Guide for teachers
This guide walks through setup and daily use for instructors using Coraltalk on their own or within a school organization.
Create your account
- Go to coraltalk.com and choose Sign up.
- Select I'm an educator (on mobile you may be taken to a dedicated educator signup page).
- Sign up with email (verification code) or Google.
- After signup you are guided to upload your syllabus and create your first class (teaching assistant).
If you were invited to a school, accept the invitation first — you will land on home and can create courses/classes inside the org. See Schools and teams.
Home and class list
Home shows:
- My Courses (organization teachers) — select a course, then see its classes.
- Self-paced learning (where enabled) — independent practice outside a formal class.
- Create new class / Create new course — empty states when you have nothing yet.
Click a class card to open that class. Teachers land on the class Summary page with quick links to assessments and TA setup.
Class Summary dashboard
From Summary you can launch:
| Card | What it does |
|---|---|
| Oral Test | Create oral assignments (voice conversations + rubric) |
| Roleplay | Scenario-based speaking assessments |
| Vid tickets | Video question prompts with peer engagement |
| 24/7 TA | Customize Coral and knowledge for student Q&A |
Below the cards, setup steps and resources guide you through welcome content. Organization classes may also show Insight of the week after enough student conversations.
Sidebar navigation (inside a class)
Typical teacher items:
- Home / Summary — Dashboard
- Oral Assessments — Oral assignment list
- Roleplay — Roleplay exams
- Vid Tickets — Video ticket activities
- Chats — Student conversations with the TA
- Customize — TA personality, knowledge, settings
- Class List — Roster and invitations
- Curriculum — Syllabus and materials
- Usage — Minutes and plan consumption (where shown)
- Integrations — Canvas LTI and API connection
Exact items depend on your plan and organization settings.
Copy student link
Use Copy student link in the sidebar to share a join URL. Students can also use a class code from Class List. Details: Invite students.
Create assessments
- Oral assignments — Best for explaining understanding, defending written work, or structured oral Q&A.
- Roleplay — Best for scenarios, negotiation practice, language conversation.
- Vid tickets — Best for quick video responses and peer replies.
- Live oral exams — Scheduled exam sessions when your institution uses them.
Review student work
Open an assignment to see submissions, AI evaluation, grades, and transcripts. Use filters for unwatched or by grade band. Oral assignment settings let you hide evaluation or grades from students while keeping feedback visible.
Independent vs. school teacher
| Independent | School org | |
|---|---|---|
| First class | Syllabus flow from signup | Create course, then class |
| Billing | Your subscription per class | Often org-level billing |
| Team | N/A | Team in org sidebar |
| Canvas | Optional personal Integrations | LTI + org Integrations |
Tips
- Upload quality syllabus PDFs or docs — they power TA answers and oral context.
- Run a test submission yourself with a personal email before assigning to a full class.
- Watch usage alerts in the sidebar; purchase more minutes before high-stakes weeks if on a minute-based plan.