Before exam week, turn scattered notes into something you can use.
OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) can help you organise your course material, draft practice questions, and explain passages with a local model. Prepare the app, model, and files while connected. Then build and use a checked revision pack on your computer without depending on cloud AI.
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The useful result is a small set of materials you have checked: a topic map, questions to practise, and sources for the answers. Use it for permitted study. Follow your institution's rules for assessed work and exams.
What belongs in a revision pack?
Choose material that supports active review. A long AI summary can be difficult to use when you do not know which parts you understand. Separate the outline from the questions and keep an answer reference you can open after trying each question.
Suppose your course covers several methods for analysing a project. Your pack could contain:
| Part | How you use it |
|---|---|
| Topic map | Check the scope against the course outline |
| Key distinctions | Compare concepts that are easy to confuse |
| Practice questions | Try explaining or applying an idea yourself |
| Answer references | Check your response against course material |
| Open questions | Record what to ask a teacher or revisit |
Do not ask the model to predict the exam. Build around the published course scope and the material you are expected to know.
What do you need before going offline?
Install OGAD, download a suitable local text model, and save the full course files to your computer. Open them to check they are not cloud-only placeholders. Complete the local document-search setup while connected.
This workflow uses free core features on supported Mac and Windows computers. 0.0.54-beta.108 also provides Linux beta packages.
Use readable PDF, DOCX, TXT, or Markdown files. The document extractor reads text. Scanned notes, equations, diagrams, and tables can need a checked text explanation or direct review of the original.
Keep the official course outline separate from your own notes so that your incomplete notes do not silently become the definition of the syllabus.
How do you organise the source material?
Create one project for the course or a clearly defined part of it. Add a manageable set of current files before asking for a topic map.
- Select a downloaded local model in Models > Text.
- Open Projects > New project, name it, and press Enter.
- Open Knowledge & settings > Knowledge base > Add files.
- Add the course outline and readable notes; wait for indexing.
- If available, turn Include captured memory off and save for a source-only study project.
- Open Chats > New chat inside the project.
Ask:
Use the course outline to list the topics I need to review. For each topic, identify relevant supplied notes. Keep topics with no supporting notes visible. Do not add likely exam questions or invent course requirements.
Check the list against the actual outline. Retrieval returns selected passages, so use the outline itself as your coverage checklist.
How do you make useful practice questions?
Work on one topic at a time. Specify whether you want a definition, comparison, explanation, or application question. Ask for source references in a separate answer section rather than placing the answer directly beside the question.
Try:
From the supplied notes on this topic, draft six practice questions: two definitions, two comparisons, and two applications. Keep them within the course material. Put the answer guidance and source passages in a separate section. Mark questions whose answers are not established by the notes.
Review the questions before using them. A model can ask something that sounds relevant but depends on a concept your course has not covered.
Save the approved questions in your document editor. Keep the answer section on another page or in a separate file so you can attempt the question first.
How can you use the model when an explanation is unclear?
Show the passage and say which part you do not understand. Ask for a plain-language explanation that preserves the original conditions. Then return to the source to check whether the simplification lost anything important.
For example:
Explain the difference between these two methods using only the supplied notes. Give one hypothetical example for each and label it as an example. Keep the conditions under which each method applies. Identify any point the notes do not settle.
An example should help you understand the concept. It should not replace a required definition or an exact formula. For numerical work, check each step using the method and tools your course expects.
How do you check your own answers?
Write an answer before showing the model the reference guidance. Ask it to compare your response with the source and identify missing points or unsupported statements.
Compare my answer with this source passage. List the points I covered, the points I missed, and any statement that conflicts with the source. Do not invent a grade or claim to know my examiner's marking scheme.
Use the feedback to revise your answer. If the model and your course source disagree, inspect the original explanation and ask a teacher when the issue remains unresolved.
Keep a short list of recurring gaps. That gives you a practical next study session instead of repeatedly generating new summaries.
What should you test before exam week?
Disconnect from the internet and complete one study session. Load the local model, open the files, answer a question, inspect the source, and save your notes.
| Problem | What to fix before relying on the pack |
|---|---|
| A file will not open | Download the complete local copy |
| Search cannot find a known passage | Check indexing and ask a narrower question |
| A diagram is missing from the text | Keep the original page available |
| A generated answer adds facts | Return to the source and revise the answer guide |
| The pack omits a topic | Check it against the course outline |
A successful session checks your setup. It does not guarantee a grade or that every answer generated later will be correct.
Prepare one topic today
Download OGAD and build a small pack for one topic. Check the questions, save the sources, and practise while disconnected.
You can expand once that works. The goal is a revision pack you understand and can use, with course evidence close enough to check whenever an answer is uncertain.
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