How to use Mentu

Welcome, Teacher.

Mentu is a complete Learning Operating System. This guide walks you through every step — from creating your account to running intelligent classes and growing professionally.

1. Register & Verify Your Account

2. Set Up Your School Brand

Personalise your school's identity. This branding appears to students across your classroom and course pages.

3. Complete Your Teacher Profile

Your profile is public — students can view it before enrolling. A complete profile builds trust and attracts more students.

• Full name: Your professional display name.
• Bio: A short paragraph about your teaching background.
• Subjects: The subjects you teach (e.g. Mathematics, Physics).
• Qualifications: Your degrees or certifications.
• Years of experience, location, languages spoken.
• Website: Your personal or school website URL.

Go to My Profile from the dashboard sidebar to fill in all details, then click Save Profile.

4. Set Up Payment Settings

To accept paid course enrollments, configure your bank details so Mentu can split payments to you via Paystack.

5. Activate Your 14-Day Premium Trial

Unlock all premium features free for 14 days — one time per account.

• Click Free Trial in your sidebar (visible if you haven't activated yet), or go to /premium-trial.
• Click Activate 14-Day Free Trial. Your account is immediately upgraded.
• Premium unlocks: unlimited courses, unlimited students per course, class recording, YouTube upload, and 5% commission (down from 10%).
• After 14 days, your account returns to free tier limits unless you top up credits.

6. Credits & Subscription

Mentu uses a credit system to power AI features and premium access. 1 credit = ₦10. Credits never expire.

What credits are used for

• Session start: 2 credits per live class session.
• Recording: 1 credit per recording processed.
• AI Summary: 1 credit per class summary generated.
• AI Generate (quiz/assignment from session): 3 credits.
• AI Marking: 1 credit per submission marked by AI.
• AI Questions (question bank generation): 2 credits.

Topping up credits

Creating & Managing Courses

7. Create a Course

8. Add Course Modules

Modules are the chapters or units of your course — they give students a clear learning path and are used by the AI Homework Companion to recommend your course to relevant students.

• Open your course in Course Management.
• Click the Modules tab and then Add Module.
• Enter the module title, description, and estimated duration.
• Add as many modules as needed. You can reorder them by dragging.
• Update or delete modules at any time from the same tab.

9. Upload Course Materials

Share PDFs, documents, videos, links, and other resources with enrolled students.

• Go to your course → Materials tab.
• Click Upload Material and choose a file (PDF, video, image, document, etc.).
• Add a title and description so students know what it is.
• Uploaded materials are immediately visible to enrolled students.
• Students receive a real-time notification: "New course material available."
• You can edit or delete materials at any time.

10. Post Announcements

Send important messages to all students enrolled in a course — class changes, new resources, reminders.

• Go to your course → Announcements tab.
• Click New Announcement, enter a title and message.
• Tick Mark as Important to display it prominently (shown in red on student dashboards).
• Students receive an instant notification on their dashboard and in-class if currently in a session.
• You can edit or delete announcements after posting.

Running a Live Class

Every Mentu class is a full teaching environment — video, interactive whiteboard, screen sharing, quizzes, assignments, polls, chat, and recording all in one place.

11. Start a Live Class

12. Whiteboard & Drawing Tools

The interactive whiteboard is the core teaching canvas. Everything drawn is synchronised live to all students, recorded, and replayable after class.

Whiteboard Controls

• Undo (Ctrl+Z): Remove the last stroke.
• Clear board: Erases the current board. All strokes are still preserved in the replay history.
• Reorder boards: Drag board tabs to reorder them.
• Grant student access: Give a specific student permission to draw on your whiteboard.
• Scroll mode: On mobile, toggle scroll mode to scroll the board without accidentally drawing.
• Snapshots: The system automatically takes whiteboard snapshots at key moments (topic changes, quiz launches) for the Class Recap.

13. Screen Sharing & Annotation

Share your screen, browser tab, or application window with all students in real time.

14. Video, Audio & Participant Management

Manage who can be seen and heard in your classroom.

• Your video tile appears in the footer bar. Click the camera icon to toggle your video on/off.
• Click the microphone icon to mute/unmute yourself.
• The Participants panel shows all connected students with their connection status.
• Mute a student: Click their name in the participants panel and select Mute.
• Grant mic permission: When a student raises their hand, click their name and select Allow to Speak.
• Grant whiteboard access: Click a student's name and select Grant Whiteboard Access.
• Grant screen share: Click a student's name and select Allow Screen Share.
• Remove a participant: Click their name and select Remove from Class.

15. Classroom Chat

The chat panel lets students ask questions and participate without interrupting your flow.

• The chat panel is on the right side of the classroom. Click the chat icon to open/close it.
• You can post Announcements in chat — these are pinned and highlighted for all students.
• All chat messages are saved and appear in the Living Replay timeline as markers.
• Chat activity is tracked in student analytics (engagement score).

16. Live Quizzes

17. Polls

Polls are quick multiple-choice questions to check understanding in real time — no grading, just instant feedback.

• Click Poll in the classroom toolbar.
• Type your question and add 2–5 answer options.
• Click Send Poll. Students see it immediately and tap their answer.
• Results appear live as a bar chart as students respond — visible to you and optionally to students.
• Close the poll when done. Results are saved in the session timeline.

18. Assignments in Class

Create and send assignments during a live class or prepare them in advance from Course Management.

• In the classroom, click Assignment in the toolbar.
• Write the assignment question. You can include math notation, graphs, and images.
• Set a total points value and optional due date.
• Click Send — students see the assignment immediately and can respond with text, drawings, and file uploads.
• Review and grade submissions from Grade Submissions on your dashboard after class.

19. Recording & YouTube Upload

Every class session can be recorded and automatically uploaded to your YouTube channel.

20. Guest Invites

Invite people to join a class without requiring them to create a Mentu account first.

• In the classroom, click Invite Guest or go to Guest Invites in your dashboard.
• Enter the guest's email address. A one-time invite link is sent to them.
• The guest clicks the link, enters their name, and verifies with an OTP sent to their email.
• They join the classroom as a named guest — their attendance, quiz answers, and assignments are all recorded.
• You can view all active guest invites and revoke any invite from the Guest Invites panel.
• If the guest later registers a Mentu account using the same email, their entire guest history is automatically transferred to their new account.

What Happens After Class Ends

When you end a class, Mentu automatically processes everything and turns it into lasting educational value.

21. Grade Submissions

After class, go to Grade Submissions from your dashboard to review and grade all quiz and assignment submissions.

• Select the course and submission type (Assignment or Quiz).
• View each student's response — text, drawings, files, and math notation are all rendered correctly.
• Enter a score, letter grade, and feedback for each student.
• Click Save Grade. Students receive their grade on their dashboard immediately.
• Use Mark with AI to get an AI-generated score suggestion and feedback. You can accept or edit it before saving.
• Attach a Rubric to any assignment for criteria-based grading — select one from the dropdown on any submission.

22. AI Tools After Class

After a session ends, several AI tools become available to help you create follow-up content from what was actually taught.

All AI tools are accessed from the AI Tools section on your dashboard or from the session detail page. Each action costs credits (see Section 6).

23. AI Classroom Summaries

After every class, Mentu AI reads everything that happened — whiteboard content, chat messages, quiz results, topics — and generates a comprehensive summary.

• Access summaries from AI Summaries in your dashboard sidebar, or at /summary.
• Each summary includes: lesson overview, key concepts covered, action items, and homework suggestions.
• You can manually trigger a summary regeneration if needed.
• Summaries are attached to the Class Recap and visible to enrolled students.
• View all summaries for a course from the Course Summaries list.

24. Class Recaps

A Class Recap is a complete post-class package automatically assembled for each session.

Students receive an automatic notification when a recap is ready. Access recaps from your dashboard → Class Recaps or at /class-recap.

25. Living Replay

The Living Replay animates exactly what happened on the whiteboard during a class — every stroke, in order, at any speed.

• Access from your dashboard → Class Videos → enter a Room ID → Live Replay.
• Use transport controls: Play / Pause / Stop / Scrub and speed settings (0.5× to 2×).
• Click any moment marker on the timeline to jump directly to a quiz, topic change, or chat message.
• Switch between multiple whiteboard tabs if multiple boards were used.
• The Interactive Replay mode syncs the YouTube video and whiteboard replay side-by-side in perfect time — accessible at /interactive-replay.

Professional Growth & Analytics

26. Analytics Dashboard

Monitor the performance, engagement, and progress of every student in your courses.

• Go to Analytics in your sidebar or at /analytics.
• Select a course to see class-wide data.
• KPI strip: Total enrolled students, class average grade, average attendance, total chat activity.
• Leaderboard: Ranked list of all students by overall performance (quiz + assignment + engagement weighted).
• Grade Distribution chart: See how grades are spread across A/B/C/D bands.
• Engagement chart: Per-student bar chart showing chat, whiteboard, and poll activity.
• Topic Breakdown: See which topics students struggled with most across all sessions.
• Click any student name to view their full report card.
• Add teacher comments to a student's report card from the analytics view.
• Email a student's report card directly from the analytics page.

27. Grading Rubrics

Rubrics make grading fair and transparent. Create reusable rubrics and attach them to assignments.

• Go to Manage Rubrics from your sidebar or at /rubric-manager.
• Click Create Rubric. Add a name, subject, and performance levels (e.g. Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor).
• Add grading criteria — each criterion is scored against each performance level.
• Save the rubric. It appears as an option when grading any assignment submission.
• Rubric scores are automatically calculated and included in the student's overall grade.
• Edit or delete rubrics at any time from the Rubric Manager.

28. Practice Quiz Bank

Build a reusable bank of practice questions that students can use to revise independently — available 24/7.

• Go to Practice Quiz → Question Bank from your sidebar or at /practice-quiz/question-bank.
• Create questions by subject and difficulty. Include text, math equations, and graph-based questions.
• Use AI Generate to automatically create questions from a session topic.
• Students access the practice quiz bank from their dashboard at any time.
• The system tracks quiz history and performance statistics for each student.

29. Issuing Certificates

Award certificates to students who complete your courses.

• Go to Certificates from your sidebar or at /certificates.
• Select the course and the student to receive the certificate.
• Click Issue Certificate. The certificate is generated with the student's name, course title, and date.
• Students can download their certificate as a PDF from their Certificates page.
• Each certificate has a unique ID for verification.

30. AI Teaching Simulator

Practice teaching before entering a real classroom. The AI Simulator creates realistic AI students with different learning personas who ask questions, get confused, and respond — just like real students.

31. Homework Companion

The Homework Companion is an AI tutor available at /homework-companion that helps students with homework questions using a guided teaching approach — it never just gives the answer.

• As a teacher, your courses are automatically recommended to students using the Companion when their question matches your course modules.
• The more descriptive your module titles and descriptions, the more often your course is recommended.
• Students can use the Companion without an account (5 questions/day as a visitor, 20/day as a registered student).
• The Companion supports all major subjects: Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, and Computer Science.
• It is adapted for Nigerian/African curricula (WAEC, NECO, JAMB, JSS, SS levels).