How To's

GoGuardian Teacher Overview Webinar (19:43) - get an overview of how GoGuardian works in under 20 minutes. Topics covered include how to:

add your classes
communicate with one student (or several)
send students to a particular webpage
open or close a tab for students
see off-task alerts
set rules (scenes) for quickly applying restrictions
access student reports

If you are brand new to GoGuardian, this webinar is a great place to start.

Once you've watched the webinar, dig into the nitty-gritty with this interactive course. Take the exam at the end and earn your GoGuardian badge. You can earn two hours of salary advancement /CDE Licensure by starting here to take the training: GoGuardian 101 + Certificate Summer 2021 - Fall Registration coming July 15, 2021!

GoGuardian Teacher Training Course (approximately 1 - 2 hrs)

The units in the interactive course are:

Getting Started
Creating a Classroom
Monitoring During a Class Session
Setting Rules for Student Activity (Rules are called "Scenes")
Leveraging GoGuardian in Remote Learning Environmentts

Progressive Escalation of Internet Restrictions

This is a link to a chart of progressive steps that can be taken by parent/guardians, schools, and APS IT when a student's use of the internet is problematic. Where a tutorial might be needed, the text is linked.

The steps assume that the school has worked with all students on proper usage of technology and digital citizenship. For more information on resources to teach internet safety (including lesson plans), see our webpage here: Internet Safety

More Resources from GoGuardian

GoGuardian Help Center Main Page

Teacher Support Main Page

Teacher's Getting Started Guide Broken Out by Task

Teacher Guide in PDF Format