What is a Tutor?

A Tutor is a custom AI assistant you build in Zense AI. Its knowledge base
lets it answer from your files first — class notes, textbooks, study guides —
so responses stay accurate and on-syllabus.

Think of a Tutor as a subject-specific assistant that knows your curriculum, not just general AI knowledge. Once created, it lives in your sidebar and can be shared with students or colleagues.

Why use a Tutor?

Tutors combine the flexibility of Chat with the precision of your own teaching materials. They are especially useful when you want students to explore a topic without drifting off-syllabus.

• Grounded answers — follows your knowledge base, not just general AI knowledge.
• Tutor Studio — generate flashcards, notes, mind maps, slide
  decks, podcasts, datasheets, infographics, and voice calls
  from your material.
• Custom behavior — system prompt, persona, reply length, study mode, welcome
  message, and structured start forms.
• Class management — assign students from the Member tab, run Live
  Class sessions with tasks, and evaluate progress.
• Tutor Hub — import community tutors published by other educators.
• Student-created tutors — school students can create and own their own
  Tutors (with full settings access). Teachers still manage class Tutors with
  Member roster, Live Class, and evaluations.

Student-created tutors

At schools that allow it, students can click New tutor on the Tutor browse
page and build a personal study assistant — same creation flow as teachers, but
typically without class-management features unless a teacher assigns them.

• Students see Owner / Owned by teacher badges on tutor cards.
• Student owners can edit their Tutor's settings, knowledge base, and Studio
  content.
• Teachers can still assign student-created tutors to a class or link them from
  Classroom.

Tutor layout

When you open a Tutor:

• Left panel — Knowledge Base uploads (owners) and file list for students
  when visible.
• Center — chat with the Tutor.
• Right panel (Tutor Panel) — tabs below.

General settings (name, model, persona, study mode, welcome message) live in
the tutor header / settings — not as a right-panel tab.

Ready to build one? See Create your first Tutor or Tutor Hub.