Seriously…
My in-person classes have better online organization and accessibility than this ONLINE SCHOOL. -1/10.
use the mobile website instead
when the RioLearn website is better than the RioLearn app, that’s when you know you need to get a UX designer up in here so they can redesign it to actually work smoothly. for instance, when you try to switch between classes on the app, it logs you out and makes you log back in every. single. time. even when all you want to do is check a different class. and it’s not a simple login! it makes you go through the Maricopa Microsoft login every single time. another thing that I don’t like is that it never saves my login information. even when I ask it explicitly to save my login and remember me for next time, it doesn’t! overall, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done on this app and I have a lot of opinions… feel free to reach out for more!
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Needs Improvement
I mainly do all my work on my IPad and while the app is great for being able to access my classes without a computer, it is extremely frustrating to use because of constant glitches in the screen not fitting to my screen as well as major bugs that I can not seem to fix. I wish the app operated as it was intended but is super annoying honestly.
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Version 2.0.9 Just Mimics the iPad Browser - Not Fully Functional
There are some annoyances with Rio Salado College in general when using it through the browser. Logging in is a multi-stage process that requires putting in your username and password twice, followed by a 2FA token of some kind (usually sent via SMS). This is a minor annoyance, though, as the session in the LMS proper actually lasts a good amount of time, at most only requiring a login about once every week. This app seems like it might have an easier time logging in, but I cannot verify, as I have only logged in once.
One of my largest gripes with Rio Salado College is in that the LMS they use does not fully support iPadOS or iOS. This is largely owing to the fact that Apple still uses WebKit and hasn’t bothered to develop their browser past 2012, forcing everyone to try to support 12-year-old technology, but the fact is that most other apps are able to do this without too much difficulty. The RioLearn app, though, is not fully tested against this platform, and does not work with Safari. Several of the modals that are included in lessons do not render correctly, and have incredibly limited functionality. Specifically, when learning foreign languages, segments that require you to listen to audio from the professor sometimes render in such a fashion that you can’t interact with the media player, and the modal that records audio for oral exams cannot save your recordings to the filesystem: a critical step, as these recordings need to be uploaded on a separate page.
I downloaded the app to see if it would have improved functionality. Many such apps directly connect to the backend system, and render course elements through a new interface. They streamline API calls and optimize the user workflows, and generally provide an enhanced user experience. However, this version of the RioLearn app is simply a wrapper for the same Safari browser experience. Things that are broken in Safari are broken here—perhaps moreso, if some of the other reviews here are to be believed.
As it stands, RioLearn does not work on iPad or iOS for learning foreign languages, and I would be surprised if it worked on MacOS. This is true for the browser, and it is true for the app. Until they develop an ACTUAL front end app instead of a wrapper for the browser, this will continue to be the case.
One of my largest gripes with Rio Salado College is in that the LMS they use does not fully support iPadOS or iOS. This is largely owing to the fact that Apple still uses WebKit and hasn’t bothered to develop their browser past 2012, forcing everyone to try to support 12-year-old technology, but the fact is that most other apps are able to do this without too much difficulty. The RioLearn app, though, is not fully tested against this platform, and does not work with Safari. Several of the modals that are included in lessons do not render correctly, and have incredibly limited functionality. Specifically, when learning foreign languages, segments that require you to listen to audio from the professor sometimes render in such a fashion that you can’t interact with the media player, and the modal that records audio for oral exams cannot save your recordings to the filesystem: a critical step, as these recordings need to be uploaded on a separate page.
I downloaded the app to see if it would have improved functionality. Many such apps directly connect to the backend system, and render course elements through a new interface. They streamline API calls and optimize the user workflows, and generally provide an enhanced user experience. However, this version of the RioLearn app is simply a wrapper for the same Safari browser experience. Things that are broken in Safari are broken here—perhaps moreso, if some of the other reviews here are to be believed.
As it stands, RioLearn does not work on iPad or iOS for learning foreign languages, and I would be surprised if it worked on MacOS. This is true for the browser, and it is true for the app. Until they develop an ACTUAL front end app instead of a wrapper for the browser, this will continue to be the case.
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Suckz
Not convenient at all. Everytime you want to sign in you have to type out your username and password. It doesn’t give you the option to save your info for an easier sign in. After all that you have to get a text message with a one time passcode. Meh it’s 2023 come on
