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From a WhatsApp group to a circle — without losing anything
Many groups that learn together live in a WhatsApp group: the teacher sends the assignment, students send photos of their answers, and files are buried under a hundred messages. Ciiircle is not built to replace WhatsApp for talking — it is built so the work itself has a place.
Last reviewed October 2026.
Side by side
| WhatsApp group | Ciiircle circle | |
|---|---|---|
| Joining | ✓ with a link | ✓ with a link, or by a request you approve |
| Quick talk | ✓ excellent | ✓ chat with @mentions |
| An assignment with a deadline | A message lost among messages | ✓ a task with a deadline everyone sees |
| Handing in | Photos in the chat | ✓ a file or a link, tied to the task |
| Grades and feedback | ✗ | ✓ for each student privately |
| Quizzes | ✗ | ✓ graded automatically |
| Attendance | ✗ | ✓ a register per session |
| Files | Scattered through the chat | ✓ one library with comments |
| Groups inside a group | ✓ WhatsApp Communities | ✓ circles inside a circle |
| An assistant that knows the group | ✗ | ✓ Neo |
| A record of each person's work | ✗ | ✓ the Academic Passport |
| A phone app with push notifications | ✓ | ✗ browser, notifications inside the site |
The answer is not to close the group
Keep WhatsApp for quick talk, and put the circle's link in the group's description. Assignments, quizzes, grades, attendance and files live in the circle, and each student finds what is due in one place instead of searching the messages.
Move your group in three steps
- Make a circle named after the group.
- Share its link in the WhatsApp group, and pin it in the description.
- Post the next assignment in the circle instead of the chat.
Frequently asked questions
Do students have to leave WhatsApp?
No. WhatsApp is for talking; the circle is for the work: tasks, hand-ins, grades, attendance and files.
Is joining hard for students?
It works like WhatsApp: a link, and one tap to join. The first time, they make an account.
Are there notifications like WhatsApp?
There are notifications inside the site; there is no app, and no phone or email notifications yet.
Can I do something like WhatsApp Communities?
Yes. A circle holds circles inside it, one per group, and everyone in the outer circle sees the groups and joins theirs.
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