Welcome to the course

Meet Ming Yan in the video above!

Ming is your guide through this course. He is a professor with the School of Information and Communication Engineering at the Communication University of China . He’ll meet you at the start of each week to let you know what’s coming up and remind you of what you’ve learned so far to help you make the most of your learning.

About the presentation

The course is designed to run on desktops, tablets and mobile devices; however, some of the material is quite detailed and using a larger screen will enhance your experience. Materials are best viewed running the most up to date software available for your device and using the most recent version of the web browser.

Downloads

From time to time you’ll see downloadable PDFs at the bottom of a page. These are provided to help your learning. They include transcripts, extracts and information sheets that you may want to save for future reference.

Test and quizzes

To test your knowledge we’ve provided end-of-week quizzes and an end-of-course test. Quizzes are dotted at the end of the week. They are included purely to help you learn. If you’ve upgraded, you’ll see the test at the end of the Week. This will help you to check what you’ve learned and will be your final mark.

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FutureLearn and Communication University of China

If this is the first FutureLearn course you have studied, you might find it useful to visit the Using Futurelearn page.

Hopefully you’ve now got your bearings, let’s get started!