Language Teachers Improved Courses and Scheduling

Language Teachers Improved Courses and Scheduling Over the last few months, weve taken in feedback from both students and teachers about how the Language Teachers and Language Courses work. Were now releasing a set of changes, based on your feedback, to make the system easier and more useful. In the next two blog posts well tell you what you need to know about these changes. New Scheduling System We have made a number of changes to the scheduling system with the goal of making it easier for students and teachers to match up. When requesting a session, students are required to select an available time from the teachers calendar. Teachers now set a schedule which shows when they are available. When students try to book a session with the teacher, they must choose from those times. This helps avoid the situation where students schedule a lesson for a time when the teacher is asleep. Therefore, it is critical that teachers update their calendars with all possible available times. If a teacher has no available times, students will not be able to request a lesson with them. In addition, students must request sessions at least 24 hours in advance. This gives teachers enough time to respond and prepare for a lesson. Teachers will allow be able to set vacation times, or dates when they know they will not be able to teach classes. (We will be sending a message to your inbox with a full list of changes.) Language Courses We have also made some initial changes to the way Language Courses are handled. Eventually, we hope Language Courses will give teachers a way of showing off specific classes or skills that they can teach. Likewise, we hope it is a way for students to find a specific teacher or structured teaching plan that fits their goals. Notably, if a student wants help on test preparation, translation, or business vocabulary, this would be the place for students to browse. We are still making many improvements, and we are definitely interested in hearing your suggestions about how to improve Language Courses, the scheduling system, or anything else about the website. Please feel free to send us ideas through our feedback form or via email at (feedback at italki dot com). Language Teachers Improved Courses and Scheduling Over the last few months, weve taken in feedback from both students and teachers about how the Language Teachers and Language Courses work. Were now releasing a set of changes, based on your feedback, to make the system easier and more useful. In the next two blog posts well tell you what you need to know about these changes. New Scheduling System We have made a number of changes to the scheduling system with the goal of making it easier for students and teachers to match up. When requesting a session, students are required to select an available time from the teachers calendar. Teachers now set a schedule which shows when they are available. When students try to book a session with the teacher, they must choose from those times. This helps avoid the situation where students schedule a lesson for a time when the teacher is asleep. Therefore, it is critical that teachers update their calendars with all possible available times. If a teacher has no available times, students will not be able to request a lesson with them. In addition, students must request sessions at least 24 hours in advance. This gives teachers enough time to respond and prepare for a lesson. Teachers will allow be able to set vacation times, or dates when they know they will not be able to teach classes. (We will be sending a message to your inbox with a full list of changes.) Language Courses We have also made some initial changes to the way Language Courses are handled. Eventually, we hope Language Courses will give teachers a way of showing off specific classes or skills that they can teach. Likewise, we hope it is a way for students to find a specific teacher or structured teaching plan that fits their goals. Notably, if a student wants help on test preparation, translation, or business vocabulary, this would be the place for students to browse. We are still making many improvements, and we are definitely interested in hearing your suggestions about how to improve Language Courses, the scheduling system, or anything else about the website. Please feel free to send us ideas through our feedback form or via email at (feedback at italki dot com).