Teacher Training Manual

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A collaboration between
 A step-by-step guide to help teachers
make the most of

• Introduction to Vidyartha 01

• Teacher’s interface 02

• Overview of student’s interface 03

• Overview of admin’s interface 04

• Additional features 05
 Harness the full potential of digital learning
with Vidyartha!

Vidyartha is an intersection of Google’s state-of-the-art functionalities and BYJU’S visually

rich learning content. It provides a comprehensive digital learning experience — for both
teachers and students by giving them access to cutting-edge Learning Management
Systems and best-in-class pedagogy.

Why choose Vidyartha?

Easy and automated Ready-to-use learning G-suite for teachers, Unlimited live classes
Google Classroom setup content from BYJU’S staff, and students via Google Meet
 Teacher’s Interface

Step 1
• Login using the credentials shared via
email/sms
• Login link: https://app.vidyartha.com/
• Click on Sign-in with the credentials shared
over mail

Step 2
Get a DASHBOARD VIEW of Google Classroom.
Click on the relevant subject to gain access to
the classroom feature.
Step 3
The ‘Stream’ tab in Google Classroom shows the latest announcements, notices, and
updates about ongoing activities in your class. A unique class code is provided here for
every class and section.

Teachers can:
• Add announcements and notices for students
• Keep track of upcoming events, exams, and
activities
• Edit posts, copy links and share in class
groups
Stream shows the announcements, notices and
snapshot of all activities happening in your class
 Features and Utility of Stream

Unique class code that is specific for that

subject of a particular class and section

Add announcement or notices to all

students of the class

All upcoming exams and events appear

here to help in keeping track of activities

Edit the post or copy link and share in your

class groups
Step 4
The ‘Classwork’ tab in Google Classroom displays chapters, assignments, class
material, BYJU’S content, and Drive feature for uploading relevant resources.

Teachers can:
• Upload their own learning content by clicking
on ‘CREATE’
• Set marks
• Set due date
• Monitor and prevent plagiarism
• Attach additional content (if any) in different
formats
• Click on ‘ASSIGN’ to make it available for Classwork shows all chapters, assignments, class
material, BYJU’s content, Drive for uploading all
students or ‘SCHEDULE’ or ‘SAVE IN DRAFT’ materials and much more features to help the
teachers for a seamless teaching experience
 Features and Utility of Stream

Content creation

Click on CREATE

Click on the type of content you wish

to upload

Content: Assignment, Quiz assignment, Question, Material,

Reuse post, Topic

Creating and Uploading own content

Click on Assignment

Type Title and any instructions for the

students regarding the assignment
 Set the due date
and time by when
Set marks for the assignment
the students will
or keep it unmarked
have to submit
the assignment
solutions

Monitor and
prevent plagiarism
by enabling this
option
 Once everything is added directly click
ASSIGN to make the assignment available
to the students immediately or schedule/
save in draft format to post it later
Attach additional content
in following format by
clicking this

Create and link additional

content in following format
by clicking this
Using BYJU’S content
Get access to interactive BYJU’S content.
• Chapter-wise presentations
• Student/teacher handouts
• Question banks
• Assignments
• Solutions to the previous year question papers

Using BYJU’S interactive content: The

learning content will be provided in the form
of chapter-wise presentations, question
banks, assignments, student/teacher
handouts, and solutions to previous year
question papers.
Click on the link VIDYARTHA Sign in with credentials

Content opens up for sharing or printing

Click on the link Download
Here’s how teachers can make BYJU’S content available for students:
• Click on ‘EDIT MATERIAL’
• Write and attach additional material and click on ‘POST’ for it to appear on the
student’s dashboard
NOTE: BYJU’S content is initially available on the teacher’s dashboard. Teachers can decide on what
content should be made available for the students as per their class schedule.

Click on EDIT MATERIAL Write or attach additional material and post to

make the content available in student
dashboard
Here’s how teachers can make BYJU’S content available for students:
• Click on ‘EDIT MATERIAL’
• Write and attach additional material and click on ‘POST’ for it to appear on the
student’s dashboard
NOTE: BYJU’S content is initially available on the teacher’s dashboard. Teachers can decide on what
content should be made available for the students as per their class schedule.
Additional features of the ‘Classwork’ tab:
• Click on ‘MEET’ to start a Google Meet call
• Click on ‘CLASS DRIVE FOLDER’ to access all the classwork material in one place

Click on MEET to start Google Meet Click on Class Drive Folder to access the
drive where all classwork is store
Step 5
The ‘People’ tab showcases the names of students, teachers and their contact details.
A teacher can remove/mute the student if needed.

People shows student list and provides additional options of Emailing

students, Remove students for the class, or Mute students
Step 6
The ‘Marks’ tab displays student’s assignment, allocated marks, and class average.

Teachers can:
• View the submission and mark it
• Return the submission back to the student if it’s not up to the mark

The teacher has the option to

view the submission and mark
it or return the submission
back to the student if the
submission is not appropriate
Step 7
• The ‘Settings’ icon will let teachers customise their account as per their needs.
• Click on ‘APPLY’ to save the settings

Click on Setting Change Setting as per requirement and click

save to apply the setting across the subject class
Step 8
Teachers can leave feedback and request additional useful features here.
 Overview of Student’s Interface

Students can sign in with credentials shared over mail and view a dashboard mapped to
all the subjects:

Click on Sign-in with the

credentials shared over mail

All the subjects mapped to the students

will be displayed in the dashboard. Click
on the relevant subject to gain access
to the classroom feature.
The ‘Stream’ tab in Google Classroom shows the latest announcements, notices, and
updates about ongoing activities in your class. A unique class code is provided here for
every class and section.

Stream shows the announcements, notices and assignments posted by the

teacher to the student
 Features and Utility of Stream

Add announcement or notices to other

students of the class

Upcoming - shows pending assignment or

future events with due date

Copy link to forward the assignment and

notify other classmates
The ‘Classwork’ tab shows assignments, class material, BYJU’s content, and more.

• Students can click on ‘View your Work’ and

then on ‘Assigned’ to view the assignment
posted
• Students can click on ‘View Details’ to open
the assignment. The section contains
assignment details, marks, due date, and
other students comments
• Students can click on ‘+ Add or Create’ to
upload the assignment
• Students can submit their assignments by Classwork shows all assignments, class material,
clicking on ‘HAND IN’ BYJU’s content, Drive for uploading all materials
and much more features to help the students have
• Students can send private queries to the a seamless learning experience
teacher
 Features and Utility of Classwork

Click on View your Work

Click on Assigned to view the

assignment posted by the
subject’s teacher
 Click on View details to open
the assignment

This section shows :

Marks Due Date

Assignment details

Other students class

comments
View Assignment Click Hand in to submit
solution document

Upload Solution by clicking Add

or Create and attaching solution
files in any of the below format
 The student can click
unsubmit to redo the work
and upload again

The student can send a

private query to the teacher
or delete an existing query
The ‘People’ tab showcases all the subject teachers.
Students can leave feedback and request additional useful features here.
 Overview of Admin’s Interface

Here’s how the ‘Admin Console’ looks:

• Admin can add new users (new students, teachers, and staff manually)
Adding new students, teachers and staff manually

Click on Users

Click on Add new user

• Admin tracks metrics such as weekly active users, number of courses created,
number of posts by students and teachers, etc.

Click on Reports
• Weekly active users
• The number of 14-day active classes
• The number of courses created
• The number of posts created by
teachers and students
• For specific users, the number of
classes created, posts created, and
last active time in Classroom
 Additional Features

Teachers can allocate marks and give feedback to students and it’ll go as notifications to
parents.

Click on Reports

• Click on the ‘Marks’ tab and select

the student
• Click on the assignment category
• Select ‘View Details’ to open the
assignment
• Click on ‘View Submission’
• Review submission, allocate marks
and leave private comments

Click on student name

Click on Assignment Click on View details to
category open the assignment

Click on
View submission
Evaluating assignments submitted by students

Give marks

Add private comment only

visible to individual students
Classroom allows students and teachers to stay abreast of the status of all assignments.
Teachers can see how many users completed assignments at a glance on the
Classwork page, and a more detailed status by the user is provided when viewing the
individual assignment. Students are also able to see pending assignments as well as
those turned in or graded.
Teachers can check the status of assignments.
• An overview of completed assignments is available on the ‘Classwork’ tab
• A detailed version can be seen by viewing the assignment
• Students can unsubmit their assignment and resubmit it post teacher’s feedback

Go to classwork  View Assignment  Click on Unsubmit

The student can click

unsubmit to redo the
work and upload again
Notifications can be customised for each course.
• Teachers can opt in or out to receive notifications for comments, scheduled posts,
student work, and invitations to co-teach.
Announcements can be filtered.
• Go to Stream and select the assignment
• Click on the three dots and move it up or down

Go to Stream select the assignment you

want to move up. Click the three black dots.
Click on Move to top
Student permissions can be managed.
• Go to settings and choose the control type under the ‘General’ tab
• Go to settings and choose marking system under the ‘Marks’ tab
Students can be added or removed from the class
• Go to the ‘People’ tab and select the + sign
• Add name or email ID of the student
• Click on the invite or copy the class code and share it with the student
• Click on the three dots beside the student’s name to remove him/her
Real-time interaction is possible via Google Hangouts
• It has chat, video conferencing, video broadcasting, remote learning features
• Teachers can record up to 8 hours of live sessions

Yes. Google Hangouts, another product of G Suite for

Education enables chatting, video conferencing, and video
broadcasting. It makes remote learning possible; teachers
can invite students to a conference call on Hangouts if
they need extra tutoring. Teachers can also record live
sessions until up to 8 hours.
Assign group assignments
• Deselect ‘All Students’ and assign it to only the group members
• Assign a group number in the title to identify various student groups Example: Group 1
or Group 2

While creating an assignment, deselect the ‘All

Students’ option and choose the students you
want to assign the assignment to. Be sure to
assign a group number, when you create a Title,
for eg: Number System -Group 1, to identify
which students are assigned to which group.
Invite guest speakers and coaches
• Use the Google Meet feature to send invites
• The guest should have Google Account to join the call

Yes. If the speaker has a Gmail account and access to

G Suite for Education, teachers can invite him/her by sharing
a Google Meet link. You can also use Hangouts On Air
where the guest speaker can provide a live stream.
Thank you