From your first course to your first cited answer.

Your first hour in NodeStudy.

1. Create a courseA course is one specific subject you study, like Real Analysis. It keeps that subject's PDFs, tasks and chats together. Give it a name and, if you already know them, the dates of your exams.
2. Upload your materialIn the course, use Add materials. Images, PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, notebooks, code, and text or markdown all work.
3. Ask about the materialThe answer shows its sources. Open a citation to see the page of the file it rests on.
4. Ask for a plan to the examWith your exam dates and the time you have, Plan my studies spreads the sessions before each exam.
5. Come back tomorrowReview the day's flashcards and move on to the course's next task.

How NodeStudy works.

You study from your own material, attempt questions on your own and get feedback on the step that needs attention. Then you return to the idea with practice and spaced review. The tutor answers from your files and shows where each answer rests.

The method page explains each stage, what counts as evidence and the limits of the record.

What the badges mean.

A badge says what was checked in an answer. It does not say the answer is right.

Claims · verified. The source-based claims were found in the cited passages, or a deterministic calculator or sandbox checked the result instead of relying only on the model.

Claims · N unverified. No passage the answer retrieved states those N. Unverified is not the same as wrong: it is often the tutor's own reasoning or recommendation.

Verify claims. Only a small share of the source-based claims were supported by the cited sources.

Corrected by self-check. A second pass revised the answer. See what changed shows the before and the after.

Incomplete. The answer stopped before the end and the last steps may be missing. Continue the answer picks up where it stopped.

Glossary.

Course. One specific subject you study. It holds that subject's materials, tasks and chats.

Material. The files you upload to a course. The tutor answers from them.

Sources and citations. The list under an answer shows the files and pages it rests on, and each citation opens the page. When the tutor reads a passage without citing it, the answer lists it separately.

Badge. A mark that says which check an answer received. See the section above.

Task. One step of the course, with a criterion that says when it is done. There are five types: Read, Hands-on, Practice, Review and Fix attempt. Each task explains its type.

Plan and Planner. The plan spreads study sessions up to each exam. The Planner shows your tasks as a list and as a calendar. The plan opens from the list's menu, and you can re-pace it there.

Flashcards and spaced review. Cards from what you studied, reviewed at intervals the FSRS algorithm estimates for each one.

Mistakes notebook. Where the mistakes the tutor identified are kept, with the wrong step and the correct idea, so you can return to them.

Mock exam. A test in the format of your assessment, written by the tutor, taken one question at a time against the clock and corrected only after you hand it in.

Usage and plans. Usage counts against your plan's allowance and depends on the model, the content and the tools. See how the allowance works.

How to.