11-10-2020, 10:41 PM
Provider:
Study.com
Course:
Business 303: Management Information Systems
Course content: How is the material presented? Videos? Text? External content? Do you have to buy/have other materials?
Usual SDC format. 11 chapters of content that encompasses anywhere from 4-10+ lessons where each lesson is presented in reading and video format. Each lesson had a quiz at the end that asked 5-6 questions about the lesson. Each chapter also had a practice quiz of about 25-30 questions that was taken from the quiz pool.
Final exam format: How many questions? Multiple choice? Essay? Both? Something else?
70 questions, multiple choice for the final proctored exam which counts towards 1/3rd of the final grade. There are also 3 additional papers you have to write, which I haven't written yet. But they seem straightforward enough.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Have you seen the information before in the course, or was it a total curve ball?
The final exam questions are mostly different questions from the quizzes and the chapter practice tests, though there were a handful of repeats. However, the questions were still very similar to the quizzes so studying the quiz and chapter practice test question and answers do help.
Time taken on course: Hours? Weeks? Days?
~15 hours spread over 1.5 weeks. This included time spent watching all the videos on 2x speed, taking the quizzes, and studying for the final. I haven't written the papers yet, but I am hoping to spend no more than 3 hours on each.
Familiarity with subject before course: Never heard of it before taking the course, Low, medium, high, I do this every day. How would you have scored on the final with no preparation?
High. I used to work in digital marketing, I just finished a project management course, I build my own computers, and I currently work as a software developer. This is my first SDC course so I wanted to spend some time on it to get familiar with the format. I scored a 90% on the proctored final which was completed in 20 minutes. I am pretty certain I would have passed (at least 70%) without having to spend as much time as I did in prepping for the test.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know:
I kind of feel like you can get by just doing all the quizzes, the chapter practice tests, and studying those questions and answers and you will pass. If you are less familiar with the topics and terminology, watching the videos and reading would help. There's a lot of terms to remember, but it is not hard to understand conceptually. I personally did not do any of the readings and just watched the videos on 2x (sometimes I didn't pay a ton of attention to it if it's on a subject I already know).
1-10 Difficulty level:
Pretty easy. May be more challenging for someone who is not familiar with tech.
Study.com
Course:
Business 303: Management Information Systems
Course content: How is the material presented? Videos? Text? External content? Do you have to buy/have other materials?
Usual SDC format. 11 chapters of content that encompasses anywhere from 4-10+ lessons where each lesson is presented in reading and video format. Each lesson had a quiz at the end that asked 5-6 questions about the lesson. Each chapter also had a practice quiz of about 25-30 questions that was taken from the quiz pool.
Final exam format: How many questions? Multiple choice? Essay? Both? Something else?
70 questions, multiple choice for the final proctored exam which counts towards 1/3rd of the final grade. There are also 3 additional papers you have to write, which I haven't written yet. But they seem straightforward enough.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Have you seen the information before in the course, or was it a total curve ball?
The final exam questions are mostly different questions from the quizzes and the chapter practice tests, though there were a handful of repeats. However, the questions were still very similar to the quizzes so studying the quiz and chapter practice test question and answers do help.
Time taken on course: Hours? Weeks? Days?
~15 hours spread over 1.5 weeks. This included time spent watching all the videos on 2x speed, taking the quizzes, and studying for the final. I haven't written the papers yet, but I am hoping to spend no more than 3 hours on each.
Familiarity with subject before course: Never heard of it before taking the course, Low, medium, high, I do this every day. How would you have scored on the final with no preparation?
High. I used to work in digital marketing, I just finished a project management course, I build my own computers, and I currently work as a software developer. This is my first SDC course so I wanted to spend some time on it to get familiar with the format. I scored a 90% on the proctored final which was completed in 20 minutes. I am pretty certain I would have passed (at least 70%) without having to spend as much time as I did in prepping for the test.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know:
I kind of feel like you can get by just doing all the quizzes, the chapter practice tests, and studying those questions and answers and you will pass. If you are less familiar with the topics and terminology, watching the videos and reading would help. There's a lot of terms to remember, but it is not hard to understand conceptually. I personally did not do any of the readings and just watched the videos on 2x (sometimes I didn't pay a ton of attention to it if it's on a subject I already know).
1-10 Difficulty level:
Pretty easy. May be more challenging for someone who is not familiar with tech.
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