Observer lets a teacher run a whole Windows computer lab from one PC. See every student screen live, open a sharp low-delay big view, take control of a student PC, lock screens, send messages and files, answer help calls, give stars, and switch lab PCs on and off over the network. Built-in question banks and tests with marking and records for every student.
Everything stays inside the school network: no internet, no account, and every link between PCs is encrypted.
Observer comes as two Microsoft Store apps:
- Observer Faculty (teacher PC): free download, works fully for a free week with no card, then a yearly subscription. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NB0C23C6SBK
- Observer Student (every student PC): free. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NNJ78GZVPBX
Get Observer only from the Microsoft Store. More details: https://github.com/dsvakola/observer
Features
- Live pictures of every student screen, in a grid or a seating plan
- Sharp low-delay big view of any student (hardware H.264)
- Take control of a student PC's mouse and keyboard
- Show the teacher's screen to the whole class
- Lock screens, send messages, send and collect files
- Help button: students call the teacher with one click
- Switch lab PCs on (Wake-on-LAN), restart and shut down
- Question banks with chapters and Easy, Difficult, Hard levels
- Eight question types, import from Excel or CSV
- Tests with timer, extra time, marking, results and records
- Works without internet; every link is encrypted
- Light and dark themes, sharp at 100% to 300% scaling
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