Getting Started

Who this is for

Students who are new to Locuto.PRO.

What this page answers

• How do I finish account setup?
• How do I join my first course?
• Where do I find lessons, homework, and live sessions?

Prerequisites

• a student account (or explore as a guest and register during booking)
• either an invite code, a catalog class meeting to book, or a teacher to message

Exploring as a Guest

If you are exploring the platform without an account, you can try out interactive features like Pronunciation Assessment exercises. However, on your second attempt, you will be asked to register. Creating a student account is completely free and is required to continue practicing and save your progress.

Guests who joined a live class with just their name (via link and PIN) hold a provisional guest account. If a provisional guest attempts to book a paid class meeting from a teacher catalog, they are prompted to Complete registration on the owning school's website. This turns your guest profile into a full account (by adding your email and password) and returns you to your booking.

If you click Book on a catalog class meeting while signed out, your chosen meeting is remembered while you register. New learners complete a streamlined 2-step Setup Wizard (Step 1 of 2: Profile — "The teacher will see your name in your request." and Step 2 of 2: Add a photo — "The teacher will see the photo next to your request. You can add the photo later.", skipping role and goal prompts) and return directly to their pre-filled booking dialog to send the request. Once you register or make a payment, your student account, course progress, and history are permanently saved.

1. Complete your account setup

Start by finishing your onboarding profile:

• set your timezone (essential so lesson times and reminders match your local clock)
• choose your native language
• pick your study goal (e.g., travel, career, exam preparation, or general fluency — this powers personalized teacher and course recommendations)
• upload a profile photo

2. Join your first course or class

If you have an invite code or link

Your teacher or school may send you an invite link to join automatically, or provide an 8-character invite code as a fallback. You can be invited to:

• A Course: To join a course manually, open the Class hub (/platform/studies), click the Join a class tile, enter your code, and confirm.
• A Class: To join a group class, use your teacher's class invite link or enter the class invite code using the Join a class tile. Once joined, the class appears under your classes with its lesson list, classmates, assigned materials, and upcoming sessions. See Learning in Classes.

In the Class hub (/platform/studies), a row of three equal action tiles above your classes lets you:

1. Start on your own (launch self-study)
2. Set an exam goal
3. Join a class (enter an invite code or link)

If you do not have a code

On locuto.pro without active classes, click Find a teacher on your Today start card (or open /teachers).

In the teacher catalog, you can:

• Filter with "Available time this week" to see teachers with open group class meetings or open one-to-one hours in the next 7 days.
• Click Book on an upcoming group class meeting. This opens a 4-step booking dialog (1. Time → 2. Account → 3. Request → 4. Teacher's reply). Your booking reserves a single meeting seat as a guest without paying upfront (fees are charged only after the meeting takes place).
• Click an open one-to-one time slot and choose "Write about this time" to start a direct message in Messages (/platform/messages) with a pre-filled note in your timezone.

Pending bookings appear on your Today screen under Class bookings and in Messages, where you can track the teacher's reply or withdraw your request anytime before the session ends. See Finding a Teacher.

If you bought a course on Marketplace

Paid course listings on locuto.pro create an enrollment in the school offering the course automatically — no invite code needed. Open your class from Today or the Class hub (/platform/studies), then book each released class lesson with the teacher when it shows Available to book. See Marketplace Courses.

3. Learn the student navigation

Students have a clean, unified workspace without complex administrative switchers.

The top header

The top header bar provides instant access to your daily status:

• Avatar and profile: Clicking your avatar directly opens the Change profile photo dialog (hovering on desktop shows a camera overlay) rather than navigating to /platform/profile.
• Greeting and date: Displays a personalized welcome and current date.
• Streak badge: Displays your flame streak counting consecutive active study days. On your Today screen, clicking anywhere on the Journey card (showing your study streak hiker between camps) opens your Progress page (/platform/progress).
• Inbox / Messages button: Opens your messages and notifications sheet. Messages hosts both persistent Class Chats (pinned at the top for every class you belong to) and one-on-one Direct messages with your teachers.
• AI Credit chip: Displays your available AI generation credits and links directly to Wallet (/platform/billing).
• XP level ring: Shows your current level ring and progress toward the next milestone.

Navigation rail and mobile bar

On desktop, the left navigation rail includes six primary destinations, with a language switcher at the foot of the rail:

On mobile phones, five tabs appear in the bottom navigation bar: Today, Schedule, Words, Progress, and Me. Tapping Me on a phone opens a compact menu with two options:

• Messages (showing your unread badge count)
• Profile

The Me button on the phone bar displays the unread badge and stays highlighted whether you are viewing Messages or Profile.

Shared Back links on off-bar pages

Because Schedule is now a first-level bar tab, it has no Back link. Off-bar pages share a consistent top-left Back link that returns you to the parent view (preserving your scroll position and filters when navigating back):

• Class page & Class hub (/platform/studies) → Back to Today (/platform)
• Wallet (/platform/billing) → Back to Me (/platform/profile)
• Wallet subpages (Generation history, AI claims) → Back to Wallet (/platform/billing)
• Profile settings (/platform/profile/settings) → Back to Me (/platform/profile)
• Word list (/platform/vocabulary/words) → Back to Words (/platform/vocabulary)

Messages on mobile and narrow screens

On narrow screens and phones, the Messages conversation list and active chat thread take turns in a single-column view. Opening a thread lets you use the Back button to return to the conversation list.

Chat search is tucked into a Search chats icon button in the Messages header; clicking it expands and focuses the search input.

4. Open your first lesson

You can open lessons directly from the Today screen, from your class page, or from Schedule.

On Today, your enrolled classes are listed under To do as full-width class cards (one class card per row across all screen sizes), each with an Open the class button.

When you open a class:

• Opening a class shows your lesson list by default, organized into clear to-do rows grouped by unit. Completed lessons display "You finished this", and lessons without a scheduled date display "The date is not set yet".
• You can switch between the list and the visual path anytime using the Class view switch (List / Trail).
• A Class chat button sits at the top right of the class header (on the teacher line, or next to the class title while loading) so you can jump into the class conversation with one click.
• Clicking any lesson opens a slide-in lesson sheet displaying the lesson's cover image, full scheduled date, and status. Future locked lessons show the exact date they unlock (for example, "This step opens on November 3."). On mobile phones, the lesson sheet slides up from the bottom and can be dismissed by dragging down on the top grab handle.

When you are working in a lesson:

• your progress saves automatically
• exercises stay attached to your lesson copy
• homework is submitted from inside the lesson when you are ready

5. Turn notifications on or off

Open Me → Notifications (or Me → Profile → Notifications) and review the four lesson-related toggles so you know when content is created, updated, canceled, or changes status.

6. Track your progress & Gamification

As you complete lessons, practice vocabulary, and do homework, your Progress screen tracks your momentum across four focused modules:

• The Climb: Your overall learning journey and level progression across chapter units and milestone camps. Earning XP advances your milestone rank and unlocks new profile badges.
• Weekly Goals: Your personal target of active study days per week (choose between 3 and 7 days). Set your target to build consistent study habits.
• Sticker Album: A dedicated showcase for Praise Stickers awarded by your teachers at the end of live sessions. The album features a collection of 12 teacher praise stickers — 8 standard stickers (such as 🚀 Rocket, 🧠 Brain, and 💯 Hundred) plus 4 gold-crowned premium stickers that can be awarded by teachers on paid school plans to celebrate standout milestones.
• Race: A friendly weekly competition with classmates and friends in your network. Compete for top spots on the weekly leaderboard based on XP earned Monday through Sunday.

How You Earn XP

Every completed activity awards transparent XP towards your level progression:

• Live Class Session: 150 XP (up to 3 sessions per day)
• Completed Homework: 100 XP (up to 3 assignments per day)
• Self-Study Exercise: 60 XP (up to 5 exercises per day)
• Vocabulary Flashcards: 10 XP per correct review, 15 XP for a spotless card, plus 50 XP upon completing a review session

(Note: Praise stickers from teachers award 0 XP; they are badges of encouragement stored in your Sticker Album).

On your school's own domain vs. locuto.pro

Some schools run Locuto.PRO on their own school-branded website (for example lessons.myschool.edu or myschool.locuto.pro). The product is the same, but the scope is different:

• On your school's branded website, you see that school's courses, teachers, and classmates. When visiting your school's website, you will see their course catalog or sign-in page directly.
• On locuto.pro, you can use the platform-wide Marketplace and Find a Teacher pages and see the cross-school view for schools that do not use their own branded address. A school with a branded address is reached through that address instead.

You use the same Locuto account for both. For more, see the guide on school-branded websites (often called "White Label").

Where to go next

• Lessons & Homework for day-to-day lesson work
• Learning in Classes for joining and participating in group classes
• Finding a Teacher for the Teachers page, suggestions, and class bookings
• Marketplace Courses if you purchased a live course on Marketplace
• Schedule & Live Sessions for joining lessons, booking class times, and requesting reschedules
• Profile & Settings for timezone, language, and notification settings