Amplify your student success programs with personalized coaching that leverages research-based methods and AI in only 5 minutes a day.
Cartemo helps universities improve students' academic performance and well-being
Supplement tutoring and advising efforts at scale while learning more about student needs from our data
Support interventions with at-risk students to increase retention rates
Enhance courses with an app specifically designed for first-year and transfer student success
I wish I had this app when I started my freshman year - it's a really cool idea
College student
Class of 2024
There is a huge need for something like this...I haven't seen anything like it before
Senior executive
Learning research organization
I can see this app being popular among students who are looking for a more personalized learning experience, but who might not have the time/feel comfortable to reach out to on-campus learning aides
College student, beta tester
Class of 2024
Cartemo made me think about learning in a different way, a more positive way which helped me study and work on my assignments
College student, beta tester
Class of 2023
Cartemo coaches students to improve how they learn. It complements traditional instructional approaches, as well as family, social, and university support — all of which are critical to a student’s success.
Like a sports coach, an academic coach gives direction, provides aid, and maintains accountability.
Using technology, we can deliver support through 5-minute daily check-ins at any hour of the day.
Cartemo leads each student through a 5-minute conversation to:
Cartemo is available 24/7 to:
Cartemo is based on the input of dozens of college students and is the first of its kind academic coaching chatbot app. Other chatbot-based coaching apps have demonstrated success by following similar approaches, most notably in healthcare (6) and finance. It also uses gamification to drive engagement with the students during the support and 5-minute daily check-ins.
Our app is currently in an early access pilot program, and we are interested in innovative universities that want to pioneer this additional way of supporting students. Please book a meeting if you are interested in speaking more.
No - we see this as an opportunity to support and enhance existing work. University tutors, advisors, and mentors are best suited to handle the nuances of helping a student.
Most universities succeed in high-engagement support but can only support a maximum of weekly check-ins with students. Instead, much of what Cartemo focuses on is behavior change, which requires high-frequency engagement with the student (i.e., daily). In certain situations, the app will guide the student to using additional resources at your university. We see human relationships as the core of the university experience but also believe technology can provide vital assistance.
Additionally, in certain situations, research has shown that many people prefer to respond to automated systems rather than engage with another person they feel may judge them.
Our lessons cover noncognitive skills, including developing a growth mindset, understanding meta-cognition, and improving help-seeking behaviors. Moreover, we do not simply teach the concept to the student through a lesson. We reinforce it over several days through spaced repetition and work with the student to implement aspects of the lesson in their daily work in the chatbot-led conversations.
If your university is interested in influencing the direction of our content, please reach out.
We have developed a straightforward content management system to allow your team to review all key parts of the conversations that could be sent to the students.
Yes - this is a core aspect of Cartemo. Cartemo is poised to move educational interventions away from helping the “average” student and towards educating an actual student with support when they need it. We are actively working on relevant lessons and also recruiting test users from these groups to ensure our app can best serve them.
We draw on decades of research related to learning science to inform the product design and content.
Select examples:
"Clearly, these online measures show great promise in providing more complete answers to the ultimate question that launched research on SRL: How do students become masters of their own learning processes?" (2)
"Online learning can be enhanced by giving learners control of their interactions with media and prompting learner reflection. Studies indicate that manipulations that trigger learner activity or learner reflection and self-monitoring of understanding are effective when students pursue online learning as individuals." (3)
"Hundreds of studies in cognitive and educational psychology have demonstrated that spacing out repeated encounters with the material over time produces superior long-term learning, compared with repetitions that are massed together." (4)
"Students who experienced moderate academic difficulty benefited the most from using tools that helped them plan their study behaviors. Students who experienced more severe academic difficulty benefited from tools that helped them prepare for exams." (5)
"The transition from high school to college remains one of the most challenging arenas for generating student success in college." (1)
"...it has new evidence behind its virtual [chatbot-led] diabetes prevention program (DPP) when it comes to reaching vulnerable patients and keeping them healthy at home." (6)
