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Upload the slides, textbooks, seminar files and practice sets you were given. Studymap finds what the course actually tests, explains it in plain language, and links every explanation to the page or slide it came from.

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For students preparing for an exam.

The problem

A course's worth of material, and no order to it

Slide decks, a few textbooks, recorded lectures, seminar handouts, problem sets. There is a lot of it, it is not structured, and much of it is filler. The part that actually matters is often a third to a half of the total.

How it works

Studymap takes all of it, finds what matters, and turns it into a path you can follow a little at a time.

  1. A neat stack of printed slide decks and handouts with coloured binder clips and a sticky note, seen from above

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    Upload everything

    Slide decks, PDF textbooks, seminar handouts, problem sets, lecture recordings. Add the exam questions or the syllabus if you have them: they are the strongest signal.

  2. A laptop playing a recorded lecture, with headphones, a notebook and a mug beside it

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    Every fragment keeps its place

    Slides, PDFs and documents are parsed. Each fragment remembers where it came from: the file, the page, the slide.

  3. A student on a wide faculty windowsill with a laptop showing a soft diagram of yellow blocks on one green line

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    The essentials go on the main line

    Concepts are linked into a graph and weighed. What the course really tests becomes the line; the rest moves to optional depth, one click away.

  4. A student on a tram reading their learning path on a phone

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    You follow the line

    Set an exam date and the time you have each day. You get today's stops, in plain language, with the source one click away.

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What matters

What counts as important

Importance is computed from signals in your materials, not from asking a model what it thinks is important.

  • Exam questions or syllabus

    The strongest signal. If you have them, the path is built from them.

  • How often the instructor covers it

    A concept that shows up in the lecture, the slides and the seminar is core. The textbook weighs least: it is a reference for depth.

  • What the lecturer stresses

    Phrases like “this will be on the exam” are easy to find in a transcript.

  • Practice

    Seminar tasks and problem sets show which skills are actually tested.

  • The graph

    A concept that half the course depends on is core, even if it is mentioned rarely.

Filler is never deleted

It moves off the main line into optional depth, one click away, with the reason it was moved.

Example · moved to optional depth

Game theory in oligopoly

Named once in lecture 11. At 44:10 the lecturer says: “You won’t need this for the exam.”

The map

The map works like a metro line

Topics run down the trunk and concepts are the stops. The main line comes from your materials and stays put. Optional depth hangs to the side, dashed.

Example packPrinciples of Economics · 33 files: 12 lecture recordings, 10 slide decks, a textbook, 6 seminar handouts, 4 problem sets
Exam on Oct 28 · 40 min a day01Basics02Supply and demand03Elasticity04Market structuresCross-price elasticity formulasDetour · 12 min1234ScarcityOpportunity costThe marginDemandSupplyEquilibriumShift or movePrice elasticityElastic or notTotal revenueCompetitionBarriersMonopolyExam on Oct 28 · 40 min a day01BasicsScarcityOpportunity costThinking at the margin02Supply and demandDemand curveSupply curveMarket equilibriumShift vs. movement along a curve03ElasticityPrice elasticity of demandWhat makes demand elasticElasticity and total revenueCross-price elasticity formulas04Market structuresPerfect competitionBarriers to entryMonopolyDetour · 12 min1234
  • Main line
  • Optional depth
  • Detour
  • Mastered
  • Known from the placement test
  • Due for review
  • You are here
  • Ahead
  1. Pack
  2. Topic
  3. Concept
  4. Explanation and sources

  • Main line

    The essentials, in the order they build on each other.

  • Optional depth

    Everything else, one click off the line, with the reason it is there.

  • Your layer

    Stops never move. Only their state changes: known, mastered, due for review, you are here, today's plan.

An open notebook with a hand-drawn green route: circles as stops, three filled in yellow, one dashed branch rejoining the line

Detours

Stuck on a stop? Take a detour

When a stop does not click, a few quick questions walk back through what it builds on and find the real gaps. The detour is the shortest set of steps that fills them, basics first.

  • It finds the real gap

    A short diagnosis checks the stops this one depends on. The gap is often two levels deeper than where you got stuck.

  • It adapts as you go

    A confident answer drops the next step. A shaky one adds a step.

  • It always rejoins the line

    A detour can be several steps long and can cover several stops. It rejoins the main line at the first stop that needs it.

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Express pass

Express pass

If the diagnosis finds more than a handful of gaps, a whole topic is weak and a detour is the wrong tool. You get an express pass: a parallel lane next to the trunk, built around the task you got stuck on, with new explanations and examples.

  • Progress never goes down. The express runs beside the line, not back along it.
  • Nothing is shown the same way twice.
  • What you already know is passed, not redone: one mixed task covers the topic.
  • Cost and exit are clear before you start.
  • Stops on the express are marked solid, and their reviews spread out.

Example

3 stops · about 15 min · then on to monopoly

Built around the task you got stuck on: Seminar 5, task 3.

Example · a detour of 12 min

Got through price elasticity of demand, then got stuck at elasticity and total revenue. Two quick questions showed the real gap is one level deeper: working out a percentage change. So the detour is four short steps, and it rejoins the line at price elasticity of demand, not at total revenue.

  1. Two quick questionsDiagnosis
  2. Percentage changeReview of an earlier stop
  3. Elastic vs. inelastic: coffee vs. insulinNew explanation · now
  4. Worked example: a café raises its pricesNew explanation

Sources

Every explanation has a source

Explanations are written in plain language, and every statement links to the fragment it is based on. They may simplify. They may not say anything without a source.

  • Lecturejumps to the timecode
  • Slidesopens the slide
  • Textbookopens the page
  • Seminaropens the handout
  • Problem setopens the task

Example · You are here · Today

Price elasticity of demand

How strongly buyers react to a price change: the percentage change in quantity divided by the percentage change in price.

  • LectureLecture 5 · 14:20 “This will be on the exam.”jumps to the timecode
  • SlidesSlides 4 · slide 12opens the slide
  • TextbookTextbook, ch. 5, p. 92opens the page
  • SeminarSeminar 3, task 2opens the handout

Compared

Looks similar. Works differently.

NotebookLM, Turbolearn, Knowt and tools like them also take your files. They give back a processed version of the pile: notes, a podcast, a deck of cards. Studymap gives back the way through it.

NotebookLMStudy-set toolsTurbolearn, Knowt, MindgraspStudymap
Starts fromYour files: PDFs, slides, audio, links.Your files or a lecture recording.Your files: slides, PDFs, recordings, seminar docs, practice sets.
Gives backA processed version: notes, a podcast, a video, a mind map, a quiz.A study set: notes, flashcards, a quiz.A path: the essentials in order, each stop one idea with its source.
What comes firstNo order. The whole notebook at once.No order. Cards and quizzes over everything.The main line says what comes first and why. Filler moves to optional depth, one click away.
Where it came fromCitations to the source passage.Usually not shown.Every statement links to the page, slide or timecode it is based on.
Checking yourselfA quiz you run and score yourself.Flashcards and quizzes; a wrong answer brings the same card back.Checks are part of the path, progress is kept per stop.
When something does not clickAsk again, or read the summary again.The same card again.A detour: the gap is found in an earlier stop and closed with new material, then you rejoin the line. Nothing is shown the same way twice.
Different starting levelsThe same output for everyone.The same set for everyone.The path stretches or shortens per learner. Everyone arrives at the same knowledge; some take more stops.
LimitsFree plan: 50 sources per notebook, about 50 questions and 3 audio overviews a day.Free tiers cap uploads and generations.No caps on files or questions.

Third-party features as of October 2026, free plans. Product names belong to their owners.

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Course owners

For course owners

Publish a course from the same upload, share it with your learners and see where they leave the line.

  • Same upload, shared

    Upload your materials once; every learner gets the same main line and their own path along it.

  • See where they leave the line

    The share of learners who take a detour at each stop, and the most common detour chains.

  • Fix the line, not the learner

    When most learners take the same detour, a suggestion for what the main line is missing.

A lecturer, a school or a company: write to us with the course and the number of learners, and we set it up with you.

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Pricing

The platform is at launch stage, so there is no price list yet: our manager works out a plan for each case individually, for a student with their own materials or for an organization with its courses.

Write to us with what you are studying or teaching: you get a quote for your case and an account the same day.

For students and course owners

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  • Upload slides, PDFs, Word docs, SQL files and lecture recordings
  • A learning path with the essentials first
  • Plain-language explanations linked to the page, slide or timecode
  • A check on every step, and detours when something doesn't click
  • Your materials readable inside the app
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FAQ

Questions, answered

01

What can I upload?

Slide decks, PDFs, Word documents, SQL or other practice files, and lecture recordings (video or audio), which are transcribed. If you have exam questions or a syllabus, add them too: they are the strongest signal for what goes on the main line.

02

Does it throw away what it calls filler?

No. Filler moves off the main line into optional depth, one click away, with the reason it was moved. You can always open it.

03

How do I know an explanation is right?

Every statement links to the fragment it is based on: the page, the slide, the timecode, the task in a problem set. Open it and check against your own material.

04

What happens when I get something wrong?

A few quick questions find the real gap, and you get a short detour that fills it and brings you back to the line. If a whole topic is weak, you get an express pass instead. Your progress never goes down.

05

What language does it work in?

English first. Each pack has one language, chosen at upload. Materials in other languages are read in their own language, explanations come in the pack language, and source links point to the original.

06

I teach a course. Can I share it with my students?

Yes. Upload the course once, invite your students, and every one of them gets the same main line and their own path along it. Write to us and we set it up with you.

07

How much does it cost?

There is no price list yet: the platform is at launch stage, and our manager works out a plan for each case individually, for a student or for an organization. Write to us.

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