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Taking a look at the table of contents, you’re probably noticing that some content is labeled differently than others. What’s the difference between a course and a workshop, for example?
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Taking a look at the table of
contents, you're probably
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noticing that some content
is labeled differently than others.
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What's the difference between a
course and a workshop, for example?
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The answer is they're not
really that different.
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Courses have more content, and
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you should expect them to
take longer than a workshop.
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I've clicked on a course called
Introduction to HTML and CSS.
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And it looks like I should expect
it to take 134 minutes to complete,
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or less than two and a half hours.
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Keep in mind that's just an estimate.
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You might breeze through some content,
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while others might take you
a while to get through.
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And that's perfectly normal.
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Treehouse courses usually
have multiple stages.
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This one has four.
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Starting with Getting Familiar
with HTML and CSS. And of course,
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I'll want to complete the first stage
before moving onto the second.
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Each stage consists of
several steps to complete.
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The first stage of the Introduction to
HTML and CSS course has five steps.
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A checkmark indicates a step
I've already completed.
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Each step featuring a Play icon is
a video step. It looks like
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Welcome to HTML and CSS is about
four and a half minutes long, while
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HTML, CSS, and Web Development
is a bit over two minutes.
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Some steps instead have angle brackets or
less-than and greater-than symbols.
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These are code challenges where
you'll be expected to try out some
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of the code you
just learned.
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Finally, each stage contains a quiz
testing your newly acquired knowledge.
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We'll go over each of these
in detail in future videos.
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Maybe you're thinking Introduction to HTML
and CSS is an especially useful course,
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or one you'd like to be able
to quickly return to later.
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Any Treehouse course, workshop,
practice session, or instruction step
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can be bookmarked by clicking the Star
icon on the right side of the screen.
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I'll try that now.
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And the star icon has
changed from light to dark.
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I'll return to the Home page, and
click the tab called Bookmarks.
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And here's a link to
Introduction to HTML and CSS.
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Once the bookmark is no longer needed,
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just click that Star icon again
to return it to light-grey.
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The Introduction to HTML and CSS course is
still listed under Bookmarks right now,
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giving me an opportunity
to change my mind.
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But if I navigate away and then return to
Bookmarks, the bookmark I removed is gone.
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Workshops are shorter than courses.
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For example, Share Your Techdegree
Projects with GitHub Desktop is
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a workshop that comes late in Unit One of
the Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree.
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This workshop is about 12 minutes long,
and consists of five videos
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plus an instruction step
full of helpful resources.
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You won't find code challenges or
quizzes inside workshops.
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Practice sessions are a special
type of workshop.
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You'll recognize them because they begin
with the word practice in the title.
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When I click on
Practice JavaScript Basics,
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I'm given numerous
opportunities to practice.
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Variables, Template Literals,
If Statements, JavaScript Math.
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Practice sessions tend to be quite short.
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Practice Template Literals contains
only five minutes of video and
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consists of brief before and after videos.
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The instructor describes a challenge task
for students to practice a new skill
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in the before video and demonstrates one
possible solution in the after video.
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Practice sessions tend to be
optional in most Techdegrees.
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But unless you're already
extremely confident about a skill,
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you should definitely
try out each challenge.
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The more you practice each
lesson, the better you'll do on
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your projects and beyond.
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Some practice sessions even form
the basis of a mini project you can
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continue to build upon your own and
even share with others.
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Treehouse instruction steps
are short bits of learning content.
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Some instruction steps contain only text,
while others combine text with a video.
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Sometimes instruction steps contain
links to practice sessions,
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as we saw in Practice JavaScript Basics.
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Other instructions steps, like
Reusing Code in a Techdegree Project,
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offer new information or tips to succeed.
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You'll recognize instruction steps
by the big green button labeled
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"Ok, I got it" at the
bottom of the page.
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Take the time to read these carefully
and check out any links for
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further reading you find within.
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And if you find those resources useful,
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don't forget to bookmark the instruction
step so you can return to it later.
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