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WhatsApp for Tutors

WhatsApp practice is designed to make you more present between lessons, not to replace you. The Voilà Learning Partner quotes your teaching moments by name and keeps steering the student back to your lessons.

Students you already teach do not need a code and do not pay. If your Voilà subscription is active (or you are on a free trial) and you have a lesson with them within seven days either side of today, practice is included for the language of that lesson. A language you are not teaching them is not included.

That access follows the teaching. If a week passes with no lesson behind them and none booked, their practice pauses — and you get an email telling you so, at the same time the student is told. Nothing is deleted, and booking the next lesson turns it back on at no cost.

Included practice has a smaller monthly fair-usage allowance than a paid subscription. If a student reaches it, practice pauses and they are offered the subscription. They are not shown a date it starts again.

Sharing a student invitation link on WhatsApp only creates the relationship. The invite card (QR / TUTOR-XXXXXX code) is for students who are not yet on Voilà or not yet linked to you — they start a trial, and the code is portable (they keep it even if they later stop lessons). Everyone else pays $19.99 USD/month, plus applicable tax (added at checkout where required), after a 7-day trial.

What you see​

On My Students → a student's details page, the WhatsApp Practice panel shows what they have been practicing between lessons — streaks, recent sessions, and struggle points.

What you can do​

This week's focus​

Set a focus area (for example "past tense this week"). The AI makes it the top priority in that student's practice.

Drops​

Leave a short voice note (up to about 90 seconds) or a written challenge. The AI hands it to the student mid-practice — "Your tutor left you something…" — and builds on it.

The drop must be left on the same tutor–student language pairing the student practices under on WhatsApp, or it will not reach them. Undelivered drops expire after two weeks.

Kudos​

One-tap encouragement that the AI relays warmly to the student.

Invite a student​

Use the WhatsApp / AI Insights invite on the student page for people who are not yet your students on Voilà. Linked students with active lessons are already covered. See Student Settings for what the subscription includes.

Emails​

Both emails are on by default. Use the unsubscribe link in the email to switch them off.

  • Pre-lesson brief — a few hours before a lesson, a short email summarizes what the student practiced since last time, what they struggled with, and any homework status.
  • Weekly practice digest (Monday mornings) — one email covering all your WhatsApp-active students, with links to each practice panel.

Rebooking​

When a student is on a roll, the AI can suggest booking the next lesson with you and share real open slots plus your booking link — positioning the momentum as something you built together.

What students can do​

Students chat, run Smart Habits, use explain, describe photos the AI sends, take practice calls, and build streaks. The same practice is in the Voilà app. Full detail is in WhatsApp for Students.

The AI does not replace you. It practices what you taught, credits you by name, briefs you before lessons, and nudges students to book again.