AI PDF homework helper: upload the sheet, get unstuck

1. Open the AI tutor and press the paperclip. Choose your PDF or Word file. On the quick start and your home page there's an Upload homework button too.
2. Say which question you need. For example "question 3" or "the one about the recipe". If you just send the file, the tutor tells you what the document contains and asks where to start.
3. Get it explained. The tutor says what the question is asking, then works through it step by step with the reason for each step. Ask about any step you don't follow, or switch on Guide me to do the steps yourself with coaching.
4. Carry on down the sheet. The document stays attached to the conversation, so you can ask about the next question straight away.
5. Save it. Press Save as PDF for a copy of the conversation to revise from.

For a long document, the tutor reads the first part and tells you so. If your question is further on, attach that page on its own or paste the question in.

An answer you copy gets tonight's homework done; a method you understand gets the test done. A large 2025 study of high school maths students found that students who practised with a standard AI chat assistant did better on practice problems but scored about 17% lower on the exam taken without it than students who never had it. Students who used a version that gave hints and guided them instead of giving answers didn't lose out (Bastani et al., 2025).

So the tutor works like a good private tutor. It makes sure you know what the question is asking, explains each step with the reason it works, and then gives you a similar question to do yourself, which is what makes the method stick. Guide me mode goes further: you do each step and it checks it. See AI homework helper for more on how it teaches.

It helps with homework in every school subject from grade 1 to grade 12: maths worksheets, chemistry and physics problem sheets, biology questions, English comprehension and essay tasks, history source questions, geography case studies and computer science exercises. It explains at your level: simple words and everyday examples for younger students, exam-level detail for older ones.

The file stays on your device. TutorAura reads the text of a PDF or Word document in your browser and sends only that text to the tutor; for a photo or a scanned page it sends one picture, shrunk to a sensible size. The file itself is never uploaded to our servers or stored. The text the tutor reads stays with that conversation so it can refer back to it, and deleting the conversation deletes it.

When you've worked through it, press Save as PDF at the top of the conversation. You get a clean copy of the whole conversation, with the maths properly typeset, to print, revise from or keep with your notes. You can also download it as a text file (Markdown) to paste into your own notes app.

• It explains, then you try. It works through each question with the reason for every step, then offers a similar one for you to do on your own. Switch on Guide me if you'd rather work it out yourself with coaching. For essays and written answers it helps you plan and gives feedback rather than writing text for you to hand in.
• It can misread a page. Text taken from a PDF can come out jumbled (tables, fractions and symbols especially), and handwriting in photos can be unclear. The tutor says what it can't read and asks you to type that part, rather than guessing.
• It can make mistakes. AI is not always right, especially in long calculations. It shows each step so you can follow it, and you can ask it to check again. For anything that counts, compare with your textbook or teacher.
• Follow your school's rules. Using AI to understand a topic and check your own work is what most teachers encourage, but your teacher decides.