It is a web application and, therefore, accessible from any device. It also helps in digital teaching, which most trending way of teaching in the current scenario.
TeamViewer will do a live online demo on Thursday, September 30 at 10:30 am to show how the platform works
The German software company TeamViewer is driving the digitization of the European education sector. TeamViewer’s new solution, TeamViewer Classroom, enables interactive collaboration in schools, universities, and other educational institutions. In addition, TeamViewer Classroom is the first solution from a multinational of European origin that complies with the GDPR and therefore does not use third-party providers. This means that all European countries’ data protection requirements of the Ministries of Education can be met.
Role of TeamViewer
With this new release, TeamViewer places special emphasis on functionalities that go far beyond the possibilities of simple online meetings. Its new solution allows functionalities such as the joint editing of documents, digital teaching by whiteboards, separate online rooms for group work, as well as the possibility of real-time surveys within learning groups. Using broad powers, teachers can guide interactions between participants and document the results of meetings. In addition, teachers can store their documents online so they can be used in other classes at any time. Connecting through a plugin and an open API with other learning platforms, such as Moodle, is also possible.
Hendrik Witt, Product Manager at TeamViewer, said: “Digitization in education is an important task. The need to move forward with it as a society has become very clear over the last year and a half in the context of the crisis caused by the coronavirus. With our new improvement TeamViewer Classroom, we are adding to advanced progress in schools and colleges. Through long years of cooperation with government institutions and large customers from various sectors, the highest security and data protection standards are very important issues. ingrained for us. These, along with many other features, have now been incorporated into Classroom. It was especially important for us to guarantee the fundamental right to education without having to compromise the fundamental right to data protection.”
Final Verdict
The classroom is developed by TeamViewer entirely in Europe, hosted, and operated on its servers in German data centers. These centers are the best example of digital teaching. This solution complies with all the regulations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) and places special emphasis on accessibility. Furthermore, it is a web application and only requires users to have a common browser on their PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Therefore also works on older devices and regardless of operating systems. In addition to providing and operating the solution, TeamViewer also offers technical support.
To publicize this new platform, TeamViewer will do a live demo to show how TeamViewer Classroom works. The online session (in English) will take place next Thursday, September 30 at 10.30 am