Frequently Asked Questions
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Do I need to sign up with CUvids to access videos?
Signing up is not necessary to explore CUvids. Click HERE to take a look. If your University is participating in CUvids Central Authentication System (CAS), then you can login with your email or university login HERE. Select your institution from the drop-down menu.
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How do I subscribe to video modules and collections?
CUvids organizes videos as modules (4-6 related videos) and collections. The collection is equivalent to a “video book” that contains all top-quality videos that are used in a standard course.
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What type of subscriptions are available?
Each module or collection in CUvids is either public (no subscription required), free (subscribe for free), or premium (studio-produced and value added). A premium paid module contains additional features including questions, answers, explanations, and in some relevant videos, algorithms interview questions and links to other resources.
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Why do I have to subscribe to video when there are free videos on YouTube and MOOC’s?
Good question. YouTube has thousands of videos made by amateurs that cannot be verified. In MOOC’s you must sign up for an entire course to access few videos. In CUvids, you just search, and it will show you the most relevant videos for what you want to learn. Besides, we curate all videos to enable deep search, collection navigation, questions, answers and explanations and interview questions to help you with your job search. Our goal is to bring down the price of educational content and provide you with the best videos from top authors.
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Are there free videos on CUvids?
Sure. We always provide early modules for free. Moreover, there are many curated videos on CUvids that are completely free.
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What are cupoints?
To make it easier to use with all global subscribers, we sell blocks of CUvids credits, aka cupoints, to use on our platform. Minimum amount of credits is $10, which allows you to buy 1000 cupoints, that can be used towards the purchase of an entire course or towards the micro-purchase of individual modules as needed. You can also earn free cupoints by making purchases (cash-back) or using the platform or participating in various CUvids games (stay tuned). Cupoints were designed to make it easier for you to purchase only the modules you need.
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Why is the minimum cupoints block $10?
Based on previous usage, we have determined that most students make purchases of at least $10 throughout the semester. Also, your credits do not expire, so they can be used next semester for other courses. We carry a comprehensive list of courses in our platform.
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How much is each cupoint worth?
100 Cupoints are worth US $1.
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Do my cupoints expire?
No, they do not.
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What is the minimum purchase amount of content?
A typical module in CUvids cost at least 100 cupoints or $1. For 100 points you can subscribe to 4-5 studio produced videos from world famous authors.
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Is my subscription limited to semester access?
No, once you subscribe, you have access to content for up to one year.
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What payment methods do you accept?
We accept major credit cards and Paypal.
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Can I get a refund on my remaining credits?
If you are graduating or we are not offering any other courses that you are taking, please email support@cuvids.io with your profile information and reason to request a refund. Otherwise, we do not offer refunds.
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What is the difference between CUvids, YouTube and MOOC’s?
YouTube contains thousands of free advertisements supported videos. Most videos on YouTube were produced by amateurs to simply increase the subscribers to their channels. As a student, it is hard for you to know which videos are good. In CUvids, we only work with Professors from top universities to assure that what you learn is the best and latest information you can find. In MOOC’s you must sign up for courses and often follow a tight schedule. A small fraction of all users who sign up for MOOC courses complete them. On the other hand, all CUvids videos are certified, organized for easy search, and have interactive questions for self-assessment.
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Are there free collections on CUvids?
Absolutely, there are many collections that are free. They have been vetted, curated, and organized for your benefit. The premium collections are generally studio-produced by top authors, lots of added questions as well as interview questions for you. You will find value in free collections as well as modestly priced premium modules.
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Is CUvids the next generation of “textbook”?
Yes. This is our vision to give you a complete set of video lectures for you to learn anytime, anywhere. The collections are organized as a textbook, contains video, audio, and text to support multiple learning modalities. Moreover, they contain, questions, answers, and explanations.
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Is my data shared with anyone?
Absolutely not. CUvids will never share any data with third parties. The only exception is that if a university pay your membership, then the instructor may have the right to request student activity data. But if you paid your subscription fees, your data is never shared with anyone.
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I am an instructor. Can I receive a complementary subscription?
Yes. Please send your course and institution information to support@cuvids.io
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Are there any institutional discounts for the videos?
Yes, if you have more than 50 students taking a course where premium videos are used, you can get a group pricing based on the number of students. The discount is at least 50% for 50 or more students.
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I am an instructor interested in curating my own collection using YouTube/Vimeo and my own videos. Can I do that?
Yes, please send a request to support@cuvids.io
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What is the cost of hosting an instructor curated collection?
First semester is free as evaluation. Other semesters are $10 per student per semester paid by student or institution. (plus author royalties at $2 per module if you use any premium videos)
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Why is it not free?
Nothing is free. All free platforms use, share or sell student data. CUvids does not share or sell any student data. If students pay $10, they have the right to 100% privacy.
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What are the instructor benefits?
Curating your own collection gives you the ability to aggregate any combination of premium videos. free youtube videos or own videos to be included in a collection. If you do not provide videos to students, they go to YouTube to look for videos and spend a lot of time to find something that is useful. By curating videos, you provide students with a better choice. Besides you get to see all student analytics (with privacy settings) to decide where students are having trouble and which students are falling behind.
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Can I use CUvids platform with Zoom?
Zoom is a synchronous video platform. CUvids is an asynchronous video hosting platform. Zoom recordings can be later posted to CUvids or better use of CUvids is hosting reusable collections of videos.
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I do not see any of my courses on your platform. How do I get them added?
Great question! First, sign up with CUvids to be alerted to all new video collections added. We are adding new collections all the time. Second, if your course is using a textbook, we suggest you ask your professors to see if a CUvids collection can be made to fit your course needs.