GoGuardian

The easiest way to create a class in GoGuardian is to import an existing Google Classroom roster. Follow the steps listed in the resources below:

GoGuardian Help: Import a Classroom from Google Classroom

TIP Sheet: GoGuardian: Import Your Google Classroom Rosters

Follow the steps in the resources below to start a class session and monitor Chromebooks in your classroom:

GoGuardian Help: Start a New Classroom Session

TIP Sheet: GoGuardian: Start a Class Session

Off-Task Alerts is a feature which uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect when a student goes off-task and visually alerts the teacher. Review the article below for more details:

GoGuardian Help: Off-Task Alerts

By clicking the Timeline tab in an active classroom session, teachers will see a summary of all the sites students viewed.

GoGuardian Help: Active Classrooms: Timelines View

Scenes give teachers additional control over students' web activity. There are two types of Scenes for a classroom session: (1) Allow Websites: limited access, only allow a quiz, test, or website; or (2) Block Websites: wide access, block games and other distractions

GoGuardian Help: How to Create and Apply a Scene

TIP Sheet: Create a Scene (Allowed / Blocked Websites)

Depending on which type of Scene List is created, websites can be allowed or blocked using *wildcards, another term for * (asterisks).

For example, if you want to allow students to access their Infinite Campus Student Portal, you may want to use wildcards. The login page uses this URL address (newpraguemn.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/newprague.jsp). If you copy/paste this URL as an allowed website, students would not be able to access their IC Grades page. Instead, use *wildcards* to allow students to navigate to any page on the domain or subdomains.

Example: *infinitecampus.org* will allow students to access any of the NPAS IC pages (newpraguemn.infinitecampus.org) AND any of the help / support pages found on the main IC website (infinitecampus.org/contact).

GoGuardian Help: Block or Allow sites with *Wildcards*

Additional Teachers, teacher's assistants, or substitute teachers can be added to each of your classrooms. In order to add additional teachers, they must first have a GoGuardian Teacher account. There are three different levels of class access: (1) Owners, (2) Teachers, and (3) Helpers

GoGuardian Help: Add Additional Owners, Teachers, and Helpers

Presentation mode allows teachers to share / present their screen to students' devices in a classroom session. This article explains how each aspect of the feature works:

GoGuardian Help: Lecture / Presentation Mode in GoGuardian Teacher

Yes. Kids' Company staff members can log into GoGuardian with their ISD721 Google accounts. Use the TIP Sheet and video tutorial for directions specific to Kids' Company.

TIP Sheet: GoGuardian for Kids' Co.

Here are some of the most commonly asked questions for GoGuardian Teacher!

GoGuardian Help: FAQs for GoGuardian Teacher