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Provider: ASU EA
Course: MAT 210 - Brief Calculus
Course content: The course is delivered almost entirely through Gradarius online learning platform. Each topic (25 in total) includes a video lecture that is  partially interactive, in the sense that video pauses a couple of times and the student has to answer a question on the topic being explained in the lesson. There's also a link to a downloadable slide presentation next to each video.
Each video lecture ends with a guided, interactive exercise in preparation to the assignments. Assignments are graded and count for 5% of the overall grade and allow +oo attempts. There are 5 graded quizzes in total, about 10 questions each and max 3 attempts per question. Quizzes count for 15% of the final grade. There's also a Final Practice exam at the end of the course, 26 questions, +oo attempts per question.
Final exam format: 25 questions related to the entire course content. Two attempts per question (*).  Unlike other math exams at ASU, this exam is taken in Gradarius.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: The exercises in the exam are very similar to those presented in the course, some of them slightly more difficult.
Time taken on course: 15 weeks, including finals week. I spent about 10 hours per week, slightly above the effort indicated in the syllabus (8-9 hours).
Familiarity with subject before course: I was familiar with most of the content.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: final lasts 3 hours (instead of 2 as indicated in the rubric). (*) However, although you have 2 attempts per question, you won't get answers graded until the course finals deadline is reached. In other words you won't know if your first attempt is correct or not. I know this is non-sense, but is the way it is.
1-10 Difficulty level: 7 - you need to get used to Gradarius, which in turns may save your life when it comes to boring calculations. I personally found Gradarius even more fun than ALEKS.
Final grade: A - I loved Prof. Jay Abramson's lectures. All the topics are explained clearly and are supported by useful examples and exercises.