Instant Sessions

Traditionally — as far any startup can use that word when they’re less than a full year old — eduFire has always been “schedule based”. What I mean by that is, until now, using eduFire meant a process something like this:

1. Go onto the site.
2. Find a teacher.
3. Propose (i.e. schedule) a session with them by specifying when you were available to learn.
4. If that time didn’t work for the teacher then respond to the time that worked for the teacher by either indicating yes you are available then or counter proposing a time.
5. Repeat step #4 a few times perhaps.
6. Join the session with your teacher when that time rolls around.

Sure it works but that’s a whole lot of steps to follow when all you want to do is learn Spanish from Marco. To address this, *drum roll please* we are delighted to respond to your requests and announce:

Here’s how this all works:

The teacher’s profile page now incorporates two new buttons:

• Get Introduced
• Do a Session Now

The Get Introduced button lets you take a free, 10 minute, no obligation trial of a teacher and determine if they are the right teacher for you. During this introduction you have a full video session with the teacher along with text chat and its designed to give you a feel for the teacher. At the end of the session you can even roll into a full session with the teacher.
The Do a Session Now button lets you jump right into a session with a teacher and begin learning right away.
After either Get Introduced or Do a Session Now you’ll see a screen something like this:

From this screen you can choose what subject to be tutored in and wait to see if your teacher is available:

Now when a teacher is available you’ll see this screen:

If you click on the Get Introduced link then you’ll end up in a video chat with your teacher:

And there you go — instant sessions!
Note: If you’re using the Do a Session Now link then things follow a similar procession.

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