Student Online Sessions

Students can access virtual tutoring sessions from their Dashboard.

1. Sign in.
2. The next upcoming session appears on the left.
3. Click Join Now.

The Littera Virtual Classroom

The Waiting Room

1. From the individual waiting room, grant access to your Camera and Microphone. Click Next.
2. Choose the specific devices to use for the session.
3. Click I'm Ready.
4. At the session start time, the student is brought into the virtual classroom.
   
   

Use the Whiteboard

1. The classroom opens. Your tutor's video is in the top right. Student video(s) appear below.
2. The Control Bar appears at the bottom of your screen. You can:
   • Chat: Click to open a text chat between you and the student(s) in the session.
   • Share Screen: Choose to share your entire browser, a specific tab, or your screen. Currently, screen sharing is not supported on iPads or mobile devices. 
     • To share audio, ensure you choose to share your browser tab and check the Share audio box at the bottom. 
       Note: You aren't able to interact/control your screen share on the whiteboard, but you can annotate on top. 
   • Microphone: Click to mute/unmute. 
   • Camera: Turn your camera off/on.
   • Speaker: Turn classroom audio on/off.
3. You can click on Tools or right-click on the whiteboard to access the Tool Wheel. Each tool can be used on the whiteboard or on top of screen shares and uploads. Hover over a tool to see additional options:
   • Pen: Annotate the screen in different colors.
   • Laser: A laser pointer to highlight areas of the whiteboard
   • Shape: Add shapes to the screen in different colors
   • Line: Add lines in different colors to underline areas of the whiteboard
   • Text: Add a text box. There are 4 different height options. The text box resizes after text has been entered.
   • Select: Select and move or edit an object on the whiteboard.
   • Eraser: Erase specific objects from the whiteboard.
   • Clear: Clear the entire whiteboard.

Lessonspace

The Lobby

1. From the individual virtual lobby, grant access to your Camera and Microphone. 
2. Choose the specific devices to use for the session.
3. Click Join.
4. At the session start time, the student is brought into the virtual classroom.
   
   

Use the Whiteboard

1. The top toolbar contains all the tools you'll need:
   

   Color Picker Select Tool Move Canvas

   Draw/Pen Tool Highlighter Erase Tool

   Shapes & Lines Add Text Equation Tool Upload File Take video snapshot Change Whiteboard Background

   Undo Redo Whiteboard Zoom

2. Some settings and more are in the bottom right, including:
   • Settings: Change or test your devices, turn on advanced noise cancellation, blur your background, and troubleshoot technology issues
   • Share Screen: Share either a specific browser tab, window, or your entire computer screen
   • Mute Microphone
   • Stop Video
   • Emojis
   • Chat: Choose to send a chat to the entire class or just to your tutor

At the end of each session, students are asked to rate the session overall