Find your way around Sokra
The first time you open Sokra, a short welcome introduces what it is and the pieces you will work with, then leaves you on your dashboard. This article is the map: what you see on first launch, the four building blocks you will use every day, and where to go next. Teachers and admins see the same welcome, so this covers both.
This takes a few minutes to read. You do not need any technical knowledge.
Before you start
You need to be signed in, so if you cannot get in yet, start with logging in, linked below. The welcome appears on its own the first time you open Sokra and runs only once, so if you have used it before you land straight on your dashboard. Students get their own welcome and their own starting view, so what you see here is the teacher and admin version.
Find your way around Sokra
Work through these the first time you sign in. The welcome itself runs once, but the four building blocks in step 2 are what you use every day, so they are worth knowing well.
1. Meet the welcome screen
On first launch, Sokra opens a full-screen Welcome to Sokra! It introduces Sokra in a couple of short steps, and it stays in front until you are done, so you cannot click past it by accident. Use Continue to move from the first step to the next. It appears only once; after that you go straight to your dashboard.
2. Learn the four building blocks
The first step shows the four things Sokra is built from. They are also the main areas of your dashboard, so this is the vocabulary for everything else:
- Assistants are the AI tutors you customise for your students.
- Materials are your teaching content that grounds an assistant's answers.
- Spaces are where you organise assistants for a class or a group.
- Students are the learners you invite and whose progress you follow.
3. Read the responsible-AI note
The welcome ends on a short Using AI responsibly screen. It is a quick reminder that the assistant can be wrong, that your students' conversations stay inside your workspace, and that you decide what gets shared. It is worth a read, and the full guide is linked below. Click Let's get started to finish the welcome.
4. Land on your dashboard and follow the setup guide
After the welcome, you arrive on your dashboard home. Sokra puts a step-by-step setup guide there to help you get everything ready, so that is the natural place to start. From the sidebar, you can open Assistants, Materials, Spaces, and your students whenever you need them.
Tips
- The welcome runs only once. If you want to revisit what Sokra is built from, this article and the links below cover the same ground, so nothing is lost.
- Start with one assistant. The four building blocks click into place once you have built a single assistant and shared it with a class, rather than reading about all four at once.
- Treat the sidebar as your map. Assistants, Materials, and Spaces each have their own area, and you can always get back to your dashboard home from there.
Data & safety
First launch reminds you of the basics, and they are worth keeping. The assistant can be wrong, so review what it produces before it reaches a student. Your students' conversations stay inside your workspace. You choose what to share, and keeping private student details out of what you type into an assistant is the safe habit. The responsible-AI guide linked below goes into all of this properly.
Troubleshooting
The welcome did not appear. It shows only the first time you sign in, and only once. If you have opened Sokra before, you go straight to your dashboard. That is expected, not a problem.
I clicked through it too fast and want to see it again. The welcome runs once and there is no replay button. The same ground is covered in this article and the links below, and the setup guide on your home screen picks up where the welcome leaves off.
My students see something different. They should. Students get their own welcome and their own starting view, so this article describes what teachers and admins see. Point a student to their own first steps instead.
I do not see the setup guide on my home screen. It sits on your dashboard home. If you have already worked through it, it may simply be done, so use the sidebar to open Assistants, Materials, or Spaces directly.