Insight Student for iOS vs classroom.cloud Student

Faronics Insight classroom management software is an award winning software program designed to help teachers teach more effectively in a computer-based classroom. (Please note that this application will only function in a Faronics Insight manage classroom environment) The iPad Faronics Insight Student operates within the Insight environment providing many of the same features as the desktop Insight student for Mac and Windows. The iPad Student will have the following benefits for students, teachers or corporate trainers: Discover Insight Teacher Consoles: The Insight check mark icon on the student screen will turn from a red 'X' to a bright green checkmark when the student detects and joins an Insight classroom. This is automated although the network channel can be set manually. Student Thumbnails Appear on Teacher Console: Teachers can see all the students screens from their console while the student is running Insight Student program. Assess Student Understanding: Students can be quickly and easily polled during a lecture with true/false or multiple choice questions. The student is able to respond via the Insight Student program. Help Individual Students: Students can silently send and receive questions or request help from the teacher. A small question mark appears in the Teacher Console on the thumbnail with the students question, which indicates they are requesting help. The Faronics Insight Student is a free app, but requires Faronics Insight v8.0 or higher to run. Faronics Insight is the ultimate classroom technology management solution that empowers instructors with the ability to educate, assist, monitor and communicate with an entire class from one central computer.

Designed for use within schools and other educational institutions, this Student browser app for iOS is for use with classroom.cloud, the easy breezy, low-cost, cloud-based IT management, online safety and teaching platform for schools. classroom.cloud is a teacher’s dream come true. Incredibly easy to use, it provides a range of teaching tools that can flex to any learning environment – both in school and with remote learners. From real-time instruction and assessment tools, to boosting collaboration and support, as well as helping manage online behavior – it has it all! With the optional online safety toolkit, selected staff can monitor online activity, identify students at risk, and spot concerning trends. And, with its range of IT management tools, school techs can manage teacher and student devices centrally, as well as see at a glance how your technology is being used and how to maximize it – saving you a bunch of time and money! Once your school has registered online with classroom.cloud, the app can be easily deployed by the IT team to student iPads (iOS 14 and above), enabling teachers to connect instantly and securely to the devices from the cloud-based Teacher console and allowing school techs to deliver instant remote support and device management. The classroom.cloud student app can be set as the default browser on devices and offers support for Entra ID and Google authentication, allowing you to force students to sign-in to the app with Microsoft or Google credentials if applicable. Teacher Tools: • Choice of flexible connection methods – connect to a pre-defined group of student devices, a specified list of device or student names, or on the fly using a Class Code. • Easily monitor students’ internet use via crystal-clear thumbnails. Zoom in using Watch/View Mode to take a closer look at activity on a single student device. • Broadcast the teacher’s screen and audio to connected student devices to help show/talk them through explanations and lesson activities. • Lock students’ screens in a single click to gain attention. • Present students with the lesson objectives and their expected learning outcomes. • Chat, send a message, and support your students via help requests – without their peers knowing. • Get a feel for students’ understanding of the topic you have just taught them by sending out a quick survey for them to respond to. • See details of the websites that students are currently viewing to check they are focused on the task at hand. • Restrict internet use by employing ‘approved’ and ‘restricted’ website lists during the lesson. • Save yourself a heap of time by launching a website on the students’ devices. • Recognize good work or behaviour by assigning Rewards to students during the lesson. Admin/Technician Tools: • Retrieve a real-time view of the hardware and software installed on each student device. • Monitor internet usage. • Send instant notifications to student iPads. • Send Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) to student iPads and track acknowledgements in the Web Portal. Online Safety Tools: • Keyword monitoring - alerts nominated staff when students type or search for any terms that match with those in the classroom.cloud keyword database – providing internet safety indicators for self-harm, bullying, sexual and criminal exploitation, and much more. Language packs are included to ensure your school can monitor concerning activity in students’ first languages. • Report a concern - students who feel vulnerable can use the app to 'report concerns' directly and discreetly to the online safety team. • Online resources - gives students instant access to a list of relevant online agencies should they want to seek external help with a particular problem or concern. The innovation behind classroom.cloud comes from NetSupport, the trusted developer of effective classroom management tools for schools for more than 35 years.