1 00:00:04,710 --> 00:00:06,600 So I just want to spend a few minutes 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,770 going through some of the information 3 00:00:07,770 --> 00:00:10,200 and the way that the udemy course layout 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,330 works just so you can really get the 5 00:00:12,330 --> 00:00:14,549 most out of this course. Now if you've 6 00:00:14,549 --> 00:00:16,230 already used udemy a lot and you're 7 00:00:16,230 --> 00:00:18,150 familiar with the udemy interface then 8 00:00:18,150 --> 00:00:19,980 feel free to warn on to the end of this 9 00:00:19,980 --> 00:00:21,929 video they'll click on the progress bar 10 00:00:21,929 --> 00:00:23,939 on the bottom of the screen and if you 11 00:00:23,939 --> 00:00:25,439 let the last couple of seconds play than 12 00:00:25,439 --> 00:00:27,599 the video gets marked as completed but 13 00:00:27,599 --> 00:00:29,009 if you're not really familiar with the 14 00:00:29,009 --> 00:00:30,660 udemy interface then this video might be 15 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:33,480 useful for you, so first I want to talk 16 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:35,490 about searching for lectures, there with 17 00:00:35,490 --> 00:00:37,110 the new layout of the udemy course 18 00:00:37,110 --> 00:00:39,330 dashboard searching for specific course 19 00:00:39,330 --> 00:00:41,970 lectures is so much easier. Now in the 20 00:00:41,970 --> 00:00:43,650 main course dashboard as you can see in 21 00:00:43,650 --> 00:00:45,300 the screen there, are the course content 22 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:47,910 tab you can find the lecture search box 23 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:50,340 as you can see on the screen now just 24 00:00:50,340 --> 00:00:51,930 type in the specific lecture words 25 00:00:51,930 --> 00:00:53,910 you're looking for and udemy will 26 00:00:53,910 --> 00:00:55,860 display all lectures that have those 27 00:00:55,860 --> 00:00:57,870 words in the title and you can also 28 00:00:57,870 --> 00:01:00,090 search for questions and answers by 29 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:02,370 going to the Q&A tab, you'll find the 30 00:01:02,370 --> 00:01:04,619 question search box below so type in a 31 00:01:04,619 --> 00:01:06,360 question and udemy will find 32 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,100 questions and answers that are similar 33 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:10,260 to what you're asking about just 34 00:01:10,260 --> 00:01:11,880 basically clicked on there any of those 35 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,530 that pop up to reveal answers that 36 00:01:13,530 --> 00:01:15,990 relate to your question, often you'll 37 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:17,730 find answers to your question by doing 38 00:01:17,730 --> 00:01:19,530 that. Now if you can't find answers to 39 00:01:19,530 --> 00:01:21,300 your question you can create one by 40 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:22,560 clicking on the add a new question 41 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,200 button then typing in your question then 42 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,330 with the questions editor, you can enter 43 00:01:27,330 --> 00:01:28,950 a title for your question and put the 44 00:01:28,950 --> 00:01:31,409 content in the main box, when you're done 45 00:01:31,409 --> 00:01:34,350 click on post question, to well to post 46 00:01:34,350 --> 00:01:36,900 the question. Now when your questions 47 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:38,909 been solved by either myself, Jean-Paul 48 00:01:38,909 --> 00:01:40,560 or even one of the other students in 49 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,870 this course it's a good idea to mark for 50 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:45,120 question as solved and you do that by 51 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,979 editing the question then adding the 52 00:01:46,979 --> 00:01:49,530 phrase solved in square brackets. Now the 53 00:01:49,530 --> 00:01:50,940 reason for that is that it makes it 54 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:52,950 easier for others to find answers to 55 00:01:52,950 --> 00:01:55,740 questions similar to yours when the list 56 00:01:55,740 --> 00:01:58,290 of questions and answers pops up they'll 57 00:01:58,290 --> 00:01:59,850 see solved in square brackets and they 58 00:01:59,850 --> 00:02:01,799 can choose the solve ones to look at 59 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:03,510 first and that can save time because 60 00:02:03,510 --> 00:02:05,280 they'll have an indication that those 61 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,560 questions have a solution and it also 62 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,899 helps if you summarize your question in 63 00:02:09,899 --> 00:02:12,390 the title, titles like help or error 64 00:02:12,390 --> 00:02:14,159 don't really give any indication of what 65 00:02:14,159 --> 00:02:16,709 the question relates to so in many cases 66 00:02:16,709 --> 00:02:18,460 other students won't bother reading 67 00:02:18,460 --> 00:02:20,380 them. Now you may not think that's very 68 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:22,600 important but it is really a good habit 69 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,470 to get into, 70 00:02:23,470 --> 00:02:25,450 as you develop in your career as a 71 00:02:25,450 --> 00:02:27,640 programmer, you'll almost certainly raise 72 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,710 issues on the Google issues tracker or 73 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:31,810 Microsoft's bug reporting system or 74 00:02:31,810 --> 00:02:34,180 whatever technology it is that you found 75 00:02:34,180 --> 00:02:36,430 a problem with. Now developing the habit 76 00:02:36,430 --> 00:02:38,470 of providing good titles for issues and 77 00:02:38,470 --> 00:02:40,000 describing the problem with as much 78 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,150 detail as possible to reproduce it will 79 00:02:43,150 --> 00:02:44,770 pay dividends when you need to get help 80 00:02:44,770 --> 00:02:46,030 from or whoever supporting the 81 00:02:46,030 --> 00:02:48,610 environment that you're working in you 82 00:02:48,610 --> 00:02:50,320 can also edit a post to provide more 83 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,030 information perhaps or correct typing 84 00:02:52,030 --> 00:02:53,500 errors by clicking on the three vertical 85 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:55,510 dots in the top right-hand side and then 86 00:02:55,510 --> 00:02:57,370 choosing in it now after clicking on 87 00:02:57,370 --> 00:02:58,690 edit you'll be able to edit the title 88 00:02:58,690 --> 00:03:01,600 and contents of your question and if the 89 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,670 question solved adds solved again to the 90 00:03:03,670 --> 00:03:05,290 title as mentioned in square brackets. 91 00:03:05,290 --> 00:03:07,750 Now every lecture has its own source 92 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:09,580 code in this course as well as other 93 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:11,260 resources that are appropriate to that 94 00:03:11,260 --> 00:03:13,030 lecture, links etc that have been 95 00:03:13,030 --> 00:03:15,310 discussed in that video, so if you want 96 00:03:15,310 --> 00:03:17,230 to grab the source code for any lecture 97 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:19,060 you can do so by clicking on the 98 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:21,490 resources section of the video and you 99 00:03:21,490 --> 00:03:23,080 can see the resources box in the left 100 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,210 hand corner, it's highlighted in blue to 101 00:03:25,210 --> 00:03:27,040 tell you that there are resources there 102 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,960 for you to look at and download as 103 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,240 appropriate. So when clicking on the 3 104 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,430 bar menu icon above the resources 105 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:35,980 available link, the player will open up 106 00:03:35,980 --> 00:03:38,170 on a menu on the left hand side and show 107 00:03:38,170 --> 00:03:40,200 you the resource links for that lecture. 108 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,370 Now the second place you can look for 109 00:03:42,370 --> 00:03:43,840 source code for all projects in this 110 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,360 course is in the source code for all 111 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,160 apps lecture right at the bottom of the 112 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,980 course in the extras section. Now with 113 00:03:50,980 --> 00:03:52,420 the source code for all apps lecture, 114 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:54,100 you'll find links to download the source 115 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:57,070 code for each lecture in the course. 116 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:58,540 Well that's the next course announcements 117 00:03:58,540 --> 00:04:00,400 you'll find course announcements in the 118 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,230 announcements tab, so checking this 119 00:04:02,230 --> 00:04:03,610 section out will keep you updated on new 120 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:05,440 content being added to the course and 121 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,390 anything that we find interesting that 122 00:04:07,390 --> 00:04:09,160 we send out to let you know the latest 123 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,440 developments in all things Android and 124 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,700 if you want to share your opinion about 125 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:14,860 the course and your experience of it you 126 00:04:14,860 --> 00:04:16,988 can leave a review by clicking on the 127 00:04:16,988 --> 00:04:18,959 rate this course button on the dashboard. 128 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:21,190 Now I know that Udemy automatically 129 00:04:21,190 --> 00:04:23,140 ask you for a reviews anyway, but if 130 00:04:23,140 --> 00:04:24,250 that's something you want to do then 131 00:04:24,250 --> 00:04:26,410 that's how to do it. Now you can decide 132 00:04:26,410 --> 00:04:27,880 how many stars you're going to give the 133 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,530 course as well as typing in a review 134 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:31,280 when you don't, just click some 135 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:33,380 you can also go back and change a review 136 00:04:33,380 --> 00:04:35,690 using a similar process clicking on the 137 00:04:35,690 --> 00:04:38,150 same link in future, some students feel 138 00:04:38,150 --> 00:04:39,770 that they get asked to leave a review 139 00:04:39,770 --> 00:04:42,290 too early in the course, the udemy system 140 00:04:42,290 --> 00:04:44,060 does that automatically but you can 141 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:46,100 always use the ask me later button if 142 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,300 you're not yet ready to leave your 143 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:49,970 review. Now the video player used by udemy 144 00:04:49,970 --> 00:04:52,520 has many great features if you 145 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,230 want to change the video quality hover 146 00:04:54,230 --> 00:04:55,760 your mouse over the gear icon on the 147 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,830 right hand side, then click the quality 148 00:04:57,830 --> 00:04:59,750 that you want the video to be played at, 149 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:02,120 the higher the number the better. 150 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,710 Now all the videos in this course are 151 00:05:03,710 --> 00:05:06,560 created in 1080p, which is the highest 152 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,780 possible quality and that's probably the 153 00:05:08,780 --> 00:05:10,790 best experience if you can play that 154 00:05:10,790 --> 00:05:12,560 resolution on your computer, 155 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,570 Now keep in mind that the way udemy 156 00:05:14,570 --> 00:05:17,060 use their video player that you may not 157 00:05:17,060 --> 00:05:19,460 be offered that 1080p mode if your 158 00:05:19,460 --> 00:05:21,380 internet connection that isn't fast 159 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:23,060 enough, it's something that's outside of 160 00:05:23,060 --> 00:05:25,550 the control of an instructor but if you 161 00:05:25,550 --> 00:05:27,110 computers fast enough you should get the 162 00:05:27,110 --> 00:05:29,690 option for 1080p. Now if you want to 163 00:05:29,690 --> 00:05:31,220 change the speed of the video while it's 164 00:05:31,220 --> 00:05:33,229 playing, you can do that by hovering over 165 00:05:33,229 --> 00:05:35,060 the One X or icon and choosing from the 166 00:05:35,060 --> 00:05:37,370 various video speeds and that can be 167 00:05:37,370 --> 00:05:38,600 useful if you want to hear me speak 168 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,700 faster or slower to aid your 169 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:43,070 understanding. In most videos, we'll have 170 00:05:43,070 --> 00:05:45,050 captions for you to enable them just 171 00:05:45,050 --> 00:05:46,700 hover your mouse over the captions icon 172 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:49,190 and click on the available language that 173 00:05:49,190 --> 00:05:50,960 you want to display with the video at 174 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,130 the moment they're only available in 175 00:05:52,130 --> 00:05:54,200 English, but it can be quite useful to 176 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,580 watch the videos with the captions 177 00:05:55,580 --> 00:05:57,620 enabled to get the most out of them. 178 00:05:57,620 --> 00:05:59,210 Alright so that's the end of the video 179 00:05:59,210 --> 00:06:01,130 Let's move on now after having a look at 180 00:06:01,130 --> 00:06:03,140 what Android is and some of the user 181 00:06:03,140 --> 00:06:04,610 interface things that we'll be learning 182 00:06:04,610 --> 00:06:07,250 how to control in this course. So see you 183 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:09,820 in the next video.