Walpole Public Schools has implemented a new app called Classwize. Classwize allows teachers to monitor activity on student devices during class in order to help students stay focused and on task. We appreciate that, with apps regarding access and privacy, it is important to be transparent about what Classwize does and does not monitor.

What does Classwize do?

During school hours, teachers can view, open, and close any open browser tabs for students in their class. Teachers can direct students to specific websites and can limit which sites students can visit during a class activity. 


What can teachers see?

  1. Teachers can monitor or control student screens 7am - 4pm on weekdays, and not at all on weekends. This will be turned off for vacations of 5 days or longer, though it may stay active for one-day holidays or snow days.

  2. Teachers can see what students are viewing in Google Chrome when signed into WPS Google accounts. This includes:

    - Chrome browser activity on school-owned or personal Chromebooks (when signed in with a WPS account)

    - Chrome browser activity on school-owned or personal Windows or MacOS devices, but only when signed in and synced with a Chrome profile with a WPS account. [Note that in Windows and MacOS, this is different than being just logged into Google. It is only active if students see their user icon up next to the "three-dots" settings icon.]
  3. Teachers cannot see:

    - Activity before 7am or after 4pm on weekdays
    - Activity on weekends
    - Chrome activity using a personal Google account profile
    - Activity on Windows or MacOS personal devices outside of the Chrome browser.
    - Activity on an Android or iOS phone
  4. Teachers and staff cannot see the screens of other teachers and staff, even if they are enrolled as "students" in a Classroom.

  5. Students cannot see the screens of other students, even if they are "co-teachers" of a club Classroom.

** Important reminder: The WPS district IT team can look up Chrome browser history for WPS Google accounts for any activity day or night, as well as any internet traffic using the WPS building wifi.