How is lesson XP calculated?
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Earlier evidence from 2021-09-25 stated that XP was based on estimates of how long a task would take to complete Source: Podcast, 01:20:08, Official MA. In 2024-10-30, a staff member described XP as being computed in hindsight by multiplying knowledge points, tutorial slides, and average questions per knowledge point by the expected time per question Source: Other, MA Staff.
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- MA Staff — what does this status mean?Justin Skycak — Golden Nuggets Podcast #39 (Round 3): MA’s upcoming machine learning course
“The XP is done in hindsight. It’s not like we say, “Okay, this lesson is going to be 20 XP, let’s write a 20 XP lesson.” We just write the lesson, try to keep it bite size, and try to keep it manageable. If you do that,…”
- Official MA — what does this status mean?TechZing — 343: TZ Discussion - Analytics Matter, Especially When You're Not Looking at Them
“everything that we give points to are based on how long we estimate it would take to do ballpark, give or take ballpark, right?”
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“The XP is done in hindsight. It’s not like we say, “Okay, this lesson is going to be 20 XP, let’s write a 20 XP lesson.” We just write the lesson, try to keep it bite size, and try to keep it manageable. If you do that, the XP should fall somewhere between 7 and 25 XP—just spitballing, 7 to 25 minutes. Some topics have intrinsically more load and take longer, while others are easier and involve less computation.”
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“everything that we give points to are based on how long we estimate it would take to do ballpark, give or take ballpark, right?”
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