06-02-2017, 11:22 PM
Provider: Sophia
Course: Project Management
Course content: Four topics, each topic with three 10 question "challenges" and a 25 question milestone. Milestone questions are worth 2x the challenge questions, and you get 3 tries to correctly answer each challenge question. Information is presented within the challenges in the form of tutorials. There are options when it comes to the tutorials; do yourself a favor and use the ones by Sophia because the verbiage/terminology aligns with the questions. There is a 25 question proctored final (they call it an identification verification milestone) that doesn't count toward your grade but you must score at least 50% on it. To break it down, there are 120 challenge questions (1 point each) plus 100 milestone questions divided among 4 topics (2 points each) and you need a total of 224 points to pass PLUS answer 13 of 25 questions correctly on the proctored final.
Final exam format: 25 multiple choice questions, you must score a 50% and it does not count toward your grade (see above.) Also - they use proctor U but it is scheduled through Sophia and NOT proctor U, and will not show up in your scheduled exams if you log into proctor U. Exam is open website (you can use any part of the Sophia website including tutorials but not the previous questions) plus you can have a page of typed or written notes. I really didn't need either.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: it was pretty much the same stuff. I can't recall if there were any duplicate questions, but I do recall it being easier (and I scored higher) than I had anticipated.
Familiarity with subject before course: This is my profession, but I work for a small organization and we're a little more willy nilly than what's covered in the course. The style of project management presented in the course is more big company, spend all of your time in meetings and conference calls as opposed to doing actual work type.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: This course literally drove me to drink - I don't think I would have made it through without downing a couple of beers. It's not the content, but rather that they try to get cute with some of the questions, particularly the fill in the blank questions - those things really started standing on my last nerve. Good content, irritating presentation.
1-10 Difficulty level: content:3 format: 15
Course: Project Management
Course content: Four topics, each topic with three 10 question "challenges" and a 25 question milestone. Milestone questions are worth 2x the challenge questions, and you get 3 tries to correctly answer each challenge question. Information is presented within the challenges in the form of tutorials. There are options when it comes to the tutorials; do yourself a favor and use the ones by Sophia because the verbiage/terminology aligns with the questions. There is a 25 question proctored final (they call it an identification verification milestone) that doesn't count toward your grade but you must score at least 50% on it. To break it down, there are 120 challenge questions (1 point each) plus 100 milestone questions divided among 4 topics (2 points each) and you need a total of 224 points to pass PLUS answer 13 of 25 questions correctly on the proctored final.
Final exam format: 25 multiple choice questions, you must score a 50% and it does not count toward your grade (see above.) Also - they use proctor U but it is scheduled through Sophia and NOT proctor U, and will not show up in your scheduled exams if you log into proctor U. Exam is open website (you can use any part of the Sophia website including tutorials but not the previous questions) plus you can have a page of typed or written notes. I really didn't need either.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: it was pretty much the same stuff. I can't recall if there were any duplicate questions, but I do recall it being easier (and I scored higher) than I had anticipated.
Familiarity with subject before course: This is my profession, but I work for a small organization and we're a little more willy nilly than what's covered in the course. The style of project management presented in the course is more big company, spend all of your time in meetings and conference calls as opposed to doing actual work type.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: This course literally drove me to drink - I don't think I would have made it through without downing a couple of beers. It's not the content, but rather that they try to get cute with some of the questions, particularly the fill in the blank questions - those things really started standing on my last nerve. Good content, irritating presentation.
1-10 Difficulty level: content:3 format: 15
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