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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Python Basics by University of Michigan

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17,607 ratings

About the Course

This course introduces the basics of Python 3, including conditional execution and iteration as control structures, and strings and lists as data structures. You'll program an on-screen Turtle to draw pretty pictures. You'll also learn to draw reference diagrams as a way to reason about program executions, which will help to build up your debugging skills. The course has no prerequisites. It will cover Chapters 1-9 of the textbook "Fundamentals of Python Programming," which is the accompanying text (optional and free) for this course. The course is for you if you're a newcomer to Python programming, if you need a refresher on Python basics, or if you may have had some exposure to Python programming but want a more in-depth exposition and vocabulary for describing and reasoning about programs. This is the first of five courses in the Python 3 Programming Specialization....

Top reviews

DK

Dec 7, 2020

The course was very comprehensive and easy to understand. The instructors made sure that they are giving the information in a way that won't make me confused. Thank you so much for this great course!

NR

Oct 17, 2019

It's a must join course for the people who want to deep dive into the world of Python. I really loving this course very much. I wanna explore more hence opting for other parts of this specialization.

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By Ankit N

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Aug 3, 2020

very slow

By SHASHWAT

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Jun 10, 2020

too basic

By Ali

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May 3, 2024

amazing

By Weerachai Y

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Jun 10, 2020

thanks

By SAHITHI M

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Jun 4, 2023

great

By Shatrunjay d

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Jul 23, 2020

great

By G'offurov A

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Mar 3, 2024

good

By Ranjan P

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Oct 10, 2023

Good

By Mohit k

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Jan 28, 2021

good

By Jagrati S

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Aug 13, 2020

nice

By Harshita L

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May 22, 2020

good

By Ren B

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Feb 21, 2023

Read if you're going to take this course. While you will get excellent information from it, there are some major areas that the course is lacking that can make your learning progress slower and more difficult. Some of this includes errors in the programs used for examples in the course. But the main issue I found was that it is INCREDIBLY disorganized. In terms of teaching logic, it's mostly lacking that. On multiple occasions, you get administered exercises on content that hasn't been taught yet (only to find it in the next lesson) or you'll find that information isn't completely explained just to find the info you've been wanting shows up at the end of the course instead. Which makes zero sense. It would have been much better for complete explanations to occur while exercises were being assigned. There was even a video in week 4 where the prof. talked about us having "not done" what he was talking about yet when we had absolutely already done it in previous weeks. So, for whatever reason, this was clearly taught out of order (as is also evident in how the book exercises are assigned). It made a whole lot more difficult than it had to be. The course also could do a much better job than it does in explaining why the code works the way that it does. They tend to rely a lot on Code Lens to do this (you'll see what this is as you dive in) rather than give a really good explanation. Which, if you're already somewhat familiar with Python, this may not be a big deal. But it can be a big deal for beginners. And since the course is advertised as appropriate for beginners, it would be great if those explanations where handled more thoroughly. If you dive in, my biggest recommendation would be to watch all the videos in a week FIRST before completing any assignments and take great notes while doing it. Then, go back and complete the assignments and quizzes in order from there after. You'll be missing information you need to really understand the exercises otherwise. I would love to rate this higher. The information is good. But it was too much of a fight to find and learn to apply the information shared because of the number of course mistakes and extreme disorganization of the material.

By Jingyi Z

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May 15, 2024

- the lecturing videos are bit old - lecture and exercise number do not match - 90% of the assignments don't have explanation which led to google for answers - didn't like how they divided the workload - the week 4 workload is a lot, consisted of 5 graded assignments for the last week to complete

By Chuck S

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Jun 26, 2024

Pretty unhappy with what was contained when I left.. looked like an older program and some of the staff was .. how shall I say it? not looking like they cared about too muck in the way of dress? I will look for another course in Python 3.

By Fadi K

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Feb 20, 2023

Quality of video is blurry. Topics are good but not explained well. Real monotone

instructors and really don't make it any fun to learn. Basic teraching.

By YUVARAJ P

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Jun 14, 2021

I thought that I would had many new things . But , I had very low level knowldege only . Am totally dissatisfied .

By Hlyan H N N

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Oct 7, 2023

I hope the login fopp will fix next time and can't do nothing and same error page loop again and again. Thankss.

By Tony M

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Jan 24, 2021

It's a good idea, just needs more refinement. It seems disorganized

By CHIAMAKA I U

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Jun 29, 2022

course was too bulky, for a beginner.

By OLIVER P

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Mar 28, 2020

Trop long pour très peu d'information

By sunny k

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Sep 13, 2021

not for cs students

By José F R V

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Jun 16, 2021

It is boring

By Taraksa R

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Jun 30, 2020

good

By Olga R

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Aug 29, 2024

My progress was erased one day, as well as my grades. Coursera told me that happened because the university updated the course, and did not save progress of students. Never received an answer on discussion forum, which was full of messages about the same issue - students losing their progress and unable to upload results of assesments. Also the course has problem with timezone - it does not let you save progress also if you do not set time zone of US. Weird, because it is course in Coursera, worldwide! Finally, had to start the course from the beginning, there was no manner to restore my grades.

By Srimathy M

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Oct 30, 2023

Your site is glitching. I had to write all my assignments more than 5 times. For a while, I lost my mind, I'm still losing my mind because it's not allowing me to download my certificate. What is the point of teaching students computers when your own site is glitching and making life so difficult for us. Sorry, But this is the worst experience i have ever had.