Create a Classroom from Google Classroom

Classrooms are the containers in which your students are stored in GoGuardian Teacher. You will want to create separate classrooms for each class period that you teach.

If you already have classrooms set up with Google Classroom you may import your classrooms to GoGuardian seamlessly (Rosters will automatically update every hour).

To begin creating a new classroom via Google Classroom:

• Click on the Add Classroom button
• Click Add from Google
• Select Google Classroom to import

Next, if you would like to schedule sessions automatically:

• Select the start time
• Select the end time (maximum of 7 hours per session)
• Select the days of the week the session will occur
• Click the Add Schedule button

Start a Classroom Session

A classroom session is the digital equivalent of a classroom period. When a classroom session begins, all enrolled students will automatically join. Once the students are connected, you will begin to see live screen data on the Screens view of your active classroom session. All session data is automatically recorded and will be archived and available for review at any point.

• Select a Classroom
• In the panel to the right, specify the session length from the drop-down menu.
• To exclude absent students, click Want to exclude students? then click each that you want to exclude from the session.
• Select a Scene to be applied to the classroom session. Scenes can be changed or removed mid-session.
• Click Start Session

Enable Teacher Chat

By default, Teacher Chat is disabled during classroom sessions. To enable Teacher Chat, navigate to Screens or Timeline view, then click the Enable Chat button. Chat can be enabled/disabled at any time during the session.

• Click on Enable Teacher Chat
• Click the Green Chat bubble
• Click the Megaphone icon in the top right corner
• Type your message
• Click Send Announcement
• A message will be sent to all connected students that they will need to acknowledge by clicking Got It.

Students can initiate by clicking the green chat bubble in the bottom left corner of their screen.

Lock Screen Teacher Command

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 unlocked.

• Select one or more students using the checkbox to the left of each student's name
• Once students are selected, the command bar will appear at the top of the screen
• Click the Lock Screen
• Enter a custom message to be displayed on the lock screen
• Click Lock Screen