One of the recurring questions we get is whether we have a mobile app. Try out Saylor Academy on the Moodle Mobile app and let us know what you think! […]
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Discussion forums upgraded to Discourse 1.6
Our discussion forums, based on the open-source Discourse software, got a quiet update today — we moved from version 1.5 to 1.6. A big thanks to John for quietly, quickly, and successfully making this happen earlier today! The major changes can be found at the Discourse project’s blog, here; highlights include stronger security, a new […]
You can now re-attempt an exam after 7 days
We’d like to announce one recent change you might not have noticed but that many will be glad to see: the waiting period between attempts for regular certificate exams is now 7 days rather than 14 days. Why 7 days? Well, our resident political scientist set up a ranked-order* voting poll so that we could […]
Graphing the growth of the Saylor Direct Credit program
Can Saylor Academy save college students $1 million in tuition in 2016? In April, we reported on completion of exams for credit recommended courses, in which we estimated confirmed student tuition savings to date of more than $250,000 — that’s about $2,000 per student! With this post, we wanted to share a couple graphs to […]
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New features in our Discussion Forums
Our community discussion forums are powered by open source software called Discourse. If you (ahem!) haven’t visited or joined our forums, you can do so right now: Visit the forums Join the forums We are now up to date with Version 1.5 of Discourse and wanted to let you know about new features and what […]