Classroom is an
iPadOS
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app, developed by
Apple Inc., which allows teachers to view,
remote control
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, and
transfer files to students in their classes. The app allows teachers to assign activities to students.
Schoolwork
Schoolwork is companion app for Classroom, announced during Apple's
edtech
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event in March 2018 and released in June 2018. The free app allows teachers to distribute documents,
iBook
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files, web links, and assignments through ClassKit (such as
Kahoot!
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quizzes) with due dates. Students can hand-in those assignments via the app for teachers to view and provide feedback via the app.
The app allows teachers to view what students are doing on their screen. ClassKit allows developers of educational apps to create links for specific function in their application, which teachers can subsequently assign to students. It also relays the results of the student's actions back to the Schoolwork app to be shared with the teacher.
See also
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Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a free blended learning platform developed by Google for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process o ...
References
iOS software
2016 software
Apple
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IOS-based software made by Apple Inc.