Convenient, Easy, and Educational
I completed a course on Coursera’s website on my ipad and found it difficult to start a second course on my phone due to screen formatting not being optimised for my device. When I found out they had an app, I decided to give it a try to see if it was any better. Now, I’ll never go back! The app makes learning much easier. The courses are laid out in a way which makes a lot of sense to me, and I love that it’s easy to work through each module hands-free (the next video autoplays once one ends) or jump back in when I’ve been away (the next thing to do is highlighted at the top of the page each time, but you’re also able to skip items and complete them in your own schedule). I wish there were more courses in my fields of interest, though this isn’t at Coursera’s fault and there are still a few for me to work through. I do, however, find the app is lacking a ‘wishlist’ function. It would be very helpful for me to be able to keep a list of courses I’m interested in within the app itself. Other than that, I have no complaints with this app so far!
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Pop up Payment Failed after purchased for 2 days
I reported the payment error last Saturday morning in the “report an issue” at the time money is charged but the courses were still not available, and no one contacted me in any means since then. What I subscribed was the facebook frontend developer Personal Certificate and it wasn’t the Coursera plus. I highly doubt if this functionality is well tested and if there is adequate support for this issue.
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Unable to complete peer feedbacks
Without a doubt it is a great service and an app that provides opportunities to continue or re-start education!
Anyway, my concern using this app on iPad is that whenever I am doing a peer feedback, I cannot complete it for the final person. After attempts, it keeps telling me to “Try again in a few minutes”.
It would be a massive help if this bug can be resolved soon.
Anyway, my concern using this app on iPad is that whenever I am doing a peer feedback, I cannot complete it for the final person. After attempts, it keeps telling me to “Try again in a few minutes”.
It would be a massive help if this bug can be resolved soon.
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Great courses, poor offline support
Coursera provides so much valuable information for such a reasonable price that a subscription is a no brainer. That is if you consistently have an internet connection at all times. I noticed a download option for the videos of the course I’m in. This prompted me to purchase a subscription knowing im out in the field frequently with incredibly poor internet access.
Videos took awhile to load despite being downloaded so I assume you cannot watch videos without an internet connection and many courses have hyperlinks integrated that require internet. I understand they need to check for a subscription, but I wish this platform was more offline friendly.
Videos took awhile to load despite being downloaded so I assume you cannot watch videos without an internet connection and many courses have hyperlinks integrated that require internet. I understand they need to check for a subscription, but I wish this platform was more offline friendly.
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App needs work
The UI and the catalog is in desperate need of attention. The filtering, first off, is better than nothing. You can’t collapse your types of filtering. The fact that I filter for English, and still get other languages is a nuisance. Language selection should be first. The partners aren’t in alphabetical order which is maddening. I can choose the same or comparable codes in edX for less or they are at your own pace for less. There are courses that are useless. I tried looking up courses that cater to veterans, but were showing courses that are shown how to get educated as a veteran which are inherently useful, but do not warrant *paying for* like those from Columbia and Michigan University, for example. I’m not really sure why since of these courses require payment except that someone is charging money. You can find this help for free at any other university online, say Purdue, MIT, or Yale for example.
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Loading forever, unusable
I’m sorry to say that it just does not work for me. Everything takes forever to load. Upon submitting something it freezes and I have to quit the app. Now when I load up the app I can’t even change the page or do anything, it’s been stuck on the same page with the loading sign. I uninstalled and reinstalled it to no avail. I hope this gets fixed soon. I can’t say for the design or ease of use of the app because I’ve barely been able to use it.
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Will always log-out when using SSO
There are two frustrating things about the app:
- any audio files forces you to open it in a pop-up browser which means if you’re on the Tube or Train, you can’t continue with this.
- if you’re using SSO from organisations, it will be super reliable in logging you out every single time, which just makes the app on the phone unusable cause no one wants to go through that process several times a day.
Between these two issues, the app is pretty unusable.
- any audio files forces you to open it in a pop-up browser which means if you’re on the Tube or Train, you can’t continue with this.
- if you’re using SSO from organisations, it will be super reliable in logging you out every single time, which just makes the app on the phone unusable cause no one wants to go through that process several times a day.
Between these two issues, the app is pretty unusable.
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Business Development Manager
It is indeed a very simplified, helpful and practical course which can make a huge change in your daily work routine. I have over 20 years work expert but still found some of the advice, tricks and suggestions very effective and constructive. I highly recommend this course to everyone! Thanks for organising such an amazing course!
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Useless on mobile app
I downloaded the mobile application, paid for a subscription and in the middle of the course the “third party tools” to complete the assignments did not work. Though it says it should work but they recommend using a desktop/laptop. It never worked. There was no mention of the use of those tools and possibility of them not working in the course description or pre- requisites. When emailing for support, it was of no use as they kept repeating they “recommend” using a desktop/laptop, despite me mentioning that i do not have access to a device for the next 3weeks. Their last response though i finished 97% of the course they would not mark it as complete and shared a link to the help/ support page that mentioned some “features” (not a tool) might not work on mobiles. A link or a page that you would never think to check (support page) when registering in coursera and enrolling in courses. Definitely cancelling my subscription and moving to other sites.
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Coursera
What’s the point of having a course when you can’t get help, when something doesn’t work? I was doing the course online then switched to the app. I submitted assignments but on the app it doesn’t even register that I did. Also I paid for the certificate. The app doesn’t show that either. This is VERY FRUSTRATING. There doesn’t seem to be any customer service. There also doesn’t appear to be tutors who actually mark the work. I don’t mind peer reviews but please make the final decision be from professional staff. This is my first Coursera course. It’s not turning out to be a pleasant experience.
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