Provider: edX.org
Course: Computer Science Fundamentals MicroBachelors
Course content: This MicroBachelors is composed of 3 courses:
Introduction to Networking
Basics of Computing and Programming
Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
You can take the courses in every order.
Each course is composed from 5 to 7 modules, each module has one video that goes from 35 minutes to 75 minutes long, 3 questions (where you get your points with unlimited trials), and 1 proctored final exam, the proctored exams have from 12 to 20 questions, they use the same RPNow/PsiBrowser as Study.com
Final exam format: From 12 to 20 questions, Multiple choice, at least in Introduction to Networking, they repeated exactly the same questions as in the quizzes.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: I have seen the information before in U. of the People courses, but if you are new to the topics: Introduction to Networking has a lot of content in each video, a lot of terminology. Programming is done on Python, and Hardware has a lot of information, that I actually consider to be commong knowledge for people with even basic knowledge of computers.
Time taken on course: Maybe 12 hours per course, since I usually watch the videos two or three time times, as there are no additional resources. Nothing else at all.
Familiarity with subject before course:
Never heard of it before taking the course, Low, medium, high? Medium to high
How would you have scored on the final with no preparation? Maybe 30% to 60%
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: After getting everything in the quizzes, you need more than 50% in the final to pass the Hardware and the Networking courses, in the case of the Programming course, you have labs, that it´s actually a Python autograder, with the labs and the quizzes, you already passed with the minimum grade the Programming course, you also have unlimited tries with the autograder.
1-10 Difficulty level: 4-7
I actually won´t recommend it, since the content is so little, I wouldn´t pay that amount for just the videos, since you don´t even get the slides, I took it because I got the 90% scholarship for financial need. There´s the benefit of getting 3 credits for it, however it translates as COS-104, that I couldn´t found in the catalog.
Course: Computer Science Fundamentals MicroBachelors
Course content: This MicroBachelors is composed of 3 courses:
Introduction to Networking
Basics of Computing and Programming
Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
You can take the courses in every order.
Each course is composed from 5 to 7 modules, each module has one video that goes from 35 minutes to 75 minutes long, 3 questions (where you get your points with unlimited trials), and 1 proctored final exam, the proctored exams have from 12 to 20 questions, they use the same RPNow/PsiBrowser as Study.com
Final exam format: From 12 to 20 questions, Multiple choice, at least in Introduction to Networking, they repeated exactly the same questions as in the quizzes.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: I have seen the information before in U. of the People courses, but if you are new to the topics: Introduction to Networking has a lot of content in each video, a lot of terminology. Programming is done on Python, and Hardware has a lot of information, that I actually consider to be commong knowledge for people with even basic knowledge of computers.
Time taken on course: Maybe 12 hours per course, since I usually watch the videos two or three time times, as there are no additional resources. Nothing else at all.
Familiarity with subject before course:
Never heard of it before taking the course, Low, medium, high? Medium to high
How would you have scored on the final with no preparation? Maybe 30% to 60%
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: After getting everything in the quizzes, you need more than 50% in the final to pass the Hardware and the Networking courses, in the case of the Programming course, you have labs, that it´s actually a Python autograder, with the labs and the quizzes, you already passed with the minimum grade the Programming course, you also have unlimited tries with the autograder.
1-10 Difficulty level: 4-7
I actually won´t recommend it, since the content is so little, I wouldn´t pay that amount for just the videos, since you don´t even get the slides, I took it because I got the 90% scholarship for financial need. There´s the benefit of getting 3 credits for it, however it translates as COS-104, that I couldn´t found in the catalog.
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