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GoGuardian Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Guarding Student Computers
Overall, my experience with GoGuardian has been fantastic. I can monitor my students without bothering them via looking over their shoulder. I can also be more informed as to what they are doing, how much time they spent on websites, and GoGuardian tells me what sites they visited.
GoGuardian is a great classroom resource.
Pros
The best thing about GoGuardian is just how effective it is. With other computer-monitoring programs, students had to sign into it and, usually, they had easy ways of tricking the system. GoGuardian allows me to monitor, mentor, and alter student direction on their individual computers from the ease of my chair.
Cons
Overall, there is very little that I didn't find useful about GoGuardian. As a teacher, the price was right for me (free for teachers; I am not entirely sure if my school corporation pays for it). It is also easy to use; everything is clearly marked and the rosters are already in the system.
- Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Essential for 1:1 Districts
Pros
I love that I am able to view everything my students are doing. I love that I have the control and ability to close out any tabs which should not be open at a given time. Being able to send an announcement to all of my students at once is great when my class blocks end. I also LOVE the new features GoGuardian has created: audio calls and presentation mode. The reports at the end of each class are also amazing. You can see a timeline with what each student was doing at a given time and for how long. All of these features are a must during a normal school year, not to mention a remote one!
Cons
There are been some issues with the system status as of lately. With remote teaching right now this has essentially left me flying blind- especially when I cannot see my student's computers or see who is online.
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Big learning curve needed
It is ok. It does a good job at filtering on chromebooks.
Pros
It does well filtering what you put in if it is worded correctly
Cons
I know everything is a learning curve but this is a tad more difficult. Thank goodness support is very helpful!
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A Must for One-to-One Schools
I cannot imagine how I would be an effective teacher without this (ever since we went one-to-one). In addition, their customer support has always been friendly and helpful.
Pros
It is always running, both at home and at school. It automatically sends alerts about any potentially harmful internet use. It allows teachers to help kids stay focused in class. It provides another way for teachers to show parents what their child is doing during class time.
Cons
I wish individual students could be put into different "scenes" at the same time, but that is just me wishing for an additional feature.
- Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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K-12 School Must-Have
We have been with GoGuardian for three years and have had an enjoyable experience. They have helped save us many headaches that would have otherwise occurred had we not had them.
Pros
Ease of use - once set up, the information we get about student usage history, the ease of locking down custom filter policies, Smart alerts are a nice feature for tracking and being alerted to students more risky behaviors.
Cons
Sometimes sites would be categorized under a different category than one would expect. There is no "super-admin" access to GoGuardian teacher to oversee teacher classroom setups.
