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TutorDesk · Live Class

For JEE, NEET & school coaching in India

Live coaching classes that mark their own attendance

Launch a session from your batch timetable in one tap. Attendance logs itself from join time, recordings stream behind login with a viewer-name watermark, and the whiteboard renders JEE/NEET formulas in LaTeX. Hybrid online + in-person batches, fully supported.

✅ Auto-attendance from join time 🔒 Watermarked, login-only recordings 📐 LaTeX whiteboard for JEE/NEET 🏫 Hybrid online + in-person
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No credit card required · Part of TutorDesk

TutorDesk Live Class is a live online class built into TutorDesk, sharing one database with your batch timetable, fees, attendance and LMS. Because of that, every session you run marks attendance automatically, alerts the parent of any absent student, and saves a watermarked recording to enrolled students' dashboards — with no manual work from the teacher.

Why Zoom + WhatsApp falls short for coaching

Most coaching centres run classes on Zoom and share recordings as Drive links on WhatsApp. That leaves three gaps TutorDesk closes by design.

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Attendance is all manual

Zoom shows a participant list, but it doesn't mark your register, alert parents of absentees, or log sessions for tutor pay. That's manual work after every single class.

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Recordings leak freely

A Drive link can be downloaded, forwarded and re-shared. One student can hand your whole lecture library to a rival centre, and you'd never know who did it.

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Cut off from your data

Zoom doesn't know who paid, which batch a student is in, or which chapters are covered. Nothing flows automatically — it all has to be reconciled by hand.

What Live Class does — in detail

Six things that turn a video call into a coaching class.

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Launch from the timetable, attendance on join

Start a session straight from the batch timetable — already linked to the right batch, subject and date. No meeting ID, no calendar link, no WhatsApp broadcast. As students join, attendance logs itself.

  • One-click launch — already batch-linked
  • Join-time logging — entry time and duration per student
  • Configurable thresholds — Late vs Present vs Absent by your rules
  • DLT parent alert when a student doesn't join
Related: Batch Scheduling →
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Recordings that stay with your batch

Every session records to the cloud automatically. Recordings stream only inside the app, behind login, to enrolled students of that batch — and every playback carries the viewer's name as a watermark, so a leak traces straight back to its source.

  • Auto-recording — cloud-saved, no upload from the teacher
  • Behind login, batch-scoped — only enrolled students can open it
  • Viewer-name watermark — burned into playback, deters and traces sharing
  • Access auto-revoked when enrolment or the batch ends
Related: LMS & Video Library →
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LaTeX whiteboard for JEE & NEET

Teaching JEE Physics on a video call without a formula editor means scribbling on paper and holding it to the camera. TutorDesk's whiteboard renders LaTeX equations, chemical structures and graphs live, right in the browser.

  • LaTeX editor — renders Physics and Maths expressions live
  • Multi-user canvas — teacher and students write together
  • Geometry & graph grids for STEM diagrams
  • PDF export — the whole board becomes class notes
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Hybrid batches — online & in-person together

Local students in the room, out-of-city students online — TutorDesk runs both in one session, with one attendance record and equal participation for everyone.

  • Simultaneous delivery — classroom + live stream together
  • Unified attendance — in-person and online in one record
  • Equal participation — online students use whiteboard, polls, Raise Hand
  • Separate fee plans for online vs in-person within a batch

Live polls, Raise Hand & doubt chat

Keeping 50+ students engaged needs more than video. These tools let teachers check understanding mid-class and let students ask doubts without interrupting the lesson.

  • Live MCQ polls — instant concept check
  • Raise Hand — signal a doubt without cutting in
  • Private doubt chat — message the teacher during class
  • Push study material — share a PDF to everyone instantly
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Admin oversight & low-bandwidth mode

Owners see every live session and can silently sit in to check quality. And for students on slow connections — common outside the metros — the class prioritises clear audio over video.

  • Admin dashboard — every active session at a glance
  • Silent observer — join unseen to check teaching quality
  • Low-bandwidth mode — audio priority on slow 3G/4G
  • Tuned for basic Android phones used across India

Straight talk on recording protection

We'd rather be honest than over-promise — it's how you actually protect your content.

What it does: recordings live behind login, are scoped to the enrolled batch, carry the viewer's name and number as a watermark on every playback, and lose access the moment a student is de-enrolled. A leaked clip points straight to who leaked it.

What it doesn't do: no software can make screen capture truly impossible — a phone pointed at a second screen will always exist. We don't claim to "block all recording." The watermark and access controls are there to deter casual sharing and identify the source, which is what realistically protects a coaching library.

Live Class vs. Zoom vs. SchoolDeck vs. LiveLoop

Four tools for four jobs. Knowing the difference keeps you from picking the wrong one — and keeps these pages from competing.

🎯 TutorDesk Live Class

Coaching batches

  • ✓ Auto-attendance from join time
  • ✓ Watermarked, login-only recordings
  • ✓ LaTeX whiteboard for JEE/NEET
  • ✓ Timetable-launched sessions
  • ✓ Hybrid batch support
  • ✓ Shares your coaching data

💼 Zoom / Google Meet

Business meetings

  • → No coaching auto-attendance
  • → No recording watermark/access control
  • → No LaTeX whiteboard
  • → Manual link sharing
  • → Separate tool — no data flow

🏫 SchoolDeck Virtual Classroom

K-12 school teachers

🎥 LiveLoop

Standalone video platform

  • → Browser-based, no download
  • → Webinars and large events
  • → Standalone — no ERP linkage
  • View LiveLoop

Live Class vs. Zoom — feature by feature

Zoom was built for meetings. Live Class was built for coaching batches — and it shows in every row.

Capability TutorDesk Live Class Zoom / Google Meet
Session launchOne click from batch timetableManual link + WhatsApp sharing
AttendanceAuto-marked from join timeParticipant list only
Absent-student alertDLT WhatsApp to parent automaticallyNo alert — manual follow-up
Recording protectionLogin-only, batch-scoped, viewer-name watermarkDrive link — freely downloadable
Recording storageAuto-saved to enrolled student dashboardsLocal download or manual link
Whiteboard for JEE/NEETLaTeX editor, graph grids, geometryBasic drawing — no math rendering
Hybrid batchOnline + in-person, unified attendancePossible, but no unified attendance
Admin monitoringSilent observer across all batchesNo institute-level dashboard
Lesson-coverage syncCompleted session updates coverageNo syllabus connection
Low-bandwidth modeAudio-priority on slow 3G/4GAdaptive, not India-tuned

Who runs classes on TutorDesk

From a solo online tutor to a multi-branch institute.

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JEE & NEET institutes

Daily lecture batches with formula-heavy teaching. The LaTeX whiteboard and watermarked recordings protect the content you live on.

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Hybrid coaching centres

Some students in the room, some across the state — one session, one attendance record, equal participation for both.

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Fully-online tutors

Teach students in different cities, auto-mark attendance, and keep recordings tied to the students who actually paid.

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SSC & banking coaching

Large lecture batches with mute-by-default and Raise Hand keep big sessions orderly.

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Multi-branch chains

Owners watch every live session across branches from one dashboard and step in silently to check quality.

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Tier-2 / Tier-3 institutes

Audio-priority low-bandwidth mode keeps classes running where connections wobble.

"Half my NEET batch is in the building and half joins from nearby towns. Now it's one class, one attendance sheet, and my recordings can't end up on a rival's phone without a name on them."
Sandeep Rao Owner, JEE & NEET coaching · Hubballi, Karnataka · hybrid batches

Live Class — frequently asked questions

What coaching owners, tutors and students ask before switching.

How is TutorDesk Live Class different from Zoom?

It shares one database with your timetable, attendance and LMS — Zoom is standalone. When a session ends, attendance is marked, a watermarked recording is saved to enrolled students' dashboards, and a DLT-template alert reaches absent students' parents. Zoom does none of this automatically, and its link-shared recordings can be downloaded and forwarded.

How does auto-attendance work?

Join time and duration are logged automatically. At session end, attendance is marked Present, Late or Absent by your rules — e.g. joining after 10 minutes = Late. If a student doesn't join in time, a DLT-registered alert goes to the parent. No roll call, no manual register.

How are recordings protected from sharing?

They stream only in the app, behind login, to enrolled students of that batch, with the viewer's name and number watermarked on every playback, and access is revoked when a student leaves the batch. This is access control plus traceability — it deters casual sharing and identifies any leak. It doesn't make screen capture impossible; no software can, and we don't claim it does.

Can it run hybrid batches?

Yes. In-person and online students share one session and one attendance record. Online students use the whiteboard, polls and Raise Hand, the recording covers both, and the two groups can be on different fee plans within the same batch.

Does the whiteboard handle JEE/NEET formulas?

Yes — a LaTeX editor renders Physics equations, Chemistry structures and Maths expressions live, with geometry tools, graph grids, multi-user writing, and PDF export of the full board as class notes.

Do students need to install an app?

They can join from the app (Android/iOS) or a browser with no plugin. The app is recommended on phones for performance and because the watermark and access controls apply there; browser joining suits laptops.

Does it work on slow internet in smaller towns?

Yes. A low-bandwidth mode prioritises audio over video on slow connections, so the teacher's voice stays clear even if video drops. It's tuned for the basic Android phones most coaching students use.

Can owners monitor classes across all batches?

Yes. The admin dashboard shows every live session — batch, teacher, student count, duration — flags sessions that didn't start on time, and lets an owner join silently to check quality.

How is this different from SchoolDeck's classroom and LiveLoop?

SchoolDeck's virtual classroom is for K-12 schools; LiveLoop is a standalone video platform for webinars and corporate sessions. Live Class is for coaching batches — timetable-launched, with auto-attendance, watermarked batch-scoped recordings, a LaTeX whiteboard and hybrid support.

Can it support large batches?

Yes, from 1:1 up to large lectures. The teacher broadcasts while student audio is muted by default, students Raise Hand to speak, and admins can set max participants, a waiting room and session lock after start.

How Live Class connects to the rest of TutorDesk

One database means every session updates attendance, coverage, dashboards and alerts automatically.

Stop running classes on WhatsApp links and Drive recordings.

Live Class handles attendance, watermarked recordings, the LaTeX whiteboard and parent alerts — automatically, from the platform that already knows your batches and timetable.

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