08-23-2022, 10:17 AM
Provider: AWIT (Advancing Women in Technology)
Certificate/specialization: Real-World Cloud Product Management Specialization
Content: Some videos, mostly reading. Each of the 3 "courses" is broken down into 3 "weeks" with 1 graded quiz per week.
Final course format: Exactly the same as the other courses: 3 "weeks" with 1 graded quiz each. However, the final graded quiz is a 65-credit practice exam. For each attempt, you are given over 5 hours to complete the final exam, if you need that much time.
Final course content vs. prior courses: It's all pretty uniform, but the final "practice exam" is a doozy. It took me about an hour to finish.
Time taken: A couple of weeks; could have gone faster, if not for procrastination.
Familiarity with subject before certificate/specialization: Despite its name, this course is focused solely on material covered by the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. I had 0 familiarity with this specific subject beforehand.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: The videos are largely (though not entirely) irrelevant for the quiz contents. Skip those and focus on the provided reading material/flashcards. If you only watch the videos, you probably won't be able to pass. I doubt if you'll be able to pass the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam after just 2 weeks of study with this course, but the specialization itself can easily be finished in 1-2 weeks of dedicated study.
1-10 Difficulty level: 3-4; no real technical knowledge needed, but you do need to memorize silly-sounding terms like Elastic Beanstalk, Snowmobile, and Glacier.
Certificate/specialization: Real-World Cloud Product Management Specialization
Content: Some videos, mostly reading. Each of the 3 "courses" is broken down into 3 "weeks" with 1 graded quiz per week.
Final course format: Exactly the same as the other courses: 3 "weeks" with 1 graded quiz each. However, the final graded quiz is a 65-credit practice exam. For each attempt, you are given over 5 hours to complete the final exam, if you need that much time.
Final course content vs. prior courses: It's all pretty uniform, but the final "practice exam" is a doozy. It took me about an hour to finish.
Time taken: A couple of weeks; could have gone faster, if not for procrastination.
Familiarity with subject before certificate/specialization: Despite its name, this course is focused solely on material covered by the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. I had 0 familiarity with this specific subject beforehand.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: The videos are largely (though not entirely) irrelevant for the quiz contents. Skip those and focus on the provided reading material/flashcards. If you only watch the videos, you probably won't be able to pass. I doubt if you'll be able to pass the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam after just 2 weeks of study with this course, but the specialization itself can easily be finished in 1-2 weeks of dedicated study.
1-10 Difficulty level: 3-4; no real technical knowledge needed, but you do need to memorize silly-sounding terms like Elastic Beanstalk, Snowmobile, and Glacier.
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA
Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA
Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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