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I am not very happy with StraighterLine. I am currently taking the Anatomy & Physiology 1 course, which is advertised as including a free eTextbook. I checked the FAQs to find out how to access the free textbook, as it is listed as mandatory for the course. However, the tutorial provided suggests there is no textbook specifically for Anatomy & Physiology 1. Upon further investigation, I discovered that the course itself serves as the textbook. Essentially, StraighterLine created the course by copying and pasting content from an actual free textbook that is available at no cost. This means you are paying $79 for the 3 credits, plus the $99 monthly membership fee, to take a course created from freely available material. The original textbook allows use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license, provided proper credit is given to OpenStax and the creators of the book. However, I could not find any credit to the source material on the pages where the information was copied. This goes against their own honor code. The Anatomy & Physiology 2 course also uses the same free book, yet it is still being sold for $79. I would be more satisfied if I could just pay the $99 monthly fee, considering the course material is taken from a completely free source. If you are not concerned about earning the 3 credits and just want to learn the material, save yourself $178 and read the book for free on OpenStax, but if you need the credit like I do then you are stuck paying an exorbitant amount for free material. My review is only based on the Anatomy & Physiology courses. If I had all the money in the world, I would audit the other courses, but I don't. I am unsure if their other courses are the same way.

When it came to grading a paper three different people gave me make three different views on my paper and what needed to be change also everytime my grade got lower it was very frustrating to me one person should grade one paper not three different people

The proctor was difficult to work with and a bit frustrating

I liked that the course was a low cost. I did not like that there was not much teacher and student interaction and that the course was not very interactive. Most of it was reading.

I liked everything about this course other than the proctoring. The instructors can’t hardly speak English very poor proctors. Can’t hardly move my head without them saying something

Maybe it was the class because science is hard for me but I wish there was live lessons or videos on each topic. I loved that u can take multiple tries to get a better grade and the self pace as I’m a working mom. It’s also more affordable.

The course is fine. I just feel like you really need to have experience navigating this site and your software. I did not discover some assignments until later in the course after digging through a bunch of links. The assignment and coursework needs to be much easier to access and explained. Now that I am familiar with the dashboard and links, it would be easier. The other main issue is the time frame you are available for helping. As an adult who works M-F 7-4pm MDT it makes it very hard to get help when you are unavailable . Not having someone available on weekends and holidays are tough as well, since that is when I do most of my work. If there is a software or submission question I have to take time off work to ask it.

It was okay but nothing to write home about