Getting Started with Securly Classroom
- Navigate to Clever and select the "Securly Classroom" app.
- Select "Teacher Tools" from the "Location" menu, then select your class from the "Class" menu. You can either scroll down to select or type the class name.
- Once you select your class, you can click on any student that is not present to remove them from this session.
- Once you have deselected any students that are not present, select "Start Class"
- You will be prompted with several options about this class session. You must make sure that you set an "End time" for this session. It is recommended that you set the end time a minute or two shorter than the class end time so that the student Chromebooks get released. Once you have selected an end time, select "Start" in the lower left of the window.
- When you are done with your class, you MUST select "Stop class" to release your student laptops.
Unable to see a student's screen who is actively in your class? Click here.
Additional Securly Classroom Features
Overview of many of the features in Securly Classroom
Please check out this 15-minute video that describes many of the features in Securly Classroom.
Creating manual or ad hoc classes in Securly Classroom
The video below describes how to create your own classes in Securly Classroom if the ones synchronized with Clever don't fit your needs.
Creating manual or ad hoc classes video
Creating Weblinks and Blocklists in Securly Classroom
The video below describes how to create weblinks that can be pushed out to a classroom. It also describes creating blocklists in Securly Classroom.
Creating Weblinks and Blocklists video
Pushing out a website or several websites to a classroom in Securly Classroom
The video below describes how to push specific websites out to a classroom
Lock laptops into one or more websites in Securly Classroom
If you would like to force a student's Chromebook to stay locked on a specific site, the video below shows you how to do that. This might be useful for making sure students can't navigate away from a website while taking a test. You could also use this feature to lock a Chromebook into a static site like our Upper St. Clair School District webpage, effectively disabling the Chrome browser on a Chromebook.
Locking the Chromebook to a website video
Locking a student's screen in Securly Classroom
You can use this feature to lock a student's Chromebook screen completely.
Locking a Chromebook screen video
Saving a screenshot of a student's laptop in Securly Classroom
You can take a screenshot of a student's Chromebook to reference later.
Taking a screenshot of a Chromebook video can be found here.
Communicating with a student in Securly Classroom
You have the ability to announce, allow the students to virtually raise their hands, and initiate a teacher to student chat with a student in Securly Classroom. All the interaction with any of the students is logged for future reference.
Communicating with a student video can be found here
Viewing the web, chat, and screenshot history of a student in Securly Classroom
You can view a web, chat, and screenshot history of a student during an active class or after a class.
Viewing the student history video can be found here
Sharing your screen with students using Securly Classroom
You have the ability to share your screen with a student or an entire class in Securly Classroom. Please note that there will be some lag between what you do on your computer and what your students will see.