SANS OnDemand 4+

Like the thought of classes on the go. Features like autoplay need some work. Way too often play just stops in the middle of a segment. When that happens usually have to restart app to get course to restart. When it does restart either credit for watching a segment has not been granted or segments have been skipped. That is annoying. Doesn’t seem to matter when on WiFi or LTE. On the same WiFi network where issues are seen on mobile app, no issues are seen using PC an same modules there.

I really want to like this app, but it is so freaking buggy! It will auto play all of my content within a section all at once, say I’m done with a section, then when I go back into the section, I cannot see any of the videos! It neither plays the videos nor shows the video lists so I can go back to the last one I actually watched. Even after turning off auto play and downloading the section, I still can’t get the section, or any other section for that matter, to play. A restart does nothing. I want to like this, but the video player is so buggy

SANS OnDemand is a decent application, meaning it meets the overall intent. However, a few things prevent it from being a well polished application.

1. There seems to be a telemetry issue with orientation of the application with orientation iPad. Meaning, if my iPad is horizontal the application often will load the application vertically or completely inverted. Forcing me to close and reopen the application multiple times before correction.

2. The lack of support with dual application use. I should be able to take notes and watch the video in the application which i find to very annoying.

Overall, the application meet the purpose of allowing a user to watch the videos for class on the go. However, the lack of support for native iPad features (no dual application support, no AirPlay) is pretty astonishing, concerning the prestige of SANS.