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Move from GoGuardian Teacher to Classroom Manager

Updated

If you’re switching to Classroom Manager from GoGuardian, you should familiarise yourself with how to get visibility and control over your students’ internet activity and manage your classes.

You can also download our guides to learn how to use the most popular Classroom Manager features and achieve the same outcomes in a new, intuitive environment.

  Note

The Classroom Manager features available depend on your school or district’s technology environment. Not all features are available at all schools.

In GoGuardian In Classroom Manager

Add a classroom		 Create a Teaching Mode class

Edit Classroom info		 Customising Your My Classes Dashboard

Enroll or remove a student from a class		 Manage students in a class

Add Teachers to a class

Add a teacher to a Local class
You can add another teacher with an active Classroom Manager account who has access to the same Group(s) of students as you.

  Note

Only specific class types support adding teachers. Classes with the source type of “group” do not allow this.

Sync your Google Classroom		 Sync Google Classrooms

Start a class		 Start and End Unscheduled Classes

View a student’s screen		 Check a student’s screen during class

Screenshot a student’s screen		 Take a screenshot of a student's screen

Send an announcement to students		 Send announcements to your students during class

Open a tab with a website		 Open a webpage for students during class

 

Limit the number of tabs in a Scene

 Set a Tab Limit

Open a YouTube video		 Using Class Ready YouTube (Full-Screen Mode)

Close a tab		 Close a tab for a Student

Issue commands to lock or unlock a student’s screen		 Pause Internet access for a student

Create a “Allowed Websites List” Scene to restrict website access		 Intro to Focus

Create a “Blocked Websites List” Scene to block games and other distractions		 Add, Edit and Remove Classroom Manager Rules

Allow access to Blocked Sites for Student Groups		 Reward students with temporary access to content during class

View student’s past classroom sessions		 Creating Screenshot History Reports

Download individual student browsing reports		 Creating Classroom Manager Student Journey Reports

Add scheduled times for classes to automatically start and end		 Scheduling Classes