https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Google-Educator-Collaboration/Class-Tools-Student-Focus-Workaround/m-p/202432#M168 <P>Good afternoon,</P><P>Our students have found a way to circumvent the 'focus' mode on Class Tools. Where students have an editable Google Doc/Slides in the assignment - for example, a worksheet on a Google Doc where I want them to complete their answers - students have discovered by selecting 'Insert &gt; Link', they can add a link to Google or Gemini, which then becomes clickable and takes them out of the restrictions I've set on Class Tools.&nbsp;</P><P>Is there a way to prevent this? Or is this something that will hopefully be rectified in future updates?</P><P>Many thanks,</P><P>Rebecca</P> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:32:13 GMT rmcharan 2026-02-03T15:32:13Z https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Google-Educator-Collaboration/Class-Tools-Student-Focus-Workaround/m-p/202432#M168 <P>Good afternoon,</P><P>Our students have found a way to circumvent the 'focus' mode on Class Tools. Where students have an editable Google Doc/Slides in the assignment - for example, a worksheet on a Google Doc where I want them to complete their answers - students have discovered by selecting 'Insert &gt; Link', they can add a link to Google or Gemini, which then becomes clickable and takes them out of the restrictions I've set on Class Tools.&nbsp;</P><P>Is there a way to prevent this? Or is this something that will hopefully be rectified in future updates?</P><P>Many thanks,</P><P>Rebecca</P> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:32:13 GMT https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Google-Educator-Collaboration/Class-Tools-Student-Focus-Workaround/m-p/202432#M168 rmcharan 2026-02-03T15:32:13Z