What’s new in classroom.cloud?

iOS Student

• Support for the latest keyword libraries including the new Ukrainian language pack.

Teacher Portal

• The share teacher screen feature has been enhanced to ensure teaching time can be maximized. Students will no longer need to click a prompt to start the screen share.
• In addition to the above, students will no longer be prompted to close the browser tab when the teacher ends the screen share.

Windows Student

• Resolved an issue opening the Online Safety Resources list in Internet Explorer. The list will now successfully open in the users default browser.
• Resolved an issue where the student was randomly showing as disconnected when previously connected to a teacher

Admin Web Portal

• Power Management settings (General tab) now includes the option to disable Power On from your power management policy. If disabled, when setting your power schedule times, the Power On slider will be greyed out.
• A number of additional pages across the portal now include the Device Group column, enhancing your ability to sort, filter, and group data by device group – Acceptable Use Policies, Inventory, Activity, Phrase Matches, and Concerns. Please note – data already reported prior to this release will show the device group status as Unavailable.
• Refreshed Export data to csv icon added to relevant pages – Inventory, Acceptable Use Policies, Activity monitoring, Phrase Matches.
• Additional documentation is now available to help configure classroom.cloud to integrate with CPOMS. A link to the new guide has been added to the CPOMS integration settings page in the portal.

Chrome Student

• A number of language formatting/character corruption issues have been resolved when distributing Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) to student devices.
• Fixed a line break formatting issue where additional lines were being incorrectly displayed in the delivered Acceptable Use Policies.
• Resolved an issue in Acceptable Use Policies where the acknowledgement tick/text box was being enabled before the recipient had scrolled to the bottom of the document.

Windows Student

• Resolved a database issue that was preventing certain student devices being registered correctly.
• Resolved an issue in hardware inventory where the number of processor cores was being incorrectly set to 1 on AMD Systems.

Admin Web Portal

• Create and assign Acceptable Use Policies (BETA). Newly added to organization and site settings, you can now create custom Acceptable Use Policies and assign them to the required user groups. The Technician menu also has a new Acceptable Use Policies option for tracking acknowledgements. Requires Windows Student 1.85.0000 or higher. Coming soon to Chrome OS student devices.
• Extending the range of power management tools available, you can now Power On supported devices (wired Windows desktops, running the Windows student 1.85.0000 or higher). You can interact with devices individually or in bulk via the devices and inventory pages and create automated power schedules in the Power Management settings. To support this feature, the installers page now offers a Power on client installer utility. This acts as a communication server/gateway between the classroom.cloud web portal and the supported student devices. It therefore needs to be pushed out to an ‘always on’ PC to allow wake-on-lan packets to be sent to managed devices.
• New Domain verification feature added to organization settings. The organization administrator can now verify the school domains to prevent duplicate classroom.cloud accounts being created.
• Newly added Remote Login settings. Enables organization and site administrators to configure remote login support (for student Microsoft accounts) at the Teacher Console. Supports local accounts, Microsoft accounts, Azure AD or On Prem login types.
• To help with the housekeeping of the Online Safety phrase matches and concerns lists, organization, site and online safety administrators can now manually delete phrase triggers and concerns.
• Extending the range of language packs available in the Online Safety component, Ukrainian keyword monitoring can now be enabled.
• Also in the Online Safety settings, the filters option now allows you to remove the default English language pack from the phrase and keyword list to make it easier to identify localized keywords.
• The Audit Log has been updated to record actions taken for the newly added features – acceptable use policy assignment rules changed, keyword triggers and concerns deleted.

Teacher Portal

• New Remote Login icon added to the teacher toolbar allowing the teacher to remotely login Windows student machines (based on how the administrator has configured the option as described above).

Windows Student

• To remove the instances of duplicated Windows students when switching networks, using random Mac addresses, or updating student machines, we have improved the method of identifying a Windows student.
• Ideal for use in a BYOD environment where students may sign into devices with a different account to their Microsoft Email, the Windows student can now be configured via ADMX policy to use Microsoft Teams login email addresses, in turn using this for Teacher Console SIS Connections.
• Support for the newly added Acceptable Use Policy feature. When a user signs in, the Windows student service will check for and display any policies assigned to the user. Depending on how the administrator has configured the policy assignment, the recipient will either need to enter their name or tick a box to confirm they have read the policy.
• Support for the newly added Remote Login feature.
• Support for the newly added Ukrainian keyword list and updated English database.
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Chrome Student

• Support for classroom.cloud’s newly added Acceptable Use Policy feature. When the user signs into a Chromebook, any policies requiring their attention will automatically appear.
• Support for Ukrainian keyword monitoring.

• Newly added Reset Student Password feature (currently Microsoft credentials only). Two new settings have been added to the web portal enabling administrators to configure classroom.cloud to allow teachers to reset student passwords in the Teacher Console. A new Reset Password tab has been added to Microsoft Integrations settings enabling you to generate a ‘service account link’, used to sync classroom.cloud with a service account in your AD environment dedicated to password reset. Secondly, a new Reset Password tile has been added to the main settings page enabling you to enable/disable the feature and enter details of your AD groups to create an ‘Allowlist’, ensuring the relevant student accounts are known when a teacher is asked by a student to reset their password.
• The online safety phrase matches and concerns lists will now include the online safety group that each incident is assigned to (if applicable). You can also group and filter the lists by online safety group. Historical incidents triggered before this update will show as Unassigned. The group name will also be included when sending notes to CPOMS and MYCONCERN.
• To enhance the delivery of online safety alerts to the required staff, the Online Safety Alerts option has been added to the Online Safety Group settings. When applying the group settings, you will now be able to specify the online safety user who should receive alerts for any triggers made by students who are members of the specified groups.
• Improved grouping of menu items in the portal interface. Online Safety and Technician dropdown options have been added to the main menu. Relevant components – phrase matches, concerns, inventory, activity – are now grouped within each menu option for ease of access.
• Drop-down menu items within each portal component are now displayed in alphabetical order. The associated tiles (settings, sites etc) for each option will also now be shown in alphabetical
  order.
• We are delighted to welcome PAGS to our family of third-party connectors. PAGS is the special education needs (SEN) management platform that takes care of your school’s admin work so you can focus on the learners’ needs.
• Extended range of Audit Log filter categories added for actions relating to activity monitoring and reset passwords.
• Updated online safety keyword library.
• Please note that the additional functions of Audit Log and Activity Monitoring have required a change to how long we keep your data. Details about this can be found in our Terms of Service and Data Processing Agreement.

Teacher Portal

• Newly added Reset Student Password icon allows the teacher to reset student passwords (as mentioned above, Microsoft only).
• Newly added ‘select all’ students toolbar icon. You can also use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+A.

Chrome Student

• Support for the newly updated keyword database.

macOS Student

• Support for the newly updated keyword database.

iOS Student

• Support for the newly updated keyword database.
• Added range of commands for use in plist files when deploying the iOS student via MDM tools – Setting to prevent the changing of the asset tag on a device (com.nsl.cloud.assettag); setting to clear the internet history on sign out (com.nsl.browser. clearinternethistoryonsignout).

Android Student

• Resolved an issue where students could still start chat sessions when the setting to block student initiated chats was enabled in the web portal.
• Resolved an issue where sending a message via chat would crash the student on Android version 12 or higher.
• Resolved an issue where the student would not always receive messages sent from the web portal.

macOS Student

• Report a concern feature now supported. Students can share their concerns with the nominated staff members.
• Support for the newly updated keyword database.
• Support for activity monitoring. Student devices will now send internet, application and login activity to the web portal.
• Student devices can now receive messages sent by Administrators and Technicians direct from the web portal.
• Support for power and inactivity controls. The student can now respond to the automated power off and inactivity schedules created in the web portal.

iOS Student

• Student report a concern now supported.
• Support for the newly updated keyword database.
• Support for activity monitoring.
• Support for send message from the Admin Portal as well as Teacher Console.

Admin Web Portal

• New addition to the main portal menu, the Activity monitoring tool (BETA) gives admins and technicians a complete view of application and internet usage, and a history of user logins, across the whole organisation or on a site-by-site basis. Each option can be switched on or off in the Activity Monitor settings and you can apply privacy settings to ensure monitoring only takes place within approved school hours/dates and on specified school networks. The activity view offers the usual classroom.cloud search and filtering capabilities and you can also create an exclusions list should you want certain school devices to be ignored.
• Classes Settings now includes a Class Management tab (site level only). This allows administrators to create new classes on behalf of teachers using the device group, student list and device list connection types. The administrator can then assign the class to the required teachers. In the teachers class list, a ‘created by admin’ icon will highlight classes created using this method.
• Classes Settings also includes a new Teacher Settings tab. This allows the admin to set the default behaviour (on or off) of the Student Toolbar option when a teacher starts a class. If the toolbar is disabled by the admin, the teacher can still switch it back on in the Teacher Console if required for a specific lesson. When the toolbar is active, the admin can decide if it is visible full size across the top of the student screens (Windows student only) or is auto-hidden so as not to use screen space. Students can then expand the toolbar as required by mousing over the top of the screen.
• Continuing with Classes Settings, the General tab (organisation and site level), and relevant if you import your class lists from School Data Sync and Teams, now includes the option to exclude certain classes being pulled in by entering a class prefix. For example, to ensure archived/redundant classes are ignored by classroom.cloud.
• Adding to the list of actions available in the devices and inventory pages, the send message feature has now been added to the portal. Ideal for broadcasting key network, system or emergency information in an instant to connected devices (maximum of 100 devices at a time).
• To date, the recently added Azure AD User Provisioning integration has only been available on request. From version 1.26, this will now be enabled by default.
• The Audit Log will now record actions relevant to the new activity monitor and send message features – monitoring hours changed, application monitoring disabled, details of sent messages etc.
• Additional filter option now available across the portal enabling you to filter lists on a rolling 30 day basis.
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Windows Student

• Support for the newly updated keyword database.
• Support for activity monitoring.
• Support for send message from the Admin Portal as well as Teacher Console.
• Updated the student to support lock mouse/keyboard and touchscreens when the teacher locks a device (Not supported on Windows 11SE).
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Chrome Student

• Support for the newly updated keyword database.
• Support for activity monitoring.
• Support for send message from the Admin Portal as well as Teacher Console.
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iOS Student

• Student report a concern now supported.
• Support for the newly updated keyword database.
• Support for activity monitoring.
• Support for send message from the Admin Portal as well as Teacher Console.

Admin Web Portal
• Newly added in version 1.25.1, Power Management Settings (site level only) now includes a Device Exclusions option allowing you to specify devices (Windows only) to be ignored when automated power off or inactivity schedules are enabled.

Admin Web Portal
• New Power Management Settings added at organization and site level. Adding to the options classroom.cloud users have to power off, restart and logoff devices, these new settings give you the ability to create automated Power Off schedules and introduce Inactivity controls (Windows
Student v1.70 and above).
• Adding to the standard search facility, the Devices pages now include the option to filter the displayed information – by Device Group, OS name, Device Status or Last Connected date.
• An extended range of categories will now be recorded in the Audit Log. Includes Online Safety, Power Management and Remote Control related actions.
• A new ‘time slider’ replaces the clock method when setting school hours and time schedules in the Privacy and Online Safety settings. The new Power Management settings also use this method when applying Power off and Inactivity controls.
• The Report a Concern Settings now include an additional tab, Categories (Organization level only). Allows you to add to the default list of online safety categories, Bullying, Drugs etc, by adding your own custom items. When reviewing student concerns, you will then be able to select from a wider range of categories, bringing better focus to the root cause of each incident.
• New Wellbeing category added to the Online Safety keyword library providing for more focused monitoring of terms relating to mental health. As well as newly added phrases, the category also incorporates some of the terms previously assigned to Suicide and Self Harm.
• Also added to the Online Safety component, a Dutch language pack is now available.
• Newly added email alert will provide Administrators with details of User Provisioning failures.
• Enhanced the User Provisioning service to allow previously created classroom.cloud Microsoft accounts to be converted to provisioned accounts (User Provisioning is enabled on request. Please contact our support team for more information).

• Updated online safety keyword libraries including support for the new Wellbeing category and Dutch language pack.
• The student will now respond to the automated Power Off and Inactivity schedules created in the Admin Web Portal.

• Updated online safety keyword libraries including support for the new Wellbeing category and Dutch language pack.

• Admins and school techs can now view a real-time hardware and software Inventory for each Android device in the classroom.cloud web portal (Minimum supported Android version is now v9 to support hardware and software Inventory).

• Updated online safety keyword libraries including support for the new Wellbeing category and Dutch language pack.
• Teachers and technicians can now view specific monitors on a multi-monitor configuration where a Mac Student is installed.
• Updated the Application Restriction dialog to display the icon of the Application.

Admin Web Portal
• Newly added to Microsoft integration settings*, you now have the ability to integrate classroom.cloud with the Azure AD user provisioning service (if in use within your organization). Centrally manage accounts in the Azure portal, ensuring classroom.cloud is always in sync with your Azure AD environment. Create user provisioning rules* in the classroom.cloud portal to determine which sites and user roles are assigned to each user when they sign in.
* The user provisioning options are disabled by default but can be made available on request if you wish to use this service. Please contact our support team who will be happy to guide you through the setup process.
• In addition to displaying the device type/OS logo, an additional column, OS Name, can also be added to the device list pages (using the Manage Columns option).
• In this update we welcome two new resources to our Connectors family – Frog and Times Tables
Rock Stars (TTRS).

• Resolved an issue in the Software Inventory component where the application install dates were displaying incorrectly.
• Resolved an issue where blank thumbnails were displaying in the Teacher Console when connecting to devices running Windows v11 22H2.
• Resolved an issue where the student was not sending online safety and inventory data if the account settings were applied by group policy.

• Resolved an issue where the Chrome OS student would not appear in the classroom.cloud web portal if it had previously been removed and later re-installed.
• Resolved an issue where Chrome OS students were not being assigned correctly to device groups when auto device assignment rules were being used.

Admin Web Portal
• The newly added Audit Log component provides a record of actions, and changes made in the portal – user login/logout, license updates, changes to site details, and more. As with all classroom.cloud features, the list can be searched, and filtered, and you can also export to file.
This is currently a BETA version as we continue to evolve the range of options reported.
• Added ability to auto-assign devices to a device group. Available at site level in Device Group Settings, the Device Auto Assignment feature lets you create rules (for example, based on AD Groups, OS name, or Google organizational units) that are checked when newly enrolled student devices appear in the unassigned devices list. If one of the rules matches with the device(s), it will be automatically assigned to the nominated group.
• In these energy-conscious times, switching off unused devices is a no-brainer! From the devices list, and, hardware inventory table, you now have the ability to Power off devices, individually or in bulk. In addition, ideal when providing remote support for a student, you can also Restart, or Logout the selected device.
• During a remote control session, you can now view specific screens on multi-monitor enabled systems (Windows Student).
• For added identification, the devices list now includes the logged-on student name alongside the machine name (requires Chrome Student 2.60.3.0 or higher, Windows Student 1.60.0000 or higher).
• The devices list also offers a newly added device status. When a connected student device is being viewed/remote controlled, the status will change to In tech session for the duration of the session.
• When reviewing reported student concerns in the online safety component, you can now flag a concern as a false alarm.
• The student report a concern form will now include the job title of each of the concern contacts.

Teacher Web Portal
• The Power off, Restart and Logout options have been added to the Teacher Console toolbar. And, as outlined above, are also available when viewing/remote controlling a student device.
• Also inline with the above, the remote view window offers teachers the ability to switch screens on multi-monitor enabled student systems (Windows Student).

• Newly added support for the Power off, Logout and Restart commands.
• To support the new Device Auto Assignment feature, the student device will now report the AD Organizational Unit or AD Group it is a member of to allow the web portal to automatically place it in a device group based on the configured rules.
• As mentioned above, support has been added in the portal for multi-monitor enabled student devices.

• To support the new Device Auto Assignment feature, the student extension will now report the Organizational Unit that the device is located in, allowing the web portal to automatically assign it to a device group.

• Added support for the Inventory component. The Admin Web Portal will now retrieve a comprehensive hardware and software inventory from macOS devices.
• Added support for Keyword Monitoring. The Online Safety component will now collect keyword triggers from macOS devices.
• Students will also be able to access the Online Safety Resources list.

Admin Portal
• Extended range of features now available to classroom.cloud portal users assigned the Technician role. Provides access to the Devices and Users lists (Users page read only). This will give school techs the ability to move enrolled devices from unassigned status to a device group, and offers an additional method for viewing and remote controlling devices (as well as from the Inventory tables).
• Customized Report a Concern settings can now be applied to individual Online Safety Groups.
• User profile photos will now show next to the staff nominated as ‘concern contacts’ on the student Report a Concern form, as well as in the web portal where the use of SIS photos is enabled in User Profile settings (currently Microsoft and Google SSO credentials only).

• Inline with the above, support added for concern contacts profile photos on the student Report a Concern form.

• Support added for concern contacts profile photos on the student Report a Concern form.

Admin Portal
• Newly added Concerns feature added to the Online Safety component. Enables nominated administrators and online safety users to review and manage concerns reported by students. (Windows and Chrome OS students supported in this release). Administrators can enable this feature and add ‘concern contacts’ in the new Online Safety – Report a Concern settings. Our Online Safety Admin and, for concern contacts, Online Safety User guides provide full details.
• The Microsoft Integrations settings now allows you to switch on additional Microsoft permissions, enabling you to pull in Teams classes and student photos. (classroom.cloud will only pull in the classes you created using the ‘Class’ team type. Other Microsoft team types are not currently supported.)
• My Classes now includes a new Filters button enabling you to search a class list by last used date, subject and connection type.
• Improved sorting of class lists. You can now sort class lists, in both tile and list view, by dragging and dropping the class to the preferred position. (The previous PIN/favorites option has been removed.)
• The Users list (organization and site level) now includes the option to resend the invite email in bulk to colleagues who have not activated their accounts in a timely fashion. In addition, you can now delete users or temporarily disable accounts in bulk.
• Software Inventory now includes the option to Group by application category.
• ‘Mote’, the instant voice messaging tool, joins our growing family of useful third-party Connector links.
• The recently added Chinese language pack now includes an extended range of online safety keywords and phrases.

• Support for the newly added Concerns feature. If the Online Safety component is enabled in your classroom.cloud account, the Report a Concern option will be available to students in the system tray, and, if enabled by the administrator, via a desktop shortcut.

• Support for the newly added Concerns feature. The student extension will now include the Report a Concern button.

Admin Portal
• Classes Settings now includes a Subjects tab. Allows you to personalize the list of subjects that are available to choose from when creating a class. Subject names in the pre-defined list can be edited or hidden. You can also add user-defined subject names.
• Updated Online Safety keyword libraries including the addition of a Chinese language pack.
• When creating or editing a Device Group you now have the option to prevent classes from being able to connect to the devices in the group – groups that only admins or technicians need to connect to. Teachers can still connect to the devices if creating a class using one of the alternative connection modes.
• Added support for Windows 11 SE.
• The Invite User page now includes a Login Provider option (Microsoft, Google, ClassLink, Clever). Allows you to confirm where users will be using third-party login credentials, streamlining the account creation process for the new users. Update User page allows you to change provider but only where the user hasn’t responded to the invite email and activated their account.
• Inline with the above, the bulk import users .csv file now includes the option to add the Login Provider ID where third-party credentials will be used – 1 = Microsoft, 2 = Google, 3 = Classlink, 4 = Clever.
• As well as the relevant login provider logos, the classroom.cloud logo will also be displayed in the users lists to confirm that a user is signing in with credentials created in classroom.cloud, rather than a third-party SIS tool.
• Miscellaneous Settings now includes an option to customize how long the new user Invite Email remains active. Currently you need to resend the email if the user hasn’t activated their account within three days but you can now set this to a duration of your choosing (1-60 days).
• Device Groups (site level) now includes an information (i) button giving you the ability to see how many and which devices are assigned to the group.
• If the classroom.cloud mascot (affectionately known as Bob) who welcomes you to the dashboard and the teacher console isn’t your cup of tea, you now have the option to remove him in the General Settings.
• Newly added option in User Profile Settings allowing you to prevent user profile photos being pulled in from third-party SIS systems (Portal users only, student photos are still managed separately in the Integrations Settings).

• Updated keyword libraries and support for the newly added Chinese language pack.

• Updated keyword libraries and support for the newly added Chinese language pack.

• Updated keyword libraries and support for the newly added Chinese language pack.

Admin Portal
• Hardware Inventory now includes a Bulk Edit Values button. Enables you to manually enter the Manufacturer, Model and Location for multiple devices simultaneously.
• Added ability to pin (freeze) columns in the Hardware Inventory table to improve usability when scrolling across the screen.
• When filtering Online Safety keyword triggers by Site, you now have the option to view multiple sites simultaneously rather than one at a time.
• Extended range of Connectors can now be added to user dashboards – Pobble, OrbitNote, Persona Life Skills, Pickatale.
• Hardware Inventory now supports the latest generation of iOS devices.
• User Profile photos can now be pulled in to the portal when signing in with Google or Microsoft credentials.
• Updated Online Safety keyword libraries.

• Support for the latest Online Safety keyword libraries.

• Support for the latest online safety keyword libraries.

• The app now supports the latest generation of iOS devices.
• Support for the latest online safety keyword libraries.

Admin Portal
• Resolved an issue that was preventing Google integration being set when the impersonation email included numeric characters.
• Fixed a corruption issue (affecting Edge and Chrome on Windows 11) in Add Class when attempting to enter student email addresss using the Student List connection method.

• Resolved an issue where Chrome Student thumbnails in the Teacher Console were not pulling in the correct student details.

Teacher Portal/Console
• As well as guides and brochures, the Teacher dashboard will now include links to any of the Connectors resources enabled in the Settings, as described above.
• Improvements made to the appearance and layout of student tiles in Icons mode.

Windows Student (v1.40.0005)
• Resolved an issue in Online Safety Privacy Settings (Term Dates) where the current date was not being handled correctly.
• Resolved a conflict where online safety phrases typed or copied to the clipboard were not being recorded if a NetSupport DNA Agent was also installed.
• Resolved an issue where Software inventory was not visible due to unexpected characters appearing in filenames.
• Updated the supplied ADMX templates to allow the specifying of Network adaptors/Mac Addresses to be excluded from the student device registering with classroom.cloud.
• Resolved an issue where you were unable to cancel a Class Code if incorrectly entered by the student.
• Fixed an issue where the Online Safety Resources desktop shortcut was not being removed when you uninstall the student.
• Fixed an issue where turning off ‘Display student desktop shortcut’ for Online Safety resources would also remove the system tray icon.
• Resolved an issue where machines imaged with the same Mac address were overwriting each other.

• Support for the new Google integration services to allow additional device and student details to be pulled into the Web Portal.

Admin Portal
• Two additional class connection types are now available in Add Class – connect by device name or student email.
• A new Classes Settings option has been added (Organization and Site level), enabling you to choose which of the connection methods are enabled/disabled. You can also choose whether to allow class rosters to be pulled in from third-party SIS/SMS tools. Connection-related settings (by Device Group and Class Code) previously found in Miscellaneous Settings have been moved to this option.
• Miscellaneous Settings now includes a new feature enabling you to pull in student profile images from third-party tools and show them in the Teacher Console (Icon and Group View). Currently supports Google Classroom classes only.
• If the Online Safety component is enabled, the new Integrations Settings (Organization and Site level) brings together under one roof the options needed to integrate classroom.cloud with Microsoft 365 apps, MYCONCERN and CPOMS.
• The iOS Student Installers page now offers a downloadable MDM configuration file (plist) for use when deploying the classroom.cloud settings to student iPads when using MDM tools.

Teacher Portal/Console
• Support for the new Device List and Student List connection modes.
• As explained above, if the setting is enabled, student icon view and student groups will now display student images pulled in from Google Classroom.
• Battery status will now be displayed for each connected Mac student. Windows Student (1.40.0003)
• Supports the two new class connection types – by device name and Student email.

• Supports the two new class connection types – by device name and student email.

• Supports the two new class connection types – by device name and Student email.

• Supports the two new class connection types – by device name and Student email.
• Enhanced support when setting website restrictions (Approved/Restricted lists) for non-Safari browsers.
• Enhancements made when sharing the teacher screen to ensure it launches in the default browser set at the student device.
• Battery status will now be displayed for each connected Mac student in the Teacher Console.

• Supports class connections by device name.

• As mentioned above, a downloadable configuration file is now available on the installers page to help with deploying the required classroom.cloud settings to Student iPads using MDM tools.
• Supports class connections by device name.

Added support for Webclip shortcuts to open on the classroom.cloud Student.

Support for clickable URL’s sent by the teacher to students during a chat session.

Admin Portal
• Designed for school technicians,the newly-added Inventory tool gives you an instant view of the hardware and software installed on each classroom.cloud enabled device. The feature offers a wealth of grouping and filtering options enabling you to drill-down into the hardware and software lists in more detail, as well as the ability to switch between a standard itemized list and a more visual chart view.
• To support the introduction of classroom.cloud’s Inventory tool, a new Technician user role has been introduced. This can be assigned to members of the school’s IT team who do not necessarily require access to the web portals main administrative features. Organization and Site Administrators are automatcially given access to the Inventory tool.
• classroom.cloud can now integrate directly with the CPOMS Online Safety and Wellbeing application. When reviewing a triggered keyword in the classroom.cloud Online Safety component, you can link it to the student in your CPOMS environment – and continue to view the event in both classroom.cloud and CPOMS.
• classroom.cloud also now integrates with the Clever digital learning platform (US schools only). Clever single sign-on is supported by default. To activate and make use of the Clever Secure Sync rostering services, please contact your classroom.cloud account manager.
• A cancel/clear (x) button has been added to all search bars across the web portal.
• A new User Guide specific to the needs of Site Administrators is now available on the classroom.cloud dashboard.
• A number of security enhancements have also been implemented in this release.

• Added support for the new Inventory tool.

• Added support for the new Inventory tool.

• Added support for the new Inventory tool.

Apple iOS Student (01/04/2022 – v1.00.0007 now available in the Apple App Store) The Student app for iOS now includes support for classroom.cloud’s Online Safety tools.

The app will alert nominated staff members when students type or search for any terms that match with those in the classroom.cloud keyword database – providing
online safety indicators for self-harm, bullying, sexual and criminal exploitation and much more.

Students who do feel vulnerable can access via the app a list of relevant online resources should they want to seek external help with a particular problem or concern.

Admin Web Portal
• Newly available in the Online Safety component, Online Safety Groups can now be created to deliver focused monitoring of, for example, specific year groups or students considered vulnerable. Specific settings can be applied to each group of student devices.
• When viewing your Device Groups in list view, you can now sort the list alphabetically by clicking the arrow that appears alongside the column heading Device Group Name.
• Hot on the heels of the recent launch of the Student for macOS, we are delighted to announce a further extension to classroom.cloud’s multi-platform support with the release of the Student app for Apple iOS. Designed for iPad (iOS 11 and above), you can download the app from the Apple App Store or use the direct store link provided on the iOS Installers page in the web portal. Once downloaded, you simply use the app’s ‘Scan QR Code’ option to scan the code provided on the iOS Installers page to enroll the device into your classroom.cloud environment.

Teacher Web Console
• Right-click context menus (when in Thumbnail, Icon and Details view) now offer additional shortcuts to the most commonly used teacher features – lock/unlock and rewards.
• The currently selected state of the Student Toolbar (on/off) will now be remembered for each teacher when exiting a class. The same state will then be applied to each subsequent class the teacher launches.
• The Random Select ‘warning’ sound that plays at student devices can now also be toggled on or off at the teacher machine.

• Windows 11 support.
• Support for the Student Toolbar enhancement mentioned above.
• Support for the newly added Online Safety Groups feature.
• Updated Online Safety keyword libraries.
• Updated Online Safety resources list.

• Support for the newly added Online Safety Groups feature.
• Updated Online Safety keyword libraries.
• Updated Online Safety resources list. Includes a refreshed list of helplines in France.

This latest maintenance update includes the following fixes and enhancements:

• Fixed an issue where the Student would lockup if the WiFi disconnected while the teacher was viewing student screens.
• Fixed a deadlock issue that was preventing Students reconnecting if Windows shut down unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where, following a power on, the Student remained in an indeterminate state when attempting to reconnect if the device had previously shut down unexpectedly .
• Resolved an issue where background video recording continued at the Student (using additional CPU) when Keyword and Phrase Monitoring was turned off in the web portal. No data was being sent to the portal.
• Added support for Ctrl+Alt+Del and Windows button in the remote control window for Windows Server 2022 Students.

Adding to the range of supported Student platforms, we are delighted to announce the availability of the classroom.cloud Student application for macOS. This is a BETA release. The macOS Installers page in the classroom.cloud web portal provides the necessary installation files, along with a supporting guide that steps you through the installation process (for a standard install or using a MDM tool).

Admin Portal

• The Online Safety component now provides a list of online support resources (helplines, charities, and support agencies), that can be accessed by staff and
students if external help is required with a particular problem or concern. Staff can also add relevant local agencies to the pre-populated list if required.
• For schools with a MYCONCERN account, you can now directly integrate the app with classroom.cloud. When reviewing a triggered keyword in the classroom.cloud Online Safety component, you can link it to the student in your MYCONCERN environment – and continue to view the event in both classroom.cloud and MYCONCERN.
• The Online Safety settings now offers the option to Obfuscate images when reviewing keyword triggers. When reviewing a triggered event, if you are concerned about exposing a staff member to pictures that might offend or for privacy reasons, you can choose to blur the images or screenshots.
• Updated with latest Online Safety keyword libraries.

Teacher Console
• To maintain student focus during a lesson, the newly added Device Control feature allows the teacher to block the use of USBs, webcams and mute audio at student machines.
• Optimized Thumbnail performance to reduce bandwith usage.
• Shortcuts added to web and app monitoring to allow any currently viewed sites and applications to be quickly added to the approved or restricted list. Right-click on the displayed Fav icon and select Add to approved/restricted list.
• Quick Launch option is now even quicker! Double-click on any URL or App in the managed list to instantly launch the website or app at selected student devices.
• A context menu offering shortcuts to Chat, Watch and Remove student from class is now provided across all the main Teacher Console components. Right-click on a student thumbnail or on their name in list view.
• Newly added Change View toolbar icon provides an alternative method for switching between Thumbnails, Icons and Details mode.
• Ctrl+A keyboard support added to allow for quick selection of all student thumbnails.

Admin Portal 

• • • The Online Safety component now provides a list of online support resources (helplines, charities, and support agencies), that can be accessed by staff and
      students if external help is required with a particular problem or concern. Staff can also add relevant local agencies to the pre-populated list if required.
    • For schools with a MYCONCERN account, you can now directly integrate the app with classroom.cloud. When reviewing a triggered keyword in the classroom.
      cloud Online Safety component, you can link it to the student in your MYCONCERN environment – and continue to view the event in both classroom.cloud and
      MYCONCERN.
    • The Online Safety settings now offers the option to Obfuscate images when reviewing keyword triggers. When reviewing a triggered event, if you are concerned
      about exposing a staff member to pictures that might offend or for privacy reasons, you can choose to blur the images or screenshots.
    • Updated with latest Online Safety keyword libraries.

Teacher Console

• • To maintain student focus during a lesson, the newly added Device Control feature allows the teacher to block the use of USBs, webcams and mute audio at student
    machines.
  • Optimized Thumbnail performance to reduce bandwith usage.
  • Shortcuts added to web and app monitoring to allow any currently viewed sites and applications to be quickly added to the approved or restricted list. Right-click
    on the displayed Fav icon and select Add to approved/restricted list.
  • Quick Launch option is now even quicker! Double-click on any URL or App in the managed list to instantly launch the website or app at selected student devices.
  • A context menu offering shortcuts to Chat, Watch and Remove student from class is now provided across all the main Teacher Console components. Right-click on a
    student thumbnail or on their name in list view.
  • Newly added Change View toolbar icon provides an alternative method for switching between Thumbnails, Icons and Details mode.
  • Ctrl+A keyboard support added to allow for quick selection of all student thumbnails.

Windows Student

• Students can now access the newly added Online Safety Resources list via the Student icon in the system tray or a desktop shortcut icon (if enabled by the Admin in the Online Safety Resources settings).
• Support for the latest keyword libraries.
• Support added for the new Device Control component. The student toolbar now includes an icon confirming when USB blocking is enabled.

Chrome Student

• Students can now access the newly added Online Safety Resources list via the Student extension.
• Support for the latest keyword libraries.
• A teacher can use the newly added Device Control tools to mute the audio playing in the active browser window on student devices.
• Support added for custom notifications set by an Admin in Device Group configuration advising Chrome students when their device has been connected to or is being viewed.

• Resolved an issue where the student service on local accounts was not sending triggered online safety keywords to the classroom.cloud Web Portal.

• Now supports Remote Control. While watching/viewing a student, if you discover that something needs fixing, you can now take over control of the device. (Remote management currently supported on Samsung devices only).
• Added support for the new ‘Get Name’ feature.
• Newly added Turkish and Hungarian versions.

• Resolved an issue where you could not import users with just a classroom role at org level.
• Fixed issue in the tutor where it was not possible to scroll to see additional students in various views
• Added a Missing translation for “Safeguarding role” to various languages.

Admin Portal 

• Newly added ClassLink integration allows you to create and sign in to your classroom.cloud account with your ClassLink credentials. ClassLink icon will be displayed in the Users list where applicable.
• The Online Safety roles can now be included when adding classroom.cloud user accounts via the ‘bulk import via csv’ method. The role IDs to use in the csv to identify each role are 4 for Online Safety Admin and 5 for Online Safety User.
• In General Settings – Miscellaneous (Organization and Site level) you now have the option to prevent classes being created manually (My Classes – Add Class) using both the Device Group and/or Class Codes method. This will help avoid conflicts in environments where classes are generally imported into classroom.cloud from third party SIS/SMS applications (Google Classroom, Microsoft School Data Sync, ClassLink).
• A clearly visible count badge is now displayed in the Sites tree view to indicate how many Unassigned Devices are present within each site.
• When reviewing Online Safety keyword triggers, custom progress notes can be added in order to create a useful audit log of each event. The username of the person adding the note will be included. Any changes to the status (New, In Progress, False Alarm, Complete) will also be recorded in the notes.
• Online Safety keyword libraries updated.

Teacher Console

• Inline with the newly added ClassLink sign in capability, you can now import classes from ClassLink as well as Google Classroom and Microsoft School Data Sync. ClassLink icon will be displayed in the class list where applicable.
• Newly added ‘Get Name’ feature lets teachers ask students to register with their names at the start of a class.
• As described above, the ability a teacher has to manually create classes will be determined by whichever Miscellaneous setting(s) the Admin has switched on or off.
• Windows key shortcuts/commands are now supported when remote controlling a student device. ‘Hold Windows Key’ button now available in the View Window.
• New Copy Chat option lets you keep a permanent record of any chat session the teacher has had with a student. Right-click on any message in the open chat window and click Copy Chat to copy the entire discussion to the clipboard.
• The Send Message and Chat features now support text being pasted into the text boxes. Right-clicking in the text boxes will now display the Cut/Copy/Paste context menu.

Windows Student

• Added support for the new ‘Get Name’ feature.
• Updated Online Safety keyword lists.

Chrome Student

• Added support for the new ‘Get Name’ feature.
• Updated Online Safety keyword lists.

Admin Portal 

• The Online Safety component can now be configured to connect to your Office 365 Tenancy, enabling you to monitor for keywords and phrases in Microsoft Teams chats and channels.

Teacher Console

• While watching a student, the View window now includes a ‘screenshot’ button, enabling you to grab a real-time screenshot of the remote screen. The image will be date and time stamped and include the student’s name.

Admin Portal 

• The newly added Online Safety toolkit (optional component) helps keep your online environment protected by monitoring concerning activity, identifying students at risk and spotting trends. It alerts nominated staff members when students type or search for any terms that match with those in the classroom.cloud keyword library – providing indicators for bullying, self-harm, racism, exploitation, and more.
• A number of additional language packs are included to ensure your school can monitor concerning activity in students’ first languages.
• Hungarian and Turkish added to the range of supported portal languages.

Teacher Console

• Newly added Remote Control tools ensure that if you spot something that needs remedying while watching a student screen (currently Windows only), you can now take control of the remote device. An administrator can disable the option if needed.

Windows Student

• Added support for the Online Safety keyword monitoring component.
• Added support for teachers to be able to remote control Windows devices.

Chrome Student

• Added support for the Online Safety keyword monitoring component.

Offering a fresh design, the latest extension update introduces a new Student Information Bar.

Adding to the existing ‘Chat’ and ‘Request Help’ features, students can now:

• View lesson objectives and learning outcomes (if provided by the teacher) .
• Be advised of the current status of any internet restrictions that are in place.
• Access the list of approved websites for the current lesson.

Features supported on Android devices:

• Connect to students on the fly using a Class Code.
• Share your screen (or a selected application) and audio to help explain lesson activities.
• Monitor students’ screens in real time with adjustable thumbnail sizes – or use the Watch Mode to zoom in on an individual student’s screen and discreetly view activity.
• Gain students’ attention by locking their screens.
• Launch a website on students’ devices for a quicker start to the lesson.
• Track students’ understanding and progress in real time using surveys. Additionally, randomly select students to answer a question (Random Select mode).
• Interact using ‘chat’ or support students with help requests – without their peers knowing.
• Assign rewards to students during the lesson.

Admin Portal

• Inheriting Settings. When settings (user profiles, privacy, device group configurations etc) have been changed at site level, either for an individual site or across all sites, you now have the option to quickly revert back to using the global settings.
• Installer pages now display the ‘latest version’ number of the Student application. Adds to the recent introduction of the alert provided in the devices list identifying any machines running out of date versions of the student.

Teacher Console

• Share screen feature now offers the facility to separately mute the teachers microphone and/or the audio that might be playing at their PC.
• Send Message dialog now confirms that the unit of measurement for the Timeout is seconds.

Windows Student

• Newly added ‘Join Class’ desktop shortcut allows students to quickly enter a Class Code as and when provided by the teacher. Administrator’s have the option to enable/disable this option in Device Group settings.
• TLS1.2 support added in addition to TLS1.3.

Chrome Student

• Enhanced platform detection to ensure any devices not running Chrome OS are not registered in the portal.

Admin Portal

• The User Profile icon in the top right of the web portal now includes the ability to change your classroom.cloud password.
• The Devices list (Organization and Site level) will now highlight and prompt you to upgrade any devices that are running an old version of the Student application.
• The Users List (Organization and Site level) now includes the option to resend the invite email to users who are yet to respond to the original.

Teacher Console

• The Add Class option in My Classes now offers a second method for connecting to student devices. Connect by Class Code (a 6-digit code shared with students that establishes the connection with the teacher) is ideal when student devices are moving between classrooms and therefore making it difficult to connect to a single pre-defined Device Group.
• Your classroom.cloud Serial Number will now be displayed at the bottom left of the portal alongside the version number. (Teacher accounts only)

Windows Student

• Supports the new connect by Class Code feature. The Student system tray icon now includes the facility for students to enter/paste a Class Code once provided
  by the teacher.

Chrome Student

• Supports the new connect by Class Code feature. The Student extension icon now includes the facility for students to enter/paste a Class Code once provided by the teacher.

Teacher Console

• The newly introduced ‘Share Screen’ feature allows the teacher to broadcast their screen (the entire desktop, a selected application window or an open Chrome browser tab), with the option to include audio, to connected student desktops.

Chrome Student

• Students can now select a ‘priority’ when requesting teacher help – Work Complete, Need Help, Urgent Help.
• Added the ability for a student to cancel a request for help.
• Extended the number of characters for a help request message to 256.

Admin Portal

• The ability to import users via .CSV file is now available at Site level as well as Organization level.
• An acknowledgement email will now be sent to the Admin on completion of a user import detailing the number of new accounts created, any user emails that failed to validate, and reason for failure.

Teacher Console

• You can now open a Watch window by double-clicking on a Student in each of the View Modes (Thumbnails, Details and Icons), and when using the App and Web
  Monitoring features.

Admin Portal

• ‘Serial Number’ field added to the Licence page (in addition to Account ID) to further aid account identification in communications. This will be applied to existing as well as new accounts.
• ‘Refresh’ button added to the Devices and Unassigned Devices lists, Organization and Site level, to enable manual refresh of the device status, Out of Hours, Connected etc.

Teacher Console

• Quickly launch a Watch window by double-clicking on the required Student thumbnail.

Chrome Student

• Added additional entries to support tool for ‘Out of hours’ settings

Windows Student

• An ADMX template is now available to support the deployment of the Windows Student configuration by Group Policy.
• In conjunction with the ADMX template and ideal for large scale deployments where pre-prepared images are in use, a new command line instruction can also be used to ‘silently’ deploy the configuration – Setup /s /v/qnINSTALLTYPE=IMAGE.

Admin Portal

• To help with installations via Active Directory Group Policy, an ADMX template can now be downloaded from the Windows Installers page.
• Logos will now be displayed in the Users list, organization and site level, to confirm if a user has been authenticated using their Google or Microsoft credentials.

Teacher Console

• Logos will now be displayed in the ‘My Classes’ class list to indicate if any classes have been imported from Google Classroom or Microsoft School Data Sync.

Chrome Student

• Support added for the full desktop view behavior.

Admin Portal

• New option added to Device Group Configuration dialog (Organization and Site level), ‘Allow multiple teachers to connect to a student simultaneously.’
• New option added to Device Group Configuration dialog (Organization and Site level), ‘Disable Chromebook full desktop view.’ This offers the choice of remaining with the original behavior of being able to view the student’s browser only or including the ability to view the full desktop. The latter requiring the student’s to acknowledge a ‘share full screen’ prompt.

Teacher Console

• In Web Monitoring, when hovering over the displayed website ‘FavIcons’, tooltips detailing the page being viewed by the student will be displayed.
• As above, App Monitoring ‘FavIcons’ also now display tooltip text.

Chrome Student

• Fixed an issue where students joining a class late weren’t being connected to automatically.
• Resolved an auto-reconnect issue following a Wifi/Lan cable disconnect.
• Resolved an issue where the indicator for network connection type shown in the Teacher Console wasn’t updating automatically when switching between a wired and wireless connection.

Admin Portal

• Added language support (including localized Administrator Help Guides) – English US and UK, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese and Polish. The default language can be changed in Settings at Organization, Site or individual user profile level.
• Automatic refresh of key data across the Portal. For example, User Status changing from Invited to Active.
• ‘Shift-Click’ can now be used to aid selection in the Unassigned Devices and main Devices lists when moving multiple devices between Device Groups.

Teacher Console

• Added language versions as per Admin Portal.

Windows Student (v1.00.0002 released)

• Fixed an issue where Students in SIS imported classes were being ‘announced’ to all teachers in the organization not just the required one.
• Fixed an issue where the Student connection status was occasionally showing as ‘Available’ instead of ‘Not Connected’.
• Resolved a connection issue where the status was incorrectly displaying as ‘not connected’.
• Fixed an issue where failed connection attempts weren’t retried automatically.
• Fixed an issue where a maximized Chat Window was displaying under the Student Toolbar.

Chrome Student

• Language versions.
• Teachers can now view all activity on the students’ desktop – not just the activity taking place in the open browser window. Click here to learn more.
• New connection state added. Icon will now indicate if privacy settings (out of hours, off network) are in-force by turning orange.
• Administrator’s now have the option (in General Settings) to prevent unmanaged Chromebooks being enrolled.

Admin Portal

• For ease of reference, the Site IDs have been added to the Sites tile and list view.
• The Device list, in Organisation and Site views, can now be sorted by additional columns – last connected, location, asset id and version.
• Added the ability to sort an imported user list (CSV) by user name.
• Import Users search bar now includes additional fields to aid filtering – Title | Name | Email | Telephone Number | Role | Job Title.
• Last Logon date/time added to Users list in Organisation and Site views.

Teacher Console

• Watch Window Title Bar now displays the name of the student/machine being viewed.

• When creating user accounts, an Organization Admin can now bulk invite users by importing their details via a .csv file. (See Admin Guide for more information.)
• The existing method for inviting users has been enhanced and simplified. Organization and Site
• Admins can now create accounts for up to 10 users simultaneously simply by specifying the users emails, role and site(s).
• Invite email now asks the user to complete their profile.
• Tooltips, rather than text labels, added to toolbar icons in the Teacher Console.
• Improved grouping of toolbar icons in the Teacher Console relevant to the mode selected.
• Standard and feature specific icons grouped separately.
• Job Title field added to User Profile page.
• Additional titles (Dr, Prof, Ms, Mx) added to the User Profile pick list.