大家好,
我们更新了一些Cafetalk中老师的功能。
1. 现在您可以上传3张个人照片。
2. 可以为您的课程添加Youtube视频。
3. 还上传了我们的团队介绍页面, Kai.
谢谢!
Ken
cafetalk办公室
2010年9月28日火曜日
2010年9月17日金曜日
首页更新和一些新功能
大家好:
下面将向您介绍我们刚刚在Cafetalk.com上的更新。
1. 首页的样式已经更新。
2. 添加了“根据时间表搜索”的功能。学生现在能后制定时间带来搜索老师。
3. 类别“发音和演讲”被分成了两个类别 - “发音”和“演讲”。
我们这么做的目的是我们认为这两个是完全不同的。之前的所有被归类成“发音和演讲”的课程,现在被归类成“发音”(因为现在大多数的此类课程是关于发音的)。如果必要的话,请老师自行更改。
谢谢!
Cafetalk办公室
下面将向您介绍我们刚刚在Cafetalk.com上的更新。
1. 首页的样式已经更新。
2. 添加了“根据时间表搜索”的功能。学生现在能后制定时间带来搜索老师。
3. 类别“发音和演讲”被分成了两个类别 - “发音”和“演讲”。
我们这么做的目的是我们认为这两个是完全不同的。之前的所有被归类成“发音和演讲”的课程,现在被归类成“发音”(因为现在大多数的此类课程是关于发音的)。如果必要的话,请老师自行更改。
谢谢!
Cafetalk办公室
2010年9月3日金曜日
聊天室功能发布了。
大家好:
我们已经添加了在线聊天室功能。
现在如果学生对任何在线老师感兴趣的话,他们可以和老师立即开始在线聊天。
我们希望此功能可以让在线老师能够更加容易的收集学生,并让学生能更加容易找到适合自己的老师。
使用方法:
1. 在您的个人首页中,点击“设置成在线状态”的按钮。不仅能将您在所有学生的个人首页中显示为在线状态,还能创建一个属于您个人的和学生能够在线聊天的聊天室。并且,这个聊天室功能完全基于您的浏览器,并且和Skype不同。
2. 当您为在线状态时,请您一直在电脑前,这样您能和想立即与您开始课程的学生谈话。
3. 当您的学生进入您的聊天室后,您会听到一个提示音,并且您的状态将被自动转变成“聊天中”(请不要将您的音箱静音)。当您处于这个状态时,其他学生将不能进入您的聊天室。
4. 如果您想设置成在线状态,但有不想聊天的话,请关闭聊天室窗口。您的状态将被自动转变成“没有聊天室”状态。然后学生将不能进入您的聊天室。
您的在线状态将被显示在Cafetalk.com的首页,以及学生的个人首页。(http://cafetalk.com)
如果您有任何问题,请随时联系我们。
谢谢!
Cafetalk办公室
我们已经添加了在线聊天室功能。
现在如果学生对任何在线老师感兴趣的话,他们可以和老师立即开始在线聊天。
我们希望此功能可以让在线老师能够更加容易的收集学生,并让学生能更加容易找到适合自己的老师。
使用方法:
1. 在您的个人首页中,点击“设置成在线状态”的按钮。不仅能将您在所有学生的个人首页中显示为在线状态,还能创建一个属于您个人的和学生能够在线聊天的聊天室。并且,这个聊天室功能完全基于您的浏览器,并且和Skype不同。
2. 当您为在线状态时,请您一直在电脑前,这样您能和想立即与您开始课程的学生谈话。
3. 当您的学生进入您的聊天室后,您会听到一个提示音,并且您的状态将被自动转变成“聊天中”(请不要将您的音箱静音)。当您处于这个状态时,其他学生将不能进入您的聊天室。
4. 如果您想设置成在线状态,但有不想聊天的话,请关闭聊天室窗口。您的状态将被自动转变成“没有聊天室”状态。然后学生将不能进入您的聊天室。
您的在线状态将被显示在Cafetalk.com的首页,以及学生的个人首页。(http://cafetalk.com)
如果您有任何问题,请随时联系我们。
谢谢!
Cafetalk办公室
2010年8月7日土曜日
关于最近追加功能的通知
各位老师,大家好:
下面向您介绍最近添加的一些功能。
◇学生列表
最近有老师指出,学生数如果很多的话,在学生列表中管理学生时不太方便。
因此,本次更新实现了对学生进行分组管理的功能,管理起来更加方便。
在学生列表中点击“+”按钮就可以添加新组,选择学生后可以将学生分配到各个组中。
请您使用。
◇试听课程的费用
提供试听课程,是吸引学生的重要方法。
本次试听课程的费用中添加了200日元的选项。
这样的话,您就可以从免费·200日元·500日元·1000日元·1500日元中选择。
◇来自老师的信息
在GeneralNotification(来自老师的信息)中,可以添加图片和Youtube视频了。
另外,老师添加信息后,该信息也会自动添加到Cafetalk的官方Twitter帐号中。
◇课程的排序
在课程管理页面中,点击并拖动课程的话,可以修改课程的排序。
该排序和学生看到的课程排序相同,
为了让学生更加易看,请调整您的课程排序。
如果您有不明白的地方,请随时联系我们。
Cafetalk办公室
下面向您介绍最近添加的一些功能。
◇学生列表
最近有老师指出,学生数如果很多的话,在学生列表中管理学生时不太方便。
因此,本次更新实现了对学生进行分组管理的功能,管理起来更加方便。
在学生列表中点击“+”按钮就可以添加新组,选择学生后可以将学生分配到各个组中。
请您使用。
◇试听课程的费用
提供试听课程,是吸引学生的重要方法。
本次试听课程的费用中添加了200日元的选项。
这样的话,您就可以从免费·200日元·500日元·1000日元·1500日元中选择。
◇来自老师的信息
在GeneralNotification(来自老师的信息)中,可以添加图片和Youtube视频了。
另外,老师添加信息后,该信息也会自动添加到Cafetalk的官方Twitter帐号中。
◇课程的排序
在课程管理页面中,点击并拖动课程的话,可以修改课程的排序。
该排序和学生看到的课程排序相同,
为了让学生更加易看,请调整您的课程排序。
如果您有不明白的地方,请随时联系我们。
Cafetalk办公室
2010年7月26日月曜日
怎样判断和处理“Free-Riders”?
对于任何服务,都会面临“Free-Riding”的问题。尤其是像我们这种,老师可以提供免费试听课程的服务。
(Free-riding的意思就是一直申请免费试听课程,而没有付费申请的计划。)
Cafetalk有几种方法来阻止这种连续试听课程的行为。我们可以用更多方法来应付此类行为,但是我们又不能为学生试听课程制造太多的麻烦。毕竟,试听可以更容易让学生在初期能够开始使用Cafetalk。
也就是说,我们确实知道大部分学生都会尽量利用Cafetalk系统的优点。而另一方面,我们也想为您提供解决此类问题的方法。
1. 为您的试听课程设定一个较低的价格,而不是设定为免费。
在Cafetalk新站中,您可以设定试听课程的费用为免费。但是您不用必须设定为免费。
请您登录后点击菜单中的“课程管理”,修改课程的详细信息。
2. 查看学生简介中提示
您能在学生简介页面中看到该学生进行了多少次试听课程,和所有课程的总数。
如果试听课程与所有课程的比率过高,那就暗示着该学生是free-rider,您就有任何理由拒绝该学生的预约申请。
3. 查看学生已经购买过的点数
实际上我们还没有这种功能,但是一位老师曾经建议我们提供这种功能,他说此功能也许是一种非常有效的方法来判断学生是不是free-rider。
我们特别小心不透漏太多学生的信息,以免对学生造成太多的麻烦。但是,如果有更多的老师要求提供此功能的话,我们也会考虑的。
如果您有任何疑问,请随时联系我们。
谢谢!
Cafetalk 办公室
(Free-riding的意思就是一直申请免费试听课程,而没有付费申请的计划。)
Cafetalk有几种方法来阻止这种连续试听课程的行为。我们可以用更多方法来应付此类行为,但是我们又不能为学生试听课程制造太多的麻烦。毕竟,试听可以更容易让学生在初期能够开始使用Cafetalk。
也就是说,我们确实知道大部分学生都会尽量利用Cafetalk系统的优点。而另一方面,我们也想为您提供解决此类问题的方法。
1. 为您的试听课程设定一个较低的价格,而不是设定为免费。
在Cafetalk新站中,您可以设定试听课程的费用为免费。但是您不用必须设定为免费。
请您登录后点击菜单中的“课程管理”,修改课程的详细信息。
2. 查看学生简介中提示
您能在学生简介页面中看到该学生进行了多少次试听课程,和所有课程的总数。
如果试听课程与所有课程的比率过高,那就暗示着该学生是free-rider,您就有任何理由拒绝该学生的预约申请。
3. 查看学生已经购买过的点数
实际上我们还没有这种功能,但是一位老师曾经建议我们提供这种功能,他说此功能也许是一种非常有效的方法来判断学生是不是free-rider。
我们特别小心不透漏太多学生的信息,以免对学生造成太多的麻烦。但是,如果有更多的老师要求提供此功能的话,我们也会考虑的。
如果您有任何疑问,请随时联系我们。
谢谢!
Cafetalk 办公室
2010年7月21日水曜日
2010年7月15日木曜日
Fee calculation will be based on a progressive scale starting August 2010
As you know, Cafetalk's fee (formally referred to as the Matching Fee) has been 40% of the lesson price since its inception five years ago. We know many of you would like to see that reduced. And although we can not give everyone a flat reduction (for these reasons) we thought it was about time our more active tutors were rewarded with better rates.
It may not be very obvious but one of our core principles here at Cafetalk is to make our platform profitable for tutors. We know that's the only way we can hope to keep the quality of tutors as high as they are now. Eventually, we would like Cafetalk to be able to support both the casual tutor and the hard-core professional educator alike. And to do that, we realize that a change in the fee structure would certainly be a step in the right direction. And so starting August we plan to introduce two new tutor classes (or ratings, if you will) with decreased fees depending on how many lessons you complete per month. The new ratings are:
Cafetalk fees will be reduced to 30% and a "Top Ranking" icon will be displayed on your profile.
Qualification criteria:
Once you attain this rating you will keep it for at least two months (unless you violate the Tutor Terms or get a barrage of bad feedback).
Cafetalk fees will be reduced to 25% and a "Premium" icon will be displayed on your profile.
Qualification criteria:
Every tutor will automatically be checked at the end of each month to see whether she/he has qualified for these decreased fees. Calculations will be based on the number of lessons completed between the first and last days of the month in GMT. Incidentally, we plan to run automatic calculations around 0:00 on the first day of each moth. Students will not be able to request new lessons for the five minutes or so while these calculations are being done. If the necessary criteria have been met the new fees will come into effect immediately after the calculations are completed.
*1 If you think you've been given a bad rating unfairly we will review it and possibly have the rating deleted. But please understand that our honest disclosure of feedback and ratings is exactly why Cafetalk has gained so much trust from our students so we will not change ratings lightly.
The new rates will come into effect on August 1, 2010 based on lessons made in July.
Hopefully this should come as good news for a small percentage of you who already qualify for the new rates. (We know at least two or three who qualify for the Premium status, for example)
As for those who don't have enough lessons to qualify for the new rates yet, we know it's not necessarily your fault but more because we don't have the absolute student numbers to support that many lessons. Nevertheless, the prospect of reduced rates should be something to look forward to.
As always, we welcome any feedback. But please note that we have thought long and hard about these new rates and their criteria, so we aren't likely to change them. We will however, try our very best to address any questions or concerns.
Thanks again to all of you. We're ultimately targeting to increase our student a hundredfold so hopefully we'll be directing more students your way!
Cafetalk Team
It may not be very obvious but one of our core principles here at Cafetalk is to make our platform profitable for tutors. We know that's the only way we can hope to keep the quality of tutors as high as they are now. Eventually, we would like Cafetalk to be able to support both the casual tutor and the hard-core professional educator alike. And to do that, we realize that a change in the fee structure would certainly be a step in the right direction. And so starting August we plan to introduce two new tutor classes (or ratings, if you will) with decreased fees depending on how many lessons you complete per month. The new ratings are:
Top Ranking Tutors
Cafetalk fees will be reduced to 30% and a "Top Ranking" icon will be displayed on your profile.
Qualification criteria:
- Must complete 20 to 39 lessons per month
- Must not have negative ratings for the past three months (or since registration) *1
- Must be in good standing with Cafetalk and compliant to our Tutor Terms.
Once you attain this rating you will keep it for at least two months (unless you violate the Tutor Terms or get a barrage of bad feedback).
Premium Tutors
Cafetalk fees will be reduced to 25% and a "Premium" icon will be displayed on your profile.
Qualification criteria:
- Must complete 40 or more lessons per month
- Must not have negative ratings for the past three months (or since registration) *1
- Must be in good standing with Cafetalk and compliant to our Tutor Terms.
Once you attain this rating you will keep it for at least three months (unless you violate the Tutor Terms or get a barrage of bad feedback).
Every tutor will automatically be checked at the end of each month to see whether she/he has qualified for these decreased fees. Calculations will be based on the number of lessons completed between the first and last days of the month in GMT. Incidentally, we plan to run automatic calculations around 0:00 on the first day of each moth. Students will not be able to request new lessons for the five minutes or so while these calculations are being done. If the necessary criteria have been met the new fees will come into effect immediately after the calculations are completed.
*1 If you think you've been given a bad rating unfairly we will review it and possibly have the rating deleted. But please understand that our honest disclosure of feedback and ratings is exactly why Cafetalk has gained so much trust from our students so we will not change ratings lightly.
The new rates will come into effect on August 1, 2010 based on lessons made in July.
Hopefully this should come as good news for a small percentage of you who already qualify for the new rates. (We know at least two or three who qualify for the Premium status, for example)
As for those who don't have enough lessons to qualify for the new rates yet, we know it's not necessarily your fault but more because we don't have the absolute student numbers to support that many lessons. Nevertheless, the prospect of reduced rates should be something to look forward to.
As always, we welcome any feedback. But please note that we have thought long and hard about these new rates and their criteria, so we aren't likely to change them. We will however, try our very best to address any questions or concerns.
Thanks again to all of you. We're ultimately targeting to increase our student a hundredfold so hopefully we'll be directing more students your way!
Cafetalk Team
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