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Modules

Every module in the sidebar opens to the same kind of page, a name and description, a learning objectives toggle, progress indicators, and its content grouped into numbered Parts. What's inside those Parts depends on whether the module has been built out yet.

Anatomy of a module page

  • Header - the module's name and a short description of what it covers
  • Show/Hide learning objectives - a toggle that expands to the specific things you should be able to do after finishing the module
  • Progress - three indicators: remaining video runtime, remaining reading runtime, and how many quizzes are left
  • Parts - numbered, themed groups of lessons; each lesson shows a type (Video, Reading, Document, Discussion, or Live) and a duration

History: a completed module

History is the first module and, so far, the one with a full set of lessons across multiple Parts, see the main interface screenshot for it in context. Its first Part alone runs Why we needed computation (Video, 6 min), The abacus and mechanical aids (Video, 8 min), an Abacus reference sheet (Document, 5 min), a From Babbage to Turing reading (12 min), a discussion prompt, and a recap video, with a second Part continuing into ENIAC and early electronics and a live Q&A session.

Most other modules: coming soon

The rest of the module list, Foundations, Math, Core, Python, Mechanics, Protocols, Qiskit, Algorithms, Hardware, QEC, Applications, Future, currently shows a shorter introductory version of the same page layout while the full lessons are being added:

  • A banner: "Detailed content for <module> is coming soon. This module is part of the QCAP track and will be available shortly."
  • The same three general learning objectives on every one of these modules: build foundational intuition for it, connect it to the broader QCAP curriculum, and prepare for hands-on practice in upcoming modules
  • A single Part 1 - Overview, with one reading, Introduction to <module> (8 min), and sometimes a quiz (Math's Part 1 also has a Quiz: Math item, Foundations' doesn't)

So progress on one of these modules reads as 0m of videos left, 8m of readings left, and either 0 quizzes left or 1 quiz left depending on whether that module has its quiz yet.