ClassConnect Portal
TroubleShooting Dashboard ClassView
If your Learnpads are not connecting in ClassView and your organisation uses a proxy server, you may need to tick a box in your management computers Internet options. On your Windows PC navigate to Control Panel Change the view to small icons and ...
Installing 3rd Party Apps onto your Learnpads
IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility to seek permission from the publisher of any app before following this process. Open chrome and navigate to the website APKpure https://apkpure.com/ Search for the application you would like to install for ...
Managing lessons
April 14, 2014 Lessons are collections of up to six Categories. You can copy existing Lessons or create new ones from scratch. Lessons can be customised with different names and background wallpapers to suit your classroom. From the Lesson management ...
Cloud Storage: Dropbox & Google Drive
April 16, 2014 Cloud Storage Applications Cloud storage is where your students files are stored on an off-site server. The storage company usually takes care of backing up your data and makes it available to you via a web browser or dedicated ...
Switching on & off
April 16, 2014 Power Controls The exact instructions may differ slightly depending upon the age and type of LearnPad you are using. If you require additional assistance, please contact us. Switching On To switch LearnPad on quickly press and release ...
Dashboard View
April 3, 2014 The LearnPad Dashboard provides an at-a-glance view of the devices in your organisation. It allows you to check your devices before a lesson starts and also to control them during the lesson. The Dashboard comprises a device list, a ...
Managing Places
April 14, 2014 Places can help you manage locations for LearnPads within your school. Using Places allows a teacher to set a pre-defined lesson and focuses the LearnPad Dashboard view onto the devices the teacher wants to manage. Creating Places: ...
Enrolling in an organisation
April 14, 2014 Enrolling your LearnPads allows you to monitor and control them from the ClassConnect dashboard. It can also allow devices to download potentially sensitive content, so enrollment should be restricted to approved devices only. To ...
User Management
April 16, 2014 Inviting Users to an Organisation Administrators, teachers, and teaching assistants can all be added to your Organisation with different roles depending on their responsibilities. 1. Log in to your organisation. 2. Click the “Manage” ...
Subordinate organisations
April 16, 2014 LearnPad organisations can be hierarchical, for instance a school can create seperate subordinate organisations for primary and secondary departments. This allows different users to assume different roles within those organisations, ...
Changing LearnPad Passwords
Setting LearnPad Passwords By default, LearnPad can be unlocked using either one of two passwords which can be found on the Unlocking LearnPad page. Using the Passwords page, it is possible for Organisation Administrators to specify new passwords to ...
Upgrading the LearnPad Version
April 16, 2014 The current version of the LearnPad software installed on your devices can be seen in the Version Info section of the Information Page. The version number is composed of four parts, but the final part uniquely identifies each version ...
Hand In, Hand Out and ClassCloud
April 16, 2014 ClassCloud – Using Hand In and Hand Out LearnPad ClassCloud is secure cloud storage which is used in conjunction with LearnPad InClass features (Hand In and Hand Out). Hand In is a feature of LearnPad InClass that allows students to ...
User Roles Explained
April 23, 2014 LearnPad allows you to assign or invite users to your organisation. You are able to assign different user roles depending upon the level of access each user requires. When you first register a LearnPad account you have the option to ...
The Teacher Menu
April 25, 2014 Accessing the Teacher Menu The Teacher Menu is only available when LearnPad is unlocked. It contains resources that you only want to make available to the teacher, such as an unlocked browser. The Teacher Menu is available by tapping ...
Message of the Day
A 'Message of the day' can now be set at the Organisation level to display in the ClassVR and ClassConnect portal after login. You will require 'Admin' or 'Owner' access to set or remove this message. The primary reason is to display important ...
Switching Organisations
July 10, 2014 Users who are members of multiple organisations or who manage accounts that have subordinate organisations, can switch between the organisations they manage by clicking the pencil icon next to their organisation name at the top right ...
Dashboard Table View
July 10, 2014 The Dashboard Table View supersedes the “Devices” management page; it provides an overview of the state of your devices at the last check-in. Please note, the table does not update in real-time, the “Last Access” column will indicate ...
Voucher Codes and Licenses
July 10, 2014 For each device enrolled within your organisation you are required to assign a license. When you receive your LearnPads you will also receive a teacher pack which will contain the LearnPad license agreement and your license codes for ...
Handing Out Work to Devices
LearnPad’s Hand Out feature makes it easy for teachers to send resources such as worksheets, tests and supplementary learning materials to their pupils’ devices. To hand out resources: 1. Log into the ClassConnect portal. 2. Choose the Dashboard. 3. ...
The Toolbox
When a LearnPad is locked for student use, the only ways in which a student may access content are via: The active Lesson. The Toolbox. Whilst the Lesson on a LearnPad is intended to change often, the Toolbox is always available and contains ...
Creating a custom Teacher Tools Category
Unless you make changes, your organisation will have our default Teacher Tools category. If you would like to change what's available in this Category, you can do so, provided you are an Admin user. Finding and copying the default Teacher Tools Log ...
Adding apps not available in ClassConnect
If you would like to use an app on your LearnPads that is not available when you search the Resources area of ClassConnect, you can add it yourself by following these steps. Making the necessary tools available in your school The easiest way to do ...
Creating file Resources
LearnPad can distribute one or more files as a “Resource”. This includes photos, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets e-books, PDFs, MP3 audio files and MP4 videos. You can either create a new file Resource independently, or ...
Troubleshooting BBC Bitesize websites
If you've added a BBC Bitesize Learner Guide or video as a website Resource, you may find the following occurs when you lauch the Resource on a LearnPad and try to play a video on the page: A message appears stating Android application ...
Installing user certificates
Web connected devices use SSL Certificates to confirm the identity of servers they need to connect to securely. In some cases, servers can use a certificate that hasn’t been signed by a recognised certifying authority (a self-signed certificate). If ...
Creating and managing website Resources
Website Resources are Resources that link to web pages. They help pupils to work independently and maintain focus by taking them directly to sites that their teacher requires, avoiding the distractions of the wider Internet. i Finding the URL of a ...
Troubleshooting website resources: 'http://... is not approved'
If you are seeing an error message stating that a website is not approved, this can usually be fixed easily. The LearnPad Browser works on a whitelisting basis, to help teachers maintain focus in the classroom. This means that when the tablet is ...