Tip Top Tips Edu: Andy Earp - NetSupport School

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu on (NetSupport’s YouTube channel/NetSupport Radio). In this episode, we talk with NetSupport’s Technical Support Manager, Andy Earp with five of his tip-top tips for supporting and deploying NetSupport School.  

NetSupport School is our popular and award-winning classroom management solution. In this episode, I asked Andy five questions based around some of the most popular and helpful tips he could share about working with NetSupport School. 

Andy responded to the following five questions and shared some great resources too. Here are those questions and the relevant resource guides. 

1 - How do you best apply the settings for NetSupport School? 

How to apply the NetSupport School ADMX Files
https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/how-to-apply-the-netsupport-school-admx-files/ Best practice Group Policy installation and configuration https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/Best_practice_Group_Policy_installation_and_configuration.pdf 

2 - What is the NetSupport School Connectivity Server and when is it useful to implement it? 

Using a NetSupport Name and Connectivity Server (Introduction and setup guide) https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/Using-a-NetSupport-Name-and-Connectivity-Server.pdf 

3 - How do I ensure that my teachers only connect to Students in their class? 

Configuring the room name for NetSupport School Students and Tutors by Group Policy
https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/configuring-the-room-name-for-netsupport-school-students-and-tutors-by-group-policy-gpo/ Integrating NetSupport School with Google Classroom
https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/Integrating-NetSupport-School-with-Google-Classroom.pdf Using NetSupport School in a Chrome Environment https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/using-nss-in-a-google-chrome-environment.pdf 

4 - Can NetSupport School work in a RDSH or VDI environment? 

Setting up NetSupport School in a Terminal Services environment
https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/setting-up-netsupport-school-to-run-in-a-microsoft-terminal-server-environment/ Using NetSupport School in a VDI environment https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/using-netsupport-school-within-a-vdi-environment/ 

5 - How do you secure access to the Tutor Console and remote access to the Students? 

https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/how-to-secure-access-to-the-tutor-console-and-connections-to-the-students-within-netsupport-school/