Student Manual

Your instructor either emails you a link or gives you a class code. Both do the same thing.

• An invitation link — follow it and sign up. You land in the class.
• A class code — a short code like FILM101, usually shown on a slide. Enter it when you join.

You can be in more than one class. If you are in exactly one, opening Classes takes you straight into it; with two or more you get a list to pick from.

The one thing worth learning on day one: how to get back.

The Classes button at the bottom-left of the sidebar always returns you to your class. This matters because opening a deliverable fills the screen with that tool — you are now in the Call Sheet, and the class is not visible anywhere. It has not gone. Click Classes.

Your class has two tabs: My Work and Classmates.

Your work lives inside a project — a film. Make it first; everything else attaches to it.

On My Work, click + New project and name it. That is your film. Your instructor can then assign deliverables against it and grade them.

Until you have a project there is nothing for your instructor to assign to, which is why an empty My Work tells you to create one.

Everything you owe, in one list, grouped by film. If you only look at one screen, this is it.

Each film you are on is a group. It shows your crew role on that film — Director, Gaffer, whatever your instructor recorded — and an Open button. Under it, one row per deliverable:

• Deliverable — which tool the work goes in.
• Due — the date, or a dash if there isn't one.
• Status — Not started, In progress, or Graded.
• Grade — a dash until your instructor releases it.

Open on a deliverable row takes you into that tool, on that film, ready to work.

About "In progress"

The status changes to In progress as soon as the tool has anything in it. It is not a submission — there is no hand-in button. Your instructor grades what is in the tool when they open it, so "finished" means finished, not submitted.

The list is sorted by due date, soonest first, so the top row is the next thing to do.

Your instructor sets the dates. You cannot change them — but you can always see them.

A deliverable past its date that has not been graded shows Overdue in red. It stops being red once your instructor releases a grade for it, however late it was: the work is in.

A dash in the Due column means no date has been set, not that it isn't due.

Your instructor chooses which of the 57 tools your class uses, so your sidebar may be shorter than a friend's in another class.

If a tool you expected is not there, it is hidden for your class — it is not broken and it is not missing from your account. Ask your instructor.

The same goes for AI tagging. Some instructors switch it off, because doing a breakdown by hand is usually the point of the assignment.

You see nothing until your instructor releases a grade. When they do, you get the mark and the reasoning behind it.

Reading the mark

It appears in whichever scheme your class uses — 18 / 20, 90%, or a letter like A-. That is your instructor's choice for the whole class, not a setting you control, and it does not change how you were marked.

The breakdown

A graded row expands. Open it and you get the rubric: each criterion, what it was worth, what you scored on it, and any comments your instructor left. This is the part worth reading — the single number is the least useful thing on the screen.

Nobody makes a film alone, so the class is also a crew list.

The Classmates tab shows everyone else in your class, the crew roles they hold, and the films they are on. Invite brings someone onto your film as a collaborator.

Being on someone else's film

A film you crew on appears in your My Work alongside your own, with your role on it. You can be assigned deliverables on it and graded on them — crewing is real coursework, not a favour.

You can open and work on it, but it is not yours: you cannot request its deletion. That belongs to whoever created it.

You cannot delete a class film yourself. It carries your instructor's assignments and grades, so it is not only yours to remove.

How to ask

Request delete on a film you created. Give a reason — it goes to your instructor, and a request with a reason gets answered faster than one without. While it is pending the film shows Delete requested, and Cancel request withdraws it if you change your mind.

The two answers

• They delete it — the film goes, along with its deliverables. Its grades stop counting toward your average; they are not turned into zeros.
• They decline — and they have to say why. The reason appears on the film in your own list, so you will see it without needing an email.

You can ask again after a decline. Doing so clears the old one and starts fresh.

The ones that actually come up.

My grade isn't showing

Your instructor has not released it yet. Marked and released are two different steps.

I can't find a tool

Your instructor has hidden it for your class. It is not a fault with your account.

Where is the submit button?

There isn't one. Your instructor opens the tool and grades what is there.

How do I get back to my class?

The Classes button, bottom-left of the sidebar.

Can I change a due date?

No — only your instructor can. Ask them for an extension.

Why does my classmate's screen look different?

Probably the appearance setting — Night, Studio or Day, in the sidebar footer. It is saved per device, so it is yours to change and affects nothing about your work.

I left the class / was withdrawn. Is my work gone?

No. Being taken off a roster keeps your films and grades with the class — your instructor can still see and export them, and can put you back.