User Guide

Everything you need to get the most from LectiGuide — from your first study guide to board preparation.

Contents

Getting Started Creating Your First Study Guide Audio Recordings Uploading Files Study Tools TriPrep Practice Downloading Your Study Guide Managing Sessions LectiGuide Tutor Using on Mobile Troubleshooting

Getting Started

LectiGuide turns your professor's lecture into a complete study guide — answered from the lecture audio, your uploaded slides, and your listed textbook. Every answer is specific to what your professor taught, not generic internet content.

💡 First time? You get 3 free study guides to start. No credit card required. Try it with a real lecture from your current course.
1

Create an account

Go to lectiguide.com and sign up with your email. Your account is free to start.

2

Enter your learning objectives

Paste your professor's learning objectives — from the syllabus, course portal, or lecture slides. These are the questions LectiGuide will answer.

3

Upload your lecture materials

Upload the lecture audio recording, course slides (PDF or PowerPoint), and any handouts. LectiGuide reads everything together.

4

Add your textbook

Enter your textbook title and author. LectiGuide will cross-reference every answer with your textbook for a complete three-source study guide.

5

Generate

Tap Generate. LectiGuide processes your materials and returns a complete study guide in 3–6 minutes depending on the number of objectives.


Creating Your First Study Guide

Learning Objectives

Paste your objectives exactly as your professor wrote them. LectiGuide handles all formats — numbered lists, bulleted lists, sub-objectives, and paragraph form. The more specific your objectives, the more specific your answers.

💡 You can also upload a PDF or Word document containing your objectives using the file upload button next to the objectives field.

Course Information

Adding your course name and a brief description helps LectiGuide contextualize answers to your specific program and curriculum. For example: "Respiratory Therapy 201 — Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology."

Textbook Reference

Enter your textbook title and author. You can also add specific chapters if you know which ones cover the material. If you are not sure of the chapter, leave it blank — LectiGuide will answer from the full textbook.

💡 Previously entered textbooks appear as suggestions as you type. Tap a suggestion to auto-fill the title and author.

Audio Recordings

Recording in LectiGuide

Use the built-in recorder to record lectures directly in the app. Tap the microphone button to start, tap again to stop. LectiGuide automatically saves a backup copy you can download.

⚠️ Long lectures: Stop and restart the recorder every 30–35 minutes. This keeps each recording under the processing limit and allows LectiGuide to transcribe segments as you go. Upload all segments together when generating.

Uploading Existing Recordings

You can upload recordings you already have — from Voice Memos on iPhone, a digital recorder, or any other source.

iPhone Voice Memos

iPhone Voice Memos (.m4a files) are fully supported. Open the Files app on your iPhone, find the recording, and upload it directly.

⚠️ Edited Voice Memos: If you edit a Voice Memo and save a copy, the exported file may not transcribe correctly. Use the original unedited recording for best results.

Multiple Recordings

If your lecture was recorded in multiple parts, upload all of them at once. LectiGuide transcribes them in order and combines the content. Each recording is labeled automatically — Recording 1, Recording 2, etc.


Uploading Course Materials

Supported File Types

⚠️ Old PowerPoint format (.ppt): Files in the legacy .ppt format cannot be read on mobile. Open the file in PowerPoint or Google Slides and export as PDF, then upload the PDF. This takes about 30 seconds on iPhone using Google Drive or OneDrive.
⚠️ Scanned PDFs: PDFs that are photos of pages (scanned documents) cannot have text extracted. LectiGuide will notify you and use your audio transcript instead. Ask your professor for a digital version if available.

Multiple Files

Select multiple files at once — all are read together as one combined source. Great for lectures with multiple handouts or a slide deck plus supplemental notes.


Study Tools

Every study guide comes with a full suite of study tools built from your specific session content:

📋 TriPrep

Three-round adaptive practice in board exam format — multiple choice, SATA, and clinical scenarios.

📊 ExamDNA

Analyzes your professor's question style and generates a mock exam that matches how they actually test.

🃏 Flashcards

Auto-generated flashcards from every key term and concept in your study guide.

🎧 Study Podcast

Converts your study guide into a podcast episode you can listen to during commutes or clinical rotations.

🧮 Formula Bank

Extracts every formula, equation, and calculation from your lecture and saves them for quick reference.

📝 Summary

Generates a concise clinical summary of the entire lecture for quick review before exams.


TriPrep — Adaptive Practice

TriPrep is LectiGuide's three-round adaptive practice system, designed to match the format of your licensing exam.

💡 Multi-session TriPrep: In your dashboard settings you can combine objectives from multiple study sessions — great for comprehensive exam prep that pulls from the whole semester.

Downloading Your Study Guide

Tap the PDF button on your results screen to download a formatted study guide you can print or save. The PDF includes all three source answers (lecture, slides, textbook), need-to-knows, and key points for every objective.

💡 Your study guide is saved permanently in your account. You can access it any time — even after your course portal closes.

Managing Sessions

Every study guide you generate is saved as a session in your dashboard. Sessions persist indefinitely — your semester one pharmacology session is still accessible when you are preparing for boards two years later.


LectiGuide Tutor

LectiGuide Tutor is an AI chat assistant that answers questions using your session materials as context. Ask follow-up questions about anything in your study guide, explore related topics, or request alternative explanations.

The Tutor uses three tiers of sources in order:

  1. Your session materials — what your professor taught
  2. Your listed textbook — for additional depth
  3. General clinical knowledge — with a clear disclaimer
💡 Open the Tutor from any results screen. Your current session is automatically loaded as context.

Using LectiGuide on Mobile

Install on Your Home Screen

LectiGuide works like a native app on iPhone and Android — no App Store download required.

iPhone: Open lectiguide.com in Safari → tap the Share button (box with arrow) → tap Add to Home Screen → tap Add.

Android: Open lectiguide.com in Chrome → tap the three dots menu → tap Add to Home Screen → tap Add.

Recording on Mobile

The built-in recorder works on both iPhone and Android. For long lectures stop and restart every 30–35 minutes and upload the segments together.

Uploading Files on iPhone

Tap the upload zone → your iPhone Files app opens → navigate to iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, or any connected storage → select your files.


Troubleshooting

Audio not transcribing

PowerPoint not uploading on iPhone

Textbook answer shows "Not found"

Generation taking a long time

Book answers disappearing after PDF download

💡 Still having trouble? Email us at hello@lectiguide.com — we respond within one business day.