Turn your book or PDF into an online course with AI
Your manuscript in, a structured course out — and nothing publishes until you approve it.
How your course gets built
The same visible phases, in order, on every upload — pick one to see it.
- 01
Cavua reads the manuscript or PDF you uploaded first, so the syllabus it proposes is built from what you actually wrote.
- 02
Your material is organised into chapters in a defensible order, drawn from what your book actually covers rather than a generic template.
- 03
Lessons are written from your material, chapter by chapter, with chapter and lesson tests to match, so what a student reads still traces back to your book.
- 04
The course is assembled and handed back to you to check over — nothing reaches a student until you have looked at it and approved it.
Every upload runs through the same four visible phases, in order, with a progress bar that says which one it is in rather than a spinner that says nothing.
You edit anything you disagree with before it goes anywhere near a student: the four phases produce a draft for your approval, not a finished product you cannot touch.
What your readers get
A course that teaches from your book, with a tutor that answers from it too.
- 01
Lessons written from your book
Chapters in order, lessons from your material, and nothing drawn from a generic template. - 02
Tests that save as they go
A test at the end of each chapter and each lesson, with results saved as the reader works. - 03
A certificate to claim
Finish the course and pass the final test — a record of your material, not an outside accreditation.
A published course gives a reader chapters in order, lessons written from your material, and a test at the end of each chapter and each lesson, with results saved as they go. The same AI tutor every Cavua course ships with answers their questions out of your book specifically — its syllabus, lessons and tests — rather than the open web, reachable by video call, voice call, chat, or an audio summary of a chapter they just finished. Finish the course and pass the final test, and a certificate is theirs to claim — not accredited by any outside body, but a record that they completed your material and passed the tests written for it.
What you earn and what it costs
Three lines on an author's ledger, each with its own rate, each visible before you commit to anything.
- Income
Paid on what your published courses earn.
- Income
Two separate streams — authors you bring and students you bring — each switched on its own.
- Cost
Bought, then spent to produce a course. An author subscription lowers the rate per upload.
Rates live on your author billing screens — every token movement itemised.
Publishing pays royalties on what your courses earn. Referral income runs on two separate streams — authors you bring to the platform, and students you bring — each priced and switched independently, so neither quietly changes because the other did. Publishing costs upload tokens: you buy tokens, and producing a course spends them, which keeps the cost tied to what you actually publish instead of to a seat you might not use. An author subscription lowers the rate you pay per upload, so the more you publish the less each course costs to make. Rates and balances are shown in your author billing screens, with every token movement itemised rather than summarised.
Who it suits
Anyone with the material already written and no appetite for months of course production.
- An author with a finished manuscript
- A lecturer with course notes or papers
- An educator with material already written
This suits an author with a finished manuscript and little interest in months of course production, a lecturer turning existing course notes or papers into something a reader can work through alone, and an educator with material already written who wants a structured course rather than a slide deck. It is not a promise about any particular subject or outcome — it is the four phases above, applied to whatever document you upload.
01Can I turn a PDF into a course?
Yes — upload your manuscript or a PDF and Cavua runs it through the four phases: reading the document, designing the syllabus, writing the lessons, finishing up. What comes back is a structured course built from your material.
02What does Cavua build from my book?
Chapters in a defensible order, lessons written from your material, and tests for the chapters and the lessons — a complete course structure, not just a summary of your book.
03Do I keep control of what is published?
Yes. You edit and approve the course before it reaches a student. Nothing generated from your upload goes live without you signing off on it first.
04What does it cost?
Producing a course spends upload tokens, which you buy, so the cost tracks what you actually publish. An author subscription lowers the rate you pay per upload; the live rates are on the pricing page.
05What do authors earn?
Royalties on what your published courses earn, plus referral income on two separate streams — authors you bring to the platform, and students you bring — each priced and switched on its own.
06What is an upload token?
What you spend to turn a manuscript or PDF into a course. Tokens are bought rather than included with a seat, so the cost tracks what is actually published, and an author subscription lowers the rate paid per upload.
07Which file do I need?
Your manuscript or a PDF of it. The four phases read the document you give them, so the course is built from the text you already have.
Your book is already most of a course.
Upload it and watch what four phases of structuring do to a document you already know by heart.