Does all data always stay on my computer?
No. The app has local storage, but selected integration and synchronisation features can process information in other services.
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Privacy and data
How the app stores and shares data.
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This page describes the app’s data flows and the website’s services to help you evaluate them. Features depend on your accounts, permissions and settings.
Local data and optional synchronisation
The app keeps a local copy of data and pending changes in SQLite. Downloaded submission files stay on the device where they were fetched. When synchronisation is used, selected teacher-owned records and verified Classroom and Studybee observations can be shared between authorised devices through the app’s Sync API. Local storage does not mean all information always stays on one computer.
Access and publication in school services
Google Classroom and Google Drive use your signed-in account and the access you authorise. Studybee and SchoolSoft require their own accounts and permissions. Enabled publication sends feedback or assessments to the relevant service. SchoolSoft is used for timetables and attendance. Check settings before publishing student information.
Dictation on your computer
Dictation converts teacher speech into text using a local speech engine. First use may require a component download. Microphone access is needed for recording. Publishing the resulting text to a school service is a separate data flow.
Website analytics and video
The website uses Google Analytics and an embedded YouTube video. Clicking a download link sends an event containing the operating system, website language and the website page containing the link to the existing analytics function. A click does not prove installation. Student names, student work and app content are not included in this event. Google and YouTube also handle data under their own service terms.
Before using the app at school
- Review the accounts, services and permissions required by your workflow.
- Check local storage, any synchronisation and publication with the responsible staff at your school.
- Use fictional student work when trying features and follow school procedures before using real student information.
- Contact Josef Nobach using the link below for more information about data flows or installation.
Frequently asked questions
Does the download event send student information?
No. The event concerns a website download link, operating system, language and the page path. It does not contain student information.
Questions about the app and its data flows? Josef Nobach