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The lesson and the “Needs you” list

Teachers can see who needs help during a lesson

The “Needs you” list brings together raised hands and Lapmin’s flags as students work. Teachers start their own lessons and can pause or end them.

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The teacher’s lesson view shows the “Needs you” list with one safety flag, two raised hands and a student who may need help. The lesson’s join code and QR code are also visible. Demo class names are fictional.The teacher’s lesson view on a phone shows class 7A, 20 of 24 students in the lesson, and the top of the “Needs you” list with a safety flag and a raised hand. The names are fictional.

  • Teachers start their own lessons and can pause or end them. During a pause, students can see their conversations but cannot send messages, and nobody can join. When a lesson ends, or closes automatically about a day after it starts, its conversations are deleted. The class, roster and students’ private Notes remain; teachers cannot see those Notes.

  • The “Needs you” list shows which students may need the teacher. Safety flags appear first, followed by raised hands and attempts to join from another device. Last are students who have sent many messages about one topic without getting started.

  • Teachers see flags but not conversations, unless Lapmin has flagged them. They can open only one flagged conversation per student. The roster also shows each student’s subject.

Why this way. The OECD recommends using AI in learning activities that teachers have planned with care. Lapmin is designed for a lesson the teacher starts and can pause or end.

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Source: OECD 2026, Digital Education Outlook · recommendation

How a teacher-⁠led lesson works

  1. 1

    The teacher creates a class and starts the lesson

    The teacher pastes in students’ names, for example from the school’s student information system, and chooses “Primary school” (grades 1-6) or “Lower secondary” (grades 7-9). When the teacher starts the lesson, Lapmin gives it a six-character code. The teacher’s view shows the join code and a QR code to display on a projector.

    The projector view shows a join code, its QR code and the number of students who have joined. The code shown is an example and does not work.A join code and QR code in a narrow view. The code shown is an example and does not work.
  2. 2

    Students join the lesson

    A student enters the code or scans the QR code, then picks their name from the teacher’s roster. No account or installation is needed; Lapmin runs in a browser. If that name is already in the lesson on another device, the teacher decides whether the student can continue on the new one.

    A student’s phone shows step 2/2, the question “What is your name?”, class 7A and the first roster rows from which the student picks their name. Demo class names are fictional.
  3. 3

    The teacher sees and acknowledges raised hands

    Students can raise a hand in their own view, and it appears in “Needs you”. After checking in with the student, the teacher acknowledges the row to clear it from the list. The student then sees “Your teacher saw”.

    The “Needs you” list shows a safety flag, two raised hands and a student who may need help. Rows have “Open conversation” and “Acknowledge” buttons, or just “Acknowledge”. The demo class names are fictional.In the phone view, a safety flag has “Open conversation” and “Acknowledge” buttons. Below it, a raised hand has an “Acknowledge” button. The names are fictional.

The teacher dashboard shows lesson status, the “Needs you” list and the class roster

At the top, teachers see whether the lesson is running, when it started and how many students have joined. The list of students who may need them is headed “Needs you” in Lapmin.

Beside each name, the roster shows one short detail, such as a subject or “Hasn’t asked yet”. Only the teacher sees the S2 mark, which in Finland identifies a student studying Finnish as a second language. If a conversation has repeatedly drifted away from schoolwork, the roster says “Off track”; that alone does not add the student to “Needs you”.

The teacher’s lesson view shows 20 of 24 students in the lesson, a “Needs you” list with one safety flag, two raised hands and a student who may need help, a joining card with a code and QR code, and the full class roster. Beside each name is a subject or brief status. Demo class names are fictional.The teacher’s lesson view on a phone shows the “Needs you” list with one safety flag, two raised hands and a student who may need help, plus the first rows of the class roster. Demo class names are fictional.
The teacher’s view during a lesson: the “Needs you” list and class roster. Demo class names are fictional.

Lapmin checks a student’s message before replying

When a message clearly raises a safety concern, Lapmin sends a prepared reply and puts the student on the “Needs you” list. The row gives a reason, such as bullying. If the check cannot be completed, Lapmin asks the student to wait a moment instead of answering the question.

Frequently asked questions

What happens if a student switches devices during a lesson?

A join attempt appears in “Needs you” because the name is already in the lesson. If the teacher allows it, the student can choose their name again within ten minutes and continue on the new device. That student’s earlier conversations from the lesson are deleted, while their private Notes remain.

What remains after a lesson ends?

The conversations are deleted; the class, roster and students’ private Notes remain. A new website suggested during the lesson may still await teacher review, but the student’s question is not stored with that suggestion.

Does Lapmin replace the teacher?

No. Lapmin answers students’ questions and guides them through tasks, while the teacher leads the lesson. The list shows who may need the teacher’s help.

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