FEATURES FOR TEACHERS
Equip your classroom.
Inspire your students.
A full-featured, flexible toolkit that brings an intuitive lesson builder, automated schedules, and fosters interaction and discussion.
Your Quarter, Organized in Seconds
Spend your time in Scripture, not the calendar. Our automated schedule builder handles the logistics by generating a full quarter of sessions based on your recurring patterns. It even accounts for blackout dates and holidays, so your curriculum is perfectly timed without any manual tracking.
Purchase Digital Class Materials
Import ready-to-teach classes in one click. Our online store connects your church directly with top-tier, interactive digital curricula from reputable authors and leading publishers. Browse and instantly deploy complete, premium lesson sets that come packed with supplementary materials (like quizzes, teaching guides, recommended hymns, PowerPoints) to elevate your classroom instruction. Teachers have richer resources and students have a more convenient way to study.
Easily Build or Import Lessons
Choose your own path: build from scratch or import from the past. Use our intuitive drag-and-drop lesson builder to easily design interactive, digital lessons. Our importer can turn existing Word, PDF, Google Docs, etc. documents into digital lessons. Your lessons are your property, and you can export them to Word or PDF files to reuse outside of Congregate Classroom.
No Tech Degree or Coding Required
Volunteers step up to teach Bible study because they love scripture, not because they want to spend hours fighting with complicated software. The Congregate Classroom admin console is intentionally streamlined for simplicity. Every management tool is simplistic, intuitive, and built so that any teacher can hit the ground running with zero previous technical experience. If you can use Microsoft Word, you can use Congregate Classroom.
Command Your Class in Real Time
Take complete control of your presentation with the customizable Teacher Live View Dashboard. This dynamic, multi-panel screen lets you monitor your private teacher notes, track concurrent viewer counts, instantly launch live polls during your presentation, and field incoming student inquiries on the spot with real-time live questions. It is the ultimate tool for turning passive Sunday classes into highly interactive, data-driven learning experiences for both members and guests.
Automated Schedule Builder
Generate an entire quarter of sessions in seconds based on your recurring class patterns. The system handles the logistics for you by automatically mapping out lessons and factoring in holidays or blockout dates.
Powerful Lesson Builder
Our drag-and-drop lesson builder makes it easy to build an interactive lesson from scratch, or import from Word, Pages, Google Docs, etc.
Zero Print, Binding Hassle
Say goodbye to the endless cycle of printing, copying, and binding your own materials every week. Upload your curriculum once to deploy clean, professional lessons directly to student devices.
QR Code Generator
Each class and lesson gets its own custom QR code you can download and use on PowerPoints and other materials. (Text links also provided for each class and lesson.)
Export Lessons
Your content belongs to you. Easily export your lessons and data to Word or PDF. You are never locked into our platform and always retain your master files. You can also transfer entire classes to other Congregate Classroom installs.
Online Store
Purchase published materials you can import directly into Congregate Classroom. Many include exclusive supplementary content to aid in teaching.
Live Polls
Check for understanding or conduct a survey in real-time with teacher-triggered classroom polls that instantly appear on users' devices. Ask multiple choice or open text questions.
Live Student Questions
Perfect for visitors or those who are shy, students can submit text questions instantly, allowing you to address them on the spot or follow up later.
Live Presentation View
Take complete control of your presentation space with a modular, resizable multi-panel live view. Choose exactly what you see on your screen: student lesson, teaching notes, live questions, real-time polling data.
Class Message Board
Keep the conversation going between sessions. Class-specific discussion boards allow you and your students to post follow-up thoughts, prayer requests, and deeper studies throughout the week.
Direct Messages to Students
Foster deeper relationships and handle sensitive biblical questions through secure, built-in direct messaging that connects you straight to individual students.
Private Teacher Notes
Type or import your own private teaching notes to go along with each lesson. Access your notes on the customizable multi-panel live view dashboard.
Anywhere Group Studies
Perfectly optimized for use inside the church building, at home small groups, or casual coffee shop Bible studies.
Class Analytics
See which lessons are resonating most with a detailed view of student interactions, number of views and percentage of questions answered.
PDF and Print Export
Easily export your entire class to a PDF file, ready for printing or distributing for those who may prefer a paper copy.