Syllabus mentor: topics covered & teaching pace

Mark topics covered per session so owners see syllabus pace, not guesses.

When your plan includes syllabusMentor, tutors can mark a class complete and record Topics Covered from your syllabus. TuitionDesk updates student topic progress and (with a teaching plan) shows whether the class is on track, behind, or ahead.

Plan topics for a session

Go to Sessions.
On a scheduled session, click Plan topics.
Tick syllabus topics to teach, then Save plan & notify.

Also open Classes → Teaching plans (/teaching-plans) for pace attention and to create an ordered plan for a class + subject.

Owners can hide Teaching plans from the menu under Settings → Centre features → Topics & teaching plans (plan entitlement still required).

The class teacher receives a push notification and email so they know what to prepare.

Today & tomorrow (teacher Home)

On Home, teachers see a Today & tomorrow diary:

Today — classes and topics already marked covered (and anything still planned).
Tomorrow — what to prepare (planned topics), or a prompt to plan topics if none are set yet.

Links open Sessions so you can Complete or Plan topics for that class. API: GET /teaching-plans/day-prep.

Every evening (~7 PM in your centre timezone), teachers with classes tomorrow get a push: either the planned topic names, or a nudge to plan topics on Home / Sessions.

Complete a class with topics

On the session, click Complete (or Topics if already completed).
Tick topics covered; optional remarks / next topic.
Click Save & complete.

Session becomes COMPLETED. Students in the class get those topics marked Understood (Mastered) on Progress — so course % and topics covered update automatically. Subjects for those topics are assigned if missing. Topics already flagged Needs revision stay that way until a recovery score or a teacher clears them. Manual status changes by owner / teacher / branch admin lock auto-updates until staff change the badge again.

Topic status is also derived from evidence:

Assessment / test with a single topic — ≥70% → Understood, <50% → Needs revision
Homework with a topic + marks on review — same thresholds
Manual — Progress tab badges (owner, teacher, branch admin)

Alerts for owner and tutor

Daily (about 9 AM in your centre timezone), TuitionDesk checks teaching-plan pace and missed planned topics. When something needs attention (behind schedule, rushing, or planned topics not marked covered):

Push to the tutor and owner (Android app)
Email — “Needs your attention”
WhatsApp when the centre has WhatsApp enabled

Class insight (AI) on the class page also surfaces syllabus pace and attention items. API: GET /teaching-plans/attention.

Teaching plans (manual)

Create an ordered teaching plan for a class + subject via the API or upcoming Teaching plans UI: ordered topics, optional target dates / end date. Pace snapshot compares planned coverage vs topics actually recorded when classes were completed (ON_TRACK, BEHIND, AHEAD).

What comes next

AI-generated teaching plans from your syllabus and remaining sessions.
Evening push for tomorrow prep opens Sessions filtered to the relevant class.
Needs attention on Teaching plans links straight to the session that needs topics marked.
Inactive plans unused for 30+ days are hidden from the main list (ACTIVE plans stay visible).
Owner/tutor mentor dashboard: where you are going slow or rushing, and risk to student results.

Permissions (who can do what)

syllabus.view — see coverage, pace, attention (owner + teacher)
syllabus.complete / syllabus.complete.own — mark topics after class (own = teacher’s classes)
syllabus.plan / syllabus.plan.own — plan topics before class on Sessions
syllabus.plans.manage — create/edit teaching plans (owner by default; grant on the teacher role in Admin → Roles if teachers should add plans)

Teacher sign-in uses the system teacher role permissions (even though teachers do not have an Account UserRole). After changing teacher permissions, teachers may need to refresh or wait a few minutes for cache. Plan feature syllabusMentor and Centre features → Topics & teaching plans must also be on.

Plan feature

Admin enables syllabusMentor per plan (Admin → Plan configuration). Default: Starter and above. Related: academicProgress (student topic status), session notes PDF (sessionNotes).