My Take
In my college class, I have to take pre-algebra, which isn't an issue; however, I find the Aleks program to be an annoyance.
With Aleks, students are told to reach a certain number of topics/lessons and hours. I have to get 25 topics and get up to five hours. When you're dropped into a lesson, you're given an example; when you're ready, you can try the problems.
As another reviewer said, it is fine when the problems are consistent since, in each lesson, there is a bar you have to fill out either to 3 or 5 points to progress to the next topic, and when you get multiple questions correct, getting a streak, you get 2 points.
However, you're given an example and are dropped in to find out the example doesn't match the problem presented. It is annoying if you have a streak since getting a question wrong or using an explanation breaks it, which means spending more time on a topic. Aleks has video explanations; however, compared to programs such as Delta Math, they are rarely helpful and aren't a video form of the examples given to you, so expect to spend most of your time looking up Youtube videos to help you.
After you reach a certain number of assigned topics, Aleks will give you a knowledge check. I was given 25 questions, and if you make a mistake, you have to relearn that topic. There are also comprehensive knowledge checks that appear later, and you need a code to get in. I'm not too fond of these since I'm given 25 questions, and if I mess up on a certain number of questions, I have to redo a vast number of topics.
And it isn't that you have to redo 5 or 10 topics; it's way more. Last time, I had to redo 55 topics, losing much of my progress. When I went online to find out why, I discovered that since Aleks assumes you messed up on a question for a specific topic, you'll have issues with related topics, which doesn't make sense since the topics I have to relearn are usually easy, and I don't have problems with.
So, messing up on these means I take a massive hit to my grade, meaning even if I do the regular tasks, they will not improve my grade since it's such a small amount.
Compared to programs such as Delta Math, Aleks doesn't do a good job of teaching you or making you easily remember topics.
How I Use It
This program was used for college pre algebra