A teacher's app

In the light of COVID-19 and your move to up the number of people allowed in one call and sharing screens, I was wondering if you could bring it one step further. I realize this would mean a lot of work for you all, but it could seriously help out a lot of teachers and students.

What I as a teacher would need:

1: The call itself, up to 35 students at once in my classroom. To make sure they listen to what I'm saying and aren't just annoying other students around them, a function for the host/teacher to mute students

2: A way to see what my students are up to. With a click of a button I can check any of my student's screens.

3: A way for me share a video or school board so that the students can all see it at the same time.

I see this host/teacher as being in the middle of the screen, a video call with all of the students visible for the teacher.

On the other side, the students all see the teacher and a second screen, the school board.

I have no idea how much you'd need to add and change to remotely come close to something like this. But I do know it'd make teaching a whole lot easier.

!🐺kikopower🐺[Lvl. 1]

March 16, 2020 22:26

1. Because of hardware limitations, 35 people in a video call would take a harsh toll on the the connection.

2. Isn't that a technical invasion of privacy? Also, do you mean that you can see your students or your students PC screen?

3. Try live-streaming via YouTube.com. They have a built in private streaming feature that you can use to share to your students.

I know what you're trying to get at... But it's all because of hardware limitations or non-existent features. All I can say is that this gets up-voted by a bunch of teachers... Or you can submit a request via https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new under Help & Support > Feedback/New Feature Request.

Anyways, good luck with teaching during this crisis and I hope you and your students stay safe and healthy.

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