Comparison
CANtutor AI vs ChatGPT
ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose chat assistant, used by students among many other kinds of user.
ChatGPT is a strong general explainer across almost any subject, it is where most students already are, and for a well-typed question it gives a clear written answer in seconds.
What is structurally different
It answers your paraphrase
You retype the question, and ChatGPT answers the version you typed. A CANtutor session takes a live screen share, camera or photo, so the tutor works from the actual page, figure and all.
A block of text is not a whiteboard
ChatGPT writes an explanation. CANtutor's tutor talks while it writes the steps and sketches the graph on a shared board, line by line, and you can save the board.
It has never read your rubric
A chat window does not know what your professor marks on or what is due Thursday. Upload the rubric, or sync Google Classroom, and CANtutor's grader marks your draft against it.
It has no reason to stop you copying
A general assistant hands over finished work on request. CANtutor opens in a teaching mode that asks you to solve the next one yourself, and the mode that writes a full solution is labelled.
Which one to pick
Pick ChatGPT if
- You want one assistant for everything, coursework included, and are happy typing the question out.
- You mostly need a written explanation you can read at your own pace, rather than a conversation.
- Your work is not against a rubric or a due date, so course context adds nothing.
Pick CANtutor AI if
- You want to talk through a problem on a voice call while the tutor looks at your screen or a photo of the page.
- You want the working written on a whiteboard as it is explained, and saved so you can find it before the test.
- You want a draft marked against the real rubric, with a follow-up chat about why a mark was lost.
FAQ
Questions people ask about ChatGPT and CANtutor AI
Is CANtutor AI built on ChatGPT?
CANtutor is its own product with its own tutoring, grading and study tools, built on large language models with a live voice and whiteboard layer around them. It is not a wrapper around a chat window.
Why not just use ChatGPT for homework?
Many students do, and for a quick written explanation it is fine. Use CANtutor when the problem is on a page you would rather show than retype, when you want the working drawn out while it is explained, or when the work is being marked against a rubric you have.
Does CANtutor AI stop me from getting the answer?
It opens in a teaching mode that explains the method and asks you to try the next one. A labelled mode writes a complete solution when you switch it on. No setting in the tutor changes how the grader marks your work.
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