How do I resume the last course I was taking?

Hello,

This question is directed primarily to the RayWenderlich.com staff. Each time that I return to the site, it takes me several minutes to find the class that I was last taking, and then resume it. There is nothing on the homepage that indicates what class I was last taking and there’s nothing on the homepage that allows me to immediately resume said class.

(In case someone suggests that I just click “Paths”, choose a learning path, and then click “Continue”: ) I’ve clicked around on the site a lot and sometimes, I use specific classes to learn a topic very quickly, so that I can continue with some other Swift study or project. As a result, even if I got to “Paths” (everyone is not studying a specific path), and click “Continue”, it then shows a video that is part of a path but is not necessarily the last video course I was taking.

I think this is a usability issue that I am praying can be resolved. The stress of trying to find what course I was last taking so that I can resume it is so stressful that sometimes, I avoid the site and go elsewhere…which is in turn frustrating because I’m actually paying for a membership and enjoy the courses (when I can find them!).

Can this please, PLEASE be resolved?? I didn’t know where to post this question, so I’m hoping this is the right place. Thank you for listening.

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Hello! If you log onto raywenderlich.com (and you are logged in), you should have a customized home page that contains a “Continue Watching” section:

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That shows a list of courses you are watching, and you can click on them to continue where you left off. Does that help at all, or are you looking for something else?

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Thank you, that settings panel wasn’t visible in my browser, but I’ve now clicked the cogwheel icon and it’s displaying.

I think it would be much more useful to place the “Continue Watching” section at the top to display if a user was actually watching a class, instead of so far down the page. :frowning:

Either way, I"m glad there’s something there that allows me to finally continue watching the classes I last watched. Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it.