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Classroom controls, Q&A and Live Desk
Pace the lesson with timer and laser, collect questions in Q&A, check desks privately with Live Desk, and use Quest focus and page tools when the room needs tighter direction.
Run the room from the board.
What classroom controls are
Classroom controls are the teaching tools that sit around the canvas: laser, timer, raise hand, Q&A, Live Desk, and — on higher plans — focus mode, page assignment, hidden pages, and class progress with Quest. They turn a shared board into a managed lesson.
That matters online and in the room. Pace the activity, collect questions without chaos, see desk cameras privately as the teacher, and keep every collaborator on the page you are teaching when focus matters.
Why teachers open classroom tools
Pace the room
Visual timer with optional show-on-broadcast and lock-on-end behaviour.
Collect questions
Q&A panel for learner questions, replies, statuses, and export.
See the desk
Live Desk shares student cameras with the teacher only — not with the whole class.
Hold attention
Focus mode, lock-to-page, and hide/show pages when the lesson must stay on one beat.
Basic classroom tools start at Standard+. Advanced page and focus controls are Quest+.
Inside basic classroom tools (Standard+)
- Laser — point without permanently marking the page
- Visual timer — optional show on broadcast, lock on end, sound
- Raise hand — signal for attention in the same session UX
- Q&A panel — enable/disable; messages; replies; statuses; blocked words; export PDF; go-to-page links
- Live Desk View — teacher-only camera tiles with student consent and privacy copy
How Q&A fits the lesson
Enable Q&A when you want questions in-channel
Keep chat chaos out of Meet by collecting questions on the board.
Reply, status, or jump to a page
Tie an answer to the page that holds the explanation.
Export when you need a record of the thread
PDF export for follow-up — still not a student identity database.
Q&A text is session content. Prefer non-identifiable display names.
Advanced classroom controls (Quest+)
| Control | Teaching use |
|---|---|
| Require name on join | Display names required — still not a school ID system |
| Focus mode | Reduce distraction while you lead |
| Page hide / show | Reveal beats when the class is ready |
| Page–student assign / assign-all | Give collaborators a page to own |
| Lock-to-page | Keep everyone on the page you are teaching |
| Allow / restrict page adds | Control whether new pages appear mid-lesson |
| Show cursors | Make presence visible when it helps |
| Class progress (with Quest) | See ladder progress from the board session |
Live Desk privacy
Live Desk is for the teacher’s eyes: student cameras are not a gallery for peers. Consent and privacy copy travel with the feature — use it for handwriting checks and desk work, not for surveillance culture.