Sharpen Advantage

The responsible AI solution for your students.

Sharpen Advantage is an AI-enabled exam prep app that combines predictive analytics and trusted content from McGraw Hill, your institution, and students’ class notes to provide personalized study support anytime, anywhere.

Improve student outcomes, lower DFW rates, and scale academic support with a study app students love, educators trust, and institutions value.

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did not feel well-prepared last semester.
Students are spending 5 hours a week looking on the internet for learning materials.1

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are using Generative AI platforms.
The #1 pain point for faculty is their struggle to uphold academic integrity.2

1 McGraw Hill Sharpen: Back to School Survey, June 22, 2022
2 Campus Technology, Rhea Kelly, August 28, 2024





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Why Sharpen?

Sharpen is the ultimate college study app that revolutionizes exam prep. It meets students where they are—on their desktop, on their phones, and on the go. It propels student outcomes, provides actionable insights, and delivers trusted, AI-powered learning.

Better engagement, stronger outcomes.

Sharpen engages students and propels learning with visual chapter summaries for prep and review, pre-made flashcards to practice key terms, and three levels of quizzes that go beyond the test bank.

Ask Sharpen.

Students get personalized, trustworthy support from their AI-powered study buddy tailored to their needs. Prompting Ask Sharpen provides students with verified content from McGraw Hill and your institution.

Impact learning before it’s too late.

Instructors and admins can use their Radar dashboard to gain real-time, actionable insights into student engagement and performance, enabling them to intervene early and often to improve DFW rates and retention.

Build your own content.

Instructors and admins can create and share institution- and course-specific resources using Creator to close gaps in students' knowledge their way and improve academic outcomes.


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Success Story: University of Kentucky

Professor Holly Hapke, instructor for Marketing 300 at the University of Kentucky, offered Sharpen to her students. After a semester of using Sharpen to study, test performance in Holly's class improved by almost 3% and grades improved from a B- to a B.

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Students and Faculty Love Sharpen.

In 2024, almost one million students downloaded Sharpen. It has a 4.7+ star rating on the App Store with over 2.5k ratings!

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Reviews from Happy Sharpen users.


Fantastic resource! The study tools are based directly on my course textbooks. Helps me to study accurate information and exactly what will be on the exam."

– Ethan (student)



“Having engaging content that my students can relate to—and I know I can trustwill help them be better prepared."

– Dr. Julia Kalish, Kelley School of Business at Indiana University



I wish all my classes were in this app. I flew through five chapters without noticing. Way better than going to Google or YouTube."

– Emily (student)




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