Classroom Management, Safeguarding and IT Management Features
classroom.cloud makes life easier for schools by bringing everything together in one simple platform. Instead of relying on multiple disconnected systems, schools get three essential toolkits in one place – classroom management, safeguarding, and IT management – all managed centrally. This joined-up approach reduces complexity, saves time for staff, streamlines administration, and gives schools better visibility over their technology and users.
Choose a toolkit below to explore the features available to each team.
Classroom Management
Lesson delivery
Screen share (with audio)
Broadcast your screen and audio to every student device – instantly.
Why this matters
It removes the barrier of distance from the board and supports all learners equally.
Student Toolbar
Displays lesson objectives, approved sites/apps, rewards, plus help request/chat access.
Why this matters
It puts lesson context in front of every student, reducing off-task behavior and helping them self-manage their learning.
Control website access
Encourage focus by creating ‘allowed’ and ‘restricted’ website lists.
Why this matters
It ensures your students can only access relevant and appropriate websites during class time.
Launch application
Open the same app on every device at once to save time and eliminate distractions.
Why this matters
It maximizes learning time by removing the friction of students finding and opening tools themselves.
Send message
Send written instructions or reminders to individual or all student screens at any time.
Why this matters
It enables adaptive teaching. Teachers can respond to a student and redirect them discreetly without interrupting the rest of the class.
Group students
Organize students into tailored groups by ability, need, or scaffold level.
Why this matters
It enables adaptive teaching at scale. The teacher can set different tasks for different groups without manually managing multiple devices.
Control app access
Eliminate distractions by creating ‘allowed’ and ‘restricted’ application lists
Why this matters
It ensures your students can only access relevant and appropriate apps during class.
Launch websites
Open the same website on every device at once, saving time and eliminating off-task drift.
Why this matters
It maximizes learning time by removing the friction of students finding and opening websites themselves.
Student engagement
Poll students
Run instant multiple-choice or open questions to check understanding.
Why this matters
It provides real-time formative assessment data, allowing teachers to address misconceptions immediately, rather than discovering them in the next lesson.
Random select
Keep students on their toes at question time by randomly selecting who answers.
Why this matters
It raises students’ attentiveness levels. Research shows that unpredictable cold-calling increases on-task behaviour and broadens participation.
Reward students
Send a star as a reward directly to a student’s screen to recognize effort.
Why this matters
Timely positive reinforcement has a direct impact on motivation and behavior. Recognizing effort publicly strengthens the teacher-student relationship.
Surveys
Gather structured feedback to identify misconceptions early and inform future planning.
Why this matters
It closes the feedback loop every lesson, giving teachers actionable data to adjust the next session and ensuring no misconceptions go unnoticed.
Show screens
Share a student’s screen to the whole class to celebrate excellent work and spark wider discussion.
Why this matters
Celebrating student work builds confidence and sets a visible standard of quality. Peer modelling is one of the most effective drivers of learning in the classroom.
Peer assessment
Share a student’s work to the class for structured peer review and feedback.
Why this matters
Peer assessment deepens understanding for both reviewer and reviewee. Articulating feedback requires students to apply success criteria at a higher cognitive level.
Chat
Both the teacher and student can initiate a chat without disrupting the class.
Why this matters
It’s handy for providing assistance without distracting others, and a great way to give every student a voice.
Blank or lock screens
Blank or lock all student screens to gain attention or prevent device use during key moments.
Why this matters
It gives teachers immediate control of the room. Research consistently shows that removing digital distractions improves retention and focus.
Monitor and observe
Thumbnail View
See every student’s screen at a glance to instantly spot who is on task and who needs support.
Why this matters
A single view of the whole class transforms a teacher’s situational awareness, enabling proactive support before a student falls behind or goes off task.
Remote observe
Quietly view an individual student’s screen in real time without interrupting the lesson.
Why this matters
Discreet observation removes the anxiety some students feel when a teacher approaches. This also allows a more accurate assessment of independent working.
Assist remotely
Take temporary control of a student’s device to demonstrate a task or resolve an issue.
Why this matters
It reduces the time a student spends stuck and waiting. The teacher can intervene from anywhere in the room without disrupting the wider class.
Help requests
Students can discreetly request help from the teacher without disrupting the class.
Why this matters
Many students, particularly those with SEND or anxiety, are reluctant to ask for help. This feature ensures no student suffers in silence or falls through the gaps.
Classroom device management
Power Management
Teachers can quickly power off, restart or log off their class devices.
Why this matters
Perfect for the end of the school day, it helps schools save money on wasted energy.
Control USB use
Block unauthorized USB sticks to eliminate distractions and for security purposes.
Why this matters
Unauthorized USB sticks can introduce malware and viruses into the school’s network. Controlling USB use makes sense for cybersecurity.
Reset passwords
Reset student passwords (Microsoft credentials only) from your teacher console!
Why this matters
It removes one of the biggest everyday disruptions in the classroom.
Control webcam and audio
Allow/block webcam use during class, and mute/unmute sound from a student device.
Why this matters
It gives teachers full control over the classroom environment – both for focus and safeguarding.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and monitoring
Internet Monitoring
Real-time visibility of class web activity.
Why this matters
Staff can identify inappropriate or concerning web activity and respond quickly, while supporting the school’s online safety and monitoring policies.
Keyword Monitoring
A database of safeguarding keywords and phrases containing over 20,000 terms.
Why this matters
Your school can gain an insight into any trending safeguarding issues, as well as identify individual students who are engaged in concerning activity.
Keyword cloud
Triggered keywords from student activity populate an informative word cloud.
Why this matters
It’s an easy way to spot trends. You can click a word to view its meaning, risk level, and where it’s been triggered.
AI monitoring
Safeguarding alerts triggered via AI tools capture event and app details.
Why this matters
As AI tools become embedded in education, new safeguarding risks emerge. Monitoring this ensures schools can identify and respond to harmful interactions.
Risk Index
A contextual intelligence-based score helps you determine the severity of a triggered event.
Why this matters
The Risk Index analyses a student’s activity, context and history to assign a risk score to each event.
Safeguarding alerts
Send an email alert to designated staff when students trigger a keyword or phrase.
Why this matters
It ensures the right people see the information as quickly as possible, enabling safeguarding staff to act as needed.
Safeguarding Reports
Send custom phrase match and student concern reports to nominated staff.
Why this matters
Send daily, weekly or monthly reports to your safeguarding team. Also integrates with Power BI desktop app for deeper insights.
Online safety groups
Keep a watchful eye over designated groups or vulnerable students.
Why this matters
Create online safety groups tfor easier monitoring of, for example, specific year groups or students considered vulnerable.
Staff access levels
Role-based access controls for staff support student confidentiality.
Why this matters
It ensures that only authorized staff can control settings and access details of triggered events.
Supports education requirements and standards
Support relevant online safety, monitoring and technology requirements in your region.
Why this matters
Schools can use classroom.cloud alongside frameworks and requirements such as KCSIE in England, CIPA in the United States and recognised ISTE standards.
Report a Concern
Students can send a message in confidence to a trusted member of staff.
Why this matters
It gives students a safe, simple way to speak up when they might not do so in person.
Online resources
A directory of external helpful organisations and charites for students’ reference.
Why this matters
It provides access to a range of validated online support services, for students who may prefer to seek help externally.
Enhanced safeguarding
Image Analysis detects inappropriate images on students’ screens.
Why this matters
Image monitoring across websites, apps, and media adds a critical layer of safeguarding beyond text monitoring.
Assisted Monitoring
The team at SWGfL can monitor safeguarding alerts within your classroom.cloud account*.
Why this matters
This provides an extra layer of support for the triage of student safeguarding concerns.
*UK schools only.
Language packs
A wide range of language packs are available, including slang terms.
Why this matters
This ensures your school can monitor concerning activity in students’ first languages.
Integration
Integrate with your CPOMS or Tes MyConcern account – plus, monitor chats in Teams.
Why this matters
It helps safeguarding teams keep relevant information centralised and easier to act on within their existing workflows.
IT Management
Tech tools
Tech Console
Manage school IT from a dedicated interface.
Why this matters
It’s a convenient way to view devices, transfer files, run remote commands and scripts, edit the Windows registry, and more.
Power Management
Power on/off devices in bulk, set schedules and more.
Why this matters
Switching off devices can help schools save money on wasted energy.
Audit Log
Keep track of device activity in a single view.
Why this matters
A convenient way to view licenses, login/out details, monitor activity, manage power – and more.
PowerShell
Launch remote Windows PowerShell scripts.
Why this matters
Save time by executing scripts at selected devices or in bulk.
Device auto-assignment
Set rules to manage new devices automatically.
Why this matters
Apply rules for newly enrolled devices on your network to stay organized and save time.
Software/Hardware inventory
Device information at your fingertips to help solve problems.
Why this matters
View information including CPU and BIOS types to network, video, storage data, and more.
Remote control
Assist staff and students with remote control.
Why this matters
Minimize lost learning time by fixing issues remotely.
Device status
See what’s happening on any device at any time.
Why this matters
See whether the status is ‘In class’, ‘In tech session’, ‘Out of hours’, ‘Off network’, and more.
Activity monitoring
View a single time-based summary of all activity by a specific user, device or department.
Why this matters
This time-saving feature means that IT technicians can see the full picture of activity, at a glance in one location.
Internet and application controls
Create school-wide approved and restricted website and application lists and control access by time of day.
Why this matters
This feature helps your school to add a broader layer of security while keeping students on task.
Send a message
Send a message to a student/multiple devices via the Devices or Inventory list.
Why this matters
This is perfect for notifying of any scheduled maintenance or to provide technical support.
Integration
Integrates seamlessly with Microsoft SDS, ClassLink, Clever, or Google Classroom platforms.
Why this matters
So, if your classes are centrally managed, the portal can be populated with any existing data.