Structure and optimal flow

Course Creation at DataCamp

Kelsey McNeillie

Instructor Success Manager

Development flow

 

  • Chronological order
  • Chapter-by-Chapter
  • Lesson-by-lesson
  • Accelerates course development
  • Ensures narrative progression
  • Engages learners

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Course overview

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Chapter overview

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Overall lesson structure

 

DataCamp lessons

  • Video Exercise
    • subtopics: A, B, C
  • Interactive Exercise (Coding, Multiple Choice, etc)
    • subtopic: A
  • Interactive Exercise (Coding, Multiple Choice, etc)
    • subtopic: B
  • Interactive Exercise (Coding, Multiple Choice, etc)
    • subtopic: C
Course Creation at DataCamp

Overall lesson flow

 

  • Why (problem):
    • Why am I learning this?
    • What real-world problem?
  • What (solution):
    • What solution?
  • How (implementation):
    • How do I implement the solution?
    • Examples
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Flow of a video exercise

 

  • Problem (why)
  • Dataset (what)
  • Technical solution (what)
  • Solution implementation (how)
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Structure of an exercise

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Let's practice!

Course Creation at DataCamp

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