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West Rusk CCISD
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Hillsboro-Deering School District
Content Filter is designed with a scalability-first principle and does not negatively affect student device performance. The cloud-based platform uses browser-level URL blocking and artificial intelligence to provide internet student safety, security, and CIPA compliance for K-12 schools.
Content Filter integrates seamlessly with your Google Admin console. Installation takes about 2 minutes, and makes implementation across your entire domain relatively easy, plus you get automatic enrollment and updates.
Content Filter's Student Safety Signals uses keyword, regex, and artificial intelligence to detect potential safety risks in online browsing, social media, gaming sites, and anywhere on the web.
Content Filter uses ManagedMethods' industry-leading student safety AI, Signals, to detect risks such as self-harm, suicide, sexually explicit content, cyberbullying, and toxicity directly in the Chrome browser.
Using Content Filter, easily apply policies across the domain and by OU, making it easy to configure based on your current structure in Google Admin console and apply policy changes to the whole domain without needing to copy updates over to each OU individually, if necessary.
Out-of-box support for over 30 website categories, representing over 300K websites, allowing admins to easily create block and allow policies for students on school-issued Chromebooks and in Chrome browser.
Additionally, set more granular policies for URLs, including regex. You can also import your existing block and allow lists via .csv import.
Content Filter can be configured to block social media sites, including Reddit and YouTube.
YouTube blocking can be managed more granularly based on keywords associated with a video, and by specific channels and videos. You can also analyze keywords associated with a video using the video link, which helps you build a better filter.
YouTube blocking configurations extend to embedded videos, such as in Google Slides and Forms, where students have been known to get around other filters.
Lost or stolen device? Content Filter makes it easy to see a devices last known location (including IP address and named location), what user accounts have logged into the device (and when), and what version of Chrome is running on it.
You can easily flag the device as lost or stolen to block anyone who may be using it from using Chrome.
Content Filter is easy to install and manage, with customizable settings to fit your district's specific needs. Plus, it runs seamlessly in the background, so students can focus on their studies without interruption.