Marketplace Self-Study
Buy personal Marketplace materials, use assessment credits, and understand token billing.
Marketplace self-study materials let you buy exam-style practice and complete it in My Library. You can also create your own self-study lessons with Create self-study lesson when your plan includes that option.
Buying a Personal Material
- Open Marketplace.
- Choose a material marked as Personal self-study.
- Use Try Demo when a demo is available.
- Review the price, validity period, and included assessment credits.
- Click Buy Now and confirm the purchase.
- Open the material from My Library.
The price is charged from your personal token balance.
After a successful purchase, the material appears in My Library together with your purchased and created self-study lessons.
Some demos include interactive speaking tasks, such as pronunciation, assessed speech, or Live Examiner practice. Demo recordings are for trying the material only; they do not count as real course progress or consume your purchased assessment attempts unless the platform asks you to confirm a paid assessment.
Creating Your Own Self-Study Lesson
If your plan allows student-created lessons:
- Open My Library.
- Click Create self-study lesson.
- Enter the Lesson topic, what I want to learn, and My level.
- Click Create.
- Review the generated lesson and start studying.
Created self-study lessons are personal to your account. You can edit or delete lessons you created yourself from My Library. Marketplace purchases remain governed by their access period and package terms.
Your page may show a created-lesson usage counter such as Created lessons: 2/5. The limit depends on your current subscription plan.
What You Get
Self-study material may include:
- the lesson or exam-practice material
- a personal access period
- included automatic assessment credits
- progress and past results in My Library
- access to Ask AI when your plan or material allows it
The material is for your own study account. It is not a school package and cannot be shared with other students.
Ask AI in Self-Study
Some self-study lessons include Ask AI. Use it when you want help understanding the task, checking an answer, or getting a hint while studying alone.
Ask AI works best when you ask about the lesson content in front of you. In self-study, it may also use your saved learning notes to make help more relevant. You can manage those notes from the self-study AI area when available.
Assessment Credits
Included AI Check Credits are used when you submit supported assessed work, such as:
- writing assessment
- speaking assessment
- Live Examiner assessment
If your included credits run out, the platform may ask to use your personal token balance before running another paid assessment.
Do not start a paid assessment unless you are ready to submit. Writing, speaking, and Live Examiner feedback can consume credits or tokens.
School-Assigned Materials
If your school assigns a Marketplace material, the school license may cover your usage. In that case, included school assessment credits are used before personal tokens, depending on school policy.
If neither school credits nor personal tokens are available, the assessment may be blocked until the school adds credits or you add personal tokens.
Expired Access
When a personal access period expires:
- your past work and feedback remain visible when available
- new work may be blocked
- renewal or a new purchase may be required
The exact access period is shown before purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I create unlimited self-study lessons?
No. Your plan controls how many self-study lessons you can create during the current billing period. Purchased Marketplace materials are separate from created-lesson limits.
Do tokens expire?
No. Tokens do not expire, but a Marketplace material can have its own access period.
Can I share my purchase with another student?
No. Personal self-study purchases are tied to your account.
Can I reuse the same material many times?
You can review your material while access is active, but paid assessment is limited by included credits or your token balance.
Is automatic assessment a final grade?
No. Automated assessment is feedback for learning. A teacher or examiner may make a different final grading decision.