AWS Self-Paced Labs vs. Practice Labs

Good for learning about the different AWS services in a non-real scenario. AWS Self-Paced Labs can be a bit overwhelming, and it is good to have the opportunity to see how the different services work.

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It works well to explain basic concepts to students, and helps them understand these concepts by a step by step process in the lab. But it does not really challenge the students into thinking for themselves or help them gain better skills, it only helps them understand a concept. Due to its slow speed it does prove difficult to use.

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• Easy to learn about the different services offered by AWS in a non-real environment
• Good to prepare for the AWS certification

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• Clear steps
• Large number of labs
• Easy to use

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• AWS in general can be a bit overwhelming, as there are so many options that sometimes is difficult to understand when to use each one of the services

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• Needs to be more efficient
• The labs need to be more challenging
• It needs to have a more stable connection

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Practice labs provides better steps for solving labs but due to its inefficiency and slow connection which leads to most students getting frustrated and dropping the labs. However on the other hand practice labs makes it easier to grade multiple students and integrates with canvas very easily.

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• It will contribute to the incorporation of AWS technologies to our software products

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• Slow connections
• Very basic labs
• Crashes often

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