for teachers // about fifteen minutes
set up your hall pass.
Your own copy, your own students, your own Google account. Students sign out with a PIN on their Chromebook or at one station by your door, and you see who is out from your teacher view.
01
get your copy.
- Make sure you are signed in to your school Google account.
- Click the get my hall pass button below.
- Click the blue Make a copy button.
- Your own Hall Pass spreadsheet opens. It is yours, and it has no one else’s students.
02
answer a few questions.
- Wait a few seconds for Hall Pass to appear in the menu at the top (to the right of Help).
- Click Hall Pass, then ▶ Start setup.
- Google asks for permission the first time. Click Continue, click your name, then click Allow.
- If you see “Google hasn’t verified this app”: click Advanced, then Go to Hall Pass. It is safe; it is your own copy.
- Click Hall Pass → ▶ Start setup one more time.
- Type your name, how student emails end, and your bell times. Click Next after each page.
03
turn it on.
- The setup window shows six numbered steps. Do them in order. They take about two minutes.
- At the end, Google shows a long link. Click Copy under it.
- Go back to the setup window, click in the box, and paste (hold Ctrl and press V).
- Click Finish.
04
share it with students.
- Click Post it in Google Classroom to give students the link.
- Using one computer by the door? Open the door computer link on it and leave it open.
- Click Open my teacher page, then bookmark it (click the ☆ star by the address bar).
- On your teacher page, click Add students, then print the PIN Cards and hand them out.