great course

This course had a lot of great information and the instructor is extremely well-versed in the subject matter although a bit hard to understand when she's not on screen. The final assignment was extremely difficult to complete with the materials included and the level of instruction. It needs to be more thoughtfully laid out, pointing students toward additional resources and giving students access to the necessary files that are used to make the cloropleth map. Otherwise, I found it to be nearly impossible to create what was being requested as did many of my classmates, judging from the discussion forum and the assignment submissions.

Please STEER CLEAR OF THIS COURSE. While the content of the videos is fascinating, they are completely unrelated to the coding assignments themselves. I spent weeks trying to teach myself how to complete the final assignment, and even then I do not think I understood exactly how to do it. Many of the coding examples given in the assignments are incorrect, so it can sometimes be impossible to even practice. It then took weeks for my final assignment to be graded. All in all, I wholly regret taking this course, and I advise you to not make the same mistake I did.