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Before you embark on this course,

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let me take you through a quick tour of

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all the learning resources that are available in this course and how

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best you can make use of these learning resources to

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maximize the benefit of doing this course.

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The course itself is organized into four modules.

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Each module has an overarching theme that guides the design of the module.

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A module itself is divided into multiple lessons,

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each lesson concentrating on one specific topic.

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There would be an assignment due at the end of each module.

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Each module typically corresponds to one calendar week of work.

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So, this whole course could be completed in four weeks time,

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but please take the time necessary for you to

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completely understand before you move on to the next module.

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As already mentioned, each module is divided into multiple lessons.

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Each lesson itself is organized in this manner.

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A lesson starts out with a set of objectives

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and outcomes being specified for that lesson.

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Then following that, you will have a set of videos that

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introduce you to the concepts and technologies

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on which this particular lesson is concentrating on.

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This will be followed by one or more hands-on exercises that will help you

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to understand the concepts and technologies by doing the exercises.

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At the end of each lesson,

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you will also have additional resources which will point you to

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resources that might be useful for the topic covered in this particular lesson.

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Let's take a quick tour of your course page.

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So, as you go to the course homepage,

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you will find a lot of details about the course there,

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and you'll also notice that the course itself is organized into weeks.

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Each week corresponding to one module.

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Let's visit one particular module to learn how the module itself is structured.

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So, as you go to each module,

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you will see that the module will have

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a brief introduction on the theme of that particular module.

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Then there will be a set of learning objectives for that particular module.

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Following that, you will have a set of lessons.

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As I mentioned earlier,

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each lesson will be organized into a set of items.

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Let's take a quick tour of this lesson on introduction to Node.js and NPM.

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As you click and go into that lesson,

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you will notice that at the start of the lesson,

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you will have the objectives and outcomes for the lesson explicitly specified.

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I would urge you to take a few moments to read through this document.

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Because this will clearly set up the goals for this lesson and

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also tell you exactly what you will achieve at the end of that particular lesson.

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Following that, you will have a set of videos that will explain

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some of the concepts and technologies relevant to that particular lesson.

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I would urge you to watch these videos first.

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Following the set of videos,

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you will have a one or more hands-on exercises for that particular lesson.

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The exercises themselves will be illustrated through a video which gives

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you step-by-step progress of that particular exercise.

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So, I would strongly urge you to watch this video in

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order to understand how to do the exercise.

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Also, in the exercise,

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I will explain a lot of details

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about why each step is being performed in that particular exercise.

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Now, in addition to the video illustration of the exercise,

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you will also have a summary of

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the instructions for that particular exercise

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given as a separate document following that video.

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The objectives and outcomes for that particular exercise will be listed out.

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Then each step will be illustrated briefly in this particular document here.

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So, once you watch the video,

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you can also use this exercise instructions as

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a guide as you perform your own exercise routine.

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In addition, the exercise instructions will also contain

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code snippets that will be useful for you to do your exercise.

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I would strongly urge you not to simply cut and paste this code snippets,

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instead understand exactly what you're doing at each step,

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and then, either type in the code

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yourself or copy and paste the code from the instructions here.

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Furthermore, for every video if there is a set of presentation slides,

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those would be available in the downloads to

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the right of this video there on the web page.

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Also, if you go to

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the additional resources that are provided for you at the end of each lesson,

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you will also have links to the PDFs or the presentation.

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So, there are two places from where you can download the PDFs of

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the presentations about the the concepts and technologies for each module.

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You will also have links to Node.js documentation

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about the specific concepts and technologies covered in that particular lesson.

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I will also give you links to articles, blogs,

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or additional resources from the internet that might be useful or

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relevant to this particular topic of the lesson.

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I would suggest to you to spend

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some time looking up these additional resources so that they may aid

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you in also furthering your understanding

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of the specific topics covered in that particular lesson.

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To summarize, the learning resources in each lesson is organized

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into a set of video lectures illustrating the concepts and technologies.

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Then hands-on exercises which include

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both step-by-step instructions in the form of a video,

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and also written instructions for the exercises and

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additional resources that might be useful for you relevant to that particular lesson.

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Also as I mentioned,

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at the end of each module you will have an assignment due.

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The tasks to be performed in the assignment will be illustrated through

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a video where all the tasks that you need to do in the assignment will be shown to you.

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Thereafter, you will have

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a written document that explains the details of that assignment.

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This written document will give you access to

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the resources that might be required for this assignment.

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Following that, you will have the set of objectives and

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outcomes for that particular assignment given to you,

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then the requirements of the assignment will be specified in terms of

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the set of tasks that you need to complete

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and the steps for each task will be illustrated.

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At the end of the document,

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you will also be given the review criteria.

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The criteria based on which

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your submission will be judged for this particular assignment.

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As you embark on this course,

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let me quickly remind you of a Sanskrit Subhashita or a wise saying about learning.

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It goes as follows [FOREIGN LANGUAGE].

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What this means is that one fourth of your learning comes from your teacher,

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one fourth of your learning comes through your own intelligence as you do the steps.

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Use your own intellect to analyze and understand what you're doing.

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One fourth of your learning comes from your classmates.

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So, this is where interacting with your colleagues that are

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also taking this course at the same time through the discussion forums,

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would also help you to understand the concepts.

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Finally, the last fourth comes only through experience or only with time.

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As you learn and make use of the concepts and technologies that you learn in this course,

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you'll begin to understand more and more about this particular topic.

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Let me leave you with my best wishes for you,

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so that you would get the most out of your journey through this course.

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Wish you all the best.