SkieSkie for Enterprise · Problem
Students distracted by phones and apps in class
How do I stop students using games, social apps and the browser during lessons?
A tablet that opens everything is a distraction machine. Teachers cannot watch 40 screens, and a rule that depends on children obeying it does not last a week. The fix is to make the device itself only offer what the lesson needs.
18 questions on this problem
- How do I stop candidates searching the web on a tablet during an exam?Create a schedule window with only the exam app allowed, or use full-screen kiosk mode, which locks a device to one app. Chrome is off the list, so search is not available. The window...
- Can Skie disable the camera on school tablets?Disable camera is an optional switch, off by default. Set it on a group, for an exam batch or younger classes, and the camera is unavailable for every app on those tablets. Switch it off...
- Can Skie disable SMS on managed phones?Disable SMS is optional and off by default. On a managed phone, turn it on for a group and texting is switched off, which helps in class hours or on hostel phones. Skie does not read...
- Can a teacher give a class extra apps for just one lesson?A teacher or class admin can give a whole class extra apps for one lesson in a single step. The class app list and schedule stay unchanged. When the lesson window ends, the extras are...
- How do I set a school-hours schedule on student tablets?Create a window for each school day allowing only learning apps, plus another for after school. Tablets switch by themselves, so games and social apps are hidden during lessons without a...
- How do I stop students using social media on school tablets during class?Leave social apps off the group's app list and add a school-hours window allowing only learning apps. A social app that is not named is hidden, and one installed later is removed by the...
- What can a class admin or teacher do in Skie?A class admin or teacher works at group level. They see their own class and use only the controls the organisation allows, for example applying extra apps for one lesson to the whole class...
- Can a teacher lock every student tablet in the class during a lecture?A teacher or class admin opens their group in the dashboard and locks every tablet in it with one action, then releases them when the lecture ends. Their access stops at their own group....
- Can we run a tests-only mode on school tablets?Create a window for the test with days, start, end and a short allowed list, such as the test app and a calculator. The class switches to it on time and returns to the normal list when it...
- Can the same school tablet follow a timetable through the day?Each window has days, a start, an end and its own allowed apps, and windows can run overnight. The rules are cached on the tablet, so the switch happens on schedule even without a...
- How do we stop students using social media on school tablets?Leave social apps off the group's allowed list and they are hidden. The install guard silently removes anything a student adds later, and the Play Store can be hidden. In Chrome, safe-sites...
- What should we change on school tablets during exams?Create an exam window with a short app list, keep filtering on, hide the Play Store and, if wanted, turn on the optional screenshot block. Run the impact preview and a compliance check on...
- Can websites send notifications to managed student devices?Website notifications are blocked in Chrome by a device owner rule that is on by default. Sites cannot show a permission prompt, so students are not tempted to grant one. For classrooms...
- How can a teacher access extra content for one lesson without changing the filter?Skie can apply extra apps to a whole class for one lesson in a single step, using a schedule window. The teacher adds the apps, and when the window ends the devices return to the normal set...
- Can students change the wallpaper on managed tablets?Lock wallpaper is optional, off by default. Turn it on and students cannot change the wallpaper, which keeps a recognisable home screen on a shared fleet or exam set. Custom lock screen...
- Does Skie report app usage or screen time?Not yet. Usage reports, with minutes per app and unlock counts, and daily screen time limits are not available yet, and the team is working on them. Today Skie controls distraction at the...
- How can a school enforce a mobile phone policy for students?Skie enforces the policy on devices it manages: allowed apps, filtered web, timetable windows, blocked installs and locked settings are applied by Android itself. A personal phone Skie does...
- Should mobile phones be allowed in school?Whether to allow phones is the school's call. Where a school gives or approves managed devices for learning, Skie keeps them on task; the school solutions page shows how that looks.
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