Users either buy a subscription or upload original documents to receive unlocks that are used to view and download full Course Hero documents. Course Hero was founded by Andrew Grauer at Cornell University in 2006 for college students to share lectures, class notes, exams and assignments.
The Series B round was led by NewView Capital, whose founder and managing partner, Ravi Viswanathan, joined Course Hero’s board of directors. NewView Capital also contributed $30 million in what’s known as an employee tender offer, a process by which NewView purchased company shares directly from Course Hero employees.
A philanthropic initiative called the Course Hero Knowledge Drive was introduced in September 2010 in which one book is donated to Books for Africa for every 10 study documents uploaded to the website. Since its inception, the Course Hero Knowledge Drive has donated over 200,000 books to students and schools abroad.
You can join a study group and meet students in your class you otherwise might not have worked with. You can choose to study through the internet, or meet at a physical table and chairs on campus. In this way, Course Hero allows you to make connections with others who you can help, and who can help you.
It provides a temptation to students who are looking for exam answers and want to cheat in class. You also can’t track who is using Course Hero. Often, notes are posted anonymously, so the individual who posted them cannot be tracked down.
Course Hero isn’t really free. While you can create an account for no cost, you can’t view anything until you pay in one of two ways: By posting materials (40 documents = 1 month free) By paying a monthly, 6 month, or yearly fee.
Post only answers, and not questions, on CULearn for homework and tests—that way the answers won’t mean as much. Give students old tests to study from, so that there is no reason for them to search online. This could help to level the playing field for those who would have cheated and those who never would.
Course Hero was founded by Andrew Grauer at Cornell University in 2006 for college students to share lectures, class notes, exams and assignments that usually went ignored. He believed that information is valuable and can be even more useful if properly indexed and accessible.
On April 17, 2012, Course Hero launched 22 free online courses in three "learning paths": Entrepreneurship, Business, and Web Programming. These courses use aggregated educational content from the web and consistently test students until they master their subject.
Course Hero offers 24/7 access to online tutors. They can ask any question about a subject and a tutor will respond within 3 days. This access is charged per use via "credits" for Premier Users, but basic subscribers have to pay per question.
Each course breaks down into roughly 6 sections, teaching a combination of videos and articles. On August 7, 2012, Course Hero added a further 18 free skill-based courses to their catalog. Course Hero also rewards students who complete 5 or more in either three offered learning paths.
In 2012 it was asserted that Course Hero provided access to over 7 million uploaded study documents. Students pay a monthly subscription to have immediate Premier Access to Course Hero or they can upload 40 documents to receive free access for a month.
Course Hero acquired Symbolab, a mathematics problem solver, in October 2020, and acquired LitCharts, a literature guide resource, in June 2021. Terms of these acquisitions were not disclosed.
Course Hero is an American education technology website company based in Redwood City, California, which operates an online learning platform for students to access course-specific study resources contributed by a community of students and educators. The crowdsourced learning platform contains practice problems, study guides, infographics, ...
All members also have the ability to earn Unlocks and Questions by contributing their own study documents to Course Hero’s library; you can earn 5 Unlocks or 3 Questions (up to 9) for every 10 study documents submitted.
Course Hero offers a Basic (free) Membership as well as a paid Premier Membership. Free members can seek help from our online tutors at an a la carte price.
Course Hero is intended as a supplemental study resource, and using this site in any other manner violates both Course Hero’s Terms of Use and Honor Code. It is the member's responsibility to understand the academic integrity requirements at their institution to ensure that using online study resources such as Course Hero does not violate their institution’s honor code. Examples of misuse include but are not limited to: 1 Copying and paste or use of content taken directly from Course Hero and submitting it as one’s own work 2 Uploading any contemporaneous recordings of a class or lecture given by an instructor 3 Using Course Hero study materials or tutors to complete tests or homework assignments when instructed not to use outside help 4 Using Course Hero in any manner that violates your instructor’s or institution's academic honor code
Course Hero is intended as a supplemental study resource , and using this site in any other manner violates both Course Hero’s Terms of Use and Honor Code. It is the member's responsibility to understand the academic integrity requirements at their institution to ensure that using online study resources such as Course Hero does not violate their ...
Using Course Hero study materials or tutors to complete tests or homework assignments when instructed not to use outside help. Using Course Hero in any manner that violates your instructor’s or institution's academic honor code. Using Course Hero for cheating or plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated.