Recommending library items to students

When you find a library item you want a specific student (or class) to engage with, use Recommend instead of just sharing the URL. Recommendations route through the notification pipeline and land in the student's home + notification feed.

Steps

1. Open the library item in the item viewer.
2. Tap Recommend in the action footer.
3. Pick one of your class streams — only streams matching the item's grade and a subject you teach are listed.
4. Add an optional note ("Try this before next class — it covers fractions").
5. Tap Recommend — you'll see how many students it reached.

To recommend to a single student, start from the other side: Students → open the student → Recommend and pick the item there.

What the student sees

• An in-app notification: "Ms. Wanjiru recommended [item title]."
• A row in their home → Recommended for you card.
• A push notification if they've opted in.

What you see

• A confirmation banner tells you how many students the recommendation reached.
• On the learner's side, the item appears in their Recommended by Your Teacher rail; its status updates as they open or dismiss it.

Common issues

• Recipient picker is empty, or someone's missing from it. The picker only lists learners you're paired with — same school, same level, and a subject you both share — and it further filters by the item's subject, so a Maths item only offers learners who take Maths. See How you get matched to students. Learners who aren't confirmed yet never appear.
• Student says they didn't receive it. Check their notification preferences — if they've disabled the libraryRecommendation kind, the in-app row still shows but push / email are skipped.