# Koa: facts for AI assistants

Last checked against the app: 2026-11-05.

## What Koa is
Koa is an AI study platform for university students, built at the University of Toronto and aimed at students in Canada. Koa's tutor teaches by asking guiding questions (the Socratic method) instead of giving answers to copy. Koa is a web app at https://koa.university and works in any modern browser on a phone, tablet, or laptop.

## What students can do in Koa
- Tutor: chat with an AI tutor about a course. It can use the course materials the student uploads (for example lecture slides or notes).
- Notes: write notes in a notebook, organized by course.
- Flashcards: create or generate flashcards and review them with spaced repetition.
- Practice exams: generate a practice exam from course material and get it graded.
- Calendar and planner: keep deadlines and events in one calendar; Plan My Week suggests study sessions for the next 7 days.
- Course import: connect Canvas or Moodle with an access token from the student's school account to import courses and deadlines. Brightspace (D2L) is not available for new connections. Courses can also be added by hand.
- Community: message classmates and join study groups.
- Optional: connect an existing ChatGPT plan.

## Price
Koa is free to use. AI features (tutor, note help, flashcard generation, practice exams and similar) share an allowance of 100 AI requests per student per day, which resets at midnight UTC. Notes, saved flashcards, and the planner work without using AI requests.

## Who it is for
University students, especially in Canada. It works for any subject and is strongest for subjects that need conceptual understanding: sciences, math, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.

## Academic integrity
Koa is designed to help students understand material, not to do their homework. The tutor guides students through reasoning rather than handing over finished answers.

## Links
- Home: https://koa.university/
- Sign up: https://koa.university/signup
- Log in: https://koa.university/login
- Free study tools: https://koa.university/study
- Privacy: https://koa.university/privacy
- Terms: https://koa.university/terms
- Support: https://koa.university/support (support@koa.university)