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Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter This Guide will go through the steps required for logging into GoGuardian and starting a class/session. 1. Log into the PSD Portal and select GoGuardian under Operational. 2. Once in GoGuardian you should see your class or classes under Active, if you are missing a class you may need to go to the Pending section and click Accept. Co-Teaching GoGuardian will respect co-teaching if set up in PowerSchool. if you are a co-teacher in PowerSchool and don't see your class the primary teacher may need to log in first and click accept unser Pending. Start a Class/Session 3. To start a class select the desired class and click start. You can set the class to stop automatically if desired. (remember to end the class when done to avoid issues or monitoring after class is over. ) 4. Once the class is started you will be taken to a screen where you can view the student Chromebook screens. From here you can monitor, block sites, send messages and more. For more information on what you can do besides monitor see USING TEACHER COMMANDS

Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter This article will go over the various teacher commands in GoGuardian. To interact with student devices and guide students, select a command button such as "open tab" and then select the students you want to issue the command to. Alternatively, you can select one or multiple student tile checkboxes (in the upper left corner of student tiles), or click into a student tile, and then choose the command. Here is a video overview of some of the commands, we will look at more below the video. Monitor Using Sessions: Teacher Commands Exclude or Include Student from Session Exclude selected students from your Screens view without deleting them from your roster, then include them back when necessary. The Exclude command allows teachers to exclude a student from their class session. This command temporarily hides the student from both the main classroom view and Timelines views (where browsing data is captured). 'Exclude' can be useful for students who are absent for the day, or those working on something outside of class. Students can be excluded and reincluded at any time during a session. Please note that excluding a student is temporary and will not delete them from the class roster. To Exclude One Student: Click the 3 dots button in the corner of a student's tile. Click the Exclude student button To Exclude Multiple Students: Click the Exclude from session button in the command bar. Select All or check the boxes next to specific students on the following menu. Confirm by clicking the Exclude students button. Click Here for more info on excluding students or Re-including them. Open Tab Direct your students to any web page by opening a new tab for them. Opening a Tab for Multiple Students Click the Open Tab button Check the boxes next to Select All or choose specific students and click Next Enter a URL in the Open Tab interface and click Open Tab Opening a Tab for One Student Click the 3 dots button in the corner of a student's tile Select the Open Tab button Enter a URL in the Open Tab interface and click Open Tab Note: Due to limitations of Chrome, the Open Tab command will not push the tab to a student's device unless they have a Chrome window open. If you see "no active tab" as a placeholder for a student's screen, ask the student to open Chrome, once you see an active tab, then send the open tab command. Lock / Unlock Screen The lock screen command will mute and disable all Chrome windows on your student's device. The command is designed to unlock at the end of the session, but if a student joins a new session before the first session ends, they will remain locked. To lock a student's screen: Select one or more students using the checkbox to the left of each student's name Click the Lock / Unlock device button (Optional) enter a custom message to be displayed on the locked screen Click Lock Devices on the Lock / Unlock Devices confirmation popup window To unlock a student's screen: Select one or more students using the checkbox to the left of each student's name Click the Lock / Unlock device button On the Lock / Unlock devices popup window, click the Unlock button Confirm by clicking the Unlock Devices button Annotate With the Annotate Student Screen feature, teachers can place a colored circle on the webpage that the student is currently browsing to help guide them. On the student’s side, the circle will appear for ~10 seconds and then disappear. Teachers may also change the color and size of the pointer by using the Pointer Color and Pointer Size options. This option is available on the bottom right of a student's screen view:

Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter What are Scenes? Scenes give teachers access to custom web-filtering rules during their GoGuardian Teacher class sessions. Scenes can be used to block distracting and inappropriate websites, or simply limit students to the websites they need for class. Scenes can also be used to Auto-Open select websites, and limit students to a maximum number of open tabs at once. The following video demonstrates how to use and apply Scenes to help with classroom management. Creating a Scene Start by clicking the Scenes tab in the left column. On the main, Scenes page click Create List on either an Allowed Websites List, or a Blocked Websites List. An Allowed Websites List, or "Allow Mode Scene" allows teachers to limit students to only the websites on the allow list. All websites and webpages that aren't explicitly allowed by the allow list will be blocked. A Blocked Websites List, or "Block Mode Scene" will block all websites added to the list. All websites that are not added to the block list will be allowed. Customize the Scene and Add Block / Allow Rules After creating a Scene, customize the Scene by adding a name and, (optional) a color and description. Click Next to move on. Please note: we'll be using an Allowed Websites List in this example. On the following page, enter websites or individual webpages that you'd like to add and click Search. GoGuardian will search for the entered resource and provide options, suggestions, and recommendations of related websites to add. Click Add on the website(s) you would like to add. *Pro tip* adding websites vs. website paths and individual webpages. Scenes allow teachers to add in full websites, individual website paths and individual webpages. Students will then be blocked or allowed access to the entire website, or only the specified part of the website based on the type of Scene used. Allow Mode Scene Example: Full Website Allow: allowing Nationalgeographic.com will allow access to National Geographic, and all pages within National Geographic, such as nationalgeographic.com/history. Website Path Allow: Adding only Nationalgeographic.com/animals will only allow access to the 'animals' path of National Geographic's website; the main website and other website paths on National Geographic would be blocked. Individual Webpage Allow: finally, adding Nationalgeographic.com/animals/endangered-salamanders will only allow access to that individual webpage. Please note that the same, yet opposite functionality applies for Block Mode Scenes for blocking full websites vs. only blocking specific website paths or individual pages. Edit Scenes, Scene Options, and Sharing Scenes Each created Scene (found in the Scenes section) can be edited at anytime by clicking the 3 dot, "kebab" menu in the same row as the Scene's name. Scene options include, Renaming, Making a Copy, Editing (adjusting the block or allow rules) Set as Default, and Share. With the Share option, teachers can share their Scenes with one another. The shared Scene can be used by any teacher who receives the share invitation, but only the original Scene Owner can make edits to the Scenes' rules. For more information on using Scene sharing, pleaser refer to the following article: Share GoGuardian Teacher Scenes. Applying a Scene Scenes can only be used during active class sessions, and can be applied in one of two ways: manually, or by setting a Default Scene. To apply a Scene manually, click the Scene Applied drop-down menu and choose from the available Scenes list. The actively applied Scene, if any, will always be listed at the top as seen in the following image. Default Scenes can be used to automatically enable a selected Scene at the beginning of class. To set a Default Scene: Navigate to a class, click the Settings cogwheel, and choose Edit. On the class Settings, under the Default Scene section, select a Default Scene from the drop-down menu and Update Classroom when finished. Default Scene Tip *Important* For teachers using automatically scheduled classes, please make sure to set a reminder to Archive your classroom at the end of the school, or remove the Default Scene. Automatically scheduled classes with a Default Scene attached can cause students to still be filtered even once the class has completed. More Information and Scene Resources For more information on using GoGuardian Teacher Scenes, including using auto-open tabs, setting tab limits, advanced filtering options and more, please refer to the following article on Using GoGuardian Teacher Scenes. To learn about conflicting Scenes and how to resolve them, please refer to the following article on Using Scene Statuses.

Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter Teachers can now actively manage students' website tabs to help them stay focused and on task by using the Focus and Make Active features. Please note that the Focus and Make Active features are supported on Chromebooks only at this time. How does it Work? In each student's Student Activity section (accessed by clicking on and expanding a student's screen view), applicable tabs will have an Actions button. The Actions button provides the following options: Make Active, Turn Focus On, and Make Active and Focus. The available Actions options will depend on the state of the tab selected (more on this below). Make Active can be used to move a student's Other-Tab (a tab that's not currently in use or being looked at) to their Active-Tab (the tab that's actively opened and being looked at by the student). Please note that Make Active can only be used for tabs that aren't already the active tab. The Focus feature helps keep students on task by setting an Active Tab to "Focus". While a tab is focused, the tab can not be closed and all Other Tabs will temporarily be hidden for the student. Please note the following: Focus can be used for 1 webpage at a time, but does not allow focusing an entire website. Focus will only persist during the class session. Tabs will become "unfocused" automatically once a class session ends. Focus can only be used for a tab that is already the primary, Active Tab a student has opened. Teachers can only use the focus tab feature on one student at a time, focusing tab for an entire classroom is not currently supported. Make Active and Focus is a combination of both the Make Active and Focus features, and can be used to move a non-active tab to "active", and keep it focused for the student. How to Unfocus a tab To unfocus a tab, click the "unfocus" button in the lower corner of a student's tile in the Live Session view of a class. Focus can also be disabled by expanding a student's screen view and clicking Actions > Turn Focus Off. Open Tab + Focus Website Teachers can now open a tab and immediately Focus the tab for individual students. To do this, expand a student's screen view by clicking on their tile, and click the Open new tab button. Type in the tab to be opened and click the Focus Website toggle. Click "Open Tab" to finish opening and focusing the tab.

Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety. Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter. GoGuardian Teacher Chat allows enables 1-on-1 text communication between teachers and their students during a class session. Teacher Chat is a great way to help keep students on track by sending chat messages and answering questions; especially for students who may be reluctant to raise their hand. When enabled, chat can be initiated by a teacher or a student, but students can only chat with their teachers - not other students. Enabling Chat To enable Chat at the beginning of each class session, set the "Start class with" Chat toggle to ON. Please note: Chat will need to be enabled manually for all classes that start automatically via the scheduled class, Calendar feature. To enable or disable Teacher Chat during a session, navigate to the class Screens view, then click the Chat toggle to turn it on or off. Chat can be enabled or disabled at any time during the session. Communicating with Students Once enabled, you can open teacher chat by clicking the blue chat bubble in the bottom corner of the teacher dashboard. On the chat sidebar, select a student, then send a message. Students can use Chat by clicking the GoGuardian icon button in the taskbar at the bottom of their screen. Message button from teacher's perspective: GoGuardian Chat button from a student's perspective:

Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety. Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter The GoGuardian Teacher Announcement feature allows teachers to send an announcement message to all, or individual students in a classroom. How to Send an Announcement To send an announcement, click the Make Announcement button in the Command Bar during an active class. On the following prompt, select "All", or choose specific students to send an announcement to and click Next. Write the announcement into the message box, and (optionally) insert emojis using the smiley face button before clicking Make Announcement. Student Group Announcements While using Student Groups, teachers can send announcements to each group of students, separately by clicking Make Announcement for group. Once sent, all students in the selected group will receive, and must acknowledge the announcement. Individual Student Announcements The Announcement feature can also be used for individual students by clicking on the students' screen view and then clicking Make Announcement. This option is useful for students who may need a reminder notification rather than a standard GoGuardian Teacher chat message. Student Perspective When an announcement is sent, all students who receive the announcement will see the message in a pop-up box with the name of the class at the top. Students must click the "Got it" button to acknowledge the announcement.

Keywords: GoGuardian, Student monitoring, Web filtering, Classroom management, Internet safety, Device management, Digital learning, Activity reports, Screen monitoring, Online safety. Aliases: Classroom tech, EdTech platform, School web filter, Student activity tracker, Education management system, School tech control, Digital oversight, Learning guardian, Online class monitor, School device filter. GoGuardian is a digital classroom management tool that allows teachers to monitor and control student activity in real-time. It helps teachers view student screens, manage tabs, communicate directly with students, and lock screens to regain attention when needed. GoGuardian’s "Scenes" feature lets teachers customize access to specific websites to keep students focused. Here are some solution articles to help you get started: GoGuardian - Quick Start GoGuardian - Teacher Commands GoGuardian - Block/Allow a website (SCENES) GoGuardian - Focus Tabs GoGuardian - Teacher Chat GoGuardian - Teacher Announcements Additional resources: GoGuardian Teacher support website GoGuardian Teacher How-To Guide PDF

The two required GoGuardian Chrome Extensions (GoGuardian and GoGuardian License) are pushed out to any computer that is in our management groups as being in a Mac Lab, and not a Teaching Station. It's also pushed out to the ASL Laptops at GHH and PHS. If a Mac computer in a Lab is missing these extensions, please submit a ticket with the PSD barcode and/or Apple Serial Number so we can get it updated. If a Teacher Station computer is getting the GoGuardian Extensions and should not be, please submit a ticket with the PSD barcode and/or Apple Serial Number so we can get it updated. Per GoGuardian documentation, Students must be using Google Chrome, be signed into Chrome, and have Sync turned on, for them to get the Extensions installed: If not signed into Chrome, it will look like this: 1. Launch Chrome and enter email. There will be a GoGuardian pop-up that can be closed: 2. When redirected to ClassLink sign-in, enter portal credentials: 3. After signing in and enabling Sync - the following extensions should show up: 4. Students meeting the above requirements should now be monitorable.