Needs more in-depth instruction while using Slueth & Co.

Some of the sleuth assignments have vague instructions

Aprendí mucho, pero eché de menos más ayuda en el foro

good but the quiz answer format is like kinda weird

amazing course.

The Best

I'm a beginner when it comes to Computer science. I found that the introduction to Computer Programming course is NOT designed for beginners. The first week of the course lacks an introduction to vocabulary and terminology. I find myself constantly stopping to research what the heck they were talking about. Also, the instructors have missed a few KEY instructions when explaining certain things. I got stuck for DAYS because it wasn't working until I went to save my progress at the end of the second day and noticed something finally changed in the preview. It was a lot of wasted time that could have been avoided if the instructor had simply said, "once you have made your edits to the code, hit "save" to view the changes in your preview." Another example is the 'tweet analysis' assignment that instructed me to "uncomment to run the program and re-comment it before moving on to the next one." That apparently had nothing to do with tweets or twitter or anything even remotely similar. There was little to no explanation and once again a lack of understanding the terminology caused a delay of 2 days. I found myself trying to eliminate errors that popped up at the bottom of my page. The instructor didn't have those on his screen so I assumed that was the reason I wasn't seeing a "tweet" or a twitter page. When I still wasn't getting anywhere on the second day, I finally reached out to a friend for help. Turned out all I was supposed to do was backspace "//" and hit save. It took me 2mins to complete once I understood the assignment. The course content and instructions need to be improved in my opinion. Or else don't take the course unless you're already familiar with terminology and have some basic understanding of code editing. Update: I have arrived at the introduction to SLEUTH where the FIRST line in the video is, "I have already opened the sleuth app on my computer. you can find sleuth at the top of your coursera page..." NO I CANNOT BECAUSE IT IS NOT THERE! Honestly, what the heck is going on? This is so frustrating and discouraging. They talk about how we need to code in a state of flow but how can I possibly flow if you don't have everything where you say it will be. Figure it out and get it together. PLEASE! P.S. I don't know if this is a Coursera thing or the course itself but there is no way to reach out to the instructor or other students to discuss things. I took a course on Udemy.com and I was able to play and pause with the spacebar, contact the instructor who got back to me within 24 hours and I was able to post a question on the discussion board and other students helped me. we were even able to direct message each other instead of being completely public on the discussion page. It is a shame these features are not offered here.

this course is certainly illuminating and a good introduction to programming. my main criticism of the course is that there is a lack of clear direction in a number of the exercises. All too frequently in this course to complete an exercise you are required to utilize a new skill that has not been covered in any of the videos or readings, this can be quite frustrating and time consuming as it is not necessarily easy to find the answers to certain questions by oneself. the instructors seem to want to chalk this up to coders must be autodidactic, still this is extremely frustrating as there is no professor to give clear answers when they are needed. as a result you will frequently spend far more time than is necessary trudging through an exercise that should take just a few minutes, don't understand why they can't just explain new topics more thoroughly in the videos.

This course does teach the basics of how to read/write in Javascript and gives a basic understanding of programming, however the layout of the entire course is a mess. The final assignment you're required to complete to get your certificate is due 1 week after you start and is located in week 1(even though this is described as a 3 week course). To add to this weeks 2 and 3 contain most of lessons you need to go through before attempting the final assignment, the cherry on top is most of these lessons aren't very specific or outright tell you to figure it out on your own. All of this makes it a nightmares trying to complete the final assignment, by the end it felt like I had just got lucky and guessed my way through instead of understanding what I was supposed to do.

Very good course, maybe a touch more challenging than the absolute beginner would be able to navigate. The Sleuth application is good in concept, though the reading and videos in the same lesson do not provide adequate explanation of all cases. It should be stressed that in order to get a passing grade, the user doesn't need to attempt ALL of the Sleuth application until after further course material. Also, some of the more advanced cases in the Sleuth application could use a bit more guidance and provide examples. The second to last lesson was particularly challenging to figure out, and I've worked in software development for several years now.

The content itself is good, but it's very disorganised. Not sure if it's coursera's fault or the course's but you'll see different deadlines for practice problems depending on the platform (web/mobile), all assignments are due for the first week and when I asked on the forums I got a completely generic answer from one fo the moderators.

Other than that, the videos are very good, well explained and a nice gentle introduction into programming itself and into a programmer's mind. Still recommended, but could use improvements on the presentation.

The course is starts in medias res, it plunges you directly into the subject matter, no-frills. The chosen language is also fascinating as it is processing and you work with basic graphics. There is however an issue with the "exam" (which is a programming game). Once finished you get the diploma even if the game is in the second week. In fact, it becomes evident soon after that you're not supposed to finish it immediately, but only with the notions which will be introduced on week 3. The issue is still not fixed.

They introduce all the assignments and assign them in week one. It stays red until you complete it and appears under week one in the menu. I struggled (though it wasn't that hard once you get started) all the way through every assignment thinking the entire assignment portal (called sleuth) was just the week one assignment.

When i finished what I thought was week one, it gave me the certificate. So in short, be clear that the Sleuth assignments correspond to certain content each week!!

The professors are so good, But I have faced some problems including the problem that I do what the professor exactly do with brackets but it didn't follow my edits and commands, I don't know if that because he used Mac in his videos or because of the new version of Brackets. That's why I Unenrolled because I couldn't keep on learning. Although they explained so well with no application to me.

Un ottimo corso per imparare le basi semplici della programmazione. L'unica pecca é che per quelli che come me non sanno l-inglese sarebbe ancora meglio se i video fossero doppiati per dare modo di concentrarsi meglio su quello che fanno i professori e non sul leggere i sottotitoli. Comunque un ottimo metodo per imparare cose nuove. Consiglio

Sleuth should be at the end of week 3, OR it should be at the very least be made clear that you can jump ahead and do week 2 & 3 to learn what you need to know to go back to Sleuth. Otherwise it was pretty good for beginners. Wish there was more support from teachers/ moderators.

The material is easy to understand. The reason I can only give 3 stars is that the assignments are not very clear. Sleuth assignments are very confusing. If you decided to take this course, make sure to check the discussion forum.

I liked the course content, but not the course layout. The "exam" were due only a few days after I signed up and before the material had been covered. It was confusing to say the least.

The challenging course and interesting design and very enthusiastic lecturers. However, lack of instructions and ambiguity of tasks make the course hard to follow.

I didn't like the course. I don't understand the merit of the homework that I needed to perform. Though I completed the course to complete the specialization.

Last assignment was okay, but time consuming in a way that there were many repetitive tasks. It was not logically different, just required boilerplate.

Some of the exercises like the crime scene ones, the instructors barely explain extra codes so that are required for the further levels of the "game"

Sometimes questions are too blur to understand. Since the scoring is done automatically, I recommend you to carefully read the question, and folum.

most likely had potential but i cant rap my head around the sketch and co course assignment, select folder does not work

Assignments are good.But there should be more teaching material required which helps us to complete our assignment.