Session Controls: Create, Edit, & Delete Session Controls and Default Session Timeouts

Prerequisites

• Access to Classes
• Access to Session Controls
• Administration Access (for Default Timeouts)

Table of Contents

• View Session Controls
• Create Session Controls
• Applying Session Controls
• Default Session Timeout
• Feature Comparison Chart

View Session Controls

1. From the left-hand navigation panel, click Classroom Management.
   
   
   
   
2. Click Session Controls.                 
   
      

All of the existing session controls you have created will be listed. You can edit and delete them from this list too.

Create Session Controls

1. From the left-hand navigation panel, click Classroom Management.
   
   
   
   
2. Click Session Controls.     
   
   
   
   
3. Click Add Session Control.
   
   
   
   
4. For Create Session Controls,
   • Enter the Default Name and Duration.

Note: The Duration set here will be overridden if a school level Session Timeout has been set that is less than the duration set at this control. Sessions timed out by school settings will need to be restarted to resume. 

• • Toggle the following items to your preference:
    • • Lock device
      • Send message
      • Launch website
        
        

5. For Apply List at Start Session,

• • Click Block and Allow +.
    
    

The New List pop-up window displays.

• Enter a Title for the New List.
• Select a color.
• Choose if this is for the Allowed List or Blocked List.

For more information on allow/block lists please see this article: Classes: Allow and Block List

• Enter the website URL and click Add.

• You can add multiple sites to the list 

• Once you have added all the websites for this list, click Save And Apply to activate this list.

Under Session Controls, for the Apply List at Start Session section, you will now be able to select the list you just created.

6. For Create Capture Trigger, 

• • Click Add Trigger +.

• • Enter a Keyword.
  • If you want to be alerted when a student accesses that word, toggle the Send Alert option to the right.
  • Toggle the Create Note option to the right to make a note.
  • Select the Note Type.
  • Select Subtypes.
  • Click Save And Apply. 

• • To add another Trigger word, click Add Keyword.

7. Click Create to save the new Session Control. It can now be viewed, edited, or deleted under Session Controls.

Applying Session Controls

1. To Apply a Session Control List to a class: 

• • Navigate to Classroom Management > Classes and select the created session control from the drop-down list before starting the class

2. To Apply a Session Control List to default start with a class: 

• • Navigate to Classroom Management > Classes and select the edit icon under the class information. 

• • In the Update Class window, use the drop-down arrow to select a Session Control you want to apply to this class to automatically start when you start the session. Select Update to save your changes. 

Default Session Timeout

Default Session Timeouts are controls, set by administrators, to prevent students from being locked in a session outside of class time or outside of school hours. 

These controls will override any class level session control timeouts set by instructors. 

Instructors will always be able to end sessions prior to the default session time. 

Example: If a teacher sets a session control duration of 90 minutes, but the school has set a default session timeout of 60 minutes, the teacher's session will end at the 60-minute mark and will need to be restarted to cover the remaining time. 

1.  To set a school level session timeout, navigate to System Settings > Classroom Settings > Default Session Timeout.

2.  On the Default Session Timeout screen:

• • Select individual Schools you want to apply this setting to (or to apply to all schools, tick the All Schools box)
  • Use the dropdown menu to select a timeout threshold (current timeouts are 60, 120 or 180 minutes)
  • Select Apply when finished to save your settings

Feature Comparison Chart