- Allen Independent School District
- Empower 1:1 Device Program
- GoGuardian Parent App Information
Go Guardian Parent App
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GoGuardian Parent in Allen ISD
Allen ISD provides access to GoGuardian Parent, a mobile app to help keep parents/guardians with additional controls during out-of-school hours. GoGuardian Parent is a companion to the classroom management and internet filtering tools that your child's school uses for devices issued to students. Through the use of this app, we hope to encourage more open and honest conversations between parents and children that will result in safer practices and responsible browsing habits.
What is GoGuardian Parent?
GoGuardian Parent provides additional educational support to administrators and teachers by allowing parents to see what sites and documents their children are browsing and providing parents with additional internet controls at home. The app gives parents a bird's eye view of the apps and websites that their kids are on most often and control over school-issued devices during out-of-school hours. With this perspective, parents can be made aware of what types of browsing behavior schools are seeing from students, so they can all work together to encourage more effective internet browsing habits at home and at school.
What's the intention of the app?
By providing insight and control over student browsing activity, our goal is to empower parents to take a more active role in their children's online learning while at home. We aim to create a greater sense of transparency with student browsing to help bring about a greater understanding of accountability on both the parent's and the student's part. We also believe that transparency and insight will increase the likelihood of productive student browsing habits on a more consistent basis.
What is included in this app:
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Ability to block websites on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours using the Filters tab in the app
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Ability to pause internet access on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours, either on-demand or at a scheduled time using the Time tab in the app
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At this time, the Summary and Activity features are not available
To access the app, please follow the instructions below:
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Download the app
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iPhone: Visit App Store, and download GoGuardian Parent.
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Android: Visit Google Play Store, and download GoGuardian Parent.
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After the app is successfully downloaded and installed, open it up and enter the email address registered with the school.
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Login/Check Email with the email address listed in Skyward: Check your email on your phone for a link to log in to the app. Tap the "Verify your email", and it will take you straight to the app. Note: If you don't have access to your email through the device you used to log in, tap on "Login with verification code", and copy and paste the verification code from the email into the app.
At this time, the Summary and Activity tabs are not available
Additional Resources
If you have any questions or need support, please contact your campus technician on your student’s campus. Please have ready your student’s name and student ID for faster assistance. Additional questions can be directed to empower1to1@allenisd.org
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