Teacher Dashboard Action Bar
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 Customer Forum, Session Management, Settings, Help, Video Tutorials, and sign out of your dashboard.
Change the timezone for your area.
Click the down arrow to the right of Select a timezone or the currently displayed timezone at the top of the screen.
Click the desired timezone. A confirmation prompt appears.
Click Close to remove the prompt.
Blocksi’s website rating tool uses 85 categories to classify billions of websites.
Security Risk, which includes malicious websites, such as phishing and spam URLs.
Unethical, such as explicit violence and extremist groups.
Adult/Mature Content, which includes gambling and pornography.
Bandwidth Consuming, such as streaming media and file sharing.
Business, which includes finance and banking and secure websites.
Personal, such as games and medicine.
There are two locations on your dashboard from which to rate websites: the Action Bar and the Web Filter screen.
Click Website Rating Tool at the top of the dashboard. The Website Rating Tool window opens.
Type the URL for which to retrieve the category in the Enter URL text box.
Click Get Category. The corresponding category appears, as shown below.
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 to retrieve the category in the Enter URL text box.
Click Get Category. The corresponding category appears to the right, as shown below.
Re-evaluate websites if you believe they belong in a different category. All requests will be reviewed and recategorized by our team.
Click Website Rating Tool at the top of the dashboard. The Website Rating Tool window opens.
Type the URL 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 communication between teachers with 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 your 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 your dashboard.
When you are signed in to your Teacher Dashboard from different devices and browsers, a notification banner appears at the bottom of your dashboard informing you that you have multiple active sessions.
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Session Management. or click the link in the notification message.
The Session Management window opens. This window displays the device/browser information (IP address and location), the sign in date and time, and which session you are currently using.
Locate the session you want to close and click the Terminate button.
Use the Teacher Dashboard settings to change the dashboard language.
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Settings.
Blocksi provides a comprehensive help file.
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Help. The help file opens.
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click How to Videos.
Click the down arrow at the far right of the Action Bar and click Sign Out.
