Web Site

The web site is now live at www.vedamatics.com
Showing posts with label Competitors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Competitors. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

Smart.fm

Pros:
  • Simple signup requires minimum information. 
  • Signup alternative is to signup wih existing gmail/yahoo etc. accounts.
  • Featured tutorials on the homepage keeps a user engrossed and curious.
  • Upon signin a user can view how many tutorials have been studied and how many have been mastered.
  • Easy iconic links to share a tutorial via facebook/twitter or to favorite it.
  • While on a tutorial page a user can also see who else is studying that tutorial and can add comments to the tutorial page.
  • Tutorials are intermixed with quiz questions keeping a user alert.
  • Tutorials show time spent on the particular lesson and can be paused at anytime. The new beta quiz pauses automatically when there is no activity.
  • A floating bar at the bottom gives easy access to goals / inbox and profile.
  • Game has high score which makes it more competitive.
Cons:
  • Tutorials have low quality and small size images.
  • In the new beta quiz the user is given an option to teach / quiz with every question which is confusing and an annoying desicion to make for each item.
  • When a user clicks a tutorial topic to study and lands on the tutorial’s homepage it is confusing to figure out where to start because the quiz is right at the top and then the tutorial is smaller in hierarchy below it.
  • Tutorials have random quiz questions in between, but it shows you an image and to answer it a new screen is loaded because of which the user cannot see the question or the image relating to the question.

GCF LearnFree.org

GCF LearnFree.org 

Pros :
  • Simple and easy to navigate site.
  • Detailed tutorials.
  • Tutorials can be printed.
  • Practice quizzes which can be printed.
  • Flash card game, where a user can type in their answers.
  • Site is updated regularly with new material for tutorials.
  • User can view and track learning history.

Cons :
  • The flash tutorial is small compared to the size of the page and amount of text on that page explaining a tutorial.
  • Practice quizzes need to be printed, there is no way to type the answers online.
  • There is no progress bar or sense of hoany questions are remaining while playing the flash card game.
  • Unregistered users cannot view tutorials.
  • Web site can be shared only by entering email addresses and cannot be shared straight into other social sites.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Vedic Maths India web site

Pros
  • Has a lot of details about Vedic Math and it's origins.
  • Clear steps to solve a problem.
  • Aesthetically pleasing.
Cons
  • No games related to Math
  • Has only 6-7 tutorials.
  • Tutorials are not categorized.
  • No examples are provided for each sutra.

Vedic Math CD

Pros
  • Tutorials are well explained in detail.
  • User can stop to review the concept while solving a problem.
  • Each sutra has been provided with at least one example.
  • Content is well structured into the navigation and layout.

Cons
  • No option to mute the background music and button sounds.
  • While viewing a tutorial, a user can pause but cannot rewind or go forward step by step.
  • No examples are provided for each sutra.
  • Requires installation after purchase of the CD.

Math.com

Pros
  • Has a lot of good content.
  • Clear steps to solve a problem
Cons
  • Very poor aesthetics.
  • Poor navigation.