{"id":3049,"date":"2026-10-11T09:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/help\/leading-a-class\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:04:44","slug":"leading-a-class","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/help\/leading-a-class\/","title":{"rendered":"How to lead a class with BibleHelp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bh-help-guide\"><p class=\"bh-help-tools\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/help\/\">&larr; All help guides<\/a> <button type=\"button\" onclick=\"window.print()\">Print this guide<\/button><\/p><div class=\"bh-help-video\"><p>Watch first: the whole journey in three minutes. Then follow the steps below.<\/p><div class=\"bh-bunny-player\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/iframe.mediadelivery.net\/embed\/769286\/6a90f70f-36c3-4f5d-9de3-862d2c899630?autoplay=false&#038;preload=true&#038;responsive=true\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video\" allow=\"accelerometer; gyroscope; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><nav class=\"bh-help-toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\"><p>On this page<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"#s1\">Who this is for<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s2\">What you need<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s3\">The five things you will do<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s4\">Step 1. Enrol in the course yourself<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s5\">Step 2. Open \u201cMy classes\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s6\">Step 3. Create your class<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s7\">Step 4. Add your students\u2019 names<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s8\">Step 5. Print the handouts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s9\">Step 6. Teach the course<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s10\">Step 7. Print the certificates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s11\">Step 8. Going on to another course<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s12\">Your students\u2019 privacy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s13\">If you need help<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"s1\">Who this is for<\/h2>\n<p>This guide is for someone who leads a group through a course: in a church, a home, a school or anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>You show the videos and lead the discussion. Your students follow on printed handouts. At the end, each student receives a certificate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your students do not need an email address, a phone or an account.<\/strong> Only you, the teacher, use the website. You type in their names, and nothing else.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"s2\">What you need<\/h2>\n<ul><li>Your own account on BibleHelp (it is free).<\/li><li>A way to show the videos to your group: a phone, a laptop, or a screen.<\/li><li>A printer, or a place where you can print, for the handouts and the certificates.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"s3\">The five things you will do<\/h2>\n<ol><li>Enrol in the course yourself.<\/li><li>Create your class.<\/li><li>Add your students\u2019 names.<\/li><li>Print the handouts and teach the course.<\/li><li>Print the certificates.<\/li><\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"s4\">Step 1. Enrol in the course yourself<\/h2>\n<p>First enrol in the course you want to teach, exactly as a learner does. See the guide <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/help\/taking-a-course\/\"><strong>How to take a course on BibleHelp<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong> you can print your students\u2019 certificates only when you have completed the course yourself on the site, including the quiz at the end of each study.<\/p>\n<p>You do not have to finish before you begin teaching. Many teachers work through the course with their class, marking each part complete and doing the quizzes together.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"s5\">Step 2. Open \u201cMy classes\u201d<\/h2>\n<ol><li>Log in.<\/li><li>Click <strong>My learning<\/strong> at the top of the page.<\/li><li>Click <strong>My classes<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t1-my-classes-tab.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The My learning page, with My classes ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"560\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"s6\">Step 3. Create your class<\/h2>\n<p>Under <strong>Start a new class<\/strong>, fill in:<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Name of the class<\/strong>: any name that helps you, for example \u201cTuesday evening group\u201d.<\/li><li><strong>Course<\/strong>: choose the course you will teach.<\/li><li><strong>Your name, as it should appear on the certificates<\/strong>: for example \u201cPastor John Smith\u201d.<\/li><li><strong>Church or place<\/strong>: you may leave this empty. If you fill it in, it is printed on the certificates.<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Then <strong>tick the box<\/strong>. By ticking it you confirm that your students agree to their names being entered. For a child, a parent or guardian must agree.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Create the class<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t2-new-class.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The form for a new class, with the boxes and the button ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"820\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"s7\">Step 4. Add your students\u2019 names<\/h2>\n<p>Type your students\u2019 names in the box.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>One name on each line.<\/strong><\/li><li>Write each name <strong>the way it should appear on the certificate<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Then click <strong>Save the list<\/strong>. A class can have up to 60 students.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t3-add-students.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The box for the students&#x27; names, and the Save the list button, ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>Your class now looks like this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t4-class-page.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The page of a class, with its five students\" width=\"1100\" height=\"820\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h3>To add, correct or remove a name later<\/h3>\n<p>Click <strong>Add, correct or remove names<\/strong>, change the list, and click <strong>Save the list<\/strong> again. To remove a student, delete that line.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t5-change-names.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The line Add, correct or remove names, ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"520\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"s8\">Step 5. Print the handouts<\/h2>\n<p>Under <strong>Handouts to print<\/strong> you will find:<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Student handout: the whole course<\/strong> \u2014 everything in one file;<\/li><li><strong>Student handout, study by study<\/strong> \u2014 click a number to get one study at a time;<\/li><li><strong>Teacher\u2019s guide, with the answers<\/strong> \u2014 this one is for you. Do not hand it out.<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Click one to open it, then print it. Print one student handout for each student.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t6-handouts.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The handouts to print, ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"s9\">Step 6. Teach the course<\/h2>\n<p>For each study:<\/p>\n<ol><li>Open the course on the site and show the video of each part.<\/li><li>Read the Bible passages together.<\/li><li>Talk about the questions. Your teacher\u2019s guide has the answers.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Mark Complete<\/strong> after each part, and do the quiz together at the end of the study.<\/li><\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"s10\">Step 7. Print the certificates<\/h2>\n<p>When the class has finished the course, open your class and go to <strong>Certificates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol><li>Every student is ticked. <strong>Untick anyone who did not finish.<\/strong><\/li><li>Choose <strong>the date the class completed the course<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Open the certificates to print<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t7-certificates.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The certificates part of the class page, with the date and the button ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>A new page opens with one certificate for each student.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t8-certificates-page.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The page of certificates ready to print\" width=\"1100\" height=\"760\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>To print them, use your browser\u2019s <strong>Print<\/strong>. In the print window choose:<\/p>\n<ul><li>paper size <strong>A4<\/strong>;<\/li><li><strong>Landscape<\/strong> (the paper lying on its side);<\/li><li>margins <strong>None<\/strong>;<\/li><li><strong>Background graphics<\/strong> switched on.<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>To keep a file instead, choose <strong>Save as PDF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Each certificate has a line for your signature. Sign them before you give them out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t9-certificate.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"One certificate\" width=\"1100\" height=\"778\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h3>If you see \u201cGo to the course\u201d where the certificates should be<\/h3>\n<p>This means you have not yet completed the course yourself on the site. Click <strong>Go to the course<\/strong>, finish every part and every quiz, then come back to your class.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t11-certificates-closed.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"The message shown before the teacher has completed the course\" width=\"1100\" height=\"460\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"s11\">Step 8. Going on to another course<\/h2>\n<p>When your class has finished one course, you can take the same students on to the next.<\/p>\n<p>Open your class and, under <strong>About this class<\/strong>, click <strong>Take this class on to another course<\/strong>. Choose the course and click <strong>Make the new class<\/strong>. The new class has the same students.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that you will need to complete that course too before you can print its certificates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bh-help-fig\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/biblehelp-lms\/help\/img\/t10-next-course.jpg?v=1794522805\" alt=\"Take this class on to another course, with the course and the button ringed\" width=\"1100\" height=\"460\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the same place you can <strong>change the class name, your name or the place<\/strong>, or <strong>delete the class<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"s12\">Your students\u2019 privacy<\/h2>\n<ul><li>Only you can see your classes.<\/li><li>We keep your students\u2019 names and nothing else about them.<\/li><li>You can correct or delete a name, or delete a whole class, at any time.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"s13\">If you need help<\/h2>\n<p>Click <strong>Contact<\/strong> at the top of any page and send us a message. We will reply by email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bh-help-other\">See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/help\/taking-a-course\/\">How to take a course on BibleHelp<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3047,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3049","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3049\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblehelp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}