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Browsing and web safety, page 2
Chrome rules, DNS filtering and the apps that are always blocked. 36 questions answered.
- Does the DNS filter see which websites students visit?A filtering DNS sees domain lookups, meaning the names of sites a device asks to open, because that is how it decides whether to allow them. It does not see page contents, messages or...
- What should we do when the filter blocks a website students need?Report it with the address, the group and the date so the filter choice can be reviewed. In the meantime, give students another route, such as an allowed app, or ask the team about a...
- What if a school or group wants no web filtering at all?The filter is a policy setting, so an organisation or group can have different filtering levels, but a default filter applies where nobody has chosen one. Skie is built for devices that...
- How can a teacher access extra content for one lesson without changing the filter?Change the app list or use a lesson window, not the filter. Skie can apply extra apps to a whole class for one lesson in a single step, and they return to the normal set when the window...
- How do you stop students using social media on school tablets?Leave social media apps off the group's app list, because only allowed apps run, and rely on the filtering DNS to block social sites in the browser. Install guard removes anything not...
- Can a student join a phone hotspot to get on an unfiltered network?They can still join, but the filter does not stay behind. Skie sets the filtering DNS on the device, so it applies on any network, and hotspot and tethering are blocked on managed devices....