What is Lesson Invitation and how do I use this feature?

Lesson Invitation allows a teacher to invite his/her students to take lessons. Lessons initiated using Lesson Invitation can start in less or more than 12 hours and at any 15-minute interval e.g. 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2:00.

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Lesson Invitation Rules

1. Only for current students.
2. Only 1 Lesson Invitation can be sent to a student at a time (once the student accepts, another Lesson Invitation can be sent to the same student).
3. A Lesson Invitation will automatically be canceled after 12 hours if no action has been taken by the student.
4. Teachers will not be penalized for canceled or expired Lesson Invitations.
5. Do not use this feature to spam your students -  italki will monitor the usage of Lesson Invitation and if we receive student complaints you will no longer be able to use this feature. 
6. Lesson invitation is only available for individual and package lessons. Trial lessons are not supported.

Note: Lesson Invitation will work in conjunction with the current process where students send lesson requests to teachers.

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How Do I Use Lesson Invitation?

When clicking “My Lessons” you will see 3 categories, one of which is Lesson Invitation. This is where all your sent Lesson Invitations will be recorded.

When clicking “My Students”, you will find the Lesson Invitation icon (highlighted in red). Lesson Invitation can be sent to Students (those who have had at least 1 lesson with you ) and Potential Students (those who have filled in your Contact Teacher Form but not yet booked a lesson).

By clicking  , you can create a Lesson Invitation to send to your student. You can also send a Lesson Invitation to your students in Messages by clicking the same icon.

You will then have the choice to send an individual (Lesson) or package lesson invitation (Active Package). To send a package Lesson Invitation, select the package and click Next. 

For individual lessons select the lesson language, lesson type, price, and communication tool then click Next. You have the option to easily set a different price for this lesson:

 For both individual and package Lesson Invitations please select an available time slot:

Confirm the details of this Lesson Invitation and send it to your student:

Under “My Lessons” you will see a record of this Lesson Invitation and its status:

If you wish to make changes to this Lesson Invitation, click on it and you will have the option to cancel it without being penalized:

Students will receive your Lesson Invitation in their Messages and on their Student Dashboard. They can respond to the Lesson Invitation by clicking “Accept” or “Decline”. If the student does not respond, the Lesson Invitation will expire after 12 hours.

For teachers, once your Lesson Invitation is accepted, your Lesson Invitation will be displayed under the “Lessons” tab as an Upcoming Lesson.