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Adding resources to a classroom

Upload the outline, calendar or assessment framework your class works from, and let the agent use it.

Written by Kat Morgan

Every classroom has a Resources tab where you can put the documents the class works from: the module outline, the term calendar, the assessment framework, a reading list.

Two things happen once a document is there. Students in the classroom can open it themselves, so they stop asking you for the link. And the agent reads it, so when a student asks when the next test is or how marks are weighted, the answer comes from your document rather than from a guess.

The Resources tab on a classroom before any documents are added



Uploading

Open the classroom, choose Resources, then Upload. Drop files in or pick them, and they queue up so you can add several at once. Each row in the queue shows its own progress, and a file that is rejected says why instead of failing the whole batch.

Three documents queued in the upload dialog



What you can upload

  • PDF, Word (.docx) and PowerPoint (.pptx)

  • Plain text (.txt) and Markdown (.md)

  • Images: PNG, JPEG and WebP

Each file must be under 10MB, and a classroom holds up to 20 documents. The count sits under the table, and once you reach 20 the dialog tells you the classroom is full. If you need room, remove something you no longer use.


Descriptions write themselves

You do not have to describe each document. Mindjoy reads it and writes a short description, so the table is scannable and students can tell the assessment framework from the calendar without opening both.

A new document shows Preparing description… for a few seconds. If it cannot be read you will see Description unavailable, which does not stop the document being used, it just means the summary is missing.

The Resources table with generated descriptions



Downloading and removing

The menu at the end of each row offers Download and Delete. Deleting asks you to confirm first, because students lose access to the document and the agent stops using it straight away.

The row menu offering Download and Delete



What to put here

Anything you would otherwise repeat out loud. Module outlines, assessment calendars, marking frameworks, reading lists and lab safety rules all work well, because they answer the questions students ask most often.

It is not the place for work you are setting. Use a lesson or an assignment for that, and keep Resources for the material the class refers back to.

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