The Classroom brings together four tools: Classes on a calendar, teaching Material, an Announcements board and Groups of people. For each item you choose who sees it. The flight lessons of the training are another thing: they live in the registry (see Training).
Before you start
- The Classroom is in every organization that is not personal: schools, clubs and groups.
- Who does what:
- Classes and Material: created by instructors and the admin.
- Announcements: written by the admin and instructors.
- Groups: created by the admin. Instructors see all of them. The Groups entry of the Classroom is only for them: other members don't see it.
- Students and other members only see what is shared with them.
Open the Classroom
- Open Menu.
- In the ACTIVITY section tap Classroom (there is one row for each school or club). In the school view the next classes and the announcements are also on the Overview.
- Choose Classes, Material, Announcements or, if you are on the staff, Groups.
Create a group
Groups (for example "PPL 2026") let you share classes, material and announcements with many people at once.
- In Classroom tap Groups, then + (New group).
- Type the Name, if you like the Description, and pick the Colour. Tap Save.
- Open the group and tap Add people. Tick the people and tap Add.
- To remove someone, tap the button next to their name and confirm: they stay in the organization, they just leave the group.
You can also assign groups from a person's page: in the GROUPS section tap Edit. To stop offering a group tap Edit group and then Archive: what is already shared with the group stays shared.
Choose who sees something
Classes, material folders, items and announcements have the Who can see it field. The audience is the sum of what you choose:
- Everyone: all active members of the organization.
- Roles: for example only students.
- Groups: the groups you select.
- People: single people, with search.
Then tap Done. Staff and the author always see everything. If you choose nothing it stays a private draft (Only staff and you (private draft)).
Classes on a calendar
- In Classroom tap Classes. Switch between Week and List; the Group and Instructor filters narrow the list. Tap the week title to go back to Today.
- To add one tap + (New class).
- Type the Title and choose the Type: Ground class, Briefing, Exam, Simulator or Other.
- Set Date, Starts and Ends. A class lasts at most 12 hours.
- Add Where (room or place), an Online link (it must start with https://) and the Instructors.
- Choose Who can see it and, if needed, the Material to attach.
- For a series turn on Repeat every week and set the Number of classes (2 to 30): same local time even across daylight saving changes.
- Tap Save.
If an instructor already has something at the same time, the class is still saved and the app tells you (Check the schedule). The people it is shared with get a notification.
To change a class open it and tap the tools icon: Edit class or Cancel class. In a series choose whether it applies to Only this class or This and the following classes. A cancelled class stays on the calendar as Cancelled and the people who saw it get a notification.
Take attendance
- Open the class and tap Take attendance.
- For each person choose Present, Absent or Excused. Everyone present marks them all at once.
- Tap the button next to a name to add a Note.
- Tap Save.
Attendance covers the people the class is shared with: choose the audience first. It is not a signed record: the training registry stays the one made of signed lessons (see Training).
Teaching material
- In Classroom tap Material, then + (New folder).
- Type the Folder name, choose Who can see it and tap Save. With Pin to top the folder stays at the top.
- Open the folder and tap + (Add to folder). Choose:
- File: PDF, slides, Word, Excel, images, MP4 or MP3, up to 100 MB.
- Link: a web address starting with https://.
- Note: a short text written here.
- Document: a document already uploaded to the organization, like an aircraft manual.
- New subfolder: one level of subfolders.
- Type the title, complete the content and tap Save. By default the item has the same audience as the folder: turn off Same audience as the folder to choose a different one.
To search use the magnifier at the top (Search: title or description). To remove a folder or an item use Archive: it disappears for everyone except managers, and with Show archived you find it again and can Restore it.
Announcements
- In Classroom tap Announcements, then + (New announcement).
- Type the Title and the Message.
- If you like, turn on Pin to top, set Expires (after that day the announcement is hidden) and add Attached material.
- Choose Who can see it and tap Save. The people in the audience get a notification.
When you open an announcement, the tools icon offers Edit, Pin to top (or Unpin) and Archive.
What the student sees
- On the Home and on the school view Overview, the NEXT CLASSES and ANNOUNCEMENTS blocks.
- In Menu > ACTIVITY: Classroom for their school or club and, if they have more than one, All my material for the slides, manuals and notes of all their organizations.
- The Classes shared with them, read-only, with place, instructors, attached material, Join online and Your attendance (Present, Absent, Excused) once the instructor has marked it.
- The groups they belong to have no entry in the Classroom: they only meet them as the audience of classes and announcements, and can't see who else is in them.
To get classes, bookings and shifts in your phone's calendar too, see Sync your calendar.
Frequently asked questions
Why can't I see a class that should be there?
A class or announcement with no audience is seen only by staff and its author. Open the item and check Who can see it.
Can I delete an announcement or a folder?
No, they are archived: Archive hides them and you can always restore them.
Can I attach an aircraft manual?
Yes: in the material choose Document and pick it from the Organization documents. Students open it from the item, without needing access to the aircraft's documents.
See also: Members, roles and fees, Training.