Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

General Discussion

Posted by Claron Twitchell
Claron Twitchell
1,876 Points

Continuing on a track without taking all quizzes

How can I continue on a track to the next segment if I am skipping some of the quizzes and code challenges? I started the "web Design" track, finished all of the "How to Make a Website" except some of the quizzes and code challenges. How do I go on to "HTML" or "CSS Foundations", etc.?

4 Answers

Thomas Quayle
Thomas Quayle
4,397 Points
Thomas Quayle
Thomas Quayle
4,397 Points

As far as I am aware, I believe you would either have to complete the unfinished quizzes & code challenges, or search for the "HTML" or "CSS Foundations" courses in the library and start them from there.

Claron Twitchell
Claron Twitchell
1,876 Points

Thanks Thomas. I will take your advice and go to the library with a search on the name of the course in the track that I am looking for.

Darry Berger
PLUS
Darry Berger
Courses Plus Student 6,818 Points
Darry Berger
Darry Berger
Courses Plus Student 6,818 Points

What Thomas mentioned is correct, it is recommended however to complete all quizzes and code challenge's to review the content you have learned and to make sure you understand it well enough so that you won't forget it.

If you do not wish to complete these challenges, you can go in the library to handpick what you would like to learn. Once again i strongly suggest you complete them.

Daniel Burt
Daniel Burt
3,699 Points
Daniel Burt
Daniel Burt
3,699 Points

The code challenges and quizzes are relatively straightforward and provided you are watching the videos should be easy enough to get through. If you are very stretched for time, the code challenges have been created in such a manner that you can essentially copy and paste the code from your workspace into the challenge.

Also be aware that the quizzes, apart from a couple of exceptions, have only 5 multiple choice questions. Each quiz should take no more than a minute or two.

Even though it might be a frustration at the moment, perhaps it would be better just to smash through the challenges now to facilitate your progress at a later date.

Daniel Lewis
Daniel Lewis
1,437 Points

This is actually correct. The Library is designed to be able to skip around in, but what we've found is that students are missing big chunks of knowledge this way. Tracks were created, and are constantly being iterated to give students the option to follow along a more guided, structured path. We think completing quizzes and code challenges as you're working through the content is the right way to reinforce what you're learning, and Tracks more strictly enforce that methodology.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> How can I continue on a track to the next segment if I am skipping some of the quizzes and code challenges

That's not the use case Tracks feature was made for, however that's a perfect use of the Library feature.

further reading

> Using Tracks as a general curriculum guide, while helpful, is not ideal and I think what those students who want to go off track really want is actually functionality like a Playlist or Queue to forge their own path through Treehouse. So, we'll work on that!

from: Daniel Lewis on https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/tracks-reimagined