Free
$0/ month
for as long as you like
For trying Ustadi on one course.
- 8 of the 20 tools, from lesson plans to rubrics
- 15 generations and 20 assistant messages a month
- One document up to 5 MB
- History kept for 30 days
20 tools for the work a semester asks of you.
Each one is built for a single job and drafts from the materials you upload. Eight are free; Plus unlocks all twenty.
Teaching8 tools
- Course outlineOutcomes, weekly plan, assessments, and policies.
- SyllabusCourse goals, weekly topics, readings, and assessment.
- Lesson plannerA timed session plan with activities and a check for understanding.
- Lecture notesHandouts with local examples, worked problems, and self-checks.
- Study guideRevision notes, flashcards, and practice questions.
- Group workRoles, deliverables, timelines, peer review, and a rubric.
- Document chatAsk questions of your outlines, notes, and past papers.
- Recommendation letterStructured letters for students, interns, and graduates.
Assessment8 tools
- Exam paperA sectioned main exam, CAT, or supplementary paper.
- Marking schemeMarking points and alternatives that sum to the marks.
- MCQ assessmentMultiple-choice questions with answers and explanations.
- RubricAnalytic rubrics with criteria, levels, and marks.
- Writing feedbackFeedback on a student's work against your rubric.
- Batch feedbackUp to 50 submissions in one run, with a class summary.
- Question moderatorChecks clarity, difficulty, marks, and Bloom level.
- Assessment moderationModeration checks for papers, schemes, and rubrics.
Department and supervision4 tools
- Semester workflowTeaching weeks, CATs, assignments, and exams on one plan.
- Outcome mappingCourse to programme outcomes, with the gaps flagged.
- Proposal reviewSupervisor feedback on a student research proposal.
- Evaluation analysisThemes and an action plan from student evaluations.
One semester, week by week.
Here is how one biochemistry lecturer's BCH 201 could run on Ustadi, all of it drafted from the notes they uploaded in week 1.
Week 1Upload your notes. Get the course outline.
Week 1: Upload your notes. Get the course outline.
Add your lecture notes, slides, and past papers once. Ustadi drafts the outline, syllabus, and learning outcomes from them, then maps each outcome to your programme and flags the gaps.
Tools: Course outline · Syllabus · Outcome mapping
Outcome mapping · BCH 201 to BSc BiochemistryExample Course outcome PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 PLO4 (research skills) is covered only by CLO2 and CLO4. Ustadi flags the gap before your programme review.
Week 3: Thursday's two hours, planned to the minute.
Give it the topic and the length of the session. The plan comes back timed exactly, with an activity built on your own worked examples and a quick check at the end.
Tools: Lesson planner · Lecture notes · Group work
Lesson plan · Reversible inhibition · 120 minutesExample - Opening
- 10′
- Direct teaching
- 35′
- Active learning
- 40′
- Formative check
- 20′
- Wrap-up
- 15′
Active learning · 40 minutes
Pairs predict how a competitive inhibitor moves the Lineweaver–Burk line, then check against the worked example in your notes.Lecture notes
Formative check
Three quick questions on Km and Vmax, answered on paper and swapped for peer marking.
Week 6: CAT 1 and its marking scheme, in one sitting.
Questions are set from what you actually taught, at the Bloom levels your outcomes ask for. Every mark in the scheme points to a step a student can show.
Tools: MCQ assessment · Exam paper · Marking scheme · Rubric
CAT 1 and marking scheme · 30 marksExample Question 2 (6 marks)
(a) Define the Michaelis constant, Km. (2 marks)
(b) An enzyme gives Vmax = 120 µmol/min and Km = 4 mM. Calculate the rate at [S] = 4 mM. (4 marks)
Marking scheme
- (a) Substrate concentration at half of Vmax (1); reflects the enzyme's affinity for substrate (1).
- (b) v = Vmax[S] / (Km + [S]) (1); substitution (1); = 60 µmol/min (1); units (1).
Whole paper by Bloom level
Remember 20% · Understand 30% · Apply 30% · Analyse 20%
Week 11: Feedback on 58 essays before the weekend.
Score each submission against your rubric and get feedback a student can act on: what they did, what is missing, and the one change that would lift the grade.
Tools: Writing feedback · Batch feedback · Proposal review
Writing feedback · Essay 14 of 58Example Use of evidence
BeginningDevelopingProficientExcellentYou cite the Lineweaver–Burk data correctly in paragraph 2, but paragraph 4 claims the inhibitor is competitive without showing that Vmax is unchanged. Add the value from your table to support it.
Next step for this student
Rewrite paragraph 4 so each claim points to a number in the results table.
Week 14: The final exam, moderated before the department sees it.
Ustadi checks the paper the way an internal moderator would: marks, coverage of every outcome, question verbs against Bloom levels, and a marking scheme with no gaps.
Tools: Exam paper · Question moderator · Assessment moderation · Evaluation analysis
Exam moderation · BCH 201 finalExample - Marks add up to 70 across five questions
- Every course learning outcome is examined (CLO1–CLO4)
- Q3(b) asks students to “evaluate”, above CLO2 (apply). Suggest “calculate and interpret”.
- Marking scheme gives a mark for every step in Q4
Ready for the internal moderator with one change.
Rooms: a tutor for your students that won't do their work.
Give a class round-the-clock help that sticks to your course. The tutor answers from the materials you attach, and coaches students to their own answers.
- 1
Open a room for your class
Attach the documents the tutor may use, choose what it can help with, and set the number of seats and a daily message limit per student.
- 2
Share the six-letter code
Students open ustadi-ai.com/join and enter the code, their name, and registration number. No app and no account. The link also works inside Moodle or a class WhatsApp group.
- 3
See where the class is stuck
A report of the questions students asked most and the misconceptions behind them, with names hidden. Turn any saved MCQ paper into a quiz that marks itself.
Can you write my lab report on the catalase practical?
I can't write it for you, but I'll help you write a good one. Your practical guide asks the discussion to explain one result.Practical guide What happened to the rate above 40 °C?
It dropped a lot.
Good. Which part of the enzyme changes when it gets that hot? Start your discussion with that.
Joined with code K7M2QX · name and registration number, no account
Why Km stays the same with a non-competitive inhibitor
14 students · most confused topic
Reading the x-intercept of a Lineweaver–Burk plot
9 students
Units for Vmax in the CAT 1 practice question
6 students
Names are hidden. Suggested: ten minutes on inhibition types on Monday.
12 things students can ask the tutor for
- Course Tutor
- Concept Explainer
- Ask the Notes
- Revision Quiz
- Exam Prep
- Problem Solver
- Writing Coach
- Citation Helper
- Case Study Coach
- Lab Report Helper
- Viva Practice
- Study Planner
Plus includes 1 room of up to 60 students. Pro includes 5 rooms of up to 300 students each.
Start free. Pay when it's running your semester.
Every new account gets 14 days of Plus. After that, stay on Free or upgrade. Prices are in US dollars, with shillings shown as a guide.
Plus
14-day trial$10/ month
about KES 1,300 · or $96 a year (KES 12,480)
For a lecturer running their courses on Ustadi.
- All 20 tools, including exams, marking schemes, and moderation
- Unlimited generations under fair use
- 20 documents up to 10 MB, Word export, full history
- 1 student room for up to 60 students
Pro
$25/ month
about KES 3,250 · or $240 a year (KES 31,200)
For course leaders, supervisors, and heads of department.
- Everything in Plus
- Batch feedback on up to 50 submissions at once
- Share results and templates with 10 colleagues
- 5 student rooms of up to 300 students each
Institution. Every staff member on Pro, unlimited rooms, single sign-on, Moodle, a data processing agreement under the Kenya Data Protection Act 2019, and invoicing in shillings.
Talk to usUstadi means mastery.
It is a teaching assistant for lecturers in Kenyan universities, who teach large classes, set CATs and main exams, and supervise research students. It works from your course, not from the internet's idea of it.
- Your material comes first
- Every tool drafts from the documents you upload and names the material it used. Where your notes are silent, it says so.
- Students do their own learning
- The room tutor explains and asks questions. It will not write an essay, a lab report, or an answer to an assessed question.
- You stay the author
- Everything is a draft you can edit, save, and export. Nothing reaches students until you share it.
Questions lecturers ask
What can I upload?
PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, CSV, and plain text: lecture notes, slides, past papers, course outlines, practical guides. Long documents are fine; a 450-page textbook works. Ustadi drafts from them and names the material it used.
Do my students need an account?
No. In a room they enter the code, their name, and registration number. They never see your files; the tutor answers from the documents you attached to that room.
Won't students use it to do their assignments?
The room tutor is built not to. It explains, asks questions, and coaches students through problems, but it will not write an essay, a lab report, or an answer to an assessed question. You also see what the class is asking.
Is it only for science courses?
No. Any course with materials works: nursing, law, business, education, engineering, the humanities. The examples on this page happen to come from a biochemistry course.
Can I edit what it writes?
Yes. Everything is a draft you can edit in the browser, save to your history, and export to Word (on Plus and Pro) or Markdown.
How do I pay?
Plans are priced in US dollars, with shillings shown as a guide. For now, upgrades are arranged by email at support@ustadi-ai.com; M-Pesa payments are on the way. Every new account starts with 14 days of Plus, no card needed.