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How do you get the most out of this course? 2

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Because you are a part of this course, 3

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and we want to make sure that you really get 4

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as much out of it as possible. 5

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And for that we have some things 6

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that you should keep in mind. 7

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The first thing is quite obvious, watch the videos. 8

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It's an on demand video course, 9

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so well, you kind of should watch the videos 10

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to learn something here. 11

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However, watch the videos at your speed, 12

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and pause and rewind if necessary. 13

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We do our best to find a good balance 14

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between too slow and too fast. 15

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But this doesn't work for every student. 16

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Therefore, use the tools you have in the video player. 17

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You can slow us down, or even increase the playback speed 18

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in case we are too slow. 19

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If you didn't understand something when watching 20

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the video the first time, pause that part and rewind it. 21

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That's not bad at all. 22

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It's a really good thing to re-think about certain concepts 23

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and to really only continue with the video 24

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once these concepts are clear. 25

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In addition to that, work along and do the exercises. 26

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This entire course is built in an interactive way. 27

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You saw it in the introduction project already, 28

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this course is built to work along. 29

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Throughout the course you'll not only have 30

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the course project, but also different assignments 31

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and quizzes, and make sure to do these. 32

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Because these will help you to remember the knowledge, 33

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and to practice the things you learn throughout the course. 34

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With that, you can really make sure that you understood 35

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what we learned so far in the course. 36

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And as for the videos itself, 37

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make sure to do these exercises, 38

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and work along at your speed. 39

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I want to emphasize this once again here. 40

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Additionally, make sure to use the course resources. 41

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Attached to different lectures and attached to 42

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the last lecture of each module, 43

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you can find our project. 44

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So in case you're stuck, in case something isn't working 45

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you can use these resources and see what you did differently 46

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when compared to us. 47

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And with that it's easy to track down 48

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any kind of differences, 49

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and therefore, you can easily make sure 50

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your project is working again. 51

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Besides that, you cannot only find project files, 52

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but also links. 53

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These links allow you to dive a bit deeper 54

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into specific topics, 55

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which might not be the core focus of the course, 56

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but which might be interesting to you 57

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in your specific project. 58

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So make sure to use these project files, 59

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and also dive into the links provided. 60

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Even though you have the project files and the links 61

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you might get stuck throughout the course. 62

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That's not a problem, because you can ask 63

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in the course Q&A section. 64

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In this Q&A section we, and also other students, 65

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do our best to make sure we can help you here 66

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and to solve your problem. 67

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But that's just one side of the menu, you could say, 68

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because well to be honest asking 69

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and waiting for a response that's easy. 70

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But this should be an interactive thing 71

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as the entire course actually is. 72

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Therefore, besides asking, also make sure 73

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to help others in the Q&A section. 74

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And I'm not saying this because we're lazy 75

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and we don't want to answer your questions, 76

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we will answer your questions. 77

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But the best way to learn and to practice what you learned 78

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is to help others, because a student has a question. 79

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And then you can try your best to answer this question. 80

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And there is nothing you have to lose right here. 81

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Because if your answer is wrong, 82

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well then you will get corrected, 83

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and then you learn something and the student who asked 84

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the question will learn something. 85

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But if you were right well then that's a great proof 86

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for you, because you saw that you learned something 87

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in the course, that you understood the concepts well. 88

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And for a student to ask it's all the good, 89

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because he or she received an answer. 90

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So to summarize our helping part here, 91

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great learnings are guaranteed if you do so. 92

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That's the whole introduction module. 93

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With that you already know what Power BI is all about, 94

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what you will learn throughout the course, 95

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and how you get the most out of this course. 96

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Therefore, let's dive into the course now 97

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and continue with the next module 98

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where we dive into the Power BI prerequisites.