Classroom (face-to-face) courses

Before you start

• You need an institute that you own. See Create an institute.
• Fill in your institute's address and map location. Classes happen at the institute's address, and students see it with directions. The new-course form warns you if either is missing.

Create a face-to-face course

1. 1Open the Learning studio, go to My courses and click New course. When the Face to face tab of the Courses page has no courses yet, its Add one for your institute button opens the same form.
2. 2Choose the Institute.
3. 3Under What kind of course is it?, choose Face-to-face course.
4. 4Type the Course name, for example "Class 10 Maths, evening batch".
5. 5Under What does this course teach?, choose up to 10 topics (needed before publishing).
6. 6Look at the card that starts with Classes at and your institute's name. It shows the address students will see. To change it, click Edit institute.
7. 7Pick Course starts on and Course ends on. The end date must be after the start date.
8. 8Under Class days, choose the days classes run.
9. 9Pick Class starts at and Class ends at. A class must end after it starts.
10. 10Type the Seats in this batch (1 or more).
11. 11Type the Fee (₹). Type 0 for a free course. Under The fee is, choose For the whole course or Per month.
12. 12Choose the Language of teaching.
13. 13Turn on Study material included if notes, books or a test series come with the fee.
14. 14Click Create course. The Manage course page opens.

If something is missing or wrong, a message tells you what to fix, for example Choose the days classes run. or Enter how many seats the batch has (1 or more).

Finish the details on the Edit tab

A face-to-face course has three tabs: Edit, Applications & students and Teachers. On the Edit tab, each field saves with its own Save button.

• Picture: the Course picture (JPG or PNG, up to 10 MB).
• Basics: Course name, Description, Course contents, the topics and Language.
• Discovery: Level and the other search details. See Create a video course for what each one means.
• Fee: Fee (₹) and The fee is.
• Venue: your institute's name and address. To change them, click Edit institute.
• Seats: Total seats and Available seats, then Save seats. Available seats cannot be more than total seats.
• Schedule: Starts on and Ends on (then Save dates), Class days (saved as soon as you tick a day), and Class starts and Class ends (then Save timings).
• About the batch: Study material (Included or Not included), Who can join (for example "Class 9 and 10 students"), Free demo class (students can attend one class free before they join) and Demo video link.
• Danger zone: Delete course.

The course length in months is worked out from the start and end dates.

How students join

1. 1Students find published face-to-face courses on the Courses page, under the Face to face tab. If they have set their location, the nearest courses come first.
2. 2On your course page they see the dates, class days and times, seats left, the venue with directions, study material, who can join and the free demo class.
3. 3They click Apply now (or Apply for free for a free course), check the details and click Confirm. No money is taken on Sikhami.
4. 4Their application appears in your Applications & students tab, under Applications.

When no seats are left, the course page shows Seats full and students cannot apply. For the student side, see Classroom courses for learners.

Confirm or reject applications

1. 1Open the course and go to Applications & students.
2. 2Under Applications, each row shows the student, the fee and when they applied. Click the Message button to chat with the student.
3. 3Click Confirm to give them a seat, or Reject to turn the application down.

• Each time you confirm a student, Available seats goes down by one.
• Confirmed students appear under Students. Remove student takes them off the course and gives the seat back; their application is marked as rejected.
• On the course page, the student sees Application pending, Successfully enrolled or Application not accepted.
• You collect the fee from the student yourself, in the way you agree with them.

The institute's Online students tab shows applications and students across all your institute's courses in one list.

Classroom courses and batches

A face-to-face course is your public listing, where students apply. Confirmed students are not added to a batch on their own. To run the class day to day, with a timetable, attendance and a fee book, add the students to a batch in your institute. See Batches, timetable and attendance and Fee book and receipts.

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