Working with Sets
Structure, edit, read and share the study guides you created.
Understand the structure of a Set
Sections, pages and tools: how a Set is organized, like the index of a book.
A Set is your study guide. Understanding how it is built makes it much easier to find your way around it, whether you are studying one you created or one someone shared with you.
A Set works like the index of a book: it contains sections and chapters (which are Sets nested inside one another), and these contain pages, also called cards. Each page holds the text of a topic plus the study tools built around it, such as maps, summaries or audio. Flashcards and assessments are not page tools: you start them on top of the Set and choose the part they should cover.
When you open a Set, the index sits in the left sidebar and the page you selected appears in the center. The same sidebar also gives you access to your progress, through See progress.
Edit pages and add tools
Every page is an editable document where you can add maps, summaries, audio and quick exercises.
Nothing in a Set is fixed. You can rewrite the text of any page and shape it with exactly the study tools you need, so it fits the way you actually learn.
Open the menu to add a tool to a page and pick one from the list:
| Tool | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Concept map | A visual diagram of concepts and their relationships. |
| Text box | A summary or free text on the topic of the page. |
| Questions and Answers | A Q&A list on the topic of the page. |
| Transcription | The clean text of an audio or video lesson. |
| Audio overview | A podcast-style audio version of the page. |
Besides these standalone tools, you can also drop small interactive exercises right inside the text as you read or write: a multiple choice question, a true/false, a fill-in-the-blank, a matching, or a couple of cards to check a definition. These are quick checks woven into the page.
Edit and listen to the concept map
The concept map is not fixed once it has been generated. You can change it in two ways: with the dedicated editor, where you move, rename, add or delete nodes and links one by one, or with the edit with AI button, where you describe the change in words and Algor rewrites the map for you.
You can also listen to the text of a node. In the map editor, click a node: a toolbar appears with a button that starts the audio and reads that node aloud.
Use the reading tools
Highlight, explain with AI, listen and annotate while you read a page.
Reading a page in Algor does not have to be passive. A few tools built right into the text let you mark what matters, get a quick explanation, listen instead of read, or leave yourself a note for later, whether the page is yours or one shared with you.
Together these make up a learning mode that follows you through the whole Set: text can be read aloud anywhere, anything can be highlighted, and any passage can be explained by the AI.
The chatbot is always one click away if the explanation is still not enough.
Simply select some text on a page to bring up a bar with four functions:
| Function | What it does |
|---|---|
| Highlight | Colours the background of the selected text, like a highlighter pen. |
| Explain with AI | Opens a panel that explains the selection with the help of the AI. |
| Listen | Reads the text aloud. |
| Annotated text | Adds a persistent note attached to that portion of text, like a margin note. |
Listen to an audio overview
A podcast-style audio version of a page, useful for reviewing on the move.
Sometimes you want to review a topic without staring at a screen: on the bus, while walking, or just to give your eyes a break. The Audio overview tool turns a page into something you can listen to like a podcast.
Add the Audio overview tool to a page to generate it. Before generating you choose the settings: the language, which starts on the language of the Set but can be any other, whether you want one voice or two, how long the audio should be, and any extra instructions on what to focus on.
Share, print and export a Set
The page options menu: share, print selected tools, rename, export and copy.
A Set is more useful once it leaves your screen: send it to a classmate, print a set of flashcards for offline review, keep a backup copy, or start your own version of a Set someone shared with you.
All of this lives in one place, the options menu of a page.
- Share page: send the page to other people.
- Print tools: print a page or only some of its tools, for example just the map or the summary.
- Rename page.
- Export set: export the whole Set.
- Create a copy of the set: get your own private version of a shared Set that you can edit freely.