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Faculty User Guide
On the first day of class, you can use this guide that provides a Sharpen overview, details on key features including AI tools, and templates to add Sharpen to your syllabus or email students with Sharpen study reminders. For instructors who bundled Sharpen Companion and Connect, this guide includes how-to steps to create a Sharpen “assignment” in Connect.

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Faculty User Guide
Contents
- Faculty Orientation: What is Sharpen?
- What is the student experience?
- Sharpen and AI: How does Artificial Intelligence work in Sharpen?
- Adopting Sharpen this semester? Here’s how to make the most of it
- Introduce Sharpen to Your Students
- Add Sharpen to your syllabus
- First day of class: Send students a Sharpen introduction email
- Midterms: Send students a Sharpen reminder email
- Finals: Send students a Sharpen reminder email
- Using Connect? Assign Sharpen to Monitor Students’ Usage
- Sharpen App Accessibility Overview
Sharpen by McGraw Hill revolutionizes exam prep by empowering students with an easy-to-use, on-the-go study app that helps them arrive to class confident and ready to learn. Equip students with short videos, chapter summaries, flashcards, practice quizzes, and personalized improvement tips designed to boost exam scores and academic outcomes.