Sharing and Enforcing Pages

Use Sharing/Enforcing to push out URLs to the students while a class is in session. You can choose to share content with an individual student, a group of students, or the entire class.

Sharing a Page

Sharing a page pushes out content to students, but still allows students to keep other tabs open and open new tabs.

To share content with an entire class

1. While a class is in session, click the SHARE/ENFORCE button. The Share/Enforce Pages window opens.

   

2. Type the URL in the Input URL... text box and click Share Page to push out a single URL to the entire class. To push out multiple URLs simultaneously, click Add Field + and type as many URLs as desired.

To share content with a group of students

1. While a class is in session, click the SHARE/ENFORCE button. The Share/Enforce Pages window opens.

   

2. Type the URL in the Input URL... text box.

3. Select a student group from the Select a Group drop-down list and click Share to Group to push out a single URL to a group of students. To push out multiple URLs simultaneously, click Add Field + and type as many URLs as desired.

To share content with an individual student

1. While a class is in session, click the lightning bolt icon beneath the student’s tile. The Share/Enforce Pages window opens.

   

2. Type the URL in the Input URL... text box and click Share Page to push out a single URL to the selected student. To push out multiple URLs simultaneously, click Add Field + and type as many URLs as desired.

Enforcing a Page

Enforcing a page restricts the students to a specific URL or multiple URLs.

To enforce content to an entire class

1. While a class is in session, click the SHARE/ENFORCE button. The Share/Enforce Pages window opens.

   

2. Type the URL in the Input URL... text box and click Enforce Page. You are prompted to enter a duration of time, in minutes, for the students to be locked down to only the enforced URL. Type this duration and click Confirm. This action closes current tabs open for that duration of time or until you cancel the enforcement. To enforce multiple URLs simultaneously, click Add Field + and type as many URLs as desired.

3. Note that the SHARE/ENFORCE button changes to STOP Enforce when you enforce a page.

After the enforced mode is confirmed, students cannot search or access any other sites except for the URL(s) that have been enforced. When the time entered elapses, or you click the STOP Enforce button, all of the previous tabs the students had opened on their devices are restored and students can search and access other sites and content as before.

To enforce content to a group of students

1. while a class is in session, click the SHARE/ENFORCE button. The Share/Enforce Pages window opens.

   

2. Type the URL in the Input URL... text box.

3. Select a student group from the Select a Group drop-down list and click Enforce to Group to restrict a group of students to a single page. You are prompted to enter a duration of time, in minutes, for the students to be locked down to only the enforced URL. Type this duration and click Confirm. This action closes current tabs open for that duration of time or until you cancel the enforcement. To restrict the group to multiple URLs simultaneously, click Add Field + and type as many URLs as desired.

4. Note that the lightning bolt icon beneath the students’ tiles changes to a blue X when you enforce a page.

After the enforced mode is confirmed, students cannot search or access any other sites except for the URL(s) that have been enforced. When the time entered elapses, or you click the blue X icon, all of the previous tabs the students had opened on their devices are restored and students can search and access other sites and content as before.

To enforce content to an individual student

1. While a class is in session, click the lightning bolt icon beneath the student’s tile. The Share/Enforce Pages window opens.

   

   Type the URL in the Input URL... text box and click Enforce Page to restrict the selected student to a single URL. You are prompted to enter a duration of time, in minutes, for the student to be locked down to only the enforced URL. Type this duration and click Confirm. This action closes current tabs open for that duration of time or until you cancel the enforcement. To restrict the student to multiple URLs simultaneously, click Add Field + and type as many URLs as desired.

Note that the lightning bolt icon beneath the student’s tile changes to a blue X when you enforce a page.

After the enforced mode is confirmed, the student cannot search or access any other sites except for the URL(s) that have been enforced. When the time entered elapses, or you click the blue X icon, all of the previous tabs the student had opened on his or her device is restored and the student is able to search and access other sites and content as before.