Anonymous
04/16/2025 14:49
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Anonymous wrote:I have recently started using Lightspeed in HS because now with ChatGPT, kids can easily look up answers to absolutely anything. I use Lightspeed for my Canvas Tests. Does anyone know if I can use Lightspeed if a kid comes in at lunch to take a quiz? Lightspeed access seems to correlate with class periods but I don’t know if I’m missing something
Yes, you should be able to see the students anytime they are in the building after you activate/start the period you have them. It isn't time sensitive, unless you have set it up to automatically start. I'm in middle, but hopefully it works the same as any level.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 14:07
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
I have recently started using Lightspeed in HS because now with ChatGPT, kids can easily look up answers to absolutely anything. I use Lightspeed for my Canvas Tests. Does anyone know if I can use Lightspeed if a kid comes in at lunch to take a quiz? Lightspeed access seems to correlate with class periods but I don’t know if I’m missing something
Anonymous
04/16/2025 10:36
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Lightspeed is so useless compared to GoGuardian. I've heard many students have already cheated the way to bypass Lightspeed. Of course, only a handfew of teachers I know barely even used GoGuardian in the first place, but I don't see how most teachers will even try to use Lightspeed. If anything, iBOSS is garbage yet the school manages to still use it.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 10:27
Subject: Re:Is GoGuardian going away???
My MS kid spends an immense amount of time playing hacked games on his Chromebook and is usually left to do so after work is finished. I'd rather that the teachers required Chromebooks to be closed after assignments are submitted. Seems kind of simple to me in that regard, since this is a no-phones MS.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 09:16
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Teachers also need better training on light speed. My students are constantly shocked when I take their chromebooks and switch their settings so it works again.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 20:23
Subject: Re:Is GoGuardian going away???
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Didn't they switch from Go Guardian to Lightspeed in order to save money?
I thought they said that only a small percentage of teachers were using Go Guardian. Of course I also wonder if that small percentage of teachers matched the teachers most likely to need to use a monitoring system.
I think it’s used most in middle school. That’s when I needed it the most. Still do. They just are so distracted. We can take away phones but then they have the Chromebook. We can’t win.
There was a thread recently to keep phones away during the school day. They should also add that lightspeed be used in when classwork is on chromebook.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 19:35
Subject: Re:Is GoGuardian going away???
Anonymous wrote:Didn't they switch from Go Guardian to Lightspeed in order to save money?
I thought they said that only a small percentage of teachers were using Go Guardian. Of course I also wonder if that small percentage of teachers matched the teachers most likely to need to use a monitoring system.
I think it’s used most in middle school. That’s when I needed it the most. Still do. They just are so distracted. We can take away phones but then they have the Chromebook. We can’t win.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 18:46
Subject: Re:Is GoGuardian going away???
Didn't they switch from Go Guardian to Lightspeed in order to save money?
I thought they said that only a small percentage of teachers were using Go Guardian. Of course I also wonder if that small percentage of teachers matched the teachers most likely to need to use a monitoring system.
I thought they said that only a small percentage of teachers were using Go Guardian. Of course I also wonder if that small percentage of teachers matched the teachers most likely to need to use a monitoring system.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 17:09
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Bonus of light speed is you can turn off the internet for everyone.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:41
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Lightspeed works but is very glitchy. I never used Goguardian so cannot comment on whether that was better or worse
Anonymous
04/15/2025 15:29
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Anonymous wrote:Lightspeed is straight-up garbage and nowhere as useful as GoGuardian.
Awful
Anonymous
04/15/2025 14:43
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Lightspeed is straight-up garbage and nowhere as useful as GoGuardian.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 14:05
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Anonymous wrote:Is it same service?
Are all teachers using them in classroom?
Does it block students from playing games on Chromebooks after they are done with work assigned to them during class?
No, it has fewer features and less monitoring ability
No, it’s an individual choice just as GoGuardian was
Definitely not.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 13:30
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Is it same service?
Are all teachers using them in classroom?
Does it block students from playing games on Chromebooks after they are done with work assigned to them during class?
Are all teachers using them in classroom?
Does it block students from playing games on Chromebooks after they are done with work assigned to them during class?
Anonymous
04/15/2025 13:21
Subject: Is GoGuardian going away???
Anonymous wrote:For 24-25 year:
What did they use this school year in place of GoGuardian?
Lightspeed replaced GoGuardian this year.