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Turn any topic into a short video lecture.

Drop in a PDF, paste a syllabus topic, or describe a concept. Cereby produces a short narrated, illustrated explainer you can rewatch as you study.

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Cereby on iPad: a narrated video lecture on photosynthesis, ready to play and download
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Cereby on iPhone: a narrated video lecture on photosynthesis, ready to play and download
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Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Yale University
Princeton University
Columbia University
California Institute of Technology
Duke University
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame

A short explainer for the concept you keep rereading

Some ideas only click when you see them. Cereby writes a short video lesson on any topic: it plans the scenes, narrates each one and pairs it with an illustration, then stitches them into a video you can watch, rewatch and download.

Videos run from 30 seconds to two minutes, which is long enough to explain one idea properly and short enough to watch again right before an exam. Pick a widescreen, vertical or square frame, a light or dark theme, and subtitles if you study with the sound off.

Each video starts as a scene plan. Cereby breaks the concept into a handful of steps, writes the narration for each one, and picks an illustration that shows what the narrator is describing. The scenes change when the narration finishes, so the pacing follows the explanation instead of a fixed timer.

That makes it a good fit for processes and cause and effect: things where the order matters and a diagram on one page is hard to follow. It is less useful for long derivations, where a study guide with worked examples will serve you better.

Cereby on iPad: a narrated video lecture on photosynthesis, ready to play and download
  • 30s to 2 minTwo minutes is the default
  • 3 framesWidescreen, vertical or square
  • Light or darkWith subtitles on or off
  • MP4Download at 720p and watch offline
Example

How a video is planned

The scene plan Cereby wrote for a 90 second video on how vaccines train the immune system.

  1. Scene 1

    Title card: How a vaccine teaches your body. Narration introduces the question.

  2. Scene 2

    A harmless piece of a virus, the antigen, enters the body. Narration explains why it can't make you sick.

  3. Scene 3

    B cells make antibodies that fit the antigen. Memory cells stay behind.

  4. Scene 4

    Months later the real virus arrives and memory cells respond fast. Recap of the three steps.

How it works

Educational Videos in three steps

  1. Name a concept or attach notes

    One idea per video works well, like the Krebs cycle or how a bill becomes law.

  2. Set the format

    30 seconds to two minutes, 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, light or dark, with or without subtitles.

  3. Watch and keep it

    Play it in Cereby or download the MP4 to watch offline.

When students use it

Made for weeks like these

  • Quick review before an exam

    Make a two minute video for each topic and watch the set in the hallway before the test.

  • Sharing a vertical clip

    Make it 9:16 with subtitles and it plays like any other short on your phone, which is where a lot of studying already happens.

  • Explaining something to a study group

    Download the video and send it to the group chat when you are the one who finally understood it.

FAQ

Educational Videos: common questions

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Between 30 seconds and two minutes. Two minutes is the default. Short videos keep each one focused on a single idea.

Your next exam starts here.

Bring your syllabus. Cereby learns your schedule, tracks what's due and turns every topic into the video, podcast, quiz or deck you'll actually study from. Free to start, no card required.

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