Things I like:
- the sign up form was really easy, which is good
- I like the star rating / comment combination, as it allows people to give details
- the ability to rank the difficulty of a course is nice (I'm assuming you have plans to somehow display this data once you have enough of it seeded)
- the ability to filter courses by tag is good (though who is deciding the tags?)
Things that could be improved:
- the Sign In With Twitter didn't work for me, I got an error
- I'd like to see a more detailed rating system (like rating the course on several criteria - 3 stars for material, 5 stars for instructor responsiveness, etc)
- I think the ability to up-vote or down-vote reviews would be nice
- The comment section should be more helpful in writing a review (suggest things the reviewer should talk about)
The value in this type of system is around the quality of the feedback. To that end, you need to make it a priority to get quality reviews from users. Having suggestions of what the user should write about, weighting reviews by up-votes, etc. are just ways to increase the quality of the reviews you receive. Things like "Nice course." aren't going to be helpful to anyone.
You are totally right about the quality of feedback and these all seem like really good suggestions thank you. I don't know what's going on with the Twitter sign-in.. It was working yesterday. bah!
Things that could be improved: - the Sign In With Twitter didn't work for me, I got an error - I'd like to see a more detailed rating system (like rating the course on several criteria - 3 stars for material, 5 stars for instructor responsiveness, etc) - I think the ability to up-vote or down-vote reviews would be nice - The comment section should be more helpful in writing a review (suggest things the reviewer should talk about)
The value in this type of system is around the quality of the feedback. To that end, you need to make it a priority to get quality reviews from users. Having suggestions of what the user should write about, weighting reviews by up-votes, etc. are just ways to increase the quality of the reviews you receive. Things like "Nice course." aren't going to be helpful to anyone.