The Core Principle: OneTutor builds its intelligence directly from the materials you provide. Lecture slides, course scripts, and handouts form the exclusive knowledge base used for chat answers, quiz creation, and source citations.
Minimal Materials? No Problem.
You can easily fine-tune the system's behavior using the "Material Strictness" setting. If your uploaded resources are brief or broad, this feature lets you control:
How strictly the AI must stick only to your provided documents.
Whether it is allowed to tap into general, external subject knowledge to fill the gaps.
Two Types of Materials
You decide exactly which materials are visible to learners and which ones can be cited by the AI.
Learning Materials
Visible to learners: Students can view these directly.
Cited in answers: The AI will actively reference these as sources.
The official course foundation: These appear in the Material Viewer and serve as the primary engine for Chat & Quiz generation.
Supported formats: PDF files.
Background Resources
Hidden from students: Learners cannot access or browse these files.
Never cited: The AI uses them behind the scenes but won't quote them directly to students.
Internal background knowledge: Ideal for providing deeper context.
Best used for: Lecture recordings, advanced reading lists, sample solutions, internal notes, or extra context.
Supported formats: PDF, Text, Audio, and Video.
Note: Audio and video files are automatically transcribed and processed as internal background knowledge.