Good course for a beginner. Generally, help me understand whole genome sequencing of bacteria. Will follow other course that they have provide.

Very knowledgeable

Very nice content

What I liked:

- Procedures for each tool are introduced clearly

- No off-topic lectures

- Each lecture's duration is appropriate

- The tutorial final quiz is helpful in consolidating our understanding of applying the tools

What needs to be improved:

- Describing the principles behind each tool (e.g. for CSI Phylogeny, I am only taught how to use it but I do not understand why SNPs are used for creating a phylogenetic graph).

- Some terms like "serology" and "SNP" are expected to be understood, so this is NOT a beginner's course as indicated (as of June 2022, these terms were also not explained in "Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods").

- Would rather have a fullscreen presentation than videotaping the lecturer with the background because the words on the slides were too small. Could emulate Zoom playbacks where lecturers share fullscreens and have their talking heads on the right hand corner.

- For the tutorial final quiz video, it will be more challenging and more likened to real life if the lecturer doesn't tell us what tools to use and their functions (I guess this is why it is a beginner's course haha).

(- Less important but Shinny's accent is sometimes hard to decipher and the transcript translates wrongly but I do not blame her since she is not a native English speaker. Suggestion: find someone to fix the transcript for people who rely on visual learning (i.e. reading transcripts)?)

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All in all, it definitely took some time for me to digest the applications and procedures for each tool. Luckily, when I really used them, they appeared to be user-friendly, so even if I forgot some steps mentioned in the lectures, I could deduce from the itembars.

Thank you to all lecturers for your knowledge!

Can not even pass the first quiz, even with correct answers. The two videos based off the questions don't answer some of the questions if at all, and a google search or more in depth search revealed the correct answers, however the quiz continued to be incorrect no matter what correct answers you gave it.

Week 1 videos just throw a bunch of acronyms, without explaining anything, not even in depth, but in their relevance for the topic of the course. Similiarly, later weeks continously bring more terms with little explanation of them and providing little logic how are they connected to each other. Quizes don't relate to informations from vidoes anyhow or do so only in some of questions. Quizes don't provide any feedback.

The assignments are very difficult and I dont think the lectures provide enough information to do the assignments. Dont recommend this course.

I recently completed the Whole Genome Sequencing of Bacterial Genomes - Tools and Applications course offered by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and I must say it was an outstanding learning experience. Pros: Comprehensive Content: The course covered a wide range of topics, from basic sequencing techniques to advanced data analysis, providing a well-rounded understanding of genomic sequencing. Practical Skills: It emphasized hands-on practice with bioinformatics tools, making complex concepts easier to grasp and apply in real-world scenarios. Engaging Assessments: The quizzes and final assessment were designed like puzzles, which not only tested my knowledge but also piqued my curiosity and creativity. Expert Instruction: The instructors were highly knowledgeable and provided clear, concise explanations of difficult topics, making the material accessible and engaging. Cons: Initial Difficulty: The course was quite challenging at the beginning, which might be daunting for those new to the field. However, the thorough explanations and practical exercises helped mitigate this. Overall Experience: This course has been incredibly enriching, significantly boosting my confidence and competence in genomic sequencing and bioinformatics. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to deepen their understanding and skills in this exciting field.

This is an excellent course, both in itself and as a state-of-the-art follow-up to the DTU's "Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods" course. This offering truly presents the expertise and the achievements of DTU in the field. The graded activities are interactive and a good review of principles in bioinformatics, using the homegrown free-to-use resources by the institution. Conventional routine microbiologists and academic scientists working in the field should own the relevant skills to generate and handle molecular microbiological data, and this course is a good place to start.

The course was really well-organised. The assignments were really amazing and by solving the assignments I learned a lot. I love Bioinformatics. The lectures were delivered very nicely and each lecture was of a suitable length. Due to this, after listening to one lecture I was able to understand it really well. I really enjoyed doing the last analysis assignment and because of it I was able to understand the pipeline for Whole genome sequencing of bacterial genomes. Being a microbiologist, I wholeheartedly appreciate the efforts put into the making of this course.

Thank you very much to all lecturers and organizers for the course.

It is my first online course. I enjoyed the course very much and gained more knowledge whole genome sequencing of bacteria. I will surely use and apply this platform to my near future work.

I wish you all great success in building more applied tools for WGS analyses.

I would like to have a certificate but I can only afford half of the fee. I would like to ask for your favor if you kindly help me with half price.

Thank you very much once again.

This is a great course for learning whole genome sequence analysis. I read some negative comments that this course is all about the advertisement of various tools developed by DTU. But one has to understand that all analysis tools are almost the same, if one learns how to use few of them, one will learn other tools easily. So this is a great course to understand that how whole genome sequence of an organism is analyzed through tools to have information you want about that organism.

this course was very interesting and provide researchers with the most advanced tools to research into various topics like antibiotic resistance, virulence factors and etc. as i am really interested in antibiotic resistance, it gave me alot of useful information. i appreciate DTU and people who were in charge of teaching for this course. i really appreciate MS Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon because she was a skilled person in this regard and her teaching method was very good.

I found the delivery of the course content quite interesting and the topics covered were perfectly explained to give both theoretical understanding and hands-on skills. The range of applications and tools covered on the DTU website will definitely be invaluable in carrying out detailed analysis of my sequence data. Thank you so much for the wonderful course and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in bacterial WGS.

I only just begin taking part in it and all I can say is I am enjoying it even though I am a bit behind schedule and my first attempt was 60%, I will try again and aim high with better understanding. Thank you for the opportunity and the financial aid that was approved for me to attend the course. I am determined to do my best. What I also like is the clear teaching or lecturing manner of all the presenters of the course.

Thank you to the entire DTU team that made this course. It's a very informative course with hands-on work using CGE tools developed. Glad that some aspects of the course are related to my line of study and this brought me even more knowledge to my passion in microbiology. Hoping for more courses from you soon! Thank you very much!

This course is very useful for bacterial genome analysis in respect of very technical and specialized identification of the resistant genes . I have learnt different skills from this course which will help my future research work in a large scale. Thanks to DTU team and Coursera team for this valuable course.

It was a nice experience which i kindly recommend to everyone who is interested in improving their knowledge in microbial genomics, learning to use bioinformatics tools provided by the Center for Genomic Epidemiology but also to interpret the resulting data. Thank you for this amazing experience!

This is a really good course for beginners as it explained the use of some fantastic web-based tools to detect bacterial ST, resistance, plasmid, MLST, and phylogeny. I have learned a lot of new techniques to analyze the whole genome of a bacterium. Thank you for giving me the opportunity.

The course is really interesting and knowledgeable for me. It was a new field for me, so initially, I felt some difficulties. However, by watching the lectures repeatedly, it became easier for me to grasp the concepts. In the end, I am very thankful to all of you."

Muhammad Mohsin Arshad

It was a great course which introduced me into the world of whole genome sequencing and application of various tools for finding bacterial sub-typing, serotyping of plasmids and constructing phylogenetics trees. Really satisfied with course and looking forward to more courses like this.

Thank you for the very helpful informative course. Very useful online tools. and great effort.

Only may we try to improve the English subtitles and attach answer for the quiz even at the end of the course?

Thank you again for all of your help, you are doing an OUTSTANDING job.

The course was very much helpful for my current work and it helped me understand many things especially on data analysis front of whole genome sequencing of bacteria. I would like to thank all the tutors of the course for giving their time for the development of this course.

Not to mention, the power of the tools illustrated in this course, I just wanna mention that I am senior student in bioinformatics bachelor degree and Dr. Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon is by far the best instructor I have ever come across in the field till now. Thank you.

Amazing course to learn about whole genome sequencing during this session I have learned a lot about its tools and application in the field of genomes and bioinformatics. Thanks, Coursera and Technical University Denmark to provide this Amazing Knowledge full session.