Tynker now offers a School-Wide Games Access Toggle, allowing administrators to control student access to the Games section across the entire school.

This feature provides centralized control while following a clear permission hierarchy across district, school, and classroom levels.

Games access follows a hierarchical structure:

District → School → Classroom

This means:

• District-level settings have the highest priority.

• School-level settings override the default platform behavior.

• Classroom-level settings apply only when no higher-level restriction exists.

Important:

If games are disabled at any level, that restriction takes precedence.

Example:

• If a district disables games, schools and teachers cannot enable them.

• If a school disables games, teachers will see games disabled in their classrooms.

• If a teacher disables games in their classroom, students in that class will not have access even if games are allowed elsewhere.

School administrators can control access to the Games section for the entire school.

Administrators can choose between the following options:

Disable games school-wide

• The Games section will be hidden for all students in the school.

• Teachers will automatically see games disabled in their classrooms.

• Teachers cannot override this setting.

Allow games at all times

• Students can access the Games section.

• Teachers may still restrict games within their individual classrooms.

1. Log in to your Admin Dashboard

2. Go to School Settings

3. Locate the Games Access option

4. Select your preferred setting

5. Click Save

Changes take effect immediately across the school.

Teachers may have the ability to control games access at the classroom level, depending on school or district settings.

If games are allowed at the school level, teachers may disable games in their individual classrooms.

If games are disabled at a district or school level, teachers cannot enable them in their classroom.

Teachers will automatically see the restriction applied in their classroom settings.

If a student is enrolled in multiple classrooms with different game settings:

• If any classroom has games disabled, the student will have games disabled.

Example:

• Classroom A → Games allowed

• Classroom B → Games disabled

Result: Games will be disabled for the student.

Restrictions always take precedence over permissions to ensure consistent enforcement of school policies.

Yes. If a school administrator disables games, teachers will see games disabled in their classrooms and will not be able to enable them.

No. District and school settings always take precedence over classroom settings.

If the school administrator leaves the default setting unchanged, classroom-level settings will determine access.

However, if a student is enrolled in multiple classrooms and any one classroom disables games, games will be disabled for that student.