Shikshak User Documentation

Introduction to Shikshak, educator roles across all levels (Nursery to Bachelors), 4-step generation flow, the document library (clean layout excluding unfinished generations and tier noise), desktop shortcut and PWA installation, Linux Allow Launching permissions, shortcut restoration, smart launch destination (/dashboard), My Assistant (a personalized AI side panel available on every page while signed in), collapsing the sidebar, password recovery flow (/forgot-password), onboarding setup and skip option, unified navigation bar across landing page and teacher dashboard with instant AI Tools dropdown and main menu links, notebook deep-linking to Study Notes Studio, desktop notification toggles, self-serve account deletion in the settings danger zone requiring explicit confirmation, and how to manage your profile picture (up to 2MB), display name, password, school affiliations, and teaching preferences.

CDC syllabus coverage (Grades 1-12), uploading custom textbooks, textbook language and medium filtering (Nepali vs English medium), authentic Devanagari title formatting, Preeti font handling, editing chapters and sub-chapters, empty TOC draft fallback and manual chapter entry, digital flipbook reader with 2-page spread animations, copyright protection, uploaded textbooks that are private to their owner by default (the owner can make a book public or private again from its page; catalog books are always public), mobile smartphone layout optimizations (wrapping badges, min-w-0 grid containers, touch-friendly page controls, and condensed AI Studio buttons), and the 'Source: textbook page' line on grounded plans.

Lesson plans with 4 pedagogical angles, interactive Ask Shikshak AI planning interview (exclusive Plus/Pro/Ultra feature with dynamic tier capability and RCTFC engine: one clarifying question at a time, dynamic adaptive duration, numbered options with pedagogical recommendations and 'You decide' delegation in responsive rounded-xl option cards, pedagogical rationale, and 1-click tailored material generation card), six built-in template formats plus your own uploaded school format, custom materials & smartphone book photos grounding across Lesson Plans, Question Papers, Presentation Slides, Low-Cost TLM Guides, Remedial Plans, Homework Planners, and All-in-One Teaching Kits (up to 10 pages/photos with transparent 1 credit/page pricing), Class Notes Studio (/dashboard/study-notes; 4-step progressive workflow from resource ingestion, mandatory syllabus verification with course metadata and subtopic CRUD/reordering, carousel chapter stepper with left/right arrows and Devanagari numerals, dedicated note style and customization screen with Nursery to Bachelors academic tier selection across CDC school, NEB +2, TU/KU/PU Bachelor undergraduate programs, and CTEVT technical diplomas, content depth controls with 3-4 paragraph textbook-depth anchors, misconception buster and practical lab checkboxes, rich markdown term bolding, progressive chapter-by-chapter vs all chapters scope, transparent AI credit validation and atomic deductions (5 credits per chapter, 1 credit per section AI refinement, 2 credits per dual-mode SVG infographic, 0 credits for manual edits and interactive table builder), book-grade justified typography across web and Word booklet export, textbook-grade dual light/dark mode vector SVG infographics with 6 archetypes, 2 table creation pathways (AI-powered comparison tables and 0-credit in-place manual Table Builder), tone, complexity, sentence length, authentic Nepali examples, tables, dynamic formula grids covering full width for single formulas or 2 columns with trailing odd item span, inline visual SVG infographics with pre-generation diagram prompt approval modal and archetype selection, clean visual deletion preserving prompt ideas, scholarly book-grade editorial reading sheet with 65-75 character reading measures, authentic Devanagari headings, streamlined section editing with dedicated in-place AI refinement modal featuring 5 pedagogical presets plus custom prompts, focused diagram card display without redundant prompt clutter, 1-click Copy SVG and Download SVG, central Course Hub with 'Create New Class Notes' action, interlinked StudyNotesCourse persistence, syllabus-to-notes sync detection with update suggestion banners on modified chapters, direct editable workspace deep-linking from Library and Notebook, and full course booklet docx export), 1-click generation directly from pre-saved My Notebook notes ('From My Notebook' / 'Generate from note' at 0 extra fees, ideal for university BBA/BBS/engineering syllabus notes), 90-minute double period and science lab apparatus options, textbook citation lines, question papers with six built-in formats plus your own uploaded paper, transparent error reason codes (SCHEMA_VALIDATION_ERROR, GENERATION_PROVIDER_TIMEOUT) with automatic credit refund guarantee, smart textbook selection, secondary Plus tools (Low-Cost TLM Guide, Remedial Teaching Plan, Homework Planner), All-in-One Teaching Kit (Plus-tier feature with first-month Reverse Plus trial access for Free users; Lesson Plan, Question Paper, Slides, Worksheet, and Homework all in one click with ZIP export, Kalimati Devanagari OpenXML typography, individual per-item retry buttons, abort credit refund guarantee, tier-gated template options, custom durations, multi-set layouts, worker concurrency throttling, and dashboard library kit tracking), worksheets, My Notebook (multi-format grounding supporting DOCX, PPTX, TXT, digital and scanned PDFs up to 30 pages with instant text-layer extraction fast-path and resilient OCR fallback, smartphone textbook photos up to 10 photos via AI Vision OCR with zero additional credit fees for grounded generations), and smartphone & mobile navigation optimizations (touch-friendly action footers, swipeable segmented tabs and timeline banners, synchronized sticky attendance tallies, and screen-constrained download menus).

Zero student PII storage guarantee, using roll numbers/initials, Report Card remarks, and GPA letter grading with the Grade Ledger.

School admin portal, faculty seat management (invite, direct teacher account creation with credentials, revoke, delete seats, copy 1-click links), school teacher affiliation & crest loyalty lock, school license checkout and renewal (/credits/checkout), school logo image upload, conflict-free timetables, emergency teacher substitution, CDC statutory academic calendar, exam duty rosters, School Management Committee (SMC) meeting minutes, official school administrative letters and notices, classroom dynamics, ECA event planner, and the interactive teacher daily diary with customizable period cards (Period 1, 2, 3), touch-friendly add/delete controls (min 44px), mobile vertical stacking (360px+), and editable student attendance register.

Designed classroom and lecture slides with 15 publication-grade visual archetypes and Dynamic Context-Driven Blueprint (hero covers, roadmaps, dramatic opening hooks, 2-column concept & architecture splits, plain-English dictionary cards, formula frameworks with continuous variable pill vector parity, worked examples, comparison matrices, misconception checks, and formative quizzes), 4 pedagogical teaching modes (Concept Breakdown, Interactive Story, Executive Workshop, Exam Revision), high-capacity parallel batch generation for 13 to 50 slide decks in balanced slices with automatic architectural outline, granular deck customization controls (Slide Text Density from Ultra-Minimal 15-25 words/slide to Detailed Self-Study, Example & Case Context for Nepali Local, Global/Industry, or Purely Theoretical, Include Elements checkboxes, and multi-line Custom Teacher Instructions & Storyline Blueprint), content grounding from textbook chapters, From My Notebook (0 extra credits), or custom material uploads/phone book photos (up to 10 pages at dynamic slide-quantity pricing: 10 credits for 4–8 slides, 15 for 8–12, 20 for 12–16, 25 for 16–24, 35 for 24–36, 50 for 36–50 slides + 1 credit/page), Nursery to Bachelors academic range, interactive Ask Shikshak AI Co-Pilot planning button with pre-selected form specification grounding and zero redundant questions, on-demand AI illustrations at 10 credits with illustration studio prompt verification dialog, Shikshak AI visual brainstorming, instant image removal, and automatic refund protection, 3 flagship Keynote Design Systems (Academic Blueprint, Cinematic Dark, Executive Editorial) plus classic themes with real-time theme switcher, full-bleed edge-to-edge Keynote Studio Workspace with fixed-height zero-scroll viewport, generous 16:9 canvas breathing space, minimalist top action bar with deck title badge, compact 25% slimmer collapsible left filmstrip viewer (192px / w-48) with external slide numbering and collapse toggle, draggable layout resizing splitters for filmstrip and teacher notes with enlarged 16px hit targets and butter-smooth requestAnimationFrame hardware motion, vibrant canonical 960x540 transform-scaled thumbnails with zero text misalignment, direct in-slide WYSIWYG canvas editing across all 15 archetypes, multi-level Undo & Redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y), typography scaling steppers (A- / A+) and card density toggles (compact, normal, spacious), 1-click persistent Save Changes, high-contrast active slide highlight, drag-and-drop slide reordering and delete action, auto-closing download menu upon export, streamlined docked teacher notes drawer starting from left with right-docked copy button, standardized global pagination matching keynote navigation controls, pure 16:9 edge-to-edge full-bleed PDF/Print export, and 1-click native vector PowerPoint (.pptx) export.

Universal Download Menu across Lesson Plans, Question Papers, Worksheets, TLM Guides, Homework Planners, Remedial Plans, Unit Plans, Grade Ledgers, CAS Rubrics, Teacher Substitution, Master Routine, Academic Calendar, SMC Minutes, Admin Letters, Exam Duty, Classroom Dynamics, ECA Planners, Course Study Notes Booklets, and Verified Syllabus Outlines (/dashboard/study-notes) with Word (DOCX) in Devanagari Unicode, recommended fonts (Kalimati, Noto Sans), PDF printing, Copy Formatted Text, mobile floating action bar, color-coded document type tags, top-positioned cloud storage quota bar, standardized unobstructed pagination with Ask Shikshak AI launcher safe-area clearance, direct mobile card downloads, date and keyword filtering, and ZIP packages.

New accounts start Free with 20 credits (one time). Teacher Identity Verification in /settings (Nepali mobile number and National ID: Citizenship, NID, Passport, or Teacher License) adds 100 credits and a 30-day Plus trial. The 20 free monthly credits, and Plus rollover, are given to verified teachers only, and buying personal credits or a Plus plan also needs a verified account, Free/Plus plans with automated credit rollover (25% Plus rollover: 200 unused credits yields 50 rolled + 100 fresh allowance = 150), instant automatic credit refund guarantee on failed or aborted generations, presentation slide decks (10–50 credits) with 15 keynote archetypes, Ask Shikshak AI interactive one-on-one co-pilot planning available on Plus/Teams Plus, 20% annual billing discount, cloud storage quotas (1MB Free / 10MB Plus / 25MB Pro / 100MB Ultra), Fonepay QR payment (pay NEXT STEP INFO TECH TRAINING CENTER with any Fonepay-enabled banking app or wallet) with screenshot verification strictly on checkout (/credits/checkout) for paid purchases, eSewa and Khalti being switched off for now, Teams Plus school licenses (min. 10 seats at Rs 75/seat/mo annual or Rs 94/seat/mo monthly) with school governance base fee (Rs 3,000/mo or Rs 28,800/yr), 500 extra monthly credits on the principal's active seat, inter-seat credit transfers ('Give credits') and monthly allowance reallocation on /school/teachers, server-authoritative transparent checkout quotes, admin suite, and Pro and Teams Pro shown as Coming Soon while in active development.

Handling dropped connections, electricity load shedding, instant 1-click abort and credit refund guarantee, generation timeout retries, rate limits, camera permissions and Windows/macOS privacy troubleshooting in the Take Photo viewfinder, file upload fallback, single-use password recovery links (/reset-password and /forgot-password), email verification, and Word font fixes.

Complete fast guide and quick troubleshooting summary written fully in Nepali (Devanagari).