The Study Club

Help students and self-learners study consistently together. Members set weekly goals in public, join silent or Pomodoro focus rooms, get help that respects academic integrity, and find study partners in their time zone.

Built for: High school and university students · Exam and certification cohorts · Self-taught learners and bootcamp students · Language learners and reading groups

Create each category with its permissions first, then add channels inside it and keep them synced to the category. Channel types used: Text, Announcement, Forum, Voice.

Create roles in this order, from the top of the role list down. A role can only manage roles below it, and bot roles must sit above any role they assign.

Different staff setup or bots? Adapt this hierarchy in the roles generator.

1. Club Lead

   Runs the club and moderates.

   How members get it

   Server owner assigns.

   Display

   Shown separately · Mentionable

   Enable

   Manage Server, Manage Roles, Manage Channels, Manage Events, View Audit Log, Ban Members, Kick Members, Timeout Members, Manage Messages, Manage Threads

   Withhold

   Administrator — keep with the owner account

2. Study Mentor

   Experienced members who answer questions, open weekly goal posts and run focus sessions.

   How members get it

   Club Leads invite helpful regulars.

   Display

   Shown separately · Mentionable

   Enable

   Manage Threads, Manage Messages, Create Events, Mute Members, Move Members, Timeout Members

   Withhold

   Kick Members; Ban Members; Manage Roles

3. Member

   Everyone who has completed onboarding, including the rules and integrity policy.

   How members get it

   Granted by Server Onboarding: add it to every answer of the required subject question.

   Display

   Not separated · Not mentionable

   Enable

   View Channels, Send Messages, Send Messages in Threads, Read Message History, Add Reactions, Attach Files, Embed Links, Connect, Speak, Video

   Withhold

   Mention @everyone, @here, and All Roles; Create Invite, if you want to review who joins

4. Subject roles (Maths, Sciences, Languages, Humanities, Computing)

   Mentionable so members can ask for help from people studying the same thing.

   How members get it

   Self-assigned through onboarding.

   Display

   Not separated · Mentionable

   Enable

   No permissions (cosmetic or ping role)

5. Time-zone roles (Americas, Europe & Africa, Asia & Oceania)

   Helps members find study partners who are awake at the same time.

   How members get it

   Self-assigned through onboarding.

   Display

   Not separated · Not mentionable

   Enable

   No permissions (cosmetic or ping role)

6. Focus Session Ping

   Notified when a group focus session starts.

   How members get it

   Self-assigned through onboarding.

   Display

   Not separated · Mentionable

   Enable

   No permissions (cosmetic or ping role)

Server Onboarding asks members to accept the integrity policy, choose their subjects and time zone, and opt in to session pings.

Default channels: rules-and-integrity, how-it-works, announcements, weekly-goals, daily-log, study-buddies, ask-for-help, study-techniques, break-room, wins, Silent Study

Discord requires at least 7 default channels for Community Onboarding, and @everyone must be able to view and send messages in at least 5 of them.

Suggested first steps: Read the integrity policy → Post this week's goals in #weekly-goals → Join Silent Study for one session → Find a partner in #study-buddies

Verification level

Medium — Students often join from public links shared in class chats or forums; Medium filters brand-new throwaway accounts.

Explicit media filter

Scan media content from all members.

AutoMod rules

• Custom keywords for contract-cheating adverts, such as "do your assignment", "essay writing service" and "exam answers"Block and alert #mod-log. These are the most common spam in study servers.
• Block suspected spam contentBlock and alert.
• Block mention spam (limit around 5)Block and time out for 10 minutes.
• Commonly flagged words: the Insults and Slurs and Sexual Content listsBlock and alert.

Escalation

1. Reminder with a link to the integrity policy
2. Message removed
3. Timeout
4. Kick
5. Ban for selling or requesting cheating services, leaked exams, harassment or predatory behaviour

• Many members may be under 18. Keep all channels safe for work and prohibit adults from soliciting private DMs with minors.
• Helpers explain methods; they do not complete graded work. Remove posts asking for answers to live exams or tests.
• Discord's minimum age is 13, or higher where local law requires it. Do not collect members' exact ages or schools.

Try Discord's built-in features first. Bot names are examples to evaluate, not endorsements; CordNexa has no affiliation with any bot. Review the permissions a bot requests before adding it.

These steps are specific to this kit. For the reasoning behind each stage — permissions, onboarding, testing and launch — see how to make a Discord server.

1. Create the server and enable Community

   Create the server and enable Community features (Discord requires a verified-email verification level, the explicit media filter set to scan all members, a rules channel and a community updates channel). Set #rules-and-integrity as the rules channel.

2. Write the integrity policy first

   Before inviting anyone, write what help is allowed: explaining concepts, reviewing your own attempt and sharing open resources. Also state what is not: doing graded work, sharing live exam content or leaked papers.

3. Create roles in order

   Club Lead → Study Mentor → Member → subject, time-zone and ping roles.

4. Build categories and channels

   Create each category with its permissions, then its channels. Deny Speak for Member in Silent Study and Pomodoro 25/5.

5. Set up the forums

   Add subject tags to #ask-for-help and #resources, require tags, and restrict #weekly-goals post creation to Club Lead and Study Mentor.

6. Configure Onboarding

   Add the subject, time-zone and ping questions, and choose the default channels listed in this kit.

7. Configure AutoMod

   Set verification to Medium and add the contract-cheating keyword rule before sharing any public invite.

8. Open the first week

   Create the first #weekly-goals post, schedule a group focus session as a Discord Event, and test the server with View Server As Role → Member.

1. Be supportive. No mocking questions, grades or learning speed.
2. Academic integrity: we explain and guide, but do not complete graded work. No sharing or requesting live exam content, leaked papers or cheating services.
3. Only share resources you created or that are openly licensed or free to share. No pirated textbooks.
4. Keep focus rooms focused: mics off in silent rooms, and chat in #break-room.
5. Keep everything safe for work. Adults must not solicit private DMs with members who may be minors.
6. Ask good questions: include the topic, what you've tried and where you're stuck.
7. Report problems to a Club Lead or Study Mentor.

Need stricter or more relaxed wording? Customise these rules in the rules generator.

Welcome to The Study Club! Start with #rules-and-integrity and #how-it-works. Then set up to three goals for this week in the current #weekly-goals post, and join Silent Study whenever you want some company while you work. Stuck on something? Post in #ask-for-help with what you've tried so far.

Want a shorter, professional or bot-ready version? Try the welcome message generator.

• v2.1 · 2026-09-28
  • Checked against Discord's Help Center: listed Community requirements, made the Member role come from a required onboarding question, and expanded default channels to meet Discord's onboarding minimums.
• v2.0 · 2026-09-27
  • Rebuilt around a weekly goal forum, silent and Pomodoro focus rooms, and a tagged subject-help forum.
  • Added an academic-integrity policy, contract-cheating AutoMod rules and guidance for under-18 members.
• v1.0 · 2026-09-27
  • Initial layout with shared starter channels and roles.