Study from your own course, with AI that has read it.

Short, practical guides for university and college students. Each one starts with the answer, then shows the method.

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How to study with AI using your own course materialUse AI on your own slides, readings and syllabus instead of the open web: what to upload, which study formats work, and how to check what it writes.

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• How to turn lecture slides into study notesA step-by-step method for turning a week of lecture slides into notes you can study from, by hand or with AI, and what to add that the slides leave out.
• How to make a practice test from your course notesBuild a practice exam that matches your real one: question types from the syllabus, questions from your own notes, and grading the way your professor grades.
• ChatGPT vs a study tool that knows your courseWhen a general chatbot is enough for studying, and when you need a tool that has read your whole class: a side-by-side comparison for university students.

Tools and comparisons

• A NotebookLM alternative built for your classesComparing NotebookLM alternatives for studying? See how Sendy differs: organized by class and week, with notes, practice tests graded your class's way, and a syllabus calendar.
• A Quizlet alternative that writes flashcards from your courseLooking for a Quizlet alternative? Compare Quizlet with Sendy, which writes flashcards, notes and practice tests from your own slides and readings.
• Active recall: what it is and how to study with itActive recall means testing yourself instead of rereading. What the research says, five ways to use it, and how to build it into a week of studying.
• The best AI study tools for university, by what you needA fair guide to AI study tools for university students, sorted by job: flashcards, notes, practice tests, research and studying a whole course. Sendy included and labelled as ours.
• Cornell notes: the method, an example and a faster wayHow the Cornell note-taking method works, a worked example from a university lecture, and how to get the same structure faster from your slides.
• How to study for exams: a plan for the weeks beforeA week-by-week plan for midterms and finals: what to do three weeks out, the final week, and the day before, built on practice testing and spacing.
• AI flashcard maker that uses your own course filesMake flashcards from your lecture slides, readings and recordings. Sendy writes cards from what your class actually covered, not a generic deck.
• AI note taker for lectures, slides and readingsTurn lecture slides, readings and recordings into full study notes with figures and formulas. Sendy writes notes from your whole week of material.
• AI practice test generator for your own courseGenerate practice tests and quizzes from your slides, notes and PDFs, in your exam's format, graded with written feedback.
• AI study guide maker for your examsMake a one-page study guide for each unit from your own slides and readings: must-knows, key terms, formulas and exam traps, ready to print.
• A StudyFetch alternative organized by class and weekComparing StudyFetch alternatives? Both work from your own course files. See where StudyFetch is stronger and where Sendy, organized by class, week and syllabus, fits better.
• AI for nursing students: study from your own course materialHow nursing students can use AI to study pathophysiology, pharmacology and care concepts from their own lectures, with flashcards and exam-style questions.
• NotebookLM vs ChatGPT for studying: which to use whenNotebookLM answers from the sources you give it. ChatGPT answers from everything it knows. Which works better for studying, and when a course-aware tool beats both.
• Spaced repetition: how to schedule your reviewsWhat spaced repetition is, why it works, a simple schedule you can follow without an app, and how to combine it with active recall.
• Turn your syllabus into a calendar automaticallyUpload your syllabus and Sendy pulls out every due date, test and reading into one calendar across all your classes, and uses the grading scheme to focus your studying.