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Study Packs

A Study Pack is built from a page you are already reading rather than a topic you type in. It is the one study tool that starts in the browser extension rather than in the app. The pack has three parts, presented in one scroll in the order you would use them: notes first, then a flashcard deck, then a quiz with the working shown.

  1. Install the CANtutor Chrome extension

    Study Packs are made in the browser extension. Its official Chrome Web Store listing is pending, so new installs are not available yet. Check the extension page at /extension for its current status.

  2. Highlight what you're studying

    Select text on the page (a Canvas reading, a Khan Academy article or a Google Doc), then open the extension's side panel. It needs at least 200 characters selected; anything shorter is not enough to build three parts from.

  3. Press Make a Study Pack

    The button sits in the side panel next to the ordinary chat box. It takes a little longer than an ordinary answer, since it is three model calls, not one.

  4. Read the notes, then drill the cards, then sit the quiz

    The three parts are meant to be used in order in one sitting. The quiz is shown as an answer key, with every choice listed, the right one marked and the reasoning underneath, so it is something to read and check yourself against rather than a timed sitting with a hidden score.

  5. Find it again from Review

    Every pack you build is saved automatically and listed under Study Packs, reached from the Review page in the Study section. It appears in the same place whether you built it on a school laptop or your own.

A pack can come back with a part missing

The notes, the deck and the quiz are three independent attempts, and one can fail without discarding the other two. If a part did not come through, the pack says so, both right after you build it and again later when you reopen it from history, rather than leaving you unsure whether it is still loading.

Common questions

Can I build a Study Pack from inside the app, without the extension?

No. There is no in-app generator for it. A pack is built from the page you are reading, which only the extension can see, so getting that same source into a form on this site would mean retyping or pasting the whole thing yourself.

Is the quiz scored, like Practice Quizzes?

No. A Study Pack's quiz is presented as a worked answer key rather than something you sit and are marked on. See Practice Quizzes if you want a set that hides the answers until you are done.

Does building a Study Pack cost more than an ordinary question?

It is metered the same way as everything else that calls the AI. See Credits and billing for what spends a credit and where to check your balance. There is no separate paywall on the feature itself.

Still stuck?

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