Advantages
- Provides 24/7, course-specific AI tutoring grounded in instructor-uploaded materials
- Seamless Canvas integration for rapid institutional deployment
- Actionable instructor dashboard with anonymized learning analytics
- Configurable safeguards including exam downtimes and homework filtering
- Scalable cloud-based infrastructure
Summary
Students need timely academic support beyond traditional classroom hours, while instructors require clearer visibility into where students struggle. Large enrollments and limited instructional time make individualized guidance difficult to scale. Institutions are under increasing pressure to improve engagement, retention, and learning outcomes while maintaining academic integrity and instructional quality
AI Course Companion is a Canvas-embedded, course-grounded AI assistant that delivers on-demand tutoring, targeted practice questions, lecture summaries, and interactive study tools. It uses instructor-approved materials to generate contextual responses and provides anonymized analytics, FAQs, and usage trends to faculty. Built-in configuration controls support academic integrity while enabling scalable, data-informed teaching support.
Main student interface showing chat modes (Course Topics, Practice, Lecture Materials), FAQs, chat input, and settings within the Canvas environment.
Desired Partnerships
- Sponsored Research
- Co-Development