GoGuardian
Control your students' chromebooks screens with GoGuardian. (A great option for if your projector isn't working.)
GG Overview
GG that we watched in training (start at about 4:00 minute mark):
https://university.goguardian.com/learn/video/goguardian-teacher-webinar-pre-recorded
GoGuardian Teacher Guide PDF
Your login will be available in ClassLink
Your classes and students will be automatically generated for you
Video Training Series
To open training in a new window, click HERE. Or you can go through the training below.
Teacher Commands
Click the button below to go to the site to see the teacher commands
Reviewing Students' Timeline
Why is my website getting blocked?
From Rob: This contains three useful tools to help you determine why a particular website might get blocked.
In all cases, what helps us most is having a screenshot of the blocked page, to include the full web address. A site might get blocked based on the category (see below), content, reputation, and other factors. Given the dynamic nature of the Internet, a site that is blocked today might be allowed tomorrow or vice versa, especially if the site gets compromised (hacked).
1. Here are examples of blocked pages you should see if our web filter, GoGuardian, blocks a page.
https://help.goguardian.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005683486-Types-of-GoGuardian-Block-Pages
2. Here is a list of the categories available to us in GoGuardian. Intended for employees only, this list includes whether a site is blocked/allowed for employees/students. At times sites are available to teachers but blocked for students. This resource might help understand why this happens.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s51I6sJs_5QDjHqoSuH5wVY4yoXVzcauGuKeS2KV190/edit?usp=sharing
3. Finally, sometimes other systems just run slowly or go down completely. Use this link to access status pages for commonly-used major services:
Note: With rare exceptions, students using school-issued Chromebooks should have exactly the same filtering/access in place regardless of whether they are at school or at home.
There are many reasons a website might get blocked. There is always an explanation, assuming we have enough time to look for one.
When in doubt, please email support@caschools.us