Share what you built in Claude with students who can't sign in

You built a review game, quiz, or simulation in Claude for Teachers, and tomorrow 7th graders should play it on Chromebooks. This page covers why Claude's Share link will not open for them, how to get the code out of Claude, and how to publish it as a link students open with no account. Anthropic, Google, and GoGuardian pages quoted were read October 16, 2026.

Why the Share link doesn't reach students

3 rules from Anthropic's own pages stand between the Share link and your class:

• A shared artifact needs a Claude account. Anthropic's sharing guide, updated September 23, 2026, states: “Everyone needs a Claude account. People without one can't open a shared artifact, even with the link.” Even Anyone with the link means “Anyone signed in to Claude who has the link.”
• Students can't get one through Claude for Teachers. Anthropic's Claude for Teachers help notes: “Claude for Teachers is not for students. It's an educator-only offering.” The page also states: “Student accounts aren't part of Claude for Teachers.”
• Or on their own. Anthropic's consumer terms require: “You must be at least 18 years old or the minimum age required to consent to use the Services in your location, whichever is higher.” The Claude for Teachers launch post confirms the product is “for educators only, consistent with Claude's 18-and-over policy.”

The sharing guide lists 1 exception. An artifact made in a chat before September 16, 2026, published with Publish on a Free, Pro, or Max plan opens for anyone with the link without an account. For Team and Enterprise plans, the guide lists Share & copy link for those older artifacts instead, and that link needs a Claude account too. Anthropic does not say which of the 2 a Claude for Teachers account shows. Look at your older artifact. If you see Publish, it opens without an account. If you see Share & copy link, it does not.

Anthropic's pages do not say whether Anyone with the link is on for Claude for Teachers accounts. For Team and Enterprise, the guide says it “is available only when an Owner has turned on External sharing or has allowed that artifact individually.” To check, open the artifact, select Share, and look under Who has access. If Anyone with the link is grayed out, it is off. Either way, each student still needs a Claude account. Inviting students by email does not get around it, because an invitee needs a Claude account too. Anthropic's admin guide confirms: “Education and K-12 organizations: Email invitations aren't available.”

Get the code out of Claude

Claude keeps the artifact on claude.ai, so you need to take its HTML out first. In the same chat, paste this:

Turn this into one HTML file that works on its own in a web browser. Put the CSS and JavaScript inside the file, and use plain JavaScript instead of React. Load any library only from an https:// link. Don't fetch anything from other websites, and don't use eval or new Function.

Copy the code from Claude's reply, or download the file if Claude attaches one. If you have an artifact made before September 16, 2026, Anthropic's artifact guide says to “use the controls at the top of the artifact panel to view the code, copy the content, or download it.” For other cases, such as Claude Code and the phone apps, see How to share an HTML file from Claude.

In a test on October 16, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code turned a React review quiz into one HTML file with this prompt. The file then ran under the same security rules a Free Convika page gets, in the engines behind Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Each tap on an answer scored. The best score was still there after a reload.

Publish it for your class in 4 steps

The box at the top of this page takes your file. A free account then publishes it at an address that stays.

1. Drop the file or paste the code

Drop your .html file in the box at the top of this page, or switch to Paste code and paste your code. Click Get my preview link. You can upload one .html or .htm file up to 2 MB without an account. When you see “Your preview is ready,” open it and check the layout. This preview is a static view that works for 3 minutes. The page's scripts remain off, so a game or quiz won't respond yet. Do not send this link to students.

2. Keep the page and publish it

Click Keep this page — free, no card above the preview link and sign up. The page moves into your account as uploaded, and its scripts run. Click Publish; the confirmation offers Public (free) and Private link (Pro or pass). Either way your students open the link without an account or password; a Public page may show up in search results and in Convika's gallery, while a private link keeps it out of Google, other search results, and the gallery—or pick Only people with the password if you want students to enter a class password first (see How to password protect an HTML page). Click Publish in the dialog, and the page goes live at an address like yourpage.convika.page. You can change search visibility or password settings anytime in Site settings.

3. Copy the Live URL

Open the page's screen in your dashboard and click Copy next to the address under Live URL. The address stays the same until you click Unpublish, even after you publish a fixed version.

4. Open it on a student device before class

Open the address on one of your students' Chromebooks or iPads, signed in as a student if you can, and play one round. A school web filter can block a site it hasn't categorized yet. GoGuardian's help on blocking uncategorized websites states that the setting “can also block legitimate sites, sign-in pages, and page resources until they are categorized or explicitly allowed.” If your filter blocks it, ask your district's IT team to allow its address.

Put it in front of the class

• A link in Google Classroom. Click your class and open Classwork. At the top, select Create > Material, enter a title, and click Add > Link. Paste the address and click Post, as Google's Classroom Help describes. Materials are not graded, which suits a practice game. To set it up as an assignment, see how to post a game in Google Classroom.
• A QR code on the projector. On your page's screen, click Show QR code next to the address under Live URL. The code opens large with the address under it. Project it as is, or click Download PNG to add it to a slide. Students scan it using the camera on an iPad or a Chromebook without typing: how to turn an HTML file into a QR code.
• The address on the board. Write the address for anyone whose camera cannot read the code. It ends in a few random letters and numbers, so students copy it exactly.

Post the link. Do not attempt to show the page itself inside another site. A Convika page cannot be shown inside a Google Sites page or a frame in your learning platform.

What won't work outside Claude

Check these details before you upload, so a game does not break in front of the class:

• Parts that use Claude. An artifact that asks Claude questions runs on Anthropic's infrastructure. The artifact guide says the people using it “sign in with their Claude account.” Off Claude, those parts stop working. Ask Claude: “Remove the features that call Claude, and keep the rest working in the browser.”
• Scores saved in Claude. The scores saved inside Claude don't come with the code you copy, but the storage calls do: on a Convika page, an artifact that keeps scores in shared storage (window.storage with shared values) keeps one list for the page, and every student who opens it sees the same scores. Convika has no leaderboard feature or student accounts of its own. On Free, a Convika page sends requests only to its own address. Pro and the 1-year pass add the analytics tools Convika supports, Google's addresses among them, so a game that saves to a Google Sheet may work there, then stops once the page is back on Free. A class-wide leaderboard on another server or another site's API doesn't work on any plan. A best score saved in each student's own browser works.
• React that needs a build step. Convika hosts one HTML document per page. That is why the prompt above asks Claude for plain JavaScript.
• Simulations. In a test on October 17, 2026, p5.js, Matter.js, three.js, and Chart.js from cdnjs or jsDelivr ran under the security headers a published page sends. See the prompt and checks before class: how to make a science simulation with AI.

Keeping student data off the page

• No names or grades on the page. The Claude for Teachers help states: “If you're on an individual teacher account and have not received school or district authorization to make that decision, don't include identifiable student information in Claude for Teachers.” Keep your published page free of it too.
• Anyone with the address can open it. A page published as Public can also show up in search results and in Convika's gallery. To keep it to your class, publish with Only people with the password and write the password on the board. See what students see in How to password protect an HTML page.
• Free pages carry a Convika bar. On Free, a small Convika bar appears at the bottom of the page. Pro removes it for $12 a month.
• The counts don't name anyone. Convika shows how many visits a page gets. It does not record which students opened it.

Fixing it before second period

You spot a typo after first period. Fix it in Claude, then upload the changed file to the same page. On the page's screen, look under New version from a file. Drop the file there, or switch to Paste code, then select Upload as a new version. Uploading uses no AI credits. When the card says “Preview v2 is ready,” click Open preview to check it. Next, click Publish v2 at the same link. Students see the live version until then. Do not use Upload an HTML file for a fix. It makes a new page with a new address, which the link students already have does not open.

For a small change, type it into Improve with AI on the same screen. Each edit uses AI credits: 1 on the default model. Free accounts start with 10. Or ask Claude, Codex, or another MCP client connected to Convika to save the fixed HTML as a new version of the same page, then click Publish. Any way you do it, the same address opens the fixed version. The link in Classroom and the code on your slide keep working.

See whether students opened it

Check your page's analytics to see visitors and pageviews by day, devices, and where they came from. On Free, you see the last 90 days. These stats show how many visits occurred instead of who visited. Your own test visits count too. To compare class periods, post the address with a tag at the end, such as ?utm_campaign=period-2 in your second-period class. Then choose Campaign in the Campaigns (UTM) card. Read the numbers explained in How to see who visits your page.

Frequently asked questions

Can students use Claude for Teachers?

No, students cannot use Claude for Teachers. Anthropic's help states, “Claude for Teachers is not for students. It's an educator-only offering,” and “Student accounts aren't part of Claude for Teachers.” Students can still use what you build once it becomes an ordinary web page. Publish the artifact's HTML, and they open it in their browser without an account.

Can students open a Claude artifact without an account?

No, students cannot open an artifact you share today without an account. Anthropic's sharing guide notes, “Everyone needs a Claude account. People without one can't open a shared artifact, even with the link.” The one exception is an artifact made in a chat before September 16, 2026, published from a Free, Pro, or Max plan. For anything else, take the HTML out of Claude and publish it on a host students can open, such as Convika's Free plan.

How do I share a Claude artifact with my class?

Ask Claude for the artifact as one HTML file to get started. Drop it into Convika's upload box, keep the page with a free account, and click Publish. Post the address in Google Classroom as a link, or show it as a QR code. Before class, open it on a student's Chromebook or iPad in case the school's web filter blocks it.

What is the age requirement for Claude?

The age requirement for Claude is at least 18 years old. Anthropic's consumer terms state, “You must be at least 18 years old or the minimum age required to consent to use the Services in your location, whichever is higher.” When the system detects signals that someone is under 18, it asks them to verify their age before they keep using Claude. Claude for Teachers is for teachers only, so it does not change the rule for students.

Do I need to pay to share it?

No, you do not need to pay to share your artifact. Claude for Teachers is free for verified US K-12 educators, and those who sign up by June 30, 2027 get a full year. Convika's Free plan hosts 1 published page with no credit card, runs their scripts, and counts visits alongside a small Convika bar at the bottom of each page. Pro costs $12 a month to remove the bar and add a page password.

Can I see if students opened it?

Yes, you can see if students opened your page as a total visit count. Free analytics display visitors and pageviews by day for 90 days, though they do not show which students visited and your own visits count too. To compare class periods, give each period's link its own tag, such as ?utm_campaign=period-2. Then check the Campaigns (UTM) card to review the numbers.