AI Tutor

The AI Tutor is a chat assistant embedded in every course. Learners can ask questions at any point during a lesson and get answers grounded in the course material. Conversations are automatically saved, so learners can pick up where they left off.

How learners use it

A chat icon appears in the bottom-right corner of the learner view. Clicking it opens the Tutor widget.

Example questions a learner might ask:

• "Can you explain that last section in simpler terms?"
• "What's the difference between X and Y?"
• "Can you give me an example of this concept?"

The Tutor answers based on:

1. The course content (lessons and blocks the learner has encountered)
2. Any Knowledge Files uploaded to the course

Conversation history

Every conversation is automatically saved as the learner chats. The title is taken from the learner's first message, making it easy to find conversations later.

Learners can manage their conversation history from the sidebar:

1. Click the panel icon (☰) in the top-left of the Tutor header to open the sidebar.
2. The sidebar lists all past conversations for this course, sorted by most recent.
3. Click any conversation to reload it and continue from where you left off.
4. To start fresh, click New chat at the top of the sidebar.
5. To delete a conversation, hover over it and click the trash icon that appears.

Tip: Conversations are scoped per learner and per course — a learner's chat history in one course does not appear in another.

Scoping and boundaries

The Tutor is scoped to the course — it won't answer unrelated questions. If a learner asks something outside the course scope, the Tutor politely redirects.

This scoping is intentional: it keeps the experience focused and prevents the AI from giving generic or off-topic responses.

Configuring the AI Tutor

The Tutor is disabled by default. To enable it for a course:

1. Open the course and go to Settings
2. Go to the Experience tab
3. Toggle AI Tutor on

Once enabled, the chat widget appears for all learners in the course.

Knowledge Files

The Tutor's quality improves significantly when Knowledge Files are uploaded. These are source documents the AI uses to give accurate, grounded answers.

Learn about Knowledge Files →

Learner notes widget

Alongside the Tutor, learners also have a Notes widget to jot down personal notes while learning. Notes are private to each learner and accessible throughout the course.