were part of the course were informative. There was not a lot of discussions nor was this class led by any instructor. I wished it had links to more articles or more in-depth information, especially the weeks on the developmental areas. | more details classes as needed. The | Video | that were part of the course | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| GMSg0yWsEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very helpful information particularly in the earlier weeks. I found the last couple weeks less helpful because of the large quantity of listed interventions without elaboration/examples - I did read the attached report but would have found it helpful to see some of the interventions demonstrated either via a video or diagram. Temple Grandin is a great documentary and I appreciated hearing her perspective regarding tactile sensitivity. She's also a great example of a person with autism who has developed her strengths and worked around her weaknesses and is a highly functional and successful individual. Overall enjoyed this class. Thanks! | the interventions demonstrated either via a | Video | or diagram. Temple Grandin is a | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | One of the most amazing MOOC courses I have ever taken. From the start, Jana did an excellent job with building the intuition of databases in general and of SQL. The modules (weeks) are organized coherently. The datasets were realistic and challenging (in a great way). The best aspect of this course is the MySQL exercises, built upon IPython notebook. Personally I have experience with R and Python, yet I still feel like I learned a lot from the exercises. The instructions and lessons as part of the programming exercise were clear and useful, effectively complementing the video lectures and providing hands-on experiences. The only pity I have is that Coursera stopped providing full access to course materials and Statement of Accomplishment. But that has nothing to do with this course. The instructors seem to provided maximal opportunity for all students, including ones (like me ) who are just 'auditing'. Overall, a five star rating is a must for this course. | clear and useful, effectively complementing the | Video | lectures and providing hands-on experiences. The | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great Course, especially since it's using real (and messy) data. Week 5 quiz gets quite challenging. Some more video lectures would be great. | quiz gets quite challenging. Some more | Video | lectures would be great. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The exercises , quizzes and videos are well planned and help understand the course material. | The exercises , quizzes and | Video | are well planned and help understand | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Derived attribute was never conveyed in the videos. So kindly add up the concept of derived attribute. | attribute was never conveyed in the | Video | So kindly add up the concept | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The video instruction are not as helpful as I wished. They were too brief, and all the learning end up with doing the exercises. The regular exercises and the quizzes use different database system, and it sometimes hard to transfer what you learn to the quizzes. The pre-quiz exercises are more helpful imo, but no answer key is provided. Sometimes I am still confused even after passing the quiz. | The | Video | instruction are not as helpful as | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| 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. | great | Video | great tutorials. Felt like I learnt | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| GplkvRnqEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I'm still in Week 1, but I'm already in love with this course. They give accurate information in a light manner, the exercises are very clear and didactic, and they also give the answers to these exercises which answers all of your potentially uprising questions, alongside with the Video Lectures. It is already giving me the confidence that it will be a great asset to me as a Data Analyst. | potentially uprising questions, alongside with the | Video | Lectures. It is already giving me | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.02 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course developed by Andrew Ng is quite interesting, going to the essentials in order student get the big picture and the essential tools for building the backbone of future ML applications. Of course, being confident with mathematics principles and notations will be helpful but most of the time, it's not an issue if you have the minimal knowledge. What it lacks on Coursera is the next stage of this course where we could investigate further the technologies presented but in more technical way. Maybe we might see that in the future... Regarding course supports (videos, forums ...), they are of good quality and the fact Andrew used them by drawing on slides helps to have a better understanding. We could notice that there are few minor errors (eg: a "j" index which becomes "i" in J(theta) writing) and I think the technical slides on Back propagation could be improved if a dedicated slide to used mathematical notations / definitions. Sometimes, there are some errors which could induce some confusions. But these minors errors don't hide the impressive work done by Andrew. Regarding assessments, quizzes could be tricky if you don't got the "spirit" (not an exam habit in France) and coding exercises are well structured in order the student will focus on the core modules of the lesson and not on information flow. These exercises are inspiring if you're interesting in teaching and inspiring for Data Scientist Apprentices if you investigate the utils functions developed to support the exercise. Many thanks for this great course and I hope my two cents will help other people to attend it Bruno | future. . . Regarding course supports | Video | forums . . . ), they | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | inserted in the middle of the | Video | are very helpful to keep the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! I learned a lot. Andrew Ng explanations are very clear, the videos are just about the right length, and of course the topic is super interesting. Highly recommended. | Ng explanations are very clear, the | Video | are just about the right length, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | very fun! I really enjoyed the | Video | and programming assignments. I think the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Hi, I appreciate this course and the efforts put into it. However, I am unlikely to focus on it or be as much engaged as I'd hope to due to sound quality in your videos. I am really sorry for rating this course 4 stars. I hope that you'd recored your videos with a better microphone so I could enjoy listening to you and be more engaged in the course. I hope that you understand that it is hard to take a course with a bad sound quality, especially, that there is no excuse not to upgrade the microphone. Nowadays, almost everyone is using a respectably good microphone to recored videos. I believe if you use a better microphone many students would be more engaged and willing to take your course. My opinion might change after finishing this course but I don't think I'd be finishing this course anytime soon or at least on time before the next session because of the sound quality. Best regards, | due to sound quality in your | Video | I am really sorry for rating | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Hi, I appreciate this course and the efforts put into it. However, I am unlikely to focus on it or be as much engaged as I'd hope to due to sound quality in your videos. I am really sorry for rating this course 4 stars. I hope that you'd recored your videos with a better microphone so I could enjoy listening to you and be more engaged in the course. I hope that you understand that it is hard to take a course with a bad sound quality, especially, that there is no excuse not to upgrade the microphone. Nowadays, almost everyone is using a respectably good microphone to recored videos. I believe if you use a better microphone many students would be more engaged and willing to take your course. My opinion might change after finishing this course but I don't think I'd be finishing this course anytime soon or at least on time before the next session because of the sound quality. Best regards, | a respectably good microphone to recored | Video | I believe if you use a | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Engaging material, presented at a rigorous enough level for undergraduate math majors, while accessible enough for someone with a high school calculus background. Applications and topics are interesting and provide sufficient generalization for you to try on your own. Course instructor provides great videos, with a perfect balance between formulas and graphs and intuition. | your own. Course instructor provides great | Video | with a perfect balance between formulas | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | I ever got bored watching a | Video | or doing a programming assignment. The | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course! Very well structured, the videos explain in a very intuitive manner the logic behind the algorithms and the mathematical computations. The exercises are practical examples with lots of helpful explanations. | Great course! Very well structured, the | Video | explain in a very intuitive manner | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thanks to Prof./Scientist Andrew Ng for making such a wonderful platform and videos. I feel very lucky that I registered for this course while attending convocation of my other friend. That moment changed so much in my vision. Fortunately, now I have access to this wonderful knowledge of machine learning taught by Prof. Andrew Ng. He is a wonderful teacher. | making such a wonderful platform and | Video | I feel very lucky that I | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | somehow unsatisfying to go through the | Video | but not practice those concepts. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | after going through all of these | Video | and assignments, now I can say | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fantastic course, I got heaps of opportunities for practical application of the skills, and the videos were all very focussed and easy to understand. | application of the skills, and the | Video | were all very focussed and easy | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very useful course for newcomers to Machine Learning. The basic ideas are plain and clear and its cover major aspects. However, the value of the course would be much higher if the real practical examples are used in roll forward manner. For instance, throughout the course we are considering housing pricing from the plain gradient descent algorithm to much more complicated issues. So far, topics are too theoretical. An sometimes it is hard to apply to the practice. Moreover, it is nice to add the course with notes in pdf format because to listen or watch video lectures is not convenient. At least, it would be nice to have the set of outer links to read each topic in details. | format because to listen or watch | Video | lectures is not convenient. At least, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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 | a great deal from the lecture | Video | assignments, quiz, tutorials & test cases. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Despite I guess the course has a pretty good coverage of the ML basics, it is definitely just an introductive class. In particular I was surprised by the low quality of the material. The following are my notes and suggestions: -- I found the lectures highly redundant, with many unnecessary repetitions -- using a vector notation (like an arrow or a simple line on top of the letters) throughout the course would have make formulas much more readable -- too much hand writing on the slides while talking: a better set of slides with blocks of text shown at the right moment would be much smoother and readable -- very, very poor video editing (many times it's clear some parts of the videos were meant to be cut!!) -- the desire to create a format suitable for people with a scarce algebra preparation lead to use not the appropriate terminology, which would be more correct and easier to understand. Just realize that ML is basically applied math, and without a good math knowledge it is almost pointless to approach the subject | and readable -- very, very poor | Video | editing (many times it's clear some | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Despite I guess the course has a pretty good coverage of the ML basics, it is definitely just an introductive class. In particular I was surprised by the low quality of the material. The following are my notes and suggestions: -- I found the lectures highly redundant, with many unnecessary repetitions -- using a vector notation (like an arrow or a simple line on top of the letters) throughout the course would have make formulas much more readable -- too much hand writing on the slides while talking: a better set of slides with blocks of text shown at the right moment would be much smoother and readable -- very, very poor video editing (many times it's clear some parts of the videos were meant to be cut!!) -- the desire to create a format suitable for people with a scarce algebra preparation lead to use not the appropriate terminology, which would be more correct and easier to understand. Just realize that ML is basically applied math, and without a good math knowledge it is almost pointless to approach the subject | it's clear some parts of the | Video | were meant to be cut! ! | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you to Pr Andrew Ng for his course. He facilitates the understanding of Machine Learning to a wide audience, transmits at each video confidence and hope to the student thanks to his remarquable qualities. | a wide audience, transmits at each | Video | confidence and hope to the student | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a great course. The instructor Andrew Ng carries you through the material in easy to understand lectures that are divided by topic in perfectly timed video sessions with individual quizzes during each video that help you gauge how well you have understood and grasped the topic discussed in the lesson. This prepares you to take the graded quizzes and complete the programming projects. The programming projects have great documentation that enhance the learning experience and illustrate applications of the material just learned. I greatly recommend this course! | sessions with individual quizzes during each | Video | that help you gauge how well | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Extremely well explained videos. Prof Andrew Ng is great! | Extremely well explained | Video | Prof Andrew Ng is great! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Exceptional... Was every much impressed with the way mentor explains and giving example. Thanks for providing such a exceptional Videos | Thanks for providing such a exceptional | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good introduction to machine learning. The content is fairly basic, it's up to you is you want to go deeper into the subject. Only one downside, the quality of videos is low. | Only one downside, the quality of | Video | is low. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is very good,throgh taking this course,I have a general picture about machine learning .But ,there still exsists several problems,for example,the quality of the videos are low,and I am really looking forward to new version of the course. | for example, the quality of the | Video | are low, and I am really | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Exceptional!! Andrew NG rocks. This is the best course on machine learning explaining the important concepts of machine learning in less than 15 min per video. Awesome! | in less than 15 min per | Video | Awesome! | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | The | Video | are of a helpful length and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | helpful to bridge the gap between | Video | lectures and programming assignments. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | at different skill levels. While the | Video | assignments and lecture notes are very | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course, Andrew Ng does a good job at easing you into this complex subject, particularly for somebody like myself without much maths background. Looking at other video courses on the subject, I think more interactive visualisations could've been a great help, for example to gain some intuition about polynomials with different input parameters. Drawing lines on screen works, but I've had many revelations when working with the interactive tools linked from the wiki content. In some course exercises, the tutor and lecturer disagreed on the approach (e.g. vectorised vs. iterative), so the videos/PDFs were inconsistent with discussions/tutorials - a bit confusing. | much maths background. Looking at other | Video | courses on the subject, I think | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It's really impressive that Andrew Ng created this course, which (I believe) was the original Coursera course. And, at the halfway point I am finding it somewhat useful. However, I've been doing the University of Washington Machine Learning Specialization in tandem and I much prefer that course. The videos are clearer, both in terms of audio quality and presentation, and I am able to seamlessly transition from lectures to quiz/homework, whereas with this Stanford course I sometimes find that the lectures do not prepare me for the homework. That may also be because I had not used Matlab prior to this course, but am very fluent in python, which is used in the UW course. Finally, the notation used in the lectures can be quite confusing for me at times. UPDATE: I am now finishing the last week of the course, and I increased my rating to 4 stars. The course got easier and more fun after the halfway point. If you are struggling through the early weeks, I encourage you to stick with it, as it pays off later on. | I much prefer that course. The | Video | are clearer, both in terms of | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is well formatted with excellent explanation and easy to follow videos. | excellent explanation and easy to follow | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent teaching style! Very insightful, intuitive explanations, straight to the point, "no spam videos", mathematically deeper than other courses and well balanced with hands-on-like comments about best implementation practices and strategy decisions tips for different ML problems. You have to submit matlab exercises. | to the point, " no spam | Video | , mathematically deeper than other courses | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The curriculum has been structured really well. The videos are amazing. A beginner as well as an intermediate student will be fascinated by this teaching. | has been structured really well. The | Video | are amazing. A beginner as well | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | instructor really adds value with every | Video | To improve this course, I would | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Amazing. Concise, well written course. Excellent video material, even better homework assignments. | Amazing. Concise, well written course. Excellent | Video | material, even better homework assignments. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | summary of topics covered in the | Video | you can go to. This would | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | certain part but couldn't recall which | Video | it was in. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good pacing and clear explanations in the lecture videos. | and clear explanations in the lecture | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | some weeks are really easy and understandable, but some which consist of 2x number of lessons are far more challengable, moreover the topic during such weeks may be also way more harder. i would really consider somehow redistribute tasks/lessons to make all weeks of a similar level of understandability and possessing the same number of video lessons. overall it's a really great course though | and possessing the same number of | Video | lessons. overall it's a really great | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | before (PCA, NN). I thought the | Video | lectures were well made and the | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course, clear videos and tutorials, very efficient approach to unravel the mysteries of Machine Learning. | Excellent course, clear | Video | and tutorials, very efficient approach to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Course material was highly relevant, and well put-together. Videos were well done. | was highly relevant, and well put-together. | Video | were well done. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course was a great introduction into the field of Machine Learning, covering multiple approaches and possible applications, all spread between a series of simple projects and easy-to-follow lecture videos. Many of the terms used were highly technical, and it could be difficult to keep them separate at times, but the way they were presented offered a chance for association with mathematics rather than just a word. Rated 4/5 for ability to break down complex topics and subject material. as well as the depth of the explanations, but with insufficient emphasis on application to reasonably transfer these concepts from academia to the real world. | of simple projects and easy-to-follow lecture | Video | Many of the terms used were | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | online courses I've ever taken. The | Video | are clear and concise, and most | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | quizzes and little questions in the | Video | that maintain interest and rhythm throughout | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very useful material and great class video, thanks Andrew! | Very useful material and great class | Video | thanks Andrew! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | Great | Video | and good course structure. I did | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent class, in terms of specific content and didactical approach. All addressed topics are well motivated with real examples, and elaborated in great details, at the right pace. Lecture videos are clear, very accurate, and very accessible at the same time. Lab exercises are challenging and very much helping in fully grasping the concepts. One of the best classes I have ever attended, much better of many courses I attended in my university years. Thank you very much Professor Andrew Ng, Coursera, and Stanford ! | details, at the right pace. Lecture | Video | are clear, very accurate, and very | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great and Engaging videos , Just enough time is given to assimilate the course content . Love the exercises. | Great and Engaging | Video | , Just enough time is given | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The learning curve is never plateauing when following this course, great explanations and great business examples. The code exercise are great to get hands on and really check what you've heard in the videos. | check what you've heard in the | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course filled in many gaps in my knowledge and was presented at just the right level. I would estimate that it took about 4-5 hours per week to complete. Dr. Ng is an EXCELLENT instructor. The mentors/TAs respond quickly and the test cases are very helpful in completing the homework. I never felt completely stuck. I have been highly recommending Coursera to anyone who is interesting in trying an online class. And I love (but don't believe) that in the last video, Dr. Ng states that anyone who completes the course is an expert in ML! The enthusiasm and interest in the course demonstrated by Dr. Ng and his team of mentors is wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Dr. Ng and team. | don't believe) that in the last | Video | Dr. Ng states that anyone who | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very good introduction to machine learning. The only issue I have is quality of video materials which is rather low mostly due to bad mic used. | issue I have is quality of | Video | materials which is rather low mostly | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Low quality video and audio | Low quality | Video | and audio | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excelente curso, los videos explican minusiosamente incluso para los que no conocen la matemática detrás de los algoritmos que se enseñan, las tareas son adecuadas para el contenido del curso. | Excelente curso, los | Video | explican minusiosamente incluso para los que | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Level of difficulty of lectures is not correspond with level of quizzes. In lectures they are talking about simple stuff and then in quizzes they ask you about details they didn't mentioned. You could deducts this information though. But this is exactly the main problem with this course - for quizzes you should deduct and learn by yourself so much stuff, that videos start to be not worth your time. | by yourself so much stuff, that | Video | start to be not worth your | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Sound quality could be improved in video. It kind of curbs the understanding of what the teacher is saying :/ Otherwise everything's great! | Sound quality could be improved in | Video | It kind of curbs the understanding | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | good videos. reasonable quiz questions. good programming assignments. | good | Video | reasonable quiz questions. good programming assignments. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent material and videos gives good taste of what ML is. Exercises go to the point, which is also very good. | Excellent material and | Video | gives good taste of what ML | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course may be great, but the sound of the video is really terrible, this is a big problem for me and possibly to other users, at the point where I decided to stop watching. Please do something about it ! | great, but the sound of the | Video | is really terrible, this is a | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I am really satisfied with the course. I'm really glad I stuck with it. Looking forward to putting it to practice. The way the course is organized is really good. It's amazing to look back in all the subjects studied and how each one is built on top of each other. It is also good how there is always a programming exercise that really makes you think about the content studied on that lesson. I think the videos really need some post production. Some videos could be shortened since there is repeated material: Andrew decides to restart the explanation, because he messed up or something, but the part the he messed up is still in the video. It would be good if the Wiki that is present in Week 1 could also be present in all other Weeks, so we as students could feel encouraged to write the Wiki of each Week. | on that lesson. I think the | Video | really need some post production. Some | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I am really satisfied with the course. I'm really glad I stuck with it. Looking forward to putting it to practice. The way the course is organized is really good. It's amazing to look back in all the subjects studied and how each one is built on top of each other. It is also good how there is always a programming exercise that really makes you think about the content studied on that lesson. I think the videos really need some post production. Some videos could be shortened since there is repeated material: Andrew decides to restart the explanation, because he messed up or something, but the part the he messed up is still in the video. It would be good if the Wiki that is present in Week 1 could also be present in all other Weeks, so we as students could feel encouraged to write the Wiki of each Week. | really need some post production. Some | Video | could be shortened since there is | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very well constructed , logical and understandable course. A very good way to get introduced and learn more than just the basics. It has been a huge thrill every evening getting home from work and sit down next to the computer to watch the videos and study Machine Learning. Prof. Andrew Ng did put together a very effective program indeed. Thanks! | to the computer to watch the | Video | and study Machine Learning. Prof. Andrew | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a must-enroll course, definitely. Andrew Ng puts su much effort and care into each video that you don't have any other choice than really enjoy the learning process. 5/5. | much effort and care into each | Video | that you don't have any other | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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) | machine learning professionals in his lecture | Video | so I would advise watching every | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you Prof. Andrew Ng, especially your last video! | Prof. Andrew Ng, especially your last | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This was my first on line course and the experience has been amazing. The lectures by Prof Andrew Ng were clear and the follow up programming exercises helped reinforce and enhance the concepts covered in the lectures. The entire course was very well organized - videos, notes, discussion groups, suggestions and tips by the mentors was very easy to follow. The focus of this course is on the practical application of machine learning techniques (supervised learning mostly but also some non supervised learning). Prof Andrew tries not to get into the advanced mathematical concepts but instead provides good intuition and then shows one how to apply the different ideas underpinning machine learning with some practical examples. In my view, this is an excellent way to quickly become familiar the concepts and to see machine learning in action. A student of the course will gain very good insights and can then follow up with the underlying math as needed. The final two lectures on how to scale machine learning to large systems and a suggested systematic framework for figuring out which aspects of the design to focus on were very instructive. In summary, i would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in the area of machine learning. Be prepared to work through some challenging (but very worthwhile) programming exercises to get the most out of the course. | course was very well organized - | Video | notes, discussion groups, suggestions and tips | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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 :-) | Excellent course. The | Video | provide a lot of intuitions and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | sufficed), but jumping ahead in the | Video | solved this problem easily. I was | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Awesome course! Covers a lot of details. The explanations and videos are very well drafted and really provide a lot of clarity on the subjects | lot of details. The explanations and | Video | are very well drafted and really | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Dr. Ng does a great job transfering his knowledge and experience on the subject to the on-line students, describing in detail every equation and every subscript. Since I am new to Machine Learning, I will keep my notes from the Course as a reference. The only minus is that I had to pause many times the videos in order to write my notes. Maybe, it would be better if the slides were offered as downloads... Thanks a lot Coursera! Filoktimon Repoulias | had to pause many times the | Video | in order to write my notes. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Paradigmatic video lecture by an amazing Andrew Ng. | Paradigmatic | Video | lecture by an amazing Andrew Ng. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I would totally recommend this course to someone looking to get an insight about the most popular methods of machine learning. The video lectures are well explained and the programming exercices are a really good guidance to learn by yourself to put everything in practice. | popular methods of machine learning. The | Video | lectures are well explained and the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Course is designed perfectly and it covers almost everything about supervised and unsupervised learning. Video quality is awesome and examples given are sufficient. Hope to see RStudio codes also in future. Regards, Ritesh Jain | everything about supervised and unsupervised learning. | Video | quality is awesome and examples given | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | concepts were explained well through the | Video | Intuition was given which is always | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Bad videos but intense content ! | Bad | Video | but intense content ! | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course, gives you all the basis needed for Machine Learning. Great lecturer, good videos and fun assignments. | for Machine Learning. Great lecturer, good | Video | and fun assignments. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a great course. My only concern is that it goes slow at times and it feels like topics are being discussed repeatedly. I would rather have the wiki lecture notes prominently displayed for my reference rather than having to watch very nuanced lecture videos because I sit through a lot of uneccessary video out of concern that I will miss something important. | having to watch very nuanced lecture | Video | because I sit through a lot | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a great course. My only concern is that it goes slow at times and it feels like topics are being discussed repeatedly. I would rather have the wiki lecture notes prominently displayed for my reference rather than having to watch very nuanced lecture videos because I sit through a lot of uneccessary video out of concern that I will miss something important. | sit through a lot of uneccessary | Video | out of concern that I will | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | structured course. Professor is excellent. Lecture | Video | are easy to understand, have good | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Stellar course. The content is great, good pacing, and the teacher is interesting and passionate about the subject. There are a few mistakes in the videos here and there, but nothing major. Definitely a great course that I'd recommand without hesitation to anyone curious about Machine Learning. | are a few mistakes in the | Video | here and there, but nothing major. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | miss a written summary of the | Video | though. Furthermore, the quality of sound | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | Really fantastic course. The lecture | Video | are very informative, and the programming | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very solid introduction to machine learning. The instructor is very knowledgeable and does a good job of explaining the intuition of the methods. I would recommend watching every video (even if you are already familiar with some of the methods watch the video anyway. You may see it from another perspective). | some of the methods watch the | Video | anyway. You may see it from | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | of step-by-step examples and additional explanation | Video | Programming assignments are also good, they | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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... | I missed some | Video | showing how to do the matrix | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is simply amazing, all the content from the video lessons, through the quizzes and the programming exercises are really well done, and also, there are really good mentors helping on the Discussion areas. If one with the will to really dive into these complex things to extract knowledge, I assure you, you will. The course is well made, but doesn't mean it's easy. I questioned myself through a lot of times in the beginning if I really was capable of learning all of this stuff. But I didn't give up, and well, this might be one of the most important decisions I've made in my life. This course aroused in me the passion to carry this knowledge, and keep improving it through my career. | amazing, all the content from the | Video | lessons, through the quizzes and the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Interesting course format (quizes in videos, programming homeworks graded via provided unit testing mechanism) and the fact that prof. Ng explains complicated stuff clearly and really well makes this course one of the best courses I've seen so far. It is a pleasure to learn things this way :) | Interesting course format (quizes in | Video | programming homeworks graded via provided unit | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The video lectures are informative. As a student, I am also expecting to see its applications in various fields with sample codes if possible to practice the theory. | The | Video | lectures are informative. As a student, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I enjoy a lot taking this course. I would like to thank the teacher for making it easier. I was looking forward to watching the next video. I feel I get the foundations for my postgraduate studies. | looking forward to watching the next | Video | I feel I get the foundations | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew was great, I had no previous experience in linear algebra or Octave/Matlab but was still able to complete all the homework and follow along with the videos, due in no small part to Mr. Ng's patient and approachable teaching style. The online mentors also proved to be invaluable. One of the best courses on hard science I have taken, online or in "real life" college. | homework and follow along with the | Video | due in no small part to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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 | explanations step by step, quizzes during | Video | assignments challenging but doable, awesome assignment | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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 :-) | this to be extremely interesting. The | Video | are very good, assignments are excellent | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | was very nicely done. Dr Ng's | Video | and narrative were excellent. They were | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Professor Andrew got five stars! This course is awesome. Describes several the theories and practices about machine learning, using valuable videos and exercises. High recommend. | practices about machine learning, using valuable | Video | and exercises. High recommend. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | a. very good coverage of standard algorithmic approaches. b. good suggestive guidelines on specifics of algorithms like issues / details one need to be careful, need not to bother etc.. c. broad coverage of examples.. d. tricky questions...good to experience... Overall I liked this course content and the breadth of coverage. Based on the difficulty i experienced let me place some points of improvements that would help every student.... e. could have dealt some specific examples in full (from definition to implementation) as part of video lecture which would helped better understanding of the problems, algorithms, impact of specifics, implementation issues, analysis methods, inferences that could be derived, final expected solution. f. expecting feedback on exercises.... not only correct or incorrect but reasoning for the responses could be of great help in better understanding.... g. downloadable videos could contain in video quiz... h. Octave content could be increased..... i. audio of the lectures needs fine tuning, hissing sounds could be filtered. For some of the lectures subtitles does not match at all... Thank you very much for coursera.... Thank you very much Prof. Andrew Ng..... Looking forward for mor courses related to ML by you.... | definition to implementation) as part of | Video | lecture which would helped better understanding | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | and theory. Good pace in the | Video | great organization and clear explanations. The | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Videos still need editing a bit | | Video | still need editing a bit | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Short and appealing videos for each topic. | Short and appealing | Video | for each topic. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Course is well defined. Exercises are good to learn about what we saw in the videos. Thanks teacher!! | about what we saw in the | Video | Thanks teacher! ! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | good material but sound quality of videos is bad, could use his own machine learning techniques to improve the sound, also no literature which is bad. | good material but sound quality of | Video | is bad, could use his own | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Very interesting, easy to follow videos (right level of detail on linear algebra) and lots of algorithms, techniques and tips! For the last lessons, however, the practice is a bit "black box" where you have everthing initialized and you just plug in your functions, I'd liked more details on how everything was set. | Very interesting, easy to follow | Video | (right level of detail on linear | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Course was very well structured and full of practical implementations. However, back propagation algorithm needs more elaboration. Also, there should be some extra videos (non compulsory) for those who want to learn the matrix operations used in algorithms (e.g. covariance defined as X'E(-1)X or use of Eigenvalues in dimentionality reduction). Apart from this, it's the best online course I have taken and it truly deserves to be the largest online course offered. | Also, there should be some extra | Video | (non compulsory) for those who want | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | some duplicates within one presentation, so | Video | editing could be done better. However | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | good video and learning material,thanks for Ng. | good | Video | and learning material, thanks for Ng. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Video lessons are excellent. Homework is well-written and does a good job of illustrating the lessons. | | Video | lessons are excellent. Homework is well-written | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | Excellent explanations in the | Video | lecture, quizzes that test your understanding | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is a wonderful course and I have learned a lot from it. It deserves its fame. However, I would suggest that it would be great if Coursera could spend some time editing the video because there are several places where Andrew explicitly indicates editing. | could spend some time editing the | Video | because there are several places where | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | One of the first Coursera courses and still a solid exemplar. Could stand to be updated with better-produced videos (audio levels and clarity in particular) but material is well-organised, interesting and clearly-communicated. | stand to be updated with better-produced | Video | (audio levels and clarity in particular) | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | methods implementation (Like - fmincg etc). | Video | lectures are good but at some | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course. Contents, videos, quizzes and programming exercises are very well contrived and conducted. I learnt a lot. | Excellent course. Contents, | Video | quizzes and programming exercises are very | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The best thing, just after the course when I see the stars to rate the course ML algorithm goes in my mind (Hehe). Super awesome course, right from the basics to deeper. Videos and topics are split in right pieces to keep it interesting. Interesting real world problems solved in programming exercises. | right from the basics to deeper. | Video | and topics are split in right | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | of the best I've taken. The | Video | are very clear, the assignments are | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | One of the best course I did with Coursera. Everything is just perfect : video, quiz and programming examples. | Coursera. Everything is just perfect : | Video | quiz and programming examples. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Good introduction. I liked most the fact that the videos are short, and the exercises are very well designed. | liked most the fact that the | Video | are short, and the exercises are | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I am on week 2 and loving it! :) Andrew's video are detailed and course material is very supportive. | 2 and loving it! :) Andrew's | Video | are detailed and course material is | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Good lecture videos and very good exercises. | Good lecture | Video | and very good exercises. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great introductory course. Should be learnt in conjunction with another textbook. Prof. Andrew Ng covers a lot of concepts. Some videos though may seem like repetition should be viewed again to understand the concepts advocated by him. I have found it very useful to attend live ML/AI lectures/meetups and then talk to people about this course and discuss some specific topics. It is amazing how much Prof Ng has covered in the videos and exercises. | covers a lot of concepts. Some | Video | though may seem like repetition should | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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? | to get going Some more optional | Video | with more mathematical details would be | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent (but sadly non-certificated) course, well organised, great videos, excellent Community TA posts in discussion forums, you'll learn a lot and won't be disappointed. | sadly non-certificated) course, well organised, great | Video | excellent Community TA posts in discussion | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Andrew Ng's passion for the subject of Machine Learning is obvious and infuses every lesson. His wide experience in the field allows him to enhance the video lectures with tips and examples that help him to explain what are often quite complex concepts. The lectures are very well organized, clearly presented and, although they cover some very advanced techniques, are obviously aimed at those new to Machine Learning. The programming asignments include clear and detailed instructions. In fact, if I have one criticism of the course it is that those instructions may actually be a little too detailed - occasionally involving little more than copying and pasting code from the instructions into Octave rather than writing our own scripts. I really enjoyed this course. If you are a beginner, then I think you'll find this is an excellent introduction to Machine Learning. If you have a little more background knowledge then this course will help you consolidate and build on that knowledge. | field allows him to enhance the | Video | lectures with tips and examples that | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Fun course to take. Sometimes a little bit overexplaining obvious things (due to this it's often convenient to watch videos with 1.5x-2.0x speeds) and hiding quite a great amount of math. Even though it doesn't fulfill all my requirements and demands (that is explaining the nature of method/algorithm and it's derivation) I definitely can understand teacher's focusing on the practical side of the subject. | this it's often convenient to watch | Video | with 1. 5x-2. 0x speeds) and | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | people " place out" of certain | Video | If you can get past the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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! | is extremely well structured, with short | Video | (and test questions to help us | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Overall this is a really great course. My small criticism: Sometimes I wished for more optional videos containing proofs of the formulas. I often spent all the time watching the videos wondering how we would solve some problem only to be presented with a formula without any explanation where it came from. This is only a small problem because the answer was usually not too hard to find and often even linked in the discussion, but if this information were contained in the course content (e.g. optional videos assuming some linear algebra background), it would be even better. | Sometimes I wished for more optional | Video | containing proofs of the formulas. I | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Overall this is a really great course. My small criticism: Sometimes I wished for more optional videos containing proofs of the formulas. I often spent all the time watching the videos wondering how we would solve some problem only to be presented with a formula without any explanation where it came from. This is only a small problem because the answer was usually not too hard to find and often even linked in the discussion, but if this information were contained in the course content (e.g. optional videos assuming some linear algebra background), it would be even better. | spent all the time watching the | Video | wondering how we would solve some | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course for a beginner to learn machine learning. I was often encouraged by Dr. Ng in videos. Thank you! | often encouraged by Dr. Ng in | Video | Thank you! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Would be nice to have lessons handsout if we do not want to watch the videos, the exercices are very well done so far. Very good course | do not want to watch the | Video | the exercices are very well done | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| 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. | have were answered completely in the | Video | or in the discussions. I would | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This is the best online course I've ever watched without a doubt! ( including many youtube videos, online content in many different formats etc and coursera). It's very well laid out with real-world practical exercise after every lecture! Andrew Ng really did a great job with this course. I recommend this course to everyone interested in ML ! | a doubt! ( including many youtube | Video | online content in many different formats | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Best video tutorials for beginners and people with interest in the subject | Best | Video | tutorials for beginners and people with | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The course is awesome and we need more videos to learn more about the content so clearly. I think lessons about coding in Matlab must be there for the beginners to get familiar with Matlab. | is awesome and we need more | Video | to learn more about the content | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | A fantastic course. The content is informative and clearly outlined by the professor in the excellent set of video lectures. The quizzes and weekly projects are also an excellent learning tool. I greatly enjoyed this course and learned a lot that I will use in my career moving forward. Highly recommended. | professor in the excellent set of | Video | lectures. The quizzes and weekly projects | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great course with hands-on homework and informative video lectures. It would have been great help to be able to get the video lectures as lecture notes too. | to be able to get the | Video | lectures as lecture notes too. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great material. Exceptional and very descriptive videos by Prof. Ng. Can't expect more. The course structure is beautifully shaped and this certainly adds to my CV like a charm. It would have been better if we had signature track for the course though. For everything else, it's as good as it gets. | Great material. Exceptional and very descriptive | Video | by Prof. Ng. Can't expect more. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | It can be more interactive if small exercises are followed by each video as in edx. | small exercises are followed by each | Video | as in edx. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The Good: This course is a good introduction to fundamental topics and basic techniques in machine learning. I feel that the biggest strength of this course comes from Prof. Ng's suggestions for how to design and improve machine learning systems in practice. The Bad: This course is a few years old, and there are a lot of errors in the videos and even occasionally in the programming exercises as well. In my opinion, there is a little too much hand-holding in the programming exercises, so that while I was able to implement the important bits and pieces of the algorithms, I didn't get much chance to practice the more difficult task of organizing the entire system. The Ambiguous: This course is *very* light on the math, perhaps as light as you could possibly get. I imagine this is a relief for a lot of people, but personally I felt annoyed and even a little patronized with the number of times Prof. Ng said that we "don't have to worry" about the mathematical details of different concepts and algorithms. It's fine to skip over derivations and details for the sake of a simple presentation or to emphasize practical application, but surely it is important to go back and see what all this stuff means eventually. I will certainly be looking for other courses on machine learning that give a more mathematical treatment, and I think that anyone who wants to seriously get into ML should probably do the same. On a related note, Prof. Ng takes his time in each video, speaking slowly, repeating different points, and carefully explicating formulas with examples. For some people that may be good, but I found myself frequently skipping ahead in videos because I just wanted to get to the point. | a lot of errors in the | Video | and even occasionally in the programming | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | The Good: This course is a good introduction to fundamental topics and basic techniques in machine learning. I feel that the biggest strength of this course comes from Prof. Ng's suggestions for how to design and improve machine learning systems in practice. The Bad: This course is a few years old, and there are a lot of errors in the videos and even occasionally in the programming exercises as well. In my opinion, there is a little too much hand-holding in the programming exercises, so that while I was able to implement the important bits and pieces of the algorithms, I didn't get much chance to practice the more difficult task of organizing the entire system. The Ambiguous: This course is *very* light on the math, perhaps as light as you could possibly get. I imagine this is a relief for a lot of people, but personally I felt annoyed and even a little patronized with the number of times Prof. Ng said that we "don't have to worry" about the mathematical details of different concepts and algorithms. It's fine to skip over derivations and details for the sake of a simple presentation or to emphasize practical application, but surely it is important to go back and see what all this stuff means eventually. I will certainly be looking for other courses on machine learning that give a more mathematical treatment, and I think that anyone who wants to seriously get into ML should probably do the same. On a related note, Prof. Ng takes his time in each video, speaking slowly, repeating different points, and carefully explicating formulas with examples. For some people that may be good, but I found myself frequently skipping ahead in videos because I just wanted to get to the point. | found myself frequently skipping ahead in | Video | because I just wanted to get | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Great videos, medium difficulty programming exercises with detailed instructions, even for beginners. | Great | Video | medium difficulty programming exercises with detailed | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.08 |
| GY2Yx6DxEeSt6SIACzgCKw | Nice course, especially the group-work an creative part is fun. The videos could be better, sometimes it is hard to follow | an creative part is fun. The | Video | could be better, sometimes it is | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| GY2Yx6DxEeSt6SIACzgCKw | Course is overwhelming. How can you put a 30 minute video for a class? Can you divide it or make it simpler? Tutor is not explaning, he only reads; he reads sort of teleprompter and that's it. Boring. Very disappointed. And this is not my first course in Coursera. I feel I'm about to quit, and this is the second week... | can you put a 30 minute | Video | for a class? Can you divide | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great course, very demanding, but it could use more reading material, ebooks instead of links on video. | material, ebooks instead of links on | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I saw two main issues with this course: 1) dated lecture videos, oftentimes with R code that can't be replicated using up-to-date packages, and 2) lack of thoughtful design: example after example after example after example doesn't really teach you anything. | with this course: 1) dated lecture | Video | oftentimes with R code that can't | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The quizes do not match a 100% with the lecture videos. There are some weird questions. My algorithms' outputs deviate from answers some times, which is due to different software versions. Quizes are not very educating this time. Courses by Brian Caffo were much better. | match a 100% with the lecture | Video | There are some weird questions. My | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I like the organisation of the course. The first video is so informative yet so simple. Great resources have been listed in it and so subtly. Also I saw the organization of folders and lecture notes and everything in Github repo for this course. It s awesome. I keep stuff like that.. well numbered and everything. I really appreciate it as it makes life of a student lot easier. Thanks. | organisation of the course. The first | Video | is so informative yet so simple. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| H02KsW1DEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Material is very high level. No ppt's are given, so all links presented in the video's cannot be viewed. Quizzes are based upon old packages, so incorrect answers are provided. No replies at discussion board from TA"s or instructors. | so all links presented in the | Video | cannot be viewed. Quizzes are based | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| 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. | Class materials and | Video | are confusing and do not go | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| 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. | are some specific comments: 1. The | Video | lectures: To me, these are clear | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | This course is very well written and the videos are engaging. The professor is extremely knowledgeable and gives concrete examples of proper and improper interactions between first responders and in crisis individuals. | is very well written and the | Video | are engaging. The professor is extremely | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | Explains a very good model which could be adopted and used to train relief workers in terms of providing psychological support in a case of a disaster. Course is structured nicely and provide simulation videos to comprehend the material better. | is structured nicely and provide simulation | Video | to comprehend the material better. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | I enjoyed learning this course. The course materials and videos are easy to understand. | this course. The course materials and | Video | are easy to understand. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | Very good lectures and videos! Recommended for all those interested in helping people. | Very good lectures and | Video | Recommended for all those interested in | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | Great course a few problems, actually had problems with all video review during tests not playing and only having a blank screen so I wasn't able to review specefic videos through the tests. Loved the senarios though. | problems, actually had problems with all | Video | review during tests not playing and | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | Great course a few problems, actually had problems with all video review during tests not playing and only having a blank screen so I wasn't able to review specefic videos through the tests. Loved the senarios though. | I wasn't able to review specefic | Video | through the tests. Loved the senarios | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | Excellent Course. I wish there was more evaluations or points taken from the videos. Perhaps requirements to evaluate them, compare them and get observations form fellow students and teachers. I noticed that George sometimes had no reaction to Gina n some of the videos and perhaps this was necessary in order to make sure he stood on neutral ground. Like to have had George's thought's on this. Also perhaps one video going through the whole process from beginning to end would have helped show a complete model. But this course is one of the best I have ever taken and I want to thank John Hopkins University and Coursera for providing it. Jack Comer | evaluations or points taken from the | Video | Perhaps requirements to evaluate them, compare | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hbvvfJLaEeWBSw79YYA_8Q | Excellent Course. I wish there was more evaluations or points taken from the videos. Perhaps requirements to evaluate them, compare them and get observations form fellow students and teachers. I noticed that George sometimes had no reaction to Gina n some of the videos and perhaps this was necessary in order to make sure he stood on neutral ground. Like to have had George's thought's on this. Also perhaps one video going through the whole process from beginning to end would have helped show a complete model. But this course is one of the best I have ever taken and I want to thank John Hopkins University and Coursera for providing it. Jack Comer | to Gina n some of the | Video | and perhaps this was necessary in | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | I really liked this course - it's an introductory course but you get a real feel for the steps required to work through the whole process of GIS and by the end are able to navigate the software comfortably. The fact you can get a license for ArcGIS is really great and means you are doing not just observing. ArcGIS is quite a computationally heavy package (for my laptop anyway) but you can usually follow the video lectures with it open and follow the commands which helps the learning experience. The workload is just the right amount for an online course - not too much to do but enough to keep you busy. I will be continuing on the specialisation. | but you can usually follow the | Video | lectures with it open and follow | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| 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! | my workflows, I now have these | Video | to reference if I am having | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | very good and hight quality video , more exemple step by step i like this cousre | very good and hight quality | Video | , more exemple step by step | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Easy to understand overview of basic GIS concepts and how to apply them in ArcGIS. The short videos fit into a busy day and can be slipped in between work and home life. Forums are easily accessible with helpful input from the instructor as well as experienced students. Highly recommended. | apply them in ArcGIS. The short | Video | fit into a busy day and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The first week was a little slow, but I'm glad I stuck it out. This was very helpful and informative. The labs are invaluable practice that accompany the videos well. Thanks Nick! | are invaluable practice that accompany the | Video | well. Thanks Nick! | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| 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. | was impressed with the amount of | Video | resources and learning materials such as | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | I'm only done with week 1 of this course 'Fundamentals of GIS' and I divided the work load into two evenings. I'm a full time master student, but this way of learning is really great in combination with full-time work, study etc. Even tho it's rather late right now and I'm tired, I'm really considering to take a few more modules. The structure and the content is so exciting and really drags me into the world of GIS. The lecturer Nick Santos is really good, the pace is perfect and you are always able to go back to previous videos, documents or search the internet, ask your fellow students or the professor if something is bothering you or if you are just curious. I HIGHLY recommend this course and the specialisation aswell. | able to go back to previous | Video | documents or search the internet, ask | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| hESqA3EhEeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | Great! Very intuitive videos, instructions quite clear, simple analysis tools and powerful data. Optimal level of proposed work. Excellent material and literature, many communities and help information. | Great! Very intuitive | Video | instructions quite clear, simple analysis tools | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.12 |
| hfzUJ-IfEeSsEiIAC7JSbg | Actually I like the videos. The school is so dynamic! I love it! Just not that systematic. The structure of this course is kind of loose. | Actually I like the | Video | The school is so dynamic! I | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.74 |
| 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... | can do them either written or | Video | However the evaluation highly favors videos | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.57 | 0.74 |
| 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... | video. However the evaluation highly favors | Video | and it is not possible to | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.57 | 0.74 |
| hfzUJ-IfEeSsEiIAC7JSbg | The videos are great. The activities are fine. The final activity needs more structure/scaffolding. | The | Video | are great. The activities are fine. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.74 |
| hhFDsQ72EeWPhwrBf2tcNQ | This is an unexpectedly wonderful course, a fantastic introduction to not only the basics of game theory but also to applications and results you (and I) might not have expected. If you begin the course, do not stop - the first two weeks lay out the basics, without requiring much math background (leaving that for the Stanford/UBC course which is quite good). But the final two weeks are eye-opening as they show uses and discoveries based on game theory, especially with regard to social and economic concerns. Prof. Kandori has done research in these areas and has passion for them - don't miss those sessions. The only drawback to this course might be that it is a bit slow, with much repetition, a useful technique in the classroom but not quite as effective in this online mode. But speeding up the videos one notch might help :) Were Prof. Kandori to speak here (the San Francisco Bay Area) I would eagerly attend - and his ties to Stanford might make that possible - my antenna are raised for such an occurrence. | online mode. But speeding up the | Video | one notch might help :) Were | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| hhFDsQ72EeWPhwrBf2tcNQ | Video Orientation is not proper. | | Video | Orientation is not proper. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I feel very satisfied with the learned topics, The videos are clearly and easy to understand and follow. | satisfied with the learned topics, The | Video | are clearly and easy to understand | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The course was great and I will be happy to continue with the next one from the stack. There was only one thing, which I would improve - the JavaScript lessons. They were not well explained at all and quite often I felt lost in the videos. I needed to know why the code was written like that, why was there a dot and a space, etc, not see it already written and just go with it. | often I felt lost in the | Video | I needed to know why the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | It consists mostly of video lectures there is a lack of coding exercises | It consists mostly of | Video | lectures there is a lack of | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I was a little lost during projects, there no extensive videos for languages but on the other hand there was good materials and refereed links that could help. | lost during projects, there no extensive | Video | for languages but on the other | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Bright instructors delivering succinct and interesting content, with quick-paced videos and quizzes make a great learning experience. I am really impressed! Thank you, University of London people! | succinct and interesting content, with quick-paced | Video | and quizzes make a great learning | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I've learned a good deal about coding in HTML, CSS and JavaScript through this course. My only complaints are that the lecturer often whizzed through typing portions of the code during his lecture that I had to use more time than my schedule allotted reviewing the video slowly, and that some topics in the test questions didn't match any portion of the lecture. | than my schedule allotted reviewing the | Video | slowly, and that some topics in | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| 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... | . . super assignments and interactive | Video | and professors are also well knowledgeable. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Really awesome snapshot of what it takes to build a responsive website. I definitely picked up some skills from this class that I will be using. I also enjoyed the professors in the videos. | also enjoyed the professors in the | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Everything is so clear and well structured, and activities and quizzes are well designed. I really enjoy watching the videos. Thanks for a great course! | designed. I really enjoy watching the | Video | Thanks for a great course! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Not that bad I've might have learned more visiting other MOOC like Openclassrooms where they give us more information about coding. This course is just showing the basic, not as complete as other online course platform where they show you how to insert video, contact form and audio. | they show you how to insert | Video | contact form and audio. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Nice start, but i think you should try do more explanation to new material in your video. I am going to the next moduel! | explanation to new material in your | Video | I am going to the next | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I'm finding this course tremendously helpful in getting up to speed on responsive web design. The content is structured to be digestible and doesn't overwhelm. The videos are engaging enough to watch all the way through. | be digestible and doesn't overwhelm. The | Video | are engaging enough to watch all | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Sharing a satisfied amount of knowledge, overall very good. The HTML videos were excellent. The one thing missing is the methodology on how someone starts to think and makes JavaScript code that delivers a solution to a problem. How do we do our approach? Flow charts would really help on this matter. | knowledge, overall very good. The HTML | Video | were excellent. The one thing missing | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | This was a fantastic course! I really enjoyed the quizes after every video. It helped me stay focused during videos and provided a good mental break at times. | It helped me stay focused during | Video | and provided a good mental break | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Fantastic beginners course.. A must for all starters :) and the video as well as the lectures are awesome | for all starters :) and the | Video | as well as the lectures are | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great Course. I really enjoyed it. Videos and assignments are really intuitive and help us to learn to code and design so quickly. | Great Course. I really enjoyed it. | Video | and assignments are really intuitive and | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Fabulous instructors with effective video lectures | Fabulous instructors with effective | Video | lectures | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Really enjoying the format and how interactive the course is. Videos really well done! | and how interactive the course is. | Video | really well done! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | many question in the quiz wasn't covered in the video lectures. I enrolled in this course looking for refreshing my info about the 3 subjects and hopefully gaining new in-depth info about them but the information presented during the course was very trivial and only covered few parts about the main 3 subjects | the quiz wasn't covered in the | Video | lectures. I enrolled in this course | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | There was a lot of questions on the tests that were never covered in the videos. | that were never covered in the | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great learning video with well explained demonstration! | Great learning | Video | with well explained demonstration! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great class. Challenging and exciting. Great explanations, knowledgeable professors, high quality videos and challenging quizzes that force you to really understand the covered material. | Great explanations, knowledgeable professors, high quality | Video | and challenging quizzes that force you | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| 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. | worth the time to watch the | Video | whether or not you are going | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I have followed 2 courses at the same time: this one and "HTML, CSS and Javascript". They are covering the similar topics but this class has fallen short on most of the subject. Lecture time is very little. Short videos, and few of them. Each video is mostly non-focused talking, very few examples and so you don't learn much. By comparison, the other class has a lot of videos, each video is much longer and goes into many examples. Time is spent on focusing on the things to learn, and you get a lot out of it. I am dropping out of this specialization and will follow the other one which I hope will bring good content (unfortunately the following classes are not from the same teacher but from the same university). The following classes from this specialization are from the same teacher, so I don't think things will improve much. | Lecture time is very little. Short | Video | and few of them. Each video | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I have followed 2 courses at the same time: this one and "HTML, CSS and Javascript". They are covering the similar topics but this class has fallen short on most of the subject. Lecture time is very little. Short videos, and few of them. Each video is mostly non-focused talking, very few examples and so you don't learn much. By comparison, the other class has a lot of videos, each video is much longer and goes into many examples. Time is spent on focusing on the things to learn, and you get a lot out of it. I am dropping out of this specialization and will follow the other one which I hope will bring good content (unfortunately the following classes are not from the same teacher but from the same university). The following classes from this specialization are from the same teacher, so I don't think things will improve much. | other class has a lot of | Video | each video is much longer and | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I have followed 2 courses at the same time: this one and "HTML, CSS and Javascript". They are covering the similar topics but this class has fallen short on most of the subject. Lecture time is very little. Short videos, and few of them. Each video is mostly non-focused talking, very few examples and so you don't learn much. By comparison, the other class has a lot of videos, each video is much longer and goes into many examples. Time is spent on focusing on the things to learn, and you get a lot out of it. I am dropping out of this specialization and will follow the other one which I hope will bring good content (unfortunately the following classes are not from the same teacher but from the same university). The following classes from this specialization are from the same teacher, so I don't think things will improve much. | has a lot of videos, each | Video | is much longer and goes into | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HITLfhnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great course, they feed us in small morsels, and you can stop the video and write some code yourself. | morsels, and you can stop the | Video | and write some code yourself. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.99 |
| HIUPOchIEeSA1yIACye2oA | It was great. I loved the fact I could watch the videos and follow the steps at my own pace. The content was really good: objective, clear and the texts were both supportive of the subject presented and open to other approaches. I recommend it to everyone interested in deepen her/his relations with the theme. | the fact I could watch the | Video | and follow the steps at my | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 1.07 |
| HIUPOchIEeSA1yIACye2oA | Very informative video sessions, enjoyed the process and study of the course | Very informative | Video | sessions, enjoyed the process and study | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 1.07 |
| HIUPOchIEeSA1yIACye2oA | Videos were informative and I enjoyed doing the strategies with the videos. | | Video | were informative and I enjoyed doing | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 1.07 |
| HIUPOchIEeSA1yIACye2oA | Videos were informative and I enjoyed doing the strategies with the videos. | enjoyed doing the strategies with the | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 1.07 |
| 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. | topical. Also, one of the required | Video | proved helpful, and a couple of | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.73 | 0.81 |
| 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. | directed the learners to a youtube | Video | extolling the virtues of the book | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.73 | 0.81 |
| Hr9lByyfEeWccAqzeA4VPw | My overall experience with this Specialization, in general, and this 1st Course, in particular, is very positive. On the positive side, I really like the fact that the Courses are practice-oriented and provide not only theoretical frameworks, but also insights from experts, practical guidance, and evidence-based best practices. Also, the idea of applying Team-Based Learning (TBL), in the forms of Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) and scenario-based RAT Application Exercises, for assessing participants' learning, is excellent! However, there are a couple of downsides, that's why I'm not giving a 5 star positive feedback. The first problem is that not all of the required readings are freely available via the Coursera platform, or elsewhere online. I appreciate the excellent quality of the chosen materials, but, if it becomes compulsory to spend more than US $100 for buying books, then the total cost of this Specialization elevates quite a lot, given that I had to pay €162 for it. On my opinion, there should be at least a note in the description of both the Specialization and the Courses about these requirements, in order to make an informed decision before enrolling. The second downside has to do with Course 1 and Course 2 overlapping materials. I'm referring to guest interview videos. That's mainly a problem of the 2nd Course, as there are almost no guest interviews in this Course, and the one interview provided is already available in Course 1. I understand that the topics discussed apply to the topics of both Courses, but, still, I find it an unnecessary repetition. The last problem is about the dates that the Courses are run. Course 1 runs during a given period, Course 2 is on demand, but it makes sense to attend it before Course 3, that also runs during a given period, which overlaps with the period of the 1st Course. Sorry, this makes it very difficult to attend everything and to seriously focus, as it's always about running for deadlines, especially when one has to produce three (3) Board Effectiveness Assessment Reflection (BEAR) papers :( . | materials. I'm referring to guest interview | Video | That's mainly a problem of the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.81 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Lecture videos are good. Assessment of knowledge (quizzes) are weak. | Lecture | Video | are good. Assessment of knowledge (quizzes) | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| 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!!!! | think could have more exercises in | Video | to help to do on the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | I took this course a long time ago but I remember that my experience was overly good, the teacher demonstrates the ideas of Calculus in very creative and visible ways and simplifies as much as possible the somewhat complicated ideas of Calculus. I self used also Paul's online notes to accomplish Calculus but if you're not very much into reading and you prefer very simple and clear videos this is the course for you (although I can't guarantee that everybody will relate to the style of this teacher). | you prefer very simple and clear | Video | this is the course for you | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Videos are actually enjoyable to watch. The prof is an interesting dude. | | Video | are actually enjoyable to watch. The | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | The professor is passionate and makes learning calculus as easy as possible. Plenty of videos and explanations, but not many realistic problems given. | as easy as possible. Plenty of | Video | and explanations, but not many realistic | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | the video lectures are clear and very well done | the | Video | lectures are clear and very well | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | I have never seen anybody who taught like Prof. Jim Fowler !!!!.Only he tells the "WHY" hidden behind every question. -Videos were FUN. -Practice Quizzes were making our understanding more clear about each topic. -End quizzes were extremely helpful. -Taking notes from his videos is "WORTH". THANK YOU | " WHY" hidden behind every question. | Video | were FUN. -Practice Quizzes were making | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | I have never seen anybody who taught like Prof. Jim Fowler !!!!.Only he tells the "WHY" hidden behind every question. -Videos were FUN. -Practice Quizzes were making our understanding more clear about each topic. -End quizzes were extremely helpful. -Taking notes from his videos is "WORTH". THANK YOU | extremely helpful. -Taking notes from his | Video | is " WORTH" . THANK YOU | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Excellent lecture videos and quizzes. Got a lot of help. | Excellent lecture | Video | and quizzes. Got a lot of | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | The classes are very didactic, however the professor sometimes meanders too much and doesn't get to the point. Also, some of the the quizzes have little or nothing to do with the video lessons. | or nothing to do with the | Video | lessons. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Great course, only at week 4 at the minute, but finally I understand limits :) The videos are engaging and to the point :) | finally I understand limits :) The | Video | are engaging and to the point | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | The teacher is very energetic and good speaker. I can see that he worked a lot for this course. Videos have very good details(graphical effects, prepared papers for lesson). He teaches very clearly, i am understanding all the subject despite i am bad at English. | worked a lot for this course. | Video | have very good details(graphical effects, prepared | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | Excellent videos! The course is well-paced and thorough. Explanations and example problems are worked out in detail. This is one of the best on-line course presentations I have seen--and I have taken many online courses and MOOCs for both degree and non-degree study. | Excellent | Video | The course is well-paced and thorough. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | This course is amazing! I used it to study Calculus, all the videos are self-explanatory and the excersizes are a fun way of checking what one has learnt. One should have a working understanding of algebra though. | it to study Calculus, all the | Video | are self-explanatory and the excersizes are | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | It is a complete course, with visualization and with silent demonstrations accompanying explanations. I like very much the videos and the exercises. | explanations. I like very much the | Video | and the exercises. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| HRSOu-BiEeOZpyIACyeXpA | get new material - new videos these videos for all your classes are years old - the quizes dont relate to the material taught and it seems you guys got this set up years ago and just forgot about it | get new material - new | Video | these videos for all your classes | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | The course is quite good and informative in the first two weeks covering a lot of information and a lot of exercises. Week 3 is very unrelated and hard the videos and exercises are bad, and I had to do this part by myself again. Also when we get to the final course project doesn't cover any of these techniques. In my opinion, week 3 should be replaced with something more related to plotting systems and distributions, also one project would be enough. | is very unrelated and hard the | Video | and exercises are bad, and I | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | Alas, after only 10 minutes of the first video, I am reminded that this instructor does not gear his lectures to the true Beginners among us. He speaks much more for an audience of grad students. I do want to complete this Specialization, so I will try again perhaps after learning more - about statistics and R and who knows what else. I fought my way through the first three courses, but now I'm going to work smarter by finding other ways to acquire this knowledge. Then return to him; maybe. This course should be labelled Intermediate and Statistics should be listed as a prerequisite. (I think; since I don't know what it is that I don't know, I am making a guess as to the missing piece of the puzzle.) | only 10 minutes of the first | Video | I am reminded that this instructor | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | My congratulations to all those people who worked to create this course although I have to pick up something I've found a bit annoying: 1- there were two video where the audio were nearly unintelligible 2- I would link the link proposed by the video to be possible to be clicked 3- Some exposition imperfection (even if they make these video more "real and human") 4- Since quiz are not so difficult to be evaluated automatically I found it a bit annoying to notice them locked by not-purchsing, even if I understand there have to be something which would make the customer to purchase. I've found the swirl experience great although a bit annoying sometimes but I've no clue on how to possibly improve it so. Keep up with this great work! Bye | bit annoying: 1- there were two | Video | where the audio were nearly unintelligible | Negative | -0.9 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | My congratulations to all those people who worked to create this course although I have to pick up something I've found a bit annoying: 1- there were two video where the audio were nearly unintelligible 2- I would link the link proposed by the video to be possible to be clicked 3- Some exposition imperfection (even if they make these video more "real and human") 4- Since quiz are not so difficult to be evaluated automatically I found it a bit annoying to notice them locked by not-purchsing, even if I understand there have to be something which would make the customer to purchase. I've found the swirl experience great although a bit annoying sometimes but I've no clue on how to possibly improve it so. Keep up with this great work! Bye | link the link proposed by the | Video | to be possible to be clicked | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | My congratulations to all those people who worked to create this course although I have to pick up something I've found a bit annoying: 1- there were two video where the audio were nearly unintelligible 2- I would link the link proposed by the video to be possible to be clicked 3- Some exposition imperfection (even if they make these video more "real and human") 4- Since quiz are not so difficult to be evaluated automatically I found it a bit annoying to notice them locked by not-purchsing, even if I understand there have to be something which would make the customer to purchase. I've found the swirl experience great although a bit annoying sometimes but I've no clue on how to possibly improve it so. Keep up with this great work! Bye | imperfection (even if they make these | Video | more " real and human" ) | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | The course did a good overview of the different plotting systems in R, but it rushed through clustering. I had to watch the videos of k-means and hierarchical clustering at least 3 times to sort of understand it. The matrix concepts went completely over my head. Otherwise, the projects were very interesting, and I would highly recommend this course to other people. | clustering. I had to watch the | Video | of k-means and hierarchical clustering at | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | Excellent class with easy-to-understand videos. The quizzes and homework really help me master the topics. | Excellent class with easy-to-understand | Video | The quizzes and homework really help | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| hwiBZm0vEeWbyw5d8C-Blw | I have taken the course earlier, so am somewhat familiar with the layout and the materials. Overall it is a very good course and covers a wide range of subject matters. Roger has done a very good job explaining the concepts. I certainly would recommend this course to all who's interested in the subject. I realize that there's limitation on the time people suppose to spend each week, however, I would like to suggest adding homework, in addition to quizzes. Several video clips have some audio issues, not sure if that's fixable. | homework, in addition to quizzes. Several | Video | clips have some audio issues, not | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.87 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Aprendí mucho, las tareas fueron muy útiles para reforzar lo visto en los videos explicativos. | para reforzar lo visto en los | Video | explicativos. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Thank you for the course!I refreshed something I had learned by myself before, learned some absolutely new stuff and learned some more about things I only heard about before. Videos are very nice and the text is super easy to understand and the teacher's voice is very appealing. There are two things that I want to notice. First of all, I would like this course to be more informative. All weekly videos and tasks can be watched and done in one day now. Give us more videos, more information, let's go deeper! The second thing is that peer reviews seemed ineffective to me. Yeah, on the one hand, that's a real feedback from real people who are not your parents or friends so you can be judged objectively. On the other hand, I'd want to know teacher's opinion, I mean, feedback from someone who has a great experience in design. Personally, I didn't get anything but good marks and good words from my peers, though I believe there are things to improve, I just need someone who can point at them. | to be more informative. All weekly | Video | and tasks can be watched and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Very good basic course on graphic design. I've learned a lot about typography, composition, image making and shapes and colours. The course is very well structured with good videos and practical examples. It's a must do course for everyone that is wanting to learn more about design, | is very well structured with good | Video | and practical examples. It's a must | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Overall great course. Some knowledge Adobe Illustrator and file formatting needed. The Audio is out of sink from the video on many lessons. | is out of sink from the | Video | on many lessons. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Excellent!!! I could understand things not previously understood. I could not perform activities that my computer was damaged and could only watch the videos during lunch at work. | damaged and could only watch the | Video | during lunch at work. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Some of the videos seem a little repetitive, but all in all it was a great overview of Graphic Design. T | Some of the | Video | seem a little repetitive, but all | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Well-made videos, strong assignments. | Well-made | Video | strong assignments. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course gives fundamental knowledge, as promised. I like videos and the way how material is presented. | fundamental knowledge, as promised. I like | Video | and the way how material is | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Topic and videos, very good, perfect explanation. Thank you! | Topic and | Video | very good, perfect explanation. Thank you! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The instruction videos are pretty good. The course gives a good overview of the fundamentals. It delivers what it promises. | The instruction | Video | are pretty good. The course gives | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The learning process is a complete experience, full of knowledge, good videos and excellent teachers. I think is a 5 stars quality course, because of the amount of tools teachers give. Each one special and necessary. Graphic Design is about making our soul, heart and brain work together. I believe this course is a great way to get this team to complete our expectations. | complete experience, full of knowledge, good | Video | and excellent teachers. I think is | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I'm taking this as a refresher. I find the videos to be very helpful and the peer reviews super rewarding in terms of both contributing and receiving. I've managed to relearn a few things as well as pick up some new approaches to my daily work. | as a refresher. I find the | Video | to be very helpful and the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The lessons are very well planned, small and compact yet informational. The design of the videos is superb. It encourages you to focus on the narrative and never distracts from it. I enjoyed taking it and plan to follow up with the other courses in this specialization. I do wish I could do the last project as well, even if I couldn't submit it for grading as I have taken the free course. | yet informational. The design of the | Video | is superb. It encourages you to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | I expected. Professor Worthington made the | Video | quite interesting and was always to | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Great introduction of the fundementals of graphic design! I recommend it - the videos and instructor are clear and concise. I look forward to the next course in the specialization. | design! I recommend it - the | Video | and instructor are clear and concise. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Fantastic course - really lays out the fundamentals, with great videos and practical assignments to build understanding and skills. Thank you for offering! | lays out the fundamentals, with great | Video | and practical assignments to build understanding | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | excellent introduction to graphic design. The | Video | were useful to clearly show the | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | practice every concept reviewed in the | Video | so that even a person who | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | is interested in graphic design. The | Video | are clear and the assignments very | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | before properly starting, because the first | Video | seemed very uninteresting. Also, the material | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | wonderful course, very helpful with basic knowledge of graphic design usage of elements and forms and terminologies. Thank you, the videos were very helpful and very insightful and easy to follow. I'd so love to carry on taking more courses that can help broaden my knowledge | forms and terminologies. Thank you, the | Video | were very helpful and very insightful | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Loving this course! It has a really nice pace. I always prefer shorter videos cause then I can divide the week up and not have to find hours to do it all at the same time. Also it is easier to think along (I am doing it as an after work extra activity). Probably a lot of things are basics but this was exactly what I was looking for. Also the system of mandatory and optional tasks is really nice cause people can choose how deep they want to go. I have skipped optional things cause I do not want to design myself, more work better together with the designers but I might change my mind during the next course cause I am definitely taking the hole spezialisation! | nice pace. I always prefer shorter | Video | cause then I can divide the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | teacher's pace for some of the | Video | is slow for the amount of | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | do not need to watch every | Video | Feel free to skip on videos | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I am a professor in the arts. I enjoyed the projects and felt this course was very organized and easy to follow. The videos and project examples brought it all together. Thank you! | organized and easy to follow. The | Video | and project examples brought it all | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| 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. | really enjoy the whole course. The | Video | were easy to understand and follow. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | I haven't applied for a certificate but I really enjoyed the lessons. The course is clearly structured and the videos are very well done. | course is clearly structured and the | Video | are very well done. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This is a wonderful wonderful course... The tasks are perfectly designed to make you learn and understand... Every single video lesson is fun and engaging! I definitely recommend it to any one who is no familiar with GD and is interested in learning it! | and understand. . . Every single | Video | lesson is fun and engaging! I | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The course is great! Well organized, with good assignments and good lessons. The graphics and edition of the videos are really nice. | The graphics and edition of the | Video | are really nice. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| I82JCSWXEeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Excellent course, videos are short and effective , the activities and content were also great . I would love more courses about desing like this one in Coursera | Excellent course, | Video | are short and effective , the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 1.11 |
| iCIGe_T6EeS-1yIAC7MN4w | very good introduction but as i go through the videos and then do the quiz i feel like the material doesn't highlight exactly what is needed for the quiz. Maybe i'm not taking the video lecture as seriously as i should. Something else to reinforce the material cause it seems a bit condensed. thanks for a wonderful course! | but as i go through the | Video | and then do the quiz i | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.8 |
| iCIGe_T6EeS-1yIAC7MN4w | very good introduction but as i go through the videos and then do the quiz i feel like the material doesn't highlight exactly what is needed for the quiz. Maybe i'm not taking the video lecture as seriously as i should. Something else to reinforce the material cause it seems a bit condensed. thanks for a wonderful course! | quiz. Maybe i'm not taking the | Video | lecture as seriously as i should. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.8 |
| iCIGe_T6EeS-1yIAC7MN4w | On the bright side, "Lab based" videos are excellent for visualize the techniques. Nevertheless "Choose all that apply" questions in the quizzes are very ambiguous, these questions should contain an explanation for prevent confusion at the end of every unit. | the bright side, " Lab based" | Video | are excellent for visualize the techniques. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.8 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | This course is very suitable for me. I learned a lot from the video. | I learned a lot from the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.1 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | A very good beginning to the topic. Using together with the notes and downloadable slides of the videos makes everything easier to comprehend | notes and downloadable slides of the | Video | makes everything easier to comprehend | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.1 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | awesome video | awesome | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.1 |
| IjAlbH3IEeWb-BLhFdaGww | WOOO .. This course is great ,, with the quiz in between the video lectures makes learning fun. the home work problems are also great to work. More emphasis laid on the simulations results to be read correctly and reflecting those results onto the solution for the home work problems... still looking forward more to learn and simulate..... | with the quiz in between the | Video | lectures makes learning fun. the home | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.1 |
| 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! | on tools and materials. Love the | Video | clear, to the point beautiful made. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.09 |
| 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 assignments! Her | Video | were different from the other two | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.09 |
| iN8yoSWdEeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very practical, short videos, lots of exercices to get going, very interesting course. | Very practical, short | Video | lots of exercices to get going, | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.09 |
| 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. | I found the course | Video | quite dull and uninteresting. The topics | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 1.09 |
| 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. | are reasonably good but the instruction | Video | can definitely benefit from some additional | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 1.09 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Very well explained and videos are easy to understand, however, I recommend this only to parents who are really not giving any thought to their child°s nutrition. Recipes are really basic, though professor is providing good hints on how to "sell" healthy food to our children. In the country, I come from, it is very common to cook for children and we do not have to face to such amount of processed food...yet.. | Very well explained and | Video | are easy to understand, however, I | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Helpful course, with nice instructional video and a perfect learning curve. | Helpful course, with nice instructional | Video | and a perfect learning curve. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Video production was very good, and good balance of video and "blackboard". Also, a good balance of practical stuff (like how to cook healthy stuff) and theory (what is a mono-saccharide, and how do they combine to form di-saccarides). Well done! | | Video | production was very good, and good | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Video production was very good, and good balance of video and "blackboard". Also, a good balance of practical stuff (like how to cook healthy stuff) and theory (what is a mono-saccharide, and how do they combine to form di-saccarides). Well done! | very good, and good balance of | Video | and " blackboard" . Also, a | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Great course with very easy to follow kids friendly videos! My boys and I enjoyed taking this class together. | very easy to follow kids friendly | Video | My boys and I enjoyed taking | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I really loved this course! The instructor was very good, her lectures were informative and easy to follow with stellar graphics. Her videos were fun to watch, and her cooking lessons were very simple; she showed dishes that I would actually cook for my family! Best of all I believe she did a great job stating all the facts and encouraging people to make smart food choices without being judgmental about it, which is no easy task! I am lucky that I am already doing a lot of the things the instructor suggests for my toddler but the best takeaway I got was to take my child to a farmers market. We went this weekend and it was so much fun! I plan to take her there as often as I can. | to follow with stellar graphics. Her | Video | were fun to watch, and her | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I really enjoyed the course. Short videos communicating essential information. I have become health conscious and now more careful while choosing foods to buy or cook. I would recommend this course to every one willing to have a healthy life. | I really enjoyed the course. Short | Video | communicating essential information. I have become | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I love your videos and your explanations. | I love your | Video | and your explanations. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I adore this course! My children are not so little anymore, but I still find it beneficial and fun. My son loves watching for new recipes and then cooking them. I try to watch at least one video a day and I will be sad when I am all done. Love it. | try to watch at least one | Video | a day and I will be | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | It really is a pleasure to watch Mrs. Adams' videos. She is a very positive pearson. Can't wait for other courses by her!!! | a pleasure to watch Mrs. Adams' | Video | She is a very positive pearson. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | The course is very basic, videos contain a lot of repetitions and quiz questions are too easy (in addition, I believe that there are too much negative questions). I believe that this course should be called an Introduction to the basics of Nutrition and it's only for complete newbies. There are no insights in specifics of child nutrition besides general concepts of balanced diet and some tips how to make your kids be more enthusiastic in eating vegetables. | The course is very basic, | Video | contain a lot of repetitions and | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Very user-friendly course, easy to follow, explains complex ideas in a simple way. The information is delivered in a few different ways, using diagrams, videos, conversations - which keeps things interesting. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to learn more about the basics of nutrition and healthy eating, not just to parents. And I promise you will not get bored | a few different ways, using diagrams, | Video | conversations - which keeps things interesting. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | There was a lot of very valuable information in the course, and I very much liked the general structure. However, maybe it was due to my career and family background, but there was also plenty of information that I had mistaken as common knowledge. Apparently I have more knowledge in this area than I assumed. Overall, this was a very interesting course, and the combination of the videos and smart board graphics helped keep things interesting. I would very much recommend Child Nutrition and Cooking! | course, and the combination of the | Video | and smart board graphics helped keep | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | nice content and videos, good examples. For people in the basic is real good. | nice content and | Video | good examples. For people in the | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Interesting materials with accurately prepared videos and animation. Author is an interesting and positive presenter. Concepts and examples shown in course are useful and can be used daily to lead a healthy life. | Interesting materials with accurately prepared | Video | and animation. Author is an interesting | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Excellent course! I loved taking this course. Eventhough I did not learn much new, I got assurance via this course, that what and how I cook for my 2 year old is healthy and the right way. ;) While seeing some of the videos, I found it funny that I actually cook basically exact same way as Mrs Adams. | ;) While seeing some of the | Video | I found it funny that I | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Some of the information from video to video was repetitive. However, I learned a lot about how organic food is good for people and the environment. Additionally, it was great to see how children can get involved in the kitchen and i hope that any parents who watch this try to get their children to be involved with a small garden or helping to prepare meals. Hands-on is the best way for kids to learn! | Some of the information from | Video | to video was repetitive. However, I | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Some of the information from video to video was repetitive. However, I learned a lot about how organic food is good for people and the environment. Additionally, it was great to see how children can get involved in the kitchen and i hope that any parents who watch this try to get their children to be involved with a small garden or helping to prepare meals. Hands-on is the best way for kids to learn! | of the information from video to | Video | was repetitive. However, I learned a | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | We don't have children, but I really enjoyed taking this online course on child nutrition and cooking offered by Stanford. Dr. Maya Adam did a very good job with the lecture videos, course content, etc. I just signed up for the Introduction to Food and Health course presented on-demand. You should join me on the journey. | very good job with the lecture | Video | course content, etc. I just signed | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I enjoyed the nutritional information provided and the way it was presented. I found the instructional recipe videos very easy to follow and fun to follow. | presented. I found the instructional recipe | Video | very easy to follow and fun | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | The presenter is very confident and extremely passionate about what she is discussing. I have had a change of heart about how to take care of my child's diet. Usually the video presentations are great, very high quality, my only niggle is that sometimes the black screen PPTs go on for a bit too long, and can be repetitive. Overall a very good course. | of my child's diet. Usually the | Video | presentations are great, very high quality, | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Maya is great teacher. In this course I liked very much that every video is 3-6 minutes long. Thank you | I liked very much that every | Video | is 3-6 minutes long. Thank you | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I am really disappointed with the content of this course. If what you're looking for is the most basic of information on making better choices and remembering to wash your cutting board after handling raw meat, maybe this course is for you. If, however, you come to this course wanting specific information about how to build great meals for babies, toddlers, and young children, or you'd like to know how their needs change over time, this course is not for you. I was hoping for information like how to teach your toddler to chew/eat difficult things (ex: whole apples). I wanted to know at what age/weight you switch to 2% milk. I wanted to know how many calories a meal should be based on height and weight and how that changes over time. I wanted to know medically verified tips on getting the right amount of each nutrient into a toddler's diet and what, if any, extra vitamins should be added. I wanted tips on weaning if you're still nursing a toddler... I guess I just wanted more. In addition, the quizzes are so easy as to be silly. Actual quiz question and correct answer: Which is NOT a good way to approach grocery shopping if healthy choices are desired? Answer: Visit the supermarket hungry and walk through the candy aisle first. COME ON! Did I need a Stanford University course to tell me that one?!?!? While the instructor is knowledgeable, this course is geared toward someone with NO knowledge, not someone who wants to gain a deeper understanding. The videos are painfully slow (am I waiting for a doodle here???) and I could read the entire course worth of transcripts in under a half hour rather than go through all of the videos. And the recipes... good god! I don't think that someone interested in learning more about child nutrition is needing a slow tutorial on how to make basic oatmeal on the stove top. If she'd upped the game- showed basics and then talked about the benefits of adding, say, chia seeds, different fruits, flax, etc. and how best to make a basic bowl of oatmeal into a complete breakfast, that would have been a useful topic. I'm just hugely disappointed. This course is best suited to perhaps a health department; not to someone seeking college level information about a topic that matters to their children's lives. | to gain a deeper understanding. The | Video | are painfully slow (am I waiting | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I am really disappointed with the content of this course. If what you're looking for is the most basic of information on making better choices and remembering to wash your cutting board after handling raw meat, maybe this course is for you. If, however, you come to this course wanting specific information about how to build great meals for babies, toddlers, and young children, or you'd like to know how their needs change over time, this course is not for you. I was hoping for information like how to teach your toddler to chew/eat difficult things (ex: whole apples). I wanted to know at what age/weight you switch to 2% milk. I wanted to know how many calories a meal should be based on height and weight and how that changes over time. I wanted to know medically verified tips on getting the right amount of each nutrient into a toddler's diet and what, if any, extra vitamins should be added. I wanted tips on weaning if you're still nursing a toddler... I guess I just wanted more. In addition, the quizzes are so easy as to be silly. Actual quiz question and correct answer: Which is NOT a good way to approach grocery shopping if healthy choices are desired? Answer: Visit the supermarket hungry and walk through the candy aisle first. COME ON! Did I need a Stanford University course to tell me that one?!?!? While the instructor is knowledgeable, this course is geared toward someone with NO knowledge, not someone who wants to gain a deeper understanding. The videos are painfully slow (am I waiting for a doodle here???) and I could read the entire course worth of transcripts in under a half hour rather than go through all of the videos. And the recipes... good god! I don't think that someone interested in learning more about child nutrition is needing a slow tutorial on how to make basic oatmeal on the stove top. If she'd upped the game- showed basics and then talked about the benefits of adding, say, chia seeds, different fruits, flax, etc. and how best to make a basic bowl of oatmeal into a complete breakfast, that would have been a useful topic. I'm just hugely disappointed. This course is best suited to perhaps a health department; not to someone seeking college level information about a topic that matters to their children's lives. | than go through all of the | Video | And the recipes. . . good | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Very well courses, I like it and all videos had very clear English language.:) | courses, I like it and all | Video | had very clear English language. :) | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | It was very informative. Your basic nutrition and cooking class, but I loved the video demonstrations of the different meals. It gave me some great ideas to try with my own family. | cooking class, but I loved the | Video | demonstrations of the different meals. It | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Wonderful course! As a first-time mum to a newborn, I appreciate Dr Maya's down-to-earth approach. Her bite-sized videos are perfect. | Dr Maya's down-to-earth approach. Her bite-sized | Video | are perfect. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Great and easy explained with video's and drawings. Loved the cooking demo's for some fresh and homemade meals. Also great for families with no children since there are basic food facts everyone should know about. Quizzes are fun and informative and the time needed to follow up was enough even with deadlines. | Great and easy explained with | Video | and drawings. Loved the cooking demo's | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Great course with great info! Love how friendly the teacher is in the videos. Glad their advocating for sustainability, too! | friendly the teacher is in the | Video | Glad their advocating for sustainability, too! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Nutrition is such an important factor to living well and reaching total human optimization. Living with young and growing kids, I took advantage of this free course to find easy-to-do recipes as well as becoming more educated on the benefits of eating natural, organic whole foods. My favorite parts of the videos were the scientific explanation and the illustrations that followed. | foods. My favorite parts of the | Video | were the scientific explanation and the | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Each lecture is really enjoyable with typical nutrition facts presented in an engaging and fun manner! Cooking looks so much more fun in the videos! | so much more fun in the | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I very much enjoyed this course and I learned so much! Very simple, easy to understand, but highly informative and valuable information. I would actually take this course a second time as a refresher because I liked it so much! Instructor was very clear, easy to understand, and pleasant to listen to. Her videos were also relaxed and fun which helped keep me interested. | and pleasant to listen to. Her | Video | were also relaxed and fun which | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | This was a good introduction to Coursera for me. Some of the information I already knew, but it was good to learn the "why" behind some of it. There were a few of the quizzes that contained questions from videos that hadn't been covered yet. Her information about food allergies was good, I would like to see her offer a class on just that topic. | the quizzes that contained questions from | Video | that hadn't been covered yet. Her | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Very informative, easy to learn, and love the videos! I want my kitchen to look like the professor's! | easy to learn, and love the | Video | I want my kitchen to look | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I really enjoyed the passe and the visual stimulation. I appreciate that Dr. Maya Adam made the lecture personal by sharing her experiences and including her family in the videos. Thank you and I look forward to completing more courses especially if Dr. Adam is the presenter. | and including her family in the | Video | Thank you and I look forward | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I really enjoyed this class. The teacher is very upbeat and interesting as well. Lots of good recipe instructional videos. She also breaks nutritional information down until its easily understood. Thanks! | well. Lots of good recipe instructional | Video | She also breaks nutritional information down | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | Very very interesting, and practical in home cooking for working mothers, , give important tips of nutrition about mixing food o all types, speaking of technical issues, video is very good quality, the teacher is clear, and production is very attractive and well created. | all types, speaking of technical issues, | Video | is very good quality, the teacher | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I enjoyed the mix of videos, demos and visually-oriented lectures. I learn best when I can see little drawings with main points, so that style of illustration was perfect for me. I appreciated the human touch as well, being able to see the instructor at home in her own kitchen, with her own children. Thank you! | I enjoyed the mix of | Video | demos and visually-oriented lectures. I learn | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iQZflcZ7EeOoFhIxOQQuEA | I enjoyed this course very much. This has helped me understanding many basic things about food and what is important for my kids. There are many little helpful tips. As a working mother with 2 little kids, it's so much better to have seen these videos of "simple cooking", than watching cook shows in TV that make cooking so complicated (by learning nothing) and tiring. Thanks for this great course and your effort in improving the health of kids of the world! Best regards, Huiyan Roy, a Chinese German mother | much better to have seen these | Video | of " simple cooking" , than | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.14 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | This introductory course was amazing. It exceeded all my expectations about it. The course is developed for a smooth growth of knowledge through the weeks. The videos and the interactive material helps the student to learn more easily. | of knowledge through the weeks. The | Video | and the interactive material helps the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | The course is well prepared, thought through, coherent and structured in a way that it supports the content. However, it felt very much like being in an advertisement program for PMBOK. This feeling was supported by the unavailability of all course materials. Throughout the course the PMBOK guide was included as the suggested reading. The PMBOK materials were featured in each and every lecture and the guidebook was extensively presented and recommended in an extra video. This gives the impression that the course content cannot be sufficiently understood without this literature. Therefore, I would expect the specific recommend chapters to be made available for the participants of the course, especially since this is a paid course. | presented and recommended in an extra | Video | This gives the impression that the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| 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. | to be more interactive, have more | Video | and more varied content. I found | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Could be in much greater depth. Loved the video lectures: more please! Perhaps a second video lecture per week that delves into greater detail, so that the level of discussion is more in line with the PMBOK. The quizzes were simplistic, which is fine, but the final was literally just questions from the quizzes pasted together (all were repeats!) This sad fact undermines the integrity of the final as an actual test of ability and comprehension. | in much greater depth. Loved the | Video | lectures: more please! Perhaps a second | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Could be in much greater depth. Loved the video lectures: more please! Perhaps a second video lecture per week that delves into greater detail, so that the level of discussion is more in line with the PMBOK. The quizzes were simplistic, which is fine, but the final was literally just questions from the quizzes pasted together (all were repeats!) This sad fact undermines the integrity of the final as an actual test of ability and comprehension. | lectures: more please! Perhaps a second | Video | lecture per week that delves into | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | This was a great course, and I espesially liked the last bonus video. The creaters have grosely underestimateed how much time you are going to use on week 4 though (about scoping). For those of us who does these courses in our work time, that makes it really hard to plan the day. | I espesially liked the last bonus | Video | The creaters have grosely underestimateed how | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Very well structured and well thought out course. The videos were insightful as they provided real advise that is relatable to many different career fields. I would recommend this course and program to others. | and well thought out course. The | Video | were insightful as they provided real | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | A nice intro course into what is a project and who is involved in a project. Some of the lecture material did not match the paired video which led to some confusion. | material did not match the paired | Video | which led to some confusion. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Great course. Gave me a good overview, actually more than an overview, of project management. Lecture was to the point and easy to understand. Lessons were presented in a very informative and logical manner. I really enjoyed the video tips at the end of each lesson and the panelist discussion in the last lesson. | logical manner. I really enjoyed the | Video | tips at the end of each | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | the course was nice and clear in all ways through to the end and the videos really give you a clearer picture of what is to be covered. I was so grateful. | through to the end and the | Video | really give you a clearer picture | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | The flash tutorials are helpful. Instructor quality is low, production quality of instructor videos is low. Not on par with the University of Virginia project management course. Pace of course is also extremely slow, though it may be appropriate for novice students. That should be made clear up-front in the course description. | is low, production quality of instructor | Video | is low. Not on par with | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | excellent examples and very good videos. | excellent examples and very good | Video | | Positive | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | This is a well written course, the video lessons are very helpful. Because of Coursera.org, I have improved my knowledge and understanding of project management 100%. This is a big help on my job, thank you so much. Since I am working, being able to stop and come back to finish the lesson is a huge benefit. | is a well written course, the | Video | lessons are very helpful. Because of | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | I love this course. I love how I can slow down the video for the professor to speak slowly and she actually does so I can take notes. I also like how she provides you with a slide deck on the lecture so you can also go over that as well to learn (or re-learn) the information. Thank you! | how I can slow down the | Video | for the professor to speak slowly | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Great videos. Nice pace. | Great | Video | Nice pace. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | This was a great mix of videos, reading material, and quizzes to keep me engaged. | This was a great mix of | Video | reading material, and quizzes to keep | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Whilst the text presentation (rather than the usual video) was a little off-putting, the material itself was solid. Whilst there's seemingly some debate regarding how project management is done in some countries and sectors, most of the material here seems a good first step. | text presentation (rather than the usual | Video | was a little off-putting, the material | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | I watched the entire set of week one lectures, and sadly I do not think this is up to scratch with the rest of the material on Coursera. The presentation is not consistent: there are slides, web cam videos, animations, and it just feels like the course is a mish mash. The University of Adelaide is running a similar course on a well known competitor site, so I have signed up to that. | consistent: there are slides, web cam | Video | animations, and it just feels like | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| 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. | title of " project manager" . | Video | are supplemented by flash lessons that | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| 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. | may not learn as well by | Video | alone. I would have liked one | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | There is a LOT of material in this course. The videos go a little too fast at times, so a 10 minute video would usually take me like 20 so I could get some notes from it. The presentations are perfectly structured, but they are a bit long, so again plan on spending a good 20 minutes per presentation if you plan on taking notes and all. Finally, the role of the PMBOK Guide as complimentary material to this class is strongly under-emphasized in the introduction. However, all optional reading is from this guide and another book also mentioned in the introduction. Maybe mention this in the intro so people can make a more informed decision as to buying those books or not. | of material in this course. The | Video | go a little too fast at | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | There is a LOT of material in this course. The videos go a little too fast at times, so a 10 minute video would usually take me like 20 so I could get some notes from it. The presentations are perfectly structured, but they are a bit long, so again plan on spending a good 20 minutes per presentation if you plan on taking notes and all. Finally, the role of the PMBOK Guide as complimentary material to this class is strongly under-emphasized in the introduction. However, all optional reading is from this guide and another book also mentioned in the introduction. Maybe mention this in the intro so people can make a more informed decision as to buying those books or not. | at times, so a 10 minute | Video | would usually take me like 20 | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Love the Bonus video part of the course! The course has a simple structure and helps you work through the key factors in Project Management efficiently. I recently began to work on a project. With the ios App and self-paced course, I can learn the course while I am commuting between work and home in one week. I plan to work on stakeholder registry and WBS with team members to bring the concepts into practice. Big applause to Meloni! | Love the Bonus | Video | part of the course! The course | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Well structured course, great presenter, really interesting materials, overall the whole 3 Part course is well worth doing. The bonus videos that the presenter does on real life examples are excellent and I've watched some of them multiple times. The course is useful not only aa good introduction to PM tools and techniques but also to reinforce what the role of the project manager actually is. | is well worth doing. The bonus | Video | that the presenter does on real | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| iRBJm_LREeSplSIACzYDNg | Doing this course 'Initiating and Planning Projects' gives learners, practical skills on Project management based on PMBOK methodology which is framed by PMI based on contributions from experienced professionals in the field. Prof Margaret Meloni is a great teacher. Students will enjoy her crisp, clear and lucid style of communicating ideas. Slides are well designed. Video quality and sound quality is also great. You will encounter lots of good quality reading materials. Quizzes will help you to test your knowledge as you progress. Overall, an excellent course fit for project managers and project team members who work for construction projects. Also good for the aspiring project managers. Thanks to Prof Margaret and UC Irvine for the great course. | communicating ideas. Slides are well designed. | Video | quality and sound quality is also | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
| 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! | board coming to life. The instructor | Video | were great and provided enough information | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | Great course to start with Internet of Things. Good to have primary knowledge of coding in nodejs and python. Videos are awesome, instructors are really helpful. 9/10. | of coding in nodejs and python. | Video | are awesome, instructors are really helpful. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| 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. | issues with what was offered: The | Video | were generally ok, but some had | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| 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. | had poor audio. There was minimal | Video | (compared to any other course I | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| 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. | and more detail and discussion in | Video | would have been more helpful. Some | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| 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. | been more helpful. Some of the | Video | material is out of date already, | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| iRl53_BWEeW4_wr--Yv6Aw | The intro video just really put me off. sorry! | The intro | Video | just really put me off. sorry! | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.2 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | No all the videos have spanish traduction | No all the | Video | have spanish traduction | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Great videos, good walk through the materials for those unfamiliar with programming (: | Great | Video | good walk through the materials for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | This should not be a course. It's just introduction and should be condensed to one video and a handout with pointers to those who need more specific and detailed instructions for setting up their computers. This is not a learning course. All they teach you how to install git, R and Rstudio. And they take money for this (if you want to say you "completed" the course)!!! Highly unethical practice in my opinion. The surveys are stupid too. They don't distinguish between those who completed (but not earned any credentials) and those who didn't. In my opinion this is a very dumbed down version of an introduction to a data science course (and not a cours in itself). Definitely not worth 4 weeks! A much more valuable course is Stanford's "Machine Learning" where you can actually learn something (and don't force you out of evaluation if you don't pay). | and should be condensed to one | Video | and a handout with pointers to | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Great course that allows an introduction into the world of the data scientist. Some instructional videos could be improved. | of the data scientist. Some instructional | Video | could be improved. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Good course for begginers like me. All information is provided very simple and it's easy to understand. Also involves srudents not only looking videos but offer books. In addition you will need to search some information yourself to complete some tasks. Thanks for this great course. | Also involves srudents not only looking | Video | but offer books. In addition you | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Important note: Opt for this course only if you plan to do the entire specialisation. It is developed solely for the specialisation and not as a standalone course. You will not learn much concepts or theories or practice any R programming here. In general this course was basic and good enough to get someone started for specialisation. The video lectures for setting up R, RStudio and Github account were helpful and very basic ( maybe coz I already had an github account). | get someone started for specialisation. The | Video | lectures for setting up R, RStudio | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | The videos might not seem a lot at first view, but they contain links to some of the most useful material out there. The mentors on discussion boards are immensely helpful as well. For the uninitiated in data sciences, this is a great module to begin with. | The | Video | might not seem a lot at | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | A great starting. Perfect for providing a foundation. However, instead of slideshow, a few real-time videos would have been better. | instead of slideshow, a few real-time | Video | would have been better. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Good Introductory Class, all though I think some of the videos were too fast. Need to provide more explanation on some of the slides. | though I think some of the | Video | were too fast. Need to provide | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Quizzes were based off of extremely high level overview videos not covering anything specifically or deep diving into anything. When applying the git commands covered, numerous errors arose. Overwhelmingly academic course with very little hands on. This is not for anyone actually looking to work in this field, but for someone looking to be able to talk about this field. | off of extremely high level overview | Video | not covering anything specifically or deep | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | It is a nice introduction, but the material is barely worth a one week orientation lesson (I have completed it in about 4 hours with watching all the videos, taking detailed notes, and completing the quizzes for 100%) . Why should we pay for a specialization preview, we can read info about the separate courses on our own? I am really looking forward the next courses in the specialization since I really need a good course in statistics and this seems to be one, but the first course should be eliminated. The installation of R and github account videos should be added to the next course as an introduction. | 4 hours with watching all the | Video | taking detailed notes, and completing the | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | It is a nice introduction, but the material is barely worth a one week orientation lesson (I have completed it in about 4 hours with watching all the videos, taking detailed notes, and completing the quizzes for 100%) . Why should we pay for a specialization preview, we can read info about the separate courses on our own? I am really looking forward the next courses in the specialization since I really need a good course in statistics and this seems to be one, but the first course should be eliminated. The installation of R and github account videos should be added to the next course as an introduction. | installation of R and github account | Video | should be added to the next | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | A good intro course - however, it's up to one's own initiative to work independently in order to test out what you've learned from the video lectures. | out what you've learned from the | Video | lectures. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Very good course materials, videos and quizzes. Learnt a lot. :D | Very good course materials, | Video | and quizzes. Learnt a lot. :D | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Slides and videos are a bit insufficient in order to finish course projects. Apart from that, this course is awesome! | Slides and | Video | are a bit insufficient in order | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | I think this course could have been done in two 30 minute videos. It jumps in with overviews but contain some high level items you won't understand until later in the course and it really doesn't give enough context to be meaningful at the time. It almost seems like it was thrown together without a clear mission of what should be in the introduction. Being a developer who has used some of the tools in this toolbox (Git, GitHub, Command Line) this intro really glosses over tools that most non developers won't understand. If I had a say in what should be in this intro it would be one video end to end of setting up the tools. The second video would be all about the history and logic and some of the applications we will be exploring without all the r formulas in the slides. | been done in two 30 minute | Video | It jumps in with overviews but | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Too easy if you already know anything about github or Rstudio, although I do understand the need for an introductory course. The "Experimental Design" video was the only really useful part and contained quite entertaining examples. | introductory course. The " Experimental Design" | Video | was the only really useful part | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| 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. | under the impression from the previous | Video | and the assignment descriptions that I | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Clear presenters. Clear video. Very helpful to understand and practice Data Scence Toolbox, esp. in R (for beginners). | Clear presenters. Clear | Video | Very helpful to understand and practice | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Great course! I would recommend compressing the audio on the video presentations so it's easier to hear and more consistent in volume level. | recommend compressing the audio on the | Video | presentations so it's easier to hear | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Completely useless. Just a number of boring videos of what you may possibly learn in Data Science Specialization. | useless. Just a number of boring | Video | of what you may possibly learn | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Dry videos. Most classes are someone showing how they do something their way, rather than guiding or teaching with the intent to have the student absorb and re-apply principles. Very difficult for a student to absorb material from this video series | Dry | Video | Most classes are someone showing how | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Dry videos. Most classes are someone showing how they do something their way, rather than guiding or teaching with the intent to have the student absorb and re-apply principles. Very difficult for a student to absorb material from this video series | student to absorb material from this | Video | series | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iSxVEG07EeW3YxLB1q9I2w | Hard to follow with a lot of technical intructions right off the bat with inadequate explanation, a lot of "read more about this at <insert URL>." Videos were boring and the instructor was invisible just reading off the slides. Not very engaging. | about this at <insert URL>. " | Video | were boring and the instructor was | Negative | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Very good course. But the videos could be condensed in larger and more elaborated movies. | Very good course. But the | Video | could be condensed in larger and | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | TL;DR -- Good videos but short and not always relevant material; the course should be titled "A First Light Introduction to Strategy Implementation" The "Strategy Implementation" course is rather a first introduction to the concepts. The material is quite short: only 30 minutes of videos every week and no interviews with "real-life" managers. The additional articles to read most relate to blue-chip companies that succeeded: Samsung, Toyota, Netflix, Google, and of course the obligatory Apple mentioned in every Strategy course on the planet. However, it would be much more interesting to discuss failures and/or duller companies. Finally, the final peer-review exercise is a bit broken but that is the case of every MOOC peer-graded approach (cf. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/hack-higher-education/problems-peer-grading-coursera to know more). On the upside, videos are well edited and clear and easy to understand. | TL;DR -- Good | Video | but short and not always relevant | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | TL;DR -- Good videos but short and not always relevant material; the course should be titled "A First Light Introduction to Strategy Implementation" The "Strategy Implementation" course is rather a first introduction to the concepts. The material is quite short: only 30 minutes of videos every week and no interviews with "real-life" managers. The additional articles to read most relate to blue-chip companies that succeeded: Samsung, Toyota, Netflix, Google, and of course the obligatory Apple mentioned in every Strategy course on the planet. However, it would be much more interesting to discuss failures and/or duller companies. Finally, the final peer-review exercise is a bit broken but that is the case of every MOOC peer-graded approach (cf. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/hack-higher-education/problems-peer-grading-coursera to know more). On the upside, videos are well edited and clear and easy to understand. | quite short: only 30 minutes of | Video | every week and no interviews with | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | TL;DR -- Good videos but short and not always relevant material; the course should be titled "A First Light Introduction to Strategy Implementation" The "Strategy Implementation" course is rather a first introduction to the concepts. The material is quite short: only 30 minutes of videos every week and no interviews with "real-life" managers. The additional articles to read most relate to blue-chip companies that succeeded: Samsung, Toyota, Netflix, Google, and of course the obligatory Apple mentioned in every Strategy course on the planet. However, it would be much more interesting to discuss failures and/or duller companies. Finally, the final peer-review exercise is a bit broken but that is the case of every MOOC peer-graded approach (cf. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/hack-higher-education/problems-peer-grading-coursera to know more). On the upside, videos are well edited and clear and easy to understand. | to know more). On the upside, | Video | are well edited and clear and | Positive | 0.8 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| 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). | are clearly the best I had | Video | - content and speed - slides/ | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Very good collection of case studies and articles, in addition to the very well crafted videos. | addition to the very well crafted | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| iXq6zSWTEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Video quality had some issues. | | Video | quality had some issues. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
| J0igZhzvEeSGAiIACxMEjA | Fantastic course by Dr. Onuf! I learned much and he helped correct misconceptions I harbored regarding Thomas Jefferson. Great videos and selected readings. The quizzes were relatively challenging. | I harbored regarding Thomas Jefferson. Great | Video | and selected readings. The quizzes were | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.07 | 1.22 |
| J0igZhzvEeSGAiIACxMEjA | This is everything a Coursera course should be! Amazing videos and lectures that are well organized. | a Coursera course should be! Amazing | Video | and lectures that are well organized. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.07 | 1.22 |
| J0igZhzvEeSGAiIACxMEjA | The lectures are just videos of the professor bloviating about Jefferson. There is nothing academic about this course. | The lectures are just | Video | of the professor bloviating about Jefferson. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.07 | 1.22 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | I'm sorry to say this is a poor course. The audio is bad, the sound editing is bad, the "videos" are mainly static slides that sometimes aren't even showing what the audio is talking about. There are no worked examples or annotated slides. As an example, there's no discussion of the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com. The only time that is mentioned is when they touch on plugins, where they say you can't use them if you started with WordPress.com! The additional lectures by guest website designers were the most interesting part, but they were supposed to be after the final project. I just gave up after less than an hour and went and played with WordPress myself. Created a website in 2 days, but with no help from this course. | sound editing is bad, the " | Video | are mainly static slides that sometimes | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.57 | 0.9 |
| 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. | enough to complete the assignments. Some | Video | don't show what the lecturer is | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.9 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | The content for teaching how to create website is nothing. The name should change to how to create a website with Wordpress. I found some videos on the internet help more than this course. However, some links and information are very useful. | website with Wordpress. I found some | Video | on the internet help more than | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.9 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | I can't believe this course is aimed at people with no experience in building a website. The videos are actually slide shows and use too few screenshots. Had this been my very first introduction to how a website was built I would never have progressed any further than these lessons. Much more in-depth information is necessary, including step by step screenshots of various processes. Terrible course. | experience in building a website. The | Video | are actually slide shows and use | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.57 | 0.9 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | This course lacks a level of professionalism. The splicing of the videos is bad, and for me actual video of how t | of professionalism. The splicing of the | Video | is bad, and for me actual | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.57 | 0.9 |
| jA4AZLlTEeWfYA612mWHZw | This course lacks a level of professionalism. The splicing of the videos is bad, and for me actual video of how t | is bad, and for me actual | Video | of how t | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.57 | 0.9 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | I enjoyed the course material and the idea behind linking Buddhist concepts with psychology; I just found some of the videos a little dry. | I just found some of the | Video | a little dry. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| 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. | | Video | after video of lengthy lecture with | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| 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. | Video after | Video | of lengthy lecture with little variation. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | I have just completed this course. This is my first attempt to understand Buddhism and have approached this with all the biases inherent in having lived my whole life as a Westerner who has spent very little time trying to understand mysticism or meditation. The abstract concepts of Buddhist thought stretched my mind greatly and at times I had to stop the video just to reflect on some concept so abstract I had to play segments of the video lecture over and over again. Dr Wright seems to labor greatly on getting his explanations as plain and straightforward as he could. He held my attention without gimmicks and if I didn't get the point the first time, the video playback format made it possible for me to go over one point or another as I needed. If you come with all the usual Western bias and baggage toward Eastern (in this case Buddhist) concept and thought and would like to learn. This is the place to start. You won't be disappointed. | times I had to stop the | Video | just to reflect on some concept | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | I have just completed this course. This is my first attempt to understand Buddhism and have approached this with all the biases inherent in having lived my whole life as a Westerner who has spent very little time trying to understand mysticism or meditation. The abstract concepts of Buddhist thought stretched my mind greatly and at times I had to stop the video just to reflect on some concept so abstract I had to play segments of the video lecture over and over again. Dr Wright seems to labor greatly on getting his explanations as plain and straightforward as he could. He held my attention without gimmicks and if I didn't get the point the first time, the video playback format made it possible for me to go over one point or another as I needed. If you come with all the usual Western bias and baggage toward Eastern (in this case Buddhist) concept and thought and would like to learn. This is the place to start. You won't be disappointed. | had to play segments of the | Video | lecture over and over again. Dr | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | I have just completed this course. This is my first attempt to understand Buddhism and have approached this with all the biases inherent in having lived my whole life as a Westerner who has spent very little time trying to understand mysticism or meditation. The abstract concepts of Buddhist thought stretched my mind greatly and at times I had to stop the video just to reflect on some concept so abstract I had to play segments of the video lecture over and over again. Dr Wright seems to labor greatly on getting his explanations as plain and straightforward as he could. He held my attention without gimmicks and if I didn't get the point the first time, the video playback format made it possible for me to go over one point or another as I needed. If you come with all the usual Western bias and baggage toward Eastern (in this case Buddhist) concept and thought and would like to learn. This is the place to start. You won't be disappointed. | the point the first time, the | Video | playback format made it possible for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Great course by Robert Wright! A lot of interesting chapters and video conversations to follow. | A lot of interesting chapters and | Video | conversations to follow. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | The course is number one among all ~10 courses I've taken on Coursera platform! Bullet points: 1) The material is given in a structured way and simple to understand because of every-day examples we encounter in our life. 2) Outstanding audio and video quality of the lectures makes Princeton University's coursers more likely to be taken. 3) The lecturer has touched a various of controversial topics (religions, Buddhism in particular) and masterfully aligned them with a modern psychology discoveries. | our life. 2) Outstanding audio and | Video | quality of the lectures makes Princeton | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Very very introductory. This course explores the Buddhist theory of suffering and liberation by comparing it to evolutionary psychological theories. It is not a deep course on Buddhism - it lacks any substantive discussion of differences between Buddhist schools, of the difficulty of reconstructing the "historical" Buddha (a problem as difficult as reconstructing the "historical Christ"), of the fact that Buddhism as popularized in the West is actually quite different from any of the Asian forms of Buddhism, etc. Also, evolutionary psychology is controversial in its own right - one criticism of it is that it creates "just-so" stories about the origins of mental processes that are impossible to verify (or falsify). These objections are well known, but are not confronted in the course. A scholarly much sounder and deeper course is the one on Tibetan Buddhism from University of Virginia. It suffers from truly appalling presentation (the video lectures are some of the most boring I have ever watched), but the diversity of angles from which Buddhism is examined, and the depth of content are really outstanding. | suffers from truly appalling presentation (the | Video | lectures are some of the most | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Very delightful course as it is more than well taught and full of interesting data, opinions and experiments. The videos are very helpful and provide us of a large names to look for and read about. The resources are pretty enough and interesting. Office hours have been a discover: great questions from students and "being at home chatting with Robert" feeling all around. I appreciate so much Robert´s enthusiasm and above all, his natural and funny way to explain course concepts with his dogs or with his attachments to dark chocolate or powdered sugar doughnuts. Many thanks to Robert and to all the technical stuff for providing us this course with all the work they had done. | interesting data, opinions and experiments. The | Video | are very helpful and provide us | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Excellent course, easy to follow, very interesting. The videos are short enough to make a little progress every day or every now and then, without having to dedicate hours to one session. This course really helped me get interested in Buddhism, confirmed many thoughts I already had on meditation and made me discover new sides to it as well. | easy to follow, very interesting. The | Video | are short enough to make a | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Very interesting course. The teacher is professional with a bit of funny moments. The videos and the support material are very well organised. | a bit of funny moments. The | Video | and the support material are very | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Lectures were interesting, fun, and...dare I say...enlightening? Though I was initially put off by having to write papers, I did see the value in it as I had to review the written transcripts of the video lectures and work to assemble my ideas and arguments for the essays. I would definitely take another class by Prof. Wright, Milo and Frasier. | review the written transcripts of the | Video | lectures and work to assemble my | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 1.01 | 1.12 |
| 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. | if it's too long in the | Video | | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The course provides a good insight into the world of Aerial Robotics and the dynamics involved in controlling the quad-rotors. Were the course fails is it does not explain the basics , there is more focus on trial and error and the questions are not formulated correctly such that they are simple to understand. It could have been better if the Introductory course to the specialization had little mathematical involved or could have been explained in simpler terms or with examples instead of showing the equation in the video. | of showing the equation in the | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Some topics were explained in a shallow manner. I suggest providing detailed lecture notes besides the videos for students trying to understand math and physics behind the concepts introduced in videos | providing detailed lecture notes besides the | Video | for students trying to understand math | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Excellent. Thanks, Vijay. I watched your video and did a few lessons. My focus was the difference between airborne formation flying as applied to satellites. -Byron Knight | Excellent. Thanks, Vijay. I watched your | Video | and did a few lessons. My | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | A tough score, which I have mixed feelings about as there was good stuff in here too. The course material is interesting and moves at a robust pace and I do think they have made an effort despite the fact that much of it appears lifted from one PhD student's dissertation. Realistically I would not recommend this course if you don't have a STEM Bachelor's degree and you will likely find it painful if you have been away from your degree more than three years. None of this is bad, although the material would have benefitted by being spread out by perhaps two more weeks as realistically people who have been in the workplace a long time may need more time, and have less time per week with family commitments. Unfortunately there are a number of areas that need work: 1 - Inconsistencies and errors in the material. Certain unexplained suffixes in equations and worse, changes in the suffixes without indication that they changed or what they are. I don't feel that this was particularly widespread but it did result in some loss of confidence in the course and time being wasted "interpreting" 2 - Tests throughout the course that often provide the relatively limited feedback of "correct well done" or worse I'm sorry to say, the relatively useless feedback "sorry that is not correct", without ANY explanation of why it was correct or more importantly what an incorrect answer should have been and why. I can understand that this will hopefully drive students should do more research, but if they hit a wall, realistically they're going to keep iterating on the answers until you pass and learn nothing because of the time pressure to complete by the end of the week. I wonder if there is a better mechanism that can be used here 3 - TA Support - The lack of TA support coupled with some concern about a history of errors led the students to believe that there was an error in week 3. For 10 days students went back and forth debating which one of the two equations that were supposedly doing the same thing but with missing terms were correct. NOT ONCE did a TA wake up and step in. In the end one of the students flagged the video as "inappropriate" to wake the UPenn organization up. The TA then stepped in and said (I paraphrase) "oh, we just dropped those terms because they're not so important, but we didn't mention that..." If you are not going to adequately support the students, the material had better be bullet-proof and show some linear thinking 4 - The last exam. Keep in mind if you do this course, you had better be comfortable with calculus, linear algebra, vector math/mechanics and it would be helpful to have a head start in Matlab. That said, the last question in the last exam, was an order of magnitude more challenging than everything else set and almost felt like a "shake out" question. I passed the course and had a good understanding of the material, but I suspect that the folks that did, made it through that last question in multiple random fashions. The material itself is relatively academic and the trajectory topic was definitely so. Unfortunately the one example (jerk trajectory) provided appears to have left a lot of students feeling very unsupported based on feedback I saw, and would probably benefit from having an example more fully worked through. As for the final exam, it would be highly desirable for UPenn to provide insight into how they would have solved the last part of the last question as my concern is that there is a whole contingent of people who did this course who didn't come away with as good a grounding on trajectories as they may believe they have | one of the students flagged the | Video | as " inappropriate" to wake the | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Wow!!!Great course. Should add Matlab and understanding of basic Calculus to the prerequisites for those not familiar with those concepts. The sidebar videos helped refresh concepts for those of us not in an Engineering program, but have had the material before. Can't wait for the next classes!! | familiar with those concepts. The sidebar | Video | helped refresh concepts for those of | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| 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.. | well. Especially nice are all the | Video | demonstrating what have been done so | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| 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! | though seems relatively undercooked. Typos in | Video | lectures and assignment writeups are still | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | iba bien hasta que empezó a pedir videos y grabaciones.... | bien hasta que empezó a pedir | Video | y grabaciones. . . . | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| 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. | All in all the material, | Video | and assignments were very interesting and | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Although not specifically stated as a requisite this course does rely heavily on mathematics (especially matrix calculations). I did not understand all of the mathematics but was still able to complete the course succesfully. The general idea behind the math was well enough explained. The example videos, excercises and quizes were great fun and inspiring. | was well enough explained. The example | Video | excercises and quizes were great fun | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | This course feels like a bad news anchorman reading the teleprompter. It gives a lot of formulae without proper explanations. A lot of quiz answers do not come from the video lectures. The course is really just spitting formulae from the dissertation "Trajectory Generation and Control for Quadrotors" by Daniel Warren Mellinger (easily found using search engines). Reading the dissertation before doing the course would probably help understand the formulae they say out of context without the proper explanations. Sorry for the bad review, it's the first time I leave one like that, although I've completed many MOOCs. I hope it will help to improve the course. | answers do not come from the | Video | lectures. The course is really just | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| 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. | pulled me away from my favorite | Video | game. . . a remarkable achievement. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| 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. | hope that the notation in the | Video | and in the assignments could be | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The course includes not only the formulas and calculations but also nice video examples. The assignments seem very challenging to me | formulas and calculations but also nice | Video | examples. The assignments seem very challenging | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Learning and fun packaged together nicely. It's definitely challenging but all the info is explained in detail with downloadable videos and through email communication. Thank you for all the hard work to make this so streamlined. | is explained in detail with downloadable | Video | and through email communication. Thank you | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | Really bad course. They don't explain the concepts clearly, the quizzes ambiguously ask things not seen in the videos and the instructor introduces equations without further explanation. The course Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots (edX) is much better. | ask things not seen in the | Video | and the instructor introduces equations without | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jHCTx1u-EeWylgpjfV1KVQ | The videos doesn't tell anything related to the test. How can I know the answers? Am I going to search them on the internet? Then what the meaning to learn this course? | The | Video | doesn't tell anything related to the | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| jnoxprrzEeW2iwpbOuagWQ | Excellent! I've got a modest background in artificial neural networks, and AI, and this course was a great overview of the neuroscience explaining how we construct a model of space from our senses. Interesting tidbits on the idea of the embodied brain in the last week of videos. | brain in the last week of | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.13 |
| jnoxprrzEeW2iwpbOuagWQ | A great intro to neuroscience. Creative videos that are both informative and fun to watch. | A great intro to neuroscience. Creative | Video | that are both informative and fun | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.13 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | Awesome experience, and really useful, well-packed, and valuable insight into story and narrative development for video games. Thanks! | into story and narrative development for | Video | games. Thanks! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.09 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | The course develops skills in communicating video game narratives and weaving these into the overall structure of the game. The strategy hinges on a series of outlines--taught with examples and exercises--that eventually fit together in a comprehensive design document, which allows a designer/writer to organize ideas and make them comprehensible and engaging for potential readers. The examples used are great, covering games both simple and complex; and the exercises grow gradually less structured, ensuring that the skills necessary to develop an idea from scratch are gained along the way. | The course develops skills in communicating | Video | game narratives and weaving these into | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.09 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | This course is amazing for everyone who wants to learn more about story writing and presenting it, which than can be used for video games, but also for anything else as well. Great course, my best recommendations. | which than can be used for | Video | games, but also for anything else | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.09 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | This is my favorite course ever. Dariush teaches in such an engaging way and it shows you how to have a creative yet objective and analyzed mindset for creating a story and narrative for a Video Game. | a story and narrative for a | Video | Game. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.09 |
| 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. | make them better. In contrast, the | Video | are really good, they are worth | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 1.09 |
| K28H5jJ0EeWgIQ7IEhB31Q | The course topic are well explain and easy to understand, the videos are well directed, and the creative exercises are pretty cool. | explain and easy to understand, the | Video | are well directed, and the creative | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 1.09 |
| k8B9WjxkEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Short video but the content is comprehensive and easy to understand. Highly recommended for those who want to understand the ways of the Music Industry. | Short | Video | but the content is comprehensive and | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.1 |
| k8B9WjxkEeW7GArkqhNhJw | The course "Music Business Foundations" is great and valuable. Many thanks to John Kellog and his team for information, inspiration and attractive format of video lectures. | information, inspiration and attractive format of | Video | lectures. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.1 |
| k8B9WjxkEeW7GArkqhNhJw | I liked this course - very informative. The instructor telling industry stories helped with remembering details and none of the videos were too long. It does get a tad complicated as it gets into commissions and copyright details, but never overwhelming. I bought the instructors book but only used it once. Still, it's a good reference for the future. | remembering details and none of the | Video | were too long. It does get | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.1 |
| k8B9WjxkEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Very well done, I enjoy the lecture videos. | well done, I enjoy the lecture | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.87 | 1.1 |
| k8B9WjxkEeW7GArkqhNhJw | The subject of this course is awesome and very interesting. But the effort that Berklee put into it is nothing compared to what they give to students, on their official website. I completed a Certificate with Berklee online and I do not recommend this course - but I do recommend Berklee Online courses, with written lessons and interactive works! P.s.: the videos stop all the time and this makes it harder to follow what the teacher is saying! | interactive works! P. s. : the | Video | stop all the time and this | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.87 | 1.1 |
| kbmiwPT-EeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | Very long videos | Very long | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.66 | 0.83 |
| kbmiwPT-EeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | Provides a complete overview on modelling avoiding the complicated maths that most models involve. The videos are very interesting. | maths that most models involve. The | Video | are very interesting. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 0.83 |
| kbmiwPT-EeSW1SIAC3oCCQ | I wasn't planning to follow the whole course and doing assessment and homework. It end up being a good learning and I watched most of the videos. I skipped known information and skimmed to relatively familiar ones / or when there was too much examples. I understand the course was built for common denominator student. Thanks for making this free course. It's much appreciated. - Michel | and I watched most of the | Video | I skipped known information and skimmed | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.83 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | Unable to even start it... Click on videos of week 1 and nothing happens | start it. . . Click on | Video | of week 1 and nothing happens | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.06 | 1.14 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | Excellent course in an easy to use format. Very enjoyable and informative. Resources and video lectures are of a very high standard. | Very enjoyable and informative. Resources and | Video | lectures are of a very high | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.06 | 1.14 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | Very easy and fun. Videos are fantastic. | Very easy and fun. | Video | are fantastic. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.06 | 1.14 |
| knivtHEHEeSfpCIACzWBZw | I enjoyed the material and flow of topics presented. I did have some trouble getting a few of the videos to load in the module on Neurotransmission (week 5), which was unfortunate. Very interesting, thanks! | trouble getting a few of the | Video | to load in the module on | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 1.06 | 1.14 |
| koPOOn1dEeWKYwric11Hpw | Billiant. Perfect video production. The topics are very interesting and the teacher delivers the message interestingly. | Billiant. Perfect | Video | production. The topics are very interesting | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.86 | 0.94 |
| koPOOn1dEeWKYwric11Hpw | If I could give a half star in addition to the 2 given, I would. This was a great course. However it was hard to understand the professors and some of the language that was then in turn translated wasn't quite clear when some accronyms and definitions were a few words off. The lessons taught were great and the knowledge I acquired was exactly what I was looking for, it was just the accents that were hard to decifer. Thank you for this course. I will most likely still take more from IE Business School, but at least will be prepared for printing out the text of the videos instead of stressing over trying to figure out what was said. | printing out the text of the | Video | instead of stressing over trying to | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.86 | 0.94 |
| 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. | learned a lot from the instructor | Video | guest lectures and assignments. It's already | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Excellent introduction to the essentials of Social Media Marketing. Great content and videos. | Social Media Marketing. Great content and | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| 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. | outcomes at the start of each | Video | which are cramped with stats and | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| 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. | what to take out of each | Video | The extend to which students are | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The informations were useful, but the videos were repetitive. This whole course had the amount of informations as one week of many others. If it was free I would have no complaints, but since it is part of a specialization, I expect more. Removing all the fat each week would have 10 minutes worth of material. Also I did not appreciate the length at which the speakers promoted their books. | The informations were useful, but the | Video | were repetitive. This whole course had | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Excellent information, current, videos are engaging. Great course to start the specialization. | Excellent information, current, | Video | are engaging. Great course to start | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The course is quite short (videos are usually only 3-7 minutes long) and therefore could be completed very quickly and/or need quite little time investment. I did not like that they do not have any written materials cause at some points they go over written slides very quickly and it is tricky to follow and understand. On the other hand, there is a lot of repeats and therefore you will understand everything in the end. | The course is quite short | Video | are usually only 3-7 minutes long) | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I definitely learned some things but some of the videos focused a fair amount on what we will be doing in the future rather than providing information now. | some things but some of the | Video | focused a fair amount on what | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Loved this course. It provided a wonderful framework for thinking about the social media landscape. I found it had just the right combination of videos, slides and articles to keep me engaged. Thank you! | had just the right combination of | Video | slides and articles to keep me | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| KqKtbzXyEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Good introduction. But it feels like it is not complete. It is not much without the other courses so you either take the entire specialization or the benefits are not that big :( I feel like the specialization courses are an artificial break to a real university class... if the university class had only the content from those videos, that would not be enough. | had only the content from those | Video | that would not be enough. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
| L7stsPOKEeSlpiIAC7NwBA | Great course, value tools and information. Would only recommend that there me more video explanation of the material that is in the session slides. | only recommend that there me more | Video | explanation of the material that is | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| L7stsPOKEeSlpiIAC7NwBA | The course was interesting and useful. I liked the way it was presented. The lecturer was delivery material in an easy way. Especially I liked bonus videos,where personal experience was shared in order to prevent students of making similar mistakes. The most important, it caught me interest for further project management learning. Thank you ! All the best! | easy way. Especially I liked bonus | Video | where personal experience was shared in | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| LANMc0UsEeaJwxI8cURk2w | Great course. Especially liked the 3 part video in week 6. Looking forward to the next one. | course. Especially liked the 3 part | Video | in week 6. Looking forward to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
| LANMc0UsEeaJwxI8cURk2w | I like how this coarse has some videos and some readings. I also like this coarse because it is not all videos and it is not all text. :) :) :) :) :) | coarse because it is not all | Video | and it is not all text. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
| 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. | Great lesson! The | Video | were easy to understand and well | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| 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." | efficient for learning than some YouTube | Video | and at some point I would | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| lf2q-R6UEeSzvSIAC0KYCQ | Thank you very much Prof Sabato for a very interesting course. I found the historical videos fascinating and your clear explanations and personal memories very effectively brought back a very important chapter of world's history. Thank you also to the other members of Virginia university were involved in the organization of this course. | interesting course. I found the historical | Video | fascinating and your clear explanations and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
| lf2q-R6UEeSzvSIAC0KYCQ | Liked the course a lot, very nice instructor who you like listening to. he articulates very well and has a good voice and pace of speaking. my suggestion would be to include subtitles for the video's of the speeches of JFK, or the intervieuws with former presidents, because the audio is not that clear and for non-native English speakers, difficult to understand. Many thanks, very good course! Veronique | be to include subtitles for the | Video | of the speeches of JFK, or | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | good video | good | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The videos and presentation are fine. The exercises are quite easy and the main problem of the course is that they are review for other students withput any teacher assuring that is right. | The | Video | and presentation are fine. The exercises | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | slow and easy to understand the | Video | are. Thank you so much and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | question they ask in between the | Video | is also a good one for | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great course. However the videos were very boring at times. | Great course. However the | Video | were very boring at times. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The instruction was clear and simple. The one topic I'm still having trouble with is the way Divs are positioned. The concepts around floating left and right make sense, but, when I put it into practice, I was not getting the same results as I was expecting. I would love to see a follow up video on this topic to make this concept simpler for me to understand. | love to see a follow up | Video | on this topic to make this | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | Well done. Focuses mainly on | Video | to teach the content with an | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great assignments and bad videos. | Great assignments and bad | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Super course!! Nice explanatory videos and challenging assignments. | Super course! ! Nice explanatory | Video | and challenging assignments. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Videos are simple and easy to understand. | | Video | are simple and easy to understand. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | We are given inadequate information in the videos, and no other resources, to write a program. Required to use methods not covered in the course. | are given inadequate information in the | Video | and no other resources, to write | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Nice videos, nice content... incredible didactic! Coursera recommend a little knowledge from students, however you can learn web development concepts by zero! Recommended! | Nice | Video | nice content. . . incredible didactic! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This is a nice course and it was worth learning it from COURSERA!!! Both the pattern of the course and videos are precise and to the point. Also, self-paced makes it possible to get adjusted according to everyone schedule. | the pattern of the course and | Video | are precise and to the point. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I love the way that the course is explained and designed. The questions during the videos helped me to understand every concept. Now, I feel better programming using HTML and JAVASCRIPT. | and designed. The questions during the | Video | helped me to understand every concept. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I thought the video lectures and code examples for this course were really good. The assignments are straight forward and well described. | I thought the | Video | lectures and code examples for this | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | skills as a web developer. The | Video | are very well structured: not to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | that there are many short topic-specific | Video | and that I could download the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The videos just gloss over the materials.... No comprehensive lecture notes or standard textbook and lessons are too squeezed. | The | Video | just gloss over the materials. . | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | PROF, David Rossiter is a real professional. Knows what he are saying about and provide all needed information to learners shortly and straightforward! It is big please to see videos with him. Another big thanks for his great humor! So HTML, CSS and Javascript learning gave me very big pleasure and very wide knowledge! Thank you Dave! | It is big please to see | Video | with him. Another big thanks for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Great experience, designed for noobies and also for people who have some knowledge on the subjects. It´s being a great pleasure to learn this course. Also available on my Ipad and on my Android smartphone, so I can download the video classes and carry with me. Recommend, A+. | smartphone, so I can download the | Video | classes and carry with me. Recommend, | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course is very good for people who want to get some knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript. While it is not that long, it gives you practical experience and teaches you to do some practical things. I'd rather recommend it to people who already have some basic experience with web and programming (in any language), but the bar is not that high even for beginners. Module videos and explanations are good and David Rossiter, who created the course, has my thanks and respect. | that high even for beginners. Module | Video | and explanations are good and David | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | of order. There is an entire | Video | in week three, that covers material | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The teacher was great, videos, organisation...I´m really glad to have done this course. I´m going to get more knowledge and change my professional career. Now I believe that is possible. | The teacher was great, | Video | organisation. . . I´m really glad | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | Excellent structure and | Video | are short and sweet. Assignments fit | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The video classes were really great, well explained, also examples were given in all topics. I recommend you doing. I think in the java Script part is best if you already have some programming background. | The | Video | classes were really great, well explained, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | This course helped expand on my JavaScript knowledge, particularly concerning DOM structure. However, if I had been a beginner in any of these topics, I'm not sure if this course would have been enough. Not much time is spent on clarifying HTML and CSS, i.e., there were a lot of topics untouched. Additionally, while the instructor's videos were excellent, the professor did not participate in course discussions at all. I think there were many times when he should have been available to lend a helping/clarifying hand. | topics untouched. Additionally, while the instructor's | Video | were excellent, the professor did not | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I am totally new in this new HTML language, CSS and Java Script. I like the quality of the information provided in the videos. For a new student like me this is really useful but still, I am not able to cope with the speed of the course. But still, the information is good and I am going to continue until the end. Thanks! | of the information provided in the | Video | For a new student like me | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very clear and descriptive videos. Great and fun assignments. | Very clear and descriptive | Video | Great and fun assignments. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Some of the videos are a bit too slow phased, but all in all it is a really good introductory course to HTML, CSS and Javascript. Would like to see a part two for each subject with some more in dept coverage of the subjects. | Some of the | Video | are a bit too slow phased, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Easy to follow and comprehensive video lectures, challenging tasks to implement and re-consider all the information given - I really enjoyed this course and I'm going on with the next one. | Easy to follow and comprehensive | Video | lectures, challenging tasks to implement and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | After watching the videos of this course I feel I am ready to analyse and understand almost any client-side HTML+CSS+JS code. I would recommend this course to a friend. | After watching the | Video | of this course I feel I | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | and javascript just by watching some | Video | so is necessary to practice and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Pros: A basic introduction to the 3 core front-end technologies. The Professor has structured the course in a logical and easy to follow progressive format. The presentations are professionally done with quality audio and HD video. (The Professor speaks with a clear proper British accent). If watching online, there are helpful short quizzes built into the videos to make sure people are not skipping ahead. (Not sure if these 'video quizzes are graded, but I think they are helpful) Cons: The projects are helpful to reinforce logic and programming concepts, however, they are not real world and may be too simple to be of real value. One will need supplemental resources to fill in the gaps for the projects. I would have liked a real world example, even if it was beyond the scope of the course. | done with quality audio and HD | Video | (The Professor speaks with a clear | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Pros: A basic introduction to the 3 core front-end technologies. The Professor has structured the course in a logical and easy to follow progressive format. The presentations are professionally done with quality audio and HD video. (The Professor speaks with a clear proper British accent). If watching online, there are helpful short quizzes built into the videos to make sure people are not skipping ahead. (Not sure if these 'video quizzes are graded, but I think they are helpful) Cons: The projects are helpful to reinforce logic and programming concepts, however, they are not real world and may be too simple to be of real value. One will need supplemental resources to fill in the gaps for the projects. I would have liked a real world example, even if it was beyond the scope of the course. | helpful short quizzes built into the | Video | to make sure people are not | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Pros: A basic introduction to the 3 core front-end technologies. The Professor has structured the course in a logical and easy to follow progressive format. The presentations are professionally done with quality audio and HD video. (The Professor speaks with a clear proper British accent). If watching online, there are helpful short quizzes built into the videos to make sure people are not skipping ahead. (Not sure if these 'video quizzes are graded, but I think they are helpful) Cons: The projects are helpful to reinforce logic and programming concepts, however, they are not real world and may be too simple to be of real value. One will need supplemental resources to fill in the gaps for the projects. I would have liked a real world example, even if it was beyond the scope of the course. | skipping ahead. (Not sure if these | Video | quizzes are graded, but I think | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| 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. | a lot in learning. If the | Video | were shorter in time it would | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Good Videos, Very helpful, easy to understand. Great value course. | Good | Video | Very helpful, easy to understand. Great | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| LgWwihnoEeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It's the best video tutorial on html ,CSS & JavaScript I ever found. Really helped a lot to beginners like me toweb development. | It's the best | Video | tutorial on html , CSS & | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.02 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Great videos, pithy and educational. Ability to fully participate without paying! | Great | Video | pithy and educational. Ability to fully | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Douglas Kearney is the best teacher I ever had. He really knows his stuff. His video lectures are so much fun to watch that I find myself wishing that his course would last forever. | He really knows his stuff. His | Video | lectures are so much fun to | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | The annotations of the different poems were great and taught me a lot about different poetic elements, but the lectures were unbearably corny with all of the different sound effects and bits. I found myself reading the transcripts because I could not watch the videos without feeling like I was being talked down to or that the instructor didn't take the course seriously. | because I could not watch the | Video | without feeling like I was being | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | This was a great course! Very informative and the video lectures were of great interest. I definitely recommend this class. | great course! Very informative and the | Video | lectures were of great interest. I | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | The videos are well done, and the instructor makes them enjoyable while also being informative. | The | Video | are well done, and the instructor | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Designed more for a child learning about poetry for the first time. Some of the facts about poetry aren't accurate. The effort to make the class more engaging ironically only distracts from the course material. The time spent attempting humor could have been spent on teaching, but instead a lot of time is wasted by speaking down to the viewer like they are a toddler. I did not finish this class as I couldn't stand the videos. | class as I couldn't stand the | Video | | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | Absolutely wonderful course. Simple and well explained videos, nice instructor, great suggestions from the other students and fun exercises to get better and better in writing your own poems. Highly suggested. | wonderful course. Simple and well explained | Video | nice instructor, great suggestions from the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | A very engaging instructor! Loving every video, learning new poems, and improving my own style. | A very engaging instructor! Loving every | Video | learning new poems, and improving my | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| lHabnht2EeWo5g5SXpDA8Q | I enjoyed the class. The small corny bits in the videos made me feel at home, while the informative parts were very easy for me to understand. I'll likely revisit the class again later. | The small corny bits in the | Video | made me feel at home, while | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.11 |
| LrTP0yv9EeWccAqzeA4VPw | A good course! The assignments were fun to write. Some videos were redundant, but overall I enjoyed it greatly. | assignments were fun to write. Some | Video | were redundant, but overall I enjoyed | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.89 | 0.99 |
| LrTP0yv9EeWccAqzeA4VPw | Presentation is so boring and dry, I could not bring myself to watching past the first couple of videos. | watching past the first couple of | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.89 | 0.99 |
| LrTP0yv9EeWccAqzeA4VPw | This is a joke right? 5 minutes long videos with questions after it shall teach me effective?! you guys are ridiculous! | a joke right? 5 minutes long | Video | with questions after it shall teach | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.89 | 0.99 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | An excellent course with lots of informative videos, useful templates and assignments! | excellent course with lots of informative | Video | useful templates and assignments! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.68 | 1.11 |
| 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 | process I love to follow. The | Video | are clear, well organized, the assignments | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.68 | 1.11 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | The course really helped me to organize my weeks and months better. I think that what I liked the most it that it was very brief but everything was explained and the videos lectures didn´t take more thank 20 minutes a week. | but everything was explained and the | Video | lectures didn´t take more thank 20 | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.68 | 1.11 |
| lUcQU1MNEeSstCIAC1GOZw | Very well structured, and the teacher knows how to engage her audience, even on video. | to engage her audience, even on | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.68 | 1.11 |
| maX993EhEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Unfortunately, didn`t enjoy this course at all. I have gone through 7 courses on Coursera and finished them with the biggest pleasure and great results. This time I had to leave the course before finishing because: 1st: content is organized awfully (for example "HTML overview" - I knew all the material so I have an idea how it should look like, but lecturer started from the middle of all concepts, than moved to the beginning and together it looked like an unlinked content. I have simply lost a logic inside this. 2nd: Very difficult to get an idea: lecturer doesn`t try to simplify the content, even opposite - I had a feeling, that he makes easy things complicated for a reason. My husbend is a programmer with 10 years experience and when he watched the lecture he said, that even for him it was difficult to understand all the thing (things he actually knows). All these terms used, no relevant examples, too complex words and so on - I lost concentration, I had to google a lot of unknown terms, I had to stop lecture every 30 seconds to reread or repeat the peace of lecture, because I could not understand it. As I mentioned, I know HTML well, but it was described so complex, that it was difficult to link my actual knowledge to lecturer words. 3rd: not international student friendly. Use of complex words in places where they were not necessary, complex structures, too fast language... I am pretty good in English, but had to stop video and to google translate some "smart" words lecturer used without particular need - I don`t mean definitions, just some epithets to make his speech "smarter". I completed Coursera specialization by Michigan University and it was completely easy with plain text, short sentences, so well made for international student. 4th: this is boring. I am sorry, but this is true. I am interested in all these questions, but for some reasons I lose my attention every time. Maybe the reason is in all points I have just mentioned, but I didn`t enjoy this course at all and it was the first time I didn`t enjoy something connected with web app development. Please, don`t be mad at me - lecturer is a very charming and charismatic person, but I simply don`t like how the material is presented. 5th: I have a feeling like all slides are taken from some scientific books and lecturer reads comments from some science articles, it is not like described with own words, simplified for better comprehension, cleared with own real-life examples and in atmosphere of friendly conversation with some emotions and humor. Please, take my feedback just as my personal opinion and hope other students will enjoy it more. | in English, but had to stop | Video | and to google translate some " | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.89 | 0.9 |
| 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. | as the professor did in his | Video | I think that the makers of | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.89 | 0.9 |
| maX993EhEeWi0g6YoSAL-w | till now ... the videos are wonderful - they are well - designed. | till now . . . the | Video | are wonderful - they are well | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 0.9 |
| 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. | in the middle of the lecture | Video | with a followup debrief or the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.58 | 0.83 |
| MEgKOpw3EeWILQ7D3uPEMw | Good course. But the content is very less.You should include some readings and longer videos.Thank you everyone. | should include some readings and longer | Video | Thank you everyone. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 0.83 |
| MEgKOpw3EeWILQ7D3uPEMw | Overall good course. The slides should've been presented in only one document per module - like almost all previous courses of Wharton. All of the optional videos with interviews had audio problems (I could only hear them from the left speaker). | of Wharton. All of the optional | Video | with interviews had audio problems (I | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.58 | 0.83 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | Excellent teacher and very nice videos | Excellent teacher and very nice | Video | | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | I really enjoyed this course. It threw me, at first, that the whole course was only lectures -- no videos or readings -- but so much of this course will be applicable to teaching biology that it's useful no matter what. I also had a small problem with verifying quizzes on my phone. | course was only lectures -- no | Video | or readings -- but so much | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | Very interesting material and well explained, but videos are quite plain - borderline boring. | interesting material and well explained, but | Video | are quite plain - borderline boring. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | Really enjoyed this course. The videos were really interesting and full of facts and information. I would recommend anyone with an interest in the extra terrestrial or sci-fi to do this course. Some of the content will be a real eye opener to those looking to the sky for little green men!! | Really enjoyed this course. The | Video | were really interesting and full of | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | I learned a lot from this course. It did feel like some of the videos were out of order in the first two weeks of the class. Overall, it was very interesting and I now know more about a subject I was unfamiliar with previously. | did feel like some of the | Video | were out of order in the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
| mG1NQnUvEeS8UyIACzYI5Q | The pronunciation of the lector was more than awful! His English is quite unsuitable for video lectures! It was just a torture listening to him! | His English is quite unsuitable for | Video | lectures! It was just a torture | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | I think with more listen exercises this course will be better and the length of the videos too short. | better and the length of the | Video | too short. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Course is a little disorganized, and sounds are a little difficult to hear sometimes (in the exercises where you're asked to distinguished sounds, but I guess that's the point of those exercises. I don't quite understand the self-study videos because they're already in the main lesson videos, but otherwise, this is a wonderful course. I mean, I already speak a tonal language so the tones are easy for me, but they shouldn't be too difficult for non-tonal speakers too. Otherwise, this course gets you through the basics pretty quickly without too much emphasis on vocabulary or grammar and without Chinese characters; if you're keen, you'll pick up the grammar as you go along. On a more technical note, the videos could be of better resolution, but that's not going to impede the course progression or anything. Kudos to this course's contributors! | I don't quite understand the self-study | Video | because they're already in the main | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Course is a little disorganized, and sounds are a little difficult to hear sometimes (in the exercises where you're asked to distinguished sounds, but I guess that's the point of those exercises. I don't quite understand the self-study videos because they're already in the main lesson videos, but otherwise, this is a wonderful course. I mean, I already speak a tonal language so the tones are easy for me, but they shouldn't be too difficult for non-tonal speakers too. Otherwise, this course gets you through the basics pretty quickly without too much emphasis on vocabulary or grammar and without Chinese characters; if you're keen, you'll pick up the grammar as you go along. On a more technical note, the videos could be of better resolution, but that's not going to impede the course progression or anything. Kudos to this course's contributors! | they're already in the main lesson | Video | but otherwise, this is a wonderful | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Course is a little disorganized, and sounds are a little difficult to hear sometimes (in the exercises where you're asked to distinguished sounds, but I guess that's the point of those exercises. I don't quite understand the self-study videos because they're already in the main lesson videos, but otherwise, this is a wonderful course. I mean, I already speak a tonal language so the tones are easy for me, but they shouldn't be too difficult for non-tonal speakers too. Otherwise, this course gets you through the basics pretty quickly without too much emphasis on vocabulary or grammar and without Chinese characters; if you're keen, you'll pick up the grammar as you go along. On a more technical note, the videos could be of better resolution, but that's not going to impede the course progression or anything. Kudos to this course's contributors! | On a more technical note, the | Video | could be of better resolution, but | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Excellent videos for beginners who wants to speak in Chinese. | Excellent | Video | for beginners who wants to speak | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | I enjoyed the course, the videos and quizzes were easy to understand. This was a great start to learning Mandarin Chinese. Will you offer a continuation course, besides the Chinese calligraphy? ;-) | I enjoyed the course, the | Video | and quizzes were easy to understand. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | This was a great basic course that introduced simple pronunciation and words that can easily be transformed into building blocks for learning more Chinese. The instructor was excellent in her explanations and her articulation was extremely helpful in guiding the learner through each video. Thanks for much for a great introduction to Chinese! | in guiding the learner through each | Video | Thanks for much for a great | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Very good course and well structured. The difference to other fragmented online videos "teaching" Chinese is the thought through build-up and the professional didactic value. Recommended! | The difference to other fragmented online | Video | " teaching" Chinese is the thought | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Videos proceed way too fast for complete beginners and things are explained without enough underlying basics. Plus there is not really enough chance for repetitions in the videos. Tonal explanations are good, except for the green line where you are not told how to choose what part of that tone to pronounce every time. Overall, it could be a great course but falls short because the videos proceed way too fast and without enough repetitions or even practice exercises to be able to remember the phrases afterwards. | | Video | proceed way too fast for complete | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Videos proceed way too fast for complete beginners and things are explained without enough underlying basics. Plus there is not really enough chance for repetitions in the videos. Tonal explanations are good, except for the green line where you are not told how to choose what part of that tone to pronounce every time. Overall, it could be a great course but falls short because the videos proceed way too fast and without enough repetitions or even practice exercises to be able to remember the phrases afterwards. | enough chance for repetitions in the | Video | Tonal explanations are good, except for | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Videos proceed way too fast for complete beginners and things are explained without enough underlying basics. Plus there is not really enough chance for repetitions in the videos. Tonal explanations are good, except for the green line where you are not told how to choose what part of that tone to pronounce every time. Overall, it could be a great course but falls short because the videos proceed way too fast and without enough repetitions or even practice exercises to be able to remember the phrases afterwards. | course but falls short because the | Video | proceed way too fast and without | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | This class is awesome! I wish that there were some written notes or something to help but the videos are awesome to help with pronunciation. | or something to help but the | Video | are awesome to help with pronunciation. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | I found this lesson so valuable! I love how the video teach me and I've gained some new words in Chinese as well as using phrase. I hope there are more Chinese lessons as well as other languages! Thanks for having it online so that we can study when we have free time! | so valuable! I love how the | Video | teach me and I've gained some | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Ni Hao, I liked the course, good course content though the first week which includes the tones was tough as it is hard to memorize the same. But as English phrase says, "try try till you succeed"or keeping trying till you succeed.So we have to keep trying the tones till we succeed. Would like to thank the Professor for the video lectures. XieXie | to thank the Professor for the | Video | lectures. XieXie | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Great videos, awesome explanations, amazing background history, fun ad libs, and professionally done!! I am looking forward to sharing my new skills and hopefully taking all subsequent courses offered in this series. She has ignited my desire/excitement to learn Chinese! Where is course 2 already?!?!??! :) | Great | Video | awesome explanations, amazing background history, fun | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Really good course. Professors are incredible. Very dynamic. The notes and videos are superb. | incredible. Very dynamic. The notes and | Video | are superb. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I learned quite a lot during this which I can use in practice. Everything is well explained in the video's. If I had to call a down side then I would say that I had a hard time with the math. This is because I never did something matrices and linear algebra. For those people who miss this background info I would like to say: if you're dedicated then you should be able to survive this course! | Everything is well explained in the | Video | If I had to call a | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| 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. | Carlos are a great team. The | Video | are polished, the progression through the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | this was a really boring course not for the contet bu the teacher i fell bored every video because the theacher was really slow in everything tha she was showing, it is realy dificult to get focussed in the real topics when the teacher spend a lot of time explaining things at the end wont be evaluated. As an example I am not english native speaker but a had to put the playback speed to 1.50x in order to not get bored in all videos, it was really dificult to follow the teacher at the normal velocity , i just got sleep every video. and as a record i really like this topic so it is the tacher, I took the first course and it was a good experience but this one is owfull | the teacher i fell bored every | Video | because the theacher was really slow | Negative | -0.9 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | this was a really boring course not for the contet bu the teacher i fell bored every video because the theacher was really slow in everything tha she was showing, it is realy dificult to get focussed in the real topics when the teacher spend a lot of time explaining things at the end wont be evaluated. As an example I am not english native speaker but a had to put the playback speed to 1.50x in order to not get bored in all videos, it was really dificult to follow the teacher at the normal velocity , i just got sleep every video. and as a record i really like this topic so it is the tacher, I took the first course and it was a good experience but this one is owfull | to not get bored in all | Video | it was really dificult to follow | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | this was a really boring course not for the contet bu the teacher i fell bored every video because the theacher was really slow in everything tha she was showing, it is realy dificult to get focussed in the real topics when the teacher spend a lot of time explaining things at the end wont be evaluated. As an example I am not english native speaker but a had to put the playback speed to 1.50x in order to not get bored in all videos, it was really dificult to follow the teacher at the normal velocity , i just got sleep every video. and as a record i really like this topic so it is the tacher, I took the first course and it was a good experience but this one is owfull | , i just got sleep every | Video | and as a record i really | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| 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. | minutes, there are some advanced optional | Video | that are interesting and they are | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | great course, I learned a lot. Videos, slides, quiz, programming exercises, a lot of fun. | great course, I learned a lot. | Video | slides, quiz, programming exercises, a lot | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I saw a number of machine courses that are with too general contents and more like conference presentations. It's hard to learn and grasp something from them. However this is a real Machine Course that provides informative, appropriate details and derivations from which I can learn and understand the meaning and insights buried in math symbols and equations. No doubt, the optional video lectures are excellent enhanced "nutrition." Looking forward to the three courses in this specialization. Thanks, Profs. Emily Fox and Carlos Guestrin, for instructing such wonderful authentic courses. | and equations. No doubt, the optional | Video | lectures are excellent enhanced " nutrition. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | To start with, I have been dedicating time to improve my understanding and depth in statistics and calculus. The reason is that, I am totally impressed by the lecture videos. The videos are detail, precise and covers enough depth. It has helped me to correlate the statistical concepts and application areas and rekindled my interest to go back to learn and strengthen my basics. I like the contents that its not a overdose of many mathematical equations. Appreciate the pains taken by the expert professors in explaining every detail possible to make the course more interesting. Appreciate the mention about the topics not covered in the course. My suggestion is to include a seperate section for each course with a list of reference books, topics and weblinks of material to increase our depth and breadth of technical understanding of the statistical methods. Many Thanks to Emily Fox and Carles Guestrin for their time and efforts in making this specialization course, and of course providing us with the free license to use Dato for learning purposes. | am totally impressed by the lecture | Video | The videos are detail, precise and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | To start with, I have been dedicating time to improve my understanding and depth in statistics and calculus. The reason is that, I am totally impressed by the lecture videos. The videos are detail, precise and covers enough depth. It has helped me to correlate the statistical concepts and application areas and rekindled my interest to go back to learn and strengthen my basics. I like the contents that its not a overdose of many mathematical equations. Appreciate the pains taken by the expert professors in explaining every detail possible to make the course more interesting. Appreciate the mention about the topics not covered in the course. My suggestion is to include a seperate section for each course with a list of reference books, topics and weblinks of material to increase our depth and breadth of technical understanding of the statistical methods. Many Thanks to Emily Fox and Carles Guestrin for their time and efforts in making this specialization course, and of course providing us with the free license to use Dato for learning purposes. | impressed by the lecture videos. The | Video | are detail, precise and covers enough | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| 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. | helped further the understanding. The recap | Video | that summarizes the entire module in | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Absolutely loved the way Emily tackled the course content - the knowledge I gained regarding LASSO & RIdge was something even I wasn't expecting. Also the optional video helped a lot to understand the mathematics better as compared to a mechanical write-down of the steps | I wasn't expecting. Also the optional | Video | helped a lot to understand the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| 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!). | is not directly available in the | Video | lectures. Note that it takes more | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| 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 | the lectures (short-quizzes interspersed in the | Video | in addition to the long programming | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| mxdq5kIJEeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | (Beta-Test review) Status: Still on the first week. The content is an easy follow, though it might seem to be a slight difficulty for those without a heavy background in calculus. So far, all the links (to the downloadable csv's and ipynb files) work well. All the videos have no apparent bugs and/or problems. I would also suggest to have the slides available for download as in the previous module. I don't think writing over the animation is a bad thing as long as it's still understandable. As an aside, I suggest editing out the swallowing sound you might occasionally hear whenever either instructor is speaking. To some, it seems a bit off-putting. Great course, overall. Thanks, Marvin | ipynb files) work well. All the | Video | have no apparent bugs and/or problems. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Adequate information to grasp on. Learn something useful. But the videos are a bit boring that sometimes I have a hard time to carry on. Hope to share more interesting video examples and reading materials. Good effort but spice up the video a bit with salient stuff instead of pure talking and notes would be good. | on. Learn something useful. But the | Video | are a bit boring that sometimes | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Adequate information to grasp on. Learn something useful. But the videos are a bit boring that sometimes I have a hard time to carry on. Hope to share more interesting video examples and reading materials. Good effort but spice up the video a bit with salient stuff instead of pure talking and notes would be good. | on. Hope to share more interesting | Video | examples and reading materials. Good effort | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Adequate information to grasp on. Learn something useful. But the videos are a bit boring that sometimes I have a hard time to carry on. Hope to share more interesting video examples and reading materials. Good effort but spice up the video a bit with salient stuff instead of pure talking and notes would be good. | Good effort but spice up the | Video | a bit with salient stuff instead | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Opening the quizes and the internal acreditation for free should be a most for such a good course like this. Its a shame that "non premium" users have access to only the video material. | users have access to only the | Video | material. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | The course has great quality videos and gave me good insights on the topic. | The course has great quality | Video | and gave me good insights on | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | It's a great course, thank you! Many useful examples and I like the use of extern videos and materials! | I like the use of extern | Video | and materials! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| 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. | (it is not) in the lecture | Video | has rendered them a wall of | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | At the risk of sounding like a jerk and I am TRULY sorry for saying this but only gave this course 4 stars instead of 5 because of one of the professors, not the actual content. I actually feel like this course was GREAT, I just couldnt deal with one of the professors constant sucking of teeth or whatever in the videos and dragging out of everything. Information got repeated in different ways making everything longer and boring where I literally just kept forwarding the lessons. Besides my "ADD" with that one professor, I will have to admit, I loved this course. | of teeth or whatever in the | Video | and dragging out of everything. Information | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Useful & practical & easy to grasp & summary videos at the end of each section The projects require a little thought, but are incredibly inspiring. Students actively participated in the discussions, providing valuable opinions. | & easy to grasp & summary | Video | at the end of each section | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | A lot of material to memorize, but very good information not only on how to influence others, but on keeping others from influencing you in a negative manner and turning their tactics back on them. This is also a great course if you are into politics and news media/advertising/marketing. You will really learn a lot and the speakers have good voices, fast paced, good video and dialogue that will not bore you as in other lectures. | have good voices, fast paced, good | Video | and dialogue that will not bore | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | Need to provide the slides for the course. The videos are excellent. | the slides for the course. The | Video | are excellent. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | This is a joke right? 5 minutes long videos with questions after it shall teach me effective?! you guys are ridiculous! | a joke right? 5 minutes long | Video | with questions after it shall teach | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| myQGkjlZEeWJaxK5AT4frw | With the right balance of time spent on videos, good amount of scientific background supported by studies and excellent practical tips to put the theory into practice! Very clear language and simple / easy to follow structure. Learned a lot with it and highly commend it! Well done. | right balance of time spent on | Video | good amount of scientific background supported | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | Well structured course. Great videos and materials. Really enjoyed the tasks and assignments, who thought you could have fun programming ;-) | Well structured course. Great | Video | and materials. Really enjoyed the tasks | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.04 | 1.21 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | Good design and very informative. I would just like to see maybe a tab or easier way to access all the links given in the video without having to go through the video again. | all the links given in the | Video | without having to go through the | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 1.04 | 1.21 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | Good design and very informative. I would just like to see maybe a tab or easier way to access all the links given in the video without having to go through the video again. | without having to go through the | Video | again. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 1.04 | 1.21 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | I really enjoy how this course is setup. There is no need to install anything, and the codeskulptor is a great learning tool. Also, the videos are entertaining and informative. | a great learning tool. Also, the | Video | are entertaining and informative. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.04 | 1.21 |
| n2zunIlgEeWSMw6QLoDNsQ | huge waste of time, they will give you very little information and what is expected for you to be able to do with that information is astronomical, you will never learn any of the details of how computing works, how functions work, the mechanism behind these computations, or anything. To give you an example, you will first watch a horribly made video on boolean logic, alter going to youtube to get a better explanation of 'And', 'or' , and 'not', you'll see an example done with If, else, and elif, then be asked to do homework problems using and, or, not. This huge gap between the information given, and the information you are expected to know to solve the problems they give you is too large, I found differential equations easier than this | will first watch a horribly made | Video | on boolean logic, alter going to | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.04 | 1.21 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | An excellent course. The video lectures are brief but explain the main points very well. The assignments are very well organised. | An excellent course. The | Video | lectures are brief but explain the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very well structured, good choice of content. All video lectures are engaging and you can feel a lot of though was put into making algorithms explanations both clear and concise. Many thanks to the lecturers. | structured, good choice of content. All | Video | lectures are engaging and you can | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| 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. | it. What I don't like is | Video | session itself, some of instructors talk | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Very good subject and very good topics presented. Professors are very good. And the video presentation is awesome. | Professors are very good. And the | Video | presentation is awesome. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| 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. | with exceptional communication/teaching ability. In most | Video | the presenters read verbatim from the | Positive | 0.8 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| 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. | and I liked the quality of | Video | lectures. The material is structured and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Even though this course covers a lot fundamentals for introduction to algorithm, the course itself is not designed as good as I expected. For starters, the weekly problem designs aren't very good. Some problem statements are ambiguous and not very clear unless you read more than one time or take a closer look at the examples. Often, the input format/arguments are designed to take redundant info. Some problem even has more than one possible correct outputs, which is just confusing for learning purpose. In terms of lecture videos, it's good that there are some classic algorithm problems being demonstrated in the video, however the linkage between how to express a problem in mathematical languages is poorly explained. For example, in the lecture of edit distance, the realization of the matrix was not well explained at all. I personally appreciate a lot of the thorough proving steps introduced in the lectures, however I personally think the proofs are often not well explained to the audience (I also understand that it's more difficult to explain proving steps). Considering the large variety of audience, I would recommend the instructors separate the comprehensive more in-depth knowledge into optional videos, in this way the audiences could decide if they want to spend time in optional videos or not based on their own needs, meanwhile the instructors could spend a little bit more time to explain the difficult concepts better. Overall, I know that talking and analyzing algorithms can be kinda of boring and challenging, but I wish the course videos could be stated in a more interesting and intriguing way. | learning purpose. In terms of lecture | Video | it's good that there are some | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Even though this course covers a lot fundamentals for introduction to algorithm, the course itself is not designed as good as I expected. For starters, the weekly problem designs aren't very good. Some problem statements are ambiguous and not very clear unless you read more than one time or take a closer look at the examples. Often, the input format/arguments are designed to take redundant info. Some problem even has more than one possible correct outputs, which is just confusing for learning purpose. In terms of lecture videos, it's good that there are some classic algorithm problems being demonstrated in the video, however the linkage between how to express a problem in mathematical languages is poorly explained. For example, in the lecture of edit distance, the realization of the matrix was not well explained at all. I personally appreciate a lot of the thorough proving steps introduced in the lectures, however I personally think the proofs are often not well explained to the audience (I also understand that it's more difficult to explain proving steps). Considering the large variety of audience, I would recommend the instructors separate the comprehensive more in-depth knowledge into optional videos, in this way the audiences could decide if they want to spend time in optional videos or not based on their own needs, meanwhile the instructors could spend a little bit more time to explain the difficult concepts better. Overall, I know that talking and analyzing algorithms can be kinda of boring and challenging, but I wish the course videos could be stated in a more interesting and intriguing way. | algorithm problems being demonstrated in the | Video | however the linkage between how to | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Even though this course covers a lot fundamentals for introduction to algorithm, the course itself is not designed as good as I expected. For starters, the weekly problem designs aren't very good. Some problem statements are ambiguous and not very clear unless you read more than one time or take a closer look at the examples. Often, the input format/arguments are designed to take redundant info. Some problem even has more than one possible correct outputs, which is just confusing for learning purpose. In terms of lecture videos, it's good that there are some classic algorithm problems being demonstrated in the video, however the linkage between how to express a problem in mathematical languages is poorly explained. For example, in the lecture of edit distance, the realization of the matrix was not well explained at all. I personally appreciate a lot of the thorough proving steps introduced in the lectures, however I personally think the proofs are often not well explained to the audience (I also understand that it's more difficult to explain proving steps). Considering the large variety of audience, I would recommend the instructors separate the comprehensive more in-depth knowledge into optional videos, in this way the audiences could decide if they want to spend time in optional videos or not based on their own needs, meanwhile the instructors could spend a little bit more time to explain the difficult concepts better. Overall, I know that talking and analyzing algorithms can be kinda of boring and challenging, but I wish the course videos could be stated in a more interesting and intriguing way. | challenging, but I wish the course | Video | could be stated in a more | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| 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. | to watch some portions of the | Video | over and over again in order | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| 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. | they were automatically generated from the | Video | thus suffering with the poor pronunciation. | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Videos are very well explained, the exercises comes with several difficulties, good to apply what you learn and push a bit more. I was able to retake some stuff that I've forgotten and learn new stuff. As a 12 year experienced engineer, I'm please that I took this course. | | Video | are very well explained, the exercises | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | the content if very good, but lecturers are terrible. you better read slides and read any book you like. watching their videos it wast of time. | any book you like. watching their | Video | it wast of time. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | Good coverage of the material, with several videos dedicated to individual topics, accompanied with complementing problem sets which have a decent selection of semi-optional advanced problems. | coverage of the material, with several | Video | dedicated to individual topics, accompanied with | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | The best online class I've taken so far: not only because of the clear explanation and easy-to-follow videos, but also the effort the professors have put int answering most of the questions, especially Prof. Alex. He almost answered more than half of the questions within short amount of time. This is very rarely seen in other moocs. | of the clear explanation and easy-to-follow | Video | but also the effort the professors | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| nA4RUW01EeW8nRIpKnwp7Q | If you want to learn more about both theoretical and practical computer science, do this specialization. I'm completely sold on this specialization after one week. The instructors are extremely helpful and have a high level of clarity both in the videos, and on the forums. The language semi-agnosticism is excellent! The forums are active and friendly! You will hit the ground learning right away with this specialization! This course has so far motivated me immensely to delve further in to my software engineering education. I did not get a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, just an Associate's. Though I work in the industry, I wanted to do programming competitions and personal projects to make up for the lack of experience with the ideas and implementation of algorithms and their data structures. This course has jump-started my journey beyond my current abilities, and I believe it will do the same for you. If you're even remotely thinking you would be interested in taking these courses, do! | level of clarity both in the | Video | and on the forums. The language | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| NDBJAUWDEeWbNhIvIryYow | OK, you can learn a few things getting into this course and it's still available for free on the platform so thanks for that! However and most of all, you can sense that this is more of an advertising campaign for AXA IM than an investment course per se... During the 4 modules, you're basically repeated over and over again that Active Management (ie. Investment Managers) tend to overperform and that you should have one manager. There's even the overall 1st part of Module 4 that is dedicated on how to select a manager... There are some great insight related to portfolio allocation but not much explanations. A major point that I would have liked to hear about is how to come up with the risk aversion criteria... Many parts of the course relate to external videos available on Youtube. If you're going to advertise on such a platform as Coursera please don't make it too much about the advertising and more about learning... (for example: Melbourne University Specialization). | of the course relate to external | Video | available on Youtube. If you're going | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.49 | 0.85 |
| NDBJAUWDEeWbNhIvIryYow | The videos did cover the basic theories behind all the methods for portfolio management however they were just basic theories with no explanation on how to practically implement them and then asking us who only understand the theories from the videos to suddenly try to solve the calculation quizzes especially those excel calculations without any practice on how to implement them beforehand. Besides the videos only showed the formulas with no example at all! Very disappointed with the course... This course is not recommended for those who have zero or little experience in the field.. | The | Video | did cover the basic theories behind | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.49 | 0.85 |
| NDBJAUWDEeWbNhIvIryYow | The videos did cover the basic theories behind all the methods for portfolio management however they were just basic theories with no explanation on how to practically implement them and then asking us who only understand the theories from the videos to suddenly try to solve the calculation quizzes especially those excel calculations without any practice on how to implement them beforehand. Besides the videos only showed the formulas with no example at all! Very disappointed with the course... This course is not recommended for those who have zero or little experience in the field.. | only understand the theories from the | Video | to suddenly try to solve the | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.49 | 0.85 |
| NDBJAUWDEeWbNhIvIryYow | The videos did cover the basic theories behind all the methods for portfolio management however they were just basic theories with no explanation on how to practically implement them and then asking us who only understand the theories from the videos to suddenly try to solve the calculation quizzes especially those excel calculations without any practice on how to implement them beforehand. Besides the videos only showed the formulas with no example at all! Very disappointed with the course... This course is not recommended for those who have zero or little experience in the field.. | to implement them beforehand. Besides the | Video | only showed the formulas with no | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.49 | 0.85 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I liked the "How I struggled" and "Challenge" videos. The course itself was challenging to me and I learned a few object oriented programming concepts that can help me at work. | How I struggled" and " Challenge" | Video | The course itself was challenging to | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This is a solid course. The videos are a bit low quality, and the API's used are sorta derpy, but the content is good. | This is a solid course. The | Video | are a bit low quality, and | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| 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! | a good job by presenting clear | Video | of some beginning - intermediate level | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| 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! | liked Christine's and Mia's presentations. The | Video | on memory models were really great | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Interesting project, great pacing. The lectures are well designed and presented. The additional videos (quick interviews with industry vets, students figuring out a selection of code) are useful to reinforce understanding. Most of the knowledge here transfers smoothly (with syntax adjustments) to other languages and stacks, such as C#. | well designed and presented. The additional | Video | (quick interviews with industry vets, students | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Very informative, fantastically organized ....though video quality(even high) is a bit disappointing :( but is is so enjoyable!!!!!! Enjoying it greatly :D :D | organized . . . . though | Video | quality(even high) is a bit disappointing | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| 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. | combination of theory and practice. . | Video | are very well explained and include | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| 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. | and I love the concept challenge | Video | as they help clarify new concepts. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | A very good course with a direct application in an interesting and engaging project. The video lectures are well structured and lots of additional information is provided. I would recommend this course to all java beginners. | an interesting and engaging project. The | Video | lectures are well structured and lots | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| 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. | course, but it has good lecture | Video | and programming assignments. Also, I think | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The only complaint I have about this course is the horribly irritating music at the beginning of each lecture video. I would have my headphones in, volume up so I could hear the lecturers clearly, then when the next video would start there would be this terrible music that started very abruptly. If I was very quick I could mute my volume until it finished, but I think this is totally unnecessary. PLEASE consider changing this, as it will affect my decision to pursue further courses in this specialization | at the beginning of each lecture | Video | I would have my headphones in, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The only complaint I have about this course is the horribly irritating music at the beginning of each lecture video. I would have my headphones in, volume up so I could hear the lecturers clearly, then when the next video would start there would be this terrible music that started very abruptly. If I was very quick I could mute my volume until it finished, but I think this is totally unnecessary. PLEASE consider changing this, as it will affect my decision to pursue further courses in this specialization | lecturers clearly, then when the next | Video | would start there would be this | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course is for programmers that wanted to improve their techniques and knowledge of the language, since the course shorts videos with real life experiences, that give you advices on how their abilities and produce quality programms. | the language, since the course shorts | Video | with real life experiences, that give | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| 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. | level of details use in lecture | Video | make this class really easy to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The videos that aren't boring and long! This course filled in the gaps that I had after taking university classes. I don't really like the final project is peer reviewed. Your peers can prevent you from passing the course. | The | Video | that aren't boring and long! This | Negative | -0.9 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | A very complete course with wonderful videos and assigments. | A very complete course with wonderful | Video | and assigments. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| NFiJtRnpEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I loved this course! The course videos and the projects sharpened my idea about some of the toughest concepts of Java and OOP. I recommend this course to anyone interested in learning OOP in Java. ☺ | I loved this course! The course | Video | and the projects sharpened my idea | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.05 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before. The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else. I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it. The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given. All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take. | occasion I had to stop the | Video | and go back several times to | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before. The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else. I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it. The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given. All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take. | take notes, despite having slowed the | Video | down as much as possible. (In | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before. The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else. I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it. The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given. All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take. | should be able to slow the | Video | down more than is currently possible, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before. The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else. I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it. The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given. All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take. | basically independent study; one watches the | Video | and reads whatever resources are listed, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before. The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else. I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it. The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given. All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take. | is not the professor in the | Video | that the question is asked of, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before. The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else. I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it. The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given. All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take. | have a little more than just | Video | which they can only repeat over | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Very straightforward for a beginner. Videos were easy to follow, with clear instructions and expectations. Well done. | Very straightforward for a beginner. | Video | were easy to follow, with clear | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| 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. | the camera for 5-12 minutes per | Video | got tedious really quick. | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Lecture videos are very good and Easy to follow. | Lecture | Video | are very good and Easy to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Great class! Awesome teacher! Subject was easy to understand and great instructional videos. | easy to understand and great instructional | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | This is absolutely NOT for beginners. There is no way you can possibly do this class in under 10 hours a week. The presentations are sloppy and vague. There is absolutely no support, unless you count snark from the aids who check into the message boards once and a while to tell you your question is stupid. This woman chatters on way to fast and if you use the slower speed setting on the videos, it crashes every time. I am not happy that I wasted money on this class. It offers nothing to prepare you to actually do any real life HTML coding. I highly recommend either purchasing a book to learn on your own or take a class elsewhere. The Coursera platform is garbage. The app crashes and it doesn't seem to cooperate well with Safari so I have to lug around my laptop in order to get through this nonsense. | the slower speed setting on the | Video | it crashes every time. I am | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | I definitely Recommend this class to anyone who wants to learn about the basics of web design, HTML5, and coding. The way this course is setup is perfect for beginners with its extremely helpful and insightful readings along with the course lecture video s. The professor has really done an amazing job of teaching and engaging students through the videos while also giving helpful resources and tips for students to venture on their own and investigate the topics further. I highly recommend to follow along, especially with the coding, when the professor suggest it. It will really help out in the long run and help you become familiar with the process. | teaching and engaging students through the | Video | while also giving helpful resources and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Nice course. But there are several videos where video an audio are out of sync which is very displeasing | But there are several videos where | Video | an audio are out of sync | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| 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! | through in the lecture and assignment | Video | Even if you're already familiar with | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Great videos. Teacher awesome. But the course needs, in order to be better, more practical activities and i got a little bit upset when I worked hard in final project and later I saw that it´s not necessary at all.....Instead, I should just did a final quiz. | Great | Video | Teacher awesome. But the course needs, | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Video Lectures are good. Quiz taking method is Great. Liked. Thanks for the course. | | Video | Lectures are good. Quiz taking method | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | course is too slow and the videos need some corrections | course is too slow and the | Video | need some corrections | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| 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. | as far as instructions and the | Video | I can use different tags to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Professor is tremendously funny and personable. Course stays up-to-date and videos are paced very well with a generous amount of information. Not boring or monotonous. Recommend to anyone deeply interested about foundation and beginners alike! | and personable. Course stays up-to-date and | Video | are paced very well with a | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | The course content was presented at steady pace and the videos were clear and direct. However, the auto-grader was really confusing for the final project. | presented at steady pace and the | Video | were clear and direct. However, the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | 'Introduction to HTML5' course is a very general introduction to HTML5 for beginners. The professor doesn't assume you know anything about Web development or even how files are uploaded to a host website. The course covers a brief history of the Web, basic HTML5 elements, URL terminology, Accessibility, Semantics, and basic FTP & Web hosting software like C-Panel. Forms and other advanced topics are not covered. The class is presented in a laid back style and uses non-technical language which is easy to understand. The quality of the video and audio are excellent. Supplemental books (pdf) and links to Youtube videos are provided and are useful. The duration of some of the lectures seemed too long, even when using 2X playback speed. With some of the quizzes, the professor expected you to read her mind and were worded in a subjective manner. The Accessibility section seemed a little too preachy for me. Also, the final project was convoluted and the instructions were vague. The final project really ended up being a 9 or 10 question quiz that gave you hints on how to code the final project. In summary, take this course if you are a complete beginner. Otherwise, you won't learn much if you have more than 2 months of experience in front end Web development. | to understand. The quality of the | Video | and audio are excellent. Supplemental books | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Videos were OK, practice quizzes somewhat helpful. However, the final autograder quiz was extremely temperamental and gave no usable feedback. This resulted in frustration and made what should have been a good experience a very bad one. Updated course to three stars since a change was made to be able to pass the final quiz without needing to pass the autograder submission. | | Video | were OK, practice quizzes somewhat helpful. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| nQ5d7TbQEeWW9BKhJ4xW0Q | Excellent class. Video lectures are very accessible and good content. The automatic parser is a pain, and can be improved. I spent a lot of time to get code that was working and giving the correct output to pass the tests. | Excellent class. | Video | lectures are very accessible and good | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | The course information was fairly useful, but the execution not so much. The material spent more time on somewhat repetitive examples than it did on explaining the actual concepts those examples were illustrating, and the videos were primarily just lecturers reading parts of the slides that you had already read, but in their own words. The tests, sadly, were poorly-designed for the subject matter of the course. Behavioral biases - like many psychological phenomena - overlap to some degree, and the frequently-used format of 'choose all that apply' - or worse 'choose all that might apply' - resulted in trying to guess what the test-setter was looking for rather than trying to apply the information that had been learned. When you find yourself trying to decide between the best answer based on what you have learned and a conceptually worse answer that happens to meet the wording of the question - and trying to guess whether the test-setter is looking to prove your understanding or catch you in a mistake - then you start to suspect that the course has been designed more as a way to earn grades than to actually learn. | those examples were illustrating, and the | Video | were primarily just lecturers reading parts | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | It lacks of video lectures so I had to rely on notes only. The course's content is interesting and has potential to give learner more depth of topics. Hope it will be improved soon. | It lacks of | Video | lectures so I had to rely | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | The subject matter is good, but the course does not adequately explain behavioral finance concepts. Most of the course consists of slide decks to read. There is a dearth of video content. I expected better quality from a course provided through Duke University. | read. There is a dearth of | Video | content. I expected better quality from | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | It's a great course, clear explanations and simple videos. The missing star was lost on the way that misleading or undefined bias are presented, especially during the different decision phases. I would like to propose to discuss a case of a stock share in a timeline, to see whether this "panic" or "overconfidence" applies, and also in global macroeconomics (e-g. the PIGS bubble, the debt bubble) | great course, clear explanations and simple | Video | The missing star was lost on | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | The course covers the basic foundations of behavioral finance, especially prospect theory and various cognitive biases that negatively influence our decision making in financial affairs. The topics covered are definitely very interesting and the lecturers frequently prove that they know what they are talking about and explain some topics in adequate depth and breadth. For a valuable Coursera course I am expecting that most of the material is covered with video lectures (otherwise I read a book on that matter) and I am expecting thought-through slides with clear definitions, clear practical examples and exercises, and the presentation of experimental proofs for the given statements. Regrettably, most of this course is comprised of simple slides with limited structuring, as definitions, exercises, and proofs are often intermingled. More importantly, only a very limited subset of the course is covered with the suitable and valuable video lectures. Especially the last of the three-week course consist mostly of reading material from an external website. The exercises after each of the three weeks are at the lower end of what I have seen on Coursera and the lecturers should consider putting more effort in creating useful questions for formative and summative evaluations of the learning progress. In summary, smart lecturers present a very interesting and highly relevant topic, but they put to little effort in creating a compellingly online course. | covered with the suitable and valuable | Video | lectures. Especially the last of the | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | Accelerated course but really concentrated. Practical and clearly explained. Perfect alternance of slides/lecture videos. Easily understandable by with economics background and by other as well with thehelo of the slides. Definitely the best among similar classes on Coursera. | clearly explained. Perfect alternance of slides/lecture | Video | Easily understandable by with economics background | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| NSxhuc9cEeWczg7kSY_tVQ | The video lectures are not adequate, too much self-study effort is needed to have a good understanding of the subject. The time allocated for this topic is not enough. | The | Video | lectures are not adequate, too much | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.88 |
| Nyq7nXzPEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Absoultely Astoundishing. I will highlight the best points: There is a companion textbook. This really helps to consolidate knowledge and sear for new information, although I should say that the tutorials are much complete. There are tutorial notes given to the students. This is crucial. If one was to organize all the course content from just watching the videos it would be impossible. The tutorial notes give a great start for your own knowledge structuring. This course is no light thing. My impression from some of other MOOC sites is that they are much superficial. Their courses seem a good joke at simulating college level education. Medical neuroscience is not like that. You should expect a standard college level neuroscience course. Professor White is amazing. When you think he couldn't surprise you with his teaching methods, he plays music for you! It is better than going to classes. Trust me. I had a neuroscience course in university and I couldn't stad attending classes. I wouldn't have passed wasn't it for Medical Neuroscience. The course subject is just fascinating. Have you ever wondered that there are sensory labeled lines? Did you know that you cannot feel pain unless you have a specific receptor for it? Well, I don't know about you, but for me, that is simply magic. This course will really make you have smarter conversations. Have you wondered launching a neuroscience topic during your date? "Well, did you know that no one really precisely knows how we can see? yes, because what your eyes "see" is just a pattern of light, and it is inverted horizontally and laterally! This is simply the best course I have ever attended What are you waiting for? | course content from just watching the | Video | it would be impossible. The tutorial | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.08 | 1.15 |
| Nyq7nXzPEeWb-BLhFdaGww | 13 weeks long? This is basically his class syllabus transferred to a MOOC! The first video was a ridiculous waste of my time. The videography was totally unprofessional. Shaky camera, this long walk and football kicking with a brain on the football field??? The audio is horrible... use a mic. I signed up for a neuro course, not an advertisement of the campus. This guy needed an Instructional Designer to help him condense and build this course into something digestible. This is MOOC, not a college course. I am horribly disappointed at the quality. I needed an overview of the main components of Neuro Medical Science. | transferred to a MOOC! The first | Video | was a ridiculous waste of my | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.08 | 1.15 |
| Nyq7nXzPEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Very interesting and challenging course. The instructor is very professional, videos are nice, real brain specimens are amazing. Highly recommended. | course. The instructor is very professional, | Video | are nice, real brain specimens are | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.08 | 1.15 |
| O6SzVx2GEeSKwCIACzUCbQ | This is the first MOOC that I've taken and completed and it was very well put-together. Videos were of a reasonable length and interesting, and the quizzes were just challenging enough to test my learning and make me think. For anyone interested in the topic, I would recommend taking this course. | and it was very well put-together. | Video | were of a reasonable length and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| 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 supporting material was excellent, the | Video | were well done, helpful assignments and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| O6SzVx2GEeSKwCIACzUCbQ | The videos lacks clarity, not loud enough and at instances it's ungrammatical. Certainly, there ALWAYS WILL be scope of improvement and although, it was moderately enlightening, thank you for producing this course (quite credibly flexible) | The | Video | lacks clarity, not loud enough and | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | A great course all round! The concepts are simple and well presented for those who haven't studied strategy before, but lots of room to learn through the discussion in the videos and additional reading for those of us who have seen this subject before. The test format I though was a bit over-simplified. I would have preferred to see slightly longer, more demanding tests, perhaps with a different question format. In particular, I found the questionnaire for the capstone project much too simplified - giving all or nothing points means we can't differentiate between people who only just achieved the point (or achieved it partially) and others who achieved it well. Needs an intermediate option. | learn through the discussion in the | Video | and additional reading for those of | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | The course was well put together and worthy of a 5-star. The only issue I had was that they blew through the slides to re-focus on the speaker who was elaborating on the slides. This is very inefficient and very annoying. I often had to stop the video to absorb the written words or take notes when they could have easily continued to play audio for 3-4 seconds longer before going back to the close up of the instructors face--which honestly isn't necessary at all for this course. | I often had to stop the | Video | to absorb the written words or | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | The best course uptil now. ! The tutor in the videos explains very good. | now. ! The tutor in the | Video | explains very good. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | I would have liked the level to be a bit higher as well as having my final submission reviewed by a course professional rather than strictly peer-to-peer review. I really liked the to-the-point yet well paced video material. Thumbs up! | liked the to-the-point yet well paced | Video | material. Thumbs up! | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | This happens to be my first e-certification course. I am very much pleased with with course content and delivery of the same. The videos are really effective and successfully communicated the concepts. The learnings are immense and I hope to enrol for many more valued courses in future. These are really really great learnings and irrespective of the fact whether the industry accept the certifications or not, it is always important for the individual's learning curve. | and delivery of the same. The | Video | are really effective and successfully communicated | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| 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. | liked the additional resources, articles and | Video | provided and have added many of | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| 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. | videos, sequencing and articles for each | Video | are very well organized and executed. | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | I just loved it. Excellent the professor, excellent the project, the content, the videos, I would like to take classes with the professor, is very calmed, and explained so well! Congrats | excellent the project, the content, the | Video | I would like to take classes | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Explanations are clear, the lenght of the videos is ideal for someone who likes to study on weekdays but also has a full time job. I've read some of Mitzberg and Porter's work, and this course encompases their ideas but does not just stay with that, they add new approaches for actual and future businesses | are clear, the lenght of the | Video | is ideal for someone who likes | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Well structured and presented (videos) with the right amount of support information. Clear quizzes consistent with each module. | Well structured and presented | Video | with the right amount of support | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Very good learning. And good quality of videos. | good learning. And good quality of | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| oC5XlyT_EeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | The course has been great and very vivid & well-chosen video materials!!! | great and very vivid & well-chosen | Video | materials! ! ! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.04 |
| ofcUj5MCEeWI6BJRAK7IKQ | I found this course lacking in providing sufficient coverage of the basics in the course videos and lacking a useful and directed reading list. I spent far too much time researching command syntax and using try and error to find what worked with the provided code. Disappointing as topics covered are good. | of the basics in the course | Video | and lacking a useful and directed | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.62 | 0.71 |
| 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! | and Week 2 lectures. Then, the | Video | kept getting unclear and outdated. The | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.71 |
| 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! | not engaging. My interest dropped. The | Video | really need updates! | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.71 |
| OFscqWDPEeWFnw4rjmRYKQ | This course has been created with love. Teachers are fun to watch. It covers several creativity strategies and methods.. A lot of inspiring videos and supplemental study material is included. Weeks will pass fast. You won't regret taking this course. | methods. . A lot of inspiring | Video | and supplemental study material is included. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.9 |
| OFscqWDPEeWFnw4rjmRYKQ | excellent content & treatment with thought provoking videos & transcripts | content & treatment with thought provoking | Video | & transcripts | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.9 |
| OFscqWDPEeWFnw4rjmRYKQ | The creators were too lazy to actually film themselves, instead most videos are just text on a screen with music. Creates a bit of a feeling of a kindergarten festival. I'll stick around until I get too bored. | to actually film themselves, instead most | Video | are just text on a screen | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.9 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Very well explained. The guy in the video jumps and make it harder to be distracted. Nice. I hope to see more courses from you. | well explained. The guy in the | Video | jumps and make it harder to | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 1.01 |
| 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. | the course. But after look the | Video | over and over again, I feel | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 1.01 |
| 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! | assignments are time consuming and the | Video | are (I think) a little longer | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.89 | 1.01 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | The lecture videos are interesting, engaging, and informative, and the assignments are so much fun to complete! | The lecture | Video | are interesting, engaging, and informative, and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 1.01 |
| OmgIw0C2EeWZtA4u62x6lQ | Video's were great but some of the assignments were unpractical and the tests were based on minuscule details. | | Video | were great but some of the | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.89 | 1.01 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | The lecture videos are very interesting and informative. | The lecture | Video | are very interesting and informative. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| 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. | The structure was great, and the | Video | excellent. Everything was explained simply and | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | This course is basically about watching uninspiring videos. It needs a lot of design thinking itself. I have bought the book however. It is really useful. | course is basically about watching uninspiring | Video | It needs a lot of design | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | Very good introduction to design thinking. Provides some useful tools that I have already used in my personal and professional projects and will continue to use in the future. Every video lesson was well done and tied the overall theme into the content well. Highly recommended! | to use in the future. Every | Video | lesson was well done and tied | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | Excellent course for business leaders to get a flavour of this concept with some real-world case studies. I'm actually making it a compulsory course for my management team. Clear presentation style pitched at just the right level with bite sized videos that can be watched offline with the App. Only improvement would be the addition of some quizzes through the course to test understanding. | the right level with bite sized | Video | that can be watched offline with | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | The tools are succinctly explained through apt examples. Every word / sentence uttered in the video was of immense importance. Nothing could be skipped in between ... Excellent Course. | word / sentence uttered in the | Video | was of immense importance. Nothing could | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | There should have been more knowledge testing as the course progressed. The first week and last week model didn't help me to incorporate the progress, and I grew disillusioned just listening to the video. I even had purchased the professor's book, but found the course differing significantly from the book. Lost interest is it progressed, but completed it. | grew disillusioned just listening to the | Video | I even had purchased the professor's | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| opCIcU3SEeWeiwqPB940Pw | Nice Videos. I think the class should have evaluations ( at least one moment where you could check your theoric knowledge). | Nice | Video | I think the class should have | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 1.03 |
| 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. | comes in huge amount of concentrated | Video | 7 hardest assignments. I would give | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| op_vMOGiEeWr4g7T_DyXNw | Cloud computing course provides an overview of the concepts of distributed processing. The algorithms behind real world distributed applications are well explained. The video lectures and quiz questions on various distributed protocols provide insights into the working of these systems. Highly recommended. Thanks Prof. Indranil Gupta and the Coursera community!! | distributed applications are well explained. The | Video | lectures and quiz questions on various | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Dear Dr. McGarrity, Thank you very much for a most useful MOOC. I have learned a lot; in fact I got more than what I expected when I joined the course. In particular, I wish to thank you for your personal example in public speaking through your most engaging video lectures. With warm regards, BJ Vaz | public speaking through your most engaging | Video | lectures. With warm regards, BJ Vaz | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | It appeared to be a very good course for me. Not only the content is good (may be for some students it will seem quite obvious - not for me, actually), but the tutor itself is kind of role model of a person who is good at public speaking. I think even just watching the videos without doing any exercises will increase the watchers' public speaking skills. | I think even just watching the | Video | without doing any exercises will increase | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| 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. | and advice you to practice the | Video | assignments. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | I appreciate course material ,video classes and format of course. Specially it provide freedom education at any time at any place.with your own time. | I appreciate course material , | Video | classes and format of course. Specially | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | The professor is a dork, which is great, so am I! He's very personable and watching him make mistakes and flubs and keep on going makes the videos so wonderful. He's a nerd like me, he makes mistakes, says umm, loses track for a sec like me, but he keeps going and he's a great speaker because of it! I feel now like I don't have to be perfect or rehearse or memorize a speech or I'll get laughed at. I just need to know what I want to say and say it. I haven't finished the course yet but I already feel like I've improved my speaking ability, and I feel more comfortable just talking to people. | and keep on going makes the | Video | so wonderful. He's a nerd like | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| 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! | and exercises to be uploaded as | Video | for peer assignments. Great to get | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This was one of the better courses I've taken on Coursera. Simply put, I learned a lot. It was information dense, well thought out material, and presented by someone with the quality of ethos indicating a true educator. Also it tackled challenges like how to practice public speaking in a MOOC context with the creative application of video technology. Thank you Dr. McGarrity. | context with the creative application of | Video | technology. Thank you Dr. McGarrity. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | the course is helpful but not very interesting. i have lost interest at looking at the videos a number of times. the same background and the same set up looks very monotonous. | lost interest at looking at the | Video | a number of times. the same | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
| oZwETNccEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | I found the videos, slides and shared websites very useful. Another great Coursera course. | I found the | Video | slides and shared websites very useful. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| oZwETNccEeSV9iIAC0wBBw | I found the video lectures very choppy and difficult to watch. | I found the | Video | lectures very choppy and difficult to | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| o_VGekEUEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | I enjoyed the course. Lots of Roman history included. Lots of interesting videos from other experts in a particular area of study. But, I will never again take an on-line course with essay questions graded by other students. Out of frustration, I experimented by looking at the answers before taking the test so I knew I should have gotten a perfect score & still didn't get passing marks from my fellow students. I started just skipping them. Remove the essay questions & I would give this course 5 stars. | Roman history included. Lots of interesting | Video | from other experts in a particular | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| o_VGekEUEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | Dr. Soren explains very well all the subjects, making them very easy to be followed and understood. There is a very mix of technics during the course, using videos, maps, 3D representations, etc. Dr. Soren is really good and very, very nice person. The only thing I miss, is more weeks of course to enjoy even more this subject. It could be great to have a second part of the course, to have the chance of study Rome deeper and deeper :-) Greatings from Spain! | of technics during the course, using | Video | maps, 3D representations, etc. Dr. Soren | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | After also learning R from a non-Coursera MOOC, I find this Coursera course clunky and distractingly esoteric. Coursera occasionally crashes when attempting to parse or record the Python code that I've written, when that code runs fine on a regular IDE. This course in particular also includes lots of optional content that is either unnecessary (The Best Taco in the World video, for example) or for which it is unclear how to apply to Python (An interview with the inventor of JQuery, for example). Additionally, the instructor often assigns variable names that don't explain what the variable represents, which makes the videos a bit harder to follow than necessary. Despite all of this, I have learned a lot from this course. | (The Best Taco in the World | Video | for example) or for which it | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | After also learning R from a non-Coursera MOOC, I find this Coursera course clunky and distractingly esoteric. Coursera occasionally crashes when attempting to parse or record the Python code that I've written, when that code runs fine on a regular IDE. This course in particular also includes lots of optional content that is either unnecessary (The Best Taco in the World video, for example) or for which it is unclear how to apply to Python (An interview with the inventor of JQuery, for example). Additionally, the instructor often assigns variable names that don't explain what the variable represents, which makes the videos a bit harder to follow than necessary. Despite all of this, I have learned a lot from this course. | the variable represents, which makes the | Video | a bit harder to follow than | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Really excellent course. Great pacing with a really good book (did not watch the videos). The book is fantastic. | good book (did not watch the | Video | The book is fantastic. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | and I really like how each | Video | is an in-depth look at a | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Thanks Dr. Chuck for a great course! Your videos are informative :) | Chuck for a great course! Your | Video | are informative :) | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Thank you for the interesting course! One thing that this course lacks, in my opinion, is the division of the lecture material in smaller parts. It is easier to proceed, when the videos are about 7-10 minutes long, than 20-30. You can always stop in between those parts without the need to remember the last minute of the video you watched and also to feel closure, since the part has been checked as completed. Thanks again! I wish your course improves and stays successful! | is easier to proceed, when the | Video | are about 7-10 minutes long, than | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | keeps the learning funny, the extra | Video | are cool and give you a | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent pace and great course material. I like having both the videos and slides to refer to, as it allows me to continue studying in environments where I can't play a video. The content turned out to be unexpectedly useful in my work, too. | environments where I can't play a | Video | The content turned out to be | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Good and clear explanations in the videos as well as some helpful examples and detailed informations in additional materials (wiki, online-books etc.) | Good and clear explanations in the | Video | as well as some helpful examples | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Awesome experience. Dr. Chuck is a good teacher, gives real time examples, walked us through his world tour. Perfect Videos , sessions.I would give 10/10 for Dr.Chuck , Sir you are the best. | us through his world tour. Perfect | Video | , sessions. I would give 10/10 | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It is good. But the videos are too long....maybe they can be split into parts,which would make them easier to complete | It is good. But the | Video | are too long. . . . | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Perfect and smooth for new learners. Great videos and explanations. Thank you very much from Mexico! | and smooth for new learners. Great | Video | and explanations. Thank you very much | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | Great experience. The | Video | are exceedingly well-constructed, and the assignments | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | to the PowerPoints used in each | Video | were linked below each video. That | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | each video were linked below each | Video | That said, perhaps it was helpful | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | learning experience to have to stop | Video | and hand-copy the relevant code into | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Straightforward assignments and clear guidance in the videos make this course an enjoyable experience. | assignments and clear guidance in the | Video | make this course an enjoyable experience. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Very good BASIC course to get familiar with python data structures. Teaching slides and video clear and pleasant. | python data structures. Teaching slides and | Video | clear and pleasant. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Things are really starting to get interesting. Videos are generally very helpful. I had a tough time with the lecture on tuples. That one may require some fine tuning (or maybe I require some). | are really starting to get interesting. | Video | are generally very helpful. I had | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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!! | the short students around the world | Video | Thanks! ! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Excellent class! Was not a big fan of online courses; especially technical material but Dr Chuck is awesome. So engaging and he really makes the class fun. Really like the bonus videos as well as the format. Each chapter/ section broken down into small chucks so easier to digest. Small sections was also helpful if because if a certain concept was unclear it was easy to just go back and re-watch or re-read. Highly recommended. | class fun. Really like the bonus | Video | as well as the format. Each | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I really enjoyed this course and its prequel. Dr. Chuck, you are a wonderful teacher and I really appreciate the efforts and time you have put into each video. It almost feels like a breeze learning with you. I have learned a lot from your courses and hopefully will complete the specialisation in the future. | time you have put into each | Video | It almost feels like a breeze | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great course, step-by-step learning. Content is easy to understand and well explained. Videos provide further explanation, if required. If you want to learn Python by yourself, get enrolled now! | easy to understand and well explained. | Video | provide further explanation, if required. If | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Builds the knowledge and course videos were excellent. | Builds the knowledge and course | Video | were excellent. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | An excellent course overall. Dr. Chuck is great - very interesting to following during the video lectures. The quizzes and exercises are all challenging but not to the point where you cannot figure out what to do. | very interesting to following during the | Video | lectures. The quizzes and exercises are | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Awesome video tutorials,clear and precise. Thank you | Awesome | Video | tutorials, clear and precise. Thank you | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Course is designed very nicely. Loved the lectures and bonus videos in each chapter. | nicely. Loved the lectures and bonus | Video | in each chapter. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | The bonus videos/conversations add charm to the course apart from the awesome lecture videos. | course apart from the awesome lecture | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Simple instructions, easy to follow, enjoyable videos and online tool for running python code | Simple instructions, easy to follow, enjoyable | Video | and online tool for running python | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | the end despite watching all the | Video | and student curated notes. I feel | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Dr. Chuck's clear explanation of the features of the language is directed in such a way as to make sure I understand the concepts. I appreciate his lecture style and really enjoyed the extra videos interviewing different people about the languages they invented. l thoroughly enjoyed taking this course and easily learned the key concepts. | style and really enjoyed the extra | Video | interviewing different people about the languages | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Great course! A must for everyone interested in building software solutions using the python language. Dr. Chucks makes the course fun and interesting. I could not stop watching the video. Thanks Dr. Chucks! | I could not stop watching the | Video | Thanks Dr. Chucks! | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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 | assignments and quizzes without watching the | Video | I recommend that specializations should follow | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | excellent videos and challenging assignments to get thorough with the topics | excellent | Video | and challenging assignments to get thorough | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I know Python but wanted to refresh and brush up my basics. I have not gone through the video lectures and doing the exercises directly. I found the exercises very well built. Good for learning the basics. | I have not gone through the | Video | lectures and doing the exercises directly. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | So faranother good course to built on top on the first class, however, i wish the professor would have made a video on the notation in Python (.,:() etc) | the professor would have made a | Video | on the notation in Python (. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | excellent setup nice with the additional video's!!! | excellent setup nice with the additional | Video | ! ! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | More coding exercises, as optional for example, would be nice. Otherwise good course and guide videos. | nice. Otherwise good course and guide | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Overall satisfied with the course, moreover at the end of every chapter. There are extra videos about jquery, json, That was awesome. I learned something new in this course. | of every chapter. There are extra | Video | about jquery, json, That was awesome. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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.. | pain. Personally I liked the extra | Video | and Dr Chuck singing " I | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | I forget, I also think the | Video | of the international office hours are | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | student can be lonely experience. The | Video | snippets also serve to provide a | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It was very enjoyable to learn Python in this course. I have programming experience so it was easy but the way this course was taught compared to other online classes I have taken is exceptional. It was fun and instructional. Seeing video of other students around the world and the fun that Dr. Chuck convey throughout the class made it so enjoyable. Thank you very much to Dr Chuck and all his collaborators on this course. I look forward to one day to meet Dr Chuck and personally thank you for being who he is a very giving individual and inspiring many others to do the same. | It was fun and instructional. Seeing | Video | of other students around the world | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | A wonderful introduction to lists, dictionaries, and tuples in the python language. The online videos are clear and very helpful and the resources are excellent. | in the python language. The online | Video | are clear and very helpful and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Another joyful Python course from Dr. Charles Severance. Course were very dense, there was no boring details; give fundamentals, rest of it depends interest of the student. Also thanks for bonus videos and interviews. Most of them are very inspiring. I understand from Dr.'s courses that everyone seeing your job will enjoy if you enjoy by doing it. Thanks a lot. | the student. Also thanks for bonus | Video | and interviews. Most of them are | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | It was hard to some extent (didn't have coding practice for a long time) but absolutely clear video lecture explanations. Plus the book is awesome. Thank you so much. | a long time) but absolutely clear | Video | lecture explanations. Plus the book is | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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 | beyond the material outlined in the | Video | I eventually got the answer, but | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I found this to be a great introduction to python data structures. The way everything was explained made them easy to understand and, even as someone with a little bit of python experience, there were new things to learn. Videos and explination were all understandable and the excercises were, in my opinion, a good challenge and helped reinforce the things you learned in the lectures. I reccomend this course to those looking to learn python and, specifically, to those who completed the first part in this 5 part course or want to learn more about lists, tuples and dictionaries. | there were new things to learn. | Video | and explination were all understandable and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | Professor Chuck is stellar. He is knowledgable and very likable. I appreciate that the videos aren't scripted and polished. The lectures feel like I'm having a conversation with him. He also makes me laugh in every video. | very likable. I appreciate that the | Video | aren't scripted and polished. The lectures | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| P--h6zpNEeWYbg7p2_3OHQ | I like the explanations and worked exercises. I also love the fact I can speed up the videos because sometimes it's too slow for my taste. | fact I can speed up the | Video | because sometimes it's too slow for | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| 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. | it is safe to play the | Video | lectures at x1. 5 speed and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.1 |
| pD1uvzvKEeWjyxInT4zYJQ | I did not watch every single video (I watched it initially for a school project so I had to cherrypick videos) but have definitely learnt so much from all the interviews that the professor has compiled for us and see from different aspects, e.g. political, legal, socio-economic factors, even literature, that have shaped our society's view on HIV patients. The professor has left very positive note and resonance for us to be aware of HIV and how to change our community by being aware of it. It is truly a meaningful course and I just want to give a huge thank you to University of Michigan for this MOOC. | I did not watch every single | Video | (I watched it initially for a | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.9 |
| pD1uvzvKEeWjyxInT4zYJQ | I did not watch every single video (I watched it initially for a school project so I had to cherrypick videos) but have definitely learnt so much from all the interviews that the professor has compiled for us and see from different aspects, e.g. political, legal, socio-economic factors, even literature, that have shaped our society's view on HIV patients. The professor has left very positive note and resonance for us to be aware of HIV and how to change our community by being aware of it. It is truly a meaningful course and I just want to give a huge thank you to University of Michigan for this MOOC. | project so I had to cherrypick | Video | but have definitely learnt so much | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.9 |
| pD1uvzvKEeWjyxInT4zYJQ | This course provides a concise and balanced look at the aids epidemic,and social responsibility and response to it. I think it is comprehensive in the resources that we can access, additional videos, books, professionals, advocates and patients. Definitely a good starting off point for someone who wants a detailed introduction to the topic. I will review the materials again and again. Thank you. Good job. | resources that we can access, additional | Video | books, professionals, advocates and patients. Definitely | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 0.9 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | The course is generally good, but it seems to be a bit of a hybrid of several different courses. Perhaps the videos should be updated so that references in the videos to "the next several weeks" in the last week of the course, don't confuse students. | of several different courses. Perhaps the | Video | should be updated so that references | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Mostly as good as the course "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" I took couple of years ago. However, some of the videos are clearly taken from another courses and referencing to content not in this course. Especially the final week's content is very confusing, topics changing constantly without clear context and presentation. (I actually purposedly skipped the last few videos, as they seemed completely off the track and it was very hard to get anything out of them.) The exercices were good, starting where the previous course ended, and most of the videos were clear and well done (basically the videos by Martin). | years ago. However, some of the | Video | are clearly taken from another courses | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Mostly as good as the course "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" I took couple of years ago. However, some of the videos are clearly taken from another courses and referencing to content not in this course. Especially the final week's content is very confusing, topics changing constantly without clear context and presentation. (I actually purposedly skipped the last few videos, as they seemed completely off the track and it was very hard to get anything out of them.) The exercices were good, starting where the previous course ended, and most of the videos were clear and well done (basically the videos by Martin). | actually purposedly skipped the last few | Video | as they seemed completely off the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Mostly as good as the course "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" I took couple of years ago. However, some of the videos are clearly taken from another courses and referencing to content not in this course. Especially the final week's content is very confusing, topics changing constantly without clear context and presentation. (I actually purposedly skipped the last few videos, as they seemed completely off the track and it was very hard to get anything out of them.) The exercices were good, starting where the previous course ended, and most of the videos were clear and well done (basically the videos by Martin). | course ended, and most of the | Video | were clear and well done (basically | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | Mostly as good as the course "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" I took couple of years ago. However, some of the videos are clearly taken from another courses and referencing to content not in this course. Especially the final week's content is very confusing, topics changing constantly without clear context and presentation. (I actually purposedly skipped the last few videos, as they seemed completely off the track and it was very hard to get anything out of them.) The exercices were good, starting where the previous course ended, and most of the videos were clear and well done (basically the videos by Martin). | clear and well done (basically the | Video | by Martin). | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| 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. | previous courses. In same cases the | Video | lectures even display the wrong title | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| PeZYFz-zEeWB_AoW1KYI4Q | The content is excellent (as always), however the form leaves a bit to be desired. The video quality kept reverting to "low", and even on "high", the resolution was nothing to be proud of in 2016 (or at any time during this century). Also, the instructors appeared to make references to lectures that are not a part of this edition of the course. But these are small issues – the course is definitely worth taking, small imperfections or not. | a bit to be desired. The | Video | quality kept reverting to " low" | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.8 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Clear easy overview with great archival video | Clear easy overview with great archival | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Nothing but badly put together videos and recommendations for readings. The only terrible course on Coursera I've come across, and I've done a few dozen of them. | Nothing but badly put together | Video | and recommendations for readings. The only | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | nice videos, good compilation of materials that make learning about this part of history easier than if on own | nice | Video | good compilation of materials that make | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Very interesting, but I was really hoping more. For example, the professor does not teah us directly, like all the other courses on Coursera. It is only texts and archive videos.....Youtube would have done the same. Disappointed. | It is only texts and archive | Video | . . . . Youtube would | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Videos could be bigger and reduce the echo in particular | | Video | could be bigger and reduce the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Great topic and content. But there are several things that make this course cumbersome. It would be better to have a few shorter videos than to have one file of 30 to 60 minutes. Also please do not use hardcoded subtitles in the video, because there already is a option to enable subtitles. The last recommendation is to not mix videos and resources. Use the videos to lecture material, to narrate a story or show clips, but put all the resources (mandatory or optional) on a separate HTML page (as other courses usually do). Thank you for making the history of spaceflight come to live for me! | not use hardcoded subtitles in the | Video | because there already is a option | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Great topic and content. But there are several things that make this course cumbersome. It would be better to have a few shorter videos than to have one file of 30 to 60 minutes. Also please do not use hardcoded subtitles in the video, because there already is a option to enable subtitles. The last recommendation is to not mix videos and resources. Use the videos to lecture material, to narrate a story or show clips, but put all the resources (mandatory or optional) on a separate HTML page (as other courses usually do). Thank you for making the history of spaceflight come to live for me! | mix videos and resources. Use the | Video | to lecture material, to narrate a | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Loved this course, I am about half way through it. I am an history bluff and this course managed to hold my interest. The course is mostly made of interesting video clips of spaceflight with narration. I thought I had seen most videos of space flight but I got to see some rare clips of the soviet space program and learn some very interesting chapters of the race to conquer space that I was unaware of. There was an earlier review complaining of the links in the videos - but I got a message from the instructor that supplemental materials were initially missing and have now been added to the course. The links are available in the pdf after each chapter with some nicely done prezi presentations. Overall a very well made course that hooked me on to space flight, some chapters of this should be required viewing in high school/college courses. | I thought I had seen most | Video | of space flight but I got | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | Loved this course, I am about half way through it. I am an history bluff and this course managed to hold my interest. The course is mostly made of interesting video clips of spaceflight with narration. I thought I had seen most videos of space flight but I got to see some rare clips of the soviet space program and learn some very interesting chapters of the race to conquer space that I was unaware of. There was an earlier review complaining of the links in the videos - but I got a message from the instructor that supplemental materials were initially missing and have now been added to the course. The links are available in the pdf after each chapter with some nicely done prezi presentations. Overall a very well made course that hooked me on to space flight, some chapters of this should be required viewing in high school/college courses. | complaining of the links in the | Video | - but I got a message | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | The URLs for the course's required readings are presented as non-clickable text in the course lecture videos. There is no list of URLs for the readings available which I could find, and to take this course students are required to copy dozens of long, cumbersome web addresses from the videos. | non-clickable text in the course lecture | Video | There is no list of URLs | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | A nice idea but very poorly done. This would be cool topic to learn about but it is just so poorly executed. Week 1 was just introduction. Week 2 seemed okay, reasonably interesting with a video that although was somewhat dated in style managed to grab my attention for the 40 or so minutes in length. However Week 3 is where I get off. A 16 minute video of slides, with only a couple of minutes of narration in total with what seems like about 20 links to random articles over the internet Links to articles to read would be fine if done well, but with very little to join them up and link them back to the subject at hand is a bit boring. Also the worst part - the slides aren't posted so in order to get to these articles I had to pause the video and letter by letter type them into the address bar. I gave up after the third article and hit leave course. | seemed okay, reasonably interesting with a | Video | that although was somewhat dated in | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | A nice idea but very poorly done. This would be cool topic to learn about but it is just so poorly executed. Week 1 was just introduction. Week 2 seemed okay, reasonably interesting with a video that although was somewhat dated in style managed to grab my attention for the 40 or so minutes in length. However Week 3 is where I get off. A 16 minute video of slides, with only a couple of minutes of narration in total with what seems like about 20 links to random articles over the internet Links to articles to read would be fine if done well, but with very little to join them up and link them back to the subject at hand is a bit boring. Also the worst part - the slides aren't posted so in order to get to these articles I had to pause the video and letter by letter type them into the address bar. I gave up after the third article and hit leave course. | I get off. A 16 minute | Video | of slides, with only a couple | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| pFHWsjyCEeW7GArkqhNhJw | A nice idea but very poorly done. This would be cool topic to learn about but it is just so poorly executed. Week 1 was just introduction. Week 2 seemed okay, reasonably interesting with a video that although was somewhat dated in style managed to grab my attention for the 40 or so minutes in length. However Week 3 is where I get off. A 16 minute video of slides, with only a couple of minutes of narration in total with what seems like about 20 links to random articles over the internet Links to articles to read would be fine if done well, but with very little to join them up and link them back to the subject at hand is a bit boring. Also the worst part - the slides aren't posted so in order to get to these articles I had to pause the video and letter by letter type them into the address bar. I gave up after the third article and hit leave course. | articles I had to pause the | Video | and letter by letter type them | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | I get bored easily, but he made me watch the videos till I got it :) | but he made me watch the | Video | till I got it :) | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.06 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Outstanding Videos and M | Outstanding | Video | and M | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.06 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Clear explanations, easy to follow and put the knowledge into practice. Nicely edited videos, useful supplemental materials. | the knowledge into practice. Nicely edited | Video | useful supplemental materials. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.06 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Thank you for the videos, sildes and all the explaination for me to kick start my PMP. | Thank you for the | Video | sildes and all the explaination for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.06 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | Prof Rob Stone is a very good speaker and has made the videos very informative. The content is very small, which is good because it makes the course very lean, but bad because it merely scratches the surface of project management world. | good speaker and has made the | Video | very informative. The content is very | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 1.06 |
| PLnREdJzEeSeOiIACzWBkQ | I enjoyed this course. I feel that it covered enough data correlated with this career path to provide for efficient and thorough project manager skills. I thought the videos were very researched and properly displayed. I also feel as though the curriculum was well researched and selected. Thank you for having me in this course | project manager skills. I thought the | Video | were very researched and properly displayed. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.06 |
| PZNTj2DEEeWVEg5QpF1H_w | I very much enjoyed the thoroughness of Dr. Susser's explaination, the slow and clear manner of his teaching and the structure of the course into small, short videos. This allowed me to complete the course in small doses through my busy | of the course into small, short | Video | This allowed me to complete the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.67 |
| PZNTj2DEEeWVEg5QpF1H_w | The course material was very interesting! The videos were a bit too lengthy, however. | course material was very interesting! The | Video | were a bit too lengthy, however. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.67 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Es muy bueno el curso pero yo no hablo ingles y no puedo responder los cuestionarios. Aun así muchas gracias por permitirme disfrutar de los videos | gracias por permitirme disfrutar de los | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Very good course- simple to follow videos- not so long that you cant concentrate- and its fun as well. Very well researched course- I like the way the optional readings are grouped by module- this helps pace you correctly and give you the flexibility to explore a particular topic further. Handy practical guidance on avoiding the happiness mistakes we make day to day- I didn't realise so many I make myself. Thanks Prof Raj and team! | Very good course- simple to follow | Video | not so long that you cant | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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. | would ensure a coherence in the | Video | But overall a great course. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Extremely motivational, engaging and positively suggestive. Awesome job Prof. Happy Smarts! Great videos and materials, Kudos to the team! Great Job :D :D :D | Awesome job Prof. Happy Smarts! Great | Video | and materials, Kudos to the team! | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I had reached the last session of this course when it suddenly became impossible to access the video. i had to wait several days before this was possible (other videos from other sites were OK so must have been local to you and not a fault at my end) Then when I could access the site again I found I could not reconnect with the course at the level at which I had left it but would have to start again. Unsurprisingly I did not want to do this but would like to finish what was a very interesting and thought provoking course and the presentation was excellent and deserves 6 stars... the prof is a star. I hope you can help in this matter as there does not seem to be anywhere on your site where one has the opportunity to contact Coursera with problems such as this as I do not think this review page is truly relevant to the problem but where else can I go? Please do not suggest the Community Forum. Hopefully Mary W | suddenly became impossible to access the | Video | i had to wait several days | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I had reached the last session of this course when it suddenly became impossible to access the video. i had to wait several days before this was possible (other videos from other sites were OK so must have been local to you and not a fault at my end) Then when I could access the site again I found I could not reconnect with the course at the level at which I had left it but would have to start again. Unsurprisingly I did not want to do this but would like to finish what was a very interesting and thought provoking course and the presentation was excellent and deserves 6 stars... the prof is a star. I hope you can help in this matter as there does not seem to be anywhere on your site where one has the opportunity to contact Coursera with problems such as this as I do not think this review page is truly relevant to the problem but where else can I go? Please do not suggest the Community Forum. Hopefully Mary W | days before this was possible (other | Video | from other sites were OK so | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | The class was absolutely Wonderful, however I don't have the time to go at a student's pace (work , hom, life in general). I was trying to go back and finish week 6 video #4 but was unable to open the course! I want to llearn I wasn't aware there was a time limit to learn happiness. :( | go back and finish week 6 | Video | #4 but was unable to open | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Fun and engaging videos | Fun and engaging | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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. | combination with the ridiculously detailed instruction | Video | which consist to 95% of a | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Full of info, tips and strategies, and very engaging videos! Many thanks! | tips and strategies, and very engaging | Video | Many thanks! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Very good and useful course. And all the knowleges which I'd got from it I began to use now and will continue to use later in my usual life. P.S. Sometimes there were too many names of researchers in the videos, but all of the findings were interesting by themselfes. And I want to give personal gratitude to Prof. Raj: thank you Mr. Raj for your positive, passion and help! I wish you a life of happiness and fulfillment! | many names of researchers in the | Video | but all of the findings were | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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. | . . Make fewer, but longer | Video | In my opinion, I lose learning | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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. | time by watching so many short | Video | because each video has the opening | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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. | so many short videos, because each | Video | has the opening animation and closing | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Good fun & very thought-provoking. Deductions for sometimes lousy sound quality of videos and inane placing of quizzes. | for sometimes lousy sound quality of | Video | and inane placing of quizzes. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | A highly scientific and engaging course. I have learned many useful, practical tips and will be referring back to many of the videos at a later date to keep myself on track to happiness :-) | referring back to many of the | Video | at a later date to keep | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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! | video conference, telephone, and quotes. Lecture | Video | (though sometimes long) have lots of | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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! | who wish to explore further. LECTURE | Video | Prof Raj definitely knows what he | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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! | he is talking about and the | Video | are easy to follow. There are | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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! | follow. There are only a few | Video | where the audio isn't the best, | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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! | minutes spent on watching all lecture | Video | (for that week) averages to a | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | What a wonderful experience taking this class has been...I have really enjoyed Prof. Raj's videos and learning about human nature in regards to our happiness levels...I believe this to be a beneficial class for anyone and everyone to take and have expressed my excitement for it on many occasions with those I come in contact with...THANK YOU for the amazing work on putting this beneficiary course together...I hope to have the opportunity to continually review the content and continue to learn and grow in a positive way... | I have really enjoyed Prof. Raj's | Video | and learning about human nature in | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This is a very complete course if you want to understand how happiness can be achieved in your daily life and practice different methods to internalize them. Definitively after taking this course, your view about happiness will be different, and if you were neglecting happiness in your life, you will have now a motive to prioritize it in your life. I want to congratulate Dr. Raj and the course's support team. The idea, research done, the video assembling, the quick tests, etc., are well engaged and create a great synergy throughout the course in favour of the student. This methodology helps a lot to internalize the ideas and it is so playful that despite you will have to work in the course, you will do it happy. | team. The idea, research done, the | Video | assembling, the quick tests, etc. , | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This course was the one of the best I've taken on Coursera. The videos are well done, easy to understand and motivational. Highly recommend this course. | best I've taken on Coursera. The | Video | are well done, easy to understand | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | the best video and slide and funny straightforward way of teaching easy to understand | the best | Video | and slide and funny straightforward way | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Lots of unnecessary information included in each video which make them long and boring. Number and length of videos in each week are too much while the "practical" information you get are not enough! | of unnecessary information included in each | Video | which make them long and boring. | Negative | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Lots of unnecessary information included in each video which make them long and boring. Number and length of videos in each week are too much while the "practical" information you get are not enough! | and boring. Number and length of | Video | in each week are too much | Negative | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | What an uplifting and inspiring course! From this, you will get so much information that directly links to many other psychology studies, what a great introduction to the mind and it's workings! The video's are humorous, engaging and with so many guest speakers you are exposed to many varied viewpoints, which sets you off researching. I do want to add, that although the course title describes its aims perfectly, I feel it does not do the knowledge contained within, justice! Inspiring Work Raj Raghunathan!! | the mind and it's workings! The | Video | are humorous, engaging and with so | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Very well done! I am very grateful for all the people who helped putting this course available online. Thank you Professor Raj. It was a pleasure watching the videos and reading the well selected material. I will keep going. ;) | It was a pleasure watching the | Video | and reading the well selected material. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Highly recommended course, very well documented, fun, and with great practical information. Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan is an excellent speaker, and he added great videos of recognized specialist in the theme. Congratulation to Coursera and the Business India School. Un curso muy recomendable, esta muy bien documentado, muy ameno, con información útil y práctica. Además del Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan, que es un excelente expositor, hay muy buenos videos de especialstas muy reconocidos. Felicidades a coursera y a la Escuela de Negocios de la India por tan buen material. | excellent speaker, and he added great | Video | of recognized specialist in the theme. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Highly recommended course, very well documented, fun, and with great practical information. Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan is an excellent speaker, and he added great videos of recognized specialist in the theme. Congratulation to Coursera and the Business India School. Un curso muy recomendable, esta muy bien documentado, muy ameno, con información útil y práctica. Además del Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan, que es un excelente expositor, hay muy buenos videos de especialstas muy reconocidos. Felicidades a coursera y a la Escuela de Negocios de la India por tan buen material. | un excelente expositor, hay muy buenos | Video | de especialstas muy reconocidos. Felicidades a | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | the contents of the course were very good. It is essential material that everyone should learn about as early as possible in their life. It should be essential learning in each school. All the material is based on scientific facts. there are, however, reasons why I did not rate this course with 5 points. The amount of material takes a lifetime to digest and adopt. To cram this into a few weeks was not the appropriate way to teach it. there were way too many videos one was supposed to watch within a single week. Sometimes even the summary videos for a single week took 20 minutes. That is just not right. I was so busy memorizing the material that I did not find the time to adopt it in my daily life. what a pity. it will take me many months to really digest the material | it. there were way too many | Video | one was supposed to watch within | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | the contents of the course were very good. It is essential material that everyone should learn about as early as possible in their life. It should be essential learning in each school. All the material is based on scientific facts. there are, however, reasons why I did not rate this course with 5 points. The amount of material takes a lifetime to digest and adopt. To cram this into a few weeks was not the appropriate way to teach it. there were way too many videos one was supposed to watch within a single week. Sometimes even the summary videos for a single week took 20 minutes. That is just not right. I was so busy memorizing the material that I did not find the time to adopt it in my daily life. what a pity. it will take me many months to really digest the material | single week. Sometimes even the summary | Video | for a single week took 20 | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Great topics, engaging videos, excellent teacher. Recommended! | Great topics, engaging | Video | excellent teacher. Recommended! | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This is one of the finest course I have taken on Coursera. I know what "Happiness" is and how to be happy all the time. I loved the 'Mindfulness" videos, they were simply amazing | the time. I loved the 'Mindfulness" | Video | they were simply amazing | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Engaging videos. Clear path with easy to follow directions for practices | Engaging | Video | Clear path with easy to follow | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Must for all. Make you think what is happiness for you. Make you analyze your habits and check the direction of your efforts for happiness. I like the structure of the program. 7 Sins and 7 Habits for it. Also references to books, research papers, videos, scientists convinced the audience the techniques to become happy are scientifically proven. | Also references to books, research papers, | Video | scientists convinced the audience the techniques | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Awesome course. I want to thank all the people who worked on this course. Especially I want to express gratitude to Prof. Raj, he is a really good teacher, I watched every video with a big interest. Your students in universities are big luckers to have such a great teacher. Prof. Raj and his team have done a big job, learned a lot of materials, took a lot of interviews etc. just for preparing this terrific course for us. Thank you so much. English is not my native language, maybe I did some mistakes, but I hope I've expressed my gratitude pretty clear. | really good teacher, I watched every | Video | with a big interest. Your students | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am just mid-way through this course but I really can't stop myself from writing this review now, before I even finish it! Definitely it is the best course I have personally taken, despite the large number of courses I have experienced, some of them of excellent quality, in Coursera and elsewhere. Here we have a charismatic professor giving a great teaching performance, offering a vast amount of knowledge, a wealth of positive motivation and a big lesson for life! Obviously there is huge effort and hard work behind these exemplary video lectures. I would give it a 6/5 if I could.. | and hard work behind these exemplary | Video | lectures. I would give it a | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This course is one of the best offerings I've taken from Coursera. Due to Raj, Catherine and the team, the content, research, production with graphics, and readings ----- the weeks' lessons far exceeded my expectations. The trick with learning is applying what I have learned, so that is my intent. Hats off to enhancing sometimes hard-to-grasp concepts through video, interviews and quizzes. The online format and technical process worked 100% fine for me without any problems or glitches. I have been happy with everything! Thank you! Learner ID | to enhancing sometimes hard-to-grasp concepts through | Video | interviews and quizzes. The online format | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Great methodology by the teacher and very ludic videos | by the teacher and very ludic | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This was a very good course and it offered many reasons why people aren't happy and techniques on how to change. There were some instances where it was confusing and/or the information was too segmented. I liked that the videos were short, but sometimes that contributed to the segmentation of a lesson. I would recommend this course to others. | too segmented. I liked that the | Video | were short, but sometimes that contributed | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.06 |
| 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. | Excellent course, with good | Video | lectures. However, the written course materials, | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The course was clear, I had difficulties to find course materials, especially examples were used in the video class, I wish they had been put in more obvious places. | especially examples were used in the | Video | class, I wish they had been | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | This is a very good course that teaches you many important skills in preparation for the next courses. It does start off with the basics of SQL DDL and DML that most professionals may already know, but later modules that cover design concepts and practice are very good. There are a few errors in the videos but these are easy to spot. | are a few errors in the | Video | but these are easy to spot. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | I could not finish because videos were stuttered - even with bigger bandwidth - and as a consequence I could not finish the course and the exercises in my limited free time (therefore, only 2 stars). Is the problem solved now - cause I d like to resume the course again. If that's more successful now I would start the next parts of the specialization. Thank you for an answer! | I could not finish because | Video | were stuttered - even with bigger | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Short videos, but good Practice problems and Assignments. | Short | Video | but good Practice problems and Assignments. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | This course is very well put together with detailed video lectures, many realistic practice example and extensive problem sets. It requires a lot of work but it can be accomplished quickly if you are dedicated. You can quickly acknowledge the value of the course by the amount of work the professors put into creating this course. If you want a course that gives you are complete introduction and detailed development of Databases and Database Modelling incl. MySQL and Oracle. This is the course for you. | very well put together with detailed | Video | lectures, many realistic practice example and | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Great Course!! The videos are excellent and all the material given is easy to understand and practice It. Highly recommended. | Great Course! ! The | Video | are excellent and all the material | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| qLFYrxnoEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The lecture videos have a format that is a bit over structured. It feels like the instructor takes as much time asking and answering an often contrived "motivation" question as he does teaching relevant material. The slides are of sufficient quality however to make viewing the lectures optional. . I would have appreciated having all the courses documents in single zip file. | The lecture | Video | have a format that is a | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| 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? | do learn a lot from the | Video | (and the stuff you learn is | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| 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? | wrong practices too. So while the | Video | are great, the actual teacher involvement | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Excellent course! The videos are easy to follow along, and Dr. Borg is great at explaining the material. Also, it was fun to learn how to use Tableau, and develop a thorough understanding of the program. Highly recommend this course if you are interested in data analytics, data visualization, and/or business presentations. | Excellent course! The | Video | are easy to follow along, and | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Prof. Jana S. Borg is the simply the best! Every lecture material (videos/exercises/final project) is carefully crafted to optimize student's learning experience. She's made the learning fun and that's not easy to do! Now, let's talk about the reason why I didn't give this course a full 5-star rating.... It's the students! As you might already know, this class requires us to put together a 5-minute screencast video that will demonstrate our understanding in 1) Tableau, 2) Business Analytics and 3) Presentation skills. Unfortunately, most of the students only care about the first one while blatantly ignoring the other two. And that makes the grading process a pain in the..errr.... you know what! Another important reminder. Be sure to submit the final project days before the deadline. Otherwise, you might be at risk of not getting graded by 3 other students! On the forum, a student claimed that she was forced to join this session because she couldn't get 3 peers to grade her project TWO SESSIONS ago! The horror! | to put together a 5-minute screencast | Video | that will demonstrate our understanding in | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| 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. | I loved this course. The lecture | Video | taught me a lot and I | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| 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. | with screenshots, or make another lecture | Video | on how to submit. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The instructor provided a data set from an actual business to use in the Tableau analysis. I felt that the videos and supplemental information provided valuable instruction on data analysis in the Tableau software and the communication of the results. This was a great class. | Tableau analysis. I felt that the | Video | and supplemental information provided valuable instruction | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | I have loved this course and the videos have been amazing. This course has been fantastic for getting a foundation in understanding data analysis and the use of Tableau! | have loved this course and the | Video | have been amazing. This course has | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Muy buen curso, ademas de servir de introducción de manera indirecta a SQL. Los videos de la maestra son muy buenos, ademas de ser muy explicativa, es cálida y agradable. | de manera indirecta a SQL. Los | Video | de la maestra son muy buenos, | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | This course may be misleading aspiring data analysts and scientists: it may give the false impression that, with the tools learned here, you will be able to analyze your data by yourself. In fact, you would be completely missing on large chapters of statistics and, as a result, you would often end up drawing wrong conclusions and believe you did a great job. For example, what is the point of giving you a single 10-minutes video on how to do regression in Tableau if you don't even know regression (which is AT LEAST a one-term course in graduate school, and only after several other prior basic stats courses)? BEWARE: get a much larger background in statistics before applying anything you learn here in real life. Some minimal stats knowledge should be recommended as a pre-requisite for this course, or else you end up doing like those monkeys using a statistical software without really understanding what they are doing and drawing conclusions with blissful ignorance. The problem is: some of your audience will know and will notice, more often than you might think and you will end up looking like an idiot. Sorry to be negative here, but I think I owe you, my co-student, at least a warning: do learn more stats elsewhere!! ... good luck. | of giving you a single 10-minutes | Video | on how to do regression in | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The material is very interesting with well-made videos. Great course to get an introduction to Tableau. The downside for me was that some videos were rushed with as they had too much content, and quizzes could be much better, I found the questions not really up-to-par with the course content. | material is very interesting with well-made | Video | Great course to get an introduction | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The material is very interesting with well-made videos. Great course to get an introduction to Tableau. The downside for me was that some videos were rushed with as they had too much content, and quizzes could be much better, I found the questions not really up-to-par with the course content. | downside for me was that some | Video | were rushed with as they had | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The video presentation at the end isn't what I would expect/want from an online course. I stopped short of the final project, but the course was otherwise useful. | The | Video | presentation at the end isn't what | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The videos are very clear and easy to grasp knowledge. Way much better than data analysis with excel course. | The | Video | are very clear and easy to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Good videos well presented. Good intro into data viz and Tableau | Good | Video | well presented. Good intro into data | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QoJxNRnoEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Professor is engaging and I am happy there are so many video lectures, it is really nice and you feel you are genuinely progressing. Quizzes are very tough though and this course requires a lot of dedication and some frequent repeats of the videos to understand the material. | am happy there are so many | Video | lectures, it is really nice and | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Did not want to take this course for credit. Basically watched all of the videos. Found it very interesting and informative. | credit. Basically watched all of the | Video | Found it very interesting and informative. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Great work, very broad range of themes with interconnections, nice videos, some of lecturers very enthusiastic and therefore they gain the attention of students easily. | range of themes with interconnections, nice | Video | some of lecturers very enthusiastic and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Great videos and a | Great | Video | and a | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Sorry, the guy in the first video doesn't blink, which is very weird. The second video was so incredibly dry and boring that I completely lost interest. I know this could be a fascinating course with the proper videos and visuals to help people understand it. | Sorry, the guy in the first | Video | doesn't blink, which is very weird. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Sorry, the guy in the first video doesn't blink, which is very weird. The second video was so incredibly dry and boring that I completely lost interest. I know this could be a fascinating course with the proper videos and visuals to help people understand it. | which is very weird. The second | Video | was so incredibly dry and boring | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Sorry, the guy in the first video doesn't blink, which is very weird. The second video was so incredibly dry and boring that I completely lost interest. I know this could be a fascinating course with the proper videos and visuals to help people understand it. | a fascinating course with the proper | Video | and visuals to help people understand | Positive | 0.8 | -1.0 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| QRDjcWLVEeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | A lot of info cramped in long videos makes it confusing sometimes | lot of info cramped in long | Video | makes it confusing sometimes | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.03 | 1.1 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | I think the level was a bit on the low side and the time i had to spend on each week was far less compared with the first module. Videos maintain high standard. | less compared with the first module. | Video | maintain high standard. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 1.01 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | The speaking style and body language of the instructor was quite monotonous when teaching the content. For the most part of the course, it felt like the instructor was just "reading" the teleprompter without blinking for several seconds! He did not attempt to teach the students in these videos. It could have been MUCH better if he had used better presentation tools and shorter sentences. | to teach the students in these | Video | It could have been MUCH better | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 1.01 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Huge difference reading feedback from peers. Videos short and sweet. Will love to have recommended extra reading, videos, etc. | Huge difference reading feedback from peers. | Video | short and sweet. Will love to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.01 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Huge difference reading feedback from peers. Videos short and sweet. Will love to have recommended extra reading, videos, etc. | love to have recommended extra reading, | Video | etc. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.01 |
| r0e9gyUAEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Very practical course with a lot of interesting info. Excellent performance of the videos. | interesting info. Excellent performance of the | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.01 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | Good Introduction to some of the Algorithms in Computational Planning . More of training in assignment than explanation in video | training in assignment than explanation in | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| 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. | at the end of the last | Video | I also think the assignments can | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| 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 contents and quality of the | Video | lectures are great. The quality of | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | First course of this specialization was really GREAT, but this course disappoints. Of course, there are some interesting topics, but the form of the course is way lazier. Videos are short, there is small amount of additional materials, | of the course is way lazier. | Video | are short, there is small amount | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| 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. | the theory aspects in the course | Video | which bothered me a lot considering | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| 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. | offer about 1-2 hours of course | Video | I think this course could offer | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| 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. | other challenging algorithms taught in those | Video | to be left for our own | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| 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. | short(in terms of total hours of | Video | lectures) is nicely compiled. The quality | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| r8zaNVu-EeW0ugrg2GGh4Q | I think that the theory was very poor in sense of the videos were very short and with little content. The topics that we've seen were difficult to learn by itself, and a better explanation could be very useful in practice. | very poor in sense of the | Video | were very short and with little | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | Great working examples to learn Analytics in Financial Statement Analysis. Pace of videos was great. Working excel worksheet gives perfect hands on experience to vary and run the scenarios. Having done "Introduction to Financial Accounting" by same professor gave little bit more visibility into reading statements and understanding ratio analysis. Virtual Classroom is getting more new students in each course. I am looking forward to Advance Financial Accounting course. | in Financial Statement Analysis. Pace of | Video | was great. Working excel worksheet gives | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | I would add more examples on how to populate the data, even spend time on optional videos where the professor or his assistant goes through testing ratios (something similar to Operations Analytics). I feel like the professor was rushing through his explanations and the models. Maybe people found the course very useful however I felt like there was too much text and immediate switch to Excel file that was elaborated shortly. Overall, I am not sure how to apply these ratios in my final project... | data, even spend time on optional | Video | where the professor or his assistant | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | First of all, I would like to express my gratefulness to Coursera who presenting this excellent platform for those who is interested in ongoing lifetime education and hardworking and contributions to bring all the greatest courses from top universities around the world. Second, I thank you Prof Brian and Christopher for all your time, work especially your knowledge that you brought and shared within these videos. I truly appreciate and like the way you teaching and delivering the professional knowledge. To me, as a student who's just started stepping in accounting field, I found that accounting classes is so much interesting done by you, and it is a pure enjoyment as I learnt all the key knowledge. On there other hand, the courses gave me a general clear picture of how important and critical the accounting is in daily business management. I will continue study accounting as I pursue my professional goals and career path. | you brought and shared within these | Video | I truly appreciate and like the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| 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. | follow. I have watched whole the | Video | for more than 2 times in | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | It's ok. Bushee is very knowledgeable and a very enthusiastic teacher, but his lessons are too dense compared to the content in the rest of the Wharton BA programs. I actually like all the detail, but I think it's covered too quickly and the course should probably be made longer to deal with it all. There are ratios and balance sheet jargon just flying at you at a breathless pace. It would be better to focus on a few key ones and then walk through the examples a little more slowly. The quizzes were extremely tricky with too many choose more than one answers. It was difficult to find the parts of the video to review missed questions because 1) the transcripts are machine generated and make it difficult to search specific words and 2) it's difficult to remember where the concept was covered because there was so much in each video. The last week felt very disconnected from the first week and like it belonged in a different course almost. It was pretty good, though. I liked how it contained specific examples and charts. | to find the parts of the | Video | to review missed questions because 1) | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | It's ok. Bushee is very knowledgeable and a very enthusiastic teacher, but his lessons are too dense compared to the content in the rest of the Wharton BA programs. I actually like all the detail, but I think it's covered too quickly and the course should probably be made longer to deal with it all. There are ratios and balance sheet jargon just flying at you at a breathless pace. It would be better to focus on a few key ones and then walk through the examples a little more slowly. The quizzes were extremely tricky with too many choose more than one answers. It was difficult to find the parts of the video to review missed questions because 1) the transcripts are machine generated and make it difficult to search specific words and 2) it's difficult to remember where the concept was covered because there was so much in each video. The last week felt very disconnected from the first week and like it belonged in a different course almost. It was pretty good, though. I liked how it contained specific examples and charts. | there was so much in each | Video | The last week felt very disconnected | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | So, for example, in the final | Video | for Week 1, the optional video, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | video for Week 1, the optional | Video | instead of just suggesting that the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | to have the students stop the | Video | and go try it themselves. With | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | require “parroting” something said in the | Video | I’m sure that the professor can | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | lots of examples. In Week 1 | Video | 1 the in-line quiz might provide | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | an answer is provided in the | Video | Alternatively, he could have the students | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | the ratios and why. Week 1 | Video | 2 offers lots of similar opportunities | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | expects students will watch the optional | Video | anyway, why make them optional? In | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | In the case of the Valuation | Video | despite some of the mathematics being | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | not only breaks up the longer | Video | and helps to keep students focused | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rc5KG0aUEeWG1w6arGoEIQ | This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course: Week 1 I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios. What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place. One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video. I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why. Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials. All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful. Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet. I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information. Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts. I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures. You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts. Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful. Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting. Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material. Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language. Overall Comments I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios. I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched. It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily. In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance. There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live. | of these by flagging the specific | Video | where they occurred. Thank you for | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | Amazing teacher, and amazing concepts! I REALLY enjoyed going through this course and learning a lot of great concepts for getting ideas for video games, and general advice for game design! | great concepts for getting ideas for | Video | games, and general advice for game | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | It appears the teacher doesn't take the necessary steps to polish content and tests, everything feels unstructured and ad-lib. Course videos don't seem to follow any kind of logic or purpose and tests are based on highly subjective content, but are not prepared to deal with the subjectivity of reviewers (i.e. forcing them to provide feedback instead of giving points arbitrarily). | everything feels unstructured and ad-lib. Course | Video | don't seem to follow any kind | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| 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. | That's not to say that the | Video | aren't interesting. But, given their rambling | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | One big user-experience comment is that I wish that the videos had been edited; there are many long pauses and times where there is a lot of talking around the thing that you actually want to say. I think you have some great things to say, but perhaps streamlining those ideas and editing out the times when you need to pause to think (which is definitely legitimate when recording yourself!) or other things of that nature, would have definitely cut down on the length of the videos. Long videos aren't bad, if they are well put-together and conveying information in an engaging way. | is that I wish that the | Video | had been edited; there are many | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | One big user-experience comment is that I wish that the videos had been edited; there are many long pauses and times where there is a lot of talking around the thing that you actually want to say. I think you have some great things to say, but perhaps streamlining those ideas and editing out the times when you need to pause to think (which is definitely legitimate when recording yourself!) or other things of that nature, would have definitely cut down on the length of the videos. Long videos aren't bad, if they are well put-together and conveying information in an engaging way. | down on the length of the | Video | Long videos aren't bad, if they | Negative | -0.9 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | One big user-experience comment is that I wish that the videos had been edited; there are many long pauses and times where there is a lot of talking around the thing that you actually want to say. I think you have some great things to say, but perhaps streamlining those ideas and editing out the times when you need to pause to think (which is definitely legitimate when recording yourself!) or other things of that nature, would have definitely cut down on the length of the videos. Long videos aren't bad, if they are well put-together and conveying information in an engaging way. | the length of the videos. Long | Video | aren't bad, if they are well | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| 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. | started out very rocky and the | Video | had errors, the quizzes had problems, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | The templates are very good, but the course videos are too general. | are very good, but the course | Video | are too general. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| 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. | I have taken in coursera. The | Video | feel unstructured without preparation and boring. | Negative | -0.9 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| 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. | of then without watching a single | Video | or lecture. The assignments are interesting | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| RKMa0PTnEeSR9SIAC7LYOA | It was great learning experience. I loved the way Prof. explained, very simple langauge and explained with proper graphs and images. Inclusion of external videos was very helpful. I highly recommend. | graphs and images. Inclusion of external | Video | was very helpful. I highly recommend. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 0.94 |
| 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. | Main problem is that the lecture | Video | are unscripted and could easily be | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.62 | 0.94 |
| RKMa0PTnEeSR9SIAC7LYOA | Very well structured course with a good introduction of thinking about the world energy business. Videos are very crisp and development of the course from broad base info of energy options to the strategy tools involved in making energy decisions is very well thought out. | thinking about the world energy business. | Video | are very crisp and development of | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.94 |
| RKMa0PTnEeSR9SIAC7LYOA | The course content is carefully thought through. The participation contribution is rewarding and the instructor has managed to convey key concepts of the energy business in a few properly executed short videos. It will be great to develop a Specialization around the core areas addressed by this fundamentals course. I will recommend this for anyone interested in understanding keys aspects of the global energy business. | in a few properly executed short | Video | It will be great to develop | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 0.94 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a disconnect between the video lectures and the assignments/quizzes. | There is a disconnect between the | Video | lectures and the assignments/quizzes. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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... | for a programming beginner. Watching the | Video | left me confused about key concepts, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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... | once I just turned off the | Video | read through the slides and focused | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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... | - just keep in mind the | Video | may not be for everyone. . | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | is an awesome kick-starter for R-programming. | Video | Lectures : The speed and content | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | this course. Prof. Peng - your | Video | are really good and far from | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The swirl exercises were helpful, but the video lectures and assignments were not. | swirl exercises were helpful, but the | Video | lectures and assignments were not. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | are huge gaps between learning materials | Video | and assignments. Assignments are very difficult | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | not adequately discussed in the lecture | Video | Had to dig through several buried | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The videos have very little to do with tests | The | Video | have very little to do with | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | many, many 1 and 2 minute | Video | these could've easily been combined. The | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | They shouldn't compact 14+ videos in one week. | They shouldn't compact 14+ | Video | in one week. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Assignments are not what we expected to be according to video lectures... | we expected to be according to | Video | lectures. . . | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The first 2 weeks have too many videos, which make it difficult to follow. This breaks the flow of the lectures and makes a lot of unuseful repetitions. The slides only have words and are hard to follow, no graphs or illustrations, this means that you rely on the voice of the lecturer to guide you, which is difficult sometimes. Furthermore, the code presented is not run 'live', and results are often lacking, which makes comparison with 'my own results' hard to do. Summary: Not that its a bad course (SWIRL is a great tool), just look for another course that's easier to follow. | first 2 weeks have too many | Video | which make it difficult to follow. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I like the whole experience, but there are some gaps between sessions and weekly projects. I think this course can be improved with adding small tests between each session and providing several exercises as complimentary material. For understanding many topics I watch many other videos on youtube till I grasp the concept. | many topics I watch many other | Video | on youtube till I grasp the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | question). I completed all of the | Video | swirl programming tasks, took fairly decent | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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 | be challenging as the assignments and | Video | assume basic knowledge of stats and | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Hands-on with the videos should be given, instead of cumulative long assignments. | Hands-on with the | Video | should be given, instead of cumulative | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is not much of a relation between what the course gives (explains with the videos and with the SWIRL exercises) and the real exercices they ask to. Too difficult to follow by people new in the programming area. | the course gives (explains with the | Video | and with the SWIRL exercises) and | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | compared to level discussed in lecture | Video | Although lecture videos are very informative | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | exercises on just that! However the | Video | and sections for each week are | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | If you are planning to learn R, then go and buy a book. This course is a complete scam. At least don't pay any money. The reasons; 1.) They advertise that you need couple of hours of study per week. That's a lie, you have to study much more than that unless if you know a little R programming. 2.) The quiz questions are totally unrelated from the lessons. They teach you the basic stuff but they expect you to accomplish intermediate quizzes. 3.) The instructor has no idea how to teach. May be he is trying to prove something. I couldn't really understand his motives. If you really want to teach that's simple. You do couple of extra videos and teach whatever you are asking in quizzes, or tell us to read a certain material. He didn't do any of them which means he either doesn't know how to teach or this specialization is a complete scam. 4.) And I don't really understand what coursera is doing by the way? What kind of a business model is this. I was planning to enroll many specializations but now I am not going to do it. So think about how much they are loosing. Where is the quality assurance. Just because one guy comes up to you and say that he teaches this and that do you believe them? MY ADVICE TO YOU: DON'T PAY ANYTHING FOR THIS SPECIALIZATION. AND FOR ANY OTHER COURSE READ THE BAD REVIEWS FIRST (WHICH WAS MY MISTAKE). | simple. You do couple of extra | Video | and teach whatever you are asking | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Videos are poorly narrated and are marginally effective: vocabulary + key concepts only. The "swirl" exercises are woefully inadequate to prepare students for the quizzes. Foundational tasks (i.e. establishing a valid connection to the sample data) are conspicuously absent from the guided exercises; leaving too many students to seek help from message boards and google. Lastly, the "professors" are completely unreachable: they may as well be dead. After 30 years in the IT industry, I found this course to be profoundly aggravating and a complete waste of my time - I have abandoned this course and bought a "Teach Yourself" book instead. | | Video | are poorly narrated and are marginally | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | DataCamp and starting there. The lecture | Video | were not engaging, and the jump | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Death by power point. If you can learn from essentially listening to a pod cast and reading unix type manual pages, then this course is for you! If you're like the rest of the population, then these lecture videos are useless. The only redeeming quality to this course has been the homework, but you can find them online or come up with them on your own. | of the population, then these lecture | Video | are useless. The only redeeming quality | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Excellent course. Good videos, very nice programming exercises. Perfect for someone who wants to learn R for the first time. | Excellent course. Good | Video | very nice programming exercises. Perfect for | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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! | if it was more interactive. The | Video | aren't very helpful for a beginner | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course covers a lot of different topics related to R programming. I think the course explain a lot of important concepts. In my opinion the level of the videos too simple and is needed to do the practical part by yourself using swift in the console. This way you learn about what you need otherwise the class exercises are pretty complicated. | my opinion the level of the | Video | too simple and is needed to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | not because of the course material. | Video | are dull readings of the pdfs, | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | To many text on the slides. Video resolution is not adopted for smartphone (Asus zenfone 5) | To many text on the slides. | Video | resolution is not adopted for smartphone | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | The | Video | lectures were not on par with | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | Assignments do not correspond with | Video | lessons. Video lessons has a lot | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | do not correspond with video lessons. | Video | lessons has a lot of teorical | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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 | Video | lectures will help you to pass | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | In some cases I felt the course lecture (video) was bit tough to understand and few things could have been explained better. The Swirl complemented and filled most of these gaps. | cases I felt the course lecture | Video | was bit tough to understand and | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The videos were helpful, but too fast. Not a lot of time is spent on any of the functions of F. Swirl helps but not a lot. | The | Video | were helpful, but too fast. Not | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | there is a huge distance between what you teach in the videos, which is fine, and the programming assingments which seem to be apt at an expert audience. to solve these problems I have to spend hours and hours on the internet looking at other people doing similar projects or asking for help. I agree that by looking you can get insight into what you are doing, but the lessons need to be built little by little and supported by practice. You can't slam me with these cache problems giving me an example that is hard to understand (much harder than anything seen during class) and expect me to do it in 5 hours per week. Maybe 5 hours per day. Disappointed. I wanted to use the whole course to learn about rprogramming but I will most likely try to get back the money I spent on this and let it go. | between what you teach in the | Video | which is fine, and the programming | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The course progressed very rapidly. Only the basics of R programming were covered in the videos, but then the assignments were SUPER hard! | R programming were covered in the | Video | but then the assignments were SUPER | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | very helpful to learn R, swirl | Video | explain clearly all the technical skill. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Great courses design, assignments are much harder than things taught in video. The swirl lesson, though not required, is quite helpful. | much harder than things taught in | Video | The swirl lesson, though not required, | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I am experienced in C++/C etc and some 50% of the videos i had to rewind. The assignments are really good though | etc and some 50% of the | Video | i had to rewind. The assignments | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Slides and videos are a bit insufficient in order to finish course projects. Apart from that, this course is awesome! | Slides and | Video | are a bit insufficient in order | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The content and the speed that they teach you R are actually good. But considering that we now have to pay 45€/49$ for the course you will expect more polished videos and quizzes. Some of the videos are just stutters, repetitions and filling words. It's seems like they have been in a rush without decent preparation. Also one of the quiz questions was simply wrong. This should be fixed. Furthermore some of the commands they present are deprecated and cannot be used anymore. | course you will expect more polished | Video | and quizzes. Some of the videos | Positive | 0.8 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The content and the speed that they teach you R are actually good. But considering that we now have to pay 45€/49$ for the course you will expect more polished videos and quizzes. Some of the videos are just stutters, repetitions and filling words. It's seems like they have been in a rush without decent preparation. Also one of the quiz questions was simply wrong. This should be fixed. Furthermore some of the commands they present are deprecated and cannot be used anymore. | videos and quizzes. Some of the | Video | are just stutters, repetitions and filling | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | Toolbox course. The material in the | Video | is quite more basic than the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | The video lectures were engaging with interesting tidbits thrown in to make the potentially dull topic not dull. I personally liked the rhythm and pace with which Dr Peng delivered the content. Also, the swirl exercises are a critical element of this course and I often found it effective to sandwich the swirl exercises between the video and the quiz. Doing this provided an incentive to complete the swirl practice and also made the quiz/assignment less of an exercise in 'dart-throwing' and more of validating what you've learned. Overall, great course to get started with R! | sandwich the swirl exercises between the | Video | and the quiz. Doing this provided | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | Excellent introductory discussions in the | Video | The in-R Swirl tutorial is superb | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | between the content delivered in the | Video | lectures and the demands of the | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| 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. | I think the | Video | is much easier than the quizzes | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Super satisfied with this course! Lecture videos are top quality, the PDF is available which makes studying and going back to the material more easy. The swirl programming lectures are very well done. I learnt more than I expected, quicker than I thought I would! Thumbs up! | Super satisfied with this course! Lecture | Video | are top quality, the PDF is | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | There is a wide gap between the lectures and the practice. Its clear that the video material is completely inadequate and insufficient for the course. A poor introduction to programming. | the practice. Its clear that the | Video | material is completely inadequate and insufficient | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | This course is VERY abstract and I find myself rushing through the videos to get to the practice/quiz so that I can trial and error my way through the project..... hoping for the best. Neither am I excited about starting the lesson each week because there is no real world problem/or data set I'm continuously practicing from. The lessons are essentially a reference guide and not a useful approach for teaching. If I wanted a reference guide, I'd just pick up one of the various handbooks/books on the markets that list R codes and their functions. A better way to teach/present this course is by infusing actual, real world examples or cases throughout the lessons instead of just listing a function and talking through its corresponding activity/response. Ideally, the real world example would be introduced in the first lesson in Week 1 and that data set would be used throughout the course(s) to apply and practice newly introduced functions. Teaching from this perspective would likely make the concepts much easier to grasp and importantly, RETAIN. The lessons, as they are currently presented, encourage rote memorization and rob the students of actually applying the concepts/code taught. Also, I love the idea of this specialization. However, I think the professors need to work more closely with online instructional designers to make the entire series more palatable for online learning. It very much feels as if they have adapted a traditional course on their own without the help of professionals who are skilled at designing online courses. If the aforementioned is the case, the professor(s) should be commended for their efforts, but there is definitely more work to be done to make this an engaging course I'd recommend. PS - I am taking notes and I have some experience with STATA so this type of coding/anaylsis is not unfamiliar to me. I can only imagine how novices may take to the lessons. | I find myself rushing through the | Video | to get to the practice/quiz so | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | Awesome Course, Good documented, effective videos and great new platform. Thanks Coursera for offering such a nice courses. | Awesome Course, Good documented, effective | Video | and great new platform. Thanks Coursera | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| RMFRum1BEeWXrA6ju0fvnQ | I rate this course as the beta-testing (not that I had completed this course prior the beta started). 1) the course is still very good with a lot of explanations and examples 2) I liked the part about debugging because we don't see often this topic when learning a new language. 3) I liked (but it's only a cosmetic thing) that all the slides have the same template/organization ; it's easier later when we looked back at the lessons to find what we search. 4) one (very) minor comment : I watched the videos with subtitles (english) and sometimes it also writes when the instructor thinks "loud", or repeat a word several times | minor comment : I watched the | Video | with subtitles (english) and sometimes it | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | I dropped out of this course twice is coz i found it absolutely dead. It says positive psychology but it really look so much constraint to even watch the first 3 videos without falling asleep. This is probably the worse course I've studied on coursera. I have studied at least 7 courses on Coursera- of which I loved Social Psychology and Criminal, and I even paid for the certificates. This course literally killed me.... The worst EVER I've come across | to even watch the first 3 | Video | without falling asleep. This is probably | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Great content, but too much video for me since i prefer reading about it. | Great content, but too much | Video | for me since i prefer reading | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Excellent theories and lectures. The experiential activities suggested provided lots of learning experience and positive reinforcement of what we learned in the videos. I would hope for a more communicative or engaged team of "classmates" but on the other hand, their personal interviews were very interesting. | of what we learned in the | Video | I would hope for a more | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | I liked the small group teaching style with interactions and opinions from the participants in the videos. Much more interesting than just a lecture. | opinions from the participants in the | Video | Much more interesting than just a | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Videos got a little long towards the end but excellent course | | Video | got a little long towards the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| 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. | positive impact on my life. The | Video | were good: not too long and | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Really interesting and well presented videos. The quizzes were also well thought out with relevant questions without being too difficult. | Really interesting and well presented | Video | The quizzes were also well thought | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | the course is interesting and challenging. it presents the positive psychology paradigm in a broad and exhaustive way. the loving kindness meditation is a special gift that will be with me forever. I especially appreciate how the lessons were managed, with the small group of four "students" who were then interviewed as experts in their fields of study or practice. I only have to complain about the video quality. especially long videos used to interrupt after the first 5 minutes, both image and sound or image only. the only way to go further was refreshing continuously. so I hadn't any chance to do all the embedded activities. my general review is: excellent course to have a first glance at positive psychology and a good platform to dive in from. | only have to complain about the | Video | quality. especially long videos used to | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | the course is interesting and challenging. it presents the positive psychology paradigm in a broad and exhaustive way. the loving kindness meditation is a special gift that will be with me forever. I especially appreciate how the lessons were managed, with the small group of four "students" who were then interviewed as experts in their fields of study or practice. I only have to complain about the video quality. especially long videos used to interrupt after the first 5 minutes, both image and sound or image only. the only way to go further was refreshing continuously. so I hadn't any chance to do all the embedded activities. my general review is: excellent course to have a first glance at positive psychology and a good platform to dive in from. | about the video quality. especially long | Video | used to interrupt after the first | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| rNpCSyQbEeWXzxJxfIL00w | Excellent teaching of a very interesting subject! I experienced some technical problems with the camera authentication (which I believe is unnecessary) but even attending only the video lectures, the course is excellent! | unnecessary) but even attending only the | Video | lectures, the course is excellent! | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| 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). | in an easy to understand format, | Video | are short which helps keep focus, | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.47 | 1.01 |
| 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. | Amazing | Video | lectures that help in understanding the | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.47 | 1.01 |
| 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. | in understanding the concepts quickly. In | Video | quizzes help make sure your thought | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.47 | 1.01 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The instructors were engaging and most charming in the videos. Most suitable for programming learners taking the step from beginner to intermediate level. The material was divided into fun bite-sized videos, quizzes, and assignments; but still thorough with the details that were necessary. | engaging and most charming in the | Video | Most suitable for programming learners taking | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.47 | 1.01 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | The instructors were engaging and most charming in the videos. Most suitable for programming learners taking the step from beginner to intermediate level. The material was divided into fun bite-sized videos, quizzes, and assignments; but still thorough with the details that were necessary. | material was divided into fun bite-sized | Video | quizzes, and assignments; but still thorough | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.47 | 1.01 |
| RO728xoIEeWg_RJGAuFGjw | Interesting assignments. Concise video lectures. | Interesting assignments. Concise | Video | lectures. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.47 | 1.01 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | es un muy buen curso, presenta temas claros y de gran interés a lo que corresponde de marketing verde, los videos y tareas son una gran herramienta que permite la socialización y mejor comprensión de los temas tratados, | que corresponde de marketing verde, los | Video | y tareas son una gran herramienta | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | En algunos videos el audio tiene fallas | En algunos | Video | el audio tiene fallas | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | Un buen curso, buena calidad de los videos, aunque algunos no se escuchan bien! | buen curso, buena calidad de los | Video | aunque algunos no se escuchan bien! | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | Muchas gracias en mi opinion uno de los mejores cursos que he tomado, desde la aestetica en los videos hasta la detallada y muy facil manera de la profesora al repasar estos temas que sin duda deben ser aprendidos por mas gente, gracias | tomado, desde la aestetica en los | Video | hasta la detallada y muy facil | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | Podría ser mejor en los videos, utilizando mas recursos, que solo la profesora hablando y hablando. Podrían mostrarse imágenes, diapositivas, porque se vuelve muy pesado y dificil de entender, ya que todo parece lo mismo siempre. No hay cambio en la modulación de la voz, la calidad del audio a veces no es muy buena y eso hace que sea pesado seguir el curso | Podría ser mejor en los | Video | utilizando mas recursos, que solo la | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | I have liked the course so far, I only have a sugestion on the quality of the videos: The first ones had a lot of background noise and the teacher explains a little too fast... maybe for students with a not very fluent level of Spanish it might be difficult to follow... I like the structure, it integrates activities, videos and quizzes so it is easy going. | sugestion on the quality of the | Video | The first ones had a lot | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| rQhCYyaKEeW6YBLN1oULHQ | I have liked the course so far, I only have a sugestion on the quality of the videos: The first ones had a lot of background noise and the teacher explains a little too fast... maybe for students with a not very fluent level of Spanish it might be difficult to follow... I like the structure, it integrates activities, videos and quizzes so it is easy going. | like the structure, it integrates activities, | Video | and quizzes so it is easy | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.84 |
| 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. | overall this course is fabulous. The | Video | are extremely well done and Anne-Marie | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | interesting and useful content. very vivid videos | interesting and useful content. very vivid | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I have really learned and advanced my knowledge in quantitative methods. A big thanks to the course instructors and anyone who contributed to the success of this course. the perspicuous and lucid explanations in the videos lectures were so self explanatory. | perspicuous and lucid explanations in the | Video | lectures were so self explanatory. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Very good, easy to follow. Exams are well designed and offer a good training. Videos can sometimes be a bit boring to watch. | designed and offer a good training. | Video | can sometimes be a bit boring | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| 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. | the content I learned in the | Video | modules. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Lots of abstract concepts, really hard to Asian people. And the teacher's talking speed is a little fast. I have to watch the video for more than 4 times to make some sentences clearly. | fast. I have to watch the | Video | for more than 4 times to | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| 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 high quality content of the | Video | and adequate rithym of assignments and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | The material has a very good quality. The teacher explains the subject very well and the videos are very supportive. The build-up in the course is well-thought and works like a charm, I am excited to continue with the specialization. | the subject very well and the | Video | are very supportive. The build-up in | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I love that the videos have little drawings and notes in them to help the concepts stick! The teaching for this course is exceptional! | I love that the | Video | have little drawings and notes in | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| 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 very high quality, the lecture | Video | are very clear and easy to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| 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! | definitely a close alignment between instruction | Video | and the assessments (quizzes/exams). You'll never | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | An excellent course! Quantitative methods are very well explained, starting from philosophical roots. I liked a lot the challenging tasks and peer review principal. By checking my peers' work I was able to learn several times more than from just going through the videos and completing my own work. I enjoyed the whole design of the course, including the professional illustrations and graphic design work. Great thanks to the whole team! | than from just going through the | Video | and completing my own work. I | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I am loving this class. The videos are succinct and packed with great information! | I am loving this class. The | Video | are succinct and packed with great | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| 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! | the content heavy topic. The bonus | Video | material provide the completeness due to | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | A very good teacher and interesting and clear videos. Besides, the tasks have been demanding. | good teacher and interesting and clear | Video | Besides, the tasks have been demanding. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | I found this course very useful, and the videos were really well-made and entertaining despite the dry subject. | this course very useful, and the | Video | were really well-made and entertaining despite | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Excellent quality of videos and tasks. | Excellent quality of | Video | and tasks. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Gradually going deeper in the subject. Easily understandable, clear explanations, simple examples, well done illustrative videos. Up to date problems discussed. | explanations, simple examples, well done illustrative | Video | Up to date problems discussed. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| rTTFFgb8EeWJMSIAC7Jl0w | Nicely explained with easy to understand examples. Quite hard for those who have never studied research methods. Very dense information. I found one or two questions in the weekly quiz that I couldn`t answer with the knowledge available in the videos. | with the knowledge available in the | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
| ru6DZ3Q6EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Although not as strong as the other palaeontology courses by the University of Alberta, the current courses takes much the same approach and uses the same teaching techniques as these other courses. As such, it easily and effectively gets the millions of years of early vertebrate evolution across clearly and concisely. The video lectures are both interactive and fun, and the course notes are both informative and well adjusted to the video lectures. If there is anything to be remarked upon, then it's the slight lack of depth as pertains to the material covered. This, however, is hardly surprising considering the highly complex material (drawing from fields as osteology, paleoecology, evolutionary and developmental biology, palaeontology and more), the speed at which it is discussed, and the level of accessibility that is provided. Overall, a very good course, and one I very much enjoyed following! | evolution across clearly and concisely. The | Video | lectures are both interactive and fun, | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.94 |
| ru6DZ3Q6EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Although not as strong as the other palaeontology courses by the University of Alberta, the current courses takes much the same approach and uses the same teaching techniques as these other courses. As such, it easily and effectively gets the millions of years of early vertebrate evolution across clearly and concisely. The video lectures are both interactive and fun, and the course notes are both informative and well adjusted to the video lectures. If there is anything to be remarked upon, then it's the slight lack of depth as pertains to the material covered. This, however, is hardly surprising considering the highly complex material (drawing from fields as osteology, paleoecology, evolutionary and developmental biology, palaeontology and more), the speed at which it is discussed, and the level of accessibility that is provided. Overall, a very good course, and one I very much enjoyed following! | informative and well adjusted to the | Video | lectures. If there is anything to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.94 |
| ru6DZ3Q6EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I haven't completed this course yet. Self pace and enjoying the lectures and videos. I've taken another Univ of Alberta course on Marine Reptiles which was great! I enjoy the Paleontol | pace and enjoying the lectures and | Video | I've taken another Univ of Alberta | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 0.94 |
| ru6DZ3Q6EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | I thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience on this course. Notes and videos clear and concise, well put together, as expected from University of Alberta. | experience on this course. Notes and | Video | clear and concise, well put together, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 0.94 |
| s5sEkwAHEeW9ISIACxWDhA | Amazing lectures! Just one comment which is I saw the first part of the lectures and when I first registered to the second lecture I was hoping for different and new material and although there were new videos the rest were the same as the first part of the lectures. | material and although there were new | Video | the rest were the same as | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| 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. | of western culture. Well paced, great | Video | component and interesting assignment. This is | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| SAZf_ay2EeS5uiIACk-Zyg | Excellent course - a great overview even for people new to the field. Great, entertaining lecture videos! | to the field. Great, entertaining lecture | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.42 | 1.16 |
| SAZf_ay2EeS5uiIACk-Zyg | Excellent course. The video lectures were outstanding, understandable and organized in a way that helped me digest all of the information presented. | Excellent course. The | Video | lectures were outstanding, understandable and organized | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.42 | 1.16 |
| SAZf_ay2EeS5uiIACk-Zyg | Really enjoyed the course format, information presented and the videos were fantastic. The discussions were lively and interesting as well . Had a great time learning about what may be the next big disaster heading our way! | course format, information presented and the | Video | were fantastic. The discussions were lively | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.42 | 1.16 |
| SAZf_ay2EeS5uiIACk-Zyg | Video lectures were engaging and conveyed information in an easily understood way. | | Video | lectures were engaging and conveyed information | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.42 | 1.16 |
| SAZf_ay2EeS5uiIACk-Zyg | I really like the way the videos are prepared. It had to take a lot of work, but I love those drawings. It makes it look alive. I like the content as well. It is well structured and well presented. Thank you so much!!!! | I really like the way the | Video | are prepared. It had to take | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.42 | 1.16 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | The course materials are very good for anyone who wants to get into SEO. I only gave 4 stars because I personally dislike the quizzes. They don't focus on what's important but rather on small detail questions that don't really matter. Other than that it's a great course! Most of it you can find in books too but with videos & the community it's more fun to learn on Coursera. | find in books too but with | Video | & the community it's more fun | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | Ably length videos with good blog sites to read on. | Ably length | Video | with good blog sites to read | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| 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. | in a single 1/2 hour youtube | Video | instead of 100 2 minute videos | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| 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. | video instead of 100 2 minute | Video | here. The assignments were questionable and | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| SG_K6nEmEeWxvQr3acyajw | Very poor. Full of errors in videos and quizzes (which affect final grade), no response from course organizers in the forum to multiple complaints from learners, and extremely thin on content. Could have been merged into the first course of the specialization (Introduction to SEO). I've taken $49 one-off certificate classes that provided 4-10 hours of content for 6-8 weeks; for this course I was charged $119 for 1-3 hours of content for what was supposed to be 4 weeks. I completed the course in a couple of days and felt like I learned more from free resources like Moz. Complete rip-off and easily the worse course of the half dozen I've taken on Coursera on various topics. It seems like you're paying for the UC Davis name on the certificates rather than the content. In addition to all that they dropped the price from $119 to $79 per course for the specialization after I paid for it, and refuse to refund the price difference. Fine - but if I'm paying a premium price I expect much better content and service than was received. | Very poor. Full of errors in | Video | and quizzes (which affect final grade), | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| shV98lfdEeWT8xIUiEQHHQ | It's good for undergraduates, and people returning to academia (say, before starting a Master's course). It's a very short simple introduction. I kind of wish it had more examples of language to use in academic writing, contrasting good and bad examples. Some of the quiz questions and final exam questions need some proofreading. The videos from about week 3 to 4 have poor sound quality, but still understandable. | exam questions need some proofreading. The | Video | from about week 3 to 4 | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.87 |
| shV98lfdEeWT8xIUiEQHHQ | I like this course's style - the sketch and quote in all the videos. Also the lectures are well given, cover many details in writing. | sketch and quote in all the | Video | Also the lectures are well given, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.87 |
| shV98lfdEeWT8xIUiEQHHQ | The course lacks for the practice exersises. Instead, the quizes are full of questions like "Present Simple tense is used to write about a special study implemented by a well-known scientist. True or false". The questions of this type are pointless. Still, the videos sometimes contain useful information. | this type are pointless. Still, the | Video | sometimes contain useful information. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.87 |
| sIhBvix6EeWccAqzeA4VPw | Me encantó el curso, abarca muchos temas que tienen que ver con el diseño de video juegos y si bien, desde luego, no pueden tocarse todos estos temas en profundidad, resulta ser un curso muy completo. Tal vez hubiera sido interesante ver más imágenes de ejemplo o para que tanta información resulte más dinámica y amena. | que ver con el diseño de | Video | juegos y si bien, desde luego, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.87 |
| sIhBvix6EeWccAqzeA4VPw | Es un buen curso para iniciarse en este mundillo y para tener una idea global de todos los departamentos, conceptos y formas de trabajo, organización, etc... Buenos ejemplos y todo muy bien explicado y entendible. A MEJORAR: (pequeños puntos a mi parecer) Si que en algunos videos, sobre todo las primeras semanas, se hace un poco pesado ya que el ritmo de la explicación es muy lineal, como si fuese todo leido, son las partes de teoria, historia, etc... intentar enfatizar en algunos puntos o remarcar frases ayudaría a cambiar el ritmo de la explicación. A modo práctico hay videos de solo 3 minutos cuando esta dividido en varias partes, se podría dejar un único video aunque dure 10 minutos, es decir, no separar tanto los videos, creo que daría una visión global mas clara. | mi parecer) Si que en algunos | Video | sobre todo las primeras semanas, se | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.87 |
| sIhBvix6EeWccAqzeA4VPw | Es un buen curso para iniciarse en este mundillo y para tener una idea global de todos los departamentos, conceptos y formas de trabajo, organización, etc... Buenos ejemplos y todo muy bien explicado y entendible. A MEJORAR: (pequeños puntos a mi parecer) Si que en algunos videos, sobre todo las primeras semanas, se hace un poco pesado ya que el ritmo de la explicación es muy lineal, como si fuese todo leido, son las partes de teoria, historia, etc... intentar enfatizar en algunos puntos o remarcar frases ayudaría a cambiar el ritmo de la explicación. A modo práctico hay videos de solo 3 minutos cuando esta dividido en varias partes, se podría dejar un único video aunque dure 10 minutos, es decir, no separar tanto los videos, creo que daría una visión global mas clara. | partes, se podría dejar un único | Video | aunque dure 10 minutos, es decir, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.87 |
| 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. | times I have to rewatch the | Video | and still dont understand. Hence I | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Though the Course name is Mastering Data Analysis in Excel. This course will take you beyond Excel mastering skills. Quite a Short Course compare to amount of Statistical and Probability concepts you learn. This course covers most of the concepts and models necessary for any Data Analyst & Data Science students and Professionals. This course is quite challenging and at times frustrating and time consuming but in the end you will feel you learnt something what you don't know. It will be worth your effort.If you don't know something what you don't know. Here is the course, it is an accelerated course. You many not master all of them, you will master some, I can assure any future students Professor will give all the information and concepts that you need to master. Even after completing the exam I keep repeating and going back to videos and notes which is really valuable. | keep repeating and going back to | Video | and notes which is really valuable. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | than anything presented in the instructional | Video | so there is no knowledge basis | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | is a huge disconnect between the | Video | lessons and the excel worksheets used | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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! | need to keep going back to | Video | when you are doing the homework. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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! | matching the messy handwriting in the | Video | AND, the instructions are for MAC! | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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! | BUT it's NOT TAUGHT in the | Video | I had to google the function | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | When the instructor for the course expresses amazement at the level of difficulty people are expressing in the forums that tells you a lot about how out of touch he is with what he is teaching and what is really required prerequisite knowledge. There is minimal actual instruction in excel-most often concepts are taught much like Khan Academy, on a digital blackboard. Nothing inherently wrong with that but when your course title has the word 'EXCEL' in it one would reasonably expect the instructor to actually demonstrate using excel. Nope, not here. If you've never heard of linear regression or Bayes Theorem don't bother with this course. Honestly. While those things may be easy to explain without the math they are very difficult concepts to implement and a simple 10 minute video won't clear the fog. You absolutely will not 'master' data analysis with this course. I've used Excel for over 15 years, daily, and to have the gall to say your course will 'master' something with a few videos is misleading and deceptive. If it wasn't for the TA/Mentors who do the lions share of work in the forums answering questions and deciphering the questions so students can understand them this course would be an abysmal failure. If you're wanting to jump on the data analysis/ scientist bandwagon look elsewhere. i.e. EdX has a great course on a true introduction to data analysis that is more in line with people's impression of actually using excel in that context. Now, having bashed the course I do believe the instructor to be a very competent and knowledgeable individual, but I feel he's been in academia too long and has grown accustomed to teaching those who've been in school continuously and still have algebra/ stats fresh in their minds vs. those who need to brush away the cobwebs. The course in more on the level of a 201 and in certain parts 401 level but not 101. | will 'master' something with a few | Video | is misleading and deceptive. If it | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Detailed videos | Detailed | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | could have lecture more.... the videos talks little about the spreadsheet provided | lecture more. . . . the | Video | talks little about the spreadsheet provided | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The Course is fine, explanations and videos are a bit hard to follow at times. The final assessment is in my opinion very bad, as it i appears to me quite unrelated to the course it self. The lectures are quite abstract and the exam is a practical application of the concept. The instructions of the course also aren't very good as you need to do each part of the final project at the end of each week. I would strongly suggest to not take this course unless you have many spare hours. | The Course is fine, explanations and | Video | are a bit hard to follow | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | I hope the video could show me more about how to do these entropy calculations in Excel | I hope the | Video | could show me more about how | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | not match what is demonstrated in | Video | lectures, lots of confusion around how | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | and missing Excel spreadsheets (e. g. | Video | lecture says to refer to accompanying | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | inconsistencies around formulas being presented in | Video | lectures versus assignment questions. could have | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | outdated and poorly maintained, as the | Video | refer to examples that are not | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Very interactive and simple to learn course. the video lectures are very clear to understand and worksheets are helpful to gain a better understanding of the topic. | and simple to learn course. the | Video | lectures are very clear to understand | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The class has great concept but it needs a bit more structure and change to hit its full potential. The Good:-The spreadsheets and exercises along with Quiz material. The project was also very informative. The Bad:- The video need to better explain how Area Under Curve and how the Credit model make sense. It was not very intuitive and I struggled for over 2 weeks to put the Project together due to this gap. But a worthwhile class with great potential. I am glad I took it. | also very informative. The Bad:- The | Video | need to better explain how Area | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Content is not well organized, videos are disconnected from one another, explanations are not clear, spreadsheets contain vast information that is not explained anywhere. It is been quite difficult to follow through the course and I bet many students are giving up. | Content is not well organized, | Video | are disconnected from one another, explanations | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | To course got tougher every week while the lecture video is not cover everything. | tougher every week while the lecture | Video | is not cover everything. | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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. | to this course, I found the | Video | lectures well presented and the quizzes | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Frankly speaking, this course is a little bit hard for me although I have studied them during my master programs. There are many formulas in the course and hardly to remember in short time. I had to review the videos several times. I'd like to recommend the professor may summarize such fomulas in one page so it's more easy to students to catch up the course. | time. I had to review the | Video | several times. I'd like to recommend | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Don't be fooled by how detailed and clear the first weeks videos are. The second thru the final weeks are lacking details and explanations and found myself lost during most of the videos. There were even a few typos and errors. Be ready to do a lot independent research and learning from other sources in order to complete the weekly quiz. I was unable to complete the final project of this course due to the lack of knowledge provided by the lecture videos and some of own research. I was hoping to complete the specialization for this, but it doesn't seem like this course provided me with enough to proceed. ** The use of excel on the weekly basis was poorly integrated with the flow of the course. | detailed and clear the first weeks | Video | are. The second thru the final | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Don't be fooled by how detailed and clear the first weeks videos are. The second thru the final weeks are lacking details and explanations and found myself lost during most of the videos. There were even a few typos and errors. Be ready to do a lot independent research and learning from other sources in order to complete the weekly quiz. I was unable to complete the final project of this course due to the lack of knowledge provided by the lecture videos and some of own research. I was hoping to complete the specialization for this, but it doesn't seem like this course provided me with enough to proceed. ** The use of excel on the weekly basis was poorly integrated with the flow of the course. | myself lost during most of the | Video | There were even a few typos | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Don't be fooled by how detailed and clear the first weeks videos are. The second thru the final weeks are lacking details and explanations and found myself lost during most of the videos. There were even a few typos and errors. Be ready to do a lot independent research and learning from other sources in order to complete the weekly quiz. I was unable to complete the final project of this course due to the lack of knowledge provided by the lecture videos and some of own research. I was hoping to complete the specialization for this, but it doesn't seem like this course provided me with enough to proceed. ** The use of excel on the weekly basis was poorly integrated with the flow of the course. | of knowledge provided by the lecture | Video | and some of own research. I | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Given this is the third (or fourth) iteration of this course, it's telling that the errors from the original release remain in the videos and quizzes. There are other, higher-quality Data Science MOOCs available. | the original release remain in the | Video | and quizzes. There are other, higher-quality | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Probably the worst class I have ever taken on Coursera. The teacher asked us to do tons of things without explaining how and used tons of complicated math formulas without explaining what they were, what they did, or when and how to use them. There were also actual incorrect answers in the videos on occasion, so that even if you did do things correctly, you would think you were wrong and be confused, and there were a lot of inconsistencies between the spreadsheets used in the videos and the methods used to solve things compared to the actual spreadsheets given to us, which makes things pretty impossible to learn. If you're more advanced, it may be easier to find and understand the differences between the video and the spreadsheets, but the whole point of this class is that it is for beginners. | also actual incorrect answers in the | Video | on occasion, so that even if | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Probably the worst class I have ever taken on Coursera. The teacher asked us to do tons of things without explaining how and used tons of complicated math formulas without explaining what they were, what they did, or when and how to use them. There were also actual incorrect answers in the videos on occasion, so that even if you did do things correctly, you would think you were wrong and be confused, and there were a lot of inconsistencies between the spreadsheets used in the videos and the methods used to solve things compared to the actual spreadsheets given to us, which makes things pretty impossible to learn. If you're more advanced, it may be easier to find and understand the differences between the video and the spreadsheets, but the whole point of this class is that it is for beginners. | between the spreadsheets used in the | Video | and the methods used to solve | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Probably the worst class I have ever taken on Coursera. The teacher asked us to do tons of things without explaining how and used tons of complicated math formulas without explaining what they were, what they did, or when and how to use them. There were also actual incorrect answers in the videos on occasion, so that even if you did do things correctly, you would think you were wrong and be confused, and there were a lot of inconsistencies between the spreadsheets used in the videos and the methods used to solve things compared to the actual spreadsheets given to us, which makes things pretty impossible to learn. If you're more advanced, it may be easier to find and understand the differences between the video and the spreadsheets, but the whole point of this class is that it is for beginners. | and understand the differences between the | Video | and the spreadsheets, but the whole | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The lecture videos are not super helpful and the instruction and support for final project is somewhat lacking. You need a relatively solid background coming into doing the project beforehand. Just study the course material is not enough for you to complete your final project, in fact you need peer help or to read more materials to fully understand and finish the project. The quizzes compared to what is asked in the project is too simple and thus not constructive enough in the overall learning. Overall I would recommend you to have a solid background before proceed with this course if you want to improve your learning experiences. | The lecture | Video | are not super helpful and the | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Good content, some materials were difficult but the video lecture were rushed. | some materials were difficult but the | Video | lecture were rushed. | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Videos fine. Quizes impossible to understand unless you take previous courses and have time to go through forums and more extra staff. It takes a lot of time. Not suggested unless you have it. | | Video | fine. Quizes impossible to understand unless | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great information included. I feel like I know much more about modelling data than when I started. The quizzes can be in that without the hints on the discussion forum I don't know how I would have completed them just based on the information in the videos. | based on the information in the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Very poor material and instruction videos, with no logical flow or process. | Very poor material and instruction | Video | with no logical flow or process. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| 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!! | Warning: The lecture | Video | along will NOT be enough to | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Very good course. Loved Daniel's teaching. I have a request to make coming from healthcare/ lifesciences background and a starter to analytics it would be very very helpful if Daniel can include basic/ elementary videos on probability and statistics/ Bio-Statistics in this course to enable us to go deeper. Else a separate course on BioStatistics and probability would be WOW. Looking forward for more courses from Daniel. Thanks, Swetha | if Daniel can include basic/ elementary | Video | on probability and statistics/ Bio-Statistics in | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | The course has some valuable information, however course materials and videos are not so helpful. If you already have some knowledge about statistics and excel, it will be a lot easier to follow the instructor's lectures, otherwise I don't feel how a beginner could really follow up on this course. Some topics are run through so quickly that they are confusing to students. | valuable information, however course materials and | Video | are not so helpful. If you | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpO4HBnoEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great course! Excellent videos and good exercises. | Great course! Excellent | Video | and good exercises. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| SpWNUyTfEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | Un buen tutorial con videos explicativos que aportan gran claridad y recursos para descargar. Un buen método de aprendizaje con tareas para enviar y realizar evaluación entre compañeros. Enhorabuena COURSERA! | Un buen tutorial con | Video | explicativos que aportan gran claridad y | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| SpWNUyTfEeWxbhIkPfddLQ | A course offering very accessible, clear introduction to the concept of programming seen as a network of algorithms, supplanted with a myriad of real-life examples. It then introduced a comely intuitive software, developed by MIT - Scratch, which enables you to practically start creating animations and thus programming. Even though i'm not a fluent hispano-hablante, just the knowledge of English and some classical culture should make it possible for you to follow. At the same time, should that be too complicated, there should be subtitles/English language version to all the videos and of all other materials. Have NOT tried that though. | subtitles/English language version to all the | Video | and of all other materials. Have | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| SxjkGailEeSy_SIAC49HnA | Although I did not read the course description as well as I should have, this course was actually better for me than I expected. I wish to be a writer, so I take every course I can on writing. This one was exactly what is needed for someone who wants to write historical fiction. I'm not sure that I do, yet, however I am surely prepared if that is the way I want to go in the future. The videos were incredibly informative. I do plan to go back and take the rest of the weeks that are not necessary for the certificate. In fact, I'm headed there now. If you take this course, you will enjoy it very much! | to go in the future. The | Video | were incredibly informative. I do plan | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| SxjkGailEeSy_SIAC49HnA | Extremely well done. Offers a great reading list. Videos including author interviews add significantly to the course content. | done. Offers a great reading list. | Video | including author interviews add significantly to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.05 |
| sxMQEV4hEeSF2SIACy-E9A | Relies on lots of external reading. The videos and write ups are very interesting, and the course gives lots of great links to further research, which is required to fully understand the large number of things mentioned in the videos. | on lots of external reading. The | Video | and write ups are very interesting, | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.8 |
| sxMQEV4hEeSF2SIACy-E9A | Relies on lots of external reading. The videos and write ups are very interesting, and the course gives lots of great links to further research, which is required to fully understand the large number of things mentioned in the videos. | number of things mentioned in the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.8 |
| sxMQEV4hEeSF2SIACy-E9A | Good overview of evolution. I appreciated the videos discussing how to best teach evolution in the classroom. The instructors assume you have some science knowledge, so if you do not, you may find some vocabulary and topics are not explained as well as they should be. | overview of evolution. I appreciated the | Video | discussing how to best teach evolution | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.8 |
| sxMQEV4hEeSF2SIACy-E9A | The videos do not work, the sound disappears and sometimes vision too. Otherwise it could be very promising. | The | Video | do not work, the sound disappears | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.75 | 0.8 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | great first week, I like Fran's First week video, with the puppets and very engaging interaction, the next following 3 weeks are total bummer, It does give some tips for character design (such as what is tangent, or some other design tips), but it feels like a bloated interview and not a class-like experience. Great first week, terrible following week | week, I like Fran's First week | Video | with the puppets and very engaging | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.78 | 0.85 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | Very well organized. Awesome interviews with character artists. Super videos! | Awesome interviews with character artists. Super | Video | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.78 | 0.85 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | For the first course, you will only be drawing. You will not learn anything about programming video games. It was nice that they showed famous artists for cartoons, but the videos felt too long, with dialogues that felt like rambling at times. | will not learn anything about programming | Video | games. It was nice that they | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.85 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | The interviews were great, and useful to see a real experienced designer, however the contents in the course were almost nonexistent. The homework was well planed but it depends much more in the student to learn something that the contents exposed in the videos. Tips aren't the same as methodologies and content in character design. | that the contents exposed in the | Video | Tips aren't the same as methodologies | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 0.85 |
| 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 | density. then it was loads of | Video | of other people drawing characters, not | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.78 | 0.85 |
| tCC8OzJzEeWLGgqjU3pHlw | I believe that exaggerated the amount of minutes per video and lack of theory, but it was still a good course. | exaggerated the amount of minutes per | Video | and lack of theory, but it | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 0.85 |
| TcSA6RwWEeWBKhJRV_B8Gw | The videos did not seem very interactive. The teacher just read the slides. Good as an introduction, but not very hand-on course. | The | Video | did not seem very interactive. The | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.82 | 0.89 |
| TcSA6RwWEeWBKhJRV_B8Gw | This course was very real, current and useful in my life. The content was well structured & delivered exceptionally well. I liked the fact that it was both theoretically robust and practically inclined, the examples utilised where relatable and easy to follow. I also appreciated the passion is the delivery of the course by the lecturer, her enthusiasm made watching all the videos worthwhile. Thank you for this introduction- it made a significant difference in my life | her enthusiasm made watching all the | Video | worthwhile. Thank you for this introduction- | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.82 | 0.89 |
| tEqImn2kEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Top quality. I have read many instructions manuals on Pro Tools, and too many poor YouTube videos. I have learned more in this course than in all of my other investigations and studies put together. Clear, concise, and understandable. It gets to the essence of understanding and being able to use Pro Tools. Avid should hire Chrissy Tignor-Fisher. Excellent instructor! Please consider an advanced course in the future! | Tools, and too many poor YouTube | Video | I have learned more in this | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| 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! ***** | encouraging and inspiring attitude. The lecture | Video | are top-notch, with excellent presentation quality | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| 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. | incredible progressive lesson plan . The | Video | lessons are top notch . The | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Great, interesting course. All videos produced on the high level, definitely, by professional language teachers. I will suggest this course to my friends! I have learned a lot of new and useful information. | Great, interesting course. All | Video | produced on the high level, definitely, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I really enjoy the videos | I really enjoy the | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Just the beginning now but a really great one ! Love the content, the teachers videos are really well made and explanatory. I found the Coursera platform really well fabricated and intuitive. Everything is set to give us the best chances to thoroughly learn and earn that awesome life changing license ! | ! Love the content, the teachers | Video | are really well made and explanatory. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This class is very easy. It is a decent introduction, but has very little content. It is clearly made to be accessible to people from all around the world, and takes the content very slowly. The test questions ask you to recite information from the video lectures and reading, rather than thinking critically. It seems like they are just trying to make sure you watched/read the content and understood it, rather than making sure you acquired the knowledge. I guess it would be hard to grade essay questions in a class this big, but the content could go a little faster. | you to recite information from the | Video | lectures and reading, rather than thinking | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This is a very informative and helpful course. I enjoyed studying all the modules and listening to all the videos during the course. Dr. Shane is very funny, and his teaching technique is something I want to replicate, such as his body language, and tones. Also, I like how the course is structured, with all the knowledge tied to each other and I'm personally very keen on the summary video section at the end of each module. | personally very keen on the summary | Video | section at the end of each | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I enjoyed videos and the materials that were given in this course. I would definitely recommend this course to my friends course! | I enjoyed | Video | and the materials that were given | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course is everything that I needed to start my journey as a teacher! Dr. Nixon is easy to understand, funny, and his sincerity reads through in each video :-) Thank you for offering this course! I feel more confident and prepared to continue studying and taking my TEFL now having taking this class. | his sincerity reads through in each | Video | :-) Thank you for offering this | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | excellent videos and explanations | excellent | Video | and explanations | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Loved the course. Videos were appealing, serious though amusing. Would recommend this course. | Loved the course. | Video | were appealing, serious though amusing. Would | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Very helpful contents with videos of the length long enough to learn and short enough to keep learning interesting. | Very helpful contents with | Video | of the length long enough to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Shane Dixon's an awesome guy. I love watching his videos. | awesome guy. I love watching his | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Getting so much out of these courses. I usually lose my motivation for on-line learning after the first couple of weeks, or when my schedule starts to get in the way. But I MAKE time for this course. Thank you for your creativity and succinct videos. | you for your creativity and succinct | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Very well organized. Video lectures are clear and build on previous lessons. It's obvious that this course was developed with the learner very much in mind. Great way to show teachers (who are their students) how to teach. | Very well organized. | Video | lectures are clear and build on | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I liked it! I learned many interesting facts, ideas and strategies; I took a lot of notes, they are a treasure! The ideas of teaching with videos is marvelous, fun! | treasure! The ideas of teaching with | Video | is marvelous, fun! | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I love this course! Great videos and guided metaphors to understand the foundation principles of teaching. I had attended a traditional master course in language teaching, yet it's at ASU Tesol via Coursera I learned and understand the subject content more. | I love this course! Great | Video | and guided metaphors to understand the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I enjoyed all the video lectures! | I enjoyed all the | Video | lectures! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This is an excellent course that inspires thought about who you are (or want to be) as a teacher, fundamental teaching techniques and how your students might feel as language learners. Great metaphors and succinct but helpful videos. I loved this course. | Great metaphors and succinct but helpful | Video | I loved this course. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| 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! | loved returning each week to the | Video | the assignments, and interacting with classmates | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Loved every module. The metaphors and videos were very helpful. Can't wait to take the next course! | Loved every module. The metaphors and | Video | were very helpful. Can't wait to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | so far, so interactive and the videos are great! Professor Dixon, I am loving your theatrics, thanks for making it so interesting and enjoyable to participate in the course. | so far, so interactive and the | Video | are great! Professor Dixon, I am | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Most of videos are great but I think instructors can provide more details for each one, because most of ideas are general and normal. | Most of | Video | are great but I think instructors | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I loved the course, easy going, direct, concise, the videos were very good, completely recommend it :) | course, easy going, direct, concise, the | Video | were very good, completely recommend it | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| 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. | This course has great | Video | I give it such a low | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| 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. | their assignments. Also, even though the | Video | are really well-done, they are short | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| 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. | year and the cost for well-done | Video | on the subject is not important, | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Great course! The course covers the fundamental principles of teaching English. Excellent video presentations. Easy to understand and follow up. | fundamental principles of teaching English. Excellent | Video | presentations. Easy to understand and follow | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | I really enjoyed this course. The videos are really informative, yet entertaining. | I really enjoyed this course. The | Video | are really informative, yet entertaining. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Estuvo muy bueno, de pronto sería bueno incluir más videos en los que se pone en práctica los distintos principios. De todas maneras, debo reconocer que es una muy buena alternativa para aquellos que se inician en la enseñanza y quieren tener una idea más clara sobre lo que implica enseñar. Felicitaciones!!! | de pronto sería bueno incluir más | Video | en los que se pone en | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Excellent video production, examples, etc. The information is practical and concise, and so easy to relate to real students and teachers. Thank you! | Excellent | Video | production, examples, etc. The information is | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | If you're interested in learning virtual instruction, then this is the course for you. The instructors encourage students to record a series of videos (1 to 4 minutes long), but those without a Web cam can also submit text files. Making a fool of yourself is allowed. The instructors provide excellent andragogy. Highly recommended. | students to record a series of | Video | (1 to 4 minutes long), but | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This class felt a bit elementary . . . but it had some good material as well. I would appreciate a bit less overacting and goofiness (which actually praised in the course) and have a bit more academic material. In one of the videos, the professor suggested that teaching should be slightly above the student's level but not too high. This course seemed to be a bit lower than my level (but I have taken education courses in the past). | academic material. In one of the | Video | the professor suggested that teaching should | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | Love it! I have taken several MOOCs and this is definitelly in my top 5! The videos are great! and Dr. Shane Dixon is the be | definitelly in my top 5! The | Video | are great! and Dr. Shane Dixon | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | The instructors for this course are incredible. The videos are well organized and very effective. Makes learning fun! | for this course are incredible. The | Video | are well organized and very effective. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 1.12 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | This course seems to require a high level of foundation knowledge that I don't have. I had to leave the course before completion because of that. In fact, most of the videos were too complex to understand without prior knowledge on the matter and the deadlines are quite tight to have time to research all the topics. I believe the course content is quite interesting; but too complicated. I would appreciate less text and abstract drawings on the slide, maybe an intro with images (maybe 3D) of the human body to give a little bit of background on what's going to be discussed in the class... | that. In fact, most of the | Video | were too complex to understand without | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | One of the best free online A&P courses I have seen and been part of. The content is very well laid out and is presented in a very easy to follow manner. I would highly recommend doing this course. There is a lot of new information to learn especially if you have not done A&P before, but the excellent video lectures and written resources make it relatively easy to find answers. | done A&P before, but the excellent | Video | lectures and written resources make it | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | very good videos and not too detailed explanations | very good | Video | and not too detailed explanations | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | A very nice experience! Good to review the majority of the lessons that I've learned a few years a go. Some (minor) issues with the quality of the videos but the overall rate of the course is very good! | issues with the quality of the | Video | but the overall rate of the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | Toda la informacion contenida en este cerso es excelente y ayuda mucho la catidad de diapositivas e imagenes que emplean para cada tema, sin embargo, los subtitulos en español por lo menos están deszincronizados, algunas veces terminan primero que todo el tema que se abarca en la clase, otras veces el video esta por terminar y los subtitulos se quedan a tras y en ocaciones el video se queda sin subtitulos haciendo imposible seguir la clase con claridad. Sugiero que haya una solucion rapida a este problema a la brevedad para poder aprovechar al maximo toda la información y conocimiento que nos aporta este curso de fisiología. | en la clase, otras veces el | Video | esta por terminar y los subtitulos | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | Toda la informacion contenida en este cerso es excelente y ayuda mucho la catidad de diapositivas e imagenes que emplean para cada tema, sin embargo, los subtitulos en español por lo menos están deszincronizados, algunas veces terminan primero que todo el tema que se abarca en la clase, otras veces el video esta por terminar y los subtitulos se quedan a tras y en ocaciones el video se queda sin subtitulos haciendo imposible seguir la clase con claridad. Sugiero que haya una solucion rapida a este problema a la brevedad para poder aprovechar al maximo toda la información y conocimiento que nos aporta este curso de fisiología. | a tras y en ocaciones el | Video | se queda sin subtitulos haciendo imposible | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | Nice videos, well explained. The powerpoints are extremely useful and clear. However sometimes there is a confusion between what is said in the videos and in the lecture notes and the quiz questions. It may just be me however. Apart from that last thing, the rest is all good! | Nice | Video | well explained. The powerpoints are extremely | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | This course is actually more informative than the course for human physiology i took at university. I cant stop watching the videos.Thank you for the great content. | university. I cant stop watching the | Video | Thank you for the great content. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | I have already completed 3 modules, and I just love this course. The program, the videos and the quizes are all very well designed, the exam questions although a bit of higher level compared to the theory exposed, makes you think in real physiology and that's really great. You can see that this course is planned and designed with the real objective of teaching you physiology, and you can see the effort that's been placed here by both teachers in order to make this happen. So congratulations to both of you and to the University of Duke. Great job in general terms. | love this course. The program, the | Video | and the quizes are all very | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | Very good course, the videos followed a very good sequence and presented clinically relevant information. | Very good course, the | Video | followed a very good sequence and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | Learnt a lot of stuff on how things happen inside all of us. Struggled in few sections, as i have not been in tough with physiology ... Feel program could be much more valuable by using 1) 3D videos to support the lecture 2) more examples of the application of the concepts in real life 3) increase the extent of interdisciplinary elements (Sports, medical, day in the life...) 4) Videos of Experts to share their findings/research | the life. . . ) 4) | Video | of Experts to share their findings/research | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | I watch the videos after work when I get home and Jennifer Carbrey puts me to sleep. The presentation is such that it is very difficult to stay focused. | I watch the | Video | after work when I get home | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | I would like to rate this fabulous course as excellent under Dr. Emma Jakoi and Dr. Jennifer Carbrey, brilliant instructersThank you very much for all the kind explanation given for my questions, and good video quizzes, enjoyable problem sets and mind provoking exams. Regards and lots of thanks. Indira Raghunathan | given for my questions, and good | Video | quizzes, enjoyable problem sets and mind | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | The structure is a bit confusing, and the review is not quite as intensive as I would like. Otherwise, it's awesome. The videos are good, the instructors speak at speeds just right, most of the slides are sparsely worded and well illustrated, the concepts are explained in depth... Awesome is the word. | would like. Otherwise, it's awesome. The | Video | are good, the instructors speak at | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Tr9rK6JtEeSwKiIACiONVg | great .thx to dr oakley for wonderful videos n i liked her style of teaching.always with a smiling face! | thx to dr oakley for wonderful | Video | n i liked her style of | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | This is a great course and I recommend it to everyone interested in Cybersecurity. The reading material is of exceptional value and I was amazed at the quality of the links to study material. What was totally new to me was Operational Security or Opsec, a totally intriguing subject, more or less cyber-self-defense! Yes, the videos are short but the reading material is quite large. I have kept the books and websites and will be reading them again, especially the NIST book. To everyone who claims that the course is not useful, I would say that you were probably one of those people who never read the books and the study material. | more or less cyber-self-defense! Yes, the | Video | are short but the reading material | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Although I gave 5 stars but the background music in the video lectures is really irritating. | but the background music in the | Video | lectures is really irritating. | Negative | -0.9 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Basic course with videos running too fast...... | Basic course with | Video | running too fast. . . . | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | This Course is a total scam. In doubt? Sign up for the free version and go watch the videos. Each video is only 1-2 minutes long, so you can watch all 7 weeks in half an hour ( speed 1.5). O, I forgot they also include a link to a 4 years old TED talk, FUn but not really relevant. This course is a disgrace to Coursera. It ought to be removed. | and go watch the videos. Each | Video | is only 1-2 minutes long, so | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | So far I've gone through the first week. Lots of business and technical info. The video quality is AMAZING!! | of business and technical info. The | Video | quality is AMAZING! ! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | A complete course if you follow the readings dutifully, good material, but the videos seem a little shallow and you wont learn much just sprinting through it, though you may pass. | readings dutifully, good material, but the | Video | seem a little shallow and you | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Not recommend. Very basic and videos are only 2 - 3 minutes. | Not recommend. Very basic and | Video | are only 2 - 3 minutes. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| 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, | this course - just putting short | Video | (less than 10mins in total per | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | 3 introduction videos each week, and tons of links for reading? Do not want. The worst course I ever took. Not enough Video material with good explanations. All we got - links to articles which we can found ourselves without any help. | 3 introduction | Video | each week, and tons of links | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | 3 introduction videos each week, and tons of links for reading? Do not want. The worst course I ever took. Not enough Video material with good explanations. All we got - links to articles which we can found ourselves without any help. | course I ever took. Not enough | Video | material with good explanations. All we | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The high video production values of this course fail to hide the abysmal lack of content. With approximately 4 mins per week of video charging $49 for this course is a disgrace. Potential students should save their money and read the relevant Wikipedia pages. | The high | Video | production values of this course fail | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The high video production values of this course fail to hide the abysmal lack of content. With approximately 4 mins per week of video charging $49 for this course is a disgrace. Potential students should save their money and read the relevant Wikipedia pages. | approximately 4 mins per week of | Video | charging $49 for this course is | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Boring course... useless videos... only the referential resources and exercises are good | Boring course. . . useless | Video | . . only the referential resources | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Course is very interesting but i think the videos are very short. Better to make longer videos | very interesting but i think the | Video | are very short. Better to make | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Course is very interesting but i think the videos are very short. Better to make longer videos | very short. Better to make longer | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Very good course. However, you need to do a lot of reading. The videos are simply introductions to the topics. The course has a lot of reading. The readings are great resources, however, some of them are very very long. I wish the videos had more of a lecture component. The final was difficult as you had no idea what would and what would not be on it. Great information, in-depth course, but it could have more video/lecture resources. It could also have more information concerning the information on the final exam. | do a lot of reading. The | Video | are simply introductions to the topics. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Very good course. However, you need to do a lot of reading. The videos are simply introductions to the topics. The course has a lot of reading. The readings are great resources, however, some of them are very very long. I wish the videos had more of a lecture component. The final was difficult as you had no idea what would and what would not be on it. Great information, in-depth course, but it could have more video/lecture resources. It could also have more information concerning the information on the final exam. | very very long. I wish the | Video | had more of a lecture component. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Poor video lessons. The course is sustained by the reading material alone. | Poor | Video | lessons. The course is sustained by | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I enjoyed the course, found that the videos didn't really help and guide that much. | enjoyed the course, found that the | Video | didn't really help and guide that | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Poorly made very short videos that do not explain the subject matter, some of the content is outdated. | Poorly made very short | Video | that do not explain the subject | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The course is for an overview of many aspects of cybersecurity. There are many resources to read, videos that briefly discuss concepts of the week. Then there are quizzes and discussions with the topic of the week, doing the possibility at the student to talk about that and post his idea for assimilate concepts and reaching goals of the course. This is useful also for discuss with other students and how your ideas is viewed. I think there is a very basic course in his entire length, with more reading lectures at academic or professional level not for a beginner. it can be adding videos with more length and in-depth that in a easy way the ten domain about cybersecurity. | There are many resources to read, | Video | that briefly discuss concepts of the | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The course is for an overview of many aspects of cybersecurity. There are many resources to read, videos that briefly discuss concepts of the week. Then there are quizzes and discussions with the topic of the week, doing the possibility at the student to talk about that and post his idea for assimilate concepts and reaching goals of the course. This is useful also for discuss with other students and how your ideas is viewed. I think there is a very basic course in his entire length, with more reading lectures at academic or professional level not for a beginner. it can be adding videos with more length and in-depth that in a easy way the ten domain about cybersecurity. | a beginner. it can be adding | Video | with more length and in-depth that | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Too little course material; video's too flashy (noisy) and do not discuss enough information | Too little course material; | Video | too flashy (noisy) and do not | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | This course is not prepared as well. You see several video with animated presentation and typical (vocabulary) terms. It is not for beginners because in course you didn't find answers. It is not for pros because in course you didn't find interesting material. Hope that instructors can change course to better. | prepared as well. You see several | Video | with animated presentation and typical (vocabulary) | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Amazing and progressive course with smart and concise videos.Enjoyed every bit of the domains presented and looking to build upon the knowledge acquired from this course. Thanks guys for putting this package together. | progressive course with smart and concise | Video | Enjoyed every bit of the domains | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I wish that the videos were longer. | I wish that the | Video | were longer. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| 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. | to write a short essay. The | Video | are somewhat minimal but I do | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Could have utilized video lectures more. Questions on final exam did not seem to relate to materials covered in course. Course seems to just comprise 1 or 2 minute long video lectures and then direct students to vast amounts of online reading material. | Could have utilized | Video | lectures more. Questions on final exam | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Could have utilized video lectures more. Questions on final exam did not seem to relate to materials covered in course. Course seems to just comprise 1 or 2 minute long video lectures and then direct students to vast amounts of online reading material. | comprise 1 or 2 minute long | Video | lectures and then direct students to | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Videos way too short, annoying music/animations, lots of stereotypes (floating 0's and 1's, really?). This doesn't seem like a serious course provided by a university. | | Video | way too short, annoying music/animations, lots | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The subject matter is very interesting, the reading material is well-chosen, but the video lectures are superficial, to put it mildly. I recommend doing th course, but strongly suggest the staff upgrade the lectures. | reading material is well-chosen, but the | Video | lectures are superficial, to put it | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I Felt like this was a very in depth course, the reading material was very good. At times I thought the instructional videos were very short - I would have liked them to have been longer, perhaps going into more depth about some of the topics covered in the reading materials - I was not fond of the written portion of the course - I would have preferred exams to the written portion. thanks. | At times I thought the instructional | Video | were very short - I would | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The videos are too short, without enough information about the topics. You have to read a lot, Actually, this course doesn't look like as others Coursera's courses and I don't recommend it. | The | Video | are too short, without enough information | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The best part about this course was that it made sure you are interested in learning the subject. If not, it is really really difficult to get on with it. It makes sure you understand the subject really well and you have to give back to the community. I liked the fact that you have to read the "Readings for this module" part, otherwise you won't be able to pass the Quizzes at the end of each module. You have to write a short paragraph which it will be reviewed by peers, who will in turn give you ratings. You have to do the same for other peers. This was probably the best aspect of this course. The music was extremely annoying and the quality of the content in the videos was okay, but the most important part is that it guided me in the right direction every time. Sometimes, by the end of the video, the music started in between the lecture itself and played itself for 3-4 seconds. | quality of the content in the | Video | was okay, but the most important | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The best part about this course was that it made sure you are interested in learning the subject. If not, it is really really difficult to get on with it. It makes sure you understand the subject really well and you have to give back to the community. I liked the fact that you have to read the "Readings for this module" part, otherwise you won't be able to pass the Quizzes at the end of each module. You have to write a short paragraph which it will be reviewed by peers, who will in turn give you ratings. You have to do the same for other peers. This was probably the best aspect of this course. The music was extremely annoying and the quality of the content in the videos was okay, but the most important part is that it guided me in the right direction every time. Sometimes, by the end of the video, the music started in between the lecture itself and played itself for 3-4 seconds. | Sometimes, by the end of the | Video | the music started in between the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Too microsoft-oriented, too much reading (sometimes not very related to the topic) that is not unique and can be easily found on the internet without attending this course, not enough video presentations and explanations. Final exam seemed to me a bit out of topic. | without attending this course, not enough | Video | presentations and explanations. Final exam seemed | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Very Informative even if you work in the industry the last part week 6 is definitely a learning experience the videos are short but the reading material is great | is definitely a learning experience the | Video | are short but the reading material | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Need more information in videos, but course is very nice - especially I liked submissions | Need more information in | Video | but course is very nice - | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I find this course very informative, but at the same time the videos seem pointless. All the quizzes are on the suggested reading material. The videos are quite cursory- almost an afterthought. | but at the same time the | Video | seem pointless. All the quizzes are | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I find this course very informative, but at the same time the videos seem pointless. All the quizzes are on the suggested reading material. The videos are quite cursory- almost an afterthought. | on the suggested reading material. The | Video | are quite cursory- almost an afterthought. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Videos seemed disjointed. Assignments were marked inconsistently. Did not find the subject interesting but the course did give useful insights into the industry. | | Video | seemed disjointed. Assignments were marked inconsistently. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Videos are very brief - slide presentations of course outline. One has to depend entirely on reading materials to understand the course. | | Video | are very brief - slide presentations | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The video's could be more informative and longer | The | Video | could be more informative and longer | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Video content barely summarizes the outline of each module. The questions in the quiz are not "though provoking". Peer discussion are rather superficial and do not cover half the content of the course. Readings are OK, show good sources, but there is no real discussion about them in the videos or in the quizzes. | | Video | content barely summarizes the outline of | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Video content barely summarizes the outline of each module. The questions in the quiz are not "though provoking". Peer discussion are rather superficial and do not cover half the content of the course. Readings are OK, show good sources, but there is no real discussion about them in the videos or in the quizzes. | real discussion about them in the | Video | or in the quizzes. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Pretty average and way too short/fast paced videos. Felt like it was put together on the fly. I don't usually review but this was not great, the reading material they linked to was the best content overall. | average and way too short/fast paced | Video | Felt like it was put together | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | It's not exactly I was expecting. It covers lot of theory part. Some practical work in coding and security practicles would have added more value. I enjoyed the some material pdf suggested. However, I didn't liked "Accordingly to Microsoft" question and material. It was made 10 years back. Course content must be updated and more invovled tasks or discussions with Course makers. It looks like some videos are once made and kept as it is. I never saw actual teachers teaching something in this course, just browsing, reading and eassy writing. | Course makers. It looks like some | Video | are once made and kept as | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The videos and documents are not balanced with the quizzes. The quiz questions are sometimes verbatim sentences from one book with a missing word - which I find hardly a test of acquired knowledge. The course must rise above only a few definitions and rough concepts. Most of the video's hardly offer insights - they last only 2 minutes and cover a few of those definitions. This course has a lot of potential, but in its current format and content it was a disappointment. | The | Video | and documents are not balanced with | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The videos and documents are not balanced with the quizzes. The quiz questions are sometimes verbatim sentences from one book with a missing word - which I find hardly a test of acquired knowledge. The course must rise above only a few definitions and rough concepts. Most of the video's hardly offer insights - they last only 2 minutes and cover a few of those definitions. This course has a lot of potential, but in its current format and content it was a disappointment. | and rough concepts. Most of the | Video | hardly offer insights - they last | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | I'm going to try to continue to the end but the first three weeks is probably 15 minutes of videos with the most annoying music available playing for way too much of the content. I also didn't need to watch 10 seconds of an animated caveman grunting and smashing things on the screen. I would probably enjoy that part more if I felt that the information that is supposed to be learned over three weeks was more information than 5 pages in a book. | weeks is probably 15 minutes of | Video | with the most annoying music available | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | The course isn't bad, but the videos explanations are all way to general, they should be more detailed. | The course isn't bad, but the | Video | explanations are all way to general, | Negative | -0.9 | 0.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| tWgmnb03EeS5IyIACyCAHg | Minimal video efforts, not enough content, and long readings. Definetly not a good course to get a verified certificate | Minimal | Video | efforts, not enough content, and long | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | I thoroughly enjoyed this course since Prof. Sachs was so knowledgable in all the aspects of SD- economic, political, social and environmental. I could see from the last video that he is very passionate about what he teaches. I have gained so much knowledge from this course and I am very grateful to Prof.Sachs for doing this. Indumathi Environmental Science Student India | I could see from the last | Video | that he is very passionate about | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Amazing course! The videos are nicely edited with images, videos, and sound track. Also, professor Jeffrey Sachs makes it super easy to understand through the use of various graphs and examples. You don't have to be an environmentalist to enjoy the course as it provide many interesting facts and perspective about our world. Definitely recommend to everyone! | Amazing course! The | Video | are nicely edited with images, videos, | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Amazing course! The videos are nicely edited with images, videos, and sound track. Also, professor Jeffrey Sachs makes it super easy to understand through the use of various graphs and examples. You don't have to be an environmentalist to enjoy the course as it provide many interesting facts and perspective about our world. Definitely recommend to everyone! | videos are nicely edited with images, | Video | and sound track. Also, professor Jeffrey | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Extremely well done videos, Professor Sachs is articulate and clear. The videos are a bit lengthy 25 minutes each so this asks quite some time investment. The quiz are not easy, one must often look up charts and work with various statistical methods which were not always easy to manage - hence the 4 instead of 5. However this does force one into mining world organizations for data so overall it's a good learning process. It never fails to amaze me how much data we have collected globally and for so long! | Extremely well done | Video | Professor Sachs is articulate and clear. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Extremely well done videos, Professor Sachs is articulate and clear. The videos are a bit lengthy 25 minutes each so this asks quite some time investment. The quiz are not easy, one must often look up charts and work with various statistical methods which were not always easy to manage - hence the 4 instead of 5. However this does force one into mining world organizations for data so overall it's a good learning process. It never fails to amaze me how much data we have collected globally and for so long! | Sachs is articulate and clear. The | Video | are a bit lengthy 25 minutes | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Sachs is doing valuable work and I like the premise of the course very much. The videos seemed to present a lot of painfully obvious information, however, and I'm afraid they were not terribly engaging. Maybe just too much/too long? A shorter version of the course that digs in a little deeper somehow might be more alluring. | of the course very much. The | Video | seemed to present a lot of | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | A great introduction to the subject of Sustainable Development! Prof. Sachs talks very slowly which makes it very easy to follow and understand. I personally liked to watch the videos at a higher speed though. | I personally liked to watch the | Video | at a higher speed though. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Excellent programme. Basic introduction of concepts like Gross Domestic Product and Purchasing Power Parity, presented in a relaxed way along with video footage. Definitely worth your time. | in a relaxed way along with | Video | footage. Definitely worth your time. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Este curso es especialmente interesante. Estimula la investigación y lectura de otras fuentes. He sufrido un poco cuando los videos no tienen los subtitulos en inglés, pero aun asi he continuado. Gracias por presentar estos cursos de forma gratuita. | He sufrido un poco cuando los | Video | no tienen los subtitulos en inglés, | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | This course has been wonderfully informative. I have enjoyed the structure, content and pace of this course and always look forward to the next video. This course is essential for understanding the complex issues facing our World today. | always look forward to the next | Video | This course is essential for understanding | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Its such a privilege to have the opportunity to learn from Prof. Sachs videos. He's captivating in the ways he transmits his knowledge making such a complex subject understandable and accesible to "normals". | opportunity to learn from Prof. Sachs | Video | He's captivating in the ways he | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| T_hpstgKEeSA2iIAC22KLw | Learning chapter after chapter ! The videos are amazing and the quality of data and they way it is exposed is really good ! | Learning chapter after chapter ! The | Video | are amazing and the quality of | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | As a novice in Photography, this course taught me the necessary basics when you are starting out to become a photographer. Videos about content and composition of the photo are extremely helpful. | starting out to become a photographer. | Video | about content and composition of the | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | The course covered the material thoroughly, but the presentation could be improved: 1. the examples, charts and other helpful aside additions could be left on screen during the relevant discussion. I often had to pause and go back to study the material that was only briefly displayed. 2. Using the screen for just a video of the lecturer speaking seems a waste of the many video techniques that could be included, with the lecturer in a small window at the side. 3. Although the lecturers tried not to favor one brand over another, at times it seemed like we were watching an infomercial. Maybe this can't be helped, as all the camera's features, and their accessories, were described in detail. I for one have a camera that I want to learn to use more professionally. Purchase suggestions could be moved to an addendum. In my opinion it should not be in the body of the course material. I am finding a lot of good information in the course, and am continuing with the second section. | Using the screen for just a | Video | of the lecturer speaking seems a | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | The course covered the material thoroughly, but the presentation could be improved: 1. the examples, charts and other helpful aside additions could be left on screen during the relevant discussion. I often had to pause and go back to study the material that was only briefly displayed. 2. Using the screen for just a video of the lecturer speaking seems a waste of the many video techniques that could be included, with the lecturer in a small window at the side. 3. Although the lecturers tried not to favor one brand over another, at times it seemed like we were watching an infomercial. Maybe this can't be helped, as all the camera's features, and their accessories, were described in detail. I for one have a camera that I want to learn to use more professionally. Purchase suggestions could be moved to an addendum. In my opinion it should not be in the body of the course material. I am finding a lot of good information in the course, and am continuing with the second section. | seems a waste of the many | Video | techniques that could be included, with | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Poor video and audio quality. Not worth the price. | Poor | Video | and audio quality. Not worth the | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | Great course! But videos are not very good technically. Too much "jumping". | Great course! But | Video | are not very good technically. Too | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| 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. | have thoroughly loved and enjoyed watching | Video | and attempting assignments. Also Prof. Peter | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| 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? | it creates much confusion. The instructors | Video | are great and have been helpful | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | It was quite confusing with unlocking next weeks work, and the filming of the videos were poor. Eventhough everything was understandable | work, and the filming of the | Video | were poor. Eventhough everything was understandable | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| U-SKLJVlEeWF6gpQJiw6hQ | The content, although very basic, is interesting, and some of the teacher's insights do stimulate discussion, but the video quality is low, with non matching slides, etc. | insights do stimulate discussion, but the | Video | quality is low, with non matching | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
| UA9HkQ8QEeWuEBJhzy2uFw | While informative I question the value of memorizing release years of os updates. Then again, it was an easy entry into the broader specialization. I think it is always a good thing to ease students in with a less challenging intro course much like a video game begins with an easy level and slowly gets harder. | challenging intro course much like a | Video | game begins with an easy level | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| UA9HkQ8QEeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Generic history information, nothing to teach really. completed the tests about ios and android without even watching the videos. | and android without even watching the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Uq0cvh6TEeS2uyIACzGOcw | I took this MOOC clearly out of curiosity and it has not let me down. The videos were very well made and the Professors were talking nice and clear. I did not know anything about the New Nordic Diet until I finished the course. And I most enjoyed it. Thank you. | has not let me down. The | Video | were very well made and the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| Uq0cvh6TEeS2uyIACzGOcw | Good course organization and enlightening information. The videos are well peaced and the overall lectures quite clear and full of content. I just wish you could present further reading and complementary material. | course organization and enlightening information. The | Video | are well peaced and the overall | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| 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. | lot of the time of the | Video | were taken up by telling us | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| 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. | for individual opinions. Assignment with a | Video | clip is something I didn't expect | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| 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. | hours / week (except for the | Video | assignment which took me a bit | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very interesting topics that are useful not only for the game industry but for anyone that wants to be a professionist in the future. I was not planning to join the game industry, but this video kind of motivated me to do so in the future. | join the game industry, but this | Video | kind of motivated me to do | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| 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. | who wish to learn about the | Video | game industry but are not avid | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| 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. | game industry but are not avid | Video | game players or well read in | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | This course is good for someone that's interested in starting up a company - for video game development or really any kind of self-employed, consulting, freelance or even small business company. I've been self-employed for 15+ years and can honestly say I didn't learn anything that I hadn't already known. But my experiences in entrepreneurship and this course both are similar in content, meaning the class is a good resource for those who don't know where to start. | starting up a company - for | Video | game development or really any kind | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Very interesting course in the business aspects of video gaming. Perhaps a little bit basic (for undergrads) but it has an awesome experience | course in the business aspects of | Video | gaming. Perhaps a little bit basic | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | Game video pitch is the most interesting assignment. I have got chance to see other students' ideas. | Game | Video | pitch is the most interesting assignment. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| 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. | are never talked about in the | Video | especially how to create the papers | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | This course tries to cover the many aspects around the games industry. But the coverage in each of the subject is not deep enough to be useful. For example, the instructor talks about project management, public speaking, how to write a resume etc. The instructor starts by talking about why they are useful, and then followed by one to two 10-15 minutes long video lectures. Each of these could worth a full Coursera course and I am sure the other courses have better coverage than in this course. The quiz questions are not well thought and do not stimulate thinking at all. Some of the "correct" answers are personal opinions but you have to choose them in order to pass the quiz. The third peer grading assessment asks students to post a video either to pitch himself/herself or to pitch the game the student makes. However, the specialization up to this point does not equip student with the skills beyond the basics. Unless you are already in the industry, I do not think anyone can make anything impressive to be worth pitching in front of the audience. | assessment asks students to post a | Video | either to pitch himself/herself or to | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| urbm-CT-EeWCGRL6mLoB5w | I was pretty wary of this course from a past experience with this teacher in a previous course, but i must say he nailed it, he has manage to create great videos with concise information that will help you understand the topics at hand, and unlike his previous course they are not a chore to sit through ;), it really shows the quality was always there but some focus was missing, this really is a great course and a teacher i feel ashamed for judging so quickly. | he has manage to create great | Video | with concise information that will help | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.91 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Good one. Detailed. Too much of video clips from television etc. Can avoid those. | Good one. Detailed. Too much of | Video | clips from television etc. Can avoid | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| 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. | learned a great deal from the | Video | lectures and the astrpoedia textbook. I | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | Great beginners astronomy class, instructor is very detailed and have plenty of videos, charts, animations, ect for extra help. | very detailed and have plenty of | Video | charts, animations, ect for extra help. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| 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. | make some suggestions: a. Restrict each | Video | to a max of 7 minutes. | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| 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. | sleepy. b. Reduce the number of | Video | in each module to a max | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This course is a perfect course. Every title, video and exam is so great, in my opinion. I am learning many new things. | is a perfect course. Every title, | Video | and exam is so great, in | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | A very interesting course about the basic concepts of astronomy with lots of additional funny videos and slides. Thanks a lot to professor Impey and everybody who created it! | astronomy with lots of additional funny | Video | and slides. Thanks a lot to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | The contents of the course are great and prof. Impey is a great communicator. The course is easy to follow, the final chapters on galaxies and cosmology are a bit more difficult but that is due to the nature of the subject and I applaud that the prof does not "dumb it down" or brushes over such difficult ans speculative subjects. I minor nuisance for me were the frequent songs and funny videos interspersed in the course content. It would have been better if they were separate from the main videos or otherwise could be easily skipped by people who don't have a lot of time. overall a great course! | they were separate from the main | Video | or otherwise could be easily skipped | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| 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. | I really like the way the | Video | were made, it's literally like a | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | I am in LOVE with this course. No, seriously. I can't stop talking about it. With EVERYONE I MEET. I have a degree in Chemistry, and teach Earth Science and Chemistry to high school students, so my knowledge about science for this course is up to par, but I like that it adds a LITTLE more info, and it's going to give me a chance to bring stuff back to my students. The text book is amazing, and the videos are on point. Thanks for a great class! | text book is amazing, and the | Video | are on point. Thanks for a | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This is the best course I have done in Coursera. The use of animations, videos, resources, The occasional humor and the way the lecturer addressed each topic. Simply amazing!! | in Coursera. The use of animations, | Video | resources, The occasional humor and the | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| usIwBhODEeWfzgpfp_iBVw | This course covers a lot of interesting materials of astronomy, ranging from planets to galaxies, very suitable for beginners. Those who have trouble with maths don't have to worry, it's not part of this course. The length of video lectures are short, thus getting distracted during the lecture will not be easy. | of this course. The length of | Video | lectures are short, thus getting distracted | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 1.12 |
| 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. | been so many hiccups with the | Video | and quizzes I would recommend this | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| 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. | great deal of time viewing incomplete | Video | and trying to complete quizzes covering | Positive | 0.8 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| 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. | or only partially addressed in the | Video | Then had to go back and | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| 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. | go back and Review all the | Video | once they had been re-uploaded. It | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | The course started really well and followed on nicely from the first course in the series but I'm really disappointed and frustrated with the video editing issues. Many were fixed but there are still some errors/omissions and the second half of the course was very short of content compared to the rest. Such a shame as I'm sure the writers really know their material and conveyed so well when the content was there. I'm looking forward to the next course and hope the material is all ready to go! | really disappointed and frustrated with the | Video | editing issues. Many were fixed but | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Got lost and left behind very quickly even after watching videos numerous times and doing additional research. There were videos missing even with deadlines approaching. Some videos were very well explained while others I didn't understand at all. | behind very quickly even after watching | Video | numerous times and doing additional research. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Got lost and left behind very quickly even after watching videos numerous times and doing additional research. There were videos missing even with deadlines approaching. Some videos were very well explained while others I didn't understand at all. | and doing additional research. There were | Video | missing even with deadlines approaching. Some | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | Got lost and left behind very quickly even after watching videos numerous times and doing additional research. There were videos missing even with deadlines approaching. Some videos were very well explained while others I didn't understand at all. | missing even with deadlines approaching. Some | Video | were very well explained while others | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| UYzGkJfFEeWqkw5zNB248Q | I watched all videos over 3 days! Looking forward to next course. | I watched all | Video | over 3 days! Looking forward to | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.02 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | I felt like this course was too repetitive. Basically, all I learned were from readings and textbooks. Video lectures were repeats from those contents. I did learn useful tools for web analytics, but I wish the instructor put some of his original insights rather than presenting articles written from other people. | learned were from readings and textbooks. | Video | lectures were repeats from those contents. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| u_Rrw_tfEeSuiSIACwuNww | Interesting course but would have liked some additional video discussions from practitioners in the field. | but would have liked some additional | Video | discussions from practitioners in the field. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Great topic, great tools to and advises. I love the examples and the videos. The instructor clearly stated the topic, the outline, the goals, the results. The book was a great investment. Helped me to easily find the information I was looking for. | I love the examples and the | Video | The instructor clearly stated the topic, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | I think it's a great course that allows an individual to develop his skills and practice in everyday negotiation. It has a unique approach in visualization and towards the results you want to do in a negotiation and asks you a lot of questions: Should you negotiate? What is your goal? Is it legal? Ethical? Prof. Seidel videos are easy to watch and learn and makes you feel as if you were inside one of his classes,he shares his vast knowledge and experience and lets us practice a real life negotiation between students. I also bought his book, which summarizes and explains other aspects of the course. | Is it legal? Ethical? Prof. Seidel | Video | are easy to watch and learn | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | I have so far, loved the examples given in this course ! The teacher gets you to be very interactive by asking you to answer some questions in the videos. The subject is interesting, and the way the courses are is a good way to make you quick learn about it. | to answer some questions in the | Video | The subject is interesting, and the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Good course for those who want to learn about negotiations. I like very much the videos with all the examples. | negotiations. I like very much the | Video | with all the examples. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Comprehensive, interesting and very useful course. The professor is excellent. The topic is presented from a different and very smart perspective. Unlike some other courses, the book is very useful. I just propose that you make the slides shown in the videos available for download as a part of the course material. | make the slides shown in the | Video | available for download as a part | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | I'm very grateful for this course. Lots of knowledge, entertaining videos and an intriguing negotiation exercise at the end. Thanks! | this course. Lots of knowledge, entertaining | Video | and an intriguing negotiation exercise at | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | This course is superb!!! I felt a deep connection with the professor while watching his videos. Thank you very much!!! If I ever live in USA I will definitely take some courses in this University | with the professor while watching his | Video | Thank you very much! ! ! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Good context, however, long videos, didn’t catch my attention. | Good context, however, long | Video | didn’t catch my attention. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Excellent videos and materials! I have learnt a lot. | Excellent | Video | and materials! I have learnt a | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | The professor is well-knowledged and able to provide very high quality course. I do lean a lot from his class. Though English is my second language, prof. George's explanation is very clear, easy to understand and on the point. The videos help a lot when i was learning. It's more efficient and memorable than reading the book (i also purchase the book and write notes during my learning). Generally, I's satisfied by the knowledge I learned so far. Due to device limitation, i, prof, and other students may not able have interaction which may influence our learning quality (Negotiation required a lot of practice and experiences). But I still can see our prof's effort on making this class memorable to us. At the end, Thank you Prof. George for providing meaningful education. | understand and on the point. The | Video | help a lot when i was | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Great but I strongly recommend you watch the videos on 1.5X speed as the prof talks a bit slowly | I strongly recommend you watch the | Video | on 1. 5X speed as the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Great teacher, wonderfull content and examples. Thank you very much professor Siedel Only one improving point: the videos were often working badly (no audio or breaking the upload) | Siedel Only one improving point: the | Video | were often working badly (no audio | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | This course is focussing on negotiation in business. But the presented concepts and strategies can be used in private negotiations of all kinds. I found the legal aspects of negotiation of contracts rather boring, but then you can watch the videos in double speed. All in all a very useful course for me. | but then you can watch the | Video | in double speed. All in all | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | Only few starting videos give new information and techniques, the rest 80% is quite useless. Course would be much better if it gives real tips and techniques rather than constant repetitions of the same information in different forms. If you read the course contents - you already get 75% of what is presented in the videos. | of what is presented in the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v0l76HmGEeSi3yIACzSGcw | It has been an honor and pleasure being able to listen to Professor Siedel's lectures on successful negotiation strategies. As a law student interested in business/finance/corporate law, his course has been a great comprehensive look at the interconnectedness of business and law. The humility with which Professor Siedel possesses is humbling and extraordinary of a person of his intellectual caliber and professional accomplishments. Many law/business professors I have known are rather intimidating and unsettling. I have learned an invaluable amount of very unique knowledge and skills that Mr.Siedel teaches to some of the most important financial and legal movers and shakers around the world. Yet despite his reaches throughout the world, he seems like the most kind and relatable man. His jokes are impeccably timed, especially during a lesson that may seem a bit dry or difficult and I never found his lectures to be boring. In fact, throughout my time with the course I always looked forward to the videos and am very sad to see the end of them. Additionally, I had the mindset that in order to be successful in business or law, I'd have to adapt more of a detached, zero-sum approach to my professional life. Not only has Professor Siedel changed my idea of how business and legal negotiations work, he has shown that there is in fact more to be gained by seeing people as people and not as mere numbers. Thanks for not just the academic lessons, but life lessons as well. I hope to walk in beauty much as you do Professor Siedel. | I always looked forward to the | Video | and am very sad to see | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.05 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course, was really bad structured, was often the discrepancy between the information provided in the videos and the questions in the Quiz. Also a lot of time the system was very picky to take an answer like correct, just because the format used, for example e!=E in one equation, and because this was necessary a lot of guessing in order to find how the system take the answer by correct. But really the worst was the discrepancy between the video and the quiz, because my impression is that the videos were cut to fix in the time, but they were cut a lot, missing important information to be used in the quiz. | between the information provided in the | Video | and the questions in the Quiz. | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 1.17 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course, was really bad structured, was often the discrepancy between the information provided in the videos and the questions in the Quiz. Also a lot of time the system was very picky to take an answer like correct, just because the format used, for example e!=E in one equation, and because this was necessary a lot of guessing in order to find how the system take the answer by correct. But really the worst was the discrepancy between the video and the quiz, because my impression is that the videos were cut to fix in the time, but they were cut a lot, missing important information to be used in the quiz. | worst was the discrepancy between the | Video | and the quiz, because my impression | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 1.17 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This course, was really bad structured, was often the discrepancy between the information provided in the videos and the questions in the Quiz. Also a lot of time the system was very picky to take an answer like correct, just because the format used, for example e!=E in one equation, and because this was necessary a lot of guessing in order to find how the system take the answer by correct. But really the worst was the discrepancy between the video and the quiz, because my impression is that the videos were cut to fix in the time, but they were cut a lot, missing important information to be used in the quiz. | because my impression is that the | Video | were cut to fix in the | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 1.17 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This is the worst course online I've done so far. I would not recommend it to anyone as it stands, regardless of the student's background, this course is just poor and lacking. The premise of this course is a promising one, the topic is still in its infancy and seems very interesting. Having said that, this is about everything positive that I can say about this course. For starters, the videos seem good at first, but later it becomes very superficial and monotone. The content is many times just rushed through and it's visible that the lecturers at several occasions have difficulty even to read their own slides! However, the worst part of the course are the quizzes. There are 24 graded quizzes in total, to pass the course you need to pass all 24 of them! To make matters worse, the minimum passing marks for each quiz is 80%, that wouldn't have been such an issue if most quizzes had 5 or more questions, which is not the case, most of the quizzes have 4 or less questions. This is such an unreasonable requirement, if you miss only one question in a quiz with 3 questions there's already no chance to pass the course! The content of each quiz is also very troublesome, we are essentially being graded for trivia, a considerable number of the questions are very superficially related to not related at all to the subject of each lecture. Instead of using the questions to delve deeper into the topic at hand, they only create confusion with futilities. A little example, the topic of a subject was about the mechanical properties of using multiple templates and a question in its quiz was about an electric circuit that is never shown in the question itself, only briefly shown in the lecture video for about 10s, minimal information is given without any explanation of what they mean and we are asked to enter a formula as the answer for which also almost no information is given about which notation we should use for the formula itself. There are other cases where there are multiple choice questions which have incorrect answers accepted by the grader. In one instance, two of the options available are contradictory to each other, however the accepted answer was the one involving both. In another instance, there was more than one solution available to an answer, however the grader accepted only one and there was no information in the question itself to narrow down the possible answers to the desired one. Finally, there is no active community by the TA and professors, I have never had a single answer form a TA or professor, only sporadical replies from a mentor, who has no authority to fix any issue by him or herself. All these issues just point to how poorly this course was designed. It had such high hopes, but they fell short flat. In doing this course, I found myself reverse engineering most of the questions just to try to find an accepted answer and try to understand what it meant. The imposed 8-hour period between attempts at the quizzes only hindered my progress. I was focused and engaged in studying for each quiz, however, after 3 failed attempts I had an imposed break period that makes little sense. In the end, this course only made me feel like the very object of my learning: a robot. I am really disappointed with this course. | about this course. For starters, the | Video | seem good at first, but later | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 1.17 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This is the worst course online I've done so far. I would not recommend it to anyone as it stands, regardless of the student's background, this course is just poor and lacking. The premise of this course is a promising one, the topic is still in its infancy and seems very interesting. Having said that, this is about everything positive that I can say about this course. For starters, the videos seem good at first, but later it becomes very superficial and monotone. The content is many times just rushed through and it's visible that the lecturers at several occasions have difficulty even to read their own slides! However, the worst part of the course are the quizzes. There are 24 graded quizzes in total, to pass the course you need to pass all 24 of them! To make matters worse, the minimum passing marks for each quiz is 80%, that wouldn't have been such an issue if most quizzes had 5 or more questions, which is not the case, most of the quizzes have 4 or less questions. This is such an unreasonable requirement, if you miss only one question in a quiz with 3 questions there's already no chance to pass the course! The content of each quiz is also very troublesome, we are essentially being graded for trivia, a considerable number of the questions are very superficially related to not related at all to the subject of each lecture. Instead of using the questions to delve deeper into the topic at hand, they only create confusion with futilities. A little example, the topic of a subject was about the mechanical properties of using multiple templates and a question in its quiz was about an electric circuit that is never shown in the question itself, only briefly shown in the lecture video for about 10s, minimal information is given without any explanation of what they mean and we are asked to enter a formula as the answer for which also almost no information is given about which notation we should use for the formula itself. There are other cases where there are multiple choice questions which have incorrect answers accepted by the grader. In one instance, two of the options available are contradictory to each other, however the accepted answer was the one involving both. In another instance, there was more than one solution available to an answer, however the grader accepted only one and there was no information in the question itself to narrow down the possible answers to the desired one. Finally, there is no active community by the TA and professors, I have never had a single answer form a TA or professor, only sporadical replies from a mentor, who has no authority to fix any issue by him or herself. All these issues just point to how poorly this course was designed. It had such high hopes, but they fell short flat. In doing this course, I found myself reverse engineering most of the questions just to try to find an accepted answer and try to understand what it meant. The imposed 8-hour period between attempts at the quizzes only hindered my progress. I was focused and engaged in studying for each quiz, however, after 3 failed attempts I had an imposed break period that makes little sense. In the end, this course only made me feel like the very object of my learning: a robot. I am really disappointed with this course. | only briefly shown in the lecture | Video | for about 10s, minimal information is | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 1.17 |
| v8BCQVu-EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | Although main teacher looks very cult, I wonder how there are so many mistakes in this course. The first one that don't looks like a hands on matlab tutorial as the others i have taken. Some unclear questions in quizzes. Some mistaken or unclear math in video and quizzes. Looks like no staff is following the course. Some people complain about this. Too many references and resource papers require payment, and not everyone's university or school have them available, they are just too expensive. | Some mistaken or unclear math in | Video | and quizzes. Looks like no staff | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.59 | 1.17 |
| 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. | anything on this course. 3. The | Video | lectures are very short and uninformative, | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| 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. | in the first place. The introductory | Video | on every week were very clever | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is really good! The videos are excellent , hold the attention . | This course is really good! The | Video | are excellent , hold the attention | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Plenty of good material and excellent videos describing topics. | Plenty of good material and excellent | Video | describing topics. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I took the course because I'm an Art enthusiast and a hobby artist. Previously I was disgusted at anything called "Modern Art" because it made no meaning to me, maybe I just encountered the wrong or naive pieces of work, or I think the major reason I had no complete idea what Modern Art stood for. I was a staunch follower of depictive fine arts, but this course has changed my views about the subject and now I see this domain with a fresh and a better perspective. This course was actually fun to take and I'm motivated to watch the videos again and again as they have been made to be very interesting and the readings though lengthy were quite good. It was a great course andI hope MoMA gets more courses like this on Coursera. I would love to take more of these. Thanks MoMA and Coursera | and I'm motivated to watch the | Video | again and again as they have | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is amazing. I absolutely loved the, albeit short, fun videos for each week. And the recommended readings make a great deal of it, which is great. Also, the focus on teachers was not something I was expecting, but that may be helpful in the future. | absolutely loved the, albeit short, fun | Video | for each week. And the recommended | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Very well organised with beautiful and interesting videos. Clear explanations and nice assignments. | well organised with beautiful and interesting | Video | Clear explanations and nice assignments. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I have no complaints over the content. I would however, change the final quizzes, which rely too much on one essay rather than on the videos or on other reading material. | one essay rather than on the | Video | or on other reading material. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art. The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers. Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art. Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge? On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score. Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art. | merge of two independent parts, namely, | Video | about artworks and papers about different | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art. The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers. Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art. Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge? On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score. Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art. | I was not interested in papers. | Video | were great; especially the first one | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art. The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers. Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art. Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge? On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score. Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art. | of art in general, found these | Video | interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art. The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers. Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art. Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge? On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score. Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art. | general, found these videos interesting. In | Video | lecturer explains history and meaning of | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art. The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers. Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art. Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge? On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score. Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art. | if not, I would watch the | Video | again. Why should I do extra | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art. The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers. Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art. Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge? On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score. Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art. | course is attractive because of amazing | Video | However, I believe that this course | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | The required reading is a bit long, and because it's all written, it's hard to go through at one time. So would there be some videos source instead I could use to facilitate learning in a more visual way? | time. So would there be some | Video | source instead I could use to | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Good video production, successful combination of video content and reading resources as well as very interesting weekly topics. | Good | Video | production, successful combination of video content | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Good video production, successful combination of video content and reading resources as well as very interesting weekly topics. | Good video production, successful combination of | Video | content and reading resources as well | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I enjoyed this course, but am still trying to catch up on the reading! :) I would have loved to see a few more weeks, with perhaps longer and more in-depth videos and more themes and examples. I | with perhaps longer and more in-depth | Video | and more themes and examples. I | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | The information, videos, links additional reading do provide important information. However this course is aimed at teachers and that is not clear from the title and much less with the small amount of articles that are related to teaching. This course also has lots of issues with its quizzes; getting no support from staff on technical matters or feed back on why a true or false questions is always wrong. | The information, | Video | links additional reading do provide important | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | I am a little over halfway through this course and I would recommend it to any teacher, or any person who just loves art. Exploring themes in modern art is presented in an accessible way through short engaging videos. There is a resource list with further readings to help you get as in-depth with the topics as you would like, and a list of artworks used in the lesson so you can refer to all of them at once. I plan to do more MOMA courses on Coursera, and hopefully visit MOMA sometime soon! (This review was written by a teacher and former art maj | an accessible way through short engaging | Video | There is a resource list with | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| v9CQdBkhEeWjrA6seF25aw | Great video lessons and extra reading material to expand concepts and ideas. The course has also very good rhythm and short tests at the end of each lesson are great to understand the important points of the course. | Great | Video | lessons and extra reading material to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| 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. | is unique and pretty interesting, but | Video | are too short, basic and non-specific, | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | This is my first course completed on Coursera web. I must say that it gave me a lot of very interesting information, the assessments were not easy to pass, videos were prepared very carefully (subtitles is a perfect idea!!) and - finalizing the course by own project is nice way to implement the knowledge into the practice | assessments were not easy to pass, | Video | were prepared very carefully (subtitles is | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | I didn't pay for the certificate, and I just watched the videos and took the quizzes without certification. I wanted to get exposure to project management. The class was well taught, gave a lot of information in short video segments. Great outside examples to illustrate the concepts covered. Great value and awesome for the Darden to provide this class (especially since it was free!). | a lot of information in short | Video | segments. Great outside examples to illustrate | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | The course is very well designed and the instructor is very clear and engaging! Moreover, a lot of useful tools and techniques are shown during sessions. Case studies could be improved, starting from the quality of videos and contents. | improved, starting from the quality of | Video | and contents. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | This class was a good overview of the topic of project management with an entertaining and well spoken teacher. This videos and content were engaging but not over whelming. | entertaining and well spoken teacher. This | Video | and content were engaging but not | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | Fantastic course, with great videos and materials. Yael is great at communicating the fundamentals via her videos, supplemental materials & case studies (really good examples of theory in practice). Great for anyone wanting to refresh/solidify their fundamentals in Project Management (for those already with work experience), as well as beginners who are interested in getting a solid foundation. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in understanding the Fundamentals of Project Management. | Fantastic course, with great | Video | and materials. Yael is great at | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | This course shares a lot of valuable information but could use a good deal of refinement. I really would have liked to have seen downloadable PDFs with the diagrams representing different models so that I could easily go back and reference them without having to find the particular moment in a video where it was shown. I also wish the videos were designed with better instructional strategies--the best Coursera courses (like those from Northwestern's Kellog School of Management) introduce material, expand on it, and then summarize the most important parts in each video--this helps the learner Here the learner is on their own. There's a lot of great information to pick up on, but some retooling from the UVA Darden School of Business would be greatly appreciated improvement. | find the particular moment in a | Video | where it was shown. I also | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | This course shares a lot of valuable information but could use a good deal of refinement. I really would have liked to have seen downloadable PDFs with the diagrams representing different models so that I could easily go back and reference them without having to find the particular moment in a video where it was shown. I also wish the videos were designed with better instructional strategies--the best Coursera courses (like those from Northwestern's Kellog School of Management) introduce material, expand on it, and then summarize the most important parts in each video--this helps the learner Here the learner is on their own. There's a lot of great information to pick up on, but some retooling from the UVA Darden School of Business would be greatly appreciated improvement. | was shown. I also wish the | Video | were designed with better instructional strategies--the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | This is quite an amazing experience. The lecture videos are totally astonishing. It explains the concepts more clearly and the examples drawn are remarkable and suits very well. Thank you very much, I enjoyed it very well.... | quite an amazing experience. The lecture | Video | are totally astonishing. It explains the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | The course is well planned with very good backup of Videos. All videos are very informative, to the point and easy to understand. I rate this course 4 star. Thanks | planned with very good backup of | Video | All videos are very informative, to | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| VcGV0kxGEeWKRQoYMLwAUw | The course is well planned with very good backup of Videos. All videos are very informative, to the point and easy to understand. I rate this course 4 star. Thanks | very good backup of Videos. All | Video | are very informative, to the point | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
| 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! | find this course very useful! The | Video | are well made, clear, and easy | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | + Coleen is a good and funny teacher; + videos are easily to understand also for not english native speakers; + I learned some things and tricks despite the fact that I am already using CSS3 in my daily work. - in my opinion it is necessary to have some experience with CSS before joining this course. Commitment: I needed about 10 hours/week of study | a good and funny teacher; + | Video | are easily to understand also for | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Very good class. The video sessions are well built and clear. Also, the homeworks are short but can help you get started with css pretty well. Congratulations on the course and thanks for sharing it on coursera. | Very good class. The | Video | sessions are well built and clear. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | I think this course does a great job of introducing CSS3 and giving you a good taste of what it can do. It would have been nice to have an optional video on ways to create a 3-column layout, as well as mentioning collapsible margins. Overall, a great introduction. | been nice to have an optional | Video | on ways to create a 3-column | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Colleen van Lent is really great, the course is well put together, and the video quality was excellent (looking at other courses, I now see that this is not always the case). I went through the HTML5 and CSS3 course and found them to be well-structured and thorough. There was a lot of opportunity to put into practice the skills we were learning and lots of helpful resources to point students in the right direction for additional help. I didn't like peer reviewing at first, but it was actually a useful exercise. I realized that other people may come at a problem in a slightly different way, and looking at their code helped me gain some insight into that nuance. Thanks, Colleen! | is well put together, and the | Video | quality was excellent (looking at other | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| 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 | some homework assignment, the requirement in | Video | and reading material doesn't agree all | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| 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 | material only contains 3 requirements but | Video | contains 4 or vise versa. Try | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Course was great. I wish there was more coding and more examples as well as the videos showing more examples rather then slides with text of the properties. | more examples as well as the | Video | showing more examples rather then slides | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | While I love Dr. van Lent's teaching style, I was somewhat disappointed in the course as a whole. After about the first week the instructor was not heard from again on the forums. It wasn't until about the last week that some official teaching staff started to make an appearance. This was an issue as, especially in the first week, as there was a good deal of discrepancy between what was on the grading rubric, what was provided in description for the homework, and what was in an optional video that described the homework. All with no official direction as to what was correct, or how things should be properly graded. The students were just left to themselves to try and interpret what the instructor meant, and what was the proper thing to do in regards to the peer grading. This continued, albeit to a far lesser extent, through the remainder of the course. While I don't expect instructors to be in the forums all that often, I do expect them to clear up obvious issues, and to make some type of official statement as to how students should proceed. I believe this was the first offering of this course, and I hope as it offered again those discrepancies are fixed, and perhaps more official teaching staff are able to monitor the forums. As far as the material itself, it is pretty good, and covers most of the basics well. As I said at the start, I really love Dr. van Lent's teaching style. She is very encouraging, and easy to understand. She is also very human, making mistakes as she goes along, and correcting them. I feel this gives the student a good experience of the real world iterative process that coding is, that even with experience mistakes are still made, and to be expected, and how to go about doing some debugging to correct those mistakes. | and what was in an optional | Video | that described the homework. All with | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| Vh4RJTk8EeWJaxK5AT4frw | Excellent course. What isn't covered in the videos is amply covered by the suggested supplementary material. I really like that the instructor repeatedly encourages you to try things and to search out ways of doing things on the web. | course. What isn't covered in the | Video | is amply covered by the suggested | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| 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. | follow with well presented, quality and | Video | to watch which makes learning simple. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| 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. | learning simple. The tutors in the | Video | are top of their game and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | I found this course helpful and full of useful information. The instructors present enjoyable and fun to watch videos. Get the most out of the course but being active on the forums. Most Peer reviewers gave good feedback. | present enjoyable and fun to watch | Video | Get the most out of the | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | This one is the most practical course since it helps you organize and structure your lessons. If you are new to TESOL it will guide you through very important steps of Lesson planning. Video examples of different teachers performing parts of a lesson were particularly helpful to identify common mistakes and see the best way of making students engaged. | very important steps of Lesson planning. | Video | examples of different teachers performing parts | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | More narratives and examples should be there in the videos that can demonstrate explicit connection between the lesson plan templates and the lecture video talks. | examples should be there in the | Video | that can demonstrate explicit connection between | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | More narratives and examples should be there in the videos that can demonstrate explicit connection between the lesson plan templates and the lecture video talks. | lesson plan templates and the lecture | Video | talks. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | videos too long. | | Video | too long. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| vIC_m1i_EeWzUQ41NnCQkQ | The instructors are fantastic! They simplify a lot of information into a compact, 6 week course with engaging videos that keep my interest as an adult learner. | compact, 6 week course with engaging | Video | that keep my interest as an | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| VTyPXbMXEeW-cQqGkhsQ8w | Some times the videos aren´t in a logical sync with the upcoming activity, or the content from the video is somewhat vague and then not clearly explained in the class. | activity, or the content from the | Video | is somewhat vague and then not | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 1.05 |
| VTyPXbMXEeW-cQqGkhsQ8w | Nice course which focuses on the course title.I liked the animated videos a lot!! | course title. I liked the animated | Video | a lot! ! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.05 |
| VTyPXbMXEeW-cQqGkhsQ8w | Mix of the professional animated videos + more practical lectures was excellent planning. Highly recommended post-ideation to put some structure around your idea. | Mix of the professional animated | Video | + more practical lectures was excellent | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.05 |
| VTyPXbMXEeW-cQqGkhsQ8w | great. Learnt many things. Even though only from 3 videos. I wish i could pay the other course parts... As i'm only a school student i can't afford this. Hope you will open free courses to our future generation soon. Thanks a lot. | things. Even though only from 3 | Video | I wish i could pay the | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.05 |
| VxTqEC8iEeWUWxIOAnoaFQ | Excellent course, videos, examples, reading material.... | Excellent course, | Video | examples, reading material. . . . | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| VxTqEC8iEeWUWxIOAnoaFQ | I am very satisfied with the quality of this course, its materials, the videos. | of this course, its materials, the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| wEl1EleDEeWTbwotamPtlQ | The course was extremely informative and managed to explain complex circumstances very simple. I highly recommend this course therefore. I was able to learn new things about the history of Israel which were never brought to me like that by history teachers. Great opportunity to broaden knowledge. Suggestions: Although the course was very good structured sometimes sophisticated history terms in the context of Israel and Palestine occurred in a video and were explained properly one video later. But because they were explained shortly after and it happened only like three times I would suggest to have a little box with terms like Lechi or Palmach, White Paper from thetime they occur first right beneath every video. The interviews with the experts of each fields had sometimes an odd audio recording and one person therefore spoke louder then the other and I had to turn my speakers on full volume sometimes. If the course gets rerecorded one day I suggest to look into those samples in particular. Thanks for this great course. | Israel and Palestine occurred in a | Video | and were explained properly one video | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.76 |
| wEl1EleDEeWTbwotamPtlQ | The course was extremely informative and managed to explain complex circumstances very simple. I highly recommend this course therefore. I was able to learn new things about the history of Israel which were never brought to me like that by history teachers. Great opportunity to broaden knowledge. Suggestions: Although the course was very good structured sometimes sophisticated history terms in the context of Israel and Palestine occurred in a video and were explained properly one video later. But because they were explained shortly after and it happened only like three times I would suggest to have a little box with terms like Lechi or Palmach, White Paper from thetime they occur first right beneath every video. The interviews with the experts of each fields had sometimes an odd audio recording and one person therefore spoke louder then the other and I had to turn my speakers on full volume sometimes. If the course gets rerecorded one day I suggest to look into those samples in particular. Thanks for this great course. | video and were explained properly one | Video | later. But because they were explained | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.76 |
| wEl1EleDEeWTbwotamPtlQ | The course was extremely informative and managed to explain complex circumstances very simple. I highly recommend this course therefore. I was able to learn new things about the history of Israel which were never brought to me like that by history teachers. Great opportunity to broaden knowledge. Suggestions: Although the course was very good structured sometimes sophisticated history terms in the context of Israel and Palestine occurred in a video and were explained properly one video later. But because they were explained shortly after and it happened only like three times I would suggest to have a little box with terms like Lechi or Palmach, White Paper from thetime they occur first right beneath every video. The interviews with the experts of each fields had sometimes an odd audio recording and one person therefore spoke louder then the other and I had to turn my speakers on full volume sometimes. If the course gets rerecorded one day I suggest to look into those samples in particular. Thanks for this great course. | they occur first right beneath every | Video | The interviews with the experts of | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.76 |
| 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. | a very good Addition to the | Video | so that you can slowly think | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.68 | 0.76 |
| wEl1EleDEeWTbwotamPtlQ | In the end it is a good course. The videos might seem short, but are filled with tons of information. It has guest professors who were very interesting, and I hope they could have give their perspective on the subjects as well. There is no reading material, which is kinda sad. And it's naturally a little partial in favor to jews, but that's only natural. Prof. Susser, though, seems a lot more objective. I thank very much the professors for this course. | it is a good course. The | Video | might seem short, but are filled | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.68 | 0.76 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Videos are easy to understand and follow, but there's sometimes to little background knowledge about writing good apps, security and good practices. The communication with the server and what would look like the final working product is not explained at all. | | Video | are easy to understand and follow, | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The production of this course could be much clearer and as such this is a very tedious course. The actual subject matter is good if you have some experience with JavaScript. The video is constantly switching between the professor and the code. As such, you'll find yourself constantly replaying certain parts to see what is typed. In some instances, the code is actually "off-screen". Is there really any value to seeing the professor (rather than just hearing)? The key information is in the code! Either leave the video on the code the entire time and run the audio for the teacher, or, add another window where the live code is visible the entire time. It's important that this is the live code. Simply providing the final product doesn't allow the novice user to see how it is built. | have some experience with JavaScript. The | Video | is constantly switching between the professor | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | The production of this course could be much clearer and as such this is a very tedious course. The actual subject matter is good if you have some experience with JavaScript. The video is constantly switching between the professor and the code. As such, you'll find yourself constantly replaying certain parts to see what is typed. In some instances, the code is actually "off-screen". Is there really any value to seeing the professor (rather than just hearing)? The key information is in the code! Either leave the video on the code the entire time and run the audio for the teacher, or, add another window where the live code is visible the entire time. It's important that this is the live code. Simply providing the final product doesn't allow the novice user to see how it is built. | in the code! Either leave the | Video | on the code the entire time | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | Excellent introduction to Meteor. The videos were engaging and the exercises were helpful and based on real-world tasks. | Excellent introduction to Meteor. The | Video | were engaging and the exercises were | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| 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. | Was only | Video | and 2 question quizzes until the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| 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. | never mentioned in any of the | Video | Almost didn't finish it in time | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| wKPtohoHEeWwrBKfKrqlSQ | very good course! Lovely explanations and nice videos. | good course! Lovely explanations and nice | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | Great learning experience! I enjoyed all the videos, the presented material, and the interaction with other students enrolled in the course... I will recommend this course to anyone interested in this topic :-) | learning experience! I enjoyed all the | Video | the presented material, and the interaction | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.98 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | Very accessible and insightful course. I do wish that suggested prompts were created for the forums, that's my only "complaint." I found the videos rich with historical context and the list of resources to be very valuable. I have already recommended the course to my friends. | " complaint. " I found the | Video | rich with historical context and the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.98 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | The only reason this course did not get top marks is because very often the audio and the video did not match. Even with captions turned on it was, at times, difficult to follow as the captions follow the audio and end when the video ends even if the audio is not quite finished. Other than that I found this course enjoyable as well as educational. | very often the audio and the | Video | did not match. Even with captions | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 0.98 |
| WRmBJpeLEeWiKgp3mpfjeQ | The only reason this course did not get top marks is because very often the audio and the video did not match. Even with captions turned on it was, at times, difficult to follow as the captions follow the audio and end when the video ends even if the audio is not quite finished. Other than that I found this course enjoyable as well as educational. | the audio and end when the | Video | ends even if the audio is | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 0.98 |
| X3F5IHK0EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Great course - learned a lot. Videos are short and easy to understand/view and the quiz and questions help to integrate and test the concepts taught. The entire series is the best online learning course I've ever taken! Definitely recommend., | Great course - learned a lot. | Video | are short and easy to understand/view | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| X3F5IHK0EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This course deals mainly with the topic of evaluating the performance of investments and uses the outcomes to discuss the benefits of active and passive funds. Measures are introduced to evaluate the risk adjusted returns of investments. In addition, evaluation tools for the performance of active managers are presented. The videos are of great quality. The quizzes could be more challenging. | of active managers are presented. The | Video | are of great quality. The quizzes | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| X3F5IHK0EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | This is an well done, interesting class with a lot of good information, but the course seems much too biased toward active portfolios and management. The videos from UBS add nothing to the class and seem more like advertisements for UBS than class material. That being said, I highly recommend this class and Specialization as a whole. | toward active portfolios and management. The | Video | from UBS add nothing to the | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| X8YjHDowEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | El curso esta bien diseñado, intenta cubrir flancos muy repetitivos en cualquier idioma lo cual es muy útil como un paso primero. No obstante me parece que unos videos no funcionan en lamedida en que resultan muy largos y repetitivos, la forma de ilustrar conversaciones me parece que utiliza unas frases demasiado largas para un estudiante que apenas entra en el idioma (al ser largas no sólo son más complejas sino que resultan mucho menos atractivas. | No obstante me parece que unos | Video | no funcionan en lamedida en que | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
| X8YjHDowEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | Buenas tardes, el curso es muy bueno como tal, lo único malo y que le resta calidad, son los errores presente en los examenes y en algunos videos, que en vez de ayudar al estudiante, lo confunden, pues generan dudas e inseguridades. Mi recomendación: tomense el tiempo de revisar los videos con su contenido contra los examenes, mejorando la persepción de que quienes hacen y dictan el curso son personas serias, 100 por ciento calificadas. Como comente al inicio, el curso es bueno, pero como estudiante no quede satisfecho, pues mis dudas me llevan a pensar que el resto de los cursos presentan los mímos problemas. Agradesco lo que me han enseñado y haciendo las correcciones especificas, lo llevare a la practica en mi entorno profesional. Xièxiè Henry Franco | en los examenes y en algunos | Video | que en vez de ayudar al | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
| X8YjHDowEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | Buenas tardes, el curso es muy bueno como tal, lo único malo y que le resta calidad, son los errores presente en los examenes y en algunos videos, que en vez de ayudar al estudiante, lo confunden, pues generan dudas e inseguridades. Mi recomendación: tomense el tiempo de revisar los videos con su contenido contra los examenes, mejorando la persepción de que quienes hacen y dictan el curso son personas serias, 100 por ciento calificadas. Como comente al inicio, el curso es bueno, pero como estudiante no quede satisfecho, pues mis dudas me llevan a pensar que el resto de los cursos presentan los mímos problemas. Agradesco lo que me han enseñado y haciendo las correcciones especificas, lo llevare a la practica en mi entorno profesional. Xièxiè Henry Franco | tomense el tiempo de revisar los | Video | con su contenido contra los examenes, | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
| X8YjHDowEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | Este curso tiene muchos errores en los test, los videos a veces van descompasados o demasiado rápidos. | muchos errores en los test, los | Video | a veces van descompasados o demasiado | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
| X8YjHDowEeWnxw5wP_KHTw | Los exámenes test está mal hechos... algunas preguntas que ellos marcan como bien en los videos luego te las ponen como erróneas en los test. | ellos marcan como bien en los | Video | luego te las ponen como erróneas | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | The course is excellent in many ways. The course material,video is very simple and understandable to a layman also. one need not be an expert.The presentation was superb, leaving no doubt at the end of each week.The course material and video is self sufficient. I am very happy to have joined the course. I would like to complete the rest of the course satisfactorily. I would love to have soft copies of the material which can be downloaded for study at convenient. Thank you, madam | in many ways. The course material, | Video | is very simple and understandable to | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | The course is excellent in many ways. The course material,video is very simple and understandable to a layman also. one need not be an expert.The presentation was superb, leaving no doubt at the end of each week.The course material and video is self sufficient. I am very happy to have joined the course. I would like to complete the rest of the course satisfactorily. I would love to have soft copies of the material which can be downloaded for study at convenient. Thank you, madam | each week. The course material and | Video | is self sufficient. I am very | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| 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. | 45 to 60 seconds of each | Video | to talk about what the video | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| 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. | video to talk about what the | Video | is going to cover, then spending | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| 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. | points at the end of each | Video | Some videos are 4 minutes long, | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| 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. | the end of each video. Some | Video | are 4 minutes long, so more | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| XEjjlXEkEeWhZxJhllGpHQ | I started this course without any formal training in SEO. I found the videos to be clear, easy-to-follow, and very informative. The recommended readings were especially useful. | training in SEO. I found the | Video | to be clear, easy-to-follow, and very | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| XJUJYyzXEeWWqBIFfWmDPQ | pace is slow. so many video in pieces, and lecturers keep saying like" we will look into more details later" or introduction again and again. I am studying module 2 now, all small lectures like 1 min or 2 mins, which is very shattered, repetitive and annoying. | pace is slow. so many | Video | in pieces, and lecturers keep saying | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| XJUJYyzXEeWWqBIFfWmDPQ | Big part of the course videos devoted to history of how the technology was developed, not much technical information about the technology itself. | Big part of the course | Video | devoted to history of how the | Positive | 0.7 | -1.0 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| 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. | concepts that weren't covered in the | Video | I think that this courser should | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.96 |
| xL0drBU7EeWpKw4zIcjkHw | All the videos and assignments were interesting and informative, I am just not sure how relevant they were to the specialization. | All the | Video | and assignments were interesting and informative, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.84 | 0.96 |
| 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. | to guess a lot of things, | Video | explanations were not up to the | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.84 | 0.96 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Great introduction to nutrition and healthy eating. Videos are simple and very easy to understand for someone with little to no knowledge of this topic - recommended 100% - thank you! | introduction to nutrition and healthy eating. | Video | are simple and very easy to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Extremely interesting course. I feel the material and videos were very easy to absorb and understand. I certainly would recommend this to anyone with an interest in food and how it affects our health. | course. I feel the material and | Video | were very easy to absorb and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I really enjoy the course although I've only been through Week 1. The video lessons are interesting and full of useful information. They use a very easy to understand language so I can recommend the course to everyone who likes to improve their understanding on the topic. | only been through Week 1. The | Video | lessons are interesting and full of | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | The topics discussed into this course are really interesting. The videos give some perspective at the time of taking care of our own health and eating habits. The only problem I see, is the shortness of the course and the videos. The topics don't go beyond the surface and there is a lack of: details, examples, and comparisons between healthy diets and harmful ones. | shortness of the course and the | Video | The topics don't go beyond the | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I think that course is so useful ,, it helps me understand more about food ..the most thing i like about it is the great videos form as it gives me info in an interesting way avoid learners to get bored and frustrated with the info ,, it goes easy and smoothly so 5 rated .. | like about it is the great | Video | form as it gives me info | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | The videos were interesting and the lecturer captivating. Overall an excellent course and finally the first course that I have been motivated enough to finish! | The | Video | were interesting and the lecturer captivating. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I loved the videos of the course. It makes learning so accessible. I'm now onto course number 3! | I loved the | Video | of the course. It makes learning | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Each of Dr. Adam's lectures are short but very thorough. The visual aids in video lectures are very simple and effective. This class is the perfect intro to food and health. The material overall is very simplistic, but people wanting to learn about the intricacies of nutrition will find this class establishes a wonderful foundation. | very thorough. The visual aids in | Video | lectures are very simple and effective. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Short, easy to watch videos fulled with high quality content and good ideias to incorporate healthy habbits in our daily life. | Short, easy to watch | Video | fulled with high quality content and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Very simple and understandable chunks of information, charming and inspirational instructor, fascinating and colorful video... It would be great to enroll in advanced course :) | and inspirational instructor, fascinating and colorful | Video | . . It would be great | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This course is extremely well made! I am enjoying it very much! I'm personally using it for a review of nutritional principles and basics and this course is FILLED with wonderfully clear and visually captivating video lectures cut into shorter 4-5 minute lectures! This course is probably meant to be taken over a months time, but It's SO Captivating that I can't get enough and be through it in a few days at most! Thank you for putting this course online for everyone to take, learn and enjoy! I'm going to recommend it to my whole online nutrition course at my university for an excellent review of basic and key nutritional concepts! It will certainly leave a lasting impression on my further nutritional studies. | with wonderfully clear and visually captivating | Video | lectures cut into shorter 4-5 minute | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This course is less demanding than I expected/hoped, but nevertheless the content and its delivery was top-notch. The lectures present material in a clear and natural way. Course content is immediately and easily applied to daily life. The video production is the among the best I've seen in online education. Not groundbreaking, but immensely helpful to those unfamiliar with this material. Definitely worth your time. | easily applied to daily life. The | Video | production is the among the best | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Great course, It is very informative and fun to learn. I love the fact that I can watch the videos on-the-go. And I learned a lot about food and eating. Great job! Thanks!! | fact that I can watch the | Video | on-the-go. And I learned a lot | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This class was awesome, I wish there would have been more reading though. Videos get boring eventually and I like to research further and be able to look at the words rather than just hear them. | would have been more reading though. | Video | get boring eventually and I like | Negative | -0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I really like this course. For me, it was a good introduction to know how to eat properly and how I should combine my food. The way Maya teach is clear and close, and you can understand and assimilate easily the concepts. Also, the videos of the last lesson are very helpful. | assimilate easily the concepts. Also, the | Video | of the last lesson are very | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Very practical and applicable information. Great quality in the videos. | applicable information. Great quality in the | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | In the beginning it feels like a course, but from week three on it feels more like a conversation about food. It is more suitable for people with very little background n food science and nutrition, aiming to get some knowl on these fields. But the views are quite one sided and necessarily true when it comes to the understanding of the food chain. Of course, many of their opinions are valid, but I wouldn´t accept those views as solid rock statements because they are not. In any case, I recomend the course for people with obesity problems and those who are too lazy to think about the importance of home cooking. The quality of the videos is outstanding! Congratulations! | home cooking. The quality of the | Video | is outstanding! Congratulations! | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This was my first course, and I hope all future courses are exactly like this one! Maya has such a nice way of talking. The videos were easy to understand, without compromising substance. I also enjoyed the overall high-quality of the course. My only complaint is that some of the topics seemed a little bit irrelevant, such as the case study of a middle-aged, pre-diabetic man. I feel like that video should've been shortened by sevety-five percent and tacked onto the end of another video as an example. | a nice way of talking. The | Video | were easy to understand, without compromising | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This was my first course, and I hope all future courses are exactly like this one! Maya has such a nice way of talking. The videos were easy to understand, without compromising substance. I also enjoyed the overall high-quality of the course. My only complaint is that some of the topics seemed a little bit irrelevant, such as the case study of a middle-aged, pre-diabetic man. I feel like that video should've been shortened by sevety-five percent and tacked onto the end of another video as an example. | pre-diabetic man. I feel like that | Video | should've been shortened by sevety-five percent | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This was my first course, and I hope all future courses are exactly like this one! Maya has such a nice way of talking. The videos were easy to understand, without compromising substance. I also enjoyed the overall high-quality of the course. My only complaint is that some of the topics seemed a little bit irrelevant, such as the case study of a middle-aged, pre-diabetic man. I feel like that video should've been shortened by sevety-five percent and tacked onto the end of another video as an example. | tacked onto the end of another | Video | as an example. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | It is very basic and the principles are for a third-grader. After all the things said, at the end the first video was about pancakes (nvm they were gluten free) | said, at the end the first | Video | was about pancakes (nvm they were | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I loved it, i justed wanted to learn more and more with every video | learn more and more with every | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | really nice video, I learned a lot | really nice | Video | I learned a lot | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Someone really put some work into this! Great if you (like me) do not have any clue on how to eat healthy. Somehow superficial treatment though, if someone asked me what i took out of this course i would say to best eat half vegetables and half meat/carbohydrates. I hoped for more answers on "why" questions, like "why are vegetables necessary?", or "what vegetables are needed for what body function?". Still, nice, flashy videos and great commitment of the editors. | function? " . Still, nice, flashy | Video | and great commitment of the editors. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | It fit almost exactly what I was looking for in the course. Simple high level guidance about food, nutrition and communicating it in terms of the foods we would buy in a grocery and the portioning and composition of an ideal plate of food. Very digestable videos broken up to keep interest. One thing that might have been nice was delving deeper or providing references with more sources of each type of macronutrient so you could walk away from the course and just begin mix and matching. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it. | ideal plate of food. Very digestable | Video | broken up to keep interest. One | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This course was taught well, loved the videos, it was a bit basic but did serve as a great overview. | course was taught well, loved the | Video | it was a bit basic but | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This is less of a university level course and more of a long infomercial for Michael Pollen books with a cooking show at the end. There is no interviews with nutritionists or scientists. In fact, there really isn't much here in the way of science at all. The cooking videos are fun with some good recipes. | of science at all. The cooking | Video | are fun with some good recipes. | Positive | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Videos are fun and informative. I think assignment questions sometimes are too scientific nevertheless for some people this can be even more exciting. | | Video | are fun and informative. I think | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | In my opinion the course was fantastic!! Very easy linguage, clear explanations and an excellent and nowdays topic: "Food and Health" I love the videos from Maya Adam! Sandra Aguiar Brazil | Food and Health" I love the | Video | from Maya Adam! Sandra Aguiar Brazil | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I enjoyed this course and learning, specifically how to adapt a healthier diet and the evolution of food in the US. The videos were interesting and the information was insightful and applicable to daily life. The only thing I might change in the course is having the professor incorporate definitions to some of the terms (i.e. nutrient dense, , metabolic abnormalities) in the videos, or as a supplemental document. I would recommend this course to others. | of food in the US. The | Video | were interesting and the information was | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Exceptional. Simple and understandable and also useful in every way. The videos are made in such a way that you remember most of the things. | also useful in every way. The | Video | are made in such a way | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I really like the style of the video lectures! They aren't the typical boring lectures. I enjoyed the course and would to love to know more about nutrition! | really like the style of the | Video | lectures! They aren't the typical boring | Negative | -0.9 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This is a must! Good tips and advices to gain health by the food you eat and the way you eat. Great teachers, short videos, easy to follow. | way you eat. Great teachers, short | Video | easy to follow. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Loved your videos Maya, and your recipes too. | Loved your | Video | Maya, and your recipes too. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Videos are very clear and very well explained... Nice animations, graphs, ... definitely a great piece of work. However, I have to say that I expected more content/theory on food and health inside our body rather than general advises on how to cook at home. I am a person that cooks already at home and does not like to eat much processed food, so majority of videos I found too simple and basic... | | Video | are very clear and very well | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Videos are very clear and very well explained... Nice animations, graphs, ... definitely a great piece of work. However, I have to say that I expected more content/theory on food and health inside our body rather than general advises on how to cook at home. I am a person that cooks already at home and does not like to eat much processed food, so majority of videos I found too simple and basic... | much processed food, so majority of | Video | I found too simple and basic. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Really very basic, anyone with an interest in the subject is likely to know most of this already. nicely presented though, good quality videos. | already. nicely presented though, good quality | Video | | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | This is a great introductory and time efficient course that allows anyone to get a brief overview of a healthy life style. This course, aside from the first video, does not go into the nutritional value of food or micro nutrient variables. So, if you'd like to get more information on how to cultivate your own healthy life style this is a great choice. However, if you'd like the more scientific side of things this course is not for you. | This course, aside from the first | Video | does not go into the nutritional | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Very light, as it is broken down in quick, appealing videos, but super informative and complete. I loved the course and I certainly learned how to lead a more satisfying food life. | is broken down in quick, appealing | Video | but super informative and complete. I | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Liked the course. The video materials were short and to the point. Learnt a lot and hope to improve my eating habits. | Liked the course. The | Video | materials were short and to the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | Michael Pollan is wonderful! Great fundamental tips. Music can be distracting. Maya's speech is a bit slow...Pollan's pace was stronger. Visuals were clean and easy to digest. Content was succinct and memorable. Appreciated the brevity of the videos. Thank you. | memorable. Appreciated the brevity of the | Video | Thank you. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xMqZG1wyEeWd6BJKWlaBIw | I love this so much, and I think everyone should watch these videos. This is a work of art really. There is so much useful, globally applicable information packed into a concise, interesting, and credible collection. I love that there are scientific explanations and that the chemistry is shown. I also love how understandable it is to the lay-person, and how there are so many sensible pieces of advice that I feel the need to take and run with. Thank you for this; I will be passing this along to everyone I know. | I think everyone should watch these | Video | This is a work of art | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.06 |
| xOBaY1ibEeS-oiIAC0UN8Q | Excellent course. To get the most out of it, I recommend to download the transcripts of the video lectures and then add (YouTube) links to the pieces mentioned in the lecture. Time consuming, but you get a much deeper learning experience. | to download the transcripts of the | Video | lectures and then add (YouTube) links | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.43 | 1.06 |
| xOBaY1ibEeS-oiIAC0UN8Q | You can clearly see that the professor is a passionate and has got a huge knowledge about the topic he is talking about. What he says is interesting and valuable, I also liked to learn facts about historical facts and anecdotes accompanying the lectures. I learnt a lot and listened to a lot new music. It takes quite a lot of time to watch all the videos, take notes (the exams are not that easy :) ) and listen to all of the examples, but it was definitely worth it. | of time to watch all the | Video | take notes (the exams are not | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.43 | 1.06 |
| xOBaY1ibEeS-oiIAC0UN8Q | I love professor Covach's lectures. He is passionate about the topic and you learn so much in every single video. I have taken both History of Rock courses and would do it all over again in a heartbeat. | learn so much in every single | Video | I have taken both History of | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.43 | 1.06 |
| xOBaY1ibEeS-oiIAC0UN8Q | This nice course helped me to understand the rock music in more systematical, organized way. The lecturer was very good, the visual part of the videos helped a lot, and supplementary materials too. The only disappointment I had with sometimes too specific questions in the quizzes, which meant that I must stop the video all the time to make an enormously specific notes, and this kinda spoils the integrity here. Nevertheless it was a great experience, and I definitely plan to go to the part 2 in the next year. | good, the visual part of the | Video | helped a lot, and supplementary materials | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.43 | 1.06 |
| xOBaY1ibEeS-oiIAC0UN8Q | This nice course helped me to understand the rock music in more systematical, organized way. The lecturer was very good, the visual part of the videos helped a lot, and supplementary materials too. The only disappointment I had with sometimes too specific questions in the quizzes, which meant that I must stop the video all the time to make an enormously specific notes, and this kinda spoils the integrity here. Nevertheless it was a great experience, and I definitely plan to go to the part 2 in the next year. | meant that I must stop the | Video | all the time to make an | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.43 | 1.06 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | This course on the Fundamentals of Everyday Leadership was really useful. I did not know what to expect at first but the logic in the videos, the rightness of the case activities and the richness of the papers to read before helped me to build the foundations of my leadership skills. I am really eager to do the other courses and gain more knowledges and skills. A special thanks to the Professor for his personal stories that add a lot to the concepts ! | first but the logic in the | Video | the rightness of the case activities | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Excellent course! Very well taught. Dr Gregory Northcraft is very well spoken and engaging. This course is nicely structured with Readings, Videos, Cases, Essays, and Quizzes. About 6 hours per week for 4 weeks. Nicely paced. I did not take this with the for credit iMBA classes, but am considering doing so and might thus repeat these courses to take the iMBA classes. I like that you can get certificates and a Specialization in the Leadership and can even grow this into the iMBA which is a fully accredited world class MBA program from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I highly recommend this course! | course is nicely structured with Readings, | Video | Cases, Essays, and Quizzes. About 6 | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Unfortunetly I can only give a 3/5. There were more things that I didn't like and think that should be improved. What I liked: Positive to see Illinois keep presenting specializations on Coursera. The material was ok, with clean presentation style. The case studies is a very positive resource to have in the course to think critically. What I didn't like: The course is excessivelly short, with only 30-40 minutes of videos per module. Previous courses in both specialization - digital marketing and improving videos have at least 1.5 to 3 hours of video materials. A huge gap. Also if I benchmark against the top specializations from Wharton and U. Michigan (Business Foundations, Business Analytics, Leading People and Teams and Finance: Valuation and Investing) all of them pack a 1.5 to 3 hours of video lectures. There is a huge gap. Also I didn't found the quizzes challeging. In a digital world content is king - both in quality and quantity. You have quality, but are missing the quantity. Unfortunetly I see a trend - the other course of the managerial economics specialization also is very short. A minor thing that I also didn't like was the form that the slides were presented. As in previous specializations - in my opinion all of the module slides should be in the readings section in only one document, instead of divided in small pieces per video lecture. I hope that yu accept my critic as constructive because I have liked most of Illinois courses and was very impressed by the quality and extensive set of videos in the Improving Business speciaization. | short, with only 30-40 minutes of | Video | per module. Previous courses in both | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Unfortunetly I can only give a 3/5. There were more things that I didn't like and think that should be improved. What I liked: Positive to see Illinois keep presenting specializations on Coursera. The material was ok, with clean presentation style. The case studies is a very positive resource to have in the course to think critically. What I didn't like: The course is excessivelly short, with only 30-40 minutes of videos per module. Previous courses in both specialization - digital marketing and improving videos have at least 1.5 to 3 hours of video materials. A huge gap. Also if I benchmark against the top specializations from Wharton and U. Michigan (Business Foundations, Business Analytics, Leading People and Teams and Finance: Valuation and Investing) all of them pack a 1.5 to 3 hours of video lectures. There is a huge gap. Also I didn't found the quizzes challeging. In a digital world content is king - both in quality and quantity. You have quality, but are missing the quantity. Unfortunetly I see a trend - the other course of the managerial economics specialization also is very short. A minor thing that I also didn't like was the form that the slides were presented. As in previous specializations - in my opinion all of the module slides should be in the readings section in only one document, instead of divided in small pieces per video lecture. I hope that yu accept my critic as constructive because I have liked most of Illinois courses and was very impressed by the quality and extensive set of videos in the Improving Business speciaization. | specialization - digital marketing and improving | Video | have at least 1. 5 to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Unfortunetly I can only give a 3/5. There were more things that I didn't like and think that should be improved. What I liked: Positive to see Illinois keep presenting specializations on Coursera. The material was ok, with clean presentation style. The case studies is a very positive resource to have in the course to think critically. What I didn't like: The course is excessivelly short, with only 30-40 minutes of videos per module. Previous courses in both specialization - digital marketing and improving videos have at least 1.5 to 3 hours of video materials. A huge gap. Also if I benchmark against the top specializations from Wharton and U. Michigan (Business Foundations, Business Analytics, Leading People and Teams and Finance: Valuation and Investing) all of them pack a 1.5 to 3 hours of video lectures. There is a huge gap. Also I didn't found the quizzes challeging. In a digital world content is king - both in quality and quantity. You have quality, but are missing the quantity. Unfortunetly I see a trend - the other course of the managerial economics specialization also is very short. A minor thing that I also didn't like was the form that the slides were presented. As in previous specializations - in my opinion all of the module slides should be in the readings section in only one document, instead of divided in small pieces per video lecture. I hope that yu accept my critic as constructive because I have liked most of Illinois courses and was very impressed by the quality and extensive set of videos in the Improving Business speciaization. | 1. 5 to 3 hours of | Video | materials. A huge gap. Also if | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
| XupniISSEeWcSw7mZ7gPOw | Unfortunetly I can only give a 3/5. There were more things that I didn't like and think that should be improved. What I liked: Positive to see Illinois keep presenting specializations on Coursera. The material was ok, with clean presentation style. The case studies is a very positive resource to have in the course to think critically. What I didn't like: The course is excessivelly short, with only 30-40 minutes of videos per module. Previous courses in both specialization - digital marketing and improving videos have at least 1.5 to 3 hours of video materials. A huge gap. Also if I benchmark against the top specializations from Wharton and U. Michigan (Business Foundations, Business Analytics, Leading People and Teams and Finance: Valuation and Investing) all of them pack a 1.5 to 3 hours of video lectures. There is a huge gap. Also I didn't found the quizzes challeging. In a digital world content is king - both in quality and quantity. You have quality, but are missing the quantity. Unfortunetly I see a trend - the other course of the managerial economics specialization also is very short. A minor thing that I also didn't like was the form that the slides were presented. As in previous specializations - in my opinion all of the module slides should be in the readings section in only one document, instead of divided in small pieces per video lecture. I hope that yu accept my critic as constructive because I have liked most of Illinois courses and was very impressed by the quality and extensive set of videos in the Improving Business speciaization. | 1. 5 to 3 hours of | Video | lectures. There is a huge gap. | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
| xx-VwD-OEeWBrBIWi3mmCw | Well done and useful, with the professor's eyes always on video camera when the words flow. Excellent. | with the professor's eyes always on | Video | camera when the words flow. Excellent. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 0.95 |
| xx-VwD-OEeWBrBIWi3mmCw | There is quality implicit in the approach taken, but in my opinion, this course is excessively short, having only 20-25 minutes of videos per week, what is very limiting. Also there is no slides of the material covered what I find not adequate. To fully grasp the theories underlyind in the lectures, slides would be determinant. Just watching videos and doing quizzes is not a very effective form of learning. | short, having only 20-25 minutes of | Video | per week, what is very limiting. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.91 | 0.95 |
| xx-VwD-OEeWBrBIWi3mmCw | There is quality implicit in the approach taken, but in my opinion, this course is excessively short, having only 20-25 minutes of videos per week, what is very limiting. Also there is no slides of the material covered what I find not adequate. To fully grasp the theories underlyind in the lectures, slides would be determinant. Just watching videos and doing quizzes is not a very effective form of learning. | slides would be determinant. Just watching | Video | and doing quizzes is not a | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.91 | 0.95 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | Positives:- Good practice with the exciting world of script writing Learnt how to use the scriptwriting software Celtx.com Some aspects of the videos were helpful and instructive e.g. teaching us how to write a cold open Areas of improvement:- The beginner's course is entirely graded on peer reviews where one could get a range of divergent opinions on the same story, at times scathing and not constructive. Reviewers (who are purported to be beginners themselves) also at times give seemingly 'blind' grades without sharing constructive comments. The questions that you are graded on e.g. Do you feel immersed in the story? Is the story unique? are highly subjective and solely dependent on the reviewer's fleeting preferences. It would help if the questions were more nuanced and focused on the structure and technical aspects of script writing e.g. format, grammar, three part structure Lessons were too short and instructional (less than 10 mins of videos for each lesson) only for certain areas; it seemed like one of the major takeaways was to keep writing which is sensible but not helpful from a beginner's point of view. Suggestions:- To maintain some objectivity in grading: Mask the general comments section when a reviewer is giving his comments as negative comments from other peers could influence more negativity and vice versa. Give some guidelines on reviewing to prevent the grading process from turning into trolling. Would appreciate more helpful lessons with deeper content! | Celtx. com Some aspects of the | Video | were helpful and instructive e. g. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | Quite exciting from the first video lesson itself. Great motivation and guidance. | Quite exciting from the first | Video | lesson itself. Great motivation and guidance. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| 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. | issue, I understand), but the Instructor's | Video | seem to imply that we should | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | I should suggest my fellow Coursera students not to waste their money and time for this course. You'll learn a lot more than this course has to offer if you consult some websites with screenwriting tutorial blogs, read books and write on your own. I am a PhD student of theoretical film studies and and a fan of Coursera courses. I was eager to learn screenwriting as an interesting hands-on course. Well, it's project-based alright, but where's the real guidance?? This is a lazily designed course with poor content and almost zero guidance. The videos are very short and feels like a layman is trying to motivate you to write something, that's all. No methods explained other than some terminologies like bible, acts, outline being thrown at you. No examples, no comparisons, no detailed approaches. Lastly, scriptwriting has a significant difference with other humanities course. Being peer-reviewed doesn't help here -- a total novice can not effectively judge another newbie's work nor give them quality feedback. | content and almost zero guidance. The | Video | are very short and feels like | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | The instructor says in the first video: ”you do not need to read a book on how to write a script” – in my opinion YOU DO! Better to read a book or two than waste your time on this course; the videos are extremely short, shallow and a waste of time! | The instructor says in the first | Video | ”you do not need to read | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| XZomz77LEeWn1ApTWZT9Yw | The instructor says in the first video: ”you do not need to read a book on how to write a script” – in my opinion YOU DO! Better to read a book or two than waste your time on this course; the videos are extremely short, shallow and a waste of time! | your time on this course; the | Video | are extremely short, shallow and a | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | I highly recommend this couse for everyone, who are interested in Organic Solar Cells. The videos are thoughtful and taking notes while listening, is easy. The additional reading materials are well written and insightful. If you are familiar with basic organic chemistry, chemical bonds and conjugation and with band theory, the course is pretty easy to master. | interested in Organic Solar Cells. The | Video | are thoughtful and taking notes while | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | Quality of the video and sound are bad; a few minutes after starting a lesson, sound goes off or picture holds and moves no more... This made me stop the course. | Quality of the | Video | and sound are bad; a few | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | You can really feel the passion and experience the facilitators have on this OPV subject, even via the videos. This course is a must for people interested to delve into OPV, especially as a starting point for research. The course covers into detail almost from cradle to grave about OPV, and what I like most is that they highlighted a lot of previous and current experiments and research regarding OPV. Some of the quizzes can be a bit challenging as a few of them require 100% to pass. But all in all, 5 stars for me. Congratulations on a course well done. | this OPV subject, even via the | Video | This course is a must for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | I started the course with high hopes, and i was beginning to enjoy the subject matter. But it became very tough for me to continue because the sound in the videos was not very clear. It became very difficult understanding what the instructors said, either because the placement of the mic was not very good or the instructors were not speaking very clearly | continue because the sound in the | Video | was not very clear. It became | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | The course is a good introduction to Organic Photovoltaics. The instructors have done a good job to present a rather complicated topic in a manner that is accessible to a common audience. However, there are a few areas of improvement that can be noted for future versions of this course: First, All material is given equal priority in the course. I think what the instructor can do is to summarize the important "take aways" at the end of each video lesson. This helps the learner grasp the concept better Second, The explanation can be a little clearer - especially the topic of polymerization. Someone without an organic chemistry background, can find it frustratingly hard. Third, the tests are sometimes not in line with the previous video lessons and the reading material. The tests should be much much sharper. Fourth, the reading material should be improved vastly in terms of English quality, structure and presentation of key points. Sometimes, the learner can find it hard to understand some topics (ex: stability and materials) because it is inadequately explained. These topics should be explained better. Overall, a great start - but can be better. Well done and Thank You! | aways" at the end of each | Video | lesson. This helps the learner grasp | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | The course is a good introduction to Organic Photovoltaics. The instructors have done a good job to present a rather complicated topic in a manner that is accessible to a common audience. However, there are a few areas of improvement that can be noted for future versions of this course: First, All material is given equal priority in the course. I think what the instructor can do is to summarize the important "take aways" at the end of each video lesson. This helps the learner grasp the concept better Second, The explanation can be a little clearer - especially the topic of polymerization. Someone without an organic chemistry background, can find it frustratingly hard. Third, the tests are sometimes not in line with the previous video lessons and the reading material. The tests should be much much sharper. Fourth, the reading material should be improved vastly in terms of English quality, structure and presentation of key points. Sometimes, the learner can find it hard to understand some topics (ex: stability and materials) because it is inadequately explained. These topics should be explained better. Overall, a great start - but can be better. Well done and Thank You! | not in line with the previous | Video | lessons and the reading material. The | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | If you have some interest about that subject this videos are for you. Since first video, that guys energy come into you and you really struggle for learn it and understand them. | some interest about that subject this | Video | are for you. Since first video, | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Y1sD7WReEeSPwSIACy-XPg | If you have some interest about that subject this videos are for you. Since first video, that guys energy come into you and you really struggle for learn it and understand them. | videos are for you. Since first | Video | that guys energy come into you | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Found all the lessons very well explained. The exercises were clear and helped a lot to put all in action. The shared PDF's are a good guide. About the videos It seems to me a challenge to put many concepts in short ones, less than 10min of duration. I am very satisfied, even some videos could be considered too long. ;-) | are a good guide. About the | Video | It seems to me a challenge | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Found all the lessons very well explained. The exercises were clear and helped a lot to put all in action. The shared PDF's are a good guide. About the videos It seems to me a challenge to put many concepts in short ones, less than 10min of duration. I am very satisfied, even some videos could be considered too long. ;-) | I am very satisfied, even some | Video | could be considered too long. ;-) | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The student is carefully led into the vast language of Front-End coding with easy-to-follow videos and exercise instructions. | language of Front-End coding with easy-to-follow | Video | and exercise instructions. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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. | great instructor. Teaching is mostly through | Video | but their are exercises each day | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | I learned bootstrap from this course for the first time and now i'm a full time web developer and i'm still using the course videos to get my hand on some components of bootstraps. | and i'm still using the course | Video | to get my hand on some | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very good video lectures | Very good | Video | lectures | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It's excellent especially the pop ups during video | excellent especially the pop ups during | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | The lecture is well organized, slides are very clear and easy to follow. After each class, there is a clear instruction on exercises available both in PDF format and video format, which is very helpful for beginner like me. | available both in PDF format and | Video | format, which is very helpful for | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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. | together to reinforce the material. The | Video | explaining the assignments helped to clarify | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | +++ PROs First +++ + Pretty in-depth discussion of bootstrap + You may watch the videos at 1.75x or 2x speed; you would enjoy the course a lot more + You learn a lot towards the end of the course + Homeworks were pretty good --- CONs --- -- The bootstrap lessons are pretty much copy pasting code -- Week 4: Web Tools could be a little bit longer with even more examples about grunt, and Yo (we didn't see any example use cases on those topics) | bootstrap + You may watch the | Video | at 1. 75x or 2x speed; | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | It was a nice time to do all these exercises and watch videos with all steps to complete the task | do all these exercises and watch | Video | with all steps to complete the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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. | I spent hours watching all the | Video | and taking notes trying to remember | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Excellent course on the topic, I say. Good and detailed videos and explanations, a lot of links to improve your knowledge when / where you want to read more on topic(s) , nice and challenging enough topics for practice and checking your understanding. Thank you very much, Jogesh K. Muppala for such interesting and deep course. | topic, I say. Good and detailed | Video | and explanations, a lot of links | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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 | - not critical but in every | Video | i detect at least 1-2 | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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 have to go through every | Video | and copy his code to my | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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. | you miss a step in the | Video | your file may very well be | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| 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. | and you need to rewatch the | Video | again to see what you missed. | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very good course on Boostrap. It was great to have an introduction to this framework. The teachers did a good job in explaining the concepts. The videos and the materials are very good. It would be great to have a follow-up course to learn more advanced stuff. | job in explaining the concepts. The | Video | and the materials are very good. | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | An excellent course about bootstrap with excellent content videos and exercises | course about bootstrap with excellent content | Video | and exercises | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Very well done with excellent videos and examples. Great intro to Bootstrap. | Very well done with excellent | Video | and examples. Great intro to Bootstrap. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | First of all, Thank you for the video. I liked it very much. Course is in very detailed indeed with lots of information. | of all, Thank you for the | Video | I liked it very much. Course | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| ycQnChn3EeWDtQoum3sFeQ | Proffesor Jogesh K. Muppala is probably the best instructor I have ever met in Coursera. He is active on discussions and really help us to understand the topic. He is also has a great sense of humor and his lecture videos are magnificent. Good Work :) | sense of humor and his lecture | Video | are magnificent. Good Work :) | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.08 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | 1) Not worth the money and time. The reason I say this is because the same concepts are reviewed and explained in lot more fun, creative, and interactive manner at other free of cost resources like Khan academy, youTube channels, etc 2) Who is the audience? I don't think instructor has any idea of target audience. Are these meant for novice or advanced learners ? 3) Why so serious? My philosophy is that if I want to appear in video, i better learn to cheer up. Seriously i mean after dealing with rush hour traffic and psychopath boss, I don't want to see a unhappy serious looking face throughout a course. Not good for my heart! Sorry if it is a mean (not statistic mean!) or anything but I have come here investing my money and time (out of my family time) . And I am not happy with this course. The only reason I have to complete this course is because of the requirement in specialization degree. I won't mind getting my refund back on this course. | if I want to appear in | Video | i better learn to cheer up. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Despite the pertinent content, the way the instructor gave the classes could have been way more intuitive. You'll find videos on the web that can help you with the subjects covered and do a better job explaining the concepts. Disappointing. | been way more intuitive. You'll find | Video | on the web that can help | Positive | 0.8 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | As someone who's new to the world of data science and doesn't have a university degree this course was very hard to get a good grasp on. That's partly the "cause" of how the course was taught which was assuming you had all the knowledge at hand of all the stuff Statistical Inference is about. For people that are starting this stuff it might be nice to have a introductory course of Statistical Inference as I did not finish this course by just watching the course video's and additional information, I had to look up additional resources which explained the material better. Still, a big thank you for explaining statistical inference and opening my eyes regarding this topic, it surely helped getting me to the next step in what Data Science is all about and makes it ever more interesting! | course by just watching the course | Video | and additional information, I had to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Terrible instruction in the videos and unclear directions. I'd avoid this course if possible, but it's required for the specialization. New videos should be shot and inspiration taken from more instructive and interesting guides, like The Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Gonick & Smith. | Terrible instruction in the | Video | and unclear directions. I'd avoid this | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Many videos lacked associated pdf slides so confusing to watch. Some topics on slides were not covered in videos. A supplemental video for those would be great even of optional. Brian Cato is a good presenter, however, more examples needed to be done showing how to work out various statistical problems both by traditional method and using R. | Many | Video | lacked associated pdf slides so confusing | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Many videos lacked associated pdf slides so confusing to watch. Some topics on slides were not covered in videos. A supplemental video for those would be great even of optional. Brian Cato is a good presenter, however, more examples needed to be done showing how to work out various statistical problems both by traditional method and using R. | on slides were not covered in | Video | A supplemental video for those would | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | I think the theory is too dense, but with a weak link with R. I understood better with swirl than with the videos. I'd suggest a more organized video with less draws and annotations. They confused me sometimes. | better with swirl than with the | Video | I'd suggest a more organized video | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Perhaps I'm holding the video lectures to too high of a standard set by Roger Peng in previous courses, but the videos are difficult to follow. I can see the effort is clearly put in, but all the actions going on during the videos are distracting at times. | Perhaps I'm holding the | Video | lectures to too high of a | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Perhaps I'm holding the video lectures to too high of a standard set by Roger Peng in previous courses, but the videos are difficult to follow. I can see the effort is clearly put in, but all the actions going on during the videos are distracting at times. | Peng in previous courses, but the | Video | are difficult to follow. I can | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Perhaps I'm holding the video lectures to too high of a standard set by Roger Peng in previous courses, but the videos are difficult to follow. I can see the effort is clearly put in, but all the actions going on during the videos are distracting at times. | the actions going on during the | Video | are distracting at times. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | Have some duplicated video, and some swirl problems | Have some duplicated | Video | and some swirl problems | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | This course, which is part of Data Science Specialization Course, which is a BEGINNER specialization, doesn't explain as it should to BEGINNERS. They try to explain, complex topics in 3 minutes ... If I didn't need the certificate, I would definitely not waste my time on this course. Youtube videos from khan academy or Brandon Foltz (Statistics 101) are much more valuable, you really get the topic and they are free. The professors didn't want to spend time preparing good material, from my point of view, the preparation is very poor. The course is more oriented to teach you to be a "data monkey". You know the code you need to write, but you don't get what are you doing ... Where do these formulas come from? | my time on this course. Youtube | Video | from khan academy or Brandon Foltz | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | I am left feeling this course needs work. I don't know if it's the pain of switching to the new platform or what, but the total lack of any support from the TA/instructor team is frustrating. Add to that the fact that Brian skips from slide to slide very quickly often not providing adequate explanations and you'll be re-watching the videos many times over. Several of the videos have blatant errors in them, like the fast that the fourth video of a week also contains the entire third video... again. Such things should not have passed a half decent QA test. More than anything this specialization should not be marketed as "no previous experience needed". You need to know some statistics. And by some, I mean do the whole thing on Khan Academy first. | explanations and you'll be re-watching the | Video | many times over. Several of the | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | I am left feeling this course needs work. I don't know if it's the pain of switching to the new platform or what, but the total lack of any support from the TA/instructor team is frustrating. Add to that the fact that Brian skips from slide to slide very quickly often not providing adequate explanations and you'll be re-watching the videos many times over. Several of the videos have blatant errors in them, like the fast that the fourth video of a week also contains the entire third video... again. Such things should not have passed a half decent QA test. More than anything this specialization should not be marketed as "no previous experience needed". You need to know some statistics. And by some, I mean do the whole thing on Khan Academy first. | many times over. Several of the | Video | have blatant errors in them, like | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | I am left feeling this course needs work. I don't know if it's the pain of switching to the new platform or what, but the total lack of any support from the TA/instructor team is frustrating. Add to that the fact that Brian skips from slide to slide very quickly often not providing adequate explanations and you'll be re-watching the videos many times over. Several of the videos have blatant errors in them, like the fast that the fourth video of a week also contains the entire third video... again. Such things should not have passed a half decent QA test. More than anything this specialization should not be marketed as "no previous experience needed". You need to know some statistics. And by some, I mean do the whole thing on Khan Academy first. | like the fast that the fourth | Video | of a week also contains the | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | I am left feeling this course needs work. I don't know if it's the pain of switching to the new platform or what, but the total lack of any support from the TA/instructor team is frustrating. Add to that the fact that Brian skips from slide to slide very quickly often not providing adequate explanations and you'll be re-watching the videos many times over. Several of the videos have blatant errors in them, like the fast that the fourth video of a week also contains the entire third video... again. Such things should not have passed a half decent QA test. More than anything this specialization should not be marketed as "no previous experience needed". You need to know some statistics. And by some, I mean do the whole thing on Khan Academy first. | week also contains the entire third | Video | . . again. Such things should | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| YfjiOHROEeWLqw7zlLhRzQ | I like lesson, teacher on video don't quickly and easily explained. | I like lesson, teacher on | Video | don't quickly and easily explained. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| 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. | reading rather than explaining things. Consecutive | Video | feel like they are disconnected. Videos | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| 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. | videos feel like they are disconnected. | Video | stop in the middle of him | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.76 | 0.96 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | Superb! I am very thankful I took the course. My warmest gratitude to all especially to John and Eve and the whole team for being so generous in sharing their expertise and providing us all the readings and videos. God bless everyone! | providing us all the readings and | Video | God bless everyone! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | it's a good course , but it could be offering more, like when we answer a questions wrongly, it could offer corrections and also we need more details with video journalism. | also we need more details with | Video | journalism. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | this course is very helpful and i liked the idea of applying through the assignements after the the videos. | through the assignements after the the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| yGzRJSWJEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Me ha gustado mucho, sobretodo la dinámica de los videos y los trabajos extra clase que dejan. | mucho, sobretodo la dinámica de los | Video | y los trabajos extra clase que | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| yGzRJSWJEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Me gusta la dinámica y la capacidad de sistematizar el contenido. No sé si es responsabilidad de los dictantes o de la plataforma, pero me gustaría que la bibliografía esté en la página del video y no al final. | bibliografía esté en la página del | Video | y no al final. | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| yGzRJSWJEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Me parece que tiene muy buen contenido pero es mucha teoria y aburre, no hace que sigas viendo los videos | no hace que sigas viendo los | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| yGzRJSWJEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Estoy aprendiendo muchísimo. Explicado claro, breve y con ejemplo útiles. Las preguntas y/o ejercicios a lo largo de los videos, ayudan mucho a comprobar y reforzar lo aprendido. | ejercicios a lo largo de los | Video | ayudan mucho a comprobar y reforzar | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| yGzRJSWJEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Excelente curso para saber cuales son las mejores herramientas para aprender mejor. Desde un poco de conocimientos sobre cómo funciona nuestro proceso de aprendizaje hasta consejos que se pueden empezar a aplicar inmediatamente. Me agrada que el curso además tiene fuentes externas donde has ejercicios o videos que complementan bien lo que se enseña en las lecciones | fuentes externas donde has ejercicios o | Video | que complementan bien lo que se | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| yGzRJSWJEeWs4gorU6Q1Yw | Excelente curso, comprendí la otra cara del aprendizaje, el eficiente aprendizaje. Desde los primeros videos he puesto en práctica, seguir | el eficiente aprendizaje. Desde los primeros | Video | he puesto en práctica, seguir | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | I had such a great time taking this course. Is the second I take from the University of Alberta, I'm sure going to take them all. The classes are comprehensible, with well made videos, and written material that's great to study later on, or before you watch them. This written material frees a lot of time on the class, as I usually take notes when watching online courses, this let's me concentrate on watching the material without having to pause over, and over to write down what seems important. Thank you! | classes are comprehensible, with well made | Video | and written material that's great to | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | We've got some extreme quality content here, as always when Philip J Curry is involved. The new student that presents most of the videos has great educational skills. | student that presents most of the | Video | has great educational skills. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | The course has incredible content, but you are required to read quite a bit of information via lengthy pdfs prior to the videos. This is not my learning style so I found it challenging. As a Naturalist and bird lover, I was eager to take the course and glad that I did. | via lengthy pdfs prior to the | Video | This is not my learning style | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This is truly a very interesting and informative course on the origin of birds! My only preference would be that the rich lecture notes would be more thoroughly covered in the video lectures... even though that would make those videos longer (oh, what a "shame" that would be -- yeah, right!!). I was impressed that the video lectures reflected some of the latest findings in fossil & genetic findings. Last but by no means least, the professional yet personal style of the video lectures was not only helpful in my learning but made it that much more enjoyable! Well done!!! | be more thoroughly covered in the | Video | lectures. . . even though that | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This is truly a very interesting and informative course on the origin of birds! My only preference would be that the rich lecture notes would be more thoroughly covered in the video lectures... even though that would make those videos longer (oh, what a "shame" that would be -- yeah, right!!). I was impressed that the video lectures reflected some of the latest findings in fossil & genetic findings. Last but by no means least, the professional yet personal style of the video lectures was not only helpful in my learning but made it that much more enjoyable! Well done!!! | even though that would make those | Video | longer (oh, what a " shame" | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This is truly a very interesting and informative course on the origin of birds! My only preference would be that the rich lecture notes would be more thoroughly covered in the video lectures... even though that would make those videos longer (oh, what a "shame" that would be -- yeah, right!!). I was impressed that the video lectures reflected some of the latest findings in fossil & genetic findings. Last but by no means least, the professional yet personal style of the video lectures was not only helpful in my learning but made it that much more enjoyable! Well done!!! | ). I was impressed that the | Video | lectures reflected some of the latest | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yj814XQ_EeWIfhKr_WcYsQ | This is truly a very interesting and informative course on the origin of birds! My only preference would be that the rich lecture notes would be more thoroughly covered in the video lectures... even though that would make those videos longer (oh, what a "shame" that would be -- yeah, right!!). I was impressed that the video lectures reflected some of the latest findings in fossil & genetic findings. Last but by no means least, the professional yet personal style of the video lectures was not only helpful in my learning but made it that much more enjoyable! Well done!!! | professional yet personal style of the | Video | lectures was not only helpful in | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.65 | 1.06 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | Such a good class! The experts are excellent and there are free video's and reading links. Thank you! | are excellent and there are free | Video | and reading links. Thank you! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | This was one of the best courses I've taken on Coursera in terms of overall structure and engagement. The videos and lectures were quite engaging, with a variety of instructors and presenters, all of which were very professional and dynamic. The readings complimented the videos nicely, as well. Overall, a great course. | of overall structure and engagement. The | Video | and lectures were quite engaging, with | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | This was one of the best courses I've taken on Coursera in terms of overall structure and engagement. The videos and lectures were quite engaging, with a variety of instructors and presenters, all of which were very professional and dynamic. The readings complimented the videos nicely, as well. Overall, a great course. | and dynamic. The readings complimented the | Video | nicely, as well. Overall, a great | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | Good videos and lectures. Excellent course | Good | Video | and lectures. Excellent course | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | Hi, I'm sorry to say that this course wasn't really useful. I had the impression to see dozens of INTRODUCTION videos about sustainables cities. Because: 1. In 5 weeks you have time to cover in details all the aspects of sustainable cities: energy, transport, waste, building, sharing economy. The condition is to focus each week to a topic. 2. It is too much based on powerpoint presentation and not at all on example. Concepts stay concepts: we didn't visit one single town, a connected building, an innovative waste management system. You quote 300 living labs, let's go ! 3. Pictures from the powerpoint are at least for half of them taken from pictures bank. Synthetic images, not concrete. Desapointing. 4.. Always the same example: Malmo, Copenhagen... What about the rest of the world ? 5. Videos from WWH and ICLEI are clearly revolting. Is it some publicity for them ??? This is not the place for that. In contrast, congratulations to Yuliya Voytenko, for her speech about sharing economy: it was clear, precise, focused. Please do your best to improve your courses: you have the knowledge, let's spread it. | rest of the world ? 5. | Video | from WWH and ICLEI are clearly | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | repeat of the same material and content in multiple videos, the videos were sourced from too many different places leading to 1) decrease of consistent quality and 2) non sequential / logical teaching (each video does not clearly lead to or build on the next one) | same material and content in multiple | Video | the videos were sourced from too | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | repeat of the same material and content in multiple videos, the videos were sourced from too many different places leading to 1) decrease of consistent quality and 2) non sequential / logical teaching (each video does not clearly lead to or build on the next one) | and content in multiple videos, the | Video | were sourced from too many different | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | repeat of the same material and content in multiple videos, the videos were sourced from too many different places leading to 1) decrease of consistent quality and 2) non sequential / logical teaching (each video does not clearly lead to or build on the next one) | non sequential / logical teaching (each | Video | does not clearly lead to or | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | This is an ok introductory course, a compilation of concepts, related to sustainable cities. Mentiones a list of places where one or another practice is implemented. Some educational clips look like they are taken from Youtube or like promo videos for a certain initiative. Some of the "lecturers" are just phd students, introducing their research topics. No step-by-step examples of developed cases are shown. | taken from Youtube or like promo | Video | for a certain initiative. Some of | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| yO13mkySEeW_MgoxMAgbMQ | Excellent course, with very informative and captivating lectures and videos. | very informative and captivating lectures and | Video | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| YOH__fNOEeSbSyIACxeWxg | Excellent course. The videos by Professor Meloni are greatly supported by follow on presentations and quizes. Great information backed up by the interviews of professionals from the field ad to the learning enviroment. I have already become an advocate for Coursera and reccomended to many of my coleagues. | Excellent course. The | Video | by Professor Meloni are greatly supported | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| YOH__fNOEeSbSyIACxeWxg | Attention: Margaret Maloney Hello My name is Sajid Mirza and I am taking the course on project management. I am really enjoying the course and it has been really a good experience. During the course I have noticed a typo error which if my understanding is correct, may please be modified. Details are as below: Introduction to Project Management, Lesson3 (Budget and scheduling week4, lesson 4.2), during the lesson at CPM: Duration and forward pass, section 3.23 the figure shows “EF” of activity “b” as 4 same as “LF’ of activity “a”, However, in the bonus video and in the PMBOK at page 176-177, it requires to add 1 in the EF of the successive activity. May please correct if my understanding is right. Thanks and Regards Sajid Mirza | activity “a”, However, in the bonus | Video | and in the PMBOK at page | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| YOH__fNOEeSbSyIACxeWxg | Wonderful course. It was very well written with all major topics covered. Bonus video and Panelists Interview were also very helpful. However I would like to mention a small mistake in the week 4th's lesson, slide no. 3.23 has a network diagram, which has last activity written A instead of I. It changes the calculation for complete forward and backward pass. Also, Margaret explained the network forward and backward pass with the value of first day as 1. However in the lesson it was taken as 0, which again changes the formulas she described in the video. It's not difficult to understand the difference but it somehow breaks the harmony. | the formulas she described in the | Video | It's not difficult to understand the | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| YOH__fNOEeSbSyIACxeWxg | A little more complex, good for someone who has already seen a company go through the budgeting and scheduling processwould like to see more information on the videos since I feel like there were points missing that you had to read through and guess instead what was important. | to see more information on the | Video | since I feel like there were | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| YOH__fNOEeSbSyIACxeWxg | Doing this course 'Budgeting and Scheduling projects' gives learners, a practical approach to Project management based on PMBOK methodology. Prof Margaret Meloni is a great teacher. Students will enjoy her crisp and clear communication of ideas. Slides are well designed. Video quality and sound quality is also great. You will encounter lots of good quality reading materials. Quizzes will help you to test your knowledge as you progress. Overall, an excellent course fit for project managers and project team members who work for construction projects. Also good for the aspiring project managers. Thanks to Prof Margaret and UC Irvine for the great course. | of ideas. Slides are well designed. | Video | quality and sound quality is also | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Tree exercise had absolutely no relevant video material. Videos give zero context for why data structures are important or when they are used....Should take a lesson from the Stanford course. | Tree exercise had absolutely no relevant | Video | material. Videos give zero context for | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Tree exercise had absolutely no relevant video material. Videos give zero context for why data structures are important or when they are used....Should take a lesson from the Stanford course. | had absolutely no relevant video material. | Video | give zero context for why data | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | The optional videos are not allotted enough time. Those concepts are difficult to grasp. | The optional | Video | are not allotted enough time. Those | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| 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. | lectures, and there is even a | Video | where lecturer just reads the article | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| 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. | due to a number of good | Video | and a couple of good tasks | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| yOZEQ3lwEeWb-BLhFdaGww | Really awesome Course , Must take it as a software Engineer and if you have already learned these things , It will open your eyes and make you correct your mistakes. Simple explanations in videos and covering all intermediate data structures. Problems are also good companion to the course content and allowing us to implement in many languages . | correct your mistakes. Simple explanations in | Video | and covering all intermediate data structures. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| 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). | For many of the topics, better | Video | exist online (try safari or pluralsight). | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| yS8ezjDPEeW-zwq84wShFQ | John Holbo is a very good narrator, I liked his book and videos very much. He made it more easy to get through the material, which sometimes is challenging (especially if english is not your native tongue) | narrator, I liked his book and | Video | very much. He made it more | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| yS8ezjDPEeW-zwq84wShFQ | Just wasn't a fan of the videos: way too long and oftentimes unrelated to the course material. Quizzes had no connection to the lectures either. | Just wasn't a fan of the | Video | way too long and oftentimes unrelated | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Thank you professor, very nice videos ! | Thank you professor, very nice | Video | ! | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Good course, but I expected something a little more detailed and to last a little longer. The videos were good, but w little long for the amount of content that they contained. For instance, a few videos could be compressed to the size of one video and still contain the relevant content. | to last a little longer. The | Video | were good, but w little long | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Good course, but I expected something a little more detailed and to last a little longer. The videos were good, but w little long for the amount of content that they contained. For instance, a few videos could be compressed to the size of one video and still contain the relevant content. | they contained. For instance, a few | Video | could be compressed to the size | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Good course, but I expected something a little more detailed and to last a little longer. The videos were good, but w little long for the amount of content that they contained. For instance, a few videos could be compressed to the size of one video and still contain the relevant content. | compressed to the size of one | Video | and still contain the relevant content. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Nice course, but could be better supported. Video: On Programs on whiteboard several wrong syntax (UC/LC writing) Better: Not just there's the doc on web - study it - rather point on important things on doc and make tests. End of week 4: Second link to program is missing, when making peer review, everyone can learn so much from each other. Pi Hardware: I missed awfully electric characteristics on GPIO. Looking on the web, anyone was talking about this matter (max. 50mA total all outputs, max. 3-16mA ?? each...). A little electronics guide how to dimension LED resistors and pullups / pullsdowns and how to drive relais would be nice. Many student know surely less about electronics, but to interact with IoT it is nessecary. Coursera: Not on all platforms (iPad i.e.) you can make positive comments when reviewing. | course, but could be better supported. | Video | On Programs on whiteboard several wrong | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | It is indeed a good course, especially because of learning about UNIX and the GPIO pins. I missed reading material, since the videos are too short for learning something in a deep way. | I missed reading material, since the | Video | are too short for learning something | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| yVldYUd5EeWb5ArkqfgJBw | Great course, simple illustrative videos of lectures and some good excercises/assignments. | Great course, simple illustrative | Video | of lectures and some good excercises/assignments. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Being a woman I love seeing Elizabeth Gerber talking about design. She is so passionate about the topic, it translates into the videos. Also great interview with Michael Chapman from IDEO!, I felt that just like him I want to help other people and I can do it in this field. I have been inspired to create something, have plenty of ideas. But now I have the tools, thank you! One thing about the course is perhaps the thing in all coursera's classmates evaluation issues. For example: A value of 2 points including a persona's image - What if the person just made a completely different persona? - This was pretty hard to me 2 of my classmates enter wrong information about their persona and yet I was just evaluating if they have made it or not (0 or 2pts). | the topic, it translates into the | Video | Also great interview with Michael Chapman | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.96 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | This is a basic and introduction course to user experience and prototyping. The projects every week are pretty interesting and useful for you to think like designers. I hope there will be more detailed examples of design techniques in the video. | examples of design techniques in the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.96 |
| 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 | the course is just 5 minute | Video | of an overview of the topic | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 0.96 |
| Z3yHdBVBEeWvmQrN_lODCw | Very useful. I liked the presentation that contains summary of what the teacher said in the video. | what the teacher said in the | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.96 |
| Z7-ViyT-EeW5pgpJEN0S6w | This course was really good from the information available and the follow along for the course. The biggest issues I had were that Unity had issues between the different releases for the various platforms. The import of the assets on Windows 10 required some extra lifting that was not covered by the videos. And the teachers were not very present on the message board. Which seems to be an ever-present problem in this Specialization. | that was not covered by the | Video | And the teachers were not very | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.73 |
| 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. | and following the instructions from the | Video | I would like to see more | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.73 |
| Zba0dJLREeSb9SIACzCJlg | Ms. Spencer and the team are wonderful; the videos are well produced, and all the handouts and music with accompaniment have been priceless. | and the team are wonderful; the | Video | are well produced, and all the | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.22 |
| Zba0dJLREeSb9SIACzCJlg | I am very grateful for Stacia Spencer and Northwestern University for taking the time to put this course on Coursera. The videos, google hangouts, and supplementary materials have been incredibly helpful and opened my eyes to another side of violin pedagogy. | put this course on Coursera. The | Video | google hangouts, and supplementary materials have | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.22 |
| 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. | with this course. Observation of the | Video | showing her teaching is terrible. She | Negative | -0.8 | -1.0 | 1.2 | 1.22 |
| 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. | clear view of everything - poor | Video | skills. | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.2 | 1.22 |
| Zba0dJLREeSb9SIACzCJlg | This course is wonderful not only for violin teachers but also for students who are apt to self-study. The instructive videos are very concise, informative and well-organized. The musical examples are among the best for the demonstrated techniques. | are apt to self-study. The instructive | Video | are very concise, informative and well-organized. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.22 |
| ZgdEeNmtEeWIyg6KWmLgkQ | The software video tutorials need to be updated ..for example mac users need to use different programs which raises all sorts of different questions on where to go and where to find what Dr. T is working with for the lesson , second this is for beginners we would like to know why we are typing certain commands and what they do ... he has a good attitude but explanations need to be a little more detailed on what things are ,what they do and why we are using them... for any mac user you will be better off using parallels to install Windows and use this lessons with the programs he is working on like Visual Basic which is only for Windows .... | The software | Video | tutorials need to be updated . | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| ZgdEeNmtEeWIyg6KWmLgkQ | Just started the course, but I love the videos the professor | the course, but I love the | Video | the professor | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| zKZY59dlEeSQOCIAC0ELFw | Videos were a little slow. I would prefer more slides and factual information to memorize and then videos as an option to hear opinion and real time experience. | | Video | were a little slow. I would | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.93 |
| zKZY59dlEeSQOCIAC0ELFw | Videos were a little slow. I would prefer more slides and factual information to memorize and then videos as an option to hear opinion and real time experience. | factual information to memorize and then | Video | as an option to hear opinion | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.93 |
| zKZY59dlEeSQOCIAC0ELFw | All the basics of each section in 10 min video! | of each section in 10 min | Video | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 0.93 |
| zKZY59dlEeSQOCIAC0ELFw | Very good introduction presented in clear language and interesting fashion. David has great instructor skills that keeps you engaged with the videos all the time. Thanks | that keeps you engaged with the | Video | all the time. Thanks | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 0.93 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I have started this course again and again. Although the lectures themselves are clear enough, the quizzes are sometime so confusing and don't reflect the way that topic was taught. The worst part is R lab. I understand nothing of it. It makes no sense. I should not be part of a basic statistics course. I have wasted my money on a specialization that I can't get because I will not, and simply cannot learn R. They should have made that clear this would involve programming. I am only now thinking of learning from the videos but have given up the hope of getting a specialization certificate. The instructor in the first two session was still engaging, but starting in the third lesson the instructor is so boring and his voice makes me drowsy. Plus his sentences are so long and confusing. He has a horrible way to explain something. They need to keep in mind this is BASIC statistics, so cut down on the jargon. He does introduce the terms in 3.01 but just after one video the words don't magically sit in my memory. I've given 3 stars because although I have to work double hard just to make sense of what the instructor says by reading a book on basic statistics, at least the videos provide a structure, good examples and after watching them a few times things become clear. | now thinking of learning from the | Video | but have given up the hope | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I have started this course again and again. Although the lectures themselves are clear enough, the quizzes are sometime so confusing and don't reflect the way that topic was taught. The worst part is R lab. I understand nothing of it. It makes no sense. I should not be part of a basic statistics course. I have wasted my money on a specialization that I can't get because I will not, and simply cannot learn R. They should have made that clear this would involve programming. I am only now thinking of learning from the videos but have given up the hope of getting a specialization certificate. The instructor in the first two session was still engaging, but starting in the third lesson the instructor is so boring and his voice makes me drowsy. Plus his sentences are so long and confusing. He has a horrible way to explain something. They need to keep in mind this is BASIC statistics, so cut down on the jargon. He does introduce the terms in 3.01 but just after one video the words don't magically sit in my memory. I've given 3 stars because although I have to work double hard just to make sense of what the instructor says by reading a book on basic statistics, at least the videos provide a structure, good examples and after watching them a few times things become clear. | 3. 01 but just after one | Video | the words don't magically sit in | Negative | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | The explanations in the videos were very helpful. A very useful course. | The explanations in the | Video | were very helpful. A very useful | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | great intro class to statistics. Love the animation, teaching style and R lab exercises. The first class in coursera that video content and quiz are relevant. Highly recommended!!! | The first class in coursera that | Video | content and quiz are relevant. Highly | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I hadn't touched math in any real way in years and this was a great re-introduction. The videos were fun and engaging, and while the material was challenging, I felt I got a lot out of it. I highly recommend it for people who need statistics for their work or for a degree program but who are feeling a little intimidated by it. As far as feedback goes, I would have liked to get explanations for quiz questions I couldn't answer. I wish there was a way to say, "This is the quiz score I'd like to accept; now please explain to me the ones I missed." The lack of feedback on the quizzes was frustrating at times. | this was a great re-introduction. The | Video | were fun and engaging, and while | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | It's a great course to learn basic statistics. The course structure is clear and well ordered, and the video lectures are friendly and well explained. I'm pleased with the course. Thanks people | clear and well ordered, and the | Video | lectures are friendly and well explained. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Very useful and ineresting course, Demonestration diagrams in the videos are very clear and delivering the information easily, like it, ma | ineresting course, Demonestration diagrams in the | Video | are very clear and delivering the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| 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. | Great and clear | Video | they make it very easy to | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Excellent course. Very well structured. Videos are excellent and explanations are very clear. | Excellent course. Very well structured. | Video | are excellent and explanations are very | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | some of the videos were outstanding and easy to understand. Need more handholding for understanding of concepts and review/explanation of the quiz results will reinforce learning further. | some of the | Video | were outstanding and easy to understand. | Positive | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Well recorded video, clear and kind explanation, and interesting. | Well recorded | Video | clear and kind explanation, and interesting. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | I am at the third week, that is very well explained. Sometimes I may need to watch the video again, but in general I am very satisfied. I think it could be good both for people who want to learn and people who want to review. | I may need to watch the | Video | again, but in general I am | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| ZNeGqEC2EeWC4g7VhG4bTQ | Clear video's & examples, easy to follow | Clear | Video | & examples, easy to follow | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| zo2jLrZHEeWVcRIZgPr_Xw | Great thanks for Dr.aric ,who has a smiley face ,If any one enrolled this course ,he would get a great knowledge and usefull information about 3d printing or addtive manufacturing ,throw a simple & exciting videos ,not only that ,you would get another benefits not only information about 3d priting ,like ,getting knowledge of many companies from the inside ,see stories of successfull people which achieves you to keep up with your work ,meet with your colleagues and make new friends ,and finally grow up your english skills ,like listening and grow up your vocabulary .....Great thaks for coursera team ,it's our pleasure to learn with you ........ | , throw a simple & exciting | Video | , not only that , you | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.49 | 1.11 |
| zo2jLrZHEeWVcRIZgPr_Xw | Great content, the videos and talks are very motivating and they give an exciting overview of the subject. Thanks for the great work. | Great content, the | Video | and talks are very motivating and | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.49 | 1.11 |
| zo2jLrZHEeWVcRIZgPr_Xw | It was exactly like the lecturer said it would be like. The only hard part is the last part, where we had to actually remix an existing 3D model .I think this part of the lecturer video should have had an in depth look at how to use the 3D app.Nevertheless the course was good I learnt a lot of new stuff and not to give out any spoilers.....Its worth it. | think this part of the lecturer | Video | should have had an in depth | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.49 | 1.11 |
| zo2jLrZHEeWVcRIZgPr_Xw | This is a fantastic course, even if you've never before heard of 3D printing or you've been using a 3D printer for a while, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in technology or futuristic concepts. The videos in this course are very engaging. There are a plethora of interviews with people who are involved with the 3D printing industry, who discuss specific topics in 3D printing, and each offer their views on the future of 3D printing. All the different opinions and perspectives really helped me understand the importance of 3D printing at both an industry and consumer level. Considering this is an introductory course, it's very thorough, and it consolidates and summarizes information that might take you ages to glean off the internet. Even though I had a 3D printer before I took this course, I learned a lot! | in technology or futuristic concepts. The | Video | in this course are very engaging. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.49 | 1.11 |
| _ehbrDx9EeWFSA6UPWxRyQ | The course is very interesting, but videos are too long to be honest. | The course is very interesting, but | Video | are too long to be honest. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.77 |
| _ehbrDx9EeWFSA6UPWxRyQ | Excellent course. Just a shame, trying to figure out to get always the video notes only in english language and not in my natural language (currently french, detected by Coursera), which is better to understand questions & insure to get the answer. For some videos, only the notes in my natural language are available, which constraint me to translate and probably leads to misunderstandings. | figure out to get always the | Video | notes only in english language and | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.77 |
| _ehbrDx9EeWFSA6UPWxRyQ | Excellent course. Just a shame, trying to figure out to get always the video notes only in english language and not in my natural language (currently french, detected by Coursera), which is better to understand questions & insure to get the answer. For some videos, only the notes in my natural language are available, which constraint me to translate and probably leads to misunderstandings. | to get the answer. For some | Video | only the notes in my natural | Negative | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.77 |
| _ehbrDx9EeWFSA6UPWxRyQ | I once had a boyfriend who said my mind was like an encyclopedia that had come free from its binding. To some extent that's true, and it makes me, I think, fun to drink with. I think the Prof of this course would be super fun to drink with, too. I can only imagine the directions the conversation would careen, how many diversions and reversions and tangents we would go on. In terms of instruction, though, I find it rather exhausting. First we're talking about Ottoman reforms, then a diversion into Goethe (or some other dour Teutonic thinker) then a tangent into- but we'll cover that in another video so in 1924, but if you read L'etranger.... I've taken to listening to the lectures while doing something else, and then parsing the transcripts, trying to tease out some sort of linear narrative for my notes and it's just so effortful and time-consuming. | but we'll cover that in another | Video | so in 1924, but if you | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 0.77 |
| _j_95QpWEeWoRw4pD4cXmw | Good course with varied content and I very much liked the way it was build up (individual, business, cities, nations). Reason why I rated it 3 stars (only) is that the course was too easy - however I'm a sustainability professional. Maybe the word "introduction" can be taken into the title - as the course would serve as a good intro-course for practical application of sustainability. Geoffrey (The Netherlands) PS: the videos of the Parkers can be deleted from my point of view | sustainability. Geoffrey (The Netherlands) PS: the | Video | of the Parkers can be deleted | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| _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! | of society. Along with the lecture | Video | this course has a " compendium" | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| _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! | compendium had all these links and | Video | which really enriched the learning experience | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 | 0.9 |
| _Mms-nE8EeWKsgrp3VnvAw | Very well put together. Excellent videos and presentation of materials! | Very well put together. Excellent | Video | and presentation of materials! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| _Mms-nE8EeWKsgrp3VnvAw | On later parts the videos are poorly edited and less interactive. In one place practice quiz has wrong answer marked as right. (Whether it's a situational question or behavioral). | On later parts the | Video | are poorly edited and less interactive. | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| _Mms-nE8EeWKsgrp3VnvAw | This course seems patched together. The volume isn't consistent, even within videos. Some videos / slides are great and full of information, while others are just long periods of talking with one word or phrase on the screen and none of the information put in written form. Some of the questions occur in multiple practice quizzes. Also, there are misspellings in the quizzes. Finally, one quiz marked a question wrong and then, in the comments, noted the answer was right. Further, some of the videos seem to stretch out information to fill time. | isn't consistent, even within videos. Some | Video | / slides are great and full | Positive | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| _Mms-nE8EeWKsgrp3VnvAw | This course seems patched together. The volume isn't consistent, even within videos. Some videos / slides are great and full of information, while others are just long periods of talking with one word or phrase on the screen and none of the information put in written form. Some of the questions occur in multiple practice quizzes. Also, there are misspellings in the quizzes. Finally, one quiz marked a question wrong and then, in the comments, noted the answer was right. Further, some of the videos seem to stretch out information to fill time. | was right. Further, some of the | Video | seem to stretch out information to | Negative | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| _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. | to adjust the volume during each | Video | which is tiresome. In the same | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| _Mms-nE8EeWKsgrp3VnvAw | This course was a bit mediocre. The videos were often choppy, awkward, and cut off in the middle of sentences. The quiz questions were unclear and generally poorly written, and didn't make me think enough. I did enjoy the onboarding special topic section, and the quality was higher there. But the first 3 weeks need quite a bit of revision and fine-tuning. | course was a bit mediocre. The | Video | were often choppy, awkward, and cut | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| _UsmIV-PEeSnpyIACzWBsQ | I wish I could rate this course higher but I didn't enjoy it and despite being 10/12 weeks into it, I'm going to stop now. The videos are hard to follow, the examples are few and far in between, some explanations (eg. exchange rates) are really poorly explained. I'm disappointed, I don't feel like I learned much! | I'm going to stop now. The | Video | are hard to follow, the examples | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.79 | 0.93 |
| _UsmIV-PEeSnpyIACzWBsQ | A great course! Whether you are simply interested in applying some concepts into your life, or a student (like myself) looking to brush up/or learn economics, this is a great intro course! I especially love the module overview at the beginning of each week. I usually copy and paste "key questions" into Evernote, and answer them when I'm watching the videos. Then I would review the Q&A before and after each quiz. It turns out to work great for me! Thanks for making this course available on Coursera! | answer them when I'm watching the | Video | Then I would review the Q&A | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.93 |
| _UsmIV-PEeSnpyIACzWBsQ | Well done. Logical progression of learning, good examples, clearly spoken. There were quite a few spots where sound or video cut out for several minutes while the other (either sound or video) continued to work. Not sure if it was my computer or a course issue. One quiz (i believe week 10 or 11) had a question with two right answers. You could either choose 3) all of the above or 4) answers 1&2 (which were both correct). I believe '4' was the correct answer. Very well created overall...nice job. | while the other (either sound or | Video | continued to work. Not sure if | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0.93 |
| _UsmIV-PEeSnpyIACzWBsQ | The videos and content were engaging. | The | Video | and content were engaging. | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.93 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | The programming exercises are very good to reinforce the concepts learnt in the video lectures. The guide lines in the programming exercise are very clear and helpful making the problems not that hard to deal with and yet very enjoyable. | reinforce the concepts learnt in the | Video | lectures. The guide lines in the | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 0.92 |
| __y3wBnnEeW9dA4X94-nLQ | Great course, nicely explained. I liked the hints the instructors passed in the videos when they "intentionally" make some mistakes, it really helps. I also liked the "unintentional" mistakes when they do the live coding, it shows the different coding styles. By the end of the course I managed to write some functions without any syntax errors. Thank you very much. | hints the instructors passed in the | Video | when they " intentionally" make some | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 0.92 |
| __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 | done an excellent job. The resources, | Video | assignments and quizzes are very helpful, | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.61 | 0.92 |
| __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 | g. Windows 10). Maybe include 3 | Video | like:( example from other Coursera courses | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.61 | 0.92 |