The course is available in a self-paced format. For more information, download the course syllabus from the Home page.
What is the expected effort to complete the course?
Check out the syllabus.
How is the course graded?
Check out the syllabus.
Where can I ask questions / give feedback?
We have created a discussion component in each learning unit. You can create new threads on respective unit to ensure they are properly grouped. You can still ask general questions in the discussion forum. Please check the discussion guidelines in the syllabus before you post.
CERTIFICATES
Will this course offer an Honor Code certificate?
No.
How can I obtain a certificate for this course?
You need to sign up for verified certificate and achieve the passing grade, which is to score above 70% overall.
When is the last date before which I can pay to obtain an ID verified certificate?
See the Verification Upgrade Deadline on the Home page.
I have achieved a passing grade, when will I receive my certificate?
When you have achieved the passing grade, you can click the Request Certificate on your Progress page to receive your certificate.
Labs and Exercises with DataCamp Platform
How are my grades calculated and sent back to edX?
Whenever you access the DataCamp platform through the launch buttons in edX, your email is sent along to DataCamp to authenticate you on their servers. Also a link between your DataCamp profile and your edX profile is established. Whenever you finish an exercise for a particular lab, your total XP for this lab is calculated. This XP level is then converted to an edX grade and sent back to edX.Example: Say you take a lab where the maximum amount of XP you can earn is 1000. You take the lab and end up with 840 XP. A grade of 8.4/10 is sent back to edX.
My grades are not sent back to edX, what do I do?
If your grades are not being sent back to edX properly, take the following steps:
Go to the lab through edX by clicking the Start Lab Exercises button.
Simply retake one of the exercises you have completed before, by clicking Submit Answer.
Your scores should be sent back to edX and your grades should be updated.
Refresh the edX grade page to show the changes.
What's up with XP if you use the hint or the solution?
If you are stuck, you can choose to show the hint. This costs you 30% of the XP points that can be earned: in a 100 XP interactive exercise, 30 XP will be deducted, in a 50 XP multiple choice exercise this is 15 XP.
Still having trouble to come up with the correct answer or code?
You can choose to display and run the solution. This will set your XP for that exercise to 0. If you come back to the exercise later on, the solution code will be gone again. You can redo the exercise at all times, but this will not always cause an increase in XP. Only after 24 hours after consulting the solution, will the system accept an improved XP.
How is my progress kept?
Your progress is kept on DataCamp servers and it ties to your email address you used in edX. If you're coming from the previous iteration of the course, then you will see where you left off. You can always manually reset your progress should you want to re-try the labs.
Where do we discuss about the course?
edX provides an excellent discussion platform where you can share thoughts/questions/ideas with fellow students. At the moment, DataCamp also features a discussion (through the Discussion button in the interface), but for edX we advise you not to use this. This way, the discussion is held in one place and it's easier to follow up.
Important: we plan to make it possible to customize aspects of the learning interface, which will allow us to disable discussion on DataCamp.
