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title: Take Action on Students’ Browsing Tabs in Classroom Session with Teacher Assist
description: "[Teacher Assist](https://gatlabs.com/education/products/teacher-assist/) is a tool for [Google Classroom](https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/classroom/) teachers. It allows them to view and monitor the screens of the students in real-time and take action on students' browsing tabs. ## The Teacher Control Navigate to**Teacher Assist > Start a…"
url: "https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/take-action-on-students-browsing-tabs-while-on-classroom-session/"
updated: "2023-04-07"
category: "Classroom Audit & Management"
tags:
  - Teacher Assist
---

# Take Action on Students’ Browsing Tabs in Classroom Session with Teacher Assist

[Teacher Assist](https://gatlabs.com/education/products/teacher-assist/) is a tool for [Google Classroom](https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/classroom/) teachers. It allows them to view and monitor the screens of the students in real-time and take action on students' browsing tabs.

## The Teacher Control

Navigate to**Teacher Assist > Start a classroom session.**View all the active students and their browsing activity in real-time.

![Controlling of a Classroom session](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-12-17_33_35-Teacher-Assist.png)

Open and push a new site to all the students in bulk.

Next, click on **the cartwheel button** and click on **Open New Tab**.

![Opening new tab for the session](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-12-17_34_59-Teacher-Assist.png)

This will prompt a window where to enter any site needed.

- **Enter the site URL**
- **Open** - click to open the chosen site
- **Open and Lock**  - click to open the chosen site and lock it for the students
- **Open and lock domain** - click to open the chosen site and lock the domain
- **Open and Lock URL** - click to open the chosen stie and lock the URL

![Setting the new tab up](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-12-17_36_50-Teacher-Assist.png)

## Control Individual Student when Browsing

Clicking on any individual student, the teacher can view the options available.

- **Open new tab** - open a new tab for the student
- **Distribute current page** - distribute the current opened page and send to all other students
- **Block current page** - block the current page

![Controlling individual student when browsing](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-13-13_22_33-Teacher-Assist.png)

*NOTE: Block current page - will block the page for all the active students.*

## Control the students browser open tabs in real-time

Double click on a student account or selecting **Maximize Viewing Window** will open Teacher Assist onto full window. The teacher can view the screen of the student on full screen.

On the right side there is a menu with the tabs the student has open.

- **Current**  - it shows the current tab opened by the student
- **Previous** - it shows all the other tabs opened on the students Chrome browser
  - **Open tab** (yellow icon) - open the selected tab on your screen (the teacher's browser). It takes the URL and opens it on the teacher's account.
  - **Switch tab** (green icon) - switch the tab for the student and open as current
  - **Delete tab** (red icon) - close the tab from the students' Chrome browser

![Viewing of the student's screen](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-18-15_49_26-Teacher-Assist.png)

## Final Results

This allows the teachers to manage and control the browser of the students in real time.

- The teacher can open new tabs for the students.
- They can close the browsing tabs of the student Chrome browser.
- They can also switch between the different tabs opened on the Chrome browser.

## Related Posts

- [How to Lock Student Screens for Exams](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/how-to-lock-student-screens-for-exams/)
- [View the Students' Browsing Activity from Previous Days](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/view-the-students-browsing-activity-from-previous-days/)
- [Teacher Assist Guide](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/teacher-assist-guide/)