What is a learning league? How does Learning league help Teachers, Students & parents?

Learning League feature enables the staff, students, and parents to collaborate in one group to express their opinion on the given topic in the form of likes and comments.

This feature promotes teacher lead discussions and peers learning in academic and non-academic areas.

A Student gets personalized feedback on the work submitted and can discuss the topic with the teacher until all misconceptions are cleared through teacher posts.

Students are exposed to different perceptions on a given topic by debating on the topic given and participate in group discussions through student posts.

Parents can also participate and help students to extend their learning and set a direction to students thinking.

In the Learning league created with a group of classes or an individual class, teachers and students can create posts.

Teacher posts: Teachers can create topics under the Learning Leagues that are created under General and Subject wise categories.

  1. General Topic: The general topic that is created by a teacher is visible all teachers and students of the classes that are assigned to the learning league which is created under the General category. Student can comment on the topic and is visible to the teacher When teacher replies to the comment, is visible to only the student who posted the comment. The general topics can be on non-academic areas like a field trip, annual day, events preparations, etc.,
  2. Subject Topic: The subject topic created by a subject teacher is visible to themselves, class teacher, and the students who belong to the classes that are assigned to the league which created under Subject Category. Student can comment on the topic and is visible to the teacher When teacher replies to the comment, is visible to only the student who posted the comment. The subject-specific topics could be assignments, worksheets, revision, doubts clarification, etc.,

Student Posts:
Students/parents can now create a topic from their login in the available learning leagues. Topic creation allows text, images, attachments, videos, and files. It can be done from a mobile app or web parent portal.

As the topic is created by a student, a notification is triggered to all the participants of the learning league. They can log in, check the topic, and participate in the form of comments and likes. The comments feature allows text, images, attachments, videos, and files.

The host of the topic and other participants can like, reply to the comments and topic.

Discussions can go on among the students irrespective of the classes that are present in the group. It promotes peer learning; students get exposed to different perceptions.

These can be of academic and non-academic related topics. The topics and discussions of students can be accessed by the school admin, but not the teachers. It is an exclusive platform for students to collaborate and learn.

School admin can view the comments, likes from his login.

Admin can edit the learning leagues, branches, and classes assigned.

Admin can also delete the learning leagues and comments if necessary.

How to Create a Learning League?

How Can A School Admin Create Learning League from Raveendra Choudary

School admin (System admin or Branch Principal) has to create a learning league for the students/parents to participate. Learning leagues can be created in the following combinations.

  1. All Branches /All classes
  2. All branches / Selected classes
  3. Selected branches/All classes
  4. Selected branches/ Selected classes

Step 1: Log in to system admin login, click communication module in the modules pallet.

Step 2: Click on the Learning League option under the Discussions menu.

Step 3: To get the list of existing leagues, choose an academic year, League type as General or Subject wise, and click on Get button.

Step 4: To create a new League, Click on the Add League button.

Step 5: To create General League – Choose All branches or a specific branch, League type are General, enter the name of the League or choose from the suggested Leagues and click on Save button to create the League.

Step 6: Click on the “+” sign to add classes and sections to the league.

Step 7: Choose All branches or a specific branch, Choose All classes or a specific class, Choose All sections or a specific section, and Click on Save.

Step 8: To edit the League’s name, click on Edit icon against the league.

Step 9: Make the changes in the League’s name and click on Save. Please note that the changes can be done only for the Leagues’s name.

Step 10: To delete the league, please make sure the assigned branches are deleted. Click on the delete icon to delete.

Step 11: Click Yes, to confirm the deletion or No to revert the action.

Step 12: To create a subject-specific league – The subject-specific league can be created by choosing one subject for a specific class. To create the league

Choose Branch, League type as Subject, Class, and Subject.

Choose All sections of the class or a specific section of the class.

Enter the League’s Name or choose from suggestions.

Click on the Save button to create the league.

Step 13: The subject-specific league is created for the selected branch, class, sections, and the subject. Hence we need not assign them separately unlike general league.

To Edit or delete the league, click on the respective icon and confirm.

How can a teacher create topic in a learning league? How can a student view posts and comment on it?

How Can A Teacher Create Topics in Learning League from Raveendra Choudary

How Can A Student View & Comment On Posts in Learning League from Raveendra Choudary

Creating a topic in teacher login:

Step 1: Log in to Class teacher/Staff access with the help of credentials. Visit the Communication module.

Step 2: Click on the Learning League option under the Communication menu.

Step 3: It will list the available Learning Leagues. Click on the Learning league in which you would like to create the topic.

Step 4: Click on Add Topic Option to create the topic.

Step 5: Please do the following

Enter Topic Name, Description,

Click on + sign to add attachments,

Select the checkbox if you would like to notify the students on the mobile app about the topic

Click on the Post button to create the topic/post.

Step 6: To edit or delete the post, click on the respective icons available against the topic name. Please note that posts can be edited until there are no comments posted by students against it.

Accessing teacher post and commenting on a post by a student:

Step 7: Log in with student login and click on Learning league menu

Step 8: It will list all the learning leagues created for his/her class. Click on the League’s names to view the posts created by the teachers. Please note that students can also create a post in the same league to discuss post among the peer group present in the league.

Step 9: You may observe that the selected league is highlighted with blue color. The posts in the leagues are differentiated between teacher and student as
Teacher post with yellow and student post with Green color.

Step 10: To post the comment on teacher post or a student post, Type in the comment in the comment box and attach the files if required and click on -> button to post the comment. Please note that, once the comment is posted, the student cannot edit or delete it.

Teacher replying to the comment:

Step 11: Log in to the teacher access level, click on the Communication module, and then Learning league option.

Click on the league to view the posts and comments sent by the students.

Write the comment in the comment box, attach files if any, and click on Post icon.

Step 12: To delete the comment, click on the delete icon against the comment.

Creating topics by students in a league:

Step 13: Login with student login and click on the Learning league menu. Click on the League’s name in which you would like to create a post. Click on Add topic option which is present at the top right corner.

Step 14: Enter the topic name, description, attach files if required, and click on Post.

Step 15: The other students present in the group can like the post and comment.

Note:

  1. Posts created by students are not visible in the teacher’s login.
  2. The posts and comments created by students & teachers can be moderated by the school admin. They can be deleted if necessary.

How to generate Learning League report and delete comments and likes of the posts?

How To Generate Learning League Reports from Raveendra Choudary

How to generate the Learning League report and delete comments and likes of the posts?

Learning league reports can be generated from System admin and branch principal login.

The comments and likes moderation can happen through the report.

An email alert can also be scheduled for principal and class teachers to understand the overview of the Learning leagues’ usage.

Step 1: Log in with system admin or principal login. Visit the Communication module and choose the Learning league from Discussions Menu.

Choose the academic year, league type, and click on Get to generate the report.

Step 2: This report helps you understand the available Learning leagues along with the branches and classes which are assigned to them.

You may export this report to excel by clicking on the excel icon on the top right corner of the report.

You can delete the branches only when there are no topics and comments available in the league.

You can delete the league, only when there are no branches and classes assigned to the league.

Step 3: To view the posts created in the specific league, click on the League’s name

Step 4: This report shows a number of topics created, who created, no of participants, comments and likes, comments posted by whom.

You can delete the topic, only when there are no comments against the topic.

You may export the report to excel by clicking on the excel export icon present on the top right corner.

Step 5: To view the comments against a topic, click on the number under the comments column.

Step 6: This report helps you understand who had given the comment, comment, and likes details.

To delete the comment, click on the delete icon against the comment.

You may export the report to excel by clicking on the excel export icon present on the top right corner.

To delete the entire learning league:

Please follow the sequence mentioned below

  1. Delete the likes and comments of the topics
  2. Delete the topics created by students and staff
  3. Delete the branches and Classes assigned to the league
  4. Delete the Learning League