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How do I launch a Quill Lesson?
How do I launch a Quill Lesson?

What to do after you have assigned a Quill Lesson.

Updated over a week ago

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 from their devices. Once you launch the Quill Lesson, students will see a pop-up message directing them to join.

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.


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Launch a Quill Lesson from the Home page

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

a. 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.

Present a live lesson section on the teacher dashboard

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

Present button in the present a live lesson box highlighted

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

Select button on the launch lessons interface highlighted

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.

Quill Lessons interface, indicating that the lesson has been successfully launched


Launch a Quill Lesson from the My Activities Tab

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 a Quill Lesson. Then, click the Launch Lesson button to the right of the Quill Lesson's name.

Then, select the edition of the lesson you would like to launch. If you customized the Quill Lesson, you may have more than one edition. Click the Select button to the right of the edition of the Quill Lesson that you would like to use.

Select button on the launch lessons interface highlighted

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.

Quill Lessons interface, indicating that the lesson has been successfully launched

Quill Lessons Navigation

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

To change slides, you can either use the right arrow key on your keyboard, click the Next button at the bottom right of the page, or click the slides on the left side of the screen.

Next slide button highlighted
Change slides by clicking the slide thumbnail

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

Quill Lessons toolbar

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

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

Customize lesson icon

The download 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.

Download lesson icon

After students submit a response during the Quill Lesson, you can flag any students that you would like to pull for small-group instruction after the Quill Lesson. The flag icon shows the name of students that you have flagged throughout the Quill Lesson.

Flagged students icon

The pop-up window icon allows you to enter projector mode, where you can view the slides in full screen on a projector or device.

Projector mode icon

The person icon allows you to enter a mode, where students’ screens are paused, and students are instructed to watch their teacher.

Watch teacher icon

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

Save and exit icon

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

Questions icon

Next Steps

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


Have more questions?

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.

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