I had some problems with the last part of this course (when we were getting started with Hadoop), and I didn´t see anything to help solving those problems.

Faltó detallar en qué consistía una máquina virtual y ofrecer el comando para desactivar el safe mode, tuve que investigar para completar la última tarea.

So much better than in the first version of the specialization! the peer reviewed project is a welcome addition to help understanding map reduce concepts

The steps provided are good. Practical way of teaching. The course navigation links are sometime confusing. it does not start from where you had paused.

This is is a very fundamental course. It tells me a big picture of what is Hadoop and how it is applied. But only the course of last week is new to me.

Good course, I know it's only the intro, but I would have liked some more hands-on exercises. Most of the course consists of watching videos.

Thank you!

It was a very informative experience on basics of big data management. However, it would be better to have more challenging questions and assignments.

I am very glad to do this course with the help of my faculty members. This course was useful in explaining about Hadoop system and its architecture.

It was a great experience. This helped me with basics in Big data and also the mentors were great with their knowledge in the this field.

Thank you :)

Good Introduction and overview, especially if you are very new. If you already new a little bit you can do fast orward the course and fill your gaps.

Very nice introduction to Big Data. This is were you decide whether to take the blue pill or the red pill (sorry that's from the 1999 movie Matrix )

In this course, I learned how to use Hadoop basically. With the clear explanation of the Professor, I believe every one can realize in a short time.

i would like to see more intermittent testing and application of my knowledge. it felt like it had a high ratio of lecture to hands-on/testing/etc

The beginning is a bit theoretical, only the end brings some practical examples up. Slides are a bit old fashioned and presenters are a bit rigid

Great content, very broad and provides a good overview of BigData. They alloy you to taste the subject and try a "Hands on" approach at the end.

The course is quite appropiate to introduce you in to the field of Big data. Some lessons become more difficult if you don`t know informatics.

It’s a good and helpful course which will take you through all the basics.Apart from theoretical topics,practical application is also taught.

great course to understand the concept of bigdata and famalarize yourself to hadoop and cloudera. only issue i faced the VM used is outdated

This is a wonderful introductory course for Big Data . If people are confused whether to go for it or not , this course will be very helpful.

This is probably the best Introduction to Hadoop. Minus 1 star only because I wish I could receive the sessions on mail for future reference.

It gave me knowledge, but the voice and the presentation of the teacher sometimes too fast and unreachable. The presentation seems outdated.

Increase the depth on hands on exercises. There were very basic and did not explore even all the examples which hadoop provides by default!

Very good course . It was a bit slow in the beginning but went to a good pace covering a whole lot of basics as the course moved forward.

There is room to improve, but much better than previous version. Thanks for your good work as a good resource on learning about big data

For a introductory course it covers a lot of things, not in too much detail, but it covers a lot of important concepts and definitions.