Create a teaching assistant that comprehends your teaching materials and philosophy.
Customize your Octo-TA
1
Select Your Subject
Pick one subject you want Octo-TA to help students with and share the class descriptions with student learning objectives.
2
Upload Course Content
Provide your class materials, enabling Octo-TA to draw upon this information when assisting students.
3
Customize Interactions
Set guidelines for how Octo-TA should engage with students, establishing clear boundaries and instructional approaches.
"Octo-TA was extremely helpful and very detailed. Honestly it was very precise when I needed it to be in order to understand something specific in the code."
— MIKEY, C++ Student
FAQs
What can Octo-TA help students with?
Students can use Octo-TA to understand syllabus, teaching materials, and clarify assignment requirements. Teachers can customize Octo-TA to guide students on their class assignments if desired.
How can Octo-TA help teachers?
When preparing for a class, Octo-TA can provide feedback on course materials, project assignments, quizzes, and any supported materials teachers create to help students learn. During the school semesters, Octo-TA can help grade written assignments based on rubrics provided. Octo-TA can also provide feedback on which part of the class is difficult based on students’ performance.
How much detail info do I need to send to Octo-TA?
Octo-TA has a good understanding of different subjects without any information provided. By uploading your specific course materials like assignments and lecture notes, you allow Octo-TA work with your students leveraging what you’ve covered in class.
How accessible is Octo-TA for students?
Octo-TA understands more than 50 different languages and is always available online!