GoGuardian
What is it?
GoGuardian is a Chromebook monitoring program that allows teachers to send messages, approve and block sites and see student Chromebook screens in real time
GoGuardian Walkthrough
Schedule Class Sessions
Learn how to use the schedule feature in GoGuardian to automatically begin class sessions throughout the school week.
Create Custom Website Filters
Scenes in GoGuardian allow the teacher to create custom filters to better control what websites students have access to during the school day. In this video, edtech coach Kyle Mont Blanc shows you how to build and apply scenes to an entire class, as well as how to create filters for individual students.
During Breakout rooms teacher presents screen
Present with GoGuardian
How to see all of your students and Present screen
Teacher to Student Voice Calls
How To's
GoGuardian Teacher Overview Webinar (19:43) - get an overview of how GoGuardian works in under 20 minutes. Topics covered include how to:
add your classes
communicate with one student (or several)
send students to a particular webpage
open or close a tab for students
see off-task alerts
set rules (scenes) for quickly applying restrictions
access student reports
If you are brand new to GoGuardian, this webinar is a great place to start.
Once you've watched the webinar, dig into the nitty-gritty with this interactive course. Take the exam at the end and earn your GoGuardian badge. You can earn two hours of salary advancement /CDE Licensure by starting here to take the training: GoGuardian 101 + Certificate Summer 2021 - Fall Registration coming July 15, 2021!
GoGuardian Teacher Training Course (approximately 1 - 2 hrs)
The units in the interactive course are:
Getting Started
Creating a Classroom
Monitoring During a Class Session
Setting Rules for Student Activity (Rules are called "Scenes")
Leveraging GoGuardian in Remote Learning Environmentts
This is a link to a chart of progressive steps that can be taken by parent/guardians, schools, and APS IT when a student’s use of the internet is problematic. Where a tutorial might be needed, the text is linked.
The steps assume that the school has worked with all students on proper usage of technology and digital citizenship. For more information on resources to teach internet safety (including lesson plans), see our webpage here: Internet Safety