Study Rooms
Video, chat, whiteboard, and AI tutor — with peers in real time.
Create or join a course study room with classmates: HD video, a shared Excalidraw whiteboard, and an AI tutor you can summon with @tutor or 'Hey Tutor.' It's built to help the whole group think — not hand out answers to whoever asks first.
At a glance
The challenge
Study groups happen off-platform
Students default to outside chat and video apps for group study, where teachers have no visibility, no safety tools, and no way to know a session even happened.
How Ember helps
Collaboration inside Ember
Course-scoped rooms with video, chat, and a shared whiteboard — plus an AI tutor that facilitates the group with guiding questions instead of quietly doing everyone's homework.
Real scenarios
When you'll use it
Concrete moments in the school week — not abstract features.
Exam review
The whole class joins a room the night before the test, works problems together on the shared whiteboard, and @mentions the tutor whenever the group gets stuck.
Group project
Set up a persistent room for your team with video, chat, and file share — no more scattered Discord threads and lost attachments.
After-school help
Peer tutoring with AI facilitation: the tutor asks the group a guiding question instead of quietly solving it for whoever typed fastest.
Capabilities
Everything included
Course-scoped rooms
Every room ties to a real course and roster — no random invite links floating around.
HD video + whiteboard
Built-in video grid and a shared Excalidraw whiteboard for working problems together.
AI tutor on standby
Type @tutor or say 'Hey Tutor' and it answers the whole group with a guiding question, not the answer.
Flexible sizing
Set duration (15–90 minutes) and headcount (2–10) when you create a room.
Live status at a glance
See who's active, time remaining, and message count before you join.
Past room recall
Closed rooms keep a full transcript and an AI-written summary of what was covered.
Auto-close
Rooms end automatically after the set duration or when everyone leaves — nothing lingers.
Teacher oversight
Instructors can see participation and moderate — safety tools are built in, not bolted on.
Screen share
Share slides or problem sets live during the session.
Presence indicators
See who's active without cold-calling anyone.
Flexible session length
Rooms run 15–90 minutes and auto-close when time's up or everyone leaves.
Course filtering
Browse active rooms by course code so you only see study sessions relevant to you.
How it works
Up and running in three steps
Create or join a room
Pick a topic, course, duration, and whether the AI tutor should be present.
Collaborate live
Video, chat, and a shared whiteboard in one tab.
Loop in the AI when stuck
@mention the tutor — it guides the group instead of handing out answers.
Review afterward
Past rooms save a transcript and AI summary for anyone who missed it.
“We used to lose an hour of study time just finding a working Zoom link. Now we click one button and the whiteboard's already there.”
Marcus T.
11th Grade Student
FAQ
Common questions
Rooms are course-scoped with teacher oversight — no random invite links, and instructors can see participation and moderate.