Back to School: 4 Tips to Help Teachers Ease Back into Their 1:1 Classrooms This Fall

It’s that time of year again, and teachers are already working to get their physical and digital classrooms in order. As you begin preparing for this upcoming school year, check out these tips, time-saving features, and training opportunities to help teachers more effectively keep students focused and engaged with Lightspeed Classroom Management.

1. Set up and organize your classes for easy management on Day One

Prepare for the first day of class by customizing your My Classes Homepage. You can easily organize your classes with color-coded tiles and arrange students exactly into any order you want (match to your seating chart!) by dragging and dropping the thumbnails into the order of your choosing.

2. Master these favorite features to reduce distractions and save time

• Explore multiple screen-viewing options: A convenient slider allows you to move back and forth between a view of all the screens in the class to a zoomed-in view on just a few or even just one screen, making it easy to reduce distractions and keep students on task.
• Send instant messages directly to students: Keep students focused and productive with pre-defined or custom instant messages. You can choose to message the whole class, a group, or an individual student—ensuring real-time communication without disrupting class.
• Merge classes: Save time by quickly combining classes and sections for seamless monitoring from one view.

3. Get to know exciting new features that give you even more control

• Manage Student AI Use: Confidently introduce and manage AI in class with real-time notification of student AI activity to evaluate appropriate use.
• Quickly Set Web Rules: Maintain control faster with our enhanced navigation, plus view and apply your co-teacher lists
• Coming this Fall – Assign Co-Teachers: Directly assign co-teachers for easier collaboration! Customize their permission levels and schedules for added help managing classes.

4. Take advantage of ongoing support and training

• Sign up for a weekly live training session: Join us to learn everything from basic set-up and navigation to class controls, such as Web Rules for allowing and blocking websites.
• Visit our YouTube Classroom Tutorial playlist: Go from novice to pro by watching our on-demand Lightspeed Classroom Management training videos.
• For IT Leaders: Spread the word with this ready-to-use email template: Get your teachers ready and excited to start the year strong with Lightspeed Classroom Management! We’ve created a customizable email template to help you easily share our free training resources. It’s a quick and effective way to ensure your teachers know about the tools and support available to keep their classrooms running smoothly from day one.

Let Lightspeed Classroom Management help you more effectively manage your 1:1 classroom this upcoming year! Interested in learning more? Schedule a demo today.