Small schools & training

Classroom tablets that stay on the lesson.

Small schools, tutoring centers and training providers use NounDesk to manage shared Android tablets by classroom: kiosk mode locks each tablet to approved learning apps, blocked apps stay blocked, updates run overnight, and each classroom is a group with its own policy. Setup is done by a teacher or office manager, not an IT department.

Recommended policy: KioskDevices: Shared classroom tablets

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The situation

Twenty tablets shared by a hundred students, a teacher who is also the tech support, and a budget that does not stretch to an IT contractor. The tablets need to open on the right app and stay there.

What NounDesk does for a small school

Kiosk per classroom

A multi-app kiosk shows only the learning apps for that room. Home button off, settings blocked, volume capped, screen awake while charging in the cart.

Groups by classroom

Each room is a group with its own policy and app list. A tablet moved from Room 2 to Room 5 reconfigures itself.

Blocked stays blocked

Apps from outside Google Play are off. A blocked app that appears anyway raises an alert, and the app can be removed remotely.

Updates overnight, patches on time

The Kiosk policy runs updates in a nightly window so nothing changes during a lesson.

Recommended setup

Setting	Choice
Policy template	Kiosk
Groups	One per classroom, plus “Cart spares”
Kiosk apps	The room’s learning apps, a reading app
Blocked	Everything else, including apps from outside Google Play
Alerts	Kiosk app missing, storage almost full, blocked app installed

Why small schools pick NounDesk

Tablets are set up by scanning a QR code, by whoever has the cart that morning. Prices are per device, monthly, so a summer break does not cost anything. And NounDesk never collects student content: no browsing history, no messages, no location outside lost mode.

Shared tablets in a school are used by a different child every lesson and supported by whoever is free. The risk is less about theft and more about drift: a tablet that opens on the wrong app, a setting changed, a game installed. NounDesk keeps each classroom's tablets on its lesson.

How a rollout works for a 30-tablet school

A typical small school, tutoring center or training provider runs 15 to 40 shared tablets on charging carts by room, plus a phone or two for staff.

1. A group per room
Room 2, Room 5, Cart spares. Each group gets its own app list and kiosk.
2. Approve the learning apps
Search managed Google Play by name for the apps each room uses. A reading or quiz website can become an app from its URL.
3. A multi-app kiosk per room
Show only those apps, with the Home button off, volume capped and the screen awake on the cart.
4. Enroll a cart at a time
Factory-reset each tablet and scan the room's QR code. A cart of ten is done in a free period.

Kiosk mode →Website filtering →

Two kinds of kiosk

Single-app kioskOne app, full screen, nothing else reachableCounter
Multi-app kioskA simple launcher with only the apps you chooseClassroom
Web app kioskAny URL, installed and opened full screenOrder screen

What 32 devices cost

A school with 30 shared tablets and 2 staff phones: 32 devices × $1.50 = $48 a month.

Every feature, one price
Kiosk mode, website filtering and reports are all in the $1.50. No tiers and no education add-on.
No annual contract
There is no minimum and no annual contract to line up with your school year.
A whole small school fits in the trial
The 14-day free trial covers up to 50 devices and needs no card.

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Common situations

What happens when…

The situations that actually come up, and what you do about each one.

Tablets come back from a lesson on the wrong app

In a multi-app kiosk, students only ever see the apps you chose for that room. If a tablet has drifted, its kiosk health shows "App missing" on the dashboard and it can be fixed remotely before the next class.

A tablet moves from Room 2 to Room 5

Move it to the Room 5 group. On its next check-in it picks up that room's apps and policy. No reset, no reinstalling, no teacher setting it up between lessons.

A tablet disappears from the cart

Turn on Lost mode. It locks with the school's number on the screen and reports where it is. Most turn up in a bag. The rest get erased with factory-reset protection kept.

A student finds a way to install something

They cannot install from outside Google Play, and the managed Play Store only shows the apps you allowed. If a blocked app does appear, an alert names the tablet and you can remove it remotely.

Features this industry leans on

Security policies

Android security policies in plain English: pick a template, set screen lock, updates, camera, Wi-Fi and encryption, and preview changes before publishing.

App management

Install and manage apps on company Android phones: mark Google Play apps required, available or blocked per policy, and spot missing or outdated apps.

Kiosk mode

Android kiosk mode with no kiosk app to install. Lock a tablet or phone to one app, a few apps or a web page in a four-step wizard, and see each kiosk's health.

Groups & employees

Group company Android phones by team, site or customer with their own policy, assign them to employees, and choose what happens when someone leaves.

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Small schools & training: questions answered

Can different classrooms have different apps?

Yes. Each classroom is a group with its own policy and app list. Move a tablet between groups and it picks up the new classroom's apps.

Can students get to the browser or the Play Store?

Not unless you allow it. A multi-app kiosk shows only the apps you choose. Apps from outside Google Play are blocked, and the Play Store shows only Available apps.

Do we need student accounts?

No. Tablets are company-owned devices with no personal accounts. Students pick up a tablet and it opens on the lesson.

Can we limit which websites students reach?

Yes, in Google Chrome. Allow only the sites you list, up to 1,000, or block specific ones. Incognito is turned off and other browsers are blocked so the filter is not bypassed, and Private DNS filtering can block whole categories such as adult sites.

Can teachers manage tablets without full admin access?

Yes. Give teachers the Operator role: they can lock, reboot and move tablets between rooms and acknowledge alerts, but cannot erase a tablet or change a policy.

Ten phones. Ten minutes. Protected.

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