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mamasaphire Wrote:just out of curiosity, what is your grandfathered rate?
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I really like to use both. I used pretty much only Study.com to prepare for my Intro to Management CLEP test and it completely prepared me, I got a 70. I then tried to use it again on Business law and after I finished the course I only got like a 55% on my practice test so I used instantcert to finish preparing.
In the future I will definitely be using them together because it's easy to forget what you learned on study.com and instantcert is great for filling in gaps and solidifying the information. Likewise with Instantcert sometimes you need a little more information than a little flashcard for the more difficult concepts. That's when it's great to jump over to study.com and watch a quick video.
Although Study.com is great it can very time consuming so I like to kind of rush through it and then fill in my gaps later. I have a program on my computer that speeds up videos so I watch them at 2X the speed and sometimes I only watch the end of the video - the lesson summary. You'll miss a couple things like that but you'll quickly see what you didn't understand when it goes to the mini-quiz part and you'll almost certainly come across it again in instantcert.
So to summarize that I really like them combined. Study.com takes too long in my opinion if you go through it entirely and carefully so I like to rush through it and then fine-tune my knowledge of the subject with instantcert and practice tests. The study.com quizzes at the end of each section (about 30) are also very helpful to quickly figure out where your weak points are and the big one at the end of the whole course is great too but you do have to finish ALL of the courses and mini-quizez to unlock that so that can be a waste of time. I don't always finish the whole course and unlock it. So just don't get too caught up in doing the study.com perfectly or you'll waste time and wish you had spent some of that time on other resources like Instantcert (that's how it goes for me anyway)
I also take "flow-based" notes on almost all of the instantcert flashcards. Scott H. Young (blogger) talks a lot about flow-based note taking and I have found it works really well for me to solidify what I have learned on study.com by taking these notes on instantcert flashcards.
Anyway hope that helps anyone. I've noticed very few posts (percentage wise) are about study methods on this forum. They are almost all about degree plans and specific feedback.
I think study methods can be almost just as important as knowing what to study.
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gremlinbrawler Wrote:Although Study.com is great it can very time consuming so I like to kind of rush through it and then fill in my gaps later. I have a program on my computer that speeds up videos so I watch them at 2X the speed and sometimes I only watch the end of the video - the lesson summary.
That's interesting! What program is it?
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It's called Enounce MySpeed. You can get it for Windows or Mac and it's like $30 bucks I think. Definitely do the free trial first though to make sure it works correctly. Apparently it doesn't work on all videos but it works on study.com for me so I'm happy! I've noticed it also works on youtube.
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gremlinbrawler Wrote:It's called Enounce MySpeed. You can get it for Windows or Mac and it's like $30 bucks I think. Definitely do the free trial first though to make sure it works correctly. Apparently it doesn't work on all videos but it works on study.com for me so I'm happy! I've noticed it also works on youtube.
That's an interesting application. Are the Study.com videos similar to Youtube.com videos? Can't we just download them and use a player to speed it up?
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gremlinbrawler Wrote:It's called Enounce MySpeed. You can get it for Windows or Mac and it's like $30 bucks I think. Definitely do the free trial first though to make sure it works correctly. Apparently it doesn't work on all videos but it works on study.com for me so I'm happy! I've noticed it also works on youtube.
Thanks, I'll be taking a few more courses at Study.com and this will be helpful!
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For Chrome users, has anyone tried this plugin with Study.com? It's free, so if it works, you're not out $30
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...ppdk?hl=en
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jsd Wrote:For Chrome users, has anyone tried this plugin with Study.com? It's free, so if it works, you're not out $30
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...ppdk?hl=en
I was thinking along the same lines, if that doesn't work, my suggestion is to download the video and play it with VLC or any other media player. Haven't tried downloading it either, so... It may also require another app... Lol
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bjcheung77 Wrote:I was thinking along the same lines, if that doesn't work, my suggestion is to download the video and play it with VLC or any other media player. Haven't tried downloading it either, so... It may also require another app... Lol
As mentioned, can just download VLC for free - plays just about anything - VideoLAN - Download official VLC media player for Windows
I also incorporate PLEX Media Server to play any downloaded videos to my TVs through PLEX's Smart TV app, PS4 app, Xbox app, etc. It, too, is free. https://plex.tv/ad/getstarted - install on your computer, install app on your device, and stream from computer to TV or device on same network.
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