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Welcome, Teacher!

As a teacher on Skill Factory EAD, you have access to comprehensive tools to create courses, manage students, and track your class’s learning progress.

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What you can do

Create courses

Build structured courses with sequential modules and lessons

Upload videos

Integrate high-quality videos via Vimeo or other services

Create quizzes

Develop assessments with multiple choice or open-ended questions

Grade questions

Evaluate essay responses and provide feedback

Manage students

Track individual and collective progress

View analytics

Analyze engagement and performance metrics

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Your teacher dashboard

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Quick access

After logging in, you will see:
  • Your courses - List of courses you created/manage
  • Active students - How many students are engaged
  • Pending items - Questions to grade, activities awaiting review
  • Quick stats - Completion rate, average grades
  • Recent activity - Latest student actions
Main navigation:
  • Dashboard - Overview
  • Courses - Create and manage courses
  • Quizzes - Manage assessments
  • Students - View enrolled students
  • Grading - Pending questions
  • Analytics - Detailed reports
  • Library - Files and materials

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Typical workflow

1

Create course

Define title, description, cover image
2

Structure modules

Divide content into thematic modules
3

Add lessons

Upload videos, texts, supporting materials
4

Create quizzes

Develop assessments for each module
5

Publish

Make the course available to students
6

Monitor

Track progress and provide support
7

Grade

Evaluate open-ended questions and give feedback
8

Certify

Issue certificates to those who complete the course

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Main features

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Course management

Hierarchical organization
  • Drag and drop to reorder
  • Optional sequential locking
  • Configurable prerequisites

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Assessment system

Create comprehensive quizzes with:
  • Multiple choice questions - Automatic grading
  • Essay questions - Manual grading
  • Mixed questions - Combination of types
  • Advanced settings
    • Time limit
    • Maximum attempts
    • Shuffle questions/answer choices
    • Immediate feedback or after deadline
    • Passing grade

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Student monitoring

Monitoring tools:
  • Student list - All enrolled students
  • Individual progress - Lessons watched, grades
  • At-risk students - Identifies who may drop out (critical, warning, low risk levels)
  • Engagement - Frequency and study time
Use the at-risk students report to intervene early and increase completion rates!

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Grading and feedback

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Open-ended questions

Grading workflow:
1

Go to 'Grading'

Sidebar menu > Pending grading
2

View response list

Organized by quiz and student
3

Read the response

View the question and student’s answer
4

Assign a grade

Score from 0 to the question’s maximum value
5

Provide feedback

Optional comment for the student
6

Save

Grade is recorded and student is notified

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Effective feedback

Best practices: Best practices:
  • Be specific about what was correct and what was wrong
  • Point out concepts that need review
  • Acknowledge effort and progress
  • Suggest supplementary materials
  • Avoid generic comments (“Good”, “Bad”)
  • Do not be excessively negative

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Analytics and reports

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Available metrics

Completion rate

% of students who complete the course

Average time

How long it takes to complete

Engagement

Study frequency and duration

Average grades

Overall performance on quizzes

Dropout

How many drop out and when

Difficult lessons

Content that generates the most questions

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Tips for teachers

Professional recording:
  • Use an external microphone (lapel or condenser)
  • Proper lighting (front-facing, avoid backlighting)
  • Minimum resolution 720p, ideal 1080p
  • Edit to remove errors and long silences
  • Add captions for accessibility
Organize logically:
  • Start from basic to advanced
  • Lessons of 5-15 minutes (easier to consume)
  • One main concept per lesson
  • Recap important concepts
  • Provide supplementary materials
Effective assessments:
  • Test what was taught (no trick questions)
  • Vary difficulty levels
  • Use applied questions, not rote memorization
  • Provide explanations in the answer key
  • Allow multiple attempts for practice
Keep the class active:
  • Answer questions quickly
  • Participate in the course community
  • Send motivational messages
  • Recognize achievements publicly
  • Update content based on feedback

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Next steps

Explore the detailed guides:

Create courses

Learn how to build your first course

Manage lessons

Video upload and content organization

Create quizzes

Build comprehensive assessments

Grade questions

Evaluate open-ended responses

Manage students

Track class progress

View analytics

Detailed metrics analysis