Lantern writes every report in your voice: the way you write. It learns your voice from five reports you've written before. You need a voice before Lantern can write any reports for you.
Where to make a voice
- When you first sign in, setup takes you to Set up your voice.
- Any time after that, open Writing profile in the sidebar and choose New voice.
- On a class page, choose + Add voice. The class then writes in the new voice.
Make it
- Paste five of your past reports, one in each box. Pick reports that sound like you at your best. Five gives the best match for how you write.
- Where a student's name appears, put your school's name placeholder (usually
%name) instead. - Give the voice a name if you like, such as Year 4 general comments. You can also say which year group and subject it's for, so Lantern can suggest it for new classes. These are optional.
- Select Capture my voice.
Lantern shows Your tone: a short description of how you write. Your voice is ready.
Use a file instead
If your past reports are in a file, choose Upload a file of past reports. Lantern reads Word, PDF, Excel or CSV files, such as an export from your school's reporting system. It splits the file into separate reports and you tick the ones to use. They land in the boxes for you to read over before you capture your voice. Lantern keeps only the reports you use.
Student names are replaced
Your past reports don't need to be tidied first. If Lantern finds a name that looks like a real person, it swaps it for your school's placeholder and tells you which names it replaced. Read the reports, fix anything it got wrong, then select Capture my voice again.
The reports in a voice are anonymous examples of your writing. They aren't linked to any student.
Changing a voice later
A voice is fixed once it's made, so your reports stay consistent. To change one, open Writing profile and choose Clone and edit. This makes a new voice from a copy of the five reports; the original stays as it is. You can also rename or delete a voice there.
No past reports to use? See No past reports? Write five in Lantern.
Still stuck?
Email support@lanternreports.com.au and a real person will get back to you.