How a Telegram Bot Replaced My LMS and Gave Me My Teaching Career Back

“I just wanted to teach. But instead, I became a part-time IT support specialist for my own online course.”

Hi, I’m Anna, an English teacher from Eastern Europe.

For the past 10 years, I’ve worked with students all over the world — in schools, on Skype, through PDFs, in Google Docs, and eventually, through platforms like Moodle and Thinkific.

But two years ago, I nearly gave up teaching altogether.

Let me tell you what happened — and how a Telegram bot, of all things, brought me back.

💣 The Breaking Point: My Life Inside an LMS

Let me paint you a picture.

I had just launched a new online English course for beginners. I spent three weeks setting it up on a well-known LMS (I won’t name names). The checklist looked like this:

• Record 17 video lessons
• Design quizzes and upload them manually
• Create user accounts and invite students
• Troubleshoot password resets
• Set up payment options through PayPal, then Stripe
• Write step-by-step instructions on how to use the platform

And then... crickets.

Students didn’t log in.
Those who did got lost.
Quizzes wouldn’t load on mobile.
I spent more time answering tech support questions than actually teaching.

“I can’t find Lesson 3, where is it?”
“The link takes me to a blank page.”
“Do I need to install something?”
“I forgot my password again.”

And then came the worst message of all:

“Anna, I’m sorry. I love your lessons but this platform is just too complicated for me.”

That one broke me.

📱 Telegram: The App Everyone Was Already Using

One evening, feeling defeated, I was scrolling through messages in my student group chat on Telegram. One of my students had written:

“You always share tips here… why not just teach the whole thing on Telegram?”

I chuckled.

Then I stopped chuckling.

And started Googling.

💡 The Discovery of Coob.app

That same night, I discovered coob.app — a no-code platform that turns Telegram into a full-blown interactive course builder.

• No logins
• No plugins
• No hosting
• No passwords
• No apps to install

Just steps, messages, visuals, assignments — inside Telegram.

It sounded like a dream.

It was.

🛠️ Building My First Telegram Course

Setting up my course in coob.app felt like... writing a long message to a friend.

Each lesson became a Step. I added:

• 🎙️ A voice note explaining common pronunciation mistakes
• 🖼️ A visual from Unsplash (built into the platform!)
• 📝 A multiple-choice grammar quiz
• 📄 A writing assignment
• 🔒 A premium Step that cost 1 Star to unlock

Total setup time? 45 minutes.
No code. No servers. No headaches.

I shared the bot with my group.

By the next morning, 19 out of 22 students had started the course.

No logins. No confusion. Just learning.

🚀 Why Telegram Beats Traditional LMS for 2025

Here’s what I realized:

💬 What My Students Said

I asked for honest feedback after one week.

Here’s what they said:

“It feels like you’re chatting with me personally.”
“I love the bite-sized format. I finally don’t feel overwhelmed.”
“So much easier than that website we used before.”
“I actually finished a course for the first time!”

Engagement doubled.
Completion rate went from 40% to 92%.

💰 And Then... I Monetized It

Coob has a feature called Paid Steps.
You can lock specific parts of your course behind a small payment in Stars (Telegram’s in-app currency).

I decided to lock one lesson on “Advanced Business Vocabulary” behind 2 Stars (~$1.50). I was nervous.

But within 3 days, 17 students paid to unlock it.

Just like that — I had my first passive income.

No Stripe setup.
No chasing invoices.
No awkward “please pay me” emails.

Just tap, pay, learn.

📈 From Survival to Scalable

After two months of using coob.app, here’s what my life looked like:

• 🧑‍🎓 118 students enrolled
• 📲 3 active Telegram courses
• 💸 ~$290/month in Stars from paid lessons
• 🧘‍♀️ 80% less time answering tech support questions
• ❤️ 100% more joy in teaching again

It wasn’t just “easier” — it was better.

🧠 Why This Model Works for Microlearning

People no longer have time (or patience) for hour-long Zoom calls.
They want:

• Quick lessons
• Progress they can feel
• A chat-based format
• Something they can do on the bus

Telegram delivers that. Coob.app turns it into a system.

In a world of information overload, microlearning inside messaging apps is the new wave.

🎯 Who Should Use This?

• ESL / EFL Teachers
• Coaches and course creators
• Influencers monetizing their knowledge
• Small academies looking to scale
• Corporate trainers onboarding remote teams

If you're spending more time managing your LMS than creating great content — it’s time to pivot.

🔧 Favorite Features in Coob

• Progress Bars (“You’ve completed 4/10 steps!”)
• Assignments + teacher feedback (from your phone!)
• Marketplace plugins (drawing tools, AI grading, etc.)
• Component reuse across multiple courses
• Audio, video, and file upload built in
• Telegram-native UX: feels natural, fast, and frictionless

It’s not just a builder. It’s an ecosystem.

❤️ Final Thoughts

If you’re a teacher like me, here’s what I want you to know:

You don’t have to be a developer.
You don’t need a startup budget.
You don’t need a separate app.
You don’t even need a website.

All you need is Telegram — and a story to teach.

Coob.app gave me that platform.
And with it, I got my teaching career back.

🙌 Ready to Try?

Start for free:
👉 https://coob.app

Learn more:
👉 https://docs.coob.app

Try it, and see how many students say:
“I finally finished a course… and I liked it.”

Written by a real teacher. Not a marketer.