StraighterLineReviews of straighterline.com

While this class gave me the flexibility I needed, I did not enjoy it. The lessons are not helpful and do not prepare you for the exams.

ECON102: The lectures don't seem to go with the book as far as the terms are concerned. Also of note, the lecture doesn't go with the exams. It's as if the lecture and the book were totally sperate.

The video lessons were fairly good, but often missed important topics that were in the lessons. The quizzes may have automatically randomized questions (?) some topics were over represented and some not represented at all. The worst part was taking the proctored exam. The first time the program didn't work and ProctorU said it was a Straighterline problem and vice-versa. I set another day and the program worked....until there was 18 minutes left and then it didn't. ProctorU went through a whole restart system and when it came back on, there was 2 minutes left. I was given no extra time. Again, it was each program's "problem."

I did like the go at your own pace. I disliked how the proctor is set up. I had 1 desktop, 1 mac book , a Chromebook and an HP and none of them was supported. Also after you finish your course it doesn't state anywhere on the site of how long it takes you to receive your transcripts. When I called to find out, I spoke to someone who says it can take up to 3 business days. They didn't even have an option to have it expedited. She just said they have so many to get out and she couldn't give me a day or time frame.

I wish there was a way to communicate with the professor. The only way the professor actually has any form of communication with you is when they read and grade your papers, because they can leave comments. I understand this is an at your pace online course. However, there were times where if I could’ve sent a message to the professor and have gotten a response within a few business days, that would’ve been very helpful. Otherwise, being able to start and finish this class at your own pace was amazing. I’m a full time college student already and I work A LOT.. it was amazing that I could spend a huge chunk of a day off on working on the class.

Don’t waste your time or money

High stress and no communication. Gave me an automatic zero on a writing that took 5 hours tk create because I did not cite my credits properly. I properly cited at the end and mentioned the authors name in the body but did not properly put in parenthesis. I am a 59 year old retired military vet trying to complete his final class for a BS degree and that was demoralizing. I was finally able to contact someone after class was complete with a final grade of fail and they let me retake the Essay to get a low pass but not an overall good impression of this course. There was no other feedback on the original essay other than zero, improper credits assumes plagiarism.

The testing site is a terrible way to conduct the final exams for these classes