> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Lena for Teachers
> Find your way around Lena for Teachers, and see the steps a course goes through from draft to the end of term.
Lena for Teachers is where you run your courses: share study materials, set assignments, quizzes and exams, grade
and release results, and keep in touch with your students. Open it at
[teacher.lena.africa](https://teacher.lena.africa). Your Lena account is the same one you use in the other apps.
Your courses, the first time you open your school.
## Find your way around
The sidebar, from top to bottom:
* **Home | Agent**: switches between your courses and [Lena Agent](https://support.lena.africa/agent/overview.md). If your school doesn't have
Lena Agent yet, the Agent side shows a lock. Student assistants don't see this switch.
* **New course**: starts a course. The arrow beside it opens **New assignment**, **New quiz** and **New exam**.
* **Search**: finds courses, work, files, outlines and students. Press ⌘ K (or Ctrl
K) from anywhere. See [find anything](https://support.lena.africa/get-started/find-anything.md).
* **AI Agent**, **Courses**, **Assignment**, **Quiz**, **Exam**, **Discussions**, **Announcements** and **Calendar**. A red number
on **Courses** counts the course invitations waiting for you. You only see the sections your role uses.
* **Recents**: the courses and work you opened last on this device.
* **Get started**: a short checklist for your first week. See [get started](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/get-started.md#the-get-started-checklist).
Along the top:
* **Your school's name**: switches to another school you teach at.
* **Ask Lena**: ask Lena Agent about the page you're on. See [Ask Lena](https://support.lena.africa/agent/ask-lena.md).
* **Inbox**: the bell. Work to grade, replies, announcements and course news land here. See
[notifications](https://support.lena.africa/get-started/notifications.md).
* **Your picture**: the account menu, with **What's new**, **Settings**, **Send feedback**, **Support** and
**Log out**.
On a phone, the sidebar moves into a menu at the top, and **Ask Lena** is a button at the bottom of the screen.
## How a course runs
Every course goes through the same steps.
A course’s page: its tabs hold the outline, materials, people and grades.
> [card] [1. Create a course](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/create-a-course.md)
>
> Name it, give it a code and place it in your school. It starts as a draft.
> [card] [2. Publish it](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/publish-a-course.md)
>
> Choose who can join, set the grade breakdown, and share the entry code.
> [card] [3. Add materials](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/study-materials.md)
>
> Upload notes and slides, add links, and write the course outline.
> [card] [4. Set work](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/assignments.md)
>
> Assignments, quizzes and exams, as drafts until you publish them.
> [card] [5. Grade](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/grading-and-releasing.md)
>
> Mark submissions, with or without a rubric.
> [card] [6. Release results](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/grading-and-releasing.md#release-the-grades)
>
> Students see their grades once you release them.
> [card] [7. End the course](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/end-a-course.md)
>
> Make it read-only at the end of term, then duplicate it for next time.
> [card] [Keep in touch](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/announcements.md)
>
> Announcements, discussions and your class schedule.
A published assignment, ready for students to hand in work.
## Good to know
* **Roles are per course.** You can own one course and help on another as an assistant. What you see depends on your
role on each. See [people and roles](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/people-and-roles.md).
* **Words follow your school.** A K-12 school sees "Subject" instead of "Course", and "Scheme of Work" instead of
"Course Outline". See [words your school uses](https://support.lena.africa/get-started/words-your-school-uses.md).
* **Offline, you can look but not change.** Pages you've opened before still open, with your courses, people,
submissions and gradebook as last saved. Grading, releasing and creating need a connection. See [phones and
offline](https://support.lena.africa/get-started/phone-and-offline.md).
## Next
> [card] [Get started](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/get-started.md)
>
> Sign up, join your school and work through the checklist.
> [card] [Create a course](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/create-a-course.md)
>
> Set up your first course.
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