After you assign a Quill Lesson (our synchronous, teacher-led slides for whole-class or small-group instruction), you must launch the Quill Lesson before students can join the Quill Lesson from their Quill accounts. Once you launch the Quill Lesson, students will see a prompt directing them to join the Quill Lesson.

In this article, you will learn the two places on Quill where you can launch a Quill Lesson and some tips and tricks on navigating a Quill Lesson.

After assigning a Quill Lesson, you can launch the Quill Lesson on the Overview page in the Home tab.

Scroll to the section titled, Present a live lesson. In this section, you will see the Quill Lesson's name, the class to which it is assigned, and a Present link to launch the Quill Lesson.

Click the Present link to the far right of both the name of the Quill Lesson that you would like to launch and the class name with which you would like to complete the Quill Lesson.

Then, click the Select button to launch the Quill Lesson.

Once you see the Quill Lesson interface, you have successfully launched the Quill Lesson, and students can join the Quill Lesson by logging into their Quill accounts.

To launch a Quill Lesson from the My Activities tab, navigate to the Launch Lessons page in the My Activities tab.

Use the dropdown menu in the upper left corner of the page to select the class to which you assigned the Quill Lesson that you would like to launch. Then, click the Launch Lesson button to the right of the Quill Lesson's name.

Then, click the Select button for the edition of the lesson you would like to launch. If you customized the Quill Lesson, you may have more than one edition.

Once you see the Quill Lesson interface, you have successfully launched the Quill Lesson, and students can join the Quill Lesson by logging into their Quill accounts.

Check out our Quill Lessons navigation video to see the tool in action!

To change slides, you can either click the right arrow key on your keyboard, click the Next button at the bottom right of the Quill Lesson interface, or click on any of the slides on the left side of the Quill Lesson interface.

In the top right corner of the Quill Lesson interface, you will see the following toolbar.

When the red dot in this toolbar turns green, it indicates that a student has joined the Quill Lesson.

The magic wand icon allows you to customize the Quill Lesson.

The Download Lesson Plan icon allows you to download a PDF of the Quill Lesson plan that you can share with administrators and colleagues or save for your records.

When students submit responses during the Quill Lesson, you can flag any students whom you would like to flag for small-group instruction after the Quill Lesson. The flag icon shows the names of the students whom you have flagged throughout the Quill Lesson.

The Launch Projector icon allows you to view the student view of the Quill Lesson in a separate window, which you can project on a screen for your students' reference.

The Watch Teacher icon allows you to enter a mode, where students’ view of the Quill Lesson is paused, and students are instructed to watch their teacher.

The Save and Exit Lesson icon allows you to save and exit the Quill Lesson. When you save and exit, you can return to complete the Quill Lesson at a later time.

The question mark icon allows you to view a Quill Lessons tutorial and Support Center articles about Quill Lessons.

Now that you know how to launch and navigate a Quill Lesson, please see the links below for more information about Quill Lessons and the next steps relevant to Quill Lessons.

Please feel free to send a message to the Quill team using the green message bubble on the bottom right corner of the screen or email us at support@quill.org.