Introduce the tutor to your class

This guide describes the opening controls. Classroom introduction advice is awaiting pedagogical review.

Set what students see first

Open your activity for editing. In the summary at the top of the editor, find the Students see first row and select Change — it opens What students see first in place (it is already open once you have set any of it). The row says what is set now (the default introduction or your own, and the suggestions). While you create a new activity, the same row is under More settings in the last step, Check and start.

The goal (What should students learn?) is for the tutor; Student introduction is text your students read above the chat.

Write the introduction in the students' language. Simple formatting such as bold text and lists works. The preview below the fields updates as you type. Leave the introduction empty to use the activity name, first workspace item and any checklist steps as the default. The privacy notice stays visible even when students collapse the introduction panel.

Choose who introduces the activity

The tutor introduces itself by name as an AI that helps students think. By default, it also names the activity and its first step, then asks a question. If you wrote the student introduction, the tutor is told it is already on screen and should avoid repeating it.

Select I'll introduce this activity in class myself to skip the tutor's activity walkthrough. The tutor still introduces itself and asks one question about the activity. The introduction panel remains available to students.

Set the suggestions students can tap

Under Suggestions students can tap, use Add suggestion to write up to four short questions in the students' language. Students can tap one to send it as their own chat message. These are suggestions for students, not instructions to the tutor. Remove all of them to restore the default suggestions.

The activity co-pilot (Help → Build helper) can propose an introduction and suggestions from your activity's goal and tools. You can edit each proposal before applying it. Apply updates the draft; Save in the editor, or Create and give to your class in a new activity, stores your changes.

Preview before sharing

Save the activity, then use Try as student to open the real student view. Read How to get started and the tutor's first message. Check the language, first step and the suggestions. The getting-started checklist on Classes has a reminder to check this opening before sharing the join link.

Students can reopen their introduction panel at any time and use its link to the student guide without closing their activity.