Questions
How it works, in practice.
The questions people ask once they can picture the lesson: what it does on a phone, where the homework goes, what happens when a student books a time, and whether it speaks the language you teach in.
Is EdTechCore in my language?
Yes, if you are reading this page in it. The panels for the school, the teacher and the student, and the emails the platform sends, are published in every language this site is published in - the switcher at the foot of this page is that list. Each person chooses their own, so a school can be run in one language while a teacher works in another. The language a course is taught in is set on the course, so an English course stays English for a student whose panel is not.
Can I teach one-to-one as well as groups?
Both, off the same course. A lesson in the timetable is given to a whole course, to one group, or to the students you name - so a Tuesday group and a Thursday one-to-one run off the same material rather than a copy of it.
What kinds of tasks can I build?
Closed ones mark themselves the moment a student answers: Multiple choice, True / false, Type the word, Match pairs, Order the words, Word bank, Categorize, Find in text, Listening, Dictation. Open ones you mark yourself: Writing, Speaking, and a file the student uploads. There are more than these, and the constructor groups them by what they practise, so you pick by the skill you are drilling.
Can I add my own audio, video and PDFs?
Yes. Pictures, audio, video and PDFs go into the lesson, and a YouTube link plays in place instead of sending the class to another tab. What a student hands in is stored privately: an answer is not a file a stranger can open.
How do students do their homework online?
Homework is a lesson you hand over as homework. The student opens it in their own panel, works through the tasks, and the closed ones come back marked at once, while what needs your eye waits in one queue. They see what is due and when. You can give one student more time without moving the deadline for everybody, and you decide whether late work still counts or the deadline closes it.
Can students book a lesson themselves?
Yes. You open the times you are free, and a student takes one - from their own schedule to book you again, or from the catalogue of lesson types in your school, which they can search by price or by length. A free time is booked outright; a priced one is confirmed once the payment goes through the provider you already use.
Will my timetable show up in Google Calendar?
Yes, as a subscription. The schedule gives you a private link that Google, Apple and Outlook all read: your lessons appear in your own calendar, a lesson that moves moves there too, and one that is called off is taken off rather than left sitting in the week. It runs one way - what you write in Google Calendar stays there.
Does it work on a phone?
The student side is built for one: lessons, tasks, homework and the schedule all work on a phone, and the panel can sit on the home screen like an app. A teacher can run a lesson from a phone too. Building a course is the part that wants a bigger screen.
Can I message my students on the platform?
Yes. Write to one student, to a group, or post an announcement. A lesson's board carries its own chat as well, so a question asked in the middle of a task does not move the class to another app.
Can I see which students are falling behind?
Yes. The student list marks anyone whose progress through the course has fallen behind and filters down to just them, so you read one screen instead of every row. Attendance sits beside it, and that is usually where it shows first: who has started missing lessons.
Something this page does not answer?
Each audience page answers its own questions, the home page covers what EdTechCore is, and the tour walks through a lesson. Anything else, ask us - while we are launching, a person answers.