ACTIVE Education vs GoGuardian Teacher

Likelihood to Recommend

Really like the appearance of reporting and the web booking.

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Professional in Customer Service

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

GoGuardian Teacher is great for a teacher who needs a way to monitor student activities and work time on a laptop. It is easy to set up, simple to use and helps to keep students accountable when online in class. It integrates with Google Classroom which is a big help. It is more powerful for teachers experienced in using tech in the classroom. The archiving ability is great but the UX needs to improve.

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Laurance J. Specht

Manager of Personalized Learning and Dean of Instruction

Brooklyn Laboratory Charter SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Separation of payer and the person attending the activity. For example: children incur charges, but the parent is responsible for paying them.
Fast - in our old system there was a delay while customers waited for the system to respond.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Account setup is very easy.
The software is extremely intuitive.

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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Cons

I really like the look and feel of ActiveNet Reporting, but it isn't extremely customizable. Maybe there is something I am missing, but other employees have shared that same feedback.
It would be nice to have the system synchronize with other software we use. (EMS, StarRez, etc.) When planning conferences, we currently have hotel guests and registration that we would like to share information for through each system. Currently it is just double data entry.
Would like to be able to add more resources and details to a room booking and have the corresponding departments be notified of the order/track inventory.

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Professional in Customer Service

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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The initial learning curve of the program took some time, but then was easy to follow.
We were only able to start using it after our IT department sent our classes to us.

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Employee in Other

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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GoGuardian Teacher 10.0

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For a technology-heavy school, it is a necessary and good tool for managing classroom use of laptops. It is easy to set up and use. Helps track time on task and internet usage. Another source of data when speaking to parents about student work and activity. Can help plan and manage work time when you have limited devices.

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Laurance J. Specht

Manager of Personalized Learning and Dean of Instruction

Brooklyn Laboratory Charter SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

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GoGuardian Teacher 9.6

Based on 6 answers

The support is great. On the rare occasion that I've had to reach out to support they have been very quick to respond and extremely helpful. I've also had teachers reach out directly to support themselves. Most of the time I don't even know that a teacher has reached out to support until after the fact. They always seem satisfied.

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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

ACTIVE Network allowed: grouping of classes, good interface, allowed importing of records, complex payment plans, per class fee structures, user fees, and trial classes.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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LanSchool had the same idea as GoGuardian but it was not cloud-based. This meant that LanSchool was unable to be used on multiple devices because it only tracked the data from one desktop device. This made it more difficult for teachers to monitor students because they had to use one specific device to track student's device data.

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Rebecca Vold Preston

First Grade Teacher

Pleasant Hope School DistrictPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Not sure yet.
It is newer to me and my department.
Double data entry which is just extra man hours.

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Verified User

Professional in Customer Service

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It allows us real-time information to handle situations.
It has increased students adherence to online behavior norms.

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Employee in Other

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No