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Neat little trick to gain access to full lessons on study.com without a paid membership
Uncensoring study.com lessons is actually pretty simple- it only requires devling into the developer-tools in Google Chrome
NOTE: This trick only unblocks the lesson transcripts, I haven't explored getting access to the full lesson video yet.
Here are the steps:
1. Go to a lesson of choice on study.com and open the developer-tools in Chrome (example URL:
http://study.com/academy/lesson/root-cap-function-definition-quiz.html)
2. Use the page inspector tool and select the "Lesson Transcript" text. Confirm that in the Elements tab of the dev tools,
the line "<span>Lesson Transcript</span>" is highlighted (should be under a div that has the id "transcriptHeader")
3. Hit the dropdown triangles of "<div class="transcriptContainer articleContent" data-cname="main_content>" and
<div id="mainArticle" class="transcript" data-cname="lesson_transcript"> (the latter should appear after the contents of
the first div appear)
4. You should now see a div that has the id "articleMain". This is where all the text for the transcript is held, so
dropdown its contents. Next, remove the "faded-content" class from the "articleMain" div by doubleclicking on the
"faded-content" text and just removing everything in the little text-editor/box that appears. Then, remove
the "hidden" class for each div that is found inside the "articleMain" div using the same technique.
Not alot is actually 'unlocked' by doing this, but at least its something and its something free.
@jasanishubh123
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Thank you So much

@dp0808
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dp0808 commented Apr 3, 2020

This helped so much, Thanks!

@thatGuyPdeep
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How I can watch the videos for free on study.com?

@joweenie
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(5/14/20) Can confirm this to work, I was able to view the rest of the content after a bit of poking around

@rezaulnsu
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I have found it on iphone or ipad too. Install the mhview app. Paste any link there. Go to view source. Then search “hidden” ng-non-bindable (found middle of the page). Delete hidden. That’s all. Only text. Looking for video. If anybody gets any solution, please let us know.

@rezaulnsu
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Another app which will give you directly access to the whole document in iphone or iPad without any further editing. It is M editor code& ftp

@finistratbob
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This is a good case for beginning programmers. I create a game about the fantastic elements https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/lord-of-the-flies/ of the universe. This lesson can create unique elements in my registration panel. I am glad that there are such resources that help young programmers find the right solutions.

@silvanathecat
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Didn't work. They must have hidden the rest of the article behind HTML.

@Shahbaz5523
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Thanks, Man its work perfectly

@nridawcc
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I can seem to get this on my computer its says blurred image?

@peterzoo
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Thanks, is easy and worked really well. Time to get started on my essay!

@MistyJewel
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Thanks for sharing this! It worked.

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ghost commented Feb 9, 2021

Thank you so much Man!!! It's so great.

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ghost commented Mar 19, 2021

Whipped up a chrome extension in 30 minutes that does the trick (because the one shown above has been removed and there are no web archives of it)

https://github.com/bbzlazer/Un-Censor-study.com

pls dont bulli my trahs developing skills

@kmg1997
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kmg1997 commented Apr 13, 2021

@Viper5077

the link doesn't work and when I tried to redownload the chrome extension after removing it since the website glitched and it showed me its new terms of services and policy that was made back in march of this year I've not been able to look at the full lesson can you send me the full link for it and maybe make another update for it please and thank you.

@Frankinstein21
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@johndanver
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Thanks for sharing this trick! But where and how we could get the permission full for accessing the video?
Regards,
John

@ella0600
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ghost commented Sep 21, 2021

i tried doing answers but it didnt work

@alabnt
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alabnt commented Dec 22, 2021

This works, but for articles, you have to find the transcriptionMain in the dev tools, u can use ctrl f. then keep looking through the divs, and then you shold find one that says hidden. You can delete the hidden part of the class, or just read the info from the dev tools :D lmk if u have any questions

@gamajajeon4u
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i'm desperatly look for the transcriptionMain but can't find anything. I also deleted a bunch of hidden divs and it still didn't work 😭 any help would be appreciated

@gamajajeon4u
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FOR THOSE WHO NEED THE ARTICLE AND NOT THE VIDEOS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND USING THIS LINK:
https://onehack.us/t/solved-anyone-know-thw-hack-related-access-of-study-com/73346/3

Scroll down to step 6 and they will guide you

If you need additional help, i screen recorded the process that worked for me. I tried to upload it here but the file is too big.
https://youtu.be/69mv2cwncLs

@AlizerUncaged
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2022 this doesn't work on newer solutions anymore, I'd suggest you find a study.com account on leak sites

@dalejohn23
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2022 but still working, thank you, to those who don't say that it doesn't work anymore, it's just for the lesson not the answer
✔️ study.c○m/academy/lesson
❌ study.c○m/academy/answer

@NaeemBolchhi
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NaeemBolchhi commented Nov 18, 2022

Here's a UserScript that unlocks both lessons and the videos on lesson pages. This won't work for answers though.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/455050-unlock-study-com-lessons

@EDHolder1
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@NaeemBolchhi

You sir are a legend. Thank you.

@Afterwalker
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This solution doesn't work for me, because there is no "Lesson Transcript" in the Elements tab, and the words "lesson" and "transcript" both show up there 0 times. @NaeemBolchhi's tampermonkey script doesn't seem to do anything for me either, as the page I am trying to read looks exactly the same after installing it and refreshing (the article is still censored).

This is the article I'm trying to read: https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-festival-days-did-the-gauls-have.html
If anyone has any suggestions other than what I've already tried, I'm all ears.

@wenh08
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wenh08 commented Oct 21, 2023

This doesn't work in 2023, they've removed the class <div class="transcriptContainer articleContent" data-cname="main_content>, however after digging deep i was able to find the function that pops up the "register to view this lesson" which is under the name id="videoPaywall" and class prod-wizard which pops up the sign up function. The question here is, how to deactivate this function or delete this function, where can we find where this function was created and all cases in which the function is used?.

@amitshettys
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Whipped up a chrome extension in 30 minutes that does the trick (because the one shown above has been removed and there are no web archives of it)

https://github.com/bbzlazer/Un-Censor-study.com

pls dont bulli my trahs developing skills

cant find it

@hatdog355434
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Hi, can someone please help me to view the answer in this link? Thanks in advance
https://homework.study.com/explanation/determine-the-moment-of-the-force-about-point-o-assume-f-300-n.html

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