Runs Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder or “spam” on the Services, or any processes that run or are activated while you are not logged into the Services, or that otherwise interfere with the proper working of the Services (including by placing an unreasonable load on the Services’ infrastructure) Violates the security of any computer network, or cracks any passwords or security encryption codes Jeopardizes the security of your Course Hero account or anyone else’s (such as allowing someone else to log on as you on the Services) Īttempts, in any manner, to obtain the password, account, or other security information from any other User Is harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable Infringes or violates the intellectual property rights or any other rights of anyone else (including Course Hero) This activity can include, but not limited to, the following: I can’t believe that coursehero is claiming that I fraudulently answered tutor questions.Īfter further investigation, we have confirmed activity on your account that’s in violation of at least Section 2 and Section 3 of our Terms of Use. I was a 5 stars rating tutor there, but when time came for withdrawing the fund, these bastards just removed my account…. scammers.” Whatever be the fu***ng reason for deactivation, at least they should pay whatever earned before that point.” For 14 days before my account got blocked I answered almost 150 questions for which I was about to get around $250. When I answer the question, I get just 35% of what student paid after 14 days. The system here is, students pay and post the question. The reason they gave was totally a bu***it. All of a sudden an email came saying I received a violation.
Since my subjects are actually my passion, in a very short time I answered a lot of questions. All after my account was closed for “honor violation.” I suppose that’s one way to pad the database with fresh content.” I created an account and found my own content on the Course Hero site (my original essays, multi-choice answers, etc) with my page codes. “The people at Course Hero suck your original works into their online database, use those works to entice poor students into a subscription and then kick the original user off the site as an “honor violator.” Pretty cheesy. The accounts are closed taking with the accumulated tutors’ earnings.”
“Course Hero steals from their tutors by closing their accounts. If anybody wants to make career as expert, don’t depend on CourseHero.
Initially, it is only 35% and gradually it is increased to 50%. They don’t inform whether your answer has been accepted or not. It means that company was eating money earned from students/customers. Further, I had observed, many times, that only I had submitted the answer and my answer was correct. In this process, whatever balance you have in your account is taken away by the company. They will say that you have violated site policy and you are hereby removed. They treat experts as puppets and remove experts as and when they desire without giving any chance to improve. “I worked on this site as expert for 2 years or so.
If you want to tutor, consider Varsity Tutors or Wyzant. If you want to get paid to take class notes, check out Nexus Notes or Study Soup. Our advice: No matter whether you’re a client or a contributor, steer clear. We found complaints at the Better Business Bureau, InsideHigherEd, ScamBook, ComplaintsBoard and countless others. If someone buys your notes, you’ll get between $5 and $20, according to a site representative. Tutors earn between $1 and $4 for answering student questions. Contributors and tutors maintain that the company inexplicably closes their accounts - absconding with their earnings - after they’ve spent hours doing the site’s bidding.Įven in the best of cases, earnings are nothing to brag about. However, both contributors/tutors and clients describe this company as villainous.Ĭlients maintain they get charged exorbitant fees for worthless information and can’t get the company to stop auto-charging their credit cards. have study notes to share or be capable of tutoring others in a college-level classĬourse Hero purports to be all about helping students get better grades by giving them access to course materials and tutors.What: Course Hero purports to provide jobs taking class notes and tutoring other students, but is described as villanous by both workers and clients