TM
Nov 17, 2019
it becomes easier wand clearer when one gets to complete the assignments as to how to utilize what has been learned. Practical work is a great way to learn, which was a fundamental part of the course.
DR
Sep 27, 2024
This course was really helpful in make me understand all the topics of Python from scratch, including the slightly advanced topics, of APIs, for my level as a freshman just getting settled in college.
By Mykola K
•Jun 19, 2020
Good structure, learning progressively helps. Labs are interesting and allow to learn to code. Two drawbacks: 1) very unequal distribution of work, Week 4 was too long, while Weeks 1 and 2 were light; 2) a lot of mistakes in the course, up to the point of sometimes being confusing.
By Marcus P
•Dec 21, 2019
OK overall, but many links to external resources were not working and how-to screenshots often out-of-date for those services. The analysis side was a little light as too much time was spent on the intro to Python. It would have been better with Python knowledge as a prerequisite.
By Crystal W
•May 20, 2020
Good course but there were large gaps in information, plentiful typos, and confusing explanations. As someone who educates for a living, I'd say this should likely be broken down into more than one course and the materials should be reviewed for grammar, errors, and readability.
By Chris D (
•Sep 1, 2022
I really like the topic and overall progression however, Week 4 and Week 5 have serious issues with the pacing and the difficulty curve.
I also strongly feel that extra reading and practice on MANY of the topics would lead to better understanding and an easier time (later on).
By Emily Z
•Sep 30, 2023
There are a lot of code unexplained. I would've liked more videos explaining how to write a code bit by bit especially in weeks 4-5. the exams don't match the labs. Overall the course is ok but I can't say I'm capable of writing code like was shown in weeks 4-5. Thank you :)
By Karalea F
•Dec 21, 2023
This course was pretty hard for me who has no computer coding at all in my background. The beginning modules were a good start but to have to read code and write code was very frustrating to me. Great content but not really geared for a beginner; more intermediate learners.
By Ryan T
•Mar 19, 2024
The course provides a massive amount of information in a short timeframe. It gets overwhelming quickly. I also needed to find other resources to supplement the course to get a comprehensive and functional knowledge base to understand the more advanced topics in the course.
By paul t
•Sep 7, 2018
the material and movies were good, response from teachers to questions was terrible (takes a long time or no answers at all). the gap between the items learned and the week 5 project was too big. A lot of new things that were not mentioned or discussed in the first 4 weeks
By Elena E
•Nov 12, 2021
First four weeks are excellent. Last week looks like a rushed scramble of three weeks worth of material jammed into one, multiple errors, final exam had three questions that had various problems with them starting with being unfinished to answers not fitting the question.
By Chow Y S
•May 17, 2020
First 3 weeks was good and a very fast pace python lesson. When reach week 4 all goes down the rail if someone has no background on data science. Very hard to know what to do in week 4. Don't recommend you to take this course if you have no background in data science.
By parth g
•Feb 8, 2020
This course was not great because the explaination was very less and the content was limited. The human touch is very necessary in any course. There was no difficulty level of quiz. It was very easy. The last assignment was moderate. Yep you can go for it if you want
By Don G M
•Jun 7, 2019
The course itself explains well the content, but the final assignment is a nightmare, because proper and clear instructions aren't given on how to submit it/make it visible online. The assignment submission coding section is much tougher than the course material.
By KIRAN B
•Nov 23, 2020
Though basic Python commands are taught. The hands-on session are not covering the knowledge gained in the tutorial. Also, final assignment is not challenging enough. Though I learnt a few starting concepts in Python I cannot say I am satisfied with this course.
By Sixto M
•Feb 23, 2022
The level of the Hands-on labs increased significantly without properly introduced the new concepts. The hands-on lab are a copy of the videos which is not good because discourages in some way the focus needed to learn Python as the classes become repetitive.
By Kristen P
•Jun 28, 2019
I found the course incredibly interesting. However, the chronic mismatch of instruction to assessments can not be overlooked nor can the outdated course materials that are incredibly difficult to translate into updated software versions at the beginner level.
By Shehab E K A
•Aug 10, 2021
though as someone with no previous experience or knowledge about programming i found it difficult to keep up with some concepts and ideas that the instructor built upon , its the curse of knowledge i guess but overall i enjoyed the experience and the content
By Casey C
•Sep 7, 2024
Very exhaustive, and exhausting! Would benefit from some clean up, and some more learner-oriented strategies, pacing, and exercises. Overall you get what you pay for, and for someone willing to work extra hard to push through, this course can be beneficial.
By Ameer U A K
•Mar 1, 2024
The course is good for basic information and most of the time is used in the basic. More high quality and complex examples could be used to enrich the content and provide examples of how to use the tools in more complex environments and with more examples.
By Gabor P
•Apr 17, 2019
The videos and readings are great but the final assignment is a bit sloppy. It cant be solved by just following the guidelines, workarounds are needed that deviate from the suggested ways (selecting the correct endpoint, makedashboard command not working).
By Fiona T
•Oct 26, 2022
While the instruction is mostly clear, the course doesnt allow you to practice and enforce newly developed skills. Many steps are skipped, and all the labs are pre set.To really understand you need to spend extra hours working with information presented.
By Wesley C
•Oct 3, 2019
Overall, the course taught the basics of Python but instructions regarding IBM Watson can be extremely unclear since the notes haven't been updated. Also, the final assignment is kind of a joke since it seems more focused on Watson than material learned.
By Fernando C
•Aug 1, 2019
This is a great course, really useful to get the idea of numpy and pandas, maybe the exercises are easy. I need to say to all the people that we use the watson studio of ibm, using the software may be a headache for many people, read the forums carefully
By Roger S P M
•Dec 11, 2018
Good basic introduction to the syntax of Python and its core capabilities. The online coding modules contain a number of errors in syntax. These are small enough that even a student can catch them and make the corrections to make the code run properly.
By Evangelos P
•Sep 24, 2021
Some good information - need to spend more time on focused items and explaining some fundamentals. Why do some things need [[ whereas others just one [ what is happening behind the scenes? what is the significance and reasoning for what we are doing?
By mohamed a
•Nov 14, 2019
very good course for python basics as well as for numpy and pandas libraries , the last assignment is not clear at all in the second part for me , it requires a practice for codes that was not explained in the lessons and the description is not clear