Create your teacher community on explainx

Only explainx instructors and platform admins or owners can create a teacher community. Sign in with the eligible account and open Create a community. The creator becomes its owner. Ordinary student membership does not grant creation access.

Set up your community

1. Enter a Name learners will recognize.
2. Add a Description explaining the topic and who belongs here.
3. Use Pinned note for members for posting rules, where to start, or a current announcement.
4. Choose an Accent color, then select Create community.

The community starts hidden from public listings and with invitation-based membership. It includes Announcements, Introductions, and Questions & ideas spaces. A readable web address is generated automatically.

Find the reorganized settings

Open the three-dot Community menu → Settings:

• Basics changes the name, description, pinned note, and color.
• Parent community groups this community under another one you own or teach in.
• Public page and joining, available to the owner, controls the address, listing, introduction, and membership options.

Invitations and staff appointments are under Community menu → Members. Use invitations and roles when you are ready to bring people in.

Group related communities

Under Parent community, choose another community you own or teach in and select Save. For example, put Claude inside AI. Choose None (top level) to remove the grouping.

Parent and child communities keep separate memberships, roles, and access rules. Grouping only organizes them in the sidebar; it does not add members to either community. A community cannot be its own parent or be nested in a loop.

Prepare conversations and share the right link

Open Community feed → Write a post, choose a space, and publish a welcome message. Use Spaces, Resources, and Events for the ongoing group.

Return through the sidebar or My communities. Member addresses use /communities/<slug>; a listed public profile uses /c/<slug>. See Publish a community profile before sharing a public joining page.

Connect workshop learners

A workshop classroom belongs to one run; a teacher community can continue across runs. Creating a community alone does not add learners or move conversations. You can link it to a classroom, add the current roster, or move and tag students from My classrooms. Paid communities retain their membership requirements.