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Posted by Yan Kozlovskiy
Yan Kozlovskiy
30,427 Points

How does the system determine your skill level?

I just completed a course and it showed me videos and in the description it said "Recommended because this is your skill level." How does the system know what my skill level is? Do we have a new assessment feature on the site somewhere?

Igor Skoldin
Igor Skoldin
6,779 Points

I just completed an intermediate PHP course and it offered me Introduction to HTML and CSS because "this is your skill level".

Ah, it also shows that it is because I completed HTML forms. This is not the course I completed by the way. It is not an accurate system at all.

3 Answers

Brandon Mahoney
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Brandon Mahoney
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Graduate 30,149 Points
Brandon Mahoney
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Brandon Mahoney
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Graduate 30,149 Points

It's probably just going off of courses that have prerequisites which you already completed.

Yan Kozlovskiy
Yan Kozlovskiy
30,427 Points

Oh, so it's not really an accurate system... That would have been nice.

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

As well, the course itself is set with a skill level and would feed ones similar to it as well.

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

The system is setup as a guide based on courses you have completed and prerequisites/skill level of ones you have already completed.

Just because you did a intermediate PHP one. Does not mean in anyway shape or form that you know a single thing about CSS or HTML. So why would it feed you intermediate HTML? You also do not take any type of "entry test" to gauge your existing skill on.

It is purely a guide based on how they have structured the lessons they provide.

leonvsthings
leonvsthings
12,236 Points
leonvsthings
leonvsthings
12,236 Points

I'm afraid it's just a trivial feature based off on your "recent activites".