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Running a lesson

For coaches · 3 min read

Everything for a lesson — the call, chat, materials, and AI notes — lives on one screen. Here's how it fits together.

Open the lesson screen

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Open Today and find the lesson in Today's lessons open →

Every lesson scheduled for today appears here, in order, with the student's name and time.

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Click Open lesson

Takes you straight to that lesson's screen — prep, chat, materials, and notes all live together there.

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Or open it from the student's hub instead open →

A student's hub lists every upcoming and past lesson with the same Open lesson link, useful when you're already looking at their history.

Choose how you'll meet

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Start the built-in call from the lesson screen

The start-call button sits in the lesson screen's video panel — it opens video right there, with no separate app, and it's what makes the lesson chat and AI notes work.

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Or switch this lesson to Zoom or Google Meet

Use Change video on the lesson screen's action row to swap between the built-in call and your own video link, just for this one lesson.

Change video appears once a lesson is scheduled — not before one is booked.

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Confirm your student's Join button matches

Whatever you choose here is exactly what opens when your student clicks Join on their side. For the built-in call there is nothing for you to send — the Join button on their own portal opens the call, and it appears 15 minutes before the start. That's deliberate: a lesson link that worked without signing in would open your lesson to anyone it was forwarded to.

During the call

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Keep the video, chat, and materials together on one screen

The call sits beside a lesson chat and this lesson's materials — nothing to alt-tab for.

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Use the lesson chat for anything worth keeping

Unlike a normal video-call chat, it's saved with the lesson permanently — good for links, vocabulary, or steps you want to revisit later.

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Open a material from This lesson's materials

Anything already attached to this lesson opens in a new tab, so the call keeps running while you reference it.

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Pop the video out if you want more room

Pop out the video moves the call to its own window; Bring it back here returns it inline whenever you like — the call itself never drops either way.

AI lesson notes

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Let transcription start on its own

With AI notes on (the default), transcription begins the moment you join the call — there's nothing to click.

Turn auto mode off in Make it yours if you'd rather start it by hand for every lesson.

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Know that your student sees an indicator

A transcribing marker shows in the call for as long as it's running — it's never hidden from them.

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Keep sensitive details out of lesson talk

Lesson audio is AI-processed and the transcript is stored with the lesson, so it's best for everyone to keep health, financial, or ID details out of what's said.

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Review the draft after the call ends

A recap, private bullets, and suggested focus areas appear automatically. The draft is private to you — nothing reaches your student until you approve it.

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Open the transcript fold on the lesson page afterward

The full transcript sits behind a quiet Full transcript of this call fold, readable by you and your student both.

Only appears once a transcript has actually been saved for that lesson — older or transcript-less lessons show nothing here.

Stuck anywhere in this guide? Head back to Help — the FAQ covers the odd cases, and the report-a-problem button at the bottom reaches a human.