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General Discussion

Posted by Kara Proulx
Kara Proulx
Treehouse Staff

Hey everyone! A message from Support :)

Hello! Kara here, from the Treehouse Support Team!

We're looking to engage more with our students here on the forum, and to also get to know you as well. We'll be sending out messages like these a couple times a month with some fun 'get to know you' questions.

This week's question: During the free trial, was there anything you felt was missing or something that you would've liked to have seen? (with the exception of downloading videos, as that isn't an option at this time)

3 Answers

Basel Kanaan
Basel Kanaan
4,458 Points
Basel Kanaan
Basel Kanaan
4,458 Points

well i came here to learn java and android also data analysis but i was surprise with how many courses there are in the website

Kara Proulx
Kara Proulx
Treehouse Staff

We're glad that we can offer you more languages to learn, Basel! Thanks for checking us out :)

seth aruby
seth aruby
10,111 Points
seth aruby
seth aruby
10,111 Points

Hi Kara, Just as a curiosity. Have you all considered an 'auto-subscribe' for messages from support so that members get a notification for these types of forum style 'engagements'? Otherwise I can see these getting lost in the mix of all of the other forum questions as they come in...

Seth

Kara Proulx
Kara Proulx
Treehouse Staff

Thanks for the suggestion, Seth! This is something new that we're doing, but if it continues, that's certainly something we'll consider!

varlevi
varlevi
8,113 Points
varlevi
varlevi
8,113 Points

I find these threads really interesting. I'd love to see this feature!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

I always thought that was what the "Featured" filter in the forum was for.

seth aruby
seth aruby
10,111 Points

Steven, Yeah that’s more of a filtered view of all existing forum content. And sometimes this material doesn’t show up in the filtered view. Don’t know if it’s just not tagged appropriately or what. Anyway, I’m more thinking of something like what happens when new courses are made available and you automatically get notified. I think that would be helpful for these types of engagements so they don’t just get lost in the shuffle of the other content.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You can also currently get Email Notifications for "News and Updates".

varlevi
varlevi
8,113 Points
varlevi
varlevi
8,113 Points

If I recall correctly, there was a little "figure out what track you should take quiz" that I found kind of lackluster. I would recommend creating more robust suggestions for where to get started that are encouraging and explain the reasoning behind Treehouse's content suggestions. This would be especially useful to new students who don't have a plan for how to approach their programming journey. Overall, though, the free trial was good enough to make me stay, so no complaining there!

Kara Proulx
Kara Proulx
Treehouse Staff

Thank you so much for that feedback, Varlevi! That's definitely helpful and I'll be sure to pass that along :)