Course Hero

Are you struggling to keep up with your courses and exams? Course Hero is here to help you. Founded in 2006 by college student Andrew Grauer, the tool is an online learning platform that provides course resources to students around the world.

What is Course Hero?

Course Hero is an online learning platform dedicated to helping students succeed by providing millions of course-specific resources, including practice exercises, study guides, textbook solutions, and step-by-step explanations. With contributions from both students and educators, This Course is a collaborative community supporting learning and teaching across the US, Canada, and Australia.

Key features of Course Hero

Class notes

• No matter which classes you’re taking, Course Hero is likely to have study documents to help you. You’ll find a wide range of study materials shared by educators and other students—including lecture notes, labs, essays and papers, and more.

Study guides

• Course Hero works with education experts to craft rich, rewarding, and insightful study guides for a variety of popular texts and survey-level subjects.
• Our literary guides provide all of the context you’ll need for more than 600 books you’re reading and writing about, with videos, chapter breakdowns, infographics, and more. And our newest study guides—currently available for introductory-level STEM, social sciences, and business and accounting subjects—feature illustrations, videos, and text to help you learn and understand important core concepts.

Practice Problems

• With Course Hero’s interactive Practice Problems, you can be sure you’re ready for that assessment or exam. CourseHero’s Practice Problems let you to take a 20-question multiple-choice quiz created from the specific content you’re studying. Don’t just take our word for it: Studies show that retrieval practice is a great way to be sure that you’ve really got a handle on the material.

24/7 Tutors

• When you need more detailed, step-by-step explanations, get help from Course Hero tutors. Since they’re always available, it can be a great way to get unstuck and deepen your understanding, no matter when you’re studying.

College Advice

• Course Hero’s College Life is constantly updated with advice and insights to help keep you motivated, confident and prepared. You’ll discover tips like how to improve your focus, how to make friends in college, how to make the most of downtime, and even ideas for study break binge watching.