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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Interactivity with JavaScript by University of Michigan

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About the Course

If you want to take your website to the next level, the ability to incorporate interactivity is a must. But adding some of these types of capabilities requires a stronger programming language than HTML5 or CSS3, and JavaScript can provide just what you need. With just a basic understanding of the language, you can create a page that will react to common events such as page loads, mouse clicks & movements, and even keyboard input. This course will introduce you to the basics of the JavaScript language. We will cover concepts such as variables, looping, functions, and even a little bit about debugging tools. You will understand how the Document Object Model (DOM) is used by JavaScript to identify and modify specific parts of your page. After the course, learners will be able to react to DOM Events and dynamically alter the contents and style of their page. The class will culminate in a final project - the creation of an interactive HTML5 form that accepts and verifies input. This can be completed as the third or fourth course in the Web Design For Everybody specialization....

Top reviews

LC

Mar 15, 2016

An excellent course, my JavaScript has improved greatly since I completed the requirements. Colleen is a fantastic teacher, I found the lectures to be highly informative and the assignments good fun.

MM

Feb 6, 2016

I was glad to find a course that focused simply on the basics of Javascript. So many courses cover the three HTML, CSS, and JS, but don't give enough to really start working with Javascrip.

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By Rebecca

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Mar 5, 2016

This wasn't as easy to understand as the HTML and CSS classes. I think it's because it wasn't as clear to me what JavaScript was and how it affected the computer. It sort of felt like jumping into something I couldn't wrap my brain around. That said, I still learned a lot and enjoyed the videos.

By Devansh K

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May 12, 2020

A good introduction to JavaScript, however, compared to the first 2 courses in this specialization, I felt like this course was not as comprehensive. The assignments were a lot easier and took very little time. Even though learned new things, I felt like I wasn't able to test my knowledge well.

By Reema M

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Jun 25, 2020

This course explains the basics of JavaScript in using it in collaboration with HTML and CSS for helping in designing web pages. The course starts from the very basics of the language. The homeworks were a bit challenging compared to the previous courses but they were interesting too.

By akshay a

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Apr 22, 2016

The way of teaching is nice.But they need to provide live practice after every session .in free.As I know codepen is not free of cost.so please provide practice session after every session.so that the prasctice can be done more and more and student will be benefited a lot by this

By Serhii S

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Sep 29, 2016

Good course to get basics of JS. I took 3nd such course, but find something new and interest. Sometimes it feels a little higgledy-piggledy. But I like that style, this adds real emotions. You don't sleep! :) I only want assigment tasks to be a little harder.

By Hutman D R O

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Apr 13, 2023

Great course for beginners. But I consider that Java Script it´s a really complex programming language, that requires a lot more time to learn than HTML5 and CSS3 for example. It would be nice to have an extra week or other ways to reinforce the knowledge.

By Pavan B

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Aug 25, 2016

Great course for beginners! Had expected to get a little understanding of an object oriented approach to JavaScript from the projects in the course. Hopefully there would be some other upcoming course with a higher difficulty level meeting my expectations!

By Mitchell M

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Sep 14, 2020

Pretty good course. Was hoping for a little bit more in-depth Javascript diving into methods and a lot more work with writing custom functions. I am happy with it. Hopefully Colleen will do a more in-depth Javascript ES6? or maybe do a React course?

By Vilija K

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Dec 18, 2020

The course is a bit outdated (2015, it was made before ES6), so teacher won't tell you about let, const, backticks and so on. Anyways, this course is really good at explaining the concept of DOM and how Javascript can be interactive!

By Fahad K

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Jul 19, 2020

Overall instructor & course was good but the course material is not good enough to learn more about javascript. After completing this course you will have just basic knowledge about JS and this is not enough to be a web developer.

By Manem Y

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Feb 24, 2020

excellent course for beginners .........the better this in these courses from @umich is that they are not only teaching the subject but also providing the road map , so that we can get clarity about what we can do. Thank you .

By Sanjana P

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Oct 25, 2018

Good course to get started off with JavaScript. Would like a couple of more optional quizzes and assignments so that people who are keen on getting an in-depth knowledge are also benefited. Thank you Colleen for your efforts!

By Alvaro P

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Nov 8, 2016

Good. It covers the basics of JavaScript. Easy to follow and complete. Teacher explains the concepts clearly. If you're getting your hands on JavaScript for first time, this course will help you a lot understand the basics.

By Victor C

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Jun 24, 2021

This course is very good and I have learned the basics of javascript. The classes are not difficult to understand. The assignments help a lot to really get myself to do those things I couldn't do before. Thanks Colleen.

By kwai c

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Sep 20, 2020

Good course , clear and articulate . Requires some persistence and resourcefulness to explore other information bases in order to learn and for the concepts to sink in - this is a positive for me . Recommended

By Hestia

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Jun 4, 2020

JavaScript is a bit more complicated than the other courses in the specialization, but I still enjoyed the learning experience. The teacher teaches in a way that is clear, comprehensive and easy to follow.

By Tetiana K

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Jul 8, 2020

it was too easy, if you know nothing about coding and something about HTML and CSS then this course is for you.

But I must say that the instructor is very knowledgable and there's helpful material provided

By Joe P

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May 5, 2016

Good course. 1st week is a little fast. The other weeks are much better. It needs to be a longer course though covering many additional topics. Or offer it as additional courses for more JavaScript.

By Abhishek S C

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Aug 14, 2020

Course is nice but when I submitted the assignment one student gave full mark and other gave zero and I failed even though my code was correct. So I again uploaded same code and I got 100% and passed.

By Fabián

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Feb 7, 2018

Well explained, I learned some interactivity with HTML by learning native JavaScript (was using jQuery always)... Perhaps I expected some more advanced stuff than this (like audio, video, canvas).

By hemakiran p

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Oct 12, 2016

Good basic learning course in javascript. Most of the students dont know even the simple basic concepts related to web design. Those can be covered in this course...Happy Coding Everybody.

By AJAY S K

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Sep 2, 2020

A really wonderful course to understand the basics and technicalities of JS. This course is explained in the way as simple and easy as possible. Its a good choice to enroll in this course

By Shiv S k

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May 31, 2018

this is one of the best course cause it start with all basic idea of web designing and give various type of knowledge in this particular subject, and practice work is also well till now.

By Lorraine G

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Mar 15, 2018

First submission had not been fully explained (i.e. no mention of needing ++) but otherwise course content was good. Colleen is an excellent presenter and I could listen to her all day.

By Bahawal H

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Oct 17, 2016

This course covers the part of javascript that is used to interact with DOM. The lectures are clear and lucid in explaining the content. The difficulty level of the assignments is easy.