The Great Courses Reviews

Existing courses

One beloved

It would nice to be able to have electronic copies of all the courses I own.

App works well on my older iPad

Anchorage cross country skier

Unlike a previous reviewer, downloaded lectures work very well on my older iPad, regardless of whether I am connected to Internet or not. I load a few lectures whenever I travel. Streaming works well for me when on line. I very much prefer the lecturers who use a lot of visual aids. The Mind Bending math series and the Greek and Roman architecture series are excellent examples of this. Some of the history professors just stand up and talk and I have become extremely tired of just looking at them and the standard Great Courses lecture backdrop. With all of the art and photographs available the failure to enrich a history course with them is either laziness or arrogance.

Great Content, Terrible Play Controls

FinbarrD

I have been a big fan of the The Great Courses for years now. As for this app, I love having my courses available as downloads and via streaming. The app certainly is visually beautiful. For practical purposes, however, the now-playing interface falls badly short: the various controls (forward, back, pause, scrub) are far too small. Like others here, I have often accidentally restarted lectures or moved to a different spot. Please give us a simple now-playing display with large controls and the option to keep the device from going to sleep.

Poor interface

Whittersmith

This app is fine once you are watching your video course. But getting to that point can be pure torture, especially when out of Wi-Fi range. It would be nice to be able to actually download a course or two to an iPad so that it could be watch during, say, a jet flight.

Great app for Great Courses

PerryBorenstein

The streaming app works well. I use it to screencast to an Apple TV. The content is also superb.

Convenient!

53u

Love the app. Started with dried mud cuneiform tablets. That was back when the "Teaching Company" mailed lessons by personal runners. Then they went to reel-to-reel audio tapes, then cassettes and DVDs, and eventually to digital downloads and now to this! Streaming lessons anywhere! My friends in ancient Uruk and it's suburbs would be absolutely gobsmacked.

A great investment

A life long learner

I love learning! Great Courses gives a great selection of topics.

Great educational app

mercyrubin

I like this app, it's hold all my courses and save the place I left it and pick it up anytime and continue the book or the videos. I recommend this app.

App needs improvement

Disappointed 123098

I enjoy the Great. Purses, but this app needs some improvement in organization of courses. Needs to allow user to customize some folders or allow grouping by subject matter at least. Right now it’s tough to find what you’re looking for if you have multiple courses. Also need to allow different syncing across different devices. I like to watch video courses in my iPad and listen to audio courses on my iPhone. No way to keep lectures separate by device is frustrating.

Overall B- Doesn’t do credit to outstanding lectures.

JenAnalyst

It needs a sleep timer and a better way to organize courses. Painfully slow to open. Best to download using wifi for later listening.

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