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Alert preferences in GoGuardian Beacon control which phases generate alert cards on the dashboard and which phases trigger staff notifications. Super Counselors and Super Users can configure these settings. Beacon identifies five phases of self-harm-related behavior: Active Planning, Suicide Ideation, Self Harm, Help & Support, and Suicide Research. By default, all phases are toggled on. Active Planning alerts and notifications are always on and cannot be disabled.
This feature is not available on Beacon Starter. Beacon Starter generates Active Planning alerts only.
Each phase can be set to one of three states:

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Modify Alert Preferences

  1. Go to beacon.goguardian.com and sign in.
  2. Click Settings in the navigation menu.
  3. Select Alert Preferences.
  4. Turn on or turn off each phase according to your school’s needs.
  5. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
The Beacon Alert Preferences interface. Used for selecting themes of alerts for Beacon to detect

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Modify Staff Notifications

Staff notifications determine whether the escalation list receives email and text messages for each enabled phase. Turning off a phase in Alert Preferences automatically disables it in Staff Notifications.
  1. Go to beacon.goguardian.com and sign in.
  2. Click Settings in the navigation menu.
  3. Select Staff Notifications.
  4. Turn on or turn off the phases your staff should be notified about via email and text message.
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

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Resources

Configure School Hours

Set the school hours that control when notifications are sent.

Enable Threats and Violence Alert Categories

Turn on alert categories for Threats and Violence behavior.

Configure Beacon Settings

Complete the full Beacon setup checklist.

Alert Categories

Review definitions for Threats and Violence alert categories.
Last modified on July 9, 2026