Materials

Current screens

These images use the current English interface. Student and trial-customer details are replaced with demo labels.

Materials

The shared library, and the note that tells the next teacher where to continue.

Open 教材 (materials) from the sidebar. This screen is the school's shared library of books, worksheets and files. Its real purpose is simple: any teacher who takes a class must be able to see what was used and where the last lesson stopped.

Add a material

There are two ways to get a file into the library.

• Upload a new file from your computer or phone.
• Import a file that is already in the website media library, so the same document is not stored twice.

Give every material a name another person will understand. "Beginner conversation, book 1" is useful. "scan2.pdf" is not. A good name saves more time than any search box.

Tags

Tags group materials so they can be found again: level, age, skill, exam. Add the tags while you are uploading. It takes a few seconds then, and saves minutes every week afterwards.

Search

Use the search to find a material by its name or by a tag. Always search before you upload. The file you need is often already in the library, added by a colleague under a different name.

Attach a material to a lesson

This is the most valuable habit on this screen.

1. Open the lesson you have just taught.
2. Attach the material you used.
3. Write the page numbers you covered, for example pages 12 to 18.
4. Save.

The next teacher opens the same student, sees the book and the last page, and starts on the right page. No message, no phone call, no lesson repeated by accident. When a teacher is sick and a colleague covers the class, this one line is the difference between a smooth lesson and a wasted hour.