GoGuardian Teacher Reviews & Product Details

That it records the class automatically so you can go back and review the class session if there was something going on. IT is great when you notice a student may not have been on task during class, but you didn't want to interrupt class to single out the student at the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does not save the screenshots automatically, just the timeline of webpages. While this is fine, there are times the screenshot is needed when parents needed to be brought in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how GG allows me to discreetly interact with my students. I can message, close distracting tabs, send websites for direction or student interest all while making sure everyone is on task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the features are a little cumbersome to get to (chat, changing the schedule, option to have multiple schedules, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GoGuardian allows for oversight in the classroom, as well as ease of access for my students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A piece that I find challenging is the connection delay of student screens. The delay creates some discrepancies between what the kids are doing and what I am seeing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I enjoy having the ability to see what students are doing while they are in the space. I also enjoy the filters it allows you to place, so students cannot access certain websites, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately, students are always able to find ways around the restrictions that we have in place, and find Google extensions, etc. that will allow them to access sites that are blocked. GoGuardian does not let you see what these students are doing while they are using these extensions, and you cannot close or force stop them from using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that you can open and close tabs remotely for students, and how I can "digitally" cold call students to share good and bad things on the whiteboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not like how students can message you once you enable chat, it should be only if needed, this is where they tend to get more off track Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Go Guardian enables instructors to keep track of the computer screens of all students in a designated class. It integrates with Chromebooks. From the "teacher" account, instructors can also open and close tabs on the computers of students within their class, send private chat messages to students, lock or pause screen activity on the other screens, and prevent access to websites of their own choosing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is tricky to understand at first, and alternating between viewpoints, finding where all the command buttons are, and navigating the site takes some practice. Occasionally it will tell a student I have blocked a website when I haven't. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to set up classes and quickly start monitoring your devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost is a bit steep. In the end, it's worth it though.

In addition, while the chat feature is definitely awesome, the implementation could be a bit better. Access to chat logs after the fact should be added in as well as students being able to choose which teacher/co-teacher to message in a session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to control what my students can see and access while in my classroom. I can set Scenes to restrict them to only certain sites and can visually see when they are not on task. I can easily open new tabs for the students when shifting to new tasks without having to wait for the students to type in a URL. I can easily instant message the students when they have questions or remind them to stay on task when they start to wander. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Responses time for closing tabs or locking Chromebooks can be delayed at times if there is any latency issue on the network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ability to take snapshots of screens, the ability to close out tabs, and limit the websites my students can go on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When unlocking kids back to using their chromebook it has glitched a few times where students continued to be locked out. The conflictions of being locked out for students when multiple teachers have a student in their "classroom" at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love being able to take screen shots and show parents what is happening. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes glitches don't show the current screen for the student. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.