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Policies

If allowed by your school, you can create policies to control filtering for individual students or all students while a class is in session.

Note

The administrator from your district may disable filters and policies.

Filters added to the regular policy are always active and have no time constraints.

To create a policy

  1. Click Policies from the Main Menu. The Policies screen appears.

    Policies Screen
  2. Type the name of the policy in the Enter policy name text field.

  3. Click Create Policy +. The following window opens.

    Create Policy Window
  4. Select the required lists and filters, and type the URL in the Access Denied Page text box.

  5. Indicate whether to turn on SafeSearch for this policy.

  6. Click Save Changes. The new policy appears in the Policy Table.

Note

Click Export PDF to create a PDF of the policy.

To modify a policy

  1. Click Policies from the Main Menu. The Policies screen appears.

    Policies Screen
  2. Click the name of the policy you want to modify from the policy table.

  3. Make the necessary changes, and click Save Changes.

You can modify policies whenever you need to make changes to them.

You can use an existing policy to create a new one.

To duplicate a policy

  1. Click Policies from the Main Menu. The Policies screen appears.

    Policies Screen
  2. Locate the policy to duplicate, and click the Duplicate Icon icon. The Duplicate Policy window opens.

    Duplicate Policy Window
  3. Type the name of the new policy in the text box.

  4. Click OK. The duplicated policy appears at the bottom of the list. It contains the same filters and lists as the original policy.

  5. Make any desired changes to the new policy and save it.

You can export your policies to a PDF file.

To export a policy

  1. Click Policies from the Main Menu. The Policies screen appears.

    Policies Screen
  2. Click the name of the policy you want to export from the policy table. The policy window opens.

  3. Click Export PDF in the lower right-hand corner of the window. The file appears in the lower left-hand corner of your screen in PDF format. Click it to open and save it.

You can delete policies when you no longer need them.

To delete a policy

  1. Click Policies from the Main Menu. The Policies screen appears.

    Policies Screen
  2. Click the name of the policy you want to delete from the policy table.

  3. Click the Delete Policy button at the top right of the policy window. A confirmation prompt appears.

  4. Click OK to delete the policy. The policy is deleted from the policy table.