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Easel is the academic platform for IIIT Nagpur. It brings your courses, course material, announcements, assignments, attendance, timetables, discussions, faculty information, and an AI assistant into one place.
Easel is in open beta. Some screens and controls depend on your role and on the courses your account has access to, so what you see may differ from a classmate or a colleague.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”You need two things:
- An
@iiitn.ac.inGoogle account. - An invite code, if your account has not been set up yet.
There is no separate Easel password. You sign in with Google.
Next: Signing In and Onboarding.
A tour of the app
Section titled “A tour of the app”Once you are signed in, the top navigation bar is the same on every page.
| Item | What it opens |
|---|---|
| Courses | Your courses. Each course holds its Stream, People, Files, Timetable, and Attendance. This is where most of your work happens. |
| Library | The shared academic resource library, for material that is useful across courses rather than tied to one class. |
| Community | Platform-wide discussion: questions, conversations, and shared resources that do not belong to a single course. |
| Ask | The AI assistant. Ask a question in plain language and get an answer drawn from institute documents, with sources. |
| Faculty | Faculty profiles and their academic records. |
A More menu holds Feedback and About.
Your profile picture, top right, opens a menu with your profile, a text size setting, sign out, and, depending on your role, a shortcut to Manage Groups or the Admin Panel. If your onboarding is not finished yet, a prompt to complete it appears here.
Pick your walkthrough
Section titled “Pick your walkthrough”- Student Walkthrough if you take courses.
- Faculty Walkthrough if you teach or run a course.