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Keith Clark
4,074 PointsDoes this video repeat the explanation (lecture) of Booleans for anyone else?
The video starts off with a lecture about Boolean, then goes to the workspace about strings, then repeats the lecture about Booleans.
There was no lecture for the strings portion
2 Answers
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherThanks Keith Clark for pointing out this error. We've fixed the editing error in the video.
Jonathan Etienne
24,572 PointsHi Keith,
While I do agree that the video could slightly be a more organized as to explain strings a little bit better it does cover it greatly in within the code.
In addition, the documentation on strings is mentioned in the teacher note.
Keith Clark
4,074 PointsI fully agree, the video covers the material very well, I just found it strange that the identical video segments about boolean variables preceeding both the code work for string variables and code work for boolean variables, that's all.
Overall, the course is great.
Jonathan Etienne
24,572 PointsI agree with your statement. I think the emphasis on boolean here could be because strings are used many times throughout the course, where booleans are not used or explained as often.
Joshua Yoerger
11,206 PointsNo, Keith is correct. There isn't intentional repetition for emphasis, there is an editing mistake. The string intro segment is missing and the boolean intro segment is played twice. This error is more than aesthetic since the quiz asks about string characters and bytes and that information is (presumably) contained in the missing portion of the video.
Jonathan Etienne
24,572 PointsJoshua Yoerger , if were talking about editing mistake, and I acknowledge there was an editing error, than it could be better to have a complete separate video and quiz for strings, since booleans is not often lectured and I don't think it would be a good idea to cut down the explanation to accommodate strings; we can replace the repetitive part with more lecture.
In any case, this should of not prevented you from completing the quiz, because while the video was not detailed, the documentation was provided for strings in teacher notes (which I assume most students do not consult, and if anything i see this as a great opportunity for students to pay more attention to the teacher notes materials provided), and was sufficient to complete the quiz as it is.