Ask yourcourse.
An app that reads your LMS courses and drafts the week with you. The AI runs on your own computer, not in a cloud.
Set up in three screens
First, connect your LMS.
Where do I find my key? Canvas settings (Account, then Settings), then “+ New access token”.
Then tick the courses to bring in.
Then ask.
Lab 2 report · due Fri 23 Oct · 22 of 28 handed in
Priya N. handed in Sat 24 Oct, Tom W. on Sun 25 Oct. Your late policy takes 10% per day.
Hi Ana, I noticed your Lab 2 report hasn’t come in yet. It was due Friday. If something got in the way, write back and we’ll sort out a plan. The report counts for 10% of the lab grade, so it’s worth handing in even now.
Week 9 · 19 to 23 October
- Wed 21 · Reading quiz 6, module 4 (10 points)
- Fri 23 · Lab 2 report (50 points, rubric attached)
- Fri 23 · Discussion 4: energy and enzymes, first post
- Module 4 › “Cell respiration, part 2” is unpublished and links from Wednesday’s slides.
- Discussion 4 has no due date on the second post.
4 students are behind on more than one item: Ana R., Ben K., Leo T., Chloe M. Ask “who needs a nudge” for notes.
5 questions on module 3 · Cell respiration
- Where in the cell does glycolysis take place?
Answer: the cytoplasm. From slide 7, “Where it happens”. Checks outcome 3.1. - How many ATP are made per glucose in glycolysis alone?
Answer: a net 2 ATP. From slide 12. Checks outcome 3.2. - Which molecule carries electrons from the Krebs cycle to the transport chain?
Answer: NADH (and FADH₂). From page “Krebs cycle, step by step”. Outcome 3.2.
Questions 4 and 5 below. Types: 2 multiple choice, 2 short answer, 1 true or false.
Essay 1 · 26 of 28 graded · class average 74%
- Use of evidence: 17 of 26 scored 2 of 4. Most quote the textbook without saying what it shows.
- Structure: 11 of 26 scored 2 of 4. Conclusions restate the question.
Claim, evidence, reasoning, with two anonymised examples from this set. Ben K., Leo T. and Fatima S. would benefit from a short one-to-one.
What it has read
A general chatbot has read the internet and none of your course. EdSphere reads the course itself. For Biology 101 that is 112 items, from the syllabus to last week’s lab sheet, and every draft names the item it came from.
0 items of your course a general chatbot has read
112 items of Biology 101 EdSphere has read
What you can ask for
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Tell me what’s due this week.
Every Monday: what’s due, what’s still unpublished, who is missing what. This week in Biology 101: 3 due dates, 1 unpublished page, 4 students behind.
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Draft feedback on every lab report.
28 submissions, 28 drafts. Each one follows your rubric, criterion by criterion, and quotes the student’s own words. You edit, then paste into your gradebook.
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Write a quiz from module 3.
10 questions with answers, the outcome each one checks and the slide it came from. Download as a quiz file your LMS imports in one step.
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Tell me who needs a nudge.
6 students with missing or late work, and a short, kind note for each, ready for your LMS inbox. Not a dashboard, not an alert. Nothing is sent until you send it.
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Tell me how the class did on Essay 1.
The score spread, the two rubric criteria the class struggled with, the mistakes that repeat across 26 essays, and what to re-teach on Thursday.
What leavesyour computer
The model runs on your computer. Your course is read there. Your drafts stay there. We never see any of it, not even to train a model. Here is the whole list, including the one thing that does go out.
| What | Where it lives | Who can read it | Leaves your computer? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stays | |||
| Course materials: modules, pages, slides, files, rubrics, quizzes | EdSphere’s folder on your computer | You | Never |
| Students’ submissions, grades and discussion posts, only if you switch them on | On your computer | You | Never |
| Your questions, chats and drafts | On your computer | You | Never |
| The AI model itself | On your computer, downloaded once | Nobody. It runs offline | Never |
| Goes out | |||
| Your LMS access key, which you can revoke in your LMS at any time | Encrypted on your computer | EdSphere, to read your LMS | Only to your school’s LMS, read-only |
| Anonymous usage counts: which features get used, never what they contain | Not stored on your computer | The EdSphere team | Yes, until you switch it off in Settings |
Turn the Wi‑Fi off and it still answers, because the model is on your computer. It never changes anything in your LMS. You decide what goes out.
We are building this for every operating system and every kind of hardware, so a course never has to leave the room to get help. The Mac app comes first. Windows and Linux follow, with smaller models for machines with less memory.
Built for two kinds of week
The K‑12 teacher
150 students, five sections, one planning period.
- Sub plans from Thursday’s slides, in the time it takes to find a sub.
- An exit ticket from today’s lesson, in three versions for three reading levels.
- A note home that names exactly which assignments are missing, in your voice.
- The standards your module says it covers that nothing in it assesses, before the observation.
The college instructor
Three sections, a stack of essays, office hours at four.
- The stack of 80 essays, each with a feedback draft per rubric criterion that quotes the student, before Monday.
- A summary of the week’s discussion: the themes, the strong posts, who hasn’t posted.
- A snapshot of one student before office hours: their work, the trend, your past comments.
- A course check-up before term: missing due dates, dead links, outcomes nothing assesses.
Before you install
Which computers does it run on?
The pilot runs on Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and 16 GB of memory or more; EdSphere picks a model size that fits and leaves room for the apps you keep open. Windows and Linux builds are next, with smaller models for machines with less memory. The goal is local AI on whatever you already teach from.
Does it need the internet?
Only to read your LMS and to download the model once. Asking, drafting and reading your course all work offline, on a train or in a classroom with no Wi-Fi.
Which LMS does it work with?
Canvas today, because that is where the pilot teachers are. Google Classroom, Moodle, Brightspace and Schoology are next; the connection is built as a layer, so each one is an addition rather than a rewrite. You can also drop in files that live outside your LMS.
Will it post to my LMS or message my students?
No. EdSphere reads your LMS and never writes to it. Every quiz, note and piece of feedback is a draft. You copy it, download it or import it yourself, after you have read it.
Do I need my school’s IT department?
During the pilot you sign in with a personal access key from your own LMS settings, so there is nothing for IT to host or install. We send a one-page description of what EdSphere reads and where it keeps it, for your IT or data-protection office. Some schools have switched personal keys off; if yours has, write to us and we’ll talk to them. “Sign in with your LMS” for whole schools comes before the wider release.
What does it cost?
Nothing during the pilot. Pilot teachers get the app, help setting up their courses and a direct line to the team, and they shape what gets built next.
Bring one
course.
The pilot is open to a small number of teachers and instructors. Bring one course from your LMS. We set it up with you and build the next skill around your week. Leave your details and we will be in touch.