Start a Session: Basic Chromebook Monitoring

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GoGuardian

On the GoGuardian dashboard, click the **Start Class** button to start a **Session**

The active class **Sessions** are listed on the top bar

The Screens tab displays a thumbnail view of each student's active screen... - **Student 01**: Viewing the Classwork for Lang. Arts... has 3 Google tabs open - **Student 02**: Viewing the Google Classroom page... has an ESPN tab open - **Student 03**: Offline... the student is not in class today, or Chromebook is off

To display a larger view of a student's screen, click the **Click to expand** option

A larger view of the student's screen will appear with action options... - **Make Announcement**: Type a message to appear on the student's screen - **Exclude Student**: Not typically used... the student is excluded from the session - **Open New Tab**: Open a new tab for the student - **Lock Device**: This will "freeze" the student's device with a Lock Screen image - **Screenshot**: This will take a screenshot of the student's current screen

On the right, the **Student Activity** lists the open tabs... click **Close** to close a tab

In the upper-right corner, click the **\[ X \]** to return to the class Session...

To "lock" student screens, check the **individual student boxes** (or **all Online**)...

Click the **Lock/Unlock Device** button

Click the **Lock devices** button

Repeat the steps to "**Unlock**" all devices...

...you can also unlock individual students with the **Unlock Device** button

**TIP**: Monitoring students' online activity is important, but a teacher's most important role is to actively engage with their students. The **Timelines** tool visually documents all students' online activities during the class Session.

Click the **Timelines** tab... the timeline documents the length of time each student is on a specific website. The activity is saved in a report that can be reviewed later.

Click a "**block**" on the student's timeline to veiw their **Active** and **Other Tabs**

**TIP**: The **Screenshots** tab displays screenshots that were captured and saved during the class Session. The screenshots include student and timestamp details.

Click "book Classrooms"

**IMPORTANT**: End the session BEFORE students go to their next teacher's class.

In the upper-right corner, the time remaining in the session is displayed... - **Update Time**: Add additional minutes or change the end session time - **End Session**: Click this button to end the session now...

Click the **End Session** button again to confirm you want to end the live session.

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