Keep students learning between your live lessons

2026-10-14 · The alltutors.ai team

The week is where students drift

Your live lesson is the high point of the week. Energy is up and questions get answered. Then the stream ends, and six quiet days begin. A student gets stuck on Tuesday, and nobody answers until Saturday. By then they have moved on to something else.

This is rarely about motivation. It is about attention, and you only have so much of it. Your co-tutor gives each student attention on the days you cannot.

Give each day one small job

A simple rhythm works better than a long plan. Here is a week that fits many courses:

Tell your co-tutor this rhythm in plain words. Move the days around your own schedule.

Let the co-tutor check in first

Students rarely ask for help when they are stuck. They just go quiet. So your co-tutor writes first, with a short message:

Morning! 10 minutes on prompts before work?

Keep check-ins short and specific. One question, one small next step. They reach students where they already are: in Slack, Telegram or WhatsApp.

Send your own short videos at the right moment

You already have answers on video. Maybe it is your two minute deploy fix, or your prompt walkthrough. Give these clips to your co-tutor. When a student gets stuck on deploy, it sends your clip on exactly that.

Stuck on deploy? Here is my 2 minute video.

Students get you, at the moment they need you. You recorded it once.

Ask students to send what they built

Feedback is what students value most. It is also what takes you the most time. Ask students to send a screenshot, a link or a short clip of their work. Your co-tutor reviews it your way and gives one clear next step.

Both tests fail on an empty password. Handle that first.

Build together on a live call

Some problems are easier side by side. A student starts a Google Meet call with your co-tutor, or opens it on the web. They share their screen and keep building. Your co-tutor watches and helps, the way you would on a call. Good moments for this are a first deploy, a stubborn bug or a demo day rehearsal.

Read progress before your next live lesson

Before you go live, open your students list. You see who is active and how far each student got. You see which skills each student has and which are still missing. You do not see their messages, which stay private to them.

Look for patterns, not individuals. If half your students are stuck on the same skill, open your lesson with it. If a few students went quiet, send each of them a short personal note.

Start your next lesson from what the week showed

Your live time is now for the hard parts. You stop answering the same ten questions. You spend the hour on what only you can do: show your thinking, react live and push the group further. Then the week starts again, and your co-tutor picks it up from there.