I purchased the Boatsmart book which came with the online course. I thought the online course was very informational for a beginner and I like how the modules also gave interactive videos explaining various themes that the user was learning during each module. I would of given the online course a perfect 10 but I found to complete all of the separate modules can be some time consuming. A user could probably do all of the modules over the course of one weekend but would probably take up the whole weekend if you did the modules all day, everyday from a Friday to the Sunday. I personally had to break it up over the course of 3-4 weekends due to other priorities.