Starting an online study group takes a group chat, a time that suits everyone and someone to send the link. StudyDuo's online study group is already running: a quiet video room, open 24/7, where people study on camera with their task under their name. Once a day, the whole group starts together at Study Hour.
No account needed: an hour a day free. Sign up to turn on your camera and get 14 days of Premium.
An online study group — or virtual study group — is people studying together over video instead of around a library table. In a discussion group, a few classmates go through the same material and quiz each other. In a silent group, everyone works on their own task with their camera on, and the group keeps you working.
StudyDuo is the silent kind. You don't need to know anyone or study the same subject: walk in, write what you're working on, and start. When everyone around you is working, starting is easier and drifting off to your phone is harder.
Study Hour happens once a day at a fixed time, shown in your time zone. Set a reminder and see who's going.
The room opens 10 minutes before the start, so you can settle in and write your task.
One hour of focus, everyone at once. Cameras on, mics off.
Can't make it today? Focus Room is open 24/7: pick 30 to 120 minutes and start any time.
An online study group with strangers works because nobody has to talk: mics are off in Focus Room and Study Hour. You decide what the group sees — your face, only your desk and hands, or nothing at all.
You also choose who sees your video: everyone, people with their camera on, people with a verified photo or, with Premium, Premium members or people you follow; everyone else sees a blurred silhouette. With “everyone”, visitors watching without an account see you too. Hide, report or block anyone in a tap.
Want a study group of your own? Pick a time with friends and join Focus Room or Study Hour together — you'll be in the same room. Pin a friend's video to keep it on your screen.
Follow each other to know when a friend starts studying — a nudge to start too. Your hours show as a shield next to your name, so the group sees who keeps showing up.
Running a discussion group with classmates? Cornell's Learning Strategies Center suggests keeping it under five people and taking turns as host and timekeeper. For any group, silent or not:
Without an account, you can watch Focus Room and Study Hour in your browser for an hour a day. Sign up, and the first 14 days are Premium, without the daily limit. After that, a free account includes an hour of video a day in every room, plus tasks, streaks and shields.
StudyDuo runs in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox, and the iPhone and Android apps use the same account. In Chrome and Edge, the room pops out into a mini window on top of your notes. More about the room: virtual study room.
People studying together over video. Some groups discuss the same material; in a silent group, everyone works on their own task, side by side. StudyDuo is the silent kind, open 24/7.
Open Focus Room on StudyDuo any time, write your task and pick 30 to 120 minutes — or join Study Hour, once a day at the same time for everyone.
Yes. Without an account, you can watch in your browser for an hour a day. Sign up, and the first 14 days are Premium, without the limit; then a free account includes an hour of video a day in every room.
Yes, and nobody has to talk: mics are off. You choose what people see — your face, your desk or nothing — and who can see your video. You can also hide, report or block anyone.
Agree on a time and join Focus Room or Study Hour together. Follow each other on StudyDuo to know when a friend starts studying.
Not in Focus Room or Study Hour: mics are off, so the room stays quiet. If you want to talk, a 1:1 session with one partner has sound.
A discussion group works best small: university guides suggest three to five people. A silent group can be bigger, since nobody talks.
Find Partners lets you search people by interests, such as med school, coding or the bar exam, and message them to plan a session. To talk the material through, a 1:1 session has sound.
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