Classavo is an all-in-one teaching and learning platform built for higher education. The platform allows instructors to create fully customizable digital textbooks and course materials without copyright restrictions, and pairs that content with tools for auto-grading, auto-reporting, live polling, attendance tracking, and real-time analytics. The goal is to consolidate what are typically several disconnected tools into a single environment for both in-person and remote classrooms.
The company was founded by University at Buffalo alumni who experienced high textbook costs and fragmented learning tools as students. It has since been supported by University at Buffalo incubator programs and received recognition through Forbes 30 Under 30. During the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for remote learning solutions drove five-fold growth, and the platform is now used by instructors and students at universities across the United States.
Pricing is structured around accessibility: the platform is free for instructors, while students pay $20 per semester or $69 for lifetime access - a deliberate contrast to traditional textbook costs. Through the Classavo Marketplace, professors can publish and monetize their own course content under a revenue-sharing model; 10% of publishing revenues are donated to a student scholarship fund.
Classavo operates across the technical domains of digital textbook authoring, learning analytics, auto-grading systems, and classroom engagement tooling, with a stated mission to expand access to education globally.