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I'm only on my first folder and I know it might not sound like a great achievement to some people but getting a 100% on nearly all my TMA's feels good to me and being able to sit and study on my own and not have to be pushed to do my course is an achievement to me.
-Taryn
I had been plagued by the usual "getting bogged down in the daily going to work not finding time to do my course" for about 10 months, and then realised what I really wanted to be doing with my life, which is web design and I need to be making a lot of effort to get this course done. So for the last 6 or 7 weeks I've been getting the course done and TMA's submitted on the day I get the next access code. My marks have all recently been 100% so that for me is pleasing and spurring me on to get the next one done.
I have recently started to advise my brother who is a mortgage broker/financial advisor type and some of his associates on setting up an investment property website. We have looked at google's top 10 websites for "investment property" "off plan property" "auction property" search terms - and decided which features of each site we like. I have been analysing and breaking those sites down into various components and what technologies power them. I advised them to get www.InvestmentProperty.UK.com as a domain name for SEO reasons. We then looked at the differences in hosting platforms and decided to go with Apache framework for security benefits. On that we are going to be running user authentication and property databases via the PHP MySQL and PHPMyAdmin method for reason of it being open source and a large user base with plenty of help forums. Now all that has been decided I have set up my development machine with Apache PHP MySQL and PHPMyAdmin. I got some ebooks on PHP MySQL and am self learning these technologies before my course has covered it... I am totally loving and finding it very rewarding to be able to learn these things and put them into action and see it all working in a web browser.
As of about a week ago I have even learnt how to pass variables from PHP into flash (into waiting dynamic textareas and moviclip areas - had to learn flash action script 2 for this) and back again to make a prototype bespoke dynamic property presentation system. On the flash I have put a play pause button and an enquiry button.
Now this is the bit I'm really pleased about.... The enquiry button passes the property ID to a php script which then queries the sql table for price, location, short description. The user ID is obtained from the log-in session cookie and the sql user authentication table is queried for first name, surname, town, and phone number. Then all the gathered property and user information is relayed to the user to confirm in a form where they choose the day and time they want a phone call, there is also an additional text area for comments. then of course a submit button and at that point the completed form is emailed to the user and also to enquiry site.
To see all this taking shape and working is really inspirational.
It's surging ahead a bit but... I said I would help them out and I figure its a good platform to learn with a real life project that has a possibility of turning into a new full time job.
-Richard
Having recently been made redundant, I have started a small business along with studying with Skillstrain on the web design foundation course.
Before starting this course I would never have had the confidence to even consider starting out on my own. I now aim to use the skills I learn on this course to include web design as part of my business.
I would like to thank skillstrain for giving me the confidence to make a fresh start with my life when I thought it was all over.
-Lorraine
After much studying and hard work it has finally paid off and I have achieved three interview dates with local companies. I have had one interviewer where they were very impressed with the skills I have learnt so far on the CIW Web design course. I myself have found the course material excellent and am continuing to enjoy learning even more skills throughout my studying. Even friends and parents have remarked how impressed they are with my achievements to date! I didn’t know a thing really about XHTML or how the web worked, now in 6 months I am able to design web pages, which to me feels great!
-Sarah
I've already completed TMA01 and TMA02 within a month passing both assignments. I got 100% for TMA01 and 85% for TMA02 not bad for someone who knew nothing about computers before I started this course. I also found it difficult to find the time to study because of work commitments and looking after my 2 and a half year old daughter who stays over my house three times a week.
-Christopher
At first, there was so much to take in and learn. However after lots of studying and many hours revision, I got to my first TMA 01. It May have took me a little while to learn everything but it was sure worth it, when I got my results of 100%. Now I am about to submit my TMA 02 and can't wait to continue through my course. This for me, was the best achievement of all.
-Janine
I am severely dyslexic and love computers. I have done four assignments this month (June) and have found it very hard as there was a lot of reading and a lot of new work to understand. I am glad I persevered. I have also helped a few of my friends with computer problems as they know I like to help and can't say no to a challenge.
-Margaret
Excellent session, amazing how difficult it is to remember lists of letters or numbers! I had never thought of using revision cards but will now - like the idea of using colour coded cards for different topics. Thanks for the pointers!!
-Deborah
VERY GOOD LECTURE. I AM GOING TO IMPROVE MY STUDY HABITS. THANKS
-Ebele
Have just come out of a LIT for this session and I really enjoyed it. It was good fun, helpful, interactive and thought-provoking. I have taken notes on some of the useful way to maintain the computer and improve performance.
I find the courses very useful and interesting and will be looking to attend more soon hopefully.
-Beverley
I ve attended the second session, and I'm quite satisfied. Thumbs up!
-Pavlina
Fantastic training session. the pace was slow and steady, just right to understand everything that was being taught.
-Anisa
This was my second visit to live internet training, I found it to be very informative and an experience that I hope to enjoy again.
-Hamish
I attended a live session on learning styles.
I'm 35 and have done a a variety of studies throughout my life, and I was surprised to learn that I knew very little about my own preferred learning style. I knew what worked best for me for many things, but I was astonished to learn that my style falls into a category.
With your help I have been able to identify what kind of learner I am, and (I hope), I've now been able to implement new techniques to supplement the ones I already had in place. And guess what. I think I'm learning to keep in a lot more information first time by doing so.
I would thoroughly recommend anyone who is able to takes part in these online courses. I did the one on learning styles because I wanted to participate and experience as much as I possibly could. I was surprised at how much I learnt as I mentioned above.
So don't be shy people. I encourage you to have a go and see what you can find out about yourself. Our tutors are there to help, and that they do very well. Book yourself a course today and prepare yourself for some nice relaxing fun, and a few pleasant surprises along the way :)
-Carrie
I attended a live internet training session on 15th March and found it extremely useful. Well done Student World and lets have some more.
-James
I have just attended the learning styles session and I found it very interesting and will definately put it into practice! Looking forward to doing more sessions.
-Sarah
I would just like to say that I really enjoyed the Live Internet Training session I attended on Learning Styles. It was really easy to use & understand. I learnt that my learning style is visual, but also kinesthetic as I do highlight a lot of things.
I really look forward to attending more Live Internet Training sessions in the very near future, especially sessions relating to the course I am doing.
Thank you for the experience I really enjoyed it.
-Ann-Marie
First visit last night. Good info, some of which was new to me. Will definitely sign up for more training sessions .
-Patricia
I would recommend thateveryone who has just started to use Student World attend this session online as I found it to be very informative and allows you to be able to see and have the explanation of each sub-section. I found this session to very helpful, thank you.
-Emma
Hi there, thank you for the training session. It is very easy to set up your PC to do the sessions, and once it's started it's very straight forward. Thank you again, looking forward to the next lessons.
-Stephen
I find the session quite interesting and useful, I am able to discover how best I can learn, read and understand. It's awesome.
-Christie
My first Live Internet training session. Was not sure what to expect but learnt a lot about 'Student World' which has helped me find further info and details I require for my course. Thankyou, I have signed up for another session.
-Ian
