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About the Course

In this course -- through a combination of video lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice -- you’ll learn about the main components of an operating system and how to perform critical tasks like managing software and users, and configuring hardware. By the end of this course you’ll be able to: ● navigate the Windows and Linux filesystems using a graphical user interface and command line interpreter ● set up users, groups, and permissions for account access ● install, configure, and remove software on the Windows and Linux operating systems ● configure disk partitions and filesystems ● understand how system processes work and how to manage them ● work with system logs and remote connection tools ● utilize operating system knowledge to troubleshoot common issues in an IT Support Specialist role...

Top reviews

JA

Jun 21, 2019

Great course, lots of very challenging and useful information. You'll learn about Linux and some of the inner workings of Windows, plus lots of tools and programs that are really useful. Great course!

SG

Nov 27, 2021

Great course, lots of very challenging and useful information. You'll learn about Linux and some of the inner workings of Windows, plus lots of tools and programs that are really useful. Great course!

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By GamerBlue

Sep 9, 2022

Very easy to digest the massive amount of information presented. The only reason the course didn't get 5 stars is because of the issues plaguing the labwork for windows. I was unable to use the spacebar in any of them and the final windows lab straight up crashed at the end.

By A g i n

Apr 26, 2019

A good course that gets you acquainted with manipulating OS. It makes it all less daunting. the instructor was a little impatient with explaining concepts but her external links did lead me to a better content to better explain what she was teaching. Overall, a good course.

By Ryan B

May 23, 2018

I enjoyed having labs which allowed us to apply our learning. However, many user's experienced trouble connecting to some windows RDP sessions also due to the recent windows 10 spring update which required a work around. Inspite of this. The linux lab's all worked very well.

By Sharestha D

Apr 8, 2021

I really hate the changes you've made from having us connect remotely to what you've done now with the new tab in the browser. I realize it was for accessibility purposes but this was done incredibly poorly and was a great source of frustration of both myself and my cohort

By Stephen W

Jun 27, 2020

Considering how dense this course is with information, I am satisfied with the overall flow and structure of the course. I've definitely come away from this course with a good foundational understanding of how to interact with computers from a more technical point of view.

By E M

Jan 18, 2023

The instructor was great; however, some modules didn't cover all the material in detail for the hands on exercises (the installation of VLC player on Linux) also the VM crashes from time to time. Other than that I am very satisfied with the course and the customer support

By Benjamin A

Feb 4, 2021

Learned a lot. I'm really happy with the labs, I wish there were just a ton more labs with more detail as to the different ways similar tasks could be accomplished, to tie everything together. I feel like some information is easy to glaze over when not used in practice.

By Osvaldo F

Jun 24, 2021

For a 'mid-level begineer ' (not a full beginner with CLI (I had used command prompt before) but a full beginner with PS and bash certainly), I would recommend more practice exercises like the ones in the last quizz (providing outputs for us to determine the meaning).

By Jo C

Mar 6, 2018

The amount of information and practical application in this course is amazing. This issue is with the labs, but if you have an issue the support desk is amazing at helping. The key to ensuring the right grade is waiting after finishing each task until a score is given.

By Annabelle S

Dec 22, 2022

Concise instruction on operating systems, the command line, and utilities for better managing the Windows and Linux OS. The instructor explained things clearly and demonstrated many commands. Also appreciate the new glossary. Great for looking up or reviewing terms.

By Anthony M

Mar 23, 2023

It was a lot of information and very challenging at times. I do like how it's broken down into smaller videos for better understanding. As for the labs the instructions may need to be more precise. I did learn a lot in the course and hope to remember most of it.

By Amanda L

Jul 16, 2021

This is a wildly useful course but it covers a huge amount of material. Access to both Windows and Linux, even if it's just a VM, is a MUST because there's really no way to learn this material without practice and repetition outside of the regular class material.

By Adrian T G H

Jul 19, 2018

I guess it is a pretty good course for absolute beginners. Most system admins should have no problem finishing all the graded labs in an hour, that is waiting for the labs to be prepared takes longer than the time needed to complete the labs themselves (windows)

By Sandon T

Jan 8, 2021

This course was definitely tough. This would be great with lots of examples provided. Had to look elsewhere for more and better examples most the time; very time consuming. Other than that, learned a lot and became more aware of the day-to-day of power users.

By Jemuel B

Jan 1, 2021

Very thorough and comprehensive course! Only issues with be is that there are errors with the subtitles here and there but they aren't lesson breaking just really annoying. And the Linux portions of this course could have been expounded on a little bit more.

By darryl p

Aug 17, 2023

When asked about where to start looking at a log the course said top or bottom yet when i checked bottom i was marked wrong on this. Some of these courses have taken some trial and error even when using the information provided. Overall pretty informative.

By Gena L

Apr 1, 2021

Tons of good information and helpful tips - take lots of notes and make sure you keep a log of all the commands you learn. Docking one star because some of the Labs are super slow/glitchy and you will need to figure our workarounds to make progress in them

By Pritesh P

Feb 28, 2022

very good details. learned a lot. Wish there were more practise lab with real time secnario to understand commands better. but overall good. if this course gets update in future try to have more quiz or more questions in quiz. and more lab time.

thank you

By Jairo S G

Mar 21, 2021

Estuvo bien pero las herramientas de practica son horribles porque literal hay veces que no te las cuenta y las tienes que repetir 10 veces o se bugea y no funcionan correctamente sin mencionar que cambiaron el sistema y la interfaz grafica empeoro mucho

By Eric H

Oct 10, 2018

the labs, as amazing as they are, were sometimes very glitchy and while I could do all the right steps, something within the lab would be messed up and I would either have to restart the lab completely or find a work around that would be seen as accurate

By Trina B

Apr 20, 2021

I felt the course itself was informative. However, the labs were horrible. There was so many errors with the lab itself. The labs really need to be updated or removed with something else. A lot of other students were having issues with the labs also.

By Tito R S L

Nov 30, 2022

A good course for beginners. The instructor is strong in their knowledge. Probably this last asset makes that she is very fast to touch some concepts or maybe many of the topics looks incomplete in their definitions or reaching fo the concepts.

By Mike M

Sep 30, 2021

Most difficult course so far. A few of the quiz questions weren't in the videos and I had to guess, felt kind of upset with myself because I read the supplementary readings to the best of my ability even though most of it is like a foreign language.

By Isabel H

Nov 8, 2022

It would be nice if we could download the files that Cindy uses when showing us how to run the commands con Linux and Windows, so that we could practice with her along the way. This would truly help instead of only watching her run the commands.

By Chimmula A R

Aug 28, 2021

This is really helpful in understanding how the basic tasks are donr in Operating Systems.

In this course mainly Linux and Windows are used to explain all the basic tasks for a rogrammer to know.

Overall the course is really informative and helpful.