Custom Tools

Your course.
Your simulation.
Built your way.

Kova's custom tools let you design career and budget simulations tailored to your class — your curriculum, your company, your industry, your decisions. Each one personalizes to every student's interests and can run live in class or as an assignment. No code, no compromise.

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How it works

From idea to
live simulation in minutes.

No engineering team. No LMS consultant. You describe the scenario — Kova's builder handles the rest.

01 — DESIGN
Build your scenario
Choose a company, industry, and decision type. Add stages, activities — quizzes, free-response, spreadsheet models — and write your narrative. The builder guides you through each step.
02 — ASSIGN
Push it to your class
Assign the simulation to any of your class sections with one click. Set unlock dates, due dates, or leave it open. Students see it immediately in their dashboard.
03 — TRACK
See every decision
Your professor dashboard shows each student's progress, stage-by-stage. Download grade reports, see where students got stuck, and compare responses across your class.
Simulation builder

Design a simulation
as rich as a
real case study.

Every element of a custom simulation is yours to define — the company, the crisis, the decisions, the mentor's voice. Students experience your curriculum, not a generic template.

  • →Multi-stage narratives — chain decisions across stages so early choices affect what students face later.
  • →Mixed activity types — combine multiple choice, free-response analysis, and financial model inputs in a single stage.
  • →AI mentor voice — configure your mentor's name, role, and personality to match the scenario's world.
  • →Draft & iterate — save drafts, preview as a student, edit at any time before assigning.
SIMULATION BUILDER — DRAFT
Company
Meridian Capital Partners
Scenario
PE Associate — Portfolio Crisis
Stages
📊 Stage 1 — Initial Assessment 3 activities
⚡ Stage 2 — Crisis Response 2 activities
📈 Stage 3 — Board Presentation 4 activities
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What you can build

Two simulation types.
Unlimited scenarios.

🎯
Simulations
Walk students through a multi-stage career scenario — intern to analyst to VP. Each stage has its own context, activities, and decisions. Students advance only when they've completed each stage.
📊
Budget Simulations
Give students a real budget allocation challenge. Set line items, constraints, and a profitability target. Students submit their budget and a written justification — graded automatically.
🤖
AI Mentor Integration
Every custom simulation includes an AI mentor students can ask questions during the scenario. You define the mentor's persona, and the AI stays in character — guiding without giving away the answer.
📝
Mixed Activity Types
Combine multiple choice, open-ended written analysis, and financial model inputs in any order. Weight each activity differently to match your grading philosophy.
📅
Date-Locked Stages
Set unlock and due dates per stage, or per simulation. Students in multiple sections can be on different schedules — each class section is managed independently.
📈
Full Progress Dashboard
See exactly where every student is — which stage they're on, their score, when they last logged in. Download grade reports as CSV with one click.
Use cases

Built for how
finance is taught.

Corporate Finance
Capital structure decisions under pressure
A growth-stage company needs to choose between debt and equity to fund expansion. Students analyze the cap table, model the scenarios, and defend their recommendation to the board.
Investment Management
Portfolio rebalancing in a volatile market
A sudden macro shock hits the portfolio. Students must decide what to sell, what to hold, and how to communicate the strategy to an institutional client — all under a deadline.
Accounting
Audit findings & management response
Students take the role of a senior auditor who's discovered a material discrepancy. They must document findings, assess risk, and draft a management letter — step by step.
Entrepreneurship
Budget allocation for a Series A startup
A startup just closed its Series A. Students allocate the budget across hiring, product, and marketing — balancing growth targets with runway constraints and the board's expectations.
Beyond simulations

Every Kova tool
customized for your course.

Custom simulations are just the start. All of Kova's tools are designed to reflect your course materials, your cases, and your students.

🗳️
Custom Live Polls
Write your own MCQ, true/false, multi-select, slider, or free-response polls — tied directly to your lecture content. Save drafts and reuse them across sections.
⚖️
Custom Deliberation Boards
Set up structured debates around your course's real controversies. Define the positions, the pairing method, and the prompt — students do the rest.
🎓
Tailored for your institution
Need something that doesn't fit the standard builder? We work directly with faculty to scope and build custom tools for your department's specific needs. Book a demo to talk through it.
The process

From your course
to a live simulation.

1
You bring the scenario
A case study, a real client situation, a recurring exam question — anything that students need to wrestle with hands-on.
2
Build in the platform
Use Kova's sim builder to create stages, write activities, and configure your AI mentor. No technical knowledge needed.
3
Assign to your class
Push it to one section or all of them. Set dates, preview as a student, and go live whenever you're ready.
4
Track & grade
Watch progress in real time. Download a grade report. Iterate on the simulation for next semester based on what you saw.
Get started

Ready to build
your first simulation?

Create your free account and have a custom simulation running in your class today.

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