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Do the course work in public
3–5 weeks (4–5 hrs/week)
Take Business Intelligence Concepts, Tools, and Applications for free and do the module 4 homework: data models with tests in dbt, and a dashboard built on them. Keep everything in one public repo or notebook as you go. OSSU lists a Coursera course, where graded work is paid. We use the free Data Engineering Zoomcamp.
Proof required
Link your public repo or notebook with the module 4 homework: data models with tests in dbt, and a dashboard built on them, and a screenshot or log showing the self-check passed.
What gets checked
- Model tests run and pass.
- The dashboard reads from the models, not raw tables.
- Homework answers match the dashboard.
Common mistakes
- Copying posted answers: verifiers read the history.
- Skipping the self-check, then asking for review too early.
Powstik Guide
A public repo or notebook with the module 4 homework: data models with tests in dbt, and a dashboard built on them.
Steps
- Make a public repo or notebook first.
- Do one unit at a time and commit after each.
- Run the self-check: Answer the homework from your own models and dashboard, then compare with the posted answers.
- Write a short README: what is here and how to run it.
- Ask three people who know the topic to check it.
Template
README Course: Business Intelligence Concepts, Tools, and Applications (Data Engineering Zoomcamp (DataTalks.Club), module 4) What is here: How to run it: Self-check result: What was hardest:
What gets sent back
- No history, just one big upload.
- Self-check not shown.
- Code that does not run from the README.
Resources
Foundationstart here
Depthgo deeper
What a verifier looks for
- Model tests run and pass.
- The dashboard reads from the models, not raw tables.
- Homework answers match the dashboard.
- Ask one question about a choice in the code; the answer should be clear.
You'll sign in first, then come straight back here.
Build a dashboard someone uses
1–3 weeks (5–8 hrs/week)
Use what you learned. Make a dashboard for a real person (a club, a shop, a teacher) that answers the questions they asked, built on tested data models. Keep it small enough to finish in about two weeks.
Proof required
Link a dashboard for a real person (a club, a shop, a teacher) that answers the questions they asked, built on tested data models, with a README that says how to run or read it.
What gets checked
- The person's questions are written down and each has a chart.
- Data models have tests that pass.
- The person says they used it (message or note).
Common mistakes
- A project too big to finish.
- A demo that only works on your machine.
Powstik Guide
A dashboard for a real person (a club, a shop, a teacher) that answers the questions they asked, built on tested data models.
Steps
- Write one line: what it does and for whom.
- Build the smallest version that works.
- Test it on someone else's machine or with someone else reading it.
- Write the README.
- Ask three people to check it.
Template
README What it does: Who it is for: How to run it: What I would do next:
What gets sent back
- Does not run from the README.
- Not clearly the person's own work.
- Claims more than it does.
Resources
Foundationstart here
Depthgo deeper
What a verifier looks for
- The person's questions are written down and each has a chart.
- Data models have tests that pass.
- The person says they used it (message or note).
- Check that the work is the person's own.
You'll sign in first, then come straight back here.
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