OU Study 4+
The Open University
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Learn anywhere, anytime with the OU Study app. This app enhances your learning experience on mobile devices as an Open University student. So, you can access learning materials to study wherever and whenever you like.
Benefits of using the OU Study app include:
- Easy access to your module materials and study planner.
- Download learning materials to study offline.
- Keep track of key dates and progress.
- Never miss a forum message.
The OU Study app is for Open University students who are registered on a course or qualification. Sign in using your OU username and password (the same one you use to sign in to the website).
Free or paid-for learning content from partners such as OpenLearn or FutureLearn is not available in the app.
If you're experiencing any unexplained issues, check our Troubleshooting guide: https://learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=100187&cmid=22860
For any urgent and access queries, contact the computing helpdesk at ou-scdhd@open.ac.uk.
USEFUL TIPS
- There is a lot of information on your module website. So, it will take a few minutes for the app to load the first time you use it. Use a Wi-Fi connection for your first use. As the app caches some information, it will get quicker.
- Download learning materials individually and batch download by week using Course downloads. Return to the Planner to access downloaded materials. If you need to free up space, delete them from the Course downloads screen.
- The Planner within the app remembers the week you were studying last time. So, you can continue studying easily. You can always navigate to the current week to keep track of the key dates.
- The OU Study app and your module website are synced. As you tick completed resources or save an answer, both the module website and the app are updated.
- The majority of your module activities will be available in the app. Yet, for some, you will be directed to your browser to use the mobile version of the module website.
- We try to prioritise requirements based on user feedback. If you have any feedback or suggestions, use the Feedback function within the app or leave a review on the App Store. We regret that we can’t always reply to these directly, but we’re keen to hear your thoughts.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
- Support guide www.open.ac.uk/oustudyapp
- Accessibility Statement https://www.open.ac.uk/apps/ou-study/accessibility-ios
Image credits:
- Image 1 (iPhone): Adapted from Photo by Alexa Suter on Unsplash.
- Image 1 (iPad): Adapted from Photo by Totte Annerbrink on Unsplash.
What’s New
Version 4.3.0.9
- Under the hood updates
- Minor bug fixes
- Minor styling improvements
Ratings and Reviews
It needs to be optimised for mobile layout
I’m going to give this 3 stars on the basis that the idea is a good one and because this is an app in development. Had it been a completed product, I would honestly give it 1-star.
I think it’s really important to stress that the desktop layout of the OU website (specifically StudentHome) is not mobile friendly at all. While you may be able to get away with it for tablet and iPad users, it otherwise feels very dated and slow for mobile users which is the opposite purpose for an app.
The app should be quick and very easy to navigate through which can be achieved with the correct responsive design and layout. Take into consideration behavioural factors when determining what should be available on the app as a priority (for instance, checking personal calendar, TGF, module planner, TMA questions for those sourcing research material at a library, etc).
Create an internal bookmark where people can add pages and treat it as a quick “go to” menu. This can be done by even having a start on the top left of the screen, whereby clicking it can populate a drop down menu of pages to visit that have been favourited by the end user. To close it, simply click the star again.
All in all, the potential for this to be really good is there, but it needs quite a lot more work yet to reach that threshold - best of luck with it!
Interested to see this unfold.
I’ve only rated this a 3 star as whilst this is currently being developed and rolled out, my course isn’t actually available. It’s a little annoying as this would make my studying substantially easier, using this means I could take my uni work with me without having to use all my books!
I really hope this app continues to grow and soon my course material will be available. Until then I can’t really give a full review, hence the stars.
Please develop and add to this soon. I’m studying B207 and B124 currently so it would be nice to see these on here.
Developer Response ,
Hi Kez175, thanks for your review. Apologies we were not able to get B207 and B124 live in the app in time for you to be able to use the app. We are rolling out to more modules this year which will be going live in September and October. These will be listed on the OU Study website https://learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=100187. If there are any upcoming modules you may be enrolled on, please do request these via the OU Study forum on our site or via the Feedback option in the app and we’ll look to get these in the app. Thanks, Veda
Needs improving drastically
Students pay a lot of money to study. The least the OU could do is make a app that’s not slow and have better functionalities. If not all links on the app take you to an external site. The planner is very buggy. The app itself need improving as a whole. Considering they’ve been developing it for a few years, not much difference has been made and I don’t know how this has not been a priority especially in the tech world we live in currently. The app is very disappointing. My initial thoughts were OU would have this covered considering they have been in business pre covid so they theoretically be experts at this, however the app say otherwise. This isn’t money well spent at all.
App Privacy
The developer, The Open University, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- The Open University
- Size
- 73.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © The Open University
- Price
- Free