What's new in Classroom

Learn about the latest updates to Classroom for iPad and Classroom for Mac.

Classroom turns your iPad or Mac into a powerful teaching assistant, helping a teacher guide students with iPads through a lesson, see their progress, and keep them on track. With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student device at the same time, or launch a different app for each group of students. Classroom helps teachers focus on teaching so students can focus on learning.

What's new in Classroom 3.5 for iPad and Classroom 2.5 for Mac

Earlier versions

Learn what's new in earlier versions of Classroom for Mac and Classroom for iPad.

What's new in Classroom 2.4.1 for Mac

Join Classroom sessions remotely over the Internet or nearby via Bluetooth proximity

  • Students are notified with a ringtone and banner when there is a request to connect to a remote Classroom session
  • Enhanced controls allow students to disconnect from a remote Classroom session and set a time to auto-disconnect once their device is asleep
  • Classroom sessions can simultaneously support a mix of nearby and remote students

Improved group management and controls

  • Use the sidebar navigation to easily create, manage, and edit groups in fewer taps
  • Use smart groups to quickly view students based on proximity or remote connections and foregrounded app
  • Manage students' devices based on device status including device type, online or offline, and low battery

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom 2.4.1 for Mac.

What's new in Classroom 2.3 for Mac

What's new in Classroom 2.2 for Mac

  • Access classes set up through Apple School Manager by signing into your device with a Managed Apple ID
  • Use AirPlay to project class details to Apple TV when inviting students to join a teacher-created class
  • Adjust the size of students' screens using Pinch-to-Zoom

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom 2.2 for Mac.

What's new in Classroom 2.1 for Mac

What's new in Classroom 2.0 for Mac

What's new in Classroom 1.0.1 for Mac

About Classroom 1.0 for Mac

What's new in Classroom 3.4.1 for iPad

Join Classroom sessions remotely over the Internet or nearby via Bluetooth proximity

  • Students are notified with a ringtone and banner when there is a request to connect to a remote Classroom session
  • Enhanced controls allow students to disconnect from a remote Classroom session and set a time to auto-disconnect once their device is asleep
  • Classroom sessions can simultaneously support a mix of nearby and remote students

Improved group management and controls

  • Use the sidebar navigation to easily create, manage, and edit groups in fewer taps
  • Use smart groups to quickly view students based on proximity or remote connections and foregrounded app
  • Manage students' devices based on device status including device type, online or offline, and low battery

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom 3.4.1 for iPad.

What's new in Classroom 3.3 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 3.2 for iPad

  • Access classes set up through Apple School Manager by signing into your device with a Managed Apple ID
  • Use AirPlay to project class details to Apple TV when inviting students to join a teacher-created class
  • Adjust the size of students' screens using Pinch-to-Zoom

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom 3.2 for iPad.

What's new in Classroom 3.1.1 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 3.1 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 3.0 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 2.3.1 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 2.3 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 2.2 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 2.1 for iPad

  • When the teacher ends a class session, a new screen presents a summary of student activity timelines before returning the teacher to the class chooser.
  • Share URLs, documents, images, and more to individual students or to groups using the new drag and drop functionality in iOS 11.
  • Three new Configuration Profile restrictions allow you to set, configure, or force the "Join Classes," "Lock Apps and Device," and "AirPlay and View Screen" settings for teacher-created classes to match the behavior of admin-created classes.

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom 2.1 for iPad.

What's new in Classroom 2.0 for iPad

  • Create classes within Classroom and invite nearby students to join
  • Share documents and links to student devices via AirDrop (replaces the Classroom Share Extension)
  • Students can share documents and links with their teacher via AirDrop
  • Mute audio on student devices

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom 2.0 for iPad.

What's new in Classroom 1.1.2 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 1.1.1 for iPad

What's new in Classroom 1.1 for iPad

About Classroom 1.0 for iPad

Assign Shared iPads to students

  • Once configured, Classroom connects to nearby student devices.
  • Classroom intelligently assigns the right student to each Shared iPad based on which device the student used last time.
  • Once students are done, the teacher can easily log them out to prepare each Shared iPad for the next class.

Start, focus, or pause student work

  • Launch any app, website, or book on student devices with a tap
  • Lock devices into a single app to help students focus
  • Lock screens to pause work or refocus your class

See what your students see with Screen View

  • See an overview of all student screens at once
  • Focus on a single student screen
  • Students are informed when their screens are being viewed

Share student work on the classroom Apple TV

  • Showcase the great work your students are doing to the class
  • Use AirPlay to wirelessly present a student's screen
  • Students are informed when their screens are being presented

Reset forgotten passwords right in the classroom

  • Reset a Managed Apple ID password without calling IT

Organize student devices using groups

  • Classroom automatically creates groups of students based on the apps they are using
  • Teachers can create groups to break students into project teams
  • Perform actions on entire groups or on individual students within groups

Great for use with both 1:1 and Shared iPad student devices

  • All actions take place over the local network only

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