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Briefleaf for teachers

Help students turn their research into clear slides and study sheets, with every source kept in place. Plus free printables you can use in class tomorrow.

How students use Briefleaf

Research projects

Students highlight the important parts of the pages they read. Briefleaf keeps the link to the source with every snippet, so the finished slides and notes show where each idea came from.

Presentations

The snippets a student picked become a 16:9 presentation in PDF or PowerPoint. The student still does the reading and chooses what matters; Briefleaf takes care of the layout.

Exam review

The same snippets turn into a one-page cheat sheet, study notes or printable flashcards for review week.

What Briefleaf does not do

It doesn’t search the web or write essays. Students choose every snippet themselves. The optional AI helper only works with those snippets: it can rewrite them as short points, suggest flashcard questions or arrange slides. AI needs a Google sign-in and has monthly limits.

Free printables for your classroom

No sign-up, nothing to install. Make the PDF in your browser and print.

Cornell notes template

Print a class set for a lecture or a reading. Add the class name and topic in the header.

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Printable flashcard maker

Paste a vocabulary list or key terms and print double-sided review cards for the whole class.

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Slide and speech calculator

Set fair expectations for a 3, 5 or 10 minute talk and use the timer for rehearsals.

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Four classroom ideas

  • Source hunt. Each student collects five snippets from at least three different sources, then exports study notes. Sources appear under every snippet, which makes checking easy.
  • Two-minute talks. Students build a short deck from their snippets. Use the slide calculator to agree on the number of slides before they start.
  • Leitner review week. Print flashcards for the unit and run the three-box review: new cards daily, known cards every few days.
  • Cornell notes for readings. Hand out Cornell sheets with the topic pre-filled. Students write questions in the cue column after reading and swap them with a partner.

Privacy in the classroom

  • Snippets and documents are stored in the student’s own browser, not on our servers.
  • No ads and no analytics in the extension or on this website.
  • Data is sent to our server only when a student presses an AI button or signs in. Details are in the Privacy Policy.
  • Please check your school’s rules for browser extensions and AI tools before asking students to install Briefleaf.

Questions from teachers

Is Briefleaf free for students?

Yes. Collecting snippets, all formats, PDF and PowerPoint downloads and 10 designs are free. The paid Pro plan adds more designs and more AI runs.

Does it work on Chromebooks?

Briefleaf is a Chrome extension, so it runs on Chromebooks. On school-managed devices your IT admin may need to allow it first.

Do students need an account?

No. Collecting snippets and downloading files works without signing in. Only the AI helper needs a Google sign-in.

Will students just let AI do the work?

Briefleaf can only work with the text a student selected from real sources. It doesn’t search the web or write essays, and the AI is optional.

Are the printables really free?

Yes. The Cornell notes template, flashcard maker and slide calculator are free, with no sign-up. Each page carries a small briefleaf.app line at the bottom.