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I've been preparing material for a complete online seminar for the VERBAL component of the GMAT (including all the questions for the updated 13th edition of the OG and the 11th and 12th editions of the same). The seminar structure will be similar to that of Sal Khan's Khan Acadmey. I will cover the Essay, Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension sections of the test. I intend sticking to the OGs and not using any other material.

The material will be free (huge emphasis on FREE!) and I'll keep updating it as I create new material. This is a long drawn out process so don't expect everything overnight.

I'm just throwing down a poll to see the following

A) Would you be comfortable with that particular type of online seminar? (See www.khanacademy.org for an idea.)
B) Do you have any other requirements for the online seminar (Other requirements include sample questions, speed drills etc.) or would you be comfortable with the entire online seminar constructed around the Official Guide.
C) Do you have any suggestions for a NAME for the blog that will host this.

This poll is largely so that I do not waste my time creating something nobody will use. I think it will be useful to know these few things before it releases.

There are more questions but I'll add them once we release.

Have you seen the site gmatquantum.com : this guy has posted videos of all GMAT official quant questions. If you can do something along similar lines it should be good. Making 1-2 hour videos which could be viewed/downloaded on smartphone/tablets could be another option. Last but not the least the explanations should be in-depth covering a question from several angles.

Thanks for the link. I will be doing something similar to this. I will be separating the course and the question solutions in two sections. I noticed he charges for the course. I'm not in favour of charging for the course, but I would like to include a pay-as-much-you-feel-or-not-at-all approach.

You bought up two questions -
a. Length and duration of the course material. 1-2 hours course length material is possible. It would also be possible to offer multiple versions of the same video for smarphones and tablets.
b. Explanations are rooted in the very same grammatical concepts and ideas that the GMAT uses, and which will be clearer once I've taken a student through the basics. The part of several angles is a bit confusing? What do you mean by several angles? I've seen several different approaches to solving problems in Quant, but GMAT verbal problems have a straight solution, relying on your understanding ,and when applicable grammatical knowledge, of the problem at hand.

For SC
- Identifying all possible errors in the questions, even though correct answers can be found by using one/two errors

For CR
- Why every other option is incorrect, What type of incorrect option is it (out of scope, exaggerated, shell game, reverse answers etc). What is the underlying principle tested in this question (co-relation vs causation, something true in past is not true in future etc)

For RC
- Similar to CR.

Money is not the issue, people preparing for GMAT can shell out some bucks if the product is good(even though you don't want to charge which is appreciated).
GMAT Quantum does give some free videos though not all.

Anicetopereira wrote:Thanks for the link. I will be doing something similar to this. I will be separating the course and the question solutions in two sections. I noticed he charges for the course. I'm not in favour of charging for the course, but I would like to include a pay-as-much-you-feel-or-not-at-all approach.

You bought up two questions -
a. Length and duration of the course material. 1-2 hours course length material is possible. It would also be possible to offer multiple versions of the same video for smarphones and tablets.
b. Explanations are rooted in the very same grammatical concepts and ideas that the GMAT uses, and which will be clearer once I've taken a student through the basics. The part of several angles is a bit confusing? What do you mean by several angles? I've seen several different approaches to solving problems in Quant, but GMAT verbal problems have a straight solution, relying on your understanding ,and when applicable grammatical knowledge, of the problem at hand.

have you put up any videos or are you planning to host live sessions?