The idea
Add a recording to a course session and Folio transcribes it automatically. Students can then read the transcript, jump to any moment, and ask a Scholar-style question — "when did she define elasticity?" — and get an answer grounded in the transcript, with a timestamp back to the exact spot in the lecture.
Why it matters
A one-hour recording is a wall. Nobody re-watches it to find the two minutes they need. A searchable, question-answerable transcript turns a passive video into something you can actually study from — and because the answers are grounded in the transcript, it points you to the source instead of paraphrasing it away. It also makes lectures far more accessible for students who process text better than audio, or who aren't studying in their first language.
Where we are
Part of how we're thinking about owning the classroom experience, not just the recording pipe. Course sessions — schedule, calendar, reminders, attendance — are already live; recording links and a transcript companion are the next steps we're keen on.
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