Why the Planner begins with the timetable
The timetable is not a small setup step. It is the structure that tells Asmbly what a teacher is actually carrying this week.
A lesson planner that begins with an empty prompt still asks the teacher to rebuild the context. Which class is this for? Which subject? When is the lesson? What came before it? What has to be covered next?
The timetable already holds much of that structure. It shows the real week rather than an abstract planning exercise.
The week is the teacher's working reality
Teachers do not experience curriculum as one long document. They experience it through Monday morning, the double lesson before break, the class that needs more time and the subject that appears again on Thursday.
Starting from the timetable lets the Planner organise work around those real periods. A teacher can see what needs preparation next without maintaining a second planning calendar beside the one the school already uses.
Context should travel with the lesson
Once a class and subject are connected to a period, the lesson can carry the grade, curriculum topic, competency, objectives, resources and teaching phases with it.
That connection matters because the lesson should not become an isolated document. It should remain part of the week, the class and the learner information created after teaching.
A setup decision that shapes adoption
We changed the onboarding flow so timetable setup comes before the rest of the product guide. This was not a cosmetic change. It made the first experience follow the same order as the work itself.
The aim is simple: a teacher should open Asmbly and recognise the week they are already carrying. From there, the Planner can help without asking them to explain their classroom again every time.