Study.com pros & cons

[Lacedonia4]

When the coursework carries over, also the score does, so you are not given a chance to improve your score if for some reason you need to improve it.

Also, does anyone know if on study.com courses reset if one fails final exam?

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[jsh1138]

I believe that if you fail the final you're allowed to go back and re-take the quizzes to improve your score if you need to.

[Lacedonia4]

Only if the first three tries haven't been exhausted.

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[Pats20]

Every learning platform has its pros and cons. Take it or leave it. If you don’t like study.com fair enough. Sign up at university.

[Lacedonia4]

Every learning platform has its pros and cons. Take it or leave it. If you don’t like study.com fair enough. Sign up at university.

I am enrolled at a university and taking courses there.

There is a difference between pros and cons and flat out shady practices. And sorry but everybody has a right to point out if a business is scamming customers out of their precious time and money. 

And in fact this has led me to the decision to take all the rest of the courses at my university.

[bjcheung77]

All alternative course providers including college/universities have individuals who really like the provider or sometimes don't click with them. It's alright, the majority of the time, it's hard to jump from one method of study to another as the systems in place are so radically different. All in all, I really liked my studies with the different providers, namely Sophia.org, StraighterLine, Study.com, etc. Without them, I would not have been this far in my educational goals...

There are pros/cons to each, for StraighterLine, the main con was their slow system login and proctoring with ProctorU, and mainly all Lower Level now. Sophia.org for the cost (back then it was $329/course) and lack of courses, they only have about 30, and practically all Lower Level. Study.com has the most upper level courses and they were the major provider for my AOS courses, however; not all of the courses were ideally created, but it did the job well - good enough for me.

[rpmranger]

Major problem with Study.com right now is getting a proctored test reviewed. It takes FOREVER. Quite annoying to pay $199 and nobody will even bother to look at the test you took over a week ago.

I don't understand why I can get a graded assignment back the same day but nobody reviews the exams.

[Lacedonia4]

All alternative course providers including college/universities have individuals who really like the provider or sometimes don't click with them.  It's alright, the majority of the time, it's hard to jump from one method of study to another as the systems in place are so radically different.  All in all, I really liked my studies with the different providers, namely Sophia.org, StraighterLine, Study.com, etc.  Without them, I would not have been this far in my educational goals...  

There are pros/cons to each, for StraighterLine, the main con was their slow system login and proctoring with ProctorU, and mainly all Lower Level now.  Sophia.org for the cost (back then it was $329/course) and lack of courses, they only have about 30, and practically all Lower Level.  Study.com has the most upper level courses and they were the major provider for my AOS courses, however; not all of the courses were ideally created, but it did the job well - good enough for me.

I agree, and I am just an adult learner juggling study with everything else, in a sense the complaints of others about one platform or another have guided me so far. Including all the study tips, and heads up. I am very grateful for this forum, I got 57 credits from Sophia.org during the freebie period, which I would have never known had I not discovered the forum, so yes, this forum is priceless.

I am completely new to study.com and nowhere on their website it states their courses can only be taken once if one fails, so it is a real bummer as they have all the UL courses I need. And I made it a goal to graduate by December, plus I have to keep into consideration courses that won't renew like Library Sciences and financial aid time frame in which I can take courses with TESU. It is stressful, but I am enjoying the journey. I am 7 courses away from graduating. 5 UL history courses, one Information literacy and the Capstone. I can take DGL101 TECEP at TESU since I am older catalog and two history courses that are 6SH each to get closer to my time goal. But I will still have to take historical methods and non-western history and finally the Capstone. 

It is perfectly fine to have a list of deal breakers for what you look for in a business, it is an investment (of time and money), and by studying for myself I am also testing all these course providers for when my kids will need to start taking college courses, so it doesn't stop here with me, if it is good I will use it in the future for my kids. Sophia.org is already on my favorite list at this point. 

So, yes, some say sign up to university, I am enrolled at TESU, and I haven't studied just here, I have studied abroad too, and I am in the process of having my foreign credits evaluated, so, in the meanwhile I want to pursue a degree in history, with what study.com offers I had even considered a second AOS, but I may be still considering it, knowing all the pros and cons. Time will tell.

[P226mem]

I agree, and I am just an adult learner juggling study with everything else, in a sense the complaints of others about one platform or another have guided me so far. Including all the study tips, and heads up. I am very grateful for this forum, I got 57 credits from Sophia.org during the freebie period, which I would have never known had I not discovered the forum, so yes, this forum is priceless.

I am completely new to study.com and nowhere on their website it states their courses can only be taken once if one fails, so it is a real bummer as they have all the UL courses I need.... .(edit out for space)

It is perfectly fine to have a list of deal breakers for what you look for in a business....

I agree with you that what works for one person does not mean it works for all. and I'm also grateful for learning about sophia, and SDC and coopersmith, and all kinds of things.

Here is my experience that may help you with your personal decision to use SDC or not.So far nothing with my experience has been even close to a deal breaker for me but mileage will vary. After I did the first class, I thought why was I worried? But I was worried at the start with SDC (would my web cam work, would I do good enough on writing assignment for UL... would the exam video be reviewed in time to not be charged for next month?!? ) but it was all good in the end.

I may be repeating some stuff from up the thread.

This is written to the general "you" and not personally directed at original poster I quoted.
You only need 70% to pass the course.
You don't need to get 100 on all the quizzes to pass the courses (even if they roll over in related courses). There is something about a certain percentage on a quiz to continue, but that's different issue.
You get 3 tries to reach 100% on each quiz. Take your time. Don't rush. Read and find answer as needed for quiz. It will tell you which ones you got right, and which were wrong. So you can find the correct info for that 2nd or 3rd try.

I didn't have courses that had roll over quiz issues. So I have no input on that.

Even if some of the quizzes you never get 5/5 you can still score very well percentage wise over the whole course. I had one question on one course that I never got the right answer. Oh that meant a 99/100 average on quizzes. LOL. not a worry.
I have not had trouble seeing the scores for each quiz as I took it. I know which number of try I was on.
Don't rush through them and you should be able to do well with this. I know others who are able to speed through the course without videos and just zip through questions and can do 5 courses a month. I did not do that route. I cannot work that quickly and learn. I watched. I read along. Much of the material was new to me. I could learn it. your mileage will vary. I have not experienced anything that feels shady business practice about the quizzes.

Assignments:
Follow the rubric for written assignments to get good grades on that. and remember a conclusion so you don't miss 2 points for that. just saying! You will get an email with that score. It will not show up on dashboard until your final exam score does. But you know the score from the email they sent. I really liked how fast their graders returned assignments. Both times for me it was same day. Followed the rubric. all good. I didn't need to submit it again for higher score or anything.

Once the quizzes are done it is really easy (versus scrolling through) to see the "final score" for that on dashboard. yes, there's something in their FAQ about having to make a certain score to continue in the course. I never had an issue with that because I could get 5/5 by try number 3. Now you have your essay scores (for courses with those), and your quiz score. so you can see (and they tell you on dashboard) the percentage that you need to Pass the course for all of it together. If something goes really bad, and you don't get enough points on final, that final can be taken again (if you have exam left in subscription) 3 days later.

so in other words, they are really trying to help students be able to pass the course. If you haven't seen this on their site, please re read about retake procedure for exams https://study.com/academy/popular/how-to...-exam.html
They want to help the student pass the course in my opinion. I guess people can and do fail the courses?

Billing: I was able to pause account with no trouble. I was not billed for the 2 months of pausing. I have read the BBB reviews and I have read SDC's refund the first 30 days policy (which is not an automatic refund). Since I wasn't trying to get risk free money back, I don't have personal experience with that. Based on reviews and how the website states not automatics, then Yes, I think they need to make some of that a little more captain obvious in the wording. But I don't think it is shady. I think it's not captain obvious you have to email for it. opinions will vary. But if you know it going in, then you know what to do.

Hopefully with more of that knowledge of experiences with SDC can help one decide if it's going to work for you as well as it worked for me.

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Major problem with Study.com right now is getting a proctored test reviewed. It takes FOREVER. Quite annoying to pay $199 and nobody will even bother to look at the test you took over a week ago.

I don't understand why I can get a graded assignment back the same day but nobody reviews the exams.

agree. that was my point of annoyance.

In June this year, I was feeling the stress of waiting 9 days for exam review. I was nervous about getting billed extra month and contacted them. And I was nervous it wouldn't be done in time for another deadline. I'd see posts on here about it taking 4 days. but it was longer! That was frustrating and annoying .

but oh they were fast with essays and sending transcripts.

[jsh1138]

I have gotten Study.com test grades back the same day before. The pandemic has slowed them down, just like everyone else