Why choose Securly Parent Portal?
The attentiveness of both sales and engineering to our needs has been above and beyond. We are getting a lot of good feedback about the Parent Portal. It puts us leaps and bounds ahead of other districts in our area. We have loved the added protection and notifications from Securly!
How does Securly home work for parents?
Parents can use the Securly Home app to turn internet access on or off with a single tap when the device is away from school. Parents can opt-in to receive flagged activity notifications for their child. This includes signs of bullying, self-harm, and violence.
What is Securly home?
Securly Home makes it easy. Securly is the leading solution in keeping children safe online at school. Now parents can get the same peace of mind when school devices come home. See your child’s online activity in real-time and catch up with our weekly email snapshots. From school to home, we’ve got you covered.
How do parents get email reports from Securly?
Families with email addresses on file with the district will be automatically enrolled and will receive email reports from Securly. Parents can now view their children's activity across educational sites and time syncs, in-school and at-home across all of their school-owned devices.
Can parents use Securly?
Parents can use the Securly Home app to turn internet access on or off with a single tap when the device is away from school.
Does Securly record your screen?
What data does Securly collect? Securly monitors your child's online activity while at school, and off-campus if the child is using a school-issued device that is filtered by Securly.
Can Securly track you at home?
“Securly does not track what students do on their laptops,” he wrote in an email to The Neersyde on August 23. Tepper also wrote that Securely is simply an upgrade something that already existed. Mr. Tepper assures the TBS community that Securly works only at school – not at home away from The Benjamin School network.
Can Securly see your search history?
Securly collects the school-issued email address, public IP address (available to anyone on the Internet), websites visited, searched terms, YouTube videos, and social media posts (if social media is allowed by the school).
How do I access Securly?
Tapping the three-line “Hamburger” button in the top left corner will slide out a quick menu for easy access to the key features of Securly Home, as well as links to Account settings and Help. At the top of this menu, parents will see the account email address they're logged in with.
How do I get rid of school Securly?
To uninstall the Securly SSL certificate installed on an Android device, go to Settings > Security > User Credentials and look for the Securly certificate. When you tap the certificate you will be asked if you want to “Remove” it. Click “Remove” to uninstall the certificate from your device.
Is Securly an invasion of privacy?
Securly has been criticized for providing tools that empower school to censor content and invade students' privacy. In 2017, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Arrowhead High School's implementation of Securly, which received pushback from parents and students.
Is Securly a spyware?
Schools Spy on Kids to Prevent Shootings, But There's No Evidence It Works. Spyware like GoGuardian, Bark, and Gaggle are monitoring students' internet habits, both on and off school grounds.
Why is Securly annoying?
Securly is something that becomes a tiring aspect of research, and homework. It creates issues for students and teachers, by restricting access to websites that students need for their schoolwork.
What keywords does Securly block?
The Securly web filter scans keywords on Google, Bing, Yahoo, YouTube, and Wikipedia to ensure that students are always displaying safe search results and protected from inappropriate/ malicious content. Admins can enable or disable the keyword scanning option if they find it necessary for any specific policy.
Can my school see what I do on my personal account at home?
Welcome to the Google for Education forum! If you are logged into your school account on your personal device and also logged into the browser with your school account, the user account is managed by your school so they will be able to track your activity.
Can my school see what I search at home?
Can schools see what websites you're visiting at home? Your schools cannot track your online activity through Wi-Fi when you're at home, but if your devices are installed with the aforementioned proctoring apps, your school might be able to watch you via the camera or monitor your keystrokes.
Can my school see my incognito?
Can schools see incognito? Incognito mode does not hide your browsing history from school administrators. They can still see the sites you visit and when just as they would in normal browser viewing modes.
How do you unblock Securly on a Chromebook?
1:343:01How to Bypass Securly on a School Chromebook - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAll you have to do is go to customize and control. And then go to more tools. And then go to taskMoreAll you have to do is go to customize and control. And then go to more tools. And then go to task manager.
How do I stop Securly from blocking websites?
To do this:Login to your Securly Safety Console.Navigate to the policy you want to allow or block a web page for.Click Allow/Deny and enter the name of the web page in the appropriate list in the format abc.com/xyz.
How do you use the Securly app?
1:068:48Getting Started with Securly Home - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipClick the link and that link is going to take you then directly into the app. Once you're in the appMoreClick the link and that link is going to take you then directly into the app. Once you're in the app you will see here you've got the activity feed flagged activity rules offline schedules.
Solutions for every school
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No two schools are exactly alike, so we’ll customize a solution for you that’s designed to help achieve your goals, simplifies work for your staff, and stays within your budget.
Can parents watch their child's online activity?
Parents can stop watching the clock and specify times when their child can’t go online. Select a time and Securly Home does the rest.
Can parents watch the clock?
Parents can stop watching the clock and specify times when their child can’t go online. Select a time and Securly Home does the rest. Parent visibility. You choose what activity parents can see on their child’s school-owned device.
