Yoteach! FAQ

Admin access is granted per room. To create a room with admin features, tick the “Enable admin features" checkbox when creating a room. Once in this room, type in the admin password set to enable admin access to the room.
**Admin features cannot be added in rooms initially created without admin features enabled.

There are three ways to access a room:
1) Instructors use the generate QR code feature to create a QR code for the room. Students simply scan the QR code to directly enter the room
2) Students search the room name in YoTeach
3) Instructors provide the pin code of the room to let students enter (admin features need to be enabled for this method)

After logging in as the room admin, click the “Clear Room Messages" button to delete all the posts in the room.

Rooms created with admin features enabled have a password box on the top right corner. After entering the admin password, admin functions will appear. This includes buttons on the top left corner with various admin features, as well as additional icon buttons on each post for features like deleting posts and muting a user.

Use the “Reset Password" button on the top right corner of the room. You may reset the password after answering the recovery question you setup when creating the room.

At this time, spaces are not a good idea in a room name. Please create a room with a simple name and password with no spaces and no special characters like “_, #, @, !, etc…"
If there are no spaces, double check the link follows the format: yoteachapp.com/[ROOMNAMEHERE].
You can also check the room has not been deleted by searching by the room name.

There is NO LIMITATION to the number of participants.

Users don't need to log out – just simply exit the webpage!

At the moment, we do not have any plans to limit a room’s life span.

When a student uses a computer previously used by another student, please ask the new rotating student to click “Change Name" (to his/her name) on the top right hand corner of the Chatroom. That way, multiple students can contribute to one chatroom on YoTeach! using only one laptop/desktop computer while keeping track of which student contributes to which comment/questions.

No, YoTeach currently does not have a message word limit. You can make your message as long as you want.

Sorry, we currently don't have this feature, but users can always create a new room with another name.

The old version is not connected to the current cloud version. Please switch over and create a new room in the cloud version if needed.
**Layout switches within the cloud version do not need to be recreated.

In each room, there is a “QR code" link under the room name. Click on it, and Yoteach will generate a QR code for the room.

Once a room is created, the pin code will auto generate and show under the room name.

Users can enter the pin code on the YoTeach! home page.

Yes, users who know the admin password of the room can login and access the admin features. There is currently no limit to how many admins can log into a room.

Yes, users can change the pin code of a room by clicking the “Refresh Pin" button that is next to the pin code.

The polling feature is only available through the room admin. Only admin can start a polling.

Yes, there are two ways to keep your room private:
1. Hidden rooms: When creating a room, tick the “Hide from Search Result" option. No one will be able to search this room by room name.
2. Password enabled rooms: Users can setup a room entry password when creating a room. Only participants with the password can enter.

Sorry, we don't have this feature yet. Users always can create a new room as a replacement.

The “Desc" is for users to enter a general description of the room. This is an optional field.

Delete any bookmarked room by clicking the trash can button next to “Go" in the YoTeach homepage. This will immediately remove the room from your “My Room" list.

The new and old layout have all the same features. The new layout is designed to be more user-friendly with an improved appearance. However, we understand that some users still prefer our old layout, so we let you to decide which layout you want to use!

Send an image by clicking the “camera" button underneath the textbox.

Users can leave us messages on the YoTeach feedback room or our Twitter page. We will reply to your question as soon as possible!

Click on the “Whiteboard" icon under the textbox, and name your Spaceboard when prompted. This will create a new Spaceboard for you to use.

Users can't rename Spaceboards that are already created, but can always create a new one with a new name.

The tablet version of Spaceboard may have latency issues. Please click the refresh button on the top left to update to the newest Spaceboard content on tablet devices.

Spaceboard is a whiteboard with real-time updates, allowing multiple users to edit the board at the same time. The normal Drawboardis only accessed and drawn on by one user.

Spaceboard has an eraser function to clear content. Users can also use the reverse button to delete the content they just made.

Pinning a post will keep it always on the top of your chat room. Use this feature to highlight announcements or important messages!

Click on the “raise hand" icon right under the message you sent. This will highlight your message as a raised question in the chat room. Either the student or admin can unmark the message by clicking the same icon.

Yes! When logged in as an admin, you may click the “Transcript" button to print and/or download the conversation.

The word cloud is a visual representation of the frequency of different words in your chat room. Words that appear more frequently appear larger in your cloud. Admins can generate the word cloud by clicking the “word cloud" button.

Yes. After searching for a room on the homepage, a “favourite" button appears beside each search result. Clicking this button will mark the room as one of your favorites, and will make it appear under the “My Rooms" section of the homepage.

Only rooms with admin features enabled can be deleted. After logging in, click “remove room" to delete it. Please be sure you are ready to delete it as this action is not reversible.

Yes. If you are logged in an as admin of a room, you can mute certain users by selecting the mute icon beside their message. This prevents them from sending more messages until you choose to unmute them. Furthermore, you can also delete the messages they already sent.

The blue highlight is the raise hand feature to mark when a student asks a question. All users in the room can mark their own posts as a question. The yellow highlight marks a good question or response, which is marked and controlled by the room admin. The green highlight is the combination of the blue and yellow highlights.

The voting mode, which is turned on by the room admin, allows all users to vote for the best response message by clicking the thumbs up icon. The messages that get more votes will appear on top, and is updated real time.

Yes, all users can click the “online name list" link under the message textbox. This will show all the users currently in the room.

Yes, there is a “search" button in every room. Users can search for the message they looking for by keyword or by the date it was posted.

Yes! Simply click the “reverse msg order" button on the top right corner. Once clicked, the order of messages will change from top to bottom.

Yes, the math doodle feature is a well developed engine. It can recognize all kinds of math equations ranging from from elementary to university level.