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Live sessions, scheduled against the timetable

Virtual classroom support schedules live sessions against the existing timetable, records attendance for them the same way a physical period is recorded, and files any recording against the syllabus unit. The video itself runs on Zoom, Meet or Teams — whichever the school already pays for.

We do not operate a video platform. Building a worse one than Meet or Zoom would help nobody.

Written by Checked by S. NandhiniLast reviewed

The pandemic-era lesson most schools drew was that the video call was never the hard part. The hard part was that online attendance lived in one place, timetable in another, and recordings in a personal drive nobody could find by March.

Platform
Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams
Scheduling
Against the existing timetable period
Attendance
Recorded like any other period
Recordings
Filed against the syllabus unit
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One attendance record, online or not

A period taught online is a period. It counts toward the same attendance percentage, against the same working days, in the same register — rather than in a separate online-attendance report that has to be reconciled by hand at term end.

Where the platform reports join and leave times, those are recorded against the period, because "joined for four minutes" and "present" are not the same thing and a school will eventually be asked which it was.

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Why we do not run the video

Video conferencing is a commodity your school almost certainly already licenses through Workspace or Microsoft 365. Scheduling, attendance and filing are the parts that are actually specific to a school, so those are the parts we build.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Phrased the way they arrive, answered so each one stands on its own.

Which platforms are supported?

Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Sessions are scheduled and joined from the timetable.

Does online attendance count toward the percentage?

Yes, in the same register and against the same working days, with join and leave times recorded where the platform reports them.

Where do recordings go?

Filed against the syllabus unit and the section, so the next teacher of that section can find them.

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Checked by the Implementations desk on 6 September 2026. Corrections go in the page, dated, rather than quietly.

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