Otus

Open Otus on Monday morning and set up your entire week in minutes. Create a course shell, drop in your slides, docs, and short videos, and organize everything into daily or unit-based sections. Pull files from Google Drive, add instructions, due dates, and completion rules, then publish to your course stream so learners know exactly what to do. Post a quick announcement to frame the day, attach a prompt to spark discussion, and pin the agenda so no one misses it. Reuse last term’s materials with a single copy action, align items to your standards or competencies, and preview the student view before you go live. If you run multiple sections, stagger release times and track visibility so pacing stays clean across classes.

Keep everyone in the loop without leaving the platform. Use the built-in inbox to message students, groups, or families by email or text; add attachments, schedule sends, and log conversations for your records. Draft a weekly digest that summarizes upcoming due dates and automatically includes late or missing items. When plans change—weather delay, room swap, new link—post once and notify the right audience instantly. For longer updates, publish a short post that invites student responses; moderate comments and highlight strong contributions to model expectations.

Assess learning the way your course demands. Build quick checks with auto-graded items for fast feedback, then design performance tasks with a criteria matrix for clarity and consistency. Let students submit video, audio, or linked files, and review everything in one place. Record short video feedback to make guidance personal, and attach exemplars so expectations are visible. Run a similarity check to discourage copy-and-paste work and to celebrate original thinking. For media-rich work, open side-by-side views of the scoring guide and the student artifact—whether that’s a clip, a reflection, or a Google document—so scoring stays focused and fair. Need a checkpoint during a live class? Launch a timed activity, watch responses roll in, and address misconceptions before they calcify.

Turn results into action with live analytics and targeted support. Filter by learner, class, or skill to spot gaps, then assign a follow-up task to the right students with one click. Recognize effort and growth with badges or points tied to specific behaviors, and use those recognitions in your conferences with students or families. Ask learners to curate a personal showcase that captures drafts, final products, and reflections across the term; approve entries and share highlights when it’s time to celebrate progress. Run a real-time session through the built-in video tool for office hours or mini-lessons, record it for anyone who missed, and keep learning moving on phones or tablets with the mobile app. When training or PD finishes, issue a branded certificate automatically. Whether you blend in-person and online, run live cohorts, or offer self-paced pathways—even for corporate onboarding—you can author content, enroll participants, track mastery, and, if needed, sell access through your catalog.