Alpha Learning. Mastery, one concept at a time.
Students move through a map of concepts, not a list of chapters. A concept unlocks only when the ones before it are mastered, and mastery is earned through practice, not by finishing a video. Teachers guide the class, and can rewrite any topic for a single student.
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Institution subscriptions
Alpha Learning is live for schools, colleges and coaching institutes on an institution subscription, for students, Guides (faculty) and admins.
Individual learners
Students and parents can use Alpha Learning on their own in GroutApp: build a curriculum from a syllabus or textbook, learn with AI Teacher and track mastery. Every account starts with 30 free minutes of AI Teacher.
Alpha Learning is one part of AI learning for schools with Grout, alongside offline study tools, answer-sheet marking and lab practicals.
New: AI Teacher
A live AI teacher inside Alpha Learning
AI Teacher teaches each topic out loud at a whiteboard, draws as it explains, listens, looks at the student’s notebook through the camera and closes with a checkpoint quiz.
A dramatisation made with AI; the marks are part of the story, not a promised result. App screens are real.
In eight slides
What a lesson with AI Teacher looks like
How Alpha Learning works
Four ideas carry the whole module. Each one is enforced by the app, not left to good intentions.
A concept graph, not a syllabus list
Each curriculum is a map of 20–60 concepts across units, linked by prerequisites. A concept unlocks only when every concept it depends on is mastered, so nobody is pushed into fractions before division holds.
Mastery is earned through practice
Students prove understanding on graded practice (multiple choice, short answer and numeric items) scored continuously. Watching a lesson counts for nothing on its own.
A Guide for every class
Faculty see the whole class, record check-ins, set goals and step in where a student is stuck, inactive or below pace.
Spaced review built in
Mastered concepts come back for review after 3 days, then at growing intervals up to 60 days. Fail a review and the concept returns to learning.
What every concept contains
A concept is one skill a student can master in a single 15–45 minute sitting. Everything is built around it.
Explain
A short, grade-appropriate lesson that teaches the idea, with proper maths notation where it is needed.
Worked example
One problem solved step by step, so the student sees the idea applied before they try it.
Summary
What to remember, in a few lines, for quick revision later.
8–12 practice items
A mix of MCQ, short-answer and numeric questions across difficulty levels. Wrong MCQ options are built from real misconceptions, so a guess tells the Guide something.
Animated explainer
An optional narrated animation of 4–8 scenes with captions, diagrams, steps and comparisons, each element appearing as the narrator reaches it.
An AI tutor that won't give the answer
During a session the tutor offers hints, leading questions and similar worked examples grounded in the lesson, but never the final answer to a practice item.
Mastery you can trust
A concept is only marked mastered when a student has shown it consistently, not when they got lucky once.
85%
Mastery score
A continuously updated score that weights recent attempts and drops faster on a wrong answer.
3
Correct in a row
Consistency, not a single good attempt.
4+
Attempts
Enough evidence before a concept is marked mastered.
All three conditions must hold. The next thing a student studies is chosen for them: due reviews first, then unlocked concepts with the lowest score, then syllabus order.
Built for the Guide
Teachers stop being the bottleneck for every question and start spending their time where it matters.
The class at a glance
Mastery, minutes practised, streaks and who needs attention (inactive, stuck or below pace) in one view.
Class dashboard
Average mastery, minutes practised over seven days, streaks, explainers watched and a sortable “needs attention” view.
Check-ins and goals
Record what you noticed in a conversation with a student and set goals that feed straight into how their material is written.
Curriculum studio
Generate a curriculum from a board, grade and subject, or paste your own syllabus, then edit concepts, prerequisites, lessons, practice and animations before you publish.
Workshops
Schedule life-skills workshops for the afternoons and track attendance alongside academic progress.
Daily plans
Each student gets a day built from focused 25-minute blocks with 5-minute breaks (learn, practise or review) within the minutes your institution sets.
Guardian reports
Parents and guardians get read-only progress reports through a separate portal.
A different route, never an easier one
A Guide can commission a custom version of any topic for one student. The syllabus, the number of lessons and practice items, and the rigour all stay the same. What changes is the route in.
Custom learning
Rewrite a topic for one student from how they learn and your recent check-ins. They see their version; the rest of the class is unaffected.
- Same destination. Same syllabus scope, same three lessons, same number of practice items, same rigour.
- Different route. Examples, pacing, wording and which misconceptions to tackle head on are chosen for that student, from their profile, their goal and recent check-ins.
- Their own explainer. The animation is rewritten for them too, and the notes behind it never appear on screen.
- Reversible. Reset a topic to the shared version at any time. Everyone else in the class keeps seeing the shared content throughout.
What the Guide can describe
Animated explainers
Every concept can carry a narrated, captioned animation: a hook, the core idea, a worked example and a recap.
Motivation that rewards the right things
Points, streaks and badges are paid for learning (finishing a session, watching an explainer through, mastering a concept) and never twice for the same event.
+50
Concept mastered
+40
Assessment done
+30
Daily plan done
+25
Workshop attended
+15
Explainer watched through
+10
Session completed
Default points: an institution can change them. Badges mark first mastery, 10 and 50 concepts mastered, 7- and 30-day streaks, completed units and more. Minutes a student finishes early come back to them as time back.
Frequently asked questions
Who can use Alpha Learning today?
Alpha Learning is available now on GroutApp institution subscriptions, for students, faculty (Guides) and institution admins. It is coming soon to individual plans.
When will Alpha Learning come to individual plans?
It is rolling out to individual GroutApp plans soon. There is nothing to sign up for. It will appear in the app when it reaches your plan.
Which boards and subjects does it support?
A Guide generates a curriculum from any board, grade and subject: CBSE, ICSE, state boards and others. If you paste your own syllabus it is used; otherwise the standard syllabus for that board and grade is assumed. Every concept can be reviewed and edited before it is published.
How is mastery decided?
A concept is mastered when the student’s score reaches 85%, they have answered three in a row correctly, and they have made at least four attempts. Mastered concepts return for spaced review, and a failed review sends the concept back to learning.
Does the AI tutor just give students the answers?
No. The tutor gives hints, asks leading questions and works similar, but not identical, examples. It never reveals the final answer to a practice item, and each session has a hint budget (12 by default).
What does personalising a topic change?
The route, not the destination. A student’s own version keeps the same syllabus scope, lesson and practice counts and rigour; the examples, pacing and wording are chosen from their learner profile, goals and the Guide’s check-ins.
Can teachers edit the generated content?
Yes. In the curriculum studio a Guide can edit concept titles, descriptions, difficulty, estimated minutes, prerequisites, lessons, practice items and animation scenes, then regenerate or publish.
Bring Alpha Learning to your institution
Available now on institution subscriptions. Tell us about your school or college and we will set it up with you.
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