AI Engineering Buildcamp: from RAG to Agents Cohort 3

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Course-level participation, homework, and project statistics.

Course overview

Total enrollments
39
Project submissions
16
Project completion rate
35.9%
Average total score
25.7
Median total score
11
Overall completion rate
26.4%
Graduates
11

Project outcomes

Score to pass
12
Passed
10
Failed
6
Median project score
33

Homework statistics

Median time and score by homework. Hover values on desktop for interquartile ranges.

Homework 1/2: RAG

Submissions
19
Completion
48.7%
Median score
5
Lecture time
5h
Homework time
2.5h
Total time
7h

Capstone Preparation 1/2

Submissions
18
Completion
46.2%
Median score
6
Lecture time
3h
Homework time
2.5h
Total time
7h

Homework 3: AI Agents

Submissions
15
Completion
38.5%
Median score
6
Lecture time
5h
Homework time
2h
Total time
6.8h

Capstone Preparation 3

Submissions
9
Completion
23.1%
Median score
6
Lecture time
4.5h
Homework time
3h
Total time
6h

Homework 4: Testing

Submissions
12
Completion
30.8%
Median score
7
Lecture time
6h
Homework time
4h
Total time
8h

Capstone Preparation 4

Submissions
7
Completion
17.9%
Median score
-
Lecture time
-
Homework time
3h
Total time
-

Homework 5: Monitoring

Submissions
8
Completion
20.5%
Median score
7
Lecture time
2h
Homework time
3.2h
Total time
6h

Capstone Preparation 5

Submissions
5
Completion
12.8%
Median score
-
Lecture time
-
Homework time
-
Total time
-

Homework 6: Evaluations

Submissions
7
Completion
17.9%
Median score
8
Lecture time
-
Homework time
2h
Total time
-

Capstone Preparation 6

Submissions
3
Completion
7.7%
Median score
-
Lecture time
-
Homework time
-
Total time
-

Assignment difficulty

Ranked by lowest median question score relative to the maximum achievable. Normalizing by question count makes homeworks of different lengths comparable; a lower percentage indicates a harder assignment.

Rank Homework Median score Score % Completion
1 Capstone Preparation 4 0 / 6 0.0% 17.9%
2 Capstone Preparation 5 0 / 6 0.0% 12.8%
3 Capstone Preparation 6 0 / 6 0.0% 7.7%
4 Homework 1/2: RAG 5 / 6 83.3% 48.7%
5 Homework 5: Monitoring 7 / 7 92.9% 20.5%
6 Capstone Preparation 1/2 6 / 6 100.0% 46.2%
7 Homework 3: AI Agents 6 / 6 100.0% 38.5%
8 Homework 4: Testing 7 / 7 100.0% 30.8%
9 Capstone Preparation 3 6 / 6 100.0% 23.1%
10 Homework 6: Evaluations 8 / 8 100.0% 17.9%

Question difficulty

Share of submitted answers that were correct, per question. A lower percentage points to a harder or more confusing question. Participation-only questions are excluded.

Homework Question Correct Answers % correct
Homework 1/2: RAG How many lines are in the extracted content from the "Think Python" book after converting to markdown? 17 19 89.5%
How many chunks are produced for the "Think Python" book with size=100 and step=50? 19 19 100.0%
How many documents (chunks) did you index in total from all books? 7 19 36.8%
When searching for "python function definition", which book did the top result come from? 19 19 100.0%
How many input tokens did we use for the RAG query "python function definition"? 18 19 94.7%
How many MORE input tokens does the structured output version use compared to the unstructured version? 18 19 94.7%
Homework 3: AI Agents How many total results did the Wikipedia search return for the query "capybara"? 15 15 100.0%
How many of the search results contain the word "capybara" (case-insensitive) in their title? 15 15 100.0%
How many characters are in the Capybara page content? 15 15 100.0%
Homework 4: Testing Set Up DuckDB 12 12 100.0%
Create the Agent 12 12 100.0%
Write Your First Test 12 12 100.0%
Testing Tool Calls 11 12 91.7%
LLM Judge Test 11 12 91.7%
Writing More Tests 11 12 91.7%
Cost Tracking (Bonus) 8 12 66.7%
Capstone Preparation 4 Think About Test Scenarios 0 7 0.0%
Implement a Test 0 7 0.0%
Add an LLM Judge Test 0 7 0.0%
Homework 5: Monitoring Create and Run the Agent 8 8 100.0%
Set Up Monitoring 6 8 75.0%
Play a Full Session 8 8 100.0%
Grouping Traces 5 8 62.5%
Reconstruct Runs and Calculate Costs 8 8 100.0%
Feedback Tracking 7 8 87.5%
Capstone Preparation 5 Monitoring Platform Setup 0 5 0.0%
Interaction Data Collection Plan 0 5 0.0%
Running and Collecting Data 0 5 0.0%
Homework 6: Evaluations Did the agent hallucinate on the almond milk substitution question? 6 7 85.7%
Approximate cost of the almond milk substitution scenario 6 7 85.7%
Did you and the judge agree on the almond milk scenario? 5 7 71.4%
Capstone Preparation 6 Design Scenarios and Collect Data 0 3 0.0%
Label Your Data and Build a Labeling Tool 0 3 0.0%
Build and Validate a Judge 0 3 0.0%

Submission timing

When homework submissions arrive relative to the deadline, across all assignments.

A week or more early
5 (4.9%)
3-7 days early
15 (14.6%)
1-3 days early
13 (12.6%)
Final day
46 (44.7%)
After the deadline
24 (23.3%)

Engagement over time

Homework submissions per week, across all assignments. Bars are scaled to the busiest week.

Apr 20, 2026
15
Apr 27, 2026
28
May 04, 2026
23
May 11, 2026
19
May 18, 2026
7
May 25, 2026
8
Jun 01, 2026
2
Jun 08, 2026
1

Graduates

11 students completed the course and received certificates.