Your school's IT Support may only turn on certain Classroom Manager features based on your school's filtering policies and the type of Linewize Connect your school uses. To access certain features, contact your IT Support.
General Classroom Manager features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Modify Students | Add or remove students from your class to reflect who is present on the day. |
| Schedule Class | Set a time for Classroom Manager to automatically start the class session. |
| Monitoring Mode | Create a class without the features for interacting with students’ devices. Monitor Mode is for discreetly observing student activity. |
Block and allow content
| Feature and description | Windows | macOS | Companion Mode | Chrome Extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Create rules to allow or block applications on students' Windows computers. |
Yes | - | Yes | - |
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Open a website in a new browser window or tab for the whole class or individual students. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Set a maximum tab count for your whole class. |
- | - | Yes | Yes |
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Allow students in your class to access sites usually blocked by your school's internet filtering policies, and prevent students from accessing sites that are usually allowed. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Save rules in rule lists in your Rules Library, then apply a list to any of your classes instead of creating the same rules each time. Rule lists apply to the whole class. The Rules Library is available to all teachers who have access to Classroom Manager Rules. Schools can’t turn it on or off separately. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Stop students from accessing the internet except for the Focus sites you set. Focus forces resources to open in new browser windows or tabs. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Stop students from accessing any websites other than the ones you set. This is part of Focus. |
- | - | Yes | Yes |
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Temporarily stop students from accessing the internet. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Generate a code that allows students to bypass some school filtering policy. |
- | - | Yes | Yes |
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Give your class temporary access to something fun, like streaming media or online games. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Close a student’s open browser tabs. |
- | - | Yes - From the Student Tile and in List View only | Yes |
*These features are not available in DNS Filtering Mode.
Monitor student activity
| Feature and Description | Windows | macOS | Companion Mode | Chrome Extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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See, in real time, on the class tile, a view listing all the open browser tabs. |
- | - | Yes | Yes |
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Screen View Lets you view a desktop screenshot on the class tile that refreshes every 10 seconds, showing exactly what your students are doing, including non-browsing activities. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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See, in real time and in full screen, a shared view of a student’s screen |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Download a time-stamped screenshot of the student's Live View in PDF. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Communicate with students
| Feature and Description | Windows | macOS | Companion Mode | Chrome Extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Send a simple text announcement to all students in the class. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Send one-way text messages to individual students. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Send and receive messages with individual students. |
- | - | Yes | Yes |
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Share your screen with one or more students during an active Classroom Manager session. You can share your Chrome tab or window, or your entire screen. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Report on student activity
| Feature and Description | Windows | macOS | Companion Mode | Chrome Extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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View a report about a student’s online school-time activities. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Create and download screenshots of your students' browsing history. |
Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
*Your school can turn on this feature for specific teachers.
Classroom Manager training
Your school can turn on Qoria Academy to give you access to training modules for using Classroom Manager.
Important
Qoria Academy reflects the Classroom Manager experience for Chromebook or Companion Mode users. If your students use macOS or Windows (without Companion Mode), please refer to the tables above to see if you can use a particular feature.