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Review about: Shaw Academy
30 day free trial
I’ve taken 3 classes and they are good. I learned a lot in each, the instructors are top notch.
The problems I have are in the delivery process. Like a real school you sign up for specific days and times. They must start on the hour and you can’t pause them or back up to hear something again. They want to give the impression it is a live class but it’s not. And you can only take 1 class per day. You can watch the recording but only after you take the live course.
I don’t know why they insist on pretending it is like going to college. It adds nothing to the experience and is frustrating. If I have a 9:00 class and want to start at 8:30 why not let me? It’s frustrating.
And if you want to cancel be sure you start a week before the end, it will take you that long to get them to accept it. I highly recommend giving them PayPal instead of a credit card and stop the automatic payments when you first inform them you want to cancel. It’s much easier than trying to get you $60 back.Review about: Shaw Academy
Lightroom class
I just started this class but it is easy to follow, the content is delivered in terms that are understandable.
What I don't understand is the attempt to appear "live." Since this is offered so often it has to be recorded, the comments and questions are not answered in real time. So why can't I pause the class as I try to follow along? Why do I need to sign up for a specific time and wait for it to start, why do I have to wait 24 hours to view the replay?
If this is truly "on-demand" learning let me go at my pace, let me watch when I want to, and don't limit me to 2 classes/week. I have time now, let me binge the classes at my speed.
And trying to sell me a digital certificate ro $40, and the lesson "extras" for another $40 is bad enough, but emailing me, putting it on every single page, is just too much.