Edvisor guides you through course setup as a checklist. You answer a couple of quick questions (new vs. reused course, how you want readings handled, what you'll assign, how students will reach it) and Edvisor lays out exactly the steps you need. Your progress saves automatically.

This article covers a brand-new course. To reuse last term's course, see Reusing a past course below.

Step 1 — Create your account and course

Create your instructor account — sign up at app.edvisor.ai with your school email (this links you to your students) and confirm the verification email. Already have a student account on that email? It can be converted to an instructor account — just ask.
Create your course — on your dashboard, click New course and give it a clear name (e.g. "MGMT 310, Fall 2026"). This is where your readings, activities, students, and grades live.
Upload your syllabus — upload your syllabus and a few course details. Edvisor reads them and drafts your learning outcomes (the goals everything else is built around). Review and edit them until they feel right.
(Optional) Add co-instructors or TAs — invite anyone helping you teach. See Adding co-instructors & TAs.

Step 2 — Add your content (readings)

Choose how readings are handled:

Edvisor writes them — Edvisor organizes your course into modules (each becomes a chapter), drafted from your learning outcomes and course details. For each module you can review the learning outcomes, key topics, description, and how quantitative / coding-heavy it is, then generate the readings. Generated readings come with EdTalks (audio), interactives, YouTube videos, and figures built in, plus a Reading Assistant that helps students as they read. You can edit any reading text inline like a document.
I'll add them myself — add chapters and type/paste your own text and PDFs.
Skip readings — you'll point students to your own materials instead.

(Optional) Upload your own materials — add PDFs or files (a textbook, handouts, your notes). Students can open them, and Edvisor can use them to generate quizzes and discussions.

If you turn readings off and upload nothing, Edvisor has no material to build quizzes or discussions from — turn on "Upload your own materials," or plan to bring assignments from elsewhere.

Step 3 — Add your activities

Add the activities you'll use (each is optional):

Quizzes — auto-graded checks, with optional Oral Defense.
Discussions — AI-graded class conversations.
Assignments — larger file submissions graded to your rubric.

See Quizzes, Oral Defense & Grade Recovery, Discussions, and Assignments & AI grading.

Step 4 — Set your dates

Set when each activity opens and is due. You can override dates for a student or group when someone needs extra time.

Connect Edvisor to your LMS — via LTI, an export/import file, or manual links. See Connecting Edvisor to your LMS.
Publish your course — publishing is the switch that opens the course to students. Until you publish, no one can join. Publish once your content, activities, dates, and LMS links are set.
Add the Edvisor note to your syllabus — give students a short heads-up on what Edvisor is and how to get in. Edvisor drafts a note for you to paste in and fill the bracketed bits.

Reusing a past course

If you're reusing a previous course:

Duplicate your old course — on the course, open the ⋯ menu and choose Duplicate. Edvisor copies everything (readings, activities, and more) into a fresh copy; your original stays put.
Rename it for the new term.
Refresh the dates — the copy keeps last term's dates, so set fresh open/due dates.
Relink your LMS to the new copy — important: any activity links and the Onboarding Assignment already in your LMS still point to your original course. Delete those and re-add them from the new copy (via LTI, an IMSCC export, or manual links), then open one link as a test to confirm it lands on the new course.

Let the Edvisor team help

For a full build-out, the Edvisor team can help you build the course with you. Reach out via the in-app chat or support@edvisor.ai.