Davar is a fairly unusual provider. As a practical matter, they offer credit by exam, but they do include study materials. The quantity and quality of the study materials varies somewhat depending upon the course, but Davar's real value comes from a well-targeted study guide in the form of a PPT deck of roughly 50-100 pages or so. For a handful of courses, they provide a YouTube video read-through of the study guide, which I found very helpful, as you can speed it up or slow it down to suit you.
I took ENG103 from them, and was, quite frankly, thrilled to find a way to satisfy my ILR duing the pandemic shutdown. I bought the recommended textbook online for $15 (it was the previous edition). Between that and the study guide there were no surprises. They also included a decent textbook on .pdf. I didn't time myself. I read through the textbook two or three times, read the provided pdf book twice, went through the PPT deck six or eight times, and watched it on YouTube a number of times while working on other tasks. I felt well-prepared for the test, but if I had to do it over again, I might skip the book. I just like to have one, but it probably wasn't necessary.
CIS315 was more challenging, but that's to be expected, since it's an UL course. In addition to the targeted study guide, a link to a pdf textbook was provided. I didn't purchase the book, but I probably should have. Again, it was available cheaply online in a previous edition. I read through the pdf textbook a number of times, reviewed the chapter quizzes and hit the study guide hard, and it was enough to pass, but I have an IT background.
I also completed MAN310 for 3 UL credits. It dovetailed fairly well with other business courses I've taken, so the material wasn't all new to me. If you have time to get the book, it's probably worthwhile. As usual, the provided study guide and chapter quizzes were well-targeted and I felt well-prepared for the exam.
Overall, I would say the difficulty level is what you would expect, given 100/300 level courses. "Where did THAT come from?" questions were rare, somewhat less than one per exam, roughly on a par with Sophia, as an example. Nothing like the experiences I've heard about Saylor. The exams are very much reflective of the material. Speaking of the exams, all I took were 60 multiple choice and 10 essay or "short answer", for which you are expected to type one to three sentences. My answers were pretty direct, I rarely went more than two sentences.
One thing I greatly appreciated with Davar (unlike Coopersmith, which is otherwise a nearly identical experience) is that they allow you to choose either RPNow or ProctorFU. I chose RPNow every time and had a smooth experience, unlike when I had to use ProctorFU with Coopersmith which sucked.
I took ENG103 from them, and was, quite frankly, thrilled to find a way to satisfy my ILR duing the pandemic shutdown. I bought the recommended textbook online for $15 (it was the previous edition). Between that and the study guide there were no surprises. They also included a decent textbook on .pdf. I didn't time myself. I read through the textbook two or three times, read the provided pdf book twice, went through the PPT deck six or eight times, and watched it on YouTube a number of times while working on other tasks. I felt well-prepared for the test, but if I had to do it over again, I might skip the book. I just like to have one, but it probably wasn't necessary.
CIS315 was more challenging, but that's to be expected, since it's an UL course. In addition to the targeted study guide, a link to a pdf textbook was provided. I didn't purchase the book, but I probably should have. Again, it was available cheaply online in a previous edition. I read through the pdf textbook a number of times, reviewed the chapter quizzes and hit the study guide hard, and it was enough to pass, but I have an IT background.
I also completed MAN310 for 3 UL credits. It dovetailed fairly well with other business courses I've taken, so the material wasn't all new to me. If you have time to get the book, it's probably worthwhile. As usual, the provided study guide and chapter quizzes were well-targeted and I felt well-prepared for the exam.
Overall, I would say the difficulty level is what you would expect, given 100/300 level courses. "Where did THAT come from?" questions were rare, somewhat less than one per exam, roughly on a par with Sophia, as an example. Nothing like the experiences I've heard about Saylor. The exams are very much reflective of the material. Speaking of the exams, all I took were 60 multiple choice and 10 essay or "short answer", for which you are expected to type one to three sentences. My answers were pretty direct, I rarely went more than two sentences.
One thing I greatly appreciated with Davar (unlike Coopersmith, which is otherwise a nearly identical experience) is that they allow you to choose either RPNow or ProctorFU. I chose RPNow every time and had a smooth experience, unlike when I had to use ProctorFU with Coopersmith which sucked.
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