Lesson Note Editor
By Trio Team · Updated
The Lesson Note Editor is the working surface for one lesson. Open it from the Calendar, the Lesson Worklist, or a dashboard lesson. It combines the student header, attendance, note editor, practice context, and recent learning history.
Header and attendance
The header shows the student, instrument, lesson time, location or virtual context, and lesson/note status. Use the attendance control to mark Present, Late, Absent - excused, or Absent - no-show.
If the student is absent, treat that as the attendance outcome. Absent lessons should not be completed through lesson-note actions such as saving a draft, completing and sharing, or completing and skipping notes.
Taking notes
The Lesson Notes editor supports two capture modes:
- AI - type or dictate rough notes, then choose Structure notes
- Manual - write directly into the template sections
Structured sections can be Visible or Private. Visible sections are eligible to be shared with the family; private sections and teacher notes stay inside the studio.
Writing from last lesson
When the student already has a note from a previous lesson, Show last lesson appears in the Lesson Notes header. Turn it on and last lesson's entry appears directly above the field you are writing in, section by section, so you can read what you covered and write this week's entry underneath it. Sections that were empty last time, or that no longer exist in your template, are simply left out. While you are still capturing rough notes, the previous entry appears as a single block above the text area, and it moves into the individual sections once the notes are structured.
These references are for reading only. They are never added to the note you are writing, and they are never shared with families. Trio remembers whether you keep them on, so the choice carries over to your next lesson. If a student has no previous note, the control does not appear at all.
Finishing notes
Use the note actions when the lesson is ready to wrap up:
- Save draft to keep working later
- Complete/share to complete the note and share visible sections
- Complete/private or Complete/skip to complete the lesson without a shared family note
After completion, you can reopen the note as a draft, share it, unshare it, or download a PDF. Reopening a shared note returns it to Draft and hides it from the family until it is shared again.
Practice and context
The lesson page includes practice context so you can teach from the student's recent activity. Use the practice area to set or review what the student should work on next. Each practice row is a summary showing the title, type, target, and any note. Tap a row to open the editor, where the title gets the full width of the screen and the target and cadence controls sit together; add a new item and the editor opens with the name selected so you can type straight over it. Delete lives in the editor, and on a touch device you can still swipe a row to remove it. The context rail shows recent attendance, the student's active compositions, student and family details, and practice signals. Check off a piece under Active compositions as you work on it, and when you assign a new piece mid-lesson it is checked for you automatically. On smaller screens the active compositions stay visible below the sticky bar; tap Lesson details to see the rest of the rail.