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Off-Task Alerts is a GoGuardian Teacher feature that uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect when a student appears to be off task based on the classroom subject. Off-Task Alerts can identify students who are off task even when they’re on seemingly productive sites like Google Docs.
Off-Task Alerts currently supports the following class subjects: English, History, Math, and Science.

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How It Works

Off-Task Alerts analyzes the content of each student’s current webpage and compares it against the selected classroom subject. When a student is actively engaged with content that appears off task, a yellow border appears around their tile in the Screens view.

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Sensitivity Levels

Sensitivity controls how long a student must appear off task before their tile is highlighted.

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Enable Off-Task Alerts

During an active class session:
  1. Set the Off Task Alerts toggle to On.
  2. Select the appropriate class subject.
  3. Adjust the Sensitivity slider to match your preference.
To turn Off-Task Alerts off, set the toggle to Off.

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Change the Subject Mid-Session

If the subject changes during a session, click the Off-Task Alerts cogwheel and select a new subject. The Off-Task Alerts setting being toggled to "on" and Class Subject selection interface English Class Time Oct 28th 10:58am - 12:08pm. s Student timelines sorted by: last name. Off-Task Alerts Enabled… A student's tile highlighted in gold demonstrating the off-task alert notification How It Works

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Prevent Alerts for Specific Websites

Off-Task Alerts may flag students who are on task. You can prevent alerts for specific websites:
  1. Click the student’s screen tile.
  2. Click the Highlight this student… drop-down menu.
  3. Select Never.
Student's tile highlighting the "should a student's screen by highlighted" option set to "never" GoGuardian Teacher uses teacher feedback to improve off-task detection over time.

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Review Off-Task History

If Off-Task Alerts were active during a session, off-task behavior is saved for up to 1 calendar year.
  1. From the GoGuardian Teacher dashboard, click the classroom tile.
  2. Click the date and time of the session you want to review.
  3. Scroll through the timeline view. Off-task periods are highlighted in gold. The points at which Off-Task Alerts were enabled or disabled appear as gold vertical lines through all student timelines.

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Resources

Active Screens View

Review the Screens view controls where Off-Task Alerts highlights appear.

Student Browsing Reports

Access detailed individual student activity for a session.
Last modified on July 15, 2026