LearnPad Tablets for Schools: ClassConnect Portal Hand In, Hand Out and ClassCloud

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 submit their work (such as documents or photographs) to the teacher. The teacher can easily view, edit, save, print or send back the documents from within the LearnPad portal.

Hand Out is a feature of LearnPad InClass that allows teachers to send documents to either an individual or a group of LearnPads (such as a marked copy of a student’s work or an exam paper).

ClassCloud chronologically archives students work and allows each school to store up to 2GB of student documents free of charge. Additional storage can be purchased if required.

Hand In
To hand in work:

1. Locate the document that you wish to send (hand in).
2. Touch and hold on the document name until the file management toolbar appears. Choose ClassCloud.



3. Amend the file name if required and touch the Send button.


To send work using the share function in compatible apps:

1. From the list of options, select ClassCloud.


2. Amend the file name if required and touch the Send button.


After you have handed in a document you may see one of the following icons in the notification bar:


 
Indicates the document is currently being uploaded to the ClassCloud storage.
 
Indicates the upload has been queued. (This will happen if a network connection is not available.)
 
Indicates that the upload has failed. The upload will be re-attempted until successful.
Limiting File Sizes
To prevent large files from being submitted via Hand In or Hand Out, Admin users are able to set a maximum size – the default file size is 10MB. This is an organisational level setting.

1) At the top right hand side of the page click on the organisation name

2) In the “ClassCloud Settings” section, click the pencil icon to edit the size limit for Hand In and Hand Out – Note: The size shown in in bytes.


Send work to other devices
Before resources can be exchanged between devices, this must first be enabled in the ClassConnect Portal. To do this:

  • Log into the ClassConnect Portal.
  • Click your organisation name in the top-right of the page.


Under Device Settings, change Allow Neighbour Sharing to Yes.


When sending files to neighbouring devices, all devices available within the school are displayed by default. If devices have been assigned to a place however, they will only be able to send to devices within that place. This makes it easy for teachers to ensure that pupils can only send to devices within the same class, for example.

Sending work to a neighbouring device using the LearnPad file browser:
1. Locate the document that you wish to send to a neighbour device.
2. Touch and hold on the document name until the file management toolbar appears. Choose ClassCloud.


3.Select the name of the neighbouring device from the To field. Amend the file name if required and touch the Send button. The file will be transferred.
4.Touch on the neighbouring device that you wish to send to. The file will be transferred.


Sending work to a neighbouring device using the share function in compatible apps:

1. From the list of options, touch ClassCloud.


2. Select the name of the neighbouring device from the To field. Amend the file name if required and touch the Send button. The file will be transferred.


Locating received files:
Files that have been received from neighbouring devices using the Share to Neighbour feature are stored in the Download folder on the device. To open a received file:

1. Open the Toolbox.
2. Touch Documents.


3. Touch Download.


4. Touch the folder named with the date on which the file was received.


5. Touch the folder named with the name of the device from which the file was sent.


6. The file(s) received are displayed.


ClassCloud
Teachers can manage the documents that have been handed in through the LearnPad Portal.

1)   Click on the “Manage” tab.
2)   From the “CONTENT” menu click ClassCloud.
3)   Click on the HandIn folder.
4)   Click on the date that you wish to view documents for.
5)   You will now see a list of student names (if they were logged in) or device names if they weren’t, below is an example:

Click on a name to view the documents for that device/student.
6)   Click on a document to download it or open it in your web browser:

7)   Select the checkbox and then click delete now from the Actions menu to delete documents:

8)   Click the Symbol to refresh the list of files.


You can access the list of devices or students who have submitted documents on the current day directly from the LearnPad Dashboard. Simply click the link on the right hand side of the page.

It is also possible to view all files that have been handed out to students by choosing the HandOuts folder at step 3. Handouts are grouped into folders according to which teacher has handed out the documents.

Hand Out
To hand out resources:

1. Log into the ClassConnect portal.
2. Choose the Dashboard.


3. Select the LearnPad device(s) that you wish to “hand out” the resources to and either:
  • Choose Select a File to Send from the right-hand page navigation and proceed to step 4 or:
  • Drag and drop the files that you would like to send onto Select a file to Send from the right-hand page navigation and proceed to step 5.


4. Select the file that you wish to send to the device(s).


5. The resource will be Handed Out to the device(s). Each device will display a notification informing the pupil that a new Hand Out has been received. The resource can be opened by touching on the notification.


Hand Outs are stored in the Handouts folder on each LearnPad device, grouped by the name of the teacher who sent them. The Handouts folder can be found in the Toolbox.


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