Help whenever students need it, inside their course.
At 3 a.m., students reach classmates studying the same material or an AI tutor that knows their assignment. During the day, professors, SI leaders and tutors support the same course in the same place. One space your college controls.
Office hours don't scale to late-night questions. CircleIn does.
Students get stuck on their schedule, not yours. CircleIn covers both sides of the clock without adding to faculty workload.
Classmates and an AI tutor that knows the assignment
A student stuck on problem set 4 asks their section chat, or the course-wide chat with every student at the college taking the same class. Someone is almost always up studying.
- The AI tutor coaches step by step, using the professor's own materials
- Shared notes, flashcards and study guides from across sections
- Anonymous questions, so no one hesitates to ask
Professors, SI leaders and tutors in the same space
The people already supporting the course meet students where they are studying, with visibility into where the class is stuck.
- SI leaders run sessions and answer questions inside the course
- Alerts when students report they're struggling
- AI tutor analytics show the concepts students ask about most
The widest reach, with the right people in it
Section chat
Every student is automatically placed with the classmates in their own section. No one has to be invited to the right study group.
Course-wide chat
Every student at the college taking the same course, across all sections. Resources created in active sections reach everyone.
AI tutor and instructors
A tutor mapped to the course, plus the professors, SI leaders and tutors who already support it.
Only your class. No one else.
Free group chats are open doors. Former students sell "homework help," spam bots slip in, and no one is accountable for what gets shared.
CircleIn uses your school's single sign-on, so every member is a student at your school taking the course: their section, plus everyone on campus in the same class. Professors and support staff have oversight. Students get help from the right people, without the noise.
How it worksWhat your college gets
- Sign-on limited to enrolled students
- Moderation and oversight inside a school-sanctioned space
- FERPA compliant, with a completed HECVAT for your IT review
- WCAG 2.1 AA accessible, confirmed by a third-party audit
- One platform for every course instead of an app per class
- Visibility into where students are struggling
Higher persistence at every school we've evaluated
In all 17 evaluations with persistence data, across 15 schools, CircleIn users persisted at higher rates than non-users. The median gap is 10 percentage points.
Explore the resultsTop six of 17 evaluations. Full results on the Outcomes page.
One platform, four people it works for
Provosts
Help at any hour, focused on what's due now. Higher persistence among users at every partner school evaluated.
Faculty
No setup required. The AI tutor covers only what you activate and absorbs the "where do I start?" emails.
SI and learning centers
Your sessions and tutors live in the course space students already use at night. No more GroupMe workarounds.
Students
Help with the exact problem in front of them, from the right people, at no cost to them.
Ideas for student success teams
Why SI programs are moving off free group chats
Oversight, data privacy and one place for every course.
The AI tutor that knows the assignment
Why a course-mapped tutor beats a generic chatbot for coursework.
Higher persistence at every school we've evaluated
What 17 evaluations across 15 schools show.