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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Common questions that arise during content creation.
36 articles in this collection
Written by
Richie Cotton,
Yashas Roy,
and
Amy Peterson
Learner categories: individual/group and paid/free
Learn about the four categories of DataCamp learner
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Filtering Content Dashboard tables
How to filter tables in the Content Dashboard by row
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Profanity and sensitive content in data
Can your dataset include profanity, political, religious, or potentially offensive content?
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
pandas DataFrame printing
How do you deal with pandas DataFrames not printing in full?
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
How much code scaffolding?
Guidance on the amount of code scaffolding to use in sample code
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
How do I write special characters?
How to write punctuation, emoji, non-ASCII characters.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
How do I insert a table?
How to insert a table of values into a slide or an exercise.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Describing pre-exercise code
How to explain what you did in pre-exercise code.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Course rating calculation
Learn how the average rating of a course is calculated.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Finding the course ID
How to find the identification number of your course.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
DataCamp content hosting
Is it possible to host private DataCamp content?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
GitHub
DataCamp commits on GitHub
Why is "DataCamp" making commits in my repo?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Datasets
Using web APIs
Learn whether it's possible to create an exercise with a web API call.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Allowed dataset file formats
Learn the appropriate file formats to store datasets for your DataCamp course or project.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Sources of data
Where to find datasets for your DataCamp course or project.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Dataset size
What is the limit for the size of a dataset in a course?
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Using synthetic datasets
Learn when it's appropriate to use synthetic data and when it's not.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
How many datasets per course?
Learn how many (or few) datasets to use in your course.
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Datasets to avoid
Find out which datasets you should NOT use in your course.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Writing
Exercise hints
Write informative hints to help your students complete an exercises without giving away the solution.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Writing LaTex
How to write LaTeX in Markdown in DataCamp's editor.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Format text as code
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Spell checking in the editor
How do I easily spell check my course?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
You or we?
Should I use "you" or "we" when referring to students?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Dealing with synonyms
How should I deal with synonyms for jargon?
Written by
Richie Cotton
Updated over a week ago
Exercise instructions
Write clear instructions that guide students through the code without giving away the solution.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Sentence case or title case
When should I use sentence case and when should I use title case in my course?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Exercise success messages
Write insightful success messages that not only encourage students, but build their data fluency.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
What should Exercise Context contain?
Write clear and informative context that helps your students engage with your exercises.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Formatting
Scaffolding in sample code
Learn how to create the scaffolding in your course to redact sample code.
Written by
Yashas Roy
Updated over a week ago
Working with the editor
Exercise sections
Why are there so many parts to an exercise?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Slides & Scripts
Copyright
Can I use images from external sources?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Code input and output
Learn how to show input and output on your slides.
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Resizing images
How do I resize an image on a slide?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Transcript format
How do I properly format my transcript?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago
Links in video exercises
How do I put links in a video exercise?
Written by
Amy Peterson
Updated over a week ago