Ken Fikes' CAS 6 Study Manual

[bagheera]

Originally Posted by L.G. Fuad

But, If I'm allowed to say, the released segments sum to 395 pages.

Given that these 395 pages cover 643 pages of the syllabus, we can estimate that for every page on the syllabus, there's .6143 pages in the manual.

.6143 manual page per syllabus page * 1547 syllabus pags= 950.33 manual pages.

Probably a bit on the high side, as I'm thinking the reserving part of the manual probably will be the largest. I'd come up with some relativity factors for the 3 other learning objectives, but I'm afraid that I'd probably have to punish myself if I did. I've done far too much already.

Great. Thank you.. Probably the correct question to ask is what the size of the manual *and* the size of one page are. Sorry for being so finicky, but what I am trying to assess is the volume of material to be read in the manual vis-a-vis the study notes. Not all pages in the study notes contain equal amount of textual matter..
What is the average number of hours required for preparation?

[Commander Keen]

Originally Posted by bagheera

Great. Thank you.. Probably the correct question to ask is what the size of the manual *and* the size of one page are. Sorry for being so finicky, but what I am trying to assess is the volume of material to be read in the manual vis-a-vis the study notes. Not all pages in the study notes contain equal amount of textual matter..
What is the average number of hours required for preparation?

well, the manual is on 8.5x11 paper... outline format... Not all pages in the manual contain equal amounts of textual material... not sure what else I can do for you here...

Personally, I'm planning slightly over 350 hours for prep. I'll probably be closer to 300, but what can you do.

[bagheera]

Originally Posted by L.G. Fuad

well, the manual is on 8.5x11 paper... outline format... Not all pages in the manual contain equal amounts of textual material... not sure what else I can do for you here...

Personally, I'm planning slightly over 350 hours for prep. I'll probably be closer to 300, but what can you do.

I guess this is sufficient.. The 300 hour figure gives a good idea as well. Thanks.

[Mo' 5!]

Originally Posted by bagheera

What is the expected size of Ken Fikes' manual? Can I get to see a sample lesson? Thank you.

I can give you a temporary account so that you can download a few sections of his manual. Just PM me your email address.

[Ghetto_mathie]

Ken,

Have you guys corrected the problem of enabling fast forward and rewinds on your videos? I've heard quite a lot of complaints about someone's internet connection breaking, and having to start from the beginning again next time. Or if an example is done too quickly, the inability to go back a bit without restarting from the beginning.

[Commander Keen]

Originally Posted by Ghetto_mathie

Ken,

Have you guys corrected the problem of enabling fast forward and rewinds on your videos? I've heard quite a lot of complaints about someone's internet connection breaking, and having to start from the beginning again next time. Or if an example is done too quickly, the inability to go back a bit without restarting from the beginning.

IIRC, that's not a problem with the quicktime files...

[AdoubledotAngleN]

They fixed it up with WMP too. You have to let the file download and then you can FF and RW.

[Mo' 5!]

Originally Posted by Ghetto_mathie

Ken,

Have you guys corrected the problem of enabling fast forward and rewinds on your videos? I've heard quite a lot of complaints about someone's internet connection breaking, and having to start from the beginning again next time. Or if an example is done too quickly, the inability to go back a bit without restarting from the beginning.

I highly recommend that everyone use QuickTime. But if you must use Windows Media, you can view them on our backup sites. You just have to let it completely stream to your PC before the rewind and fast forward buttons are activated. It only takes like a minute or two if you have a high speed connection. With QuickTime you can drag the slider bar to anywhere on the timeline up to the point of download. This too only takes a minute or two before you can go to anywhere on the video.

We also have the various backup sites so that you can play videos simultaneously from all sites. If one cuts off, then just pick up the other one without any waiting. If they all cut off at the same time, then it's something with the user's connection.

So with very little effort you can rewind and FF.

We have had complaints from people whose company's IT department is unwilling to upgrade to the latest version of WMP or allow the installation of the free QuickTime plugin. For that there is little we can do.

[Ghetto_mathie]

Perfect! Thanks for the quick reply. I hear your seminar was the best for Course 5, so I'll be signing up for Course 6.

[GenkiGirl]

Is it possible to download these things onto your ipod??