Classroom Features
This section shows you how to start and stop a class, take attendance, message your class, use Heads Up mode, and use Insights.
This section describes the student title, and shows you how to sort and hijack students and how to view a student's screenshot history.
Each student in a class is represented with a tile. Student tiles appear differently depending on whether a class is in session.
Before you start a class, student tiles appear as shown below.
There are two situations when the tile appears differently. If a student does not have a license, the tile appears as shown below.
If a student's device is out of the school area, the tile appears as shown below.
When you start a class, the tile changes as shown below.
Hover your mouse cursor over a tab in the student's tile to see the following actions:
Close - Close this tab.
GO - Go to this web page.
To block list - Add this page to the block list
To allow list - Add this page to the allow list
The red warning icon at the bottom right of the tabs indicates that a tab was blocked. Hover your mouse cursor over the icon to see the name of the blocked page.
You can sort students in your class in alphabetical order or by online status.
To sort students alphabetically
Click the A-Z button. A confirmation prompt appears.
Click Re-order. The students now appear in your class in alphabetical order.
To sort students by online status
Click the Online First button. A confirmation prompt appears.
Click Re-order. All online students now appear, followed by offline students. Students are sorted alphabetically within each grouping.
Since a student can be in only one class at a time, there may be times when a student is still in another class due to an assignment that has run past the class end time. In these cases, you can hijack the student from the other class into your class. The student’s tile appears in red once your class begins and, in this example, shows that the student is in a class called Film.
To hijack the student to your class
Click the lower portion of the screen. The student is immediately assigned to your class, and the previous teacher's restrictions are removed from that student. You can now see the student's screens and control the commands of that student's device.
Blocksi keeps a record of all screens students view during classes that were in session during the last 14 days.
To view student screenshot history
Start a class.
Click inside of the student tiles. The following screen appears.
Click
. The screen changes to show the following.
Select the session from the Select Session drop-down list.
Click the Replay Screenshots button.
Click the Play button to start session replay.
Note
You can retrieve and export attendance logs using Insights. All attendance logs for each class are stored for an entire school year.
Click the Take Attendance button at the bottom of the screen. The Take Attendance window opens.
Click the Absent buttons to the right of the students' names to change them to Present.
Note
You can also select the Select All checkbox to mark all students present at once.
When you have marked all students present, click the Update Attendance button. You are returned to the class screen and the following appears where the Take Attendance button was earlier. In this case, there are three students in the class.
Start a class.
Click the MESSAGE ALL button. The Send message to class window opens.
Type the message in the Enter a message... text box.
Select whether to send the message to the entire class or a group of students from the Send to: drop-down list.
Click Send. The message is sent to the selected students and appears in the lower right corner of the screen, as shown below.
Heads Up mode allows you to direct the entire class, a group of students, or an individual student to a page instructing them to pay attention. While in Heads Up mode, students cannot access any Web sites, open any tabs, or exit out of Heads Up mode.
To use Heads Up mode
Click the HEADS UP button. The HEADS UP window opens.
Do one of the following:
Type the number of minutes that you want the Heads Up feature to last in the text box and click Confirm.
Select whether to apply the Heads Up feature to the entire class or to a group of students from the Apply Heads up to a Group: drop-down list and click Confirm.
The following screen appears.
