Online education is taking on the pace and making specialized knowledge accessible to all. Udemy, Coursera, Skillshare, and many other platforms are sharing skill-building knowledge that prepares students to be ready for life after traditional education.
That’s great but a significant and equally important hole remains to be addressed – the mastery of the academic curriculum of schools and colleges. Students often find themselves seeking an easy explanation of complex topics in various subjects but to no avail.
Thanks to Course Hero, you now have access to a resource library and tutors at any time to simplify the concepts and facilitate understanding (instead of memorization). It is paid but also offers some ways to use it for free. Let us at Insiderbits show you how.
What is Course Hero
Course Hero prepares you to be confident in your academic education from the first day to graduation. How? By providing you access to over 30 million subject-specific study resources and connecting you with thousands of tutors ready to explain concepts at a moment’s notice.
Its resources are contributed by students and educators all over the world which consists of practice problems, study guides, class notes, and textbook solutions covering almost all subjects. Economics, literature, biology, history, psychology, and accounting are just to name a few.
The purpose of Course Hero is to complement what you are learning in the classroom and help you gain a deeper understanding of important but complex concepts. You can also use it for completing your homework and assignments and preparing for exams.
How it works
If you have a study document and find it hard to understand, upload it to Course Hero. It will enrich your document with answers, explanations, and other recommended resources in just a few minutes. You can also ask it a question directly if you are stuck on it.
Course Hero: Pricing and Plans
Course Hero comes with 3 plans – Basic, Premier, and Hero Trio
The Basic plan includes:
- Pay-per-question access to our 24/7 Homework Help
- Full access to free literature infographics
- Ability to browse study documents in our library
Generally, you won’t be able to view or download study documents with the Basic plan but we will show you how you can do it in the next section.
The Premier plan includes:
- 24/7 homework help from our expert tutors (up to 40 questions depending on the plan)
- Unlock 30 documents per month
- Access our library of over 25 million course-specific study resources
- Unlimited access to our textbook solutions
The Premier plan will cost you:
- Monthly – $24.95
- Quarterly – $19.95 per month, billed $59.85
- Yearly – $9.95 per month, billed $119.40
The Hero Trio plan subscribes you to QuillBot (AI writing) and Symbolab (math solver) on top of everything that is in the Premier plan. It will cost you:
- Monthly – $29.95
- Quarterly – $23.95 per month, billed $71.85
- Yearly – $11.95 per month, billed $143.40
How to Use Course Hero For Free
If you don’t want to pay for Course Hero’s subscription, you can still get access to its course materials and ask tutor questions for help. All you need to do for that is upload your original study materials and documents.
Unlocks and Questions you earn this way are valid for only 30 days. Go to this link and sign up. It will take you to the payment page where, at the bottom, you will find a button to upload your notes for free access.
Another way to earn more free access is to verify your email and rate others’ documents. Members of any plan can benefit from all this. You will earn 5 Unlocks or 3 Questions (up to 9) for every 10 study documents submitted.
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Conclusion
Course Hero isn’t just an online education platform. It is also a community of students and educators making it easier for everyone to grasp the study materials at their schools and colleges. It may be unaffordable to you at this point, however, you can take advantage of its generous free access by uploading your original resources and notes.
