Veyon User Manual

Release 4.5.7

Veyon Community

Aug 06, 2021

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Introduction

Veyon is an application that lets you monitor and control a group of computers (e.g. classrooms) on a central com-
puter (e.g. an instructor’s computer) and use various features and modes.

1.1 Program start and login

The program is started via the start menu or a desktop icon:

Depending on the system configuration you will be prompted for your username and your password:

Enter your username and password here or – if given – the credentials of a special teacher account. If the entered
data is correct and and a login can be performed, the program will start. Otherwise, the login will be denied and an

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error message will be displayed. In this case you can try the login with corrected data again.

1.2 User interface

After the program start you will see the user interface with the toolbar (1), the monitor view (2) and the status bar
with various controls (3):

The toolbar contains a number of buttons for activating different features. A detailed description of the individual
features can be found in chapter Program features. The appearance and behavior of the toolbar can be customized as
described in section Toolbar.
In the monitor view computers are displayed in a tile view. Depending on the system configuration and previous
program starts you can already see the computers at your current location here. The computer select panel allows
you to show or hide individual computers or entire locations.
The elements in the status bar are used to control the program interface and are described in detail in the following
section.

1.3 Status bar

Using the Locations & computers and Screenshots buttons, you can open and close the computer select panel and the
screenshots panel.
The search bar allows you to filter the computers displayed using computer names or user names as search terms.
Technically savvy users can even enter regular expressions here to define advanced search filters.
The (Only show powered on computers) button hides all computers that are not powered on, disconnected or not
reachable for some other reason. This allows simultaneous monitoring of a large number of computers or partially
occupied rooms while focusing on the actually active computers.
Use the slider to control the size of the computer screens displayed. When holding then Ctrl key, the size can also
be changed using the mouse scroll wheel. The size is adjusted automatically by clicking the button (Adjust optimal
size) to the right of it.

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It is also possible to use a custom computer arrangement, e.g. to represent the actual arrangement of computers in
classrooms. After clicking the button (Use custom computer arrangement) each computer individually or a selection
of computers can be moved with the left mouse button pressed and arranged as desired. To align all computers in the
custom arrangement, click the (Align computers to grid) button. If you want to use the sorted standard arrangement
again, simply deactivate the button.
The button (About) opens a dialog with information about Veyon such as version, manufacturer and license terms.

1.4 Toolbar

You can customize the appearance and behavior of the toolbar. A right click on either a free section or a button
opens a context menu with several entries:

If you click the entry Disable balloon tooltips no tooltips will be displayed anymore whenever you hover the mouse
over the buttons. You can open the context menu at any time and uncheck the item again.
The Show icons only option gives a compact view of the toolbar buttons by hiding the labels and displaying only
icons. On smaller screens this option may be necessary to display all buttons.

1.5 Computer select panel

The Locations & Computers button in the status bar opens the computer select panel. This panel displays all available
computer locations in a tree structure. You can expand individual location entries by clicking on the corresponding
symbol in front of them.
You can activate individual computers or entire locations by checking them. All checked computers will then be
displayed in the monitoring view.

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With the Save computer/user list button you can save the list of computers and logged in users in a CSV file. Typical
use cases for this are subsequent presence checks or IT-based exams.
Depending on the system configuration, the button Add location is also available. This allows you to add more
computer locations to the view. A click on the button opens a dialog where you can see all available locations:

You can filter the list using the input field, i.e. enter a search term. The list then only displays the location names
containing the specified search term. Advanced users can also use regular expressions for the filter. Next you can
select the location and confirm with OK. The selected location is now available in the location list until the next
program start. You can also remove a previously added location by clicking on the location and pressing the Del
key.

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1.6 Screenshots panel

Using the screenshot management panel, you can view and delete all captured screenshots. Information on how to
take screenshots are given in the Program features chapter in section Screenshot.

You can now select individual screenshots from the list. Details of the screenshot, such as the date it was taken, user
name, and computer, are then displayed in the table below. The Show button or a double-click in the list displays the
selected screenshot in full size. If you no longer need the screenshot, you can permanently delete it using the Delete
button. Please note that this process cannot be undone and the files will not be moved to the trash.

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Program features

Veyon offers a variety of features that let you control and access computers. All available features are accessible
through the buttons in the toolbar as well as the context menu of individual computers.
If you move the mouse over the individual buttons in the toolbar, a tooltip with a short help text is displayed unless
you have disabled tooltips. Pressing a button activates the desired feature on all displayed computers.

2.1 Using functions on individual computers

If you only want to activate a function on a single computer, right-click the computer in the monitor view and select
the desired function from the context menu. The entries in the context menu are displayed dynamically depending
on the active functions.

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You can also select multiple computers in the monitor view by drawing a selection rectangle with the mouse that
includes all desired computers:

Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl key and add computers individually to the selection via mouse click.

2.2 Monitoring mode

By default Veyon is running in monitoring mode. In this mode you have an overview of all computers and see their
screen contents in thumbnails. The screen content is updated almost in real time, so you can monitor all activity at
the selected locations.
As long as there is no connection to a computer, a computer icon is displayed instead of the screen content. After
the program has been started, the icon is initially colored gray. As soon as the program detects that the computer is
unreachable or access is denied, the color changes to red.
Some of the features described in the next sections switch the remote computers to a different mode. You can exit
the respective mode by activating monitoring mode again.

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