Timelines offers teachers another way to ensure that all their students are quite literally on the same page.
With a glance, you can ensure that students have the correct website open. This is especially handy when giving a quiz and making sure students don’t hunt around the web for answers.
Timelines displays browsing information for ChromeOS, Android and iOS devices. To learn more about what information is displayed per OS please scroll down to the bottom of this guide.
With the Activity Timeline, you can also scroll back through the timeline to see what sites students spent time on during class.
The Live Activity Timeline will be accessible during all classes. Let's take a look at the various features and functions.
The bars change colour to match the active sites and applications. Your active students are represented on the left-hand side, as soon as they start browsing online or using Chrome applications; the activity timeline will start displaying their information.
Scrolling through the Timeline
With Timelines, you can scroll back through the timeline to see what sites students spent time on during class.
- To scroll back through your class, simply click on the slider bar to the specific time.
- To return to live activity simply scroll forward to the current time.
Zooming into the Timeline
You can use the Zoom feature to expand specific time periods. This feature will allow you to view browsing or application activity that might have been active for just a single minute.
- Simply click the Zoom icon to change the zoom scale of the timeline.
Displaying Activity Information
Finally, you can click on any of the bars to display more details about the activity. The pop-up should display the site or application name and URL, and the time spent on the activity.
Timelines for ChromeOS
Timelines for ChromeOS devices will track and display all browsing activity performed on the device. This includes:
- Chrome browsing
- All Chrome Web Applications
- Chrome Applications
- Mobile Guardian application tabs
- Mobile Guardian Safe Browser
Timelines for Android
Timelines for Android devices will track and display all browsing activity performed on the device when students use the following applications:
- Mobile Guardian Application tabs
- Mobile Guardian Safe Browser
Timelines for iOS
Timelines for iOS devices will track and display all browsing activity performed on the device when students use the following applications:
- Mobile Guardian Application tabs
- Mobile Guardian Safe Browser
- Browsers with WebKit plugin
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