Tutorial Difficulty Rating System

As promised all I have been working on getting a difficulty system worked out for the tutorials that I will be writing. To start off with I thought I would have a 6 increment scale system as below.

Level 1: Easy

When you see the below set of icons on a tutorial you know that it has been written as very easy to understands and assumes that you have no prior knowledge on the topic.

Easy:

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Level 2: Easy-Medium

The Easy-Medium tutorials will be written so that you may need some prior knowledge on the topic. All steps will be included in these tutorials however it may assume certain knowledge required to understand terminology.

Easy-Medium:
dl2 Tutorial Difficulty Rating System

Level 3: Medium

The medium level is where I begin assuming that you know how to do file transfers such as FTPing, or installing programs on your computer. Steps such as transferring files to web hosting accounts or unzipping files is assumed knowledge.

Medium:
dl3 Tutorial Difficulty Rating System

Level 4: Medium-Hard

Tutorials under Medium-Hard will have the pre-requisites of Level 3 and will also assume knowledge of basic Linux commands and how to move around a Linux/Unix shell (*only* required for certain tutorials). Also tutorials placed in this level may assume that you know the product/system that the tutorial is run on in the case where they are for specific tips and tricks on that product.

Medium-Hard:
dl4 Tutorial Difficulty Rating System

Level 5 - Hard

Level 5 tutorials assume an in depth knowledge of how to navigate around a Linux/Unix command line as well as the advanced functions of Microsoft Windows. These tutorials assume that you are familiar with the ins and outs of every component of the system that the topic covers.

Hard:
dl5 Tutorial Difficulty Rating System

Level 6: Immensely Complex

I am not sure if I will ever use this one, however if you see a Level 6 tutorial this assumes that you are pretty much an expert on the system or topic in question. Not for anyone but the Geekiest Geeks.

Immensely Complex:
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I hope this all makes sense, I would be really interested in getting your feedback or if you have any questions I can answer them and add the detail into the above mini-tutorial.

Stuart ;)

 

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