Onboarding Guide All Products (Super User)

Getting Started Guide: All Products 

Welcome to GoGuardian! We're excited to get you started!

Please select the desired product for onboarding steps. Alternatively, we have a Super User Onboarding Course.

• Admin
• Teacher
• Beacon
• DNS
• Fleet
• Director

Essential Steps to Getting Started with GoGuardian Admin

1. Deploy GoGuardian
   • Extensions to student Organizational Units in the Google Admin Console (Chromebooks/Windows). Here is our deployment guide.(Note: the GoGuardian extensions only need to be deployed once. If they were already installed during GoGuardian Teacher setup, this step may be skipped.)
   • For Gateway deployments (non-Chromebooks), please use this guide for deployment. (Note: Access to this page in Org Management will need to be turned on by your account representative.) 
2. Enable / Add Admins at manage.goguardian.com. Admins can be added/updated in bulk or one-by-one. Here is an explanation of permission levels for Admin users. (This can only be done by Super Users). 
3. Sync OUs between Google Admin Console and GoGuardian to ensure all students are associated with their correct OU.
4. Blocking sites by category in the Default filtering policy (for example, Entertainment, Archives, Malicious Sites, and Weapons). Navigate to your first policy by going to Filtering -> Configuration -> Default (dark blue tag). 
5. Utilize our YouTube filter to block Comments, Live Chat, Sidebar, Categories, or Keywords, and Age Restriction.
6. Create a Smart Alerts Trigger to block explicit content or send a warning message to students. Smart Alerts uses AI to determine whether an uncategorized site is likely explicit.
7. Decide which toggles to enable in our Global Settings page. It's also possible to customize the block page here if desired. 
8. Apply Advanced Filtering to your Policies 
9. Configure Out of School Mode if necessary. Note: By default, GoGuardian will filter and monitor with the same policy 24/7. If you’d prefer to turn off monitoring or set an alternative policy for students during after-school hours, use Out-of-School Mode.
10. Install Theft Recovery to track missing or stolen devices.
11. Send resources for Admin training for your users. 
12. (Optional) To install GoGuardian for Windows, please navigate to manage.goguardian.com/windows.

Here are some other helpful links related to GoGuardian Admin:

• Review a Student's Web Browsing
• Types of GoGuardian Block Pages
• Admin Audit Log 

Essential Steps to Getting Started with GoGuardian Teacher

1. Deploy the two GoGuardian extensions to student Organizational Units in the Google Admin Console. Here is our deployment guide. (Note: the GoGuardian extensions only need to be deployed once. If they were already installed during GoGuardian Admin setup, please skip.

NOTE: If your organization does not use Google Admin Console, please reach out to account representative to deploy GoGuardian Teacher. 

1. Add Users to Org Management - Teachers may also be integrated using Clever or ClassLink. 
2. Configure Teacher Product Settings.
3. Review resources for Teacher Training for your users.
4. (optional) For GoGuardian for Windows, please navigate to manage.goguardian.com/windows.

Essential Steps to Getting Started with GoGuardian Beacon

NOTE: The following directions are for Beacon Starter. For GoGuardian Core and 24/7 Implementation, please reach out to your account representative. 

1. Deploy GoGuardian Extensions: This can be skipped if you've already configured deployed the extensions for another product, such as GoGuardian Admin. 
2. Configure User Permissions: Ensure users who need access to Beacon are given appropriate roles in Org Management.
3. Create Your Deployment(s) in Org Management
4. Set up Users: Add yourself to the User List and complete your new user profile. (Add additional users to this deployment as needed. Note: Users must have Beacon permissions in Org Management in order to be added.)
5. Configure your applicable Beacon Settings.
6. Add users to your Escalation List: The Escalation List under Staff Notifications is separate from your Users List. (Note: Beacon Starter only allows 1 email on the Escalation List at this time. However, we recommend creating a distribution list to allow multiple users to receive an email at the same time.) 
7. Add your Guardians' contact information and relationships (optional): Add parents/guardians under the Guardians tab either one-by-one or by CSV upload, and link them to your students by adding Relationships
8. Send Communication Resources (optional)

Essential Steps to Getting Started with GoGuardian DNS

We also have a GoGuardian DNS Onboarding Course that walks through necessary steps. 

1. Setup GoGuardian DNS  
2. Add Ad-Deflect (premium add-on, if applicable) 
3. Review relevant Help Center Content for DNS

Essential Steps to Getting Started with GoGuardian Fleet

1. Review this Getting Started Section for Fleet

Essential Steps to Getting Started with GoGuardian Director

1. Enable GoGuardian Director quickly using the steps here.