Welcome to this course!

We are delighted to be a part of your continuing education. This course will provide you with a variety of tools and learning opportunities, to include video lectures, readings, assessments, peer reviews, and an opportunity to contribute to the Coursera learning community in the discussion forums.

In each of the lesson sections, you’ll find learning objectives, lecture videos, readings, activities, and an opportunity to test your knowledge in quiz format. In some of the module sections you’ll also work on assignments and grade the work of your peers. A peer-review assignment, is one where you and your fellow learners have an opportunity to review and grade each other’s work. We’ll dive more into peer reviews later on in this course.

When navigating the course, you can find available course resources under each of the lecture videos in a section labeled “ Downloads ” – here you can download the lecture video, view transcripts, PDFs of the lecture slides, and find additional readings or files .

If you run into any issues during this course, learner support is available to all Coursera students. The link for Coursera’s Learner support is included below. The Help Center/Learner Support includes topics such as account setup, payments, enrollment questions, and troubleshooting common problems.

If you find any content issues, be sure to let the course staff know by flagging the lecture , assignment, reading, or quiz and this will inform us of where these issues occur. Here is the link for more information on how to Flag an Issue - it is also listed below.

One of the great things about Coursera courses is that they are self-paced. The course dates are based on the average time it takes to complete a course. However, if you need additional time to complete a course you can reset your deadlines with no penalties. More information on resetting deadlines can be found here: Assignment Deadlines

Need additional help during your course session? Be sure to use the discussion forums and interact with your fellow peers. In this area, you can ask questions or search for similar issues that have already been posted in the forums. Learner support is also a great place to find answers, but specific course content questions can typically be found and answered in the discussion forums. This is also a great place to post your assignment if additional peer reviews are needed. Here is a link with more information on the discussion forums: DiscussionForums

Because of the self-paced nature of Coursera courses, this is an excellent opportunity to show your commitment to your work and the work of your peers through academic integrity. Be sure to read the Coursera guidelines and the Coursera Honor Code here: Coursera Honor Code

We look forward to having you in this course. Happy learning!

The UC Davis Coursera Team

Additional Links :

Coursera’s Learner Support/Help Center:

https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us

Flagging a Lecture:

https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/208280106-Report-a-problem-with-a-course

Assignment Deadlines:

https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/208279866-Assignment-deadlines

Peer Reviewed Assignments:

https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/sections/201895903-Peer-reviewed-assignments

Coursera’s Honor Code:

https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/209818863-Coursera-Honor-Code