A student texts in asking if there's room in tonight's session, and that single message could be the trigger to get them into a classroom before the reply is even typed. Pencil Spaces is the virtual classroom educators use for video calls, whiteboarding and everything else a live lesson needs, and connected to Mobile Message through Zapier, a text can be the thing that spins one up.

When Mobile Message receives an inbound SMS from a student or parent, a Zap can create a new Space in Pencil Spaces automatically, ready with video calling and a whiteboard before the tutor has even picked up their phone. That removes the gap between someone asking for a class by text and a link actually existing for them to join, particularly useful for tutors who take last minute requests through SMS.

This suits tutors, coaches and small education businesses who field enquiries by text outside a formal booking system. Rather than replying to a message and then separately opening Pencil Spaces to set up a room, the Space is created the moment the text comes in, so the only thing left to do is share the link back with the student.