Screen View
A live wall of student screens, built to be glanced at while teaching, with the ability to act on one student without leaving the room. Every part of it is governed by settings the district holds.
What it does
Walking the room to check screens is slow and students switch tabs when they see you coming. Screen View gives a teacher a live grid of every student screen in the class on their own device, so drift is visible at a glance and can be handled quietly.
The UserAuthGuard extension on each student Chromebook sends screen frames while a session is active. The teacher’s wall goes full screen, updates continuously, and color-codes each tile by the kind of site the student is on. Set the page the class should be on and every tile that has wandered stands out without reading a single one. Click a tile to see that student larger. On one student the teacher can lock or unlock the Chromebook, send a message, open a tab, or close a tab they should not be on, and each action is confirmed back so the teacher knows it landed.
The district decides what teachers may do. Each of the four actions is a district toggle; unlocking is always permitted, so a teacher can never be prevented from giving a device back. Class lists come from the sources the district allows: SIS sections, Google Classroom courses, or manual groups. Watching can be restricted to a time window and to weekdays, and a single session can be capped in length. Teachers see their own classes; building grants extend that to an interventionist’s caseload; principals see building totals, not screens.
- ✓ A supervision wall, not a spreadsheet of screensGoes full screen, updates continuously, and color-codes each tile by the kind of site the student is on.
- ✓ Pin the page the class should be onSet the expected page and every tile that has wandered stands out.
- ✓ Four actions on one studentLock or unlock the Chromebook, send a message, open a tab, close a tab, each confirmed back to the teacher.
- ✓ The district decides what teachers may doEach action is a district toggle. Unlocking is always allowed.
- ✓ Class lists you already maintainSIS sections, Google Classroom courses, or manual groups. The district chooses which sources are allowed.
- ✓ Hours and session limitsRestrict watching to a time window and to weekdays, and cap how long a single session can run.
Requires
- The Enterprise Plus plan.
- The UserAuthGuard extension force-installed on student Chromebooks, and students signed in with their school account.
- Class lists from an allowed source: a nightly SIS roster sync, Google Classroom, or groups a teacher builds by hand.
- The student online with a browser window open. A Chromebook with no Chrome window open sends no frames.
Does not
- Watch outside the window the district sets. If watching is limited to school hours on weekdays, a teacher cannot open a session on Saturday.
- Let a teacher see students who are not in their class. Scope follows the class list and any building grant the district gives.
- Give principals a screen wall. Leadership roles see building totals and usage, not individual screens.
- Record video. The wall is live; it is not a recording.
Where it fits
Independent work
Set the expected page, put the wall on the second screen, and glance at it while circulating. A tile that turns the wrong color gets a private message, not a public correction.
Online assessments
During a test the expected page is the testing platform. A student who navigates away is visible immediately, and close-tab or lock is one click if the district allows it.
An interventionist’s caseload
A reading specialist who pulls students from several sections gets a building-scoped grant for exactly those students, with no access to anyone else’s screens.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the class lists come from?
From the sources the district allows: sections synced nightly from your SIS, Google Classroom courses, or manual groups a teacher builds. Monitoring groups are kept separate from roster data, so a teacher adding a student to a group never changes where the SIS says the student belongs.
How often do the tiles update?
Continuously while a session is open, a few seconds between frames per student. Click a tile to see that student larger.
Does Screen View work when students are at home?
Only inside the window the district sets. Most districts limit watching to school hours on weekdays, in which case a teacher cannot open a session in the evening. Filtering and safety alerts continue regardless; they do not depend on a teacher watching.
Who can watch whom?
Teachers see their own classes. The district can grant a staff member a building-scoped view for a caseload. Principals and other leadership roles see building totals and usage, not screens. Sessions and actions are recorded.
Can a teacher lock a student out permanently?
No. Lock is a district toggle and unlock is always allowed, so a teacher can always give the device back. A lock also ends with the session.
See the room, act on one student
Screen View is part of the Enterprise Plus plan, quoted per district. Book a walkthrough, or start free: the gap report lists every device with no owner and every student with no device.