# The Academy: courses with AI tutors

> The Academy plan turns what you know into courses with lessons, AI tutors, quizzes, student progress and certificates.

Source: https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/overview  
Plans: Academy  
Last checked: 2026-10-27

The Academy plan adds a school to your Chirp Builder account. You build courses out of lessons, give
each course one of your Chirps as its AI tutor, add students and see how they're getting on. Students
who finish a course can get a certificate.

**Who can do this:** accounts on the Academy plan. The account owner sets up the Academy; editors you
invite can build courses and add students.

![The Academy page for Nora's Baking School: the Academy's name, tagline, student count and link at the top, then the Courses, Learning paths, Reports and Certificate tabs and the list of courses.](https://mjmtbasmrtksluvlnema.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/web-optimized/academy-educators/overview/SS-ACAD-001-01__academy-page__academy__desktop__v01.webp?v=55dab45d52)

## What a course is made of

- **Lessons**, grouped into modules. A lesson can hold text, videos from your video host, audio, PDFs
  and worksheets, links, and suggested questions for the tutor. See [Write a lesson](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/lessons).
- **An AI tutor.** One of your Chirps answers students' questions about the lesson they're on. See
  [Give a course an AI tutor](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/tutors).
- **Quizzes** at the end of a lesson. Chirp Builder grades them; the AI never does. See
  [Build a quiz](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/quizzes).
- **A certificate** with its own check page, if you turn it on. See [Certificates](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/certificates).

## The Academy page

Click **Academy** in the menu. At the top (1) are your Academy's name, how many students it has, and
its link with **Copy** and **Open**. Below are four tabs (2):

- **Courses:** create a course, open one, or change the order they're listed in.
- **Learning paths:** put published courses in order, as one program. See
  [Learning paths](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/learning-paths).
- **Reports:** progress, completions, quiz scores and students who have gone quiet. See
  [Reports and student records](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/reports).
- **Certificate:** the certificate design for every course. See [Certificates](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/certificates).

## How students take part

Students don't need a Chirp Builder account. They open your Academy's pages, sign in with their email
address and a code we email them, and study in their browser. See
[Your Academy's pages for students](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/public-pages).

Each workspace has its own Academy, and the Academy plan includes 3 workspaces. Tutor answers and AI
quiz drafts use your OpenRouter key, like your Chirps' chats: see
[What OpenRouter is, and who pays for what](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/openrouter/what-is-openrouter).

## Where to start

1. [Set up your Academy](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/set-up).
2. [Create a course](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/create-a-course), or let your AI app
   [turn a folder of materials into a course](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/from-a-folder).
3. [Preview it](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/preview), then [publish it](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/publish).
4. [Add students](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/students).