Today

One useful next action

The app chooses a next step, keeps the work small, and brings due retrieval back automatically.

Next study mission
Upload course material to begin
Source-groundedMultimodal scaffolds

Due retrieval

No due concepts yet.
Add material

Upload the source the student is actually studying

Documents retain page/slide/section references. Lecture audio is transcribed into source-linked transcript sections before any study material is generated.

Choose notes, reading, slides, or lecture audio

TXT · MD · CSV · searchable PDF · DOCX · PPTX · MP3 · M4A · WAV · MP4 · WebM · MPEG/MPGA · OGG · FLAC

Step 1 · Orient

The big picture

Every factual study claim below should have a source chip. Clicking it shows exactly where the claim came from.

What this is fundamentally about

MUST KNOW

SHOULD KNOW / SUPPORTING DETAIL

Stopping rule

Step 2 · Understand & Connect

Build meaning with the right scaffold for the material

FocusLearn uses words plus persistent external structure when useful. The scaffold supports working memory; the student is not expected to memorize its visual layout.

MUST KNOW

No concept loaded

Learning scaffold

Depending on the content, this may be a process, comparison, hierarchy, timeline, concept map, worked example, or labeled structure.

Working-memory support

✓
OrientBig picture established
2
Understand & ConnectMeaning + external structure
3
RetrieveRecall the meaning
4
ApplyUse the idea in a new question
5
ReviewFSRS brings it back later
Step 3 · Retrieve

Pull the idea from memory, then verify against the source

Question
Build a study session first.

Optional structural support

This may remain visible because it is external working-memory support. Retrieval should test the concept, not memory for the layout.

Teach-back mode

Explain it as if a classmate missed class

Teach-back remains a strong option, but it is one tool within a multimodal system rather than a presumed “best modality.”

Current concept

Feedback

No teach-back evaluated yet.
Start mode

Ignore the whole assignment.

Do one tiny action.
03:00
Reorient mode

Zoom back out.

The big picture is:

Exam mode

Spend time where it can still change the result

Weak, important concepts come first. Disputed AI grades are not allowed to silently depress mastery.

Mastery

Measure retrieval, not exposure

AI grading is provisional until the student accepts it or flags a disagreement.

No concepts yet.
College supports

The app is a supplement to formal accommodations

A psychological evaluation is also documentation the student can bring to the college disability/accessibility services office. Accommodations are individualized by the institution.

Evaluation-specific items to discuss

Testing50% additional time and a separate, quiet testing environment were recommended in the evaluation.
Notes / instructionsEarly access to notes or handouts, guided notes, explicit rubrics, and multi-format instructions were recommended.
Executive-function supportBreaking projects into smaller steps, organizational support, and guided study support were recommended.
Lecture accessAsk whether approved lecture recording, note-taking assistance, or another effective aid is appropriate. This is not automatically guaranteed by the app.

Before the semester gets busy

  1. Contact the college disability/accessibility office.
  2. Submit the current evaluation under the school’s documentation procedure.
  3. Discuss the functional needs, not only the diagnostic label.
  4. Ask how approved accommodations are communicated to professors.
  5. Keep the approval letter/portal information easy to access.

The school determines appropriate academic adjustments; essential course requirements do not have to be lowered.

Personalization & safeguards

Learning profile and current usage

The compact profile stores functional learning rules, not the full psychological report or its scores.

Relative strengths

Support needs

Teaching rules

This month’s API usage

The cost estimate uses rates configured in the server environment and excludes Railway hosting. It is a budget aid, not a bill.

Production security note

This private pilot uses one server access password. Before offering accounts to multiple unrelated students, replace it with a managed authentication provider and a per-user database/storage model.