Smart Pass frequently logs me out of the iOS app so that I need to reauthenticate through Google. This is ridiculous. I have a student waiting for a pass, but the app does not even remember my email address. Loging not be he app should be fast and seemless. It should use PassKeys on iOS. The refresh rate should be user selectable. I accept there is a cost to frequent updates, such as battery or network usage, but the delays are ridiculous sometimes. This is a really useful app that has a few quirks that detract from the user experience.

At our school, we started tracking student’s activity in October of this year. Throughout the year, we have been able to track students activity to the bathrooms, media center, and many other places in our school. The best feature is the encountering prevention for students who do not need to be in the bathroom or halls together. The reports are very helpful to teachers so that we become aware of student’s activity that they should not be involved in, especially with other students who also have encountering preventions. I hope we can tweak Smart Pass even more this coming school year.

Every once in a while I get curious about what my students are doing (I know I’m a little bit of a helicopter teacher🙈) I log on to smart pass on my computer and access my students cameras just to see what they’re doing (especially if they’re cheating on my homework😢) and then I check they’re search history through the new cross platform data tracking just to make sure they aren’t searching up answers on google🤬. Thank you smartpass for allowing me to check what my students are doing at all times!!!