Recently, tutors got a plethora of new features when it comes to setting up a one-to-many class (thank you eduFire engineers!). Although they’re pretty small, all of them are really useful, so if you’re a tutor (or you’re planning on teaching some one-to-many classes when we get out of testing), definitely play close attention.
In the image above, you can already see a few of the new features. Now, instead of having to show the Youtube clip that’s on your profile, you can choose a different one that fits your course better. You can make your own video and upload it, or just simply use someone else’s. It’s up to you! Along the same lines, you can now upload a custom image that goes along with your class. For example, for my “Japanese Counters” class, I used an image of “Nabeatsu,” a comedian in Japan who just counts (funnier than it sounds…maybe).
Now that we’ve gotten that out of our systems, let’s take a look at the other features tutors will now have access to.
Tutors will now be able to choose how long 1:M classes last. I know my classes rarely only take an hour (with question and answer, anyways), so it’s nice to have this flexibility. Or, maybe I want to teach a really short class. This will really give teachers more power to advertise their class more accurately, so students can have a better expectation about the class.
After a tutor has put together a class, they’ll have a few extra options whenever they visit their class page. They are now able to “clone their class” (which allows you to make a copy so it’s easy to make more similar classes), “contact participants” (easy contact with the click of a button), and “change number of participants.” This last feature was highly requested when popular teachers set the maximum number of students to something too low, and then students started clamoring to get in. Now you can fix your limits to make them higher and let those waves of students join in on the fun!
More improvements are on the way, and they are all thanks to your input and support! If you have any more ideas you’d like to see implemented, definitely post it over in the idea board, where ideas can become reality!
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