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Hello Steemit Crypto Academy Friends,
I have taken part in Seasons 4 and 5 of Steemit Crypto Academy. Also, I have participated in Introductory Tasks, Beginner Level, and Intermediate level Weekly Courses. So, I thought to share my feedback as a member of Steemit Crypto Academy. This is actually a good opportunity to improve our Steemit Crypto Academy to the best level. Therefore, I want to Thank @steemitblog and other Academy professors for such an amazing organization.
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All the Academy Professors have worked well in the Steemit Crypto Academy. I must appreciate their effort here. Because they are the main persons who actively work in the Academy for grading and checking our every homework post. However, I will mention some special points that caught my attention as well worked things with the academy.
Dedicated Professors joined each season. I saw at least 3 New Professors join after every season. It is a good opportunity for all the members. Therefore, Talented persons can join the academy as professors with different opinions and experience.
Increased Rewards for club75 and club100 members were another well-worked thing in the Academy. Personally, I wanted to shift from club5050 to club75 as a result of that motivation.
Academy Promoters did a great contribution to bringing a lot of newcomers to the Academy. Every week I saw one of the Academy promoters, publish his summary mentioning all the guided newcomers to the Academy. This is a very good opportunity to expand the view of Steemit Crypto Academy among a large population.
Same as well worked things, there are few things that really didn't work well in the Academy. Here I'm not blaming the academy. I'm only pointing out my view as a student in the Academy. So, I forgive if I made a mistake here. I will also mention them point by point.
150 Steem Power Up for every month was not a good opportunity for us. For some months, we didn't have at least 50 Steem rewards for our Steemit posts. So, We had to buy 150 Steem from the exchange. Personally, I bought some amount of Steems as an investment from the Market. But, all the members can't do it. Especially, many reputations below 60 Steem users don't know how to buy Steem or they don't have sufficient funds in their personal accounts.
Rewards System of the Academy didn't work well. In season 5, I saw many of the Homework posts were reposted due to unvoted reasons. Personally, I have faced that issue in my few homework Posts. Because of this issue, we have to wait extra 7 days to get our rewards. Then, sometimes we can't reach 150 Steem for each month.
In season 4 of Crypto Academy, I got up to 30$ upvote for my Introductory Homework Posts. But, in season 5, I got only 8$ for my Introductory posts even if I got maximum marks. Those days, I followed club100 too. Then, I tried Intermediate courses. We all know, we have to sacrifice, more than 3 days to complete one intermediate homework post. But, I received only 14$ upvotes. It was a demotivation to bring back me from club100 to club75. It must have been the same for me and many others.
Many beginners Courses are not suitable for Beginner levels. Because many beginner lessons are too difficult even than Advanced levels. For some beginner courses, we have to write at least 4 thousand words for completing them. Most people do not like to work hard when it comes to the rewards and the time it takes.
Real Trade practices for beginner-level students was not worked well. I think it is not suitable to include real buy and sell orders in beginner-level courses. Because we don't have sufficient funds in our exchange accounts to fulfill real orders.
Some Professors always deduct marks without mentioning proper reasons during the grading process. Personally, I have faced that issue in some of my beginner-level homework posts that I took much effort to complete. They say it is a very complete original, but they deduct marks from the original column. I think it's not fair. I know they do it because they don't want to give up ten points. But in my opinion, the persons who desire it should receive the maximum marks if they can't find even any minor error.
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Here again, I would like to appreciate all the Academy team members for collecting our ideas to improve the academy. So, I will also present all of the points of my ideas as an improvement of the Academy in the next season.
They can manage the reward system according to a good organization. As an example, curator accounts should not vote for homework posts if their power is below 85%.
Booming Votes can be used with Beginner level Courses and Steemcurator02 for Intermediate level and Advanced levels. If necessary, Steemcurator01 can vote for Advanced Courses.
Professor's coordination should be present each week. I mean, the assistant professor of the relevant week can support for the main professor to support grading. Then, the professor can submit their summary on time, and non of the homework posts will be expired without votes.
New Introductory Tasks can be introduced with different subjects. Previous Tasks are already completed by all the users.
A separate Discord group can be created for all the Steemit Crypto Academy community members with at least one Professor in the Academy. Then, we can easily and directly mention our problems or suggestions.
Vote percentage can be increased for each club level. As an example, higher rewards for club75 and club100 members as compared to club5050.
Beginner and Intermediate courses can be increased up to at least 3 courses for each level. Then, a wider range of Crypto Knowledge can be covered within 8 weeks. If not, the season duration can be increased from 8 to 12 weeks.
This is all about my Feedback post and I thank you to @steemitblog for such a valuable opportunity that was really very important for all the members in the Steem.