Tavela
An LMS for indie teachers

Teaching is a craft. Tavela helps you practice it.

Build a course, sell it to your students, and see what they actually learned — with tools from learning science, not guesswork.

14-day free trial. Simple monthly pricing. No percentage of your sales.

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The tabela — a table for learning

Teachers tend the canopy. Students grow from the roots.

Every tool you use as a teacher has a clear payoff below. Your craft and their growth are the same tree.

Curriculum

Map concepts & prerequisites

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Visually lay out what depends on what. Tavela warns when a lesson is missing its setup.

Authoring

Build practice into the lesson

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A clean editor with knowledge checks embedded alongside video and reading. Students practice as they learn — not after they've forgotten.

Practice

Review at the right moment

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Drop a question into a review set. Tavela surfaces it when memory starts to fade.

Insight

Spot where you're losing them

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See who's stuck, on which exact question, and where the class drops off. Fix the lesson above it.

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They don't get stuck.

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They can actually do the thing.

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They remember it weeks later.

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They finish what they start.

What's inside

Small tools, big compounding effects.

Only on Tavela

See your course as a map, not a playlist.

Define what students should be able to do. Map concepts and their prerequisites. Tavela checks that your lessons actually cover what you promised — and warns you when something's missing.

  • Course goals with depth levels
  • Visual prerequisite map — see what depends on what
  • Coverage check catches gaps before your students do
  • Reuse concepts across courses you teach
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Product screenshot Course builder — modules & lesson editor
Course builder

Write, don't wrestle.

A clean editor with blocks for video, reading, and questions. Drag to reorder modules and lessons. Publish when you're ready. No clunky modules menu to configure.

  • Rich text editor with media embeds
  • Streaming video hosting on Mux
  • Custom landing pages per course
  • Storefront, coupons, and Stripe checkout built in
Animation studio

Polished explainers, without leaving your course.

A built-in animation editor for walkthroughs and visual content. Timeline-based with keyframes, audio sync, and export to video — all inside Tavela. No After Effects detour.

  • Visual canvas with text, shapes, and images
  • Keyframe animation with easing curves
  • Audio timeline with multi-track mixing
  • Export to MP4, embed directly in lessons
Product screenshot Animation studio — timeline & preview
Product screenshot Student progress & question analytics
Learning science

See every student. Know exactly where they got stuck.

Know who's mastered the material, who's struggling, and on which exact question. Not a vanity dashboard — a teaching tool that tells you where to fix the lesson above.

  • Knowledge checks using retrieval practice
  • Pre-lesson predictions and post-lesson reflection
  • Spaced review — short sessions over time beat one long cram
  • Progress tracking with concept-level mastery

"I stopped guessing which parts of my course were working. I can point at the question students miss most — and fix the lesson above it."

Maya Okafor independent curriculum designer · teaches applied statistics
Pricing

Plain pricing. No tier tricks.

Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Full access, no credit card required. Pay for the platform — keep what you earn.

Starter
$29 / month
For teachers building their first few courses.
  • 5 published courses
  • 10 hrs of video storage
  • 10,000 video views / month
  • Knowledge checks
  • Progress tracking
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Pro
$79 / month
For serious creators who want the full toolkit.
  • Unlimited courses
  • 100 hrs of video storage
  • 100,000 video views / month
  • All learning science features
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Completion certificates
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School
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For co-ops, schools, and small teams.
  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited everything
  • Animation studio
  • Team seats and SSO
  • Custom branding
  • Priority support
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Usage overages billed at transparent per-unit rates. No surprise invoices — we warn you before you go over.

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