Hāpara Highlights Share Screen Follow

In this article:

• Overview
• Steps to follow
• What students see
• Troubleshooting
• Additional tips

Availability: Gradual rollout and not available to all customers immediately.

Overview

This article helps teachers share their screen to all students in their class. It also helps administrators enable the Share Screen feature for their domain.

From Hāpara Highlights, teachers can share a Chrome tab or a window to every student’s screen in their class. 

When enabled by a Hāpara administrator, students are temporarily locked to the teacher’s shared view. When sharing stops, students’ original tabs are restored.

Steps to follow

1) Administrators: Enable the Share Screen feature for your domain

1. Open the Hāpara Admin Console.

2. Go to Settings → Highlights (Screens).

3. Find Share screen and toggle On.

   • You can enable it for the entire domain or for specific schools.

4. Click Save.

   Tip: Communicate the rollout to staff. Let teachers know that students will be locked to the shared view during a session.

2) Teachers: Choose what you want to share

Hāpara supports sharing either a Chrome tab or a Window (an entire app window such as Chrome, Slides, etc.).

• Chrome tab = one webpage within a browser window (e.g., Gmail, YouTube, a Google Doc in separate tabs).

  

   

• Window = a complete application window (e.g., Google Chrome, Notes, PowerPoint).

  

Have the item you plan to share already open. You’ll select it in the picker.

3) Teachers: Share a Chrome tab

1. In Hāpara Highlights, open your class and click Share screen (upper-right).

   

    

2. In the picker, select Chrome tab.

   

    

3. Click the tab you want to share. > Then click Share.

   • A blue border appears around the shared content.

   • The shared tab shows a blue screen icon in Chrome.

      

4) Teachers: Share a Window

1. In Hāpara Highlights, click Share screen.

   

    

2. Choose Window.

   

    

3. Select the app window you want to share. > Then click Share.

    

5) Navigate while sharing (switch what students see)

• Switch to another tab: Click the new tab and choose Share this tab instead when prompted.

  

   

• Return to Highlights: Click the app.hapara.com tab (or your Highlights tab) at any time.

  

6) Stop sharing

1. Click Stop sharing in Highlights.

   • Students are released immediately.

   • All tabs students had open before the session are restored.

     

What students see

• When a teacher starts Share screen, students are locked to the shared view — similar to Pause screen (with no countdown).

  

   

• When the teacher stops sharing, the shared view closes and students’ original tabs reappear.

• In the teacher’s Highlights view, a student tile shows “Viewing Shared Screen.”

  

Troubleshooting

1. Teachers don’t see “Share screen”

• Ask your Hāpara Admin to confirm the setting is enabled for your school/domain.

• Refresh Highlights or sign out/in if it was just enabled.

2. The screen picker doesn’t show my tab/window

• Ensure the tab/window is already open.

• Close and reopen the tab/window, then try Share screen again.

3. macOS users: “Permission required”

• macOS may require Screen Recording permission for your browser:

  • macOS System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording → enable for Google Chrome (or your browser), then restart the browser.

4. Students don’t get the shared view

• Confirm students are online in Highlights and using a managed Chrome profile with the Highlights extension installed.

• Check for network restrictions or content filters blocking real-time screen share.

Additional tips

• Prep your tab/window before class to minimize switching.

• Use sharing for live modeling (e.g., walk-throughs, exemplars) and combine with Hāpara Highlights Chat for quick Q&A.

• Keep student privacy in mind. Avoid showing sensitive information while sharing your screen.