How it works: a guide for tutors

Set up tutoring

1. On the start page, choose Parent or tutor sign-in.
2. On the Account page, under Tutoring, choose Become a tutor.
3. Type the Name of your tutoring, which parents see, then choose Set up tutoring.

Make a group

1. On the Tutoring page, under New group, type a Group name, such as "Year 8 Thursdays". Parents see it too.
2. Choose Make group.

A group for each class or session time keeps your students easy to find.

Bring students in

1. On the group's page, under Join code for parents, choose Copy code and give the code to the parents.
2. A parent types it on their child's Settings tab, under Join code from a tutor.
3. The child then appears under Students.

If a code gets passed around, choose Replace code. The old code stops working, and students already in the group stay in it.

See how each student is going

1. The group's page lists each student, with what they're Working on, their Mastery, when they Last practised, and Needs help with: the mistakes they keep making.
2. Choose a student's name for their page: their progress, their mistakes, their recent answers and their Placement test.

Choose what they practise

1. On a student's page, under What to practise, choose a Topic, then Practise this topic.
2. A tick box lets the student choose topics for themselves as well.

Send a note to a family

1. On a student's page, type in the box to write to their family, then choose Send.
2. Ideas for a note suggests notes from what the student has done lately, such as a skill they've just mastered. Write this note puts one in the box, to edit before sending.
3. To set some practice with a note, choose a Topic to practise (optional). The student's practice moves to it, and the message has a Practise it button.

The student's parents see every message to and from the student.

Write to a whole group

1. On the group's page, under Write to everyone in the group, choose Who it's for: Students and their parents, or Parents only.
2. Type your message, then choose Send to the group.
3. Each family replies to you alone: no family sees another's reply. Every conversation is on the Messages page, newest first.

Tidy up a group

1. To take a student out of a group, choose Remove beside their name.
2. To close a group, choose Delete group. Its students and their progress aren't deleted: you just stop seeing them.

Know what you see

1. You see only children whose parents have joined one of your groups with your code.
2. For them, you see their progress, answers and mistakes, and your messages with their family.
3. Once a child leaves the group, you see nothing of them.