Online Lessons

An online lesson is a private lesson with a meeting link. This article covers the link: how to add it, change it, and where you and the family join. To schedule, move or cancel a lesson, see Managing Lessons.

Online lessons are on every plan. Owners, admins, teachers and staff can add a link when they schedule or edit a lesson.

Making a lesson online

1. On the Calendar, click Schedule Lesson. For a lesson that is already scheduled, click it and choose Edit Lesson.
2. Turn on Virtual lesson.
3. Paste the link in Meeting URL. The link must start with https://.
4. Check Provider. When the field is empty, Trio fills it from a Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or FaceTime link. For another service, choose Other.
5. Optionally, add a passcode or a dial-in number in Notes for joining.
6. Save the lesson.

An online lesson has no place: when you turn on Virtual lesson, the form clears and hides Location and Room.

A weekly series

To make a new series online, turn on Virtual lesson in the Schedule Lesson form when you add the recurrence. Every lesson that Trio makes for the series gets the link.

To add or change the link on a series that already exists:

1. Click the next lesson of the series and choose Edit Lesson.
2. Choose Edit all future instances.
3. Turn on Virtual lesson and enter the link, or change it, then save.

Trio puts the link on the lesson you opened, on every later scheduled lesson, and on every lesson it makes later. Earlier lessons stay as they are. To change the link on one lesson only, choose Edit this instance only in step 2.

Group classes

Online lessons are private lessons. The group class form has no Virtual lesson switch, so a group class meets in person. See Group Lessons.

Where you join

Click the lesson on the Calendar or on your Dashboard. The lesson panel shows a Virtual Lesson card with:

• a join button that names the provider, for example Join Zoom meeting (Join meeting for Other);
• a copy button that copies the link;
• your Notes for joining.

The card shows at any time, so you can open the meeting early.

Where the family joins

In the parent portal, an online lesson has a Virtual label on the family's Schedule and on their dashboard. The join button, for example Join via Zoom, shows from 15 minutes before the lesson starts until 4 hours after it ends. Before that, the Schedule shows "Join link opens 15 minutes before your lesson". On the Schedule, your notes for joining show under the button.

Lesson reminders by email, text and push include the link. For the family's steps, see Joining an Online Lesson.

Changing or removing the link

• One lesson: edit the lesson, then change Meeting URL, or turn off Virtual lesson to make it an in-person lesson.
• A series: edit with Edit all future instances, as above. The change applies to the lesson you opened and every later scheduled lesson.

Related

• Managing Lessons
• Recurring Lessons
• Group Lessons
• Joining an Online Lesson - the family side