Lesson Plan & Syllabus Tracker: The syllabus. On track.

Lesson plan software: questions schools ask.

• What is lesson plan software for schools?

  Lesson plan software is school software where the academic coordinator sets out each subject's syllabus — chapters, topics and a target date for each, class by class — and teachers log what they taught after every period. Inkwelly compares the two for every class, so the principal sees who is on track, slipping or behind long before the exam does.

• Is this a template for writing daily lesson plans?

  No, and on purpose. There are no objectives, activities and assessment boxes to fill in for every lesson. The plan is the syllabus itself — chapters and topics with a target date for each class — and the record is a short log after each period, with an optional class note.

• How do teachers log what they taught?

  In the Inkwelly staff app. After a period, the teacher taps Log coverage on it. Taught is already chosen and the next topic from the class's plan is already ticked, so most logs are two taps. The class's coverage updates with that one save.

• What if the period didn't go to plan?

  Partly asks how much was done, with 25, 50 and 75% buttons and a slider. Not held records that the class didn't happen, with an optional reason such as an exam or an assembly, and leaves coverage as it was.

• What is the split-up syllabus in Inkwelly?

  It's the pacing plan: every topic gets a term, a start date and a target date, class by class. Set it for one section and clone it to the others with the same subject and grade; each keeps its own copy to adjust.

• How does Inkwelly know a class is behind?

  Coverage is weighted by periods, so a six-period chapter counts for more than a one-period topic. The target dates say how much should be done by today, and the gap between the two sets the colour — by default green up to 10 points, amber up to 25 and red beyond, and you can change both. Days behind counts teaching days, skipping Sundays and your calendar's holidays.

• What if a class has no target dates?

  Its percentage still rises as topics are taught, but nothing can be late without dates. The dashboard's headline numbers show such classes as No plan instead of counting them on track, and Inkwelly AI says so too.

• Can we import our syllabus from Excel?

  Yes. Download the template, fill one row per topic with its chapter and periods, and upload it as Excel or CSV. The preview shows what will be added and flags any row to fix before anything is saved. You can also copy a ready-made prompt into ChatGPT and paste its answer back.

• Do we have to build the syllabus again every year?

  No. Copy from year brings last session's curricula into the new one in a single step, and can bring the pacing dates too, shifted by the gap between the two sessions' start dates. A subject and class that already has a curriculum is skipped.

• What happens when a substitute takes the class?

  The substitute sees the period in their own Inkwelly app and logs it, so the class's coverage keeps moving while its teacher is away. For the regular teacher, a period handed to a substitute is never counted as missed.

• Can teachers back-date or undo a log?

  A missed log can be filled in later, within your back-date limit — seven days unless you change it, up to 90 — and back-dated logs are labelled. A teacher can undo their own log for 12 hours by default, and you can stretch that to seven days. Nobody can log a future period, or log for someone else.

• Can a topic be marked covered without a period?

  Yes. For a revision class, or chapters finished before you started on Inkwelly, a teacher marks a topic or a whole chapter covered from their class's chapter screen. These marks count towards coverage, are labelled in the teaching log and never show as taught today.

• Does it work for sections and electives?

  Yes. Coverage is tracked per teaching batch — a section such as 8-A, or a group drawn from several sections, such as Class 11 Biology. Each has its own pacing, logs and percentage, so an elective is judged against its own plan.

• What do students and parents see?

  In the student app, each finished period on the Today screen is marked taught once the teacher logs it, with the topics underneath. If you switch on the syllabus view, students also see each subject's chapters, what the class has covered and the study notes teachers publish. Target dates, gaps and days behind stay inside the school.

• Does Lesson Plans work on the mobile app?

  Yes. Teachers log periods, check their teaching journal and mark topics covered in the Inkwelly staff app, and principals and coordinators with access get coverage, curriculum and pacing there too. Excel import and copying from last year are on the web portal.

• Is Lesson Plans available in Hindi?

  The web screens — curriculum, pacing, the coverage dashboard and settings — work in English and Hindi, and chapter and topic names can carry a Hindi name next to the English. The lesson plan screens in the apps are in English today.

• Can I ask Inkwelly AI where the syllabus stands?

  Yes, on plans with Inkwelly AI. Ask “kaunsi classes pichhe hain?”, “how far has Maths 6-B got?” or “which topics are overdue?” in English, Hindi or Hinglish. It reads the same coverage, pacing and logs as the dashboard, and changes such as cloning a split-up show a preview and wait for your approval.

• Does it measure how well students learnt?

  No. Lesson Plans records what was taught and when, not how well it was learnt. Marks and report cards live in Exams, and class tests tagged to a chapter sit next to its coverage.

• How much does Inkwelly's lesson plan software cost?

  Lesson Plans is in the Standard plan at ₹99 per student per year (GST extra), and in Premium; it isn't part of Lite. Plans run ₹49–₹199 per student per year, with ₹0 migration, training and setup.

• We're halfway through the session. Can we still start?

  Yes. Import the syllabus, set target dates from today, and have teachers mark the chapters they've already finished as covered. Logging starts with the next period — there are no months of old logs to recreate.