Open, lock, or share information in apps with Classroom

You can open an app on all the students’ devices. To complete this task, each student must have the app on their device.

1. Open the Classroom app on your iPad, then do one of the following:

   • Tap All.

   • Tap a specific group.

   • Manually create a group.

2. In the row of actions, tap Open , then do one of the following to open that app on the devices of all selected students:

   • Tap an app in the list.

   • Swipe down in the app list to reveal the Search bar and enter the name of the app, then tap the app.

   You can also choose to open the app on your own device.

To open an app for a single student, see Open an app on a student’s device.

To help keep students on task, you can hide open apps on students’ devices.

1. Open the Classroom app on your iPad, then do one of the following:

   • Tap All.

   • Tap a specific group.

   • Manually create a group.

2. In the row of actions, tap Hide .

You can lock an app open on students’ iPad devices and prevent the students from closing the app or opening up any other app. To complete this task, all the students must all have the app on their iPad devices.

1. Open the Classroom app on your iPad, then do one of the following:

   • Tap All.

   • Tap a specific group.

   • Manually create a group.

2. In the row of actions, tap Open , then do one of the following to open that app on the iPad devices of all selected students:

   • Scroll to locate the app in the list.

   • Swipe down in the app list to reveal the Search bar, then enter the name of the app.

3. Turn on “Lock in app after opening,” then tap to open the app.

   You can also choose to open the app on your own iPad.

To lock an app open for a single student, see Lock an app open (iPad-only).

If you turned on “Lock in app after opening,” you must follow these steps to turn it off:

1. Open the Classroom app on your iPad, then select the group that had “Lock in app after opening” turned on.

2. In the row of actions, tap Unlock to turn off “Lock in app after opening.”

   Note: If you perform this task with a group in which some students have their devices locked, their screens will become unlocked.

To close a locked-open app for a single student, see Close a locked-open app (iPad-only).

You can also share a document from an app. For example, you can share a document from the Pages app.

1. Open the Classroom app on your iPad, then do one of the following:

   • If the document is open: Tap More , then tap Send a Copy.

   • If the document is closed: Tap Share in the document manager, tap Send a Copy, then tap the document.

2. Depending on the app, you may be able to select a document format.

3. From the AirDrop row, tap your class from the list.