r/coursera

Was doing peer review and most of them are great artist as they're stealing (>!plagiarizing)!< ) left, right & center!

One of the common question on this sub-reddit is about the worth of the courses, and then there is this lot, who is plagiarizing copy-pasting the whole assignment, I really wonder have they figured out a way to use the certificates in some monetarily significant manner, or they're simply lost cause.

Nonetheless, this is my rudimentary data analysis from the kind of assignments I reviewed:

Issues	Details	Proportion
Copy-paster	Ctrl C + Ctrl V	Most
Plagiarizer	When one plagiarizes they atleast pretend that the content is their own. Some did!	Some
Dumb-dumb	Incomplete, or couldn't understand the basic requirements of assignment.	Few
Doer	Did the work, but alas wrongly. They have my respect!	A few
Heavy-worker	Having a myriad of reasons to not do the work or to take the road frequently taken, added with having relatively non-existent surety of any material benefits, one needs to not only acknowledge but also admire the ones who are truly working on their identity. A different group of muscles need to get activated when in a self-study pursuit added with the fact that it is completely devoid of all the pros of a formal traditional academic endeavor.	Countable

I’ve been thinking about online courses people genuinely return to instead of leaving half-finished. When the week gets packed, some subjects still get a little attention because learning them is enjoyable on its own. What do you keep coming back to on Coursera?

I've noticed some other posts about this, too, but I thought I'd investigate myself. Most of my time taking courses on Coursera dates back to 2012 through 2014ish while I was getting started in my Web Dev career. I attempted to change careers unsuccessfully in January of this year which eventually led to my unemployment in May. For a number of reasons the tech job market is rough right now, and I've been looking at ways to strengthen my resume. I figured I would add the Coursera certs and what not to help offset the fact that I don't have a CS degree.

TL;DR: Coursera changed platforms in 2015 and data prior is "not available".

Here was my chat with the support agent:

>Hi Ryan!

>Thank you for contacting Coursera Support Team! I'm Carmine and I'm glad to assist you today.

Thanks. I'm trying to understand where all the course records from prior years went. I've taken at least 7 or so courses on here over the years and I'm only seeing things later that 2021 in my account

>I see, thank you for letting us know about this Ryan. May I ask if you need your certificates from the past courses you've taken before?

At minimum yes, I'd like the PDFs, but I'd prefer them to be in the account with the others

>Thanks for confirming! Please give me a moment to check your account first. Thank you!

>Hi Ryan, are you still there?

Yes

>Thank you for waiting. To kindly inform you, all of our Courses were supported by our previous platform. Most of these have been migrated to our new platform, and Coursera began developing a new technology platform in 2014 that allows courses to be offered more frequently and with a more flexible time schedule. Since upkeeping two platforms requires significant resources, we chose to end access to the old platform on June 30, 2016. This is the reason why you cannot see the courses anymore on your list of completed courses.

>Since we migrated our platform back in 2015 to a new platform, we appreciate your understanding that some of the courses might not be offered now, or there are no active sessions running for these; we are not able to release the Certificate from our end. You may browse our new catalog for more courses of your interest or on the same subject.

But I paid for these things

>I understand Ryan, and I really wish I could help, however, I apologize as we are not able to retrieve back the older courses.

Not even the PDF assets?

>Yes, that is correct.

>We sincerely apologize for this, and we appreciate your understanding.

>Are you still there? I'm here if you need help!

I wouldn't say I understand. It should have been very easy for your team to have saved all the PDF assets for your users. And I am not convinced this didn't happen. I'm more convinced that you don't want to pay for the resources to provide the level of service required to retrieve that content for us.

I appreciate your having looked into it, but I'm quite disappointed.

So yea, I guess always save your PDFs, but it's really the verified link that seemingly matters. Especially in this AI slop age. Oh well.

UPDATE: They clearly have access to at least some of the missing data and might restore some of it to your account. In my case, they restored "Computer Science 101" from June 2012 and "An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)" from June 2014. The former is basically an empty shell, but the later has both the Certificate and the share link. This more or less confirms my assumption that they have the data but requires some manual support work on their end.

I just completed the course "Enjoyable Econometrics" on coursera, how can I get the certificate?

Hi,does completing the course with "Honors" make much of a big difference or should I just leave it?

I am asking for university applications and career opportunities✨️

I'm currently employed at Walmart and apparently they pay for coursea certifications. I've taken Sophia classes In the past and didn't find them too difficult. How are the Certifications on coursea? Do we write papers like Sophia? Can we speed through them?

I've been thinking in doing one of the tech support courses, are they really worth it? Wich one is better?

I know that they wont land me any entry level jobs by themselves, but the course + CompTIA A+ cert could be nice.

I haven't used coursera in months and it just renewed the payment two days ago. I wanted to contact customer service to see if they would refund me the money for this month instead of canceling it literally a month from now. Its clear as day that I haven't used it or made progress since the site tracks every move you make.

I asked the chat bot "How does a customer contact customer service?"
the response: "I'm sorry I am uncertain that I have the correct answer. Can you try and rephrase your question?"

There is no other way to rephrase that ask its direct, to the point...

How do I contact customer service?

i was learning excel course from coursera it was free and i love it i like it pace and teaching skills but suddenly coursera say upgrade to continue 20 dollar is like more than 5k here 5 days labor work lol can anybody recommend some good courses from youtube ?

Hello, I recently found Coursera as a platform and kept looking and researching info about it before taking a choice.

The main advice/idea on it that I found is that the certifications don't really hold value, but that what you learn can actually make a difference.

For context I just turned 22, I've been stuck for a lot of time with the only possibility being working for slavery type jobs with no income or personal time, so I'm looking for an actual change.

Im interested in UI/UX and front/full-end development, already have some very base knowledge of both and some foundations.

My personal thought up until now was that I should probably follow these courses, get the certification just as a proof I did follow AND understand the topics, while also building a portfolio, some case studies and just try to grow and do my best to find a position somewhere just to gain real world experience.

I'd like to know what you think, even not just following my personal situation which almost "forces" this change or any movement from my current position.

Every course I finish ends the same way. A little popup appears: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this course to a colleague?"

And every time I think... who actually does this? Has anyone in history walked over to a colleague's desk and said "mate, you have to try this Introduction to Safeguarding module, it changed my life"?

So I'm genuinely curious:

1. Have you ever recommended a course to a colleague, unprompted?
2. What was the course, and what made it good enough to mention out loud?
3. And what score do you actually give on those surveys? (I smash 7 every time without reading, and I suspect I'm not alone.)

My theory is that the courses people genuinely recommend are never the polished corporate ones. It's always some scrappy free thing that respected your time, skipped the padding, and taught you something you used the same week.

Prove me wrong. What's the last course you told someone about, and why?

Hey everyone,

I have a question about Coursera certificates.

I temporarily changed the name on my Coursera account to my friend's name, and my friend completed a course using the account.

The certificate was then issued with his name on it.

If I now change my Coursera profile name back to my name, will the name on the already-issued certificate also change?

Or will the certificate continue to show my friend's name?

I'm mainly wondering about both the certificate itself and the certificate verification URL.

Thanks!

Course name - Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects

Instructors - Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski

I came across this course randomly while browsing about learning how to learn because i'm struggling with self-education. I really want to be able to teach myself any skill, at least the core 20%, within appropriate time.

I applied for financial aid and got the limited time 90% offer. So money is not the issue anymore, it's just that I get anxious thinking if it's gonna be worth investing the time or not.

I'm not hoping that it would change my life but yes, I really need a power up around my skill acquisition ability.

Any advice would be helpful. Thank you

I want to do this Specialization (it has 4 courses). It's free but I had to pay for Coursera Plus to get the cert. Does it make sense to spend four times the financial aid just to avoid paying for the Coursera Plus?

I’m looking into getting a professional certificate and found coursera
Problems is the website doesn’t have enough information about fees for the certificate
So I’m looking into the “HRCI Human Resource Associate Professional Certificate”but the website doesn’t not include anything about the fees for the certification so I want to know how to find the full information for the program
I also want to do a “Payroll professional certificate”but I also can’t find the fees for the program/certificate so I’m not sure if I’m using the website wrong or I misunderstood the way to enroll

I also want to know if anyone has tried coursera for a professional certification if it was worth it or not

also can I pay for the certificate/program only or do I have to pay for for coursera plus

I’m also unemployed and my parents would be paying but if there could be a discount or financial aid that would be helpful but I’m not sure of the requirements and how to do it

Hi everyone, I'm finishing college and want certificates for personal skills and resume/portfolio updates. I'm wondering if Coursera university courses are valuable?

I know that most people say it's good for personal development and not for your portfolio, but it is under a university so it should be worth something, right?