Teacher Console

Teacher Console is a feature that allows teachers to easily manage their classes and customize their class application selection.

 

1. In some cases, the Teacher Console app will be available on the teacher's My Apps screen.

 Otherwise, it will be available in the Favorites Bar of the My Apps screen.

 

2.  Clicking on the app shows a Dashboard with a list of all classes in which the teacher is enrolled as an instructor and provides a student and app count.

 

 

3.  The sections of the Teacher Console Dashboard, if all options are enabled by ClassLink Administrators, include Announcements, Apps, Discussion Boards, Students, Logins, and Time in App. 

Clicking on the  Apps section provides a more detailed view to see all the apps assigned to that class.

 

 

 

4. Clicking on the Add New App + will bring out any assigned custom App Libraries which will allow teachers to select which applications to add to the class.  

 

 

 

Note: The App Libraries accessible from the Teacher Console are loaded with apps pre-selected by Tenant Administrators.  

 

5.  Apps can be launched by clicking on them or removed by hovering over them to then click Remove.

 

 

6.  Clicking on the Students section will show a list of all students enrolled in the class with an Analytics icon on the right. 

  

 

 

7.  Clicking on the Analytics icon displays individual login and application data for each individual user.

 

 

8.  Clicking on Logins will display information on which students have logged into to LaunchPad.  A checkmark will appear if the student has logged in, and the top of the column will show a percentage and ratio of the entire logged in class. It is also possible to export a CSV of the data in this table. To export a report, click the Export Week button. This will create a CSV of the login report for the selected week.

 

 

9.  Clicking on Time in App will show a heatmap of each student's total time spent using apps.

 

 

10.  By clicking into a specific day for a student's app usage on the heatmap, you can view more details of the student's app activity for that day. 

 

 

 

Note: Time Spent refers to the time that students spend in the active tab open for an application and the total time spent populates after the application tab has been closed.  This data is calculated with the updated ClassLink Extension.

 

 

11.  Login information for all your classes can be viewed in the Login Summary tab from menu at the top of the screen.  The information on this screen is presented as a heatmap; the darker the square for a particular day, the higher the percentage of students in that class having logged in.

 

 

12.  Teachers can provide an alternate name to classes.  To give a class a nickname, click the name of the class and a text box will be presented to edit. To reset the name back to the default class name, clear the text box and press enter.

 

 

 

13.  Clicking on the Edit icon will allow teachers to change the icon and color for the class.

 

 

 

Class Announcements

Teachers can add announcements to classes from the Teacher Console.

 

1.  To add an announcement, click the icon in the top right of the console.

 

 

2. This will bring up the list of announcements. To create a new announcement, click the Create Announcement button. You can also view expired announcements by clicking the View Expired toggle.

 

 

3.  When creating an announcement, first choose what classes to create the announcement for by selecting them from the dropdown that appears after clicking Select Classes. next, choose a start and end date for the announcement, finally set the title and content. The content has a 1000 character limit.

 

 

4.  In the Student Backpack, students will see announcements for a specific class by clicking on that class in the Dashboard, which will lead to the Announcements section for that class.

 

 

 

5.  Students can also see all of their announcements by clicking the icon in the top right.

 

 

 

Discussion Boards

From the Teacher Console, instructors can initiate discussions within the class.  This is explained in more detail in the Discussion Board support page.

 

 

Student Backpack

The Student Backpack is the student version of the My Backpack feature and gives students a place to see all of their classes, any Announcements or Discussion Boards, or to launch apps assigned to those classes.

 

1.  In some cases and through the mobile app, the Student Backpack app will be available on the student's My Apps screen.

 

 

 Otherwise, it may be available in the Favorites Bar of the My Apps screen.

 

 

2.  The app will open up to the Dashboard which shows the student's classes and displays icons of the applications specifically assigned to each class.

 

 

3. The Dashboard of the Student Backpack only provides the Announcements section, the Discussion Boards section, and the Apps section.

 

 

4.  In the Apps section, clicking on a class will bring up a more detailed view of all available apps for that class. Students can click on an app to launch it.  They are not able to add or delete apps.