Campus Geofencing
Campus geofencing defines a virtual boundary around school grounds so that student phones can lock when a device enters the boundary and unlock when it leaves, without manual action.
Also called geofence, location-based locking
A geofence is a GPS-defined perimeter. In a phone-free context, crossing into the campus boundary triggers phone restrictions and leaving lifts them, so enforcement starts and ends automatically each day.
With LockedIn, this is how most schools run; Guided Access schools have students lock in on arrival, and a student who doesn't is flagged.
Well-designed geofencing detects only campus entry and exit — not a student's ongoing location — which is an important privacy distinction for parents and administrators.
Related terms
OS-Level Phone Locking
OS-level phone locking restricts a phone's apps and functions at the operating-system layer of the device itself, rather than inside a single app the student controls.
Phone-Free School
A phone-free school is a campus where students cannot use personal cell phones during the school day, enforced through policy and a storage or locking method rather than relying on teacher-by-teacher discretion.
Compliance Dashboard
A compliance dashboard is an administrator view that shows which students are following the phone-free policy and which are not, across buildings and classrooms.