Steemit Crypto Academy Season 3 Week 6 - Summary on Fixed Beginner's Course.

Hello Steemians, I want to thank all the participants who engaged in the 6th week of the Fixed Beginner's Course.

The 6th week of the Beginner's Course ran from 26th July 2021 to 1st August 2021. My sincere thanks to all the Beginner's professors who assisted in making this week a success.

In the 6th week, we had a total of 63 Entries and the task distribution is as follows :

Tasks	Valid Entries	Invalid Entries	Plagiarised Contents	Total Entries
Task 1	8	2	1	11
Task 2	16	1	1	18
Task 3	5	0	0	5
Task 4	13	1	2	16
Task 5	5	0	0	5
Task 6	8	0	0	8

This can be further represented graphically in the charts below.

Note: Invalid entries can be due to the following reasons;

Users who haven't completed achievement 4 level of the Newcomers' Achievement Program, Or old who have joined Steemit before the initiation of the Newcomers Achievement Program.
Users who do not possess the minimum amount of Steem Power (SP) for this task, or users who are powering down.
Users with a reputation less than 50.
Users with farming accounts.
Users who have been blacklisted for plagiarism, Or users who were banned for one reason or the other in Crypto Academy
Users who reposted their assignment for the previous week.

Grade Statistics for Individual Tasks

Reference

Plagiarized content refer to users who copied someone's else idea without referencing the origin source.
Below average refer to grades below 5.
Average refers to grades within 5 and 5.9
Good refers to grades within 6 and 8.9
Excellent refer to grades within 9 and 10.
Invalid is for posts from users who are not eligible to perform the task.

Task 1

Task 1 was covered by Professor @sapwood on the Basic introduction of Steem and Tron Ecosystem. There were a total of 11 entries for this task. The student's understanding of the lesson was tested with 3 questions where each user is required to answer just one question.

The general performance of Task 1 can be visualized in the pie chart below:

Observation

The majority of the Students answered question 1. Only a few attempted ** questions 2 and 3**.
There was a great performance as 55% of the participants scored above average score.
Some of the students were confused about the concept of curation. They mistake curation for upvotes.
Poor content writing and presentation are the major reasons some students score below average. But I believe they will effect these changes in the preceding tasks.
Some of the students were in a hurry to perform the homework task without a proper understanding of the topic. This led to the production of poor-quality content.

Task 2

Task 2 was covered by Professor @yousafharoonkhan on Basic introduction to Blockchain, Decentralization, and Blockchain Explorer. There were a total of 18 entries for this task. The student's understanding of the lesson was tested with 3 questions where each user is required to answer just one question.

The general performance of Task 2 can be visualized in the pie chart below:

Observation

Just like the previous weeks, questions 1 and 3 are almost ignored by the participants with emphasis placed on question 2.
The participants showed a great understanding of Blockchain and Decentralisation. From the chart above, we have 39% of the students scoring above 9 and also 33% scoring above 6.
The students who scored below average are due to poor presentation and inability to read the lesson properly before performing the task.

Task 3

Task 3 was covered by Professor @stream4u on Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, and Public chains. There were a total of 5 entries for this task. The student's understanding of the lesson was tested with 3 questions where each user is required to answer just one question.

The general performance of Task 3 can be visualized in the pie chart below:

Observation

There was a low response in this task with just 5 entries.
The participants attempted the 3 questions with 100% scoring above 6.
There was no case of plagiarism or invalid entries for this task.
The participants showed their understanding of Cryptocurrencies, Public Chain and Bitcoin.

Task 4

Task 4 was covered by Professor @sapwood on Different Consensus mechanisms. There were a total of 16 entries for this task. The student's understanding of the lesson was tested with 3 questions where each user is required to answer just one question.

The general performance of Task 4 can be visualized in the pie chart below:

Observation

In this lesson, the majority of the students attempted question 1 while only a few students attempted question 2. Meanwhile, question 3 was ignored.
The performance of the students was great with 69% of the students scoring above grade 6.
PoW and PoS consensus algorithm was understood by the students. Some of them made their own research to produce a quality post.

Task 5

Task 5 was covered by Professor @imagen on DEX, CEX, Popular Exchanges, and Trading Cryptos. There were a total of 5 entries for this task. The student's understanding of the lesson was tested with 3 questions where each user is required to answer just one question.

The general performance of Task 5 can be visualized in the pie chart below:

Observations

Over the previous weeks, the participants have always avoided question 1 and 2 which focuses on Centralised exchanges and Cryptocurrency regulation. Emphasis is laid on the 3rd question which focused on CEX and DEX.
There was a low entry for this task and 100% of the participants scored above 6.

Task 6

Task 6 was covered by Professor @sapwood on Blockchain Wallets. There were a total of 8 entries for this task. The student's understanding of the lesson was tested with 3 questions where each user is required to answer just one question.

The general performance of Task 6 can be visualized in the pie chart below:

Observations

Question 1 and 3 were attempted by the 8 participants that did the homework task. Question 2 was totally ignored.
We had only 8 entries and they showed great performance in the assignments.
The lesson was practical and the students expressed their knowledge of private keys and how to secure them properly.

Overall Performance of the Students for Week 6

The table below shows the general performance of the students for week 6.

Rate	Excellent	Good	Average	Below Average	Invalid Entries	Plagiarised contents
Frequency	21	25	6	3	4	4

The average score of the participants is 7.72. The scattered plot is shown below.

General Observation / Recommendations

The number of engagements in the fixed tasks is reducing because we assumed that majority of the community subscribers have completed the Beginner’s course.
The performance of the students was great. There was an average score of 7.72 with 33% of the participants scoring above 9.
Some of the participants who scored below average are due to poor writing skills and inability to understand the lesson before performing the tasks. Students are encouraged to learn Markdown Basics to present their work neatly.
There were 4 cases of plagiarism detected this week. Plagiarism is a great offense in Steemit platform and we will ensure that it is totally eliminated from the academy. We encourage everyone to produce quality content from plagiarism.
Students are also encouraged to proofread their work and check for grammatical errors as this can reduce their grades. Grammarly can be helpful to check grammatical errors.

Combined Performance of Beginner’s Course from Week 1 to 6

Rate	Excellent	Good	Average	Below Average	Invalid Entries	Plagiarised contents
Week 1	86	99	23	28	21	7
Week 2	30	63	14	12	5	2
Week 3	10	50	17	13	3	1
Week 4	18	33	10	12	5	1
Week 5	7	13	15	22	3	1
Week 6	21	25	6	3	4	4
Total	172	283	85	90	41	16

Conclusion

The Beginner’s Course week 6 has ended. I want to use this opportunity to thank everyone who participated and also congratulate those who have completed the Beginner’s Course. We encourage you to keep pushing as the academy is keen to broaden our knowledge in cryptocurrency technology.

We appreciate your amazing efforts and we hope you keep improving in both academics and learning.

Best regards to everyone,
@Reminiscence01