How to use Soar
Where everything is and how it works, on one page. In the app, click your avatar in the bottom left and choose Getting started to replay the guide.
Getting started
The first time you open Soar, a short guide helps you pick light or dark, choose an avatar and set the language, then walks you around the screen. The first time you open each page, it shows a few tips for that page.
Click the Soar logo in the top left to switch between day and night mode.
The desktop app and the web version use the same account and show the same content.
Assistant
Type your question in the box. Enter sends, Shift+Enter starts a new line.
Click the paperclip to share handouts or images. You can also drag files in or paste a screenshot.
Past chats are listed under Recent chats on the left; click one to pick it up again. The + starts a new chat.
My Courses
Students: click New and enter the class code from your teacher to join their course. During class you get live captions and translation here.
Teachers: click New to start a course; students join with its class code.
No teacher needed: you can also listen live on your own or import a recording.
The right column shows today's classes, the cards due for review and words you picked up recently.
Calendar
Switch between week, month and year in the top right: week for your timetable, month for plans, year to look back.
Write one line at the bottom, such as "hand in the report Wednesday 3pm", and it goes on your calendar.
Pick any day to see its classes and to-dos in the left column. You can log your mood and a short diary there, too.
Goals: set a goal and it gets broken into weekly steps on your calendar.
Studio
New creates a doc, slides or a table, and you can edit them together with AI.
Type a few words in the search box to find anything you've written.
Files your teachers and classmates send you arrive in the Inbox.
Learn
Notebooks: make one for each course or book. Add your materials, then read and ask as you go.
Knowledge graph: see how ideas connect.
Review: work through due cards and mistakes, a few minutes a day.
Inbox (in Learn): things you save on the go land here until you sort them.
Account and settings
Click your avatar in the bottom left for settings, language, help, the getting-started guide and sign out.