1 00:00:00,150 --> 00:00:00,530 Hi there. 2 00:00:00,530 --> 00:00:03,800 I just want to give a little bit of a video about the final exam. 3 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,540 I just want to thank you for taking the time 4 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:09,520 and sticking with this course as long as you have. 5 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:14,640 We have several thousand people still actively on the way to a 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,880 certificate and finishing up the last week, and then doing the final exam. 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,520 the final exam will be a little bit different than the quizzes. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,600 The quizzes, you've been able to 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:32,090 retake them over and over keeping the highest score until the deadline. 10 00:00:32,090 --> 00:00:33,990 and that's really because my goal for the quizzes is 11 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:35,480 for you to learn and I feel like if you 12 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,110 take the quiz more than once, especially the questions change 13 00:00:38,110 --> 00:00:43,070 a little bit you're learning, and so that's the idea. 14 00:00:43,070 --> 00:00:45,550 the final exam, I'm going to change it. 15 00:00:45,550 --> 00:00:48,080 You have a two-week period, and during that two-week 16 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,920 period, you pick the time that you want to start 17 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:51,530 the exam. 18 00:00:51,530 --> 00:00:54,350 And then a 24-hour timer starts, and you 19 00:00:54,350 --> 00:00:56,790 have to finish within 24 hours and submit it. 20 00:00:56,790 --> 00:01:01,200 You can log in. You can look at the exam. 21 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,460 You can start answering the questions. 22 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:05,700 You can save the questions, and then you 23 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:09,420 just have to save and submit your final answers. 24 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:11,940 The other thing that happens is the questions don't change. 25 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:16,070 So you see one set of questions when you first look at it, and you could print 26 00:01:16,070 --> 00:01:17,450 it out, or do whatever. 27 00:01:17,450 --> 00:01:19,690 And so the questions aren't going to change, unlike the quiz, 28 00:01:19,690 --> 00:01:24,780 where the questions changed every time you took a look. 29 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:27,489 I also am trying to, and I, as best I 30 00:01:27,489 --> 00:01:33,010 can to make the questions on the final more factual. 31 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:36,590 I, I don't mind having a questions on the mid-term, on the, on the, 32 00:01:36,590 --> 00:01:41,140 on the quizzes that is kind of thought question where it makes you think or 33 00:01:41,140 --> 00:01:44,790 curious or bounce around or ask somebody because that, that, 34 00:01:44,790 --> 00:01:48,610 that triggers learning in ways that I couldn't have imagined. 35 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:54,850 but on the final, on the final, I want you to, you know, be able to look at the 36 00:01:54,850 --> 00:01:58,950 question, and hopefully, it's a relatively factual question and just answer it. 37 00:02:00,460 --> 00:02:02,760 of course, a good way to study for the final is to 38 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,260 take a look at the quizzes and look at the quizzes you 39 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:10,000 know check the lectures again do quick review. 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,820 That's why I give you some time. 41 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:13,730 but once you start taking the exam, once you 42 00:02:13,730 --> 00:02:17,540 start it, you have 24 hours to finish it. 43 00:02:17,540 --> 00:02:19,346 And so, again, thank you. 44 00:02:19,346 --> 00:02:23,260 I look forward to seeing your performance on the exam. 45 00:02:23,260 --> 00:02:26,420 And I've got a little tiny video right after this. 46 00:02:26,420 --> 00:02:29,410 that kind of takes us back to the very beginning. 47 00:02:29,410 --> 00:02:31,550 the video of Tim Berners-Lee where he talks about 48 00:02:31,550 --> 00:02:33,130 his view of the future. 49 00:02:33,130 --> 00:02:34,480 By now, those of you who have done the 50 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,258 peer assignment, you've also shared your view of the future. 51 00:02:37,258 --> 00:02:42,510 And let's let's go back and take another look at Tim's view of the future. 52 00:02:42,510 --> 00:02:47,840 and then after that I have a graduation video where you, 53 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:53,240 we have a graduation speaker and and you can, you know, get your certificate 54 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:58,466 at a real live or at least real virtual graduation ceremony. 55 00:02:58,466 --> 00:03:05,110 So the end of a class is sort of, sort of both a celebration. 56 00:03:05,110 --> 00:03:07,950 A celebration of achievement, accomplishment. 57 00:03:07,950 --> 00:03:09,674 it's good the classes don't last forever. 58 00:03:09,674 --> 00:03:13,410 We, we finish them and, and that's always wonderful and fun. 59 00:03:13,410 --> 00:03:14,780 but it's also kind of sad. 60 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,800 It's kind of sad because we've come together 61 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,710 as a community and a group of people. 62 00:03:18,710 --> 00:03:22,985 And it's been really wonderful and really special. 63 00:03:22,985 --> 00:03:23,555 And I miss 64 00:03:23,555 --> 00:03:25,265 it as, as soon as the class is over I can 65 00:03:25,265 --> 00:03:27,272 relax, but at the same time, I miss it as well. 66 00:03:27,272 --> 00:03:34,848 And hopefully, we'll find something we can do together whether it's you 67 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:40,604 guys taking some other class on Coursera or, or perhaps my, my Python class. 68 00:03:40,604 --> 00:03:45,160 and but it has really been an honor and a pleasure having 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,270 you in class, and I, I thank you for all your time.