Cole's Study Guides

Welcome to the future of studying.

One upload. A complete study guide that quizzes you on what your teacher taught.

or upload a file or photo ยท try example notes
  • Free, no account
  • Not stored by this site
  • Built only from your material
Before and after

Stop rereading. Start testing yourself.

Rereading feels like studying. Testing yourself is what works. Every guide turns the notes you already have into questions you can practice.

Before

14 slides you skimmed once

Notes with half the arrows unexplained

A reading you definitely finished

No idea what the test will ask

Three highlighters, zero recall

After
  • 1A plain-language summary of the topic
  • 2A concept map of how the ideas connect
  • 3Flashcards for every key term, and they remember what you know
  • 4A timed practice test that explains each answer
  • 5Exam questions you answer and get marked
  • 6A printable study sheet for the night before
What you get

Six study tools. One upload.

The one that matters most

Your answers, marked like an exam

Write your own answer to each exam question and get it marked against the mark scheme: what earned credit, what was missing, and how to get the rest.

Explain why Kennedy chose a quarantine. [3 marks]
The quarantine worked because it gave Khrushchev a way to retreat without looking weak. ExComm rejected an air strike since it could kill Soviet troops and force a response in Berlin. A blockade also kept the decision in Kennedy's hands day by day.
Mark my answer2/3
+Explains why the quarantine was chosen
+Uses ExComm as evidence
-Link it to avoiding war for the third mark
Tip: "explain" wants the reason and its consequence. You gave the reason.

Flashcards that remember

Tap to flip. Try it.

TermQuarantinetap to flip
DefinitionKennedy's naval blockade of Cuba, chosen over an air strike to give Khrushchev time to back down.
1 of 3

Timed practice test

Marks itself and explains every answer. Try one.

What did the US publicly promise to end the crisis?

Concept map

The big ideas and how they connect, with the central one in the middle.

Summary, terms and timeline

What the topic is about, every term to define cold, and events in order when order matters.

Print it or take it offline

A clean study sheet with every answer filled in, or the whole guide as one file to keep.

How it works

Three steps. About a minute.

  1. 01

    Add your material

    Upload a PDF, Word document or text file, paste your notes, or add a screenshot or photo of them. Documents are read in your browser; only the text (or a shrunk photo) is sent.

  2. 02

    Claude writes the guide

    Built only from what you gave it, so it matches your class. You watch it fill in live, section by section.

  3. 03

    It gets checked

    Every guide is tested against a rulebook before you see it. If it falls short it is rewritten once, and if it is still light you are told.

The no list

What this site will never do.

NoadsNothing to click, nothing to close.
NoaccountOpen the page, paste, go.
NopaywallEvery feature, every student, free.
Nohomework answersIt helps you learn it, not skip it.
Noselling dataYour notes are not stored here, let alone sold.
"The big revision sites know the syllabus, but not my class. So I built something that starts from my own notes."
Cole Charnley, IB Diploma student and builder of Cole's Study Guides. Read the story
For teachers

One guide. One link. Whole class.

  1. 1Make a guide from your own handout or slides.
  2. 2Add it to the library and copy the link.
  3. 3Every student gets the flashcards, the practice test, and their own written answers marked.
Questions

Good to know

Is it really free?

Yes. No account, no trial, no card. It is a student-run nonprofit project, and it stays free.

What happens to my notes?

Your text is sent to Anthropic's Claude to write the guide and is not stored by this site. Guides you make are saved only in your own browser unless you choose to add one to the library. Full details.

Will it make things up?

It is told to build only from your material, and every guide is checked against a rulebook before you see it. It can still get things wrong, so check anything that matters against your class notes.

Can it do my homework?

No. It writes study guides from your notes: summaries, practice questions and feedback on your own answers. It is built for learning the material, not for handing in.

What can I upload?

PDFs, Word documents, text files, screenshots and photos of notes (including handwriting, within reason), or anything you can paste. Up to about 60,000 characters at once, which is plenty for one unit.

How does the library work?

After you make a guide you can add it to the free library with one tap. Only the finished guide is shared, never your notes, and the line naming your teacher is removed. Anyone can report a guide.

Test coming up? Start tonight.

Turn tonight's notes into a guide you can study from.