1. The Migration Mindset: Retain Everything, Upgrade the Delivery
Most online chess coaches currently run their academies by duct-taping three disconnected tools together:
Used for lecture boards, but links easily leak, students troll or click ahead, and blunders are never tracked.
Costs $16/mo, requires manually admitting kids from waiting rooms, and screensharing lags interactive boards.
Homework links get lost in chat history, midnight parent pings, and manual fee chasing in Excel.
Moving to ZextaOS does not require abandoning the curriculum or PGN studies you have curated for years. You simply import your materials into a sovereign academy portal where classroom video, interactive boards, student homework, and parent reporting live under your own brand.
2. Step 1: Import Your Studies & PGNs into the Library
You do not have to rebuild your lesson plans from scratch:
- Open your existing Lichess studies or ChessBase archives and export your chapters as standard .PGN files.
- Navigate to Dashboard → Library in your ZextaOS command center.
- Upload your PGN files directly into your centralized masterclass vault. All variations, commentary, arrows, and tactical candidate moves are preserved.
- Alternatively, use Dashboard → Teaching Content: type any tactical theme and target Elo (e.g. “1200 Elo Sicilian Defense pawn breaks”), and PAWN instantly curates masterclass exercises from our 6M+ puzzle database.
3. Step 2: Instant Student Onboarding (PAWN QuickAdd)
Never spend hours filling out registration forms for your students:
- Export your student roster from Excel/Google Sheets as a CSV, or copy-paste the list directly from your WhatsApp coaching group.
- Go to Dashboard → PAWN and prompt: “QuickAdd these students: [paste names & emails]”.
- PAWN automatically parses the data, provisions secure student accounts on your academy network, and generates passwordless Magic Links.
- Share the Magic Links with parents. Students click once and enter their personalized student dashboard immediately without password friction.
4. Step 3: Replace Zoom with Built-in ZextMeet
Stop paying $16/month for third-party video subscriptions and stop posting Zoom invite links:
- One Permanent Classroom: Direct students to your academy URL (
play.youracademy.comoryouracademy.zextaos.com). - Integrated Single-Window Viewport: Inside ZextMeet, HD ultra-low-latency video tiles of you and your students sit directly alongside the synchronized analysis board.
- Teacher Authority Controls: Students cannot troll or tamper with the board unless the coach explicitly yields board control.
5. The 10-Minute Day-1 Launch Checklist
Create Academy & Claim Subdomain: Register your account to activate your instant free native subdomain ([academy].zextaos.com).
Import 1 Study & QuickAdd Students: Upload your upcoming week's PGN lesson in Library, and use PAWN QuickAdd to create student accounts.
Host Your First Masterclass: Launch ZextMeet from your dashboard. Send students their Magic Link and conduct your class with zero Zoom links or external tools.