Administrators can set time limits for Teacher Assist usage and ensure that special times are set up when monitoring is disabled by default, such as during semester breaks.
Students can take their Chromebook home on days off from school if that is the school’s policy, and by setting special times, the administrator can ensure that no violations of student privacy occur during these special times off from school.
Teacher Assist includes a flexible Time Limits feature that enables administrators to manage exactly when teachers can use screen monitoring tools.
By defining allowed or blocked hours during regular school days as well as during special periods like semester breaks or holidays, administrators can balance classroom management needs with student privacy, especially when school-issued Chromebooks are used off-campus.
Set up Time Limits in Teacher Assist #
Navigate to Configuration > Time Limits section of Teacher Assist.
This is used for the Admins to allow or disallow the use of Teacher Assist.
The options are as follows:
- Weekdays hours – select weekdays and hours for when Teacher Assist can or cannot be used by Teachers
- Allowed – set allowed hours for Teacher Assist to be used
- Blocked – set blocked hours for Teacher Assist to be used
- None – default value where no rule is applied
- Special hours – select special time period for which Teacher Assist can or cannot be used.
- Allowed – set allowed dates and hours for Teacher Assist to be used
- Blocked – set blocked dates and hours for Teacher Assist to be used
Weekdays Hours #
To set up regular weekday hours, navigate to Configuration > Time Limits > Weekday Hours section.
Select days and action for Teacher Assist to be blocked or allowed.
- If Allowed is selected, the use of Teacher Assist will be allowed. The remaining times will be Blocked.
- If Blocked is selected, the use of Teacher Assist will be blocked. The remaining times will be Allowed
Special Hours #
Navigate to the Configuration > Time Limits > Special Hours tab.
Click on the New special hours button and create the block special hours
Result for Teachers #
When time limits rules are applied, the Teachers or Admins will simply not be able to start classroom sessions and view the Chrome browser activity of the students in real-time.
They can access Teacher Assist, but when they try to start a live session, they will receive a message stating that it cannot be used.
The Teachers will view a message: Session not enabled; check time restrictions.
Conclusion #
Once configured, these rules automatically enforce monitoring boundaries across the platform.
If a teacher or administrator attempts to launch a live session outside of the permitted schedule, Teacher Assist will prevent the session from starting and display a “Session not enabled; check time restrictions” prompt.
This safeguard guarantees that monitoring policies remain compliant and student privacy stays protected without requiring manual daily oversight.
