Interactive smart boards, particularly EDLA boards officially licensed by Google, are increasingly prevalent in classrooms using Google services. With Google Classroom reaching 150 million downloads, integrating Google services with smart boards is a natural progression.

Teachers value quick access to their cloud accounts, personalized settings, and app shortcuts. With EDLA boards, their apps are now far more stable, and smart boards can offer Google Classroom integration.

However, with the rise of flipped classrooms, teachers are moving from room to room more and sharing interactive displays. This creates a problem: different users need different settings and apps, plus there’s a greater risk of a teacher’s data leaking.

Most EDLA boards on the market offer a combination of the following inadequate solutions:

• Personal email login that risks data leaks and is unmanageable for IT.

• Local accounts for every teacher on every board that create a workload burden for school IT admins.

• Shared teacher accounts that require constant app and website login/logout, jeopardizing individual settings, and creating access risks.

• Dedicated login apps that waste valuable time for teachers and students.

Teachers and IT admins need a solution that offers:

• Secure multi-user access with individual user accounts.

• Seamless user switching with personalized settings and app profiles preserved.

• Efficient and secure login processes.

There is one company that has a solution for this problem. BenQ tackles this challenge with a unique combination of its Account Management System (AMS) and Identity Access Management (IAM) to provide:

Individual user accounts: Every teacher receives their own secure space on the board, eliminating the risks associated with shared accounts or personal email logins. IT admins can effortlessly set up thousands of teacher accounts by simply syncing with their preferred directory services. These include Google Workspace, ClassLink, Microsoft Entra ID, LDAP servers, plus other SAML-based providers.

Effortless login and secure access: Teachers simply tap their NFC card on any board in their school for a single sign-on (SSO) user experience. This grants them instant access to the board, all their signed-in apps, websites, and services. Logging out from the board automatically logs them out of everything, ensuring their data is safe. Plus, they don’t need to remember all of their passwords when logging in anymore.

BenQ Boards go beyond just offering Google apps, though. They come with the Microsoft Office suite built in, plus engaging AI-powered educational apps such as Kahoot! and Curipod.

BenQ Boards also seamlessly integrate with your existing workflow. With them, you can easily access your Google Classroom materials, import class lists, and get students to use collaborative tools on an electronic whiteboard. They can also easily cast their content to the board, even with Chromebooks. When class is over, export everything to your preferred cloud storage platforms, including:

●       Google Drive

●       Dropbox

●       OneDrive

●       Box Drive

You can also use the board for video conferencing on Zoom or Microsoft Teams in the classroom or a conference room. Pair the board with the Zoom™ Certified BenQ Board smart camera and get AI features such as active noise cancellation, and face and voice tracking. This makes it easy to hold parent-teacher calls, hybrid lessons, or remote lectures on a large display.

Plus, BenQ Boards safeguard teacher data security and make life easier for IT admins by making board management both simple and powerful.

IT admins get a powerful array of tools with BenQ Boards to safeguard user data and manage users and boards, all remotely from our Device Management Solution (DMS) central console. With DMS you get:

• Remote app management: Hide inappropriate apps and restrict Play Store downloads entirely with DMS, ensuring a safe learning environment.
• Granular device control: Configure individual board settings such as on-off times, picture modes, and storage management, remotely and conveniently.
• Group board management: Apply tasks to multiple boards based on customizable groups for efficient operation.

With BenQ’s IAM and AMS, school IT admins wield total authority over user access. For example, with AMS you can easily assign user roles for granular access. This ensures that only authorized individuals can use your boards.

Unlike other EDLA devices, which might lack an account management mechanism, BenQ Boards provide robust user account control. On certain boards on the market, any user can become the device “owner.” This gives them the power to create and delete other user accounts, which you want to avoid.

Instead, seamlessly sync with your current directory services to BenQ Boards and activate domain verification to ensure that only authorized users access your boards. That means no more worries about just anyone becoming a board ‘admin’. Instead, with IAM and AMS, you’re in control. Plus, once users and boards are set up, you don’t need to constantly manage them anymore.

Integrating technology such as EDLA BenQ Boards gives IT admins, teachers, and students the tools they need to maximize device management, teaching, and learning in Google schools. 

IT admins: Get the tools you need to make onboarding, syncing user lists, and managing boards simple yet feature-rich.

Teachers: Unlock a limitless library of engaging and inspiring resources directly from the board. Ignite your students’ curiosity to keep them fully immersed in your learning environment.

Students: Annotate, collaborate, and present in real-time with a smart whiteboard, sparking imagination and encouraging active participation.

With BenQ, you gain both peace of mind and efficiency. We prioritize protecting your information and streamlining your teaching and device management experience, offering more than just basic EDLA functionalities.

Ready to shape the future of education with the benefits of technology and EDLA BenQ Boards? Contact us to unlock a world of possibilities for your Google classrooms.