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Look for required-field messages or a reference file that is still processing.
Complete the field or wait for the file to become ready. Remove a failed attachment if it is preventing submission.
For teachers
Create and use a Teaching Assistant
A Teaching Assistant brings together a name, subject, learner level and teaching details you want to reuse. Create one for a recurring need, such as a subject or course, then check that it is selected when you use it in Chat.
Availability
Use this guide when Create Teaching Assistant is available in your workspace. You can give a Chat request a useful teaching brief without creating one.
Here’s how
Open Create Teaching Assistant
Use Create Teaching Assistant from the context choices available in your workspace. If that option is absent, you can still write the relevant teaching details directly in a Chat request.
Name the assistant and its teaching area
Enter a recognisable Name, Year / Level and Subject. For example, “Year 6 science planning” is easier to distinguish from other assistants than “My assistant”. Complete any required-field messages before continuing.
Describe what it needs to know
In What My Teaching Assistant Needs to Know, add the relevant teaching approach, classroom constraints or preferred resource style. Keep the detail useful and proportionate; use general learning needs rather than unnecessary student-identifying information.
Choose class and reference material
Use Classes this TA is for if you want to associate an available class. Add reference files only when they help the task and you are allowed to share them. Wait for an attached file to be ready, or remove a failed attachment before submitting the form.
Create and check the assistant
Submit the completed form with its create action and wait for the confirmation. Find the assistant by its name in the Teaching Assistant list or selector. Open it again to check the subject, level and details you entered.
Use it for a relevant conversation
In Chat, choose the assistant from Select Context and check its displayed name. Still state the immediate task, such as the lesson objective and output format. Read the response and correct any mismatch; a saved brief does not guarantee that every generated detail is suitable.
Update details when the teaching need changes
Open the assistant’s edit action, change the relevant fields and save. Check the saved details before using it for new work. For a one-off difference, it may be clearer to add that detail to the next Chat request instead.
Check your result
You have a named Teaching Assistant you can select as context and a way to keep its teaching details relevant.
If something doesn’t look right
The assistant is missing from the selector
Check the account you used and whether creation produced a confirmation.
Look for its name in the assistant list before creating another. If it is still absent, contact support with the action and message you saw.
Need more help?
Tell the team what you were trying to do and what happened.
Contact support or send feedback