The teacher portal is where you build your recorded courses and live Zoom classes, look after your students, and follow your earnings. It opens on your Dashboard after you sign in as a teacher.
The dashboard
The Dashboard greets you by name and sums up your work. New recorded course and New live Zoom class sit at the top, with a More menu beside them.
| Area | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Figures at the top | Students, Earnings available, Course completions and Courses published. Each one opens the page behind it. |
| Needs your attention | What NSDP and your students are waiting on: courses that came back from review, dispute replies, withdrawals that need your answer, submissions to grade, comments waiting for review, and a reminder to finish your public profile. It reads All caught up when nothing is waiting. |
| Your performance | Today vs yesterday: what you earned today, split into self-paced courses and live classes, and your new students. Below it, a period you choose (Last 7 days, This month, Last month, Last 6 months or Custom dates) with a table of earnings, enrolments and completions. A custom period can be up to one year. |
| Today's live classes | Your classes for today and later this week. |
| Returned from review | Courses NSDP sent back, with the reviewer's note. |
| Recent courses | Your latest courses with their status, and links to their setup, curriculum, comments and students. |
| Enrolments and review requests | A chart of both over the range you pick. |
| Quick links | Shortcuts to a new course, a new live class, Assignment marking, your public profile and the Help centre. |
| Earnings | Remaining balance (free to withdraw now), then Total revenue, Your earnings, Withdrawn, Requested, On hold and School retained, a split By product, and Refunded payments. |
| Recent activity | The latest things that happened on your courses and classes. |
The main menu
The menu on the left is split into six groups. A gold badge on a row means something there is waiting for you.
| Home | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | The summary described above. |
| Profile setup | Your public instructor profile: name, headline, photo, bio and an optional intro video. Do this first. |
| Verification | Your CNIC and bank account, checked by NSDP. Do it right after your profile. |
| Teaching | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Recorded courses | Your self-paced courses: create, edit, send for review. |
| Live Zoom classes | Classes taught live on Zoom, with batches and a timetable. Their assignments, quizzes and resources are inside the class's own curriculum. |
| On-site courses | Courses taught at your campus. Shown only when a campus has linked you. |
| Review requests | What you sent to NSDP for review, the result, NSDP's note and the history. |
| Student work | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Assignment marking | Mark the work students hand in for assignment lessons, across all your recorded courses. |
| On-campus class work | Assignments, quizzes and materials for your on-campus classes. Shown only when a campus has linked you. |
| Students | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Course discussions | Every student question in one place: Recorded courses (comments on lessons, which you approve and answer) and Live & campus classes (each batch's discussion). |
| Student messages | Private messages from your students, and your replies. |
| Announcements | Short notices you post for the students of a course or class. |
| Emails | Write to your students and see the delivery log. |
| Earnings & careers, Account & support | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Earnings & withdrawals | Your balance, withdrawal requests and payout accounts (Overview, Requests, Payout accounts). |
| Careers | Jobs and internships to apply to, campus teaching roles first. Hiring for yourself is its own panel: Switch panel → Hiring. |
| Agreement | Your agreement with NSDP. |
| Disputes | Cases between you and NSDP: Open, Resolved and Raise a dispute. |
| Help centre | These guides. It sits in the strip at the foot of the menu. |
| Website | Opens the public website in a new tab. Also in the strip at the foot of the menu. |
Rows that are no longer in the menu
- Bundles: instructors can no longer create bundles, so the row and the New bundle action are gone. See Course bundles.
- Downloads: the page still exists, but it is not a menu row. Open it from the media links inside the editors, for example Manage media under a live class's cover image. See Selling digital downloads.
- Class work: a live Zoom class keeps its assignments, quizzes and resources in its own Curriculum & batches tab. Only on-campus classes still have a separate page, On-campus class work.
The top bar and the New menu
- The menu button in the top bar folds the menu to icons and opens it again.
- The green New menu starts something new: New recorded course, New live Zoom class, New on-site course (only if a campus has linked you) and Raise a dispute. It lists only what your role may create.
- Next to it are shortcuts to your student messages, the Help centre and the public website.
- The account menu on the right has Profile, Account & security and sign out.
The course workspace
Open a course from Recorded courses and a row of tabs appears under the course's header.
| Tab | Purpose | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | The course's command centre: what is done so far and what to do next, with shortcuts. | Course information and setup |
| Information | Title, descriptions, cover, intro video and category. | Course information and setup |
| Pricing | The course fee. NSDP sets it, so you can read it but not change it. | Setting a course's price |
| Curriculum | Modules and lessons. | Building the curriculum |
| Certificates | A preview of the certificate students get. NSDP sets the design and wording. Only shown when certificates are switched on for your school. | Setting up a course certificate |
| Release | When each module opens, comments, unlock emails. | Release settings and drip schedules |
| Students | Who is enrolled and how far they have got. | A course's students and their progress |
| Assignment marking | Assignment work for this course only. | Reviewing assignment submissions |
| Comments | Comments for this course only. Shows a number when some are pending. | Answering student comments |
| Preview | Opens the course as a student sees it. |
If you teach at a campus
- The portal is the same. When you create a course you also choose whether it is your own course or belongs to one of your campuses.
- Teaching → On-site courses appears in your menu: courses taught at one of your campuses, with a duration and weekly plan instead of batches and meeting links (see Running an on-site course).
- Student work → On-campus class work appears too: the assignments, quizzes and materials of your on-campus classes.
- Your campus can see and moderate comments on the courses you teach; its replies show as Campus.
Common questions
I'm new. Where do I start?
Complete Profile setup first, then choose New recorded course or New live Zoom class on the dashboard. See Creating a course and getting it published.
Why does my new course not appear in the school's catalogue?
Courses start as drafts. They appear only once they are published, and publishing usually goes through NSDP review. Follow it on Review requests.
Can I enrol students myself?
No. Students enrol through the catalogue, or NSDP enrols them. You can see who is enrolled on each course's Students tab.
Where do I see what I have earned?
On the dashboard (if your school shows it) and on Earnings & withdrawals.
The sidebar is too wide on my screen.
Use the menu button in the top bar to fold the menu to icons. Use it again to bring the menu back.
Where did Bundles, Downloads and Class work go?
They are no longer menu rows. Instructors cannot create bundles now; Downloads opens from the media links in the editors; class work for a live Zoom class is in its Curriculum & batches tab.
Why can't I change the price of my course?
NSDP sets the fee for each kind of programme. The Pricing tab shows it, but you cannot change it.