Functional just
It’s functional, but there is plenty of room for improvement. The reading interface is clunky and dark mode is more aspirational than an actual feature. It wastes screen realestate, particularly on form factors like the iPad mini. The interface could definitely be more intuitive.
Update this app: no reading sync, bookmarks broken
I love getting this service free from my employer, by two years between updates is too long. You need to 1) fix bookmarks so they actually take you back to the page you were reading, and 2) fix syncing between devices.
Currently, opening a book I was just reading, even on the same device, always opens to page one of the book I’m reading. This is just disappointing.
Currently, opening a book I was just reading, even on the same device, always opens to page one of the book I’m reading. This is just disappointing.
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Wonderful selection of books; app needs TLC
I greatly appreciate the range and quality of the materials available through Skillsoft. I'm relying on them now that ACM and O'Reilly have parted ways -- and I suspect that their app will get a LOT more traffic from July 1, 2022 onwards (when ACM members no longer have access to O'Reilly). And, so, I am pleading with the powers-that-be who decide how much money and how many resources the app gets: PLEASE be generous to this app development team! Your brand is about to get much more attention and this app is one of the main points of contact with your customer base.
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Very bad app.
Where to begin. The search function won’t turn up the results of what you’re looking for. I’ve put in the full title and even parts of the title and get nothing in the ball park of what was searched for. The only way I could find what I was looking for is by typing the author and the year and then sifting through about 100 other books that don’t even share a name of the author I’m looking for. Than the fact that the app keeps crashing and you have to keep deleting it and reinstalling it doesn’t help matters either. I’m highly disappointed in the performance of this app.
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Great for army junior enlisted promotion points
If you are in the army and enlisted like me, I’m sure chances are you are looking for every possible way to get points. And those ATTRS courses are so boring it’s impossible to get through them without falling asleep (at least for me they are). But there are courses on Skillsoft that you can take that will give you promotion points. For me, it’s helpful to have courses that teach about Microsoft programs because I’m HR so I work with excel, word, PowerPoint, outlook, etc. and the great thing is, I can do courses anywhere now. So if I’m driving around with my wife doing errands, I can sit there and do courses while my wife drives. A lot of the courses will only give you 1 hour. Make sure you only do ones over 30 mins or it won’t give you the hour. There are longer courses too. But there are so many courses and this app makes it so convenient to do them that maxing correspondence courses is easy and not so boring anymore. I hope a lot of people who are looking to max correspondence courses find this. Just make sure you have your skillport login info. When it asks for the domain, it should just be usarmy. And then it will ask for your log in information and you’re all set. There are so many other courses as well and resources that are completely free to any and all soldiers (I know active for a fact, not sure about National Guard or Reserves sorry).
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Doesn’t work
The app doesn’t work. Just crashes. Haven’t got past selecting subjects. Have reinstalled twice.
Bugs
Great app for sure. The only bug I see so far is any time I want to save and exit a module whether its been 2 min or an hour, I get the blue screen that says skillsoft on it and I have to close the app and reopen it and log back in. Which brings me to another problem I have, can you enable saved password? Having to sign in every time is a pain. Enable stored passwords so at least all I have to do is a fingerprint or Face ID. For now I’ll be using the website because safari does allow saved password. The app is also a little sluggish. The buttons used to view the topic or course transcript don’t work. They send me to the login screen and then my password doesn’t work. I have to close the app and again re-login.
Over all, it’s a great app. When I’m logged in and I get to the module I want to watch, the video playback is very smooth with no buffering issues. Auto play is a great feature. Again I like the app but will continue on safari until there is an update.
Over all, it’s a great app. When I’m logged in and I get to the module I want to watch, the video playback is very smooth with no buffering issues. Auto play is a great feature. Again I like the app but will continue on safari until there is an update.
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Crashes on start up
Can’t even select the topics relevant to me - crashes each time and on re-opening just gives a black screen. Terribly designed app, total waste of time.
Doesn’t work
Have tried this multiple times and just faced with a black screen after selecting options on first screen, despite resetting it
Room to improve
I have two area that needs improvement. The programs need to be grouped together. If there 20 videos that tie together then why can I not just add the one program into my studies? For example, a single instructor covering a certification. How many videos are a part of their learning curriculum and in what order? No idea.
The second one is for reading books on my tablet. Why does the book only cover 50% of my screen? It’s this tiny box in the middle of tablet with no option to expand it full size. Just really poor user experience. Please fix these areas because the content itself is great.
The second one is for reading books on my tablet. Why does the book only cover 50% of my screen? It’s this tiny box in the middle of tablet with no option to expand it full size. Just really poor user experience. Please fix these areas because the content itself is great.
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