Adaptive Tutor Student Guide

For Students

How to use Adaptive Tutor.

This guide covers logging in, moving through the library, choosing the right mode, answering with voice, completing assignments, and knowing what to do when you get stuck.

1. Getting Started

Log in, or create an account if this is your first time.

If you were invited

Open the invitation link from your email. The browser app can prefill the access code and suggested username.

If the code is not filled in automatically, paste it into the Access Code field on login.

If you are creating an account

Choose your username, password, grade, and role. Most students should choose Student.

Your saved grade helps the tutor choose better content and a better starting point for Knowledge Tracing.

What happens after login

You enter the library scene. This is the main place to choose subjects, reopen saved reading, and enter the classroom.

2. Library Basics

Use the library like a map, not like a menu.

A

Front shelves

The main subject shelves keep the grade-level tutoring books near the front for fast re-entry.

B

Perimeter stacks

Walk deeper into the library to find open textbooks and literature organized by subject area.

C

Hover for details

When you hover over a perimeter book, you can see its title, author, section, source link, and approximate grade level.

Important: Open-library books are linked to their source. The self-test page uses metadata and your own notes, not the full book text sent into the tutoring agents.

3. Learning Modes

Choose the mode that matches what you need right now.

Teach Me

Use this when you want explanation, examples, practice, and guided step-by-step support.

  • Best for learning a topic from the beginning
  • Good when you want the tutor to explain mistakes
  • Useful before homework or after getting stuck

Knowledge Tracing

Use this when you want a faster adaptive check of what you already know.

  • It samples multiple parts of the graph
  • It can revisit material instead of stopping after one mistake
  • It helps estimate mastery so later lessons can skip what is already solid

4. Open Books And Self-Tests

Reading work is saved separately from tutoring.

Opening a book

Select a perimeter book to open a browser study window with the source link, quick checks, written prompts, and saved progress.

Saving progress

The study window can remember your current chapter or unit, notes, evidence, confidence, voice transcript, and quick-check score.

Coming back later

Use Resume Last Book in the library or the student work panel in the classroom to pick up where you stopped.

5. Voice Answers

You can speak instead of typing when the app supports it.

In tutoring

Use the Speak button in the classroom when browser voice capture is available.

In reading self-tests

Use voice for summaries, evidence notes, and reflection when you do not want to type long answers.

Check the transcript

After speaking, look at the text that was captured. Fix anything important before saving.

6. Teacher Assignments

If a teacher assigned reading, the work will appear clearly.

1

Look for assignment cues

The library and classroom can show due work, revision requests, and feedback when a teacher has assigned something.

2

Open the assigned book

Use the assignment buttons instead of hunting for the book manually. This opens the right book, and often the right unit.

3

Read teacher feedback carefully

If an assignment says Needs Revision, update your notes, evidence, or summary and save again.

7. Classroom View

The classroom is where tutoring happens.

Ask for help

Use the action buttons like Teach Me, Explain, or Examples when you want a different kind of support.

Watch your progress

The sidebar shows mastery, current topic information, reading reminders, and direct links back into assigned reading or tutoring follow-ups.

Use the guide button

If you forget how something works, the in-game help button opens this guide directly in your browser.

8. Practical Tips

How to get better results.

  • Use your saved grade honestly. It helps the tutor choose better starting points.
  • If you are unsure, answer anyway. Knowledge Tracing can recover and keep sampling.
  • Use voice when typing is slowing you down.
  • For reading assignments, include specific evidence from the book, not only a short opinion.
  • If a teacher gave revision feedback, respond to the exact change they requested.