{"id":2251,"date":"2022-05-31T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2251"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:37:43","password":"","slug":"monitor-students-and-teachers-google-classroom-activity","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/monitor-students-and-teachers-google-classroom-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitor students and teachers Google Classroom activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Monitor students&#8217; and teachers&#8217; Google Classroom activity<\/h2>\n<p>GAT Shield is an extension when deployed to the end-users it allows tracking of the user&#8217;s Browsing activity.<\/p>\n<p>Using GAT Shield, an admin can <strong>view<\/strong> and <strong>track<\/strong> the <strong>activity<\/strong> of the <strong>teachers and students<\/strong> in<strong> Google Classrooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Browsing tags<\/h3>\n<p>An Admin can set up a tag for browsing Google Classrooms. This &#8220;tag&#8221; can then be used to filter only the browsing in Google Classroom<\/p>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>GAT Shield &gt; Configuration &gt; Browsing tags<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the right side, click on the <strong>+ New browsing tag <\/strong>button<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14156\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield.png\" alt=\"Adding new browisng tag - click on the left side menu on browising tags then + button new browsing tag a pop up window will be displayed then enter site - enter the site url and below the tags - enter the tag then the + button on the right side on the same field then the create button \" width=\"1915\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield.png 1915w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield-1024x420.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield-1536x630.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_25_23-Shield-360x148.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1915px) 100vw, 1915px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Site URL &#8211; <\/strong>enter classroom.google.com &#8211; the Google Classroom page<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Tags &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">enter the name of the tag and click on the + button beside it (5)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Create <\/b>&#8211; click to create the Tag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Result<\/h3>\n<p>Navigate to <b>Audit &gt; Browsing\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can filter and &#8220;pin&#8221; the Tags. Filter by the &#8220;tag&#8221; for Classroom and v<strong>iew all the activity<\/strong> for all users on the <strong>classroom.google.com website <\/strong>via the tag<strong> Classroom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14158 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield.png\" alt=\"Image showing a detailed activity log for classroom.google.com, filtered by the 'Classroom' tag. The interface allows selection of a specific time frame (e.g., Today, Last 7 days). Visible data points include the duration users spent on the classroom sites, specific start and end times for each activity, and the complete website URLs accessed\" width=\"1908\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield.png 1908w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield-1536x688.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2025-07-21-12_30_39-Shield-360x161.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1908px) 100vw, 1908px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Filter by Tag and search for classroom &#8211; all the tags with the classroom activity will be displayed.<\/p>\n<p>In the top right corner, you can filter by the time frame, for example<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today<\/li>\n<li>Yesterday<\/li>\n<li>Last 7 days<\/li>\n<li>Last 14 days and so on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All additional information can be seen, such as how long the users were on the classroom sites, time on website, when it started, and when it finished, the full website URL etc.<\/p>\n<h3>Video how-to<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-6b8d9f8e395017cdd6fb0df66dc83c96 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:900px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"How to Monitor Google Classroom Browsing Activity with GAT Shield\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oA-Hshqrybk?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitor students&#8217; and teachers&#8217; Google Classroom activity GAT Shield is an extension when deployed to the end-users it allows tracking of the user&#8217;s Browsing activity. 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