The Connected Superpower turns your app into a database-backed activity that students and the teacher share live. When a student submits a response, your dashboard sees it. When you push something to the screen, everyone sees it. No accounts, no logins, no app store.
What you can build
- Live polls and word clouds, students submit, you reveal.
- Collaborative writing, students take turns adding sentences to a shared story.
- Submission boxes, students drop in their work, you review from a teacher dashboard built into the app.
- Live games, leaderboards, buzzers, group puzzles, trivia.
- Meme makers, students build it, you pick the best and push to every screen.
- Question and idea collectors, student submit responses and the teacher can choose which ones to display
For a step-by-step walkthrough and prompt tips, see Building an app with the Connected Superpower.
Two views, one app
Every Connected Superpowered app has a guest view (what students see) and a teacher view (what you see). You describe both to your AI chatbot, the chatbot writes them as a single HTML file, and the Teacher Hive shows the right one to each viewer.
The brown teacher bar
When you open your app's URL signed in to Teacher Hive, a brown bar appears along the bottom of the screen. Students never see it. It's how you steer the activity in real time:
- Guest View / Teacher View toggle, flip between what students see and your private dashboard.
- App Info, link to the app's info page.
- QR, a join code and URL you can project for the class.
- View Data, see every saved field. Includes Download JSON to back up a finished session and Upload JSON to restore a saved session later.
- Clear Data, wipe everything and start fresh.
- Sign Out, leaves you on the app as a regular guest.
How guests stay anonymous
Teacher Hive gives each guest an anonymous nickname like "BraveOtter" or "QuietRiver." No login, no real names. Same nickname for the whole session; regenerates the next time they open the app. Students never need to type a name. Read more about the no-PII rule.
Usage limits
Connected Superpowered apps share your Hive Usage budget with AI calls and uploads. Pro accounts get a generous monthly cap; Builder accounts get a smaller one. Read about Hive Usage for the math and what happens at the cap.
Copying and sharing
An app with the Connected Superpower can be marked copyable. Other Builders and Pro teachers can make their own copy, get a separate URL, and run the activity with their own students. Their data stays separate from yours.
What it is not
Apps with the Connected Superpower are perfect for in-class activities, exit tickets, group brainstorms, quick polls, and low-stakes games. They are not the right tool for:
- Gradebook tracking over time. Data is per-instance, not per-student over time.
- Real-identity logins. Guests are anonymous on purpose.
- High-stakes assessments. There is no audit trail of which student did what.
For those, a Google Form, your LMS, or a dedicated grading tool is the right call.
A note about previews
When your app uses a Superpower, the preview in your AI chatbot (Claude's Canvas, ChatGPT's Canvas, Gemini's Canvas) won't show the Superpower working. The Superpower only connects when the app is hosted on Teacher Hive. Paste the code into the Add App form and test it on Teacher Hive.
