Teacher Assist is a tool that allows the Teachers of Google Classrooms to view and control the browsing activity of their students in real-time.
By default, the tool can be used by any user of the Google Workspace domain who is a Google Classroom Teacher or Super Admin.
The Admins can set up and use Admin controls over the Teacher Assist tool.
Teacher Assist Admin Settings #
The Admins can log in to Teacher Assist and will be able to see all the Google classrooms of the domain.
1. General settings #
The Admin can set up the Timer visibility
Navigate to Teacher Assist> Admin > Administration > General
Enable or disable Timer and set up its time
2. Sessions #
The Sessions tab will show all the session (classroom) names and their details.
Navigate to Teacher Assist> Admin > Administration > Sessions
3. Time limits #
The Admins can set up Time limits for the use of Teacher Assist.
This is used for the Admins to allow or disallow the use of Teacher Assist.
- Weekdays hours – select days and hours for when Teacher Assist can be used by Teachers.
- Special hours – select time period for which Teacher Assist cannot be used.
- For example mid-term, a set time period where Teacher Assist cannot be used.
For example:
- Enable – enable Teacher Assist to be used at the selected times
- Off – No time limits are applied (default)
- Disable – disable Teacher assist to be used at the selected times
4. Access rights #
The Admin can set up different access rights for the teachers.
There are different access rights that can be enabled for teachers.
The access rights can be set up by the Admin
Clicking on the + button will display access rights options.
- User – select to whom the Access rights will be applied for
- All – all users of the domain
- User – select specific users
- Group – selected group of users
- Org. Unit – selected org. unit of users
- Area – select access rights.
- All – all access rights to be enabled
- Create & Edit groups – the Teachers can create (add students/users to Teacher Assist groups
- Edit group – the Teachers can only edit groups
- Access to students’ drive – allow access of the Teacher to the student’s drive
- Student drive can be viewed – the Drive of the students will be accessible
- Teacher – “Teacher” is a person who can use the application, teachers are automatically users who have classes or groups assigned or have been granted a role as a teacher when the role is actively revoked/blocked the user can not use this app.
- Access to reports – allow the Teachers to view and access the reports
- Principal – enble the Principal feature for a user, allowing the chosen user to use the Principal feature and monitor all the Teacher assist sessions that occur in the domain
5. Action log #
Finally, the Action log – is a log shown to the Admins where details of the use of Teacher Assist will be logged.
