Moving from GoGuardian Teacher to Classwize

1. Go to My Classes. 
2. Select +Add Class.
3. Type a Class name.
4. Select Save.
5. Select the gear icon (Class Settings).
6. Start typing a student’s name. 
7. Select the student from the displayed names.
8. Repeat to add all students.
9. Select Save.
10. Double-click the new class tile.
11. Select Start Class.
12. Select an end time and select Start.

Before the Classroom is Active: 

1. Select My Classes > gear icon (Class Settings) > Students tab.

In an Active Classroom: 

1. Select Class Tools > Modify Students.
2. Start typing a student’s name. 
3. Select the student from the displayed names.
4. Repeat steps 1-2 to add all students.
5. Select Save when done.

You can add another teacher with an active Classwize account and who has access to the same Group(s) of students as you.

1. Select My Classes to see your classes.
2. Select the gear icon (Class Settings) > Teachers tab to edit a class.
3. Start typing the Teacher’s name in the search.
4. Select the Teacher’s name from the displayed names.
5. Select Save.

Before the Classroom is Active:

1. Go to My Classes view.
2. Select Sync at the top of your window.
3. Select Sync in the confirmation message.
4. Select the X to close the Google sync successful message.

1. Go to My Classes view.
2. Open a class.
3. Select Start Class.
4. Select an end time in Session ends at.
5. Select Start.

In an Active Classroom:

1. Go to My Classes view.
2. Select a student’s screen to enlarge the view in Live View.
   • Chrome browsers or Chromebooks display open tabs.
   • Windows or macOS devices display the entire desktop.
3. Select X to close a student’s screen and return to the classroom.

In an Active Classroom:

1. Go to My Classes view.
2. Select a student’s screen to go to Live View.
3. Select Screenshot to download a time-stamped image of the student’s current screen.
4. Select X to close a student’s screen and return to the classroom.

1. Select Class Tools > Announcement.
2. Type or paste plain-text into the announcement box.
   • Your message can contain paragraphs, web addresses, numbers, and punctuation marks.
3. Select Send.

Chat with a student.

In an Active Classroom:

1. Select Chat on the class toolbar.
2. Toggle Chat ON at the top of the list of students.
3. Select a student.
4. Type a message.
5. Press the Enter/Return key to send the message.

In an Active Classroom: 

1. Select Class Tools > Open site.
2. Type or paste the web address in Website URL.
3. Select Open Site.

In an Active Classroom: 

1. Select Class Tools > Open site.
2. Paste the YouTube web address in Website URL.
   
   • Classwize adds a toggle button your Open a site window.
3. Select the Open in Full Screen Mode toggle button.
4. Select Open Site.

In an Active Classroom: 

In Screen view

• Select the X to the right of the window name a student’s tile.

In List view

• Select the X to the right of the listed item in a student’s tile.
  

In Live view

1. Select the screen thumbnail in a student’s tile.
   • Classwize opens a full-screen view of the student’s screen.
2. Select the X on the tab you want to close.

In an Active Classroom: 

1. Select Class Tools > Pause internet.
   
   • Start typing a student’s name and select it
     
     OR
   • Check Apply to all students.
2. Select Pause.

Turn off Pause internet.

1. Select Paused in your Classroom view.
   • Select the X to the right of a student’s name and select Update to allow individual students to access the internet
     
     OR
   • Select End Pause to allow all of your students to access the internet.

You can restrict your class to accessing a single website, a web page or Signature.

In an Active Classroom:

1. Select Class Tools > Focus.
2. Paste a web address or type the name of a Signature (like “Minecraft Education”).
3. Select Start Focus.

To end or edit Focus:

1. Select Class Tools > Focus.
   
   • Select X to remove a website or Signature.
   • Paste or type to add an additional website or Signature.
   • Select End Focus to allow your class regular access.
2. Select Save when done.

You can add classroom rules to the filtering provided by your school, but you cannot override your school’s locked filtering policies. You can add and enable rules in an inactive classroom, but you cannot add rules when you are assigned to Monitor Only Mode in a classroom.

In a Classroom you can add one item per rule:

1. Select Rules > Create Rule.
2. Start typing: 
   • A type of internet service or activity (example AI Tools)
     and from the displayed choices.
   • The name of an app (example Discord)
   • A website without the http or www
     (example ascii-art-generator.org)
3. Select Blocked or Allowed.
4. Select Add Rule.
5. Select +New Rule to add another topic or select Rule(s) to return to your classroom

You can allow your students to access blocked websites for a set period of time, but cannot override your school’s locked filtering policies.

In an Active Class:

1. Select Class Tools > Reward.
2. Select an amount of time.
3. Type a website or topic (like “Gaming”).
   
   • Select an item from the list to allow access.
   • Select the X to remove a website or Signature.
4. Select Start.

To end or edit the access:

1. Select Reward.
   • Type a website or Signature to add access.
   • Select the X to remove a website or Signature.
   • Select Stop to end the access before the time is up.
2. Select Update to apply your changes.

1. Select a class from My Classes.
2. Select Reports > Screenshot History.
3. Select the student’s name.
4. Select the date of the class.
5. Select Search.
6. Select View to see screenshots of student’s activity.
7. Select Download Screenshots.zip if you want to save the images you were viewing.
8. Select the X to close the window when you are done

1. Select one of your classes from My Classes.
2. Select Reports > Student Journey.
3. Start typing a student’s name and select their name after it is displayed.
4. Select Date Range and select a preset date range or Custom Range.
   
   • Select the date-and-time for the report to start and end if you chose the Custom Range.
5. Select Export.
6. Open your email and locate a message with the subject
   “Your Report export is now complete”.
7. Save and view the attached “Student Journey Report” (PDF).

You can change the times for a Local class you added or Google Classroom schedule. 

1. Select one of your classes from My Classes.
2. Select the Scheduling tab.
   
   • Select Add Schedule if the tab is empty.
3. Change the class schedule:
   
   • Select the day of the week.
   • Select the start and end times.
4. Select Save.