Online tutoring gained momentum during the pandemic and has now been adopted on a very large scale globally. According to Grand View Research, the online tutoring service market size is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.7 % from 2022 to 2030. Although the competition in the eLearning industry is fierce, there is still room for new platforms to grow and scale by offering unique features. 

If a business strives to excel in a coaching marketplace, it needs to ensure that its online tutoring platform has all the necessary features. As a general rule of thumb, the more features on your online tutoring platform, the better. These features should be able to cater to the requirements of all three user types on your platform – students, tutors, and admin.

Let us Discuss the Essential Features of an Online Tutoring Platform

Seamless Navigation

Any online tutoring platform should be convenient to use and must be user-friendly for all stakeholders (tutors, students, and admin). For this, a smart search option that can suggest relevant course information instantly can be added. 

Also, enabling the auto-suggest feature in the search tab can make it easier for users to find and reach relevant content sections. Furthermore, courses, lectures, and curriculum syllabi should be categorized properly, so that students face no problem, locating what they need on your platform. 

Live Video Interaction and Chat

The most important feature of any tutoring platform is live video calling and chat, so that, tutors and students can connect seamlessly. Your platform should have the interface to allow one-on-one or group classes in real-time. This can be very helpful in clearing doubts and providing personalized feedback. 

Virtual Whiteboard

Whiteboard is an essential feature for any tutoring platform to make your sessions more interactive. Using highly-functional whiteboards, let tutors write math formulas, equations, etc. Also, tutors can draw diagrams, and highlight or edit text. 

Collaborative space

The platform should have a collaborative space where tutors and students can share transcripts, documents, notes, tests, etc. during or after the session with ease. With this, they can focus intently on the lessons at hand, rather than worrying about notes and content. 

Multiple Payment Options

Availability of multiple payment options like debit/credit card, eWallets, net banking, etc. can help students choose the payment option as per their convenience. It is also crucial to provide all popular payment gateways like PayPal, Authorised.net, Stripe, etc. depending on the geographical location of your students and teachers. 

Review and Rating

It is very crucial to maintain transparency on your platform, and that can be achieved by allowing students to rate and review their tutors just after the sessions are completed. Meanwhile, student ratings can be displayed on teachers’ profiles and new learners can make informed choices regarding tutors.

Time Zone Friendly

Online tutoring business lets you serve globally, any learner can enrol on your platform, from anywhere around the world. Hence, your platform should be able to let the users select their time zone accordingly so that it can make checking the availability of tutors and booking sessions easy.

Multilingual

As your platform will have worldwide coverage, making it multilingual would be a smart approach.  If your platform can abridge the language barrier and can support foreign languages, that would be an added advantage, as your tutors can seamlessly communicate with students across the globe.

Notifications

Alerts and push notifications can play an important role in better communication. Alerts can be sent to students when they miss a class or leave it mid-way so that they can come back and complete it. Real-time notifications will ensure neither the student nor the teacher misses anything from their schedule.

Rounding Up

In order to provide a great learning experience to your users, you need to give paramount importance to the features of your online tutoring platform. You have to make a platform that is accessible and easy to use. Also, while developing your platform your primary focus should not only be on the quality of your lessons and tutors, but also on the features of your platform, which will set you apart from your competitors.

Yo!Coach is an online tutoring software which allows entrepreneurs to build their own online tutoring platforms like Preply and Cambly. The software is fully customizable and GDPR compliant offering all the key features to launch a user-friendly tutoring platform. 

The software is pre-integrated with video conferencing APIs such as Zoom, Atomchat and Lessonspace to create interactive learning experiences during sessions.