The Action Bar appears at the top of the screen and contains the following:
Toggle to switch between showing and hiding the Main Menu.
Drop-down list to change the timezone.
Button to open the website rating tool
The username of the current user.
Down arrow to access the Help link, Customer Forum, and sign out of the Teacher Dashboard
Blocksi’s website rating tool uses 85 categories to classify billions of websites. These categories are divided into the following groups:
There are two locations on the Teacher Dashboard from which you can rate websites: the Action Bar and the Web Filter screen.
To rate a website from the Action Bar
Click Website Rating Tool at the top of the dashboard. The Website Rating Tool window opens.
Type the URL for which you want to retrieve the category in the Enter URL text box.
Click Get Category. The corresponding category appears, as shown below.
To rate a website from the Web Filter screen
Click Filters from the Main Menu and then click Web Filters from its sub-menu. The Web Filter screen appears.
Locate the desired filter, and click the
icon. The edit screen for that web filter appears.
Type the URL for which you want to retrieve the category in the Enter URL text box.
Click Get Category. The corresponding category appears to the right, as shown below.
You can re-evaluate websites when they need to be moved to a different category
To re-evaluate a website
Click Website Rating Tool at the top of the dashboard. The Website Rating Tool window opens.
Type the URL that you want to re-evaluate in the URL text box.
Select the category that you believe the website should be categorized under in the Requested Category drop-down list.
Click Send.
Note
This action generates a support ticket to the Blocksi help desk for review. You will be notified by email of the result.
Blocksi provides a comprehensive help file.
To access Help
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Help. The help file opens.
Blocksi provides communication between teachers with the Customer Forum.
To access the Customer Forum
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Customer Forum. You are brought to the forum, in which you can engage with other teachers and post and answer questions regarding the Teacher Dashboard.
Note
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Customer Forum. You are brought to the forum, in which you can engage with other teachers and post and answer questions regarding the Teacher Dashboard.
