{{Short description|Online tutoring platform}} {{Notability|Companies|date=May 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox company |name = InstaEDU, Inc. |logo = CheggTutorsLogo.svg |type = Subsidiary |founded = San Francisco, California, USA in November 2011 |industry = Education |key_people = Alison Johnston, Dan Johnston, Joey Shurtleff (cofounders) |products = Online Tutoring |parent = Chegg |website = [http://www.chegg.com/tutors CheggTutors] }} '''Chegg Tutors''' (formerly known as '''InstaEDU''') was an online tutoring company that matched students seeking help with online tutors. Students could receive help either on-demand or by scheduling a lesson.<ref>{{cite news|title=Homework Questions? Ask a Tutor on InstaEDU| url=http://mashable.com/2012/08/28/homework-tutor-instaedu/}}</ref>

== History == Chegg Tutors was founded in 2011 as InstaEDU and launched into public beta in May 2012. At that time, the company also announced that it had raised $1.1M in venture capital funding from The Social+Capital Partnership.<ref>{{cite news|title=InstaEDU On-Demand Video Tutoring Gets An A+ and $1.1M Seed From The Social+Capital Partnership| url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/30/instaedu/}}</ref> Two of the company's co-founders had previously run an in-home tutoring company called Cardinal Scholars. After running Cardinal Scholars they got the idea for an online tutoring company—InstaEDU. In July 2012 they sold Cardinal Scholars to Course Hero.<ref>{{cite news|last=Constine|first=Josh|title=EduTech Team-Up: Course Hero Buys Cardinal Scholars In-Person Tutoring Business From InstaEDU|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/12/course-hero-cardinal-scholars/|accessdate=4 May 2013|newspaper=TechCrunch}}</ref> In August 2013, the service announced it had raised a $4 million Series A round of funding<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Colleen|title=Online Tutoring Platform InstaEDU Raises $4 Million Series A Led By Battery Ventures|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/14/instaedu-series-a-battery-ventures/|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=TechCrunch}}</ref> from Battery Ventures. At that time, the InstaEDU service also emerged from beta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online tutoring startup InstaEDU comes out of beta with $4M led by Battery Ventures – Old GigaOm |url=https://old.gigaom.com/2013/08/14/online-tutoring-startup-instaedu-comes-out-of-beta-with-4m-led-by-battery-ventures/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627215334/https://old.gigaom.com/2013/08/14/online-tutoring-startup-instaedu-comes-out-of-beta-with-4m-led-by-battery-ventures/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2022 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=old.gigaom.com}}</ref>

On 3 June 2014, Chegg announced that it purchased InstaEDU for $30 million in cash, and that it planned to keep the InstaEDU service active as part of the purchase.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Griffith|first1=Erin|title=Chegg buys InstaEDU in transition away from book rentals|url=http://fortune.com/2014/06/03/chegg-buys-instaedu-in-transition-away-from-book-rentals/|accessdate=8 June 2014|publisher=Fortune Magazine}}</ref>

In 2017, Chegg partnered with Sallie Mae to provide student borrowers access to Chegg Tutors.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/09/sallie-mae-teams-with-chegg-to-offer-customers-virtual-tutoring-for-college-classes/| newspaper=The Washington Post| title=Sallie Mae teams with Chegg to offer customers virtual tutoring for college classes| author=Danielle Douglas-Gabriel| date=9 May 2017| access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

In late 2020, Chegg announced that Chegg Tutors would be discontinued in 2021. The last day for lessons was announced as January 15, with the last payments to tutors to be made on January 22, and the site to cease operations on January 31.<ref>{{cite web |title=I am a tutor, what is happening with Chegg Tutors? |url=https://www.chegg.com/contactus/2121747681 |website=Chegg.com |access-date=26 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== Services == Students could visit InstaEDU and get matched with a tutor on-demand.<ref>{{cite news|title=InstaEDU: On-Demand Tutoring for Instant Homework Help!| url=http://www.wonderoftech.com/instaedu-on_demand-tutoring/}}</ref> InstaEDU allowed students to browse tutor profiles and schedule lessons with a specific tutor. The InstaEDU lesson space used video chat, text chat, a whiteboard, a document editor, code editor, screen sharing, and a file uploader to allow students and tutors to work together. In April 2014, the site announced that it was mobile-friendly;<ref>{{cite web|last=Clemens|first=Ben|title=blog.instaedu.com/2014/04/14/mobile-friendly-instaedu/|url=http://blog.instaedu.com/2014/04/14/mobile-friendly-instaedu/|access-date=7 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508031109/http://blog.instaedu.com/2014/04/14/mobile-friendly-instaedu/|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> the mobile site supported messaging, scheduling and written lessons.

The site announced it would cease operations on 31 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chegg.com/contactus/2121747681 |title=Chegg Customer Service Phone Number & Help Center &#124; Chegg.com |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215185752/https://www.chegg.com/contactus/2121747681 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://chegg.com/tutors Chegg Tutors Official Site] * [http://instaedu.com/tutors InstaEDU Official Site]

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