Messages & community
Keep conversations in one place with messages and course discussions.
Talk in one place
Learners, teachers and staff send messages without leaving the platform. There is no need to share personal phone numbers or email addresses. Every conversation stays linked to the school account, which keeps communication safe, tidy and easy to find later if a question needs to be checked.
Questions on lessons
Learners ask about a lesson and teachers answer where everyone can learn. One answer can help the whole class, not just the learner who asked. Over time, each lesson builds up a useful set of questions and answers that new learners can read before they ask the same thing again.
Never miss a reply
Notifications point people to new messages and answers. Learners know when a teacher has replied, and teachers see new questions quickly, even when they are busy with other classes. This keeps conversations moving and stops important questions from waiting unanswered for days, which matters most in the weeks before tests and deadlines.
What you can do
- Direct messages
- Lesson questions
- Notifications for replies
How to get started
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Sign in
Learners and teachers sign in to the learning portal.
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Find Messages & community
Open it from the dashboard, a course or the account menu.
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Use it every day
It works on phones and computers, wherever learning happens.
Who uses it and where to find it
Messages between learners, teachers and the school.
Who uses it
Student, Teacher.
Where to find it
Learners find it on their dashboard and account menu on the learning portal.
If you do not see it, ask your administrator: what you can open depends on your role and on the add-ons switched on for your school.
Common questions
Does Messages & community work on phones?
Yes. The learning portal adapts to phones, tablets and computers.
Can parents see it?
Parents see what their school shares with them on their own account.