OU Study

The Open University

About this app

Learn on the go with OU Study App. This app enhances your learning experience, as an OU student, on mobile devices. 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. 

For any urgent and access queries, contact the computing helpdesk at [e-mail].

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 space, delete them on Course downloads.

• The Planner of 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.

• 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.

• Some activities are not available in the app. You will be directed to your browser to use the mobile version of the module website.


FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Support guide www.open.ac.uk/oustudyapp
• Accessibility Statement https://www.open.ac.uk/apps/ou-study/accessibility-android

Ratings and reviews

It logs in then shows an error "you do not have permission to access this page". After that I get to the home page, a pop-up asks what country I'm in but the OK button doesn't function to get past this screen. So on Android, the app seems to be broken right now. UPDATE: I input my address on the web page so the pop-up no longer appears. Still get the error when I log-in, once I exit that I can access account but downloading courses doesn't work. The PDF, kindle, word buttons...none function.

Not really sure how to rate this app. It worked fine until now that I'm on holiday in Europe... now it constantly asks me to log in, and even when I do, loops back to the login page... Very disappointing given I downloaded it for "on the move"... cannot use it at all. ***edit: somehow i fixed this issue in December but it started playing up again this week. I noticed that the login would auto fill (authenticator), and loop, so I manually reentered my username and password; the app works again.

Worked Ok two days ago, shortly after installing. Now, on the login page, after entering correct credentials or using autofill, it simply refreshes the page, clearing the fields, and makes you start again. You can do this ad infinitum! No error messages or problems displayed. Currently not worth the trouble if you're relying on it. Should be a good facility but the basics aren't working, I'm afraid. No login = no app. Going in via web pages, same credentials obviously, works just fine.

What's new

- Under the hood updates
- Minor bug fixes
- Minor styling improvements