Everything you need to configure, control, and get the most out of Saya — from your first session to advanced co-pilot use.
Hit New Session in your dashboard. Fill in Grade, Subject, and Topic. Everything else is optional but improves targeting.
You'll land in the live classroom view. Type what's happening — teacher narration, student questions, class discussion moments.
Saya contributes as a peer student — questions, alternative views, or strategic silence. Your private channel flags anything worth noting.
Every field in the New Session form — what it does and why it matters.
Classroom (live school), Home Companion (parent-led home), or Solo Tutor (student self-study). Controls Saya's role and tone.
Choose Saya's character — classic, curious, scholar, or explorer. Each has a distinct questioning style but the same safety guarantees.
Sets the word ceiling, sentence complexity, and cognitive depth tier. Be precise (e.g. 'Grade 9' rather than 'Secondary').
Activates subject-specific guidance — different disciplines require different Socratic approaches.
The specific concept being studied this session. More specific = better targeting. See the Syllabus Guide for examples.
Optional but high-impact. State what you want students to be able to do by end of session. Saya will anchor its questions to this goal.
Activates board-specific terminology and curriculum references (Cambridge, CBSE, FBISE, etc.).
Sets Saya's spoken language. Bilingual modes keep academic terms in English while conducting dialogue in Urdu or Hindi.
Faith-sensitive (high honorifics, no comparative religion), Secular (empirical only), or Mixed (global default).
Describe engagement levels, dominant speakers, students who rarely participate, or specific dynamics Saya should account for.
Type these naturally in the teacher message field. Saya recognises intent — you don't need exact phrasing.
“Hang back”
also: Pause / Stay quiet
Saya goes silent for the rest of the exchange. Does not respond until re-invited.
“You can join us again”
also: Back in / Rejoin
Saya re-enters the conversation after a silence command.
“Quiet voice — bring in [name]”
also: Include a student
Saya gently creates space for a specific student who has been quiet.
“Poll the room”
also: Check everyone
Saya asks the class a structured question inviting multiple students to respond.
“Simplify”
also: Step back / Lower it
Saya drops its next contribution to recall or understanding level — useful when the class is struggling.
“Stretch this”
also: Push harder / Higher
Saya elevates to evaluation or creation level — challenges strong understanding.
“Give an example”
also: Concrete case
Saya provides a concrete real-world illustration of the current concept.
“Assessment mode on”
also: Check understanding
Saya switches to structured checking — poses targeted questions to verify comprehension.
“Assessment mode off”
also: Back to discussion
Returns Saya to standard Socratic discussion mode.
“Lesson summary”
also: Wrap up / Recap
Saya produces a concise summary of the key ideas covered in the session.
“Board diagram”
also: Draw it out
Saya describes a visual representation of the current concept for the teacher to sketch.
“[private] What do you see?”
also: Private read
Saya responds privately with: read (room assessment), risk level, and one specific suggested next move.
“[private] Focus on [student]”
also: Private instruction
Saya privately notes to draw that student into the discussion without singling them out publicly.
Every session has a private channel visible only to you. Saya uses it to give you real-time reads on the room without interrupting the classroom flow.
Example private response
[teacher · private]
read: Three students are actively reasoning but Ahmed hasn't spoken in 12 minutes.
risk: none
suggest: Use a quiet-voice prompt directed at Ahmed — he responded well to the fractions example earlier.
read:
One-sentence assessment of the current room dynamic.
risk:
none · mild concern · flag · support needed. Anything above 'none' warrants teacher attention.
suggest:
One specific next move Saya recommends. You decide whether to act on it.
After ending a session, Saya generates a full analytics report. Here is what each metric means.
Participation Breadth
Broad / Moderate / Narrow
How many distinct students contributed. Broad = more than half the class. Narrow = 1–2 voices dominated.
Bloom's Distribution
Scores per level
Breakdown of contributions across Bloom's six levels. Aim for a profile weighted toward analysis and above.
Talk Time
Teacher % / Student % / Saya %
Saya's target is ≤ 15% of session talk time. High Saya % may indicate the class is not generating its own thinking.
Emotional Tone
Energised / Engaged / Flat / Strained
Aggregate read of the session's emotional register based on language patterns.
Question Pattern
Open / Closed ratio
Closed questions test recall. Open questions develop reasoning. Aim for at least 60% open.
Next Move Suggestion
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Saya's single most important suggested action for the next session, based on what was observed.
Saya works differently in different classroom contexts. Here is what experienced users have found most effective.
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