Tutors and memory

By default Nuvia default answers your questions and adapts its help to what you ask. But you can decide how you want things explained — and you decide what Nuvia may keep about you.

The starter tutors

Three learning methods are included from the start:

• Socratic – reach the solution yourself through targeted questions.
• Feynman – understand by explaining in your own words.
• Scaffolding – watch it done, practise together, apply it yourself.

Which method suits you depends on your goal: Socratic is good for testing and deepening, Feynman for uncovering gaps, scaffolding for new material.

Your own tutors

Under Tutor you create your own personas. A tutor has:

• Name – how you address it.
• Subject – what it relates to (optional).
• Tone – Supportive, Direct, Socratic or Concise.
• Instructions – optional: learning style, focus areas, the feedback you want.
• Capabilities – which tools this tutor may use.

You can edit every tutor, pause and resume it, or delete it. A paused tutor is not offered in the chat. How many of your own tutors are possible is shown above the list; the starter tutors do not count towards it.

Choosing a tutor in the chat

In the chat you open the Tutor entry through the menu. There you find Nuvia default, the starter tutors and your own tutors. The chosen tutor appears as a chip on the input field and can be deselected there. Manage tutors takes you straight to the management view.

Suggested study actions

Nuvia can suggest study steps on its own — for instance a reminder, a review task or a study plan. Such suggestions appear with their type and the number of references in the tutor area. You can confirm or dismiss them. Nothing of this runs without your approval.

What memory is

So that Nuvia does not have to get to know you again in every conversation, it can remember things. Under Memory in the chat you find the section This is what your tutor knows about you.

The section is divided into areas:

• Learning profile – important details about you as a learner.
• Learning summary – recent topics and open points.
• Knowledge scope – topics and sources the tutor can place.
• Preferences – learning style and preferences.

On top of that come conversation notes: facts taken from the learning chat.

Memory belongs to your account. Only you can use it; it is not shared with others.

Updating memory

Stored points do not appear with every word. If you feel something is missing, choose Refresh. The app then runs through two steps:

1. The learning history is collected.
2. The learning profile is condensed.

That takes a moment. While nothing is stored yet, the app tells you to keep learning in the chat and look again afterwards.

Managing and clearing memory

Via Manage memory you decide per area whether Nuvia may store anything there:

• Enable or Disable switches an area on or off.
• Clear removes the stored points of one area.
• Clear memory removes everything.

You also find the full options in the Privacy area of Settings. That is where the consents for learning memory and persistent personalisation belong: if you withdraw consent, no new entries are created and existing content is deleted.

Limits and things to know

• Memory is a convenience, not a condition. The chat works without it; you just explain yourself more often.
• You stay in control. What is stored is visible and deletable.
• Suggested actions are suggestions. They take effect only once you confirm them.
• Capabilities are not always available. If a feature is temporarily unsupported, the app hides it for the tutor so that the tutor stays reliable.

Common questions

Do I need my own tutors? No. Nuvia default and the three starter tutors cover most cases. Your own tutors pay off when you need a fixed role or a particular tone.

How do I know which tutor is answering? From the chip on the input field and the entry in the Tutor menu.

Does a tutor affect the quality of answers? The tutor changes the way things are explained, not the source basis. References still come from your material.

What happens to memory if I stop studying? It stays until you clear it or withdraw consent.