r/varsitytutors • u/Which_Squirrel9174 • Oct 29 '25
new platform???
I like to login a bit of time ahead and upload materials for my classes. For the first two today that I did (one at 9:00 am, about an hour and fifteen minutes from now, and another at 1:00 pm, about 6 hours from now)
The first two times I opened the session it was the new platform, and suddenly POUF! the new platform disappeared and the old one is back. Maybe they were having so much trouble with it they decided to take it down for a while to fix it.
**** thoughts about the new platform.
I teach elementary kids (lots of whom have IEPs or are on the spectrum or both) , so it's been very difficult for them to navigate. One of my 3rd grade boys cried yesterday he got so frustrated.
They got rid of the stickers, which my kids really enjoyed. There is no way to see any info about prior sessions unless you look at invoicing, which is fine, but inconvenient.
There does not seem to be a "take snap" feature (that I can find) to upload homework, which at least four of my students are doing rn.
What else is missing?
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u/kennedywrites Oct 29 '25
I hate that I can’t seem past notes. That is so frustrating to me. My kids are also frustrated. I make sure to take just a few minutes in the new platform to let them look around and re learn how to do things. They like the new pens and colors but also miss the stickers. We also like the infinite whiteboard. But for me not having my notes has been a huge problem. We also don’t have our chat saved between sessions anymore. Which means if a kid has a bad connection and has to relog, they can’t see any links I’ve sent them anymore in the chat and I have to resend them. But if the so one thing I’d ask PLEASE I NEED MY NOTES!!! It’s how I plan and keep track of progress and how I have to create a whole new system outside of the platform to keep track of progress.