The #1 choice for IT educators worldwide, NetSupport School delivers the tools you need to help maximize the effectiveness of computer-led teaching and now you can utilize the power of NetSupport School in a Google Chromebook education environment.

For use in an existing or new NetSupport-managed classroom, the NetSupport School Student app extension can be installed on each student Chromebook running Google Chrome OS. From the teacher's desktop they can then connect to each chromebook system enabling them to monitor the screens and interact with each student quickly and efficiently.

New in the latest Chromebook version:

• Show the teacher's screen. Ensure student attention and focus when presenting by 'showing' the teacher's desktop to selected student screens.
• Show an application at the teacher to all or selected students.
• Remote Control. As well as discreetly monitoring the students screens (Watch Mode), teachers can now interact with the students' Chromebooks with real time remote control (Share Mode). Ideal for providing 1:1 help and support to students as needed.

Key Features for Chromebook students:

• View a crystal clear thumbnail of each student chromebook in a single view.
• Click on a thumbnail to discreetly view screen activity on a slected chromebook.
• Remote Control. As well as discreetly monitoring the students screens (Watch Mode), teachers can now interact with the students' desktops with real time remote control (Share Mode). Ideal for providing 1:1 help and support to students as needed.
• Show the teacher's screen. Ensure student attention and focus when presenting by 'showing' the teacher's desktop to selected student chromebooks.
• Show an application to selected students.
• Lock the student's mouse and keyboard when instructing.
• Send an instant survey or request for feedback to each student and display results in real-time.
• Send an attention-grabbing message or instruction to each student chromebook.
• Block unauthorized websites.
• Use approved websites only.
• Block all Internet access.
• Launch a website on the Student chromebook.
• Close a website on the Student chromebook.
• During a view session you can copy the content of the clipboard between teacher and student machines.
• Block FTP Access on each chromebook.
• See details of the website that students are currently viewing.
• Ask students to register at the start of each lesson.
• 3 modes for grouping students by room to allow management of mobile students.

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Chrome Incognito Mode:

To ensure you retain full visibility of your students' internet use, it is recommended that you 'disallow' Incognito Mode in the Chrome OS User Settings. This can be done centrally via Google Apps for Education.

Installation and pre-requisites for Chrome

For a teacher to be able to monitor and interact with their students using Google Chromebooks, the NetSupport Name & Connectivity Server must be installed on a Windows PC; the NetSupport School Tutor also must be installed on the teacher's Windows computer, and the NetSupport School Student extension installed onto each of the students' Chromebooks. The Tutor and Students communicate via central the Name and Connectivity Server.

The NetSupport School student for Chrome OS can be used with your existing NetSupport School licences already purchased (as long as you have sufficient unused licences), or additional ChromeOS only student licences can be purchased from your NetSupport Reseller at a reduced cost.

Please refer to the following documents for step-by-step installation and configuration instructions on Chromebooks.

Documents:

Configuring NetSupport School for use with the NetSupport School Student for Google Chrome

Configuring the NetSupport School Student for Google Chrome

Centrally Configuring the NetSupport School Student for Google Chrome Connectivity Options

ChromeOS Downloads:

NetSupport School Student Extension Download for ChromeOS
Please Note: Please refer to the document Configuring the NetSupport School Student for Google Chrome for installation help.
NetSupport School Tutor and Name & Connectivity Server Download for Windows
Please Note: Please refer to the document Configuring NetSupport School for use with the NetSupport School Student for Google Chrome document for installation help.