Hi there Jonathan, bin fan of your courses!
In the last few weeks. I have absolved many of wayne Dixons animation courses and was really fond of the many exercises we had to provide. For example the animation bootcamp: https://cgcookie.com/course/animation-bootcamp
There are so many exercises I had to hand in <3
I am a kinda lazy guy and don't tend to do extra exercises if there is no "gamification" incentive. I love completing my CGCookie courses 100%. So I handed in all of his exercises and learned a ton.
Long story short. I would love to see you incorporate more of those brilliant exercise-type formats the CGCookie platform is providing. For example your suggested "Light the Bedroom - Create a Sunset Vibe" exercise would be perfect for this.
Keep it up. I am learning a lot, you have a perfect teaching style. Just add more exercises pleeeease for extra motivation <3 <3
You don't have to grade those or anything. Let the community do the grading. I and sure others also benefit from having the pressure to upload something to get 100% for the courses.
@jlampel
Hey @undercover3d ,
Those animation exercises can be tough. and you want more 👍
Hey @jlampel , @waylow and @theluthier , feel the love for your great courses and exercises
📣WE WANT MORE! 📣WE WANT MORE! 📣WE WANT MORE!
Hey Peter, thanks for the feedback! I know we're mixing up exercises when we move to another version of the site later this year that doesn't have community grading, and I'm not yet sure how what impact that will have overall, but I'll definitely keep this in mind for future courses. So glad to hear that you're learning a lot and want to finish everything 100%!
Awesome, thanks to all of you! Love all your courses @waylow @theluthier @jlampel . Learned so much!
Actually, the exercises are one of the major things that distinguish your platform from other random course platforms. (Besides the high-quality course content, of course)
This remembers me of a quote that goes something like this:
Tell me and I will listen. Show me and I will see. Let me do it and I will learn/know.
[Obviously one could just do the suggested exercise, even if there is no extra exercise. But some extra motivation, sure can only be beneficial. Love all the gamification aspects CGCookie is providing. I hope your future platform will expand on that. I feel like there is huge potential for extra motivation if executed correctly.
- The badges
- XP
- Exercises to hand in
- Community grading others exercises. I like doing that on the animation stuff. It helps to sharpen my own eye and someone gets feedback.
- Learning flows, one can complete
These are all very, very nice things that can add to the fun of the learning experience 💪
