(My reviews assumes you follow the whole specialization process by UC San Diego) The third part of the HCI specialization offers a good explanations about digital social interaction and coordination, ranging from simple social interaction to something relatively obscure as crowdsourcing. I have to put 4 stars instead of 5 because on the first assignment the task is really vague and we didn't have any examples or guides about what exactly the assignment wanted from us. But aside from that, all of the assignments involved the students clearly.

I couldn't understand the purpose of creating content in a separate course. I do not mean to hurt or demean anyone but I think the concepts could have explained in Course 2 of the specialization. So far, I had a great experience with Course 1, 2 and 5. Course 3 seems a bit off track

Interesting course :)

Felt a bit light and not necessary, but it was good info still. Took pleasure in it and actually enjoyed the easy homework.

Started off strong, but is missing the key aspects of social networks and how to integrate their prevalence into our designs.

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My least favorite of the group so far as it spends a bit too much time on crowd sourcing and was missing the latest industry powerhouse topics like Slack.

Some of what was asked in the homework did not match with what was asked in the submission section.

Handy information

I don't think introduction needed to be stretched so long but it was good :)

I wish there were more in depth study of social networks and real life situations

While explaining the examples, the video tends to divert from the main topics. Moreover, I believe a lot more of study is required to fully grasps the fundamental through other knowledge books and not just rely on videos.

excellent course about understanding Social interaction

I think this is the least interesting and relevant course out of the entire HCI specialization

Learned many new things here. Math was a bit tricky, but very much enjoyed.

very cool projects to exercise

It's good, but it needs a lot of improvements.

The videos are not directly related to the assignment, and the assignments are not very clear!

The topic was interesting enough, but I actually don't feel like I learned much in this course compared to the previous two courses, especially from the assignments. The assignments don't teach or require any hands-on skill, but are mostly theoretical/analytical and not in a way that's particularly enlightening. The section on crowdsourcing is too long for the general message that's extracted in the end (ie, the interview with the Mturker was a waste of time and easily could've been reduced to less than 5 minutes with the same info). My 3-star review is a bit generous, but I rounded up because the course is essentially free.

I didn't find the course material particularly stimulating or challenging. I'm interested in the practical side of interaction design for the enterprise, and am not designing another social startup.

I grew up using social networks and this course seems better aimed at people who have less exposure to that aspect of the internet/technology.

Good stuff!

Opening a new field of computing to me!

Terribly borring and not helpful.

The problem with this course:

1.assignment instructions given unclearly it was a bit misleading -often difficult to understand what we have to do exectly.

2.the assignments shoud be checked by professionals with clear instructios, so you can understand feedback and have a better idea about possible outcomes and mistakes.

3.must be more structured form of teaching with multiple examples -there is not enough examples.

I love the content and the assignments for this course.

Everything about the course is great - the concepts, the presentation of the concepts, the assignments and even the quiz.