Managing Games Access for Your School

Tynker allows school administrators to manage Community and Games Access settings for their school. These settings also determine whether teachers can control Games Access for their individual classrooms.

Games Access can be controlled at different levels:

District → School → Classroom

Higher-level administrator settings take priority over classroom settings. If Games Access is restricted by an administrator, teachers cannot override that restriction.

School administrators can view and manage these settings from:

Admin → Privacy

The Privacy settings clearly show the current Community setting and the available Games Access options, including how each option affects teacher control.

If the selected setting allows teachers to manage Games Access:

• Teachers can view the available Games Access options in their classroom settings.

• Teachers can select the setting they want to apply to their classroom.

• Teachers can manage Games Access for their individual classrooms.

  

If Games Access is restricted by the school or district:

• The administrator-controlled setting is displayed in the classroom settings.

• Teachers can see that Games Access is controlled by an administrator.

• Teachers cannot override the administrator's restriction.

  

The updated classroom settings make it clearer whether Games Access is controlled by the teacher or by an administrator.

When teachers have control, they can see and select from the available options.

When an administrator has restricted Games Access, the classroom displays the administrator's setting instead.

If a student is enrolled in multiple classrooms with different Games Access settings, a restriction in one classroom may affect the student's overall access to Games.

For example:

• Classroom A → Games allowed

• Classroom B → Games disabled

The restriction in Classroom B will prevent the student from accessing Games.

Go to Admin Dashboard → Admin Settings → Privacy to view the available Games Access settings.

No. Administrator restrictions take priority over classroom-level settings.

The Games Access options in Admin > Privacy indicate how the setting affects teacher control.

The restriction is reflected automatically in classroom settings. Teachers will see the administrator-controlled setting and will not be able to override it.