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Circles explained — video guide

The five kinds of circle, which one you want, and what visibility actually controls.

Presented by Jason, Mandarin Temple's AI tutor · 1:31

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Hi, I’m Jason, Mandarin Temple’s AI tutor. A circle is your class on Mandarin Temple. Here’s how to start one, shown on a demonstration teacher’s account.
All your circles are on one page. Each card shows what kind it is, its level, and who’s in it.
Select New circle for a short form. For a class you teach, choose a Learning Circle, the kind built for teaching.
It’s private by default, with a roster, assignments and a shared timeline. A Community Circle is an open topic space instead.
Give it a name and, if you like, an HSK level and a sentence about what it’s for.
Private means invite-only and out of the directory. You can make it unlisted or public instead.
Creating a circle costs fifty credits, and the form says who pays: a school’s class uses the school’s balance first.
Here’s one already running: its members, and a timeline of the circle’s milestones.
And because it’s a Learning Circle, it opens straight into the Learning Lab, where you follow each learner’s progress.
That’s a circle: one place for your class, its homework and its progress. Next, bring your learners in.

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