We’ve just released new course pages just in time for the spring semester!

Course Pages will now support our University Specific Pages by helping you easily find all notes for specific courses at your school.

How it works?

• Visit any university specific page (e.g. Cornell University)
• Click on the subject you need notes for
• Click on your course
• Access all notes uploaded for that specific course

By clicking on a specific course, you are automatically taken to the course page, making it easier for you to access all the notes available for your course.

More updates to come!!

We’ve given GradeGuru a major facelift, bringing you a new homepage, University specific pages, an optimized note reader and more!!!

New Homepage and Video

The new GradeGuru homepage features an overview video, complete Facebook Connect integration to make it easier to login and share your notes, a school search engine widget, Top Gurus’ profiles and more.

University Specific Pages

Universities now have their own note-sharing community within GradeGuru. The University Page provides you with an accurate break down of all courses at your school and tells you how many notes are available for each subject. You can even see how many peers are members and connect with Top Gurus at your school. Just type in your school name in the Find Your School widget on the homepage to locate your school specific page. For example, click here to checkout Cornell’s University Specific page

What Do You Get For Sharing Notes?

• Feedback - All study materials are reviewed by our student members, giving contributors constructive feedback to improve their study methods.

• Rewards - Students who contribute are awarded GradeGuru points based on the quality and usefulness of their notes as measured by peer review. The more people use the notes, the greater the rewards. Points can be redeemed for cash, gift cards from one of our rewards partners, (including BestBuy, CampusFood, iTunes and Starbucks), or charitable donations, (e.g. plant a tree for every 100 points earned through our partnership with the American Forest Organization).

• Status (what is a Top Guru?) – Students who contribute generously to the community and receive positive peer reviews for their study materials are recognized with status badges on their site profiles. Members can reach Bronze, Silver or Gold Guru status in recognition of their leadership and respect in the community. Through our soon to be released Guru Privileges program, these top students will also benefit from access to internships and other career opportunities from our Corporate Guru Partners.

We have optimized our note reader to make it easier to share, rate and comment on notes:

1. You can now share each note on Facebook, Digg, Twitter and other platforms by clicking on the SHARE button in the upper bar of the note reader.
2. Each note has it’s own URL that can be shared (our next step will be to make the URL cleaner with www.gradeguru.com/username/fielname – this is in the works)
3. We have brought the rating to the top
4. We added a link to the contributor’s profile at the top – click View other notes by angela_s
5. You can now see file details (e.g. school, course, textbook, professor, year level, etc) above the note reader by click on Show file details rather than having to go to another page.

Add ratings and comments above note reader:

See note details above note reader:

Thanks to all of your feedback, we’re revamping our point system on September 15.

We are increasing your ability to earn based on how many people view and rate your notes. There more popular your notes are, the more points you will get.  There will be NO limit on how much you can earn, just make sure you get good notes up there and share the link to your notes with your friends and classmate via Facebook, email, IM, etc.  

Tips for increasing your visibility:

1. Go to GradeGuru and link your GradeGuru account to your Facebook account. Then when you share notes, your friends will get an update in their feed. Click on the Facebook icon on our homepage.
   
2. Share your GradeGuru notes with your classmates. Send them your personal GradeGuru URL.
3. Share your notes via Facebook, Delicious, Twitter, etc by opening your notes on the site and using the Share tool.
4. Invite your friends to join GradeGuru