For instructors
See which concept your class is actually failing.
Create a free class, hand out a six-character join code, and get per-student progress by unit instead of a midterm average. No student email addresses, no setup, no payment — ever.
What you get back
Intro Micro · spring cohort
Per unit · weakest first
Most of the class is inverting the elasticity ratio. That is a fifteen-minute correction in the next lecture, and you would not have seen it until the midterm.
Free, permanently
No payment, ever
No credit card, no trial that converts. Every graph, calculator, quiz and topic page is free for teachers and students alike.
No setup
A six-character code
Create a class and students enter a code from the board — no student email addresses, no accounts to provision, nothing for IT to approve.
Fits your syllabus
AP Micro units 1–6 and IB
Every topic, calculator and practice page has a permanent URL you can drop into Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard or Google Classroom.
Use this in class this week
One ready-made resource for the five most-taught intro topics. Open in class, or copy the link into your LMS.
| Teaching topic | Use in class | Assign after class |
|---|---|---|
| Supply & demand | Interactive curve-shift demo→ | 5-question practice quiz→ |
| Price ceilings & floors | Binding/non-binding demo→ | Price-controls practice→ |
| Elasticity | Elasticity calculator→ | Elasticity topic + practice→ |
| Surplus & deadweight loss | Surplus calculator→ | DWL calculator + worked example→ |
| Monopoly | Monopoly DWL explainer→ | Monopoly topic + practice→ |
Copy and paste for your syllabus or LMS
Two ready-to-paste blurbs. Edit the tone, swap the link, ship it.
Syllabus blurb
Optional learning resource — Econ Academy (econ.academy) is a free microeconomics practice platform with interactive graphs, short explanations, and spaced-repetition review. Students may use it to review concepts from class and prepare for quizzes and exams. No payment or credit card is required. Built by a PhD economist.
LMS announcement
This week's practice — try the interactive activity at [paste link]. It includes a graph you can manipulate, a short worked example, and five practice questions with explanations. Free, no account required to do the activity. Create a free account at econ.academy if you want the platform to remember what you've practised and schedule spaced reviews.
The full resource list
Everything that is currently linkable. All free, forever.
Use Econ Academy with your whole class
Create a class and you get one join code your students enter — no student emails, no rostering, no setup. You see per-student progress by unit as they practice, and you can assign specific lessons with due dates. Assignments land on each student's dashboard and completion tracks automatically. Still free for everyone.
- 01Sign up free and create your class (takes about a minute).
- 02Put the 6-character code on the board or paste the join link in your LMS.
- 03Watch the roster fill in — then assign lessons for the week.
Questions or a feature you need first? Email me — teacher requests get prioritised over my own backlog.
How this compares to what your students already use
- Khan Academy is a video library — passive watching, no graph manipulation, no spaced review.
- MRU Interactive Practice is great for problem sets but skews toward macro and policy scenarios; not built around interactive graph manipulation.
- Textbook publisher platforms cost students money and lock content to one textbook.
- Econ Academy is free, browser-only, built around active graph manipulation and FSRS spaced repetition, and aligned with a standard intro micro / AP Micro curriculum.
Intro micro is over-taught through slides and under-taught through practice. Students watch a lecture, nod, and then freeze on the exam. Econ Academy is built around interactive graphs, retrieval practice, and spaced reviews — the three things the learning-science literature actually supports. See the method for the citations.
Frequently asked questions
Is Econ Academy really free for teachers and students?
Yes. Econ Academy is fully free for both teachers and students. No payment is ever required, no credit card, no trial that converts. Every interactive graph, calculator, practice quiz, and topic page is free forever.
Can I use Econ Academy with my whole class?
Yes. Create a free class and you get a 6-character join code your students enter — no student email addresses, no setup. You then see per-student progress by unit and can assign specific lessons with due dates. Sharing individual resource links (no account required) still works too.
Does Econ Academy align with AP Microeconomics or IB Economics?
Yes. The curriculum maps to the AP Microeconomics Course and Exam Description (Units 1–6) and covers all major IB Economics microeconomics topics. There is also a dedicated AP Micro review kit students can use the night before the exam.
Can I use Econ Academy with my LMS (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Google Classroom)?
Yes. Every topic, calculator, and practice page has a permanent URL you can post in your LMS announcement, syllabus, or assignment. Copy-paste blurbs for syllabus and LMS announcements are provided on this page.
Do students need an account to use it?
No. Students can use most resources — interactive graphs, calculators, practice quizzes — with no account. Creating a free account adds progress tracking, mastery indicators, and FSRS spaced-repetition reviews.
Who built Econ Academy?
Aras Zirgulis, PhD, Professor of Economics at ISM University. The platform is built around interactive graphs, retrieval practice, and spaced repetition — the three things the learning-science literature most directly supports.
Get in touch
If you teach intro micro and there is a specific resource you wish existed — a topic page, a calculator, a practice set — tell us. We prioritize instructor requests because if a resource helps one classroom it usually helps a hundred. Reach out at arazir@ism.lt. Include your institution and what you teach — we read every email.
Built by Aras Zirgulis, PhD — Professor of Economics, ISM University.
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