User interface for classroom management

A system that executes instructions to allow a teacher to manage a classroom, the system including:

• a display;
• and
• a processor that performs stages comprising:
• displaying, on the display, a graphical user interface (“GUI”) that includes student icons representing students associated with a class, wherein the student icons indicate whether each student is physically present in, or absent from, the classroom;
• without input at the GUI and based on received communications, highlighting student icons to indicate which students are physically present in the classroom, wherein other student icons are highlighted differently to indicate physical absence from the classroom, and wherein the student icons representing the physically present and absent students are simultaneously displayed on the GUI;
• displaying selectable lock icons representing multiple lock types, the selectable lock icons being displayed on the same screen as the student icons;
• and
• in response to a user selection of a first lock, visually distinguishing a first group of student icons to which the first lock applies, wherein visually distinguishing comprises:
• generating a first badge that visually corresponds to the first lock, wherein the first badge is different from a second badge that visually corresponds to a second lock;
• and
• applying the first badge to the student icons in the first group.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• displaying a graphical user interface (“GUI”) that includes student icons representing students associated with a class, wherein the student icons indicate whether each student is physically present in, or absent from, a classroom;
• without input at the GUI and based on received communications, highlighting student icons to indicate which students are physically present in the classroom, wherein other student icons are highlighted differently to indicate physical absence from the classroom, and wherein the student icons representing the physically present and absent students are simultaneously displayed on the GUI;
• displaying selectable lock icons representing multiple lock types, the selectable lock icons being displayed on the same screen as the student icons;
• and
• in response to a user selection of a first lock, visually distinguishing a first group of student icons to which the first lock applies, wherein visually distinguishing comprises:
• generating a first badge that visually corresponds to the first lock, wherein the first badge is different from a second badge that visually corresponds to a second lock;
• and
• applying the first badge to the student icons in the first group.