Originally Posted by polarbear
FWIW, our ds is taking his first CTY online course this fall semester, and from my perspective, his teacher has been worth her weight in gold, and made the course well worth the $.

Is the course homemade by the teacher, or does it rely primarily on materials produced by a third party like Pearson, etc? Obviously, DS's courses use third-party materials, but the teachers designed the courses themselves and pick and choose what to use and how to use it.