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jiào xué xiāng zhǎng — “Teaching and learning grow one another”

Run circles, set homework and see what your learners actually did between lessons.

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Becoming a tutorTurning on a tutor account, what changes about your workspace, and what verification means. 5 min Circles explainedThe four kinds of circle, which one you want, and what visibility actually controls. 7 min Inviting learnersInvite codes, links and email invitations — and what a learner sees when they accept. 5 min Setting homeworkAssign a lesson, a reading, a mock exam or a word list — to a whole circle or one learner. 7 min Tracking progressWho opened what, who finished it, and where a learner is actually stuck rather than merely behind. 6 min The Learning Lab for tutorsEvidence about your circle — and the things it deliberately refuses to show you. 7 min Messaging learnersDirect messages inside a circle, what learners are notified about, and where email fits. 4 min Tutor plans and billingWhat a tutor plan costs, what it includes, and why we take no commission on your teaching. 5 min Being found in the directoryYour public profile, the levels and skills you list, and how learners reach you. 4 min What your learners seeThe same screens from the other side — useful before you tell someone where to click. 5 min The Teaching BoardA slide editor built for Chinese: what it is, what is on the screen, and how to get a lesson onto it. 7 min Putting content on a slideThe Content column: searching 21,000+ dictionary entries, HSK lessons, grammar and readings, and dragging one onto a slide. 7 min Every widget, and what it is forAll 23 tools in the library, grouped the way the palette groups them, and the three a teaching seat adds. 9 min Slides, decks and templatesBuilding the deck: adding and duplicating slides, the six templates, the six backgrounds, and how saving works. 7 min Lesson FlowA running order with minutes against each stage, and one clock. What it does, and the several things it does not. 5 min Presenting to a circlePutting the deck on your learners’ screens, raised hands, a quick check, and what a learner can and cannot do. 8 min Sharing, printing and homeworkThe three ways a board leaves your screen — an unlisted link, a PDF, and a slide set as homework — and what each one gates on. 7 min The free teaching toolsSix board widgets as standalone pages that need no account, remember their settings in the address bar, and print nothing. 6 min

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