Watch and Vote: 124 Essentials vs 124 Lab Review vs 134 Chapter Review

[Jim_Meegan]

Greetings RHLC,

Today Red Hat Training is piloting an online learning format we are tentatively calling Thin Video Classroom, and we want to hear what you think about it. Thin VCs are a playlist of short videos that make up an overview of a full Red Hat Training course. Running a total of about one hour, we envision possible use-cases being course refreshers, searchable microlearning nuggets, skills and exam prep assessments, knowledge checks, and others we have not considered yet. That’s where this community comes in! It's important that we get your feedback on these three samples in order to fine-tune the format before potentially starting production on Thin VCs covering more of Red Hat Training's curriculum. 

Without feedback, we may determine there is no demand for these types of videos. So if you want to potentailly see Thin VCs for our Advanced RHEL, OpenShift, Ansible, Satellite, OpenStack, JBoss, and other courses, then please watch some (or all) of the content below and then chime in to help shape the future of Red Hat Training's video content!

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VC Essentials 

A microlearning format based off summarized key topics from the RH124 course delivered by Ricardo da Costa.

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VC Lab Review

A comprehensive review demonstration based off the RH124 exam objectives delivered by Ricardo da Costa.

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VC Chapter Review

A review of key concepts from each chapter of the RH134 course delivered by Michael Phillips. 

↓↓↓Now take the survey below↓↓↓

Thanks for your feedback,

~ Jim Meegan

Sr. Videographer/Editor, Red Hat Training

[Jim_Meegan]

Hi again,

I'm looking for feedback: what do you think of this 5 minute review of RH134 Chapter One: Improving Command-line Productivity? Are videos like this something you might like seeing included in RHLS? 

Feel free to comment here, but also let us know by filling out the survey. 

Thanks again,

~ Jim Meegan

Sr. Videographer/Editor, Red Hat Training

[Geoff]

Great stuff Ricardo!

[Deanna]

@Jim_Meegan This is a great opportunity to get an exclusive look at the direction Red Hat Training courses may be going in the future, thank you for the opportunity to let our community give feedback and have a voice!

[Jim_Meegan]

Thanks @Deanna

FYI, below is a full list of the topics covered in this pilot.

RHLC: which format do you think works best? Let us know by taking the survey! 

RH124 ESSENTIALS:

What is the command line?

What is the file system hierarchy?

What are some basic commands I can run?

What are absolute and relative paths?

How do I make links between files?

What are variables?

How do I find help?

What is input/output redirection?

What is ViM?

What are users and groups?

How do I gain super user access?

How do I manage local accounts, group accounts, and passwords?

RH124 LAB REVIEW

Create, Delete, Copy, and Move Files and Directories

Create Hard and Soft Links

Locate, Read, and Use System Documentation

Create and Edit Text Files

RH134 CHAPTER REVIEW

Improving Command-line Productivity

Scheduling Future Tasks

Tuning System Performance

Controlling Access to Files with ACLs

Managing SELinux Security

Again, please check out at least a few of these videos and then VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE prototype. Your feedback is invaluable to us and will directly impact the direction and future of these short form video trainings.

~ Jim Meegan

Sr. Videographer/Editor, Red Hat Training

[ShawnR]

I was just reading this on r/redhat. I will watch and give you feedback in a few days. Thanks for requesting input. This speaks very well about Red Hat.

[Jim_Meegan]

Thanks @ShawnR - I'm looking forward to your feedback.

[ShawnR]

I will provide feedback as I go through the entire content if that is ok.

- Appears that is not going to work because I can not reply to my own comment. I was hoping to nest comments. 

I will edit this comment as I go along.

- What is the command line?

Pro: Video quality is excellent. Audio is rich without any noticable background noise(I am only using the speakers that came with my monitor). I believe the full RHLS provides closed caption so I would assume this video in that environment would also have that capability. The best feature for me is that I can Airplay to my TV and then use my laptop as a screen for the lab. Full screen in Safari and Chrome works exactly as I would expect it to: no borders.

Con: The Red Hat icon should be more relevant. When I click it for any video it takes me here: https://www.redhat.com/en/services/training-and-certification. I feel the link should take me to somewhere that is relevant to the video:
1. Load the lab that is associated with the video

2. Jump to the section in the training manual

3. Take me to a url that either discusses the class, objectives for the test, or to a community board.

In the picture below I would prefer if the right panel would stay frozen. Any mouse/trackpad movement should scroll the right selection vs scrolling the entire screen. I should not need to keep clicking on Show more to keep advancing the selection. The entire selection should be able to browse without any additional internation from the user except to navigate up or down. 
 

[Jim_Meegan]

Thanks @ShawnR We are mostly interested in feedback on the content itself, not so much the course interface. But I appreciate your comments! If you could, please fill out a survey if you haven't yet.  Thanks!

[Jim_Meegan]

Last call for feedback on the video pilot! Results will be gathered and decisions made over the next few days. If you want your voice heard, don't hesitate.

Thanks to those who have already contributed! It is MUCH appreciated!