Objective:

To enhance classroom management and digital safeguarding by allowing staff (teachers or IT admins) to remotely control a student's laptop when inappropriate online behavior is detected, such as accessing non-educational or harmful websites.

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Core Features:

• Teachers or IT admins can request temporary control over a student’s laptop during a lesson or monitoring session.

• Once granted (automatically or manually), they can:

o Copy and paste links to document what the student was accessing.

o Close inappropriate tabs/windows.

o Navigate the screen to help redirect the student to the right content.

o Take screenshots or video recordings as evidence.

• Ability to copy URLs from the student’s browser/tab without needing to rely on them.

• Supports real-time capture of links to sites that violate the school’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

• When a student visits a flagged or blocked site, the system notifies the teacher.

• The teacher can choose to:

o Take over control instantly.

o Send a warning message or lock the screen.

o Redirect the student’s browser to an approved resource.

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Privacy & Security Considerations:

• Control is time-limited and logged.

• All actions are audited (e.g., who accessed what, when, and why).

• Parents and students are informed of the system’s capabilities during onboarding.

• Only authorized personnel (e.g., safeguarding leads, digital learning leads) have control access.

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Use Cases:

• A student is repeatedly accessing inappropriate YouTube content. The teacher can immediately take control, copy the link for reporting, and close the tab.

• A student receives a suspicious link via chat/email. The teacher can take control, investigate, and ensure no phishing or malware risk.

• During exams, if a student attempts to browse unrelated content, control can be used to lock down or redirect the session.

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Benefits:

• Enhances student safety and focus.

• Provides real-time evidence for safeguarding logs.

• Reduces classroom disruption.

• Empowers teachers to act instantly without escalating everything to IT.

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Integration with Lightspeed:

• Ties into existing Lightspeed Classroom Management, Relay Filter, and Lightspeed Alert systems.

• Uses the same dashboard interface to keep teacher training and UI simple.