Configuring the iOS Filtering Policy on the BMEE Admin Dashboard
To create a filtering policy on the BMEE Admin Dashboard
Use time-based policies to set different filters active during different time periods. For example, you can activate set one set of filters for morning hours, and activate a different set of filters for afternoon hours.
Note
You must use the iOS Blanket Time-based Policy for iPad filtering.
Sign in to the Blocksi Admin Dashboard using your Google Admin or Microsoft credentials.
Click Content Filtering from the Main Menu and then click Policies from its sub-menu. The Policies screen appears.
Type the name of the policy in the Enter policy name text field, and select iOS Blanket Time-based from the Choose policy type drop-down list.
Click Create Policy +. The following window opens.
Type the name of the time period in the Time period name text box and click the blue plus sign. The following additional fields are added to the window.
Select the appropriate filters to add to the selected time period from the drop-down lists. If you do not want to add a specific custom filter for a specific filter category, select None.
Type the URL in the Access denied page text box to direct students to a specific URL (e.g., your district’s web page) when access to a website is denied. If you activate Access Requests, then the default access denied page is used. If you do not have a specific URL redirect, leave this text box empty and it displays the standard Blocksi Access Denied page when a blocked page is accessed.
Indicate the color for the time span on the chart, and whether to turn on SafeSearch for this policy.
Select the times in the grid for which to make this policy active. Click the box for the desired hour and day, or press and hold the left mouse button and drag across a range of hours and days. Release your mouse button when you have finished.
Click Save Changes. The new policy appears in the Policy table.
Create multiple time periods, if needed, in a policy as you wish. For example, let’s say you wanted to create time periods for in school, after school, and weekends. Open the policy and repeat the steps in Adding the Time Periods for each additional time period to add to the policy. The following example shows a time-based policy that contains the three time periods mentioned previously. Note that each time period uses a different color scheme to indicate the hours and days to which it applies. Choose any colors you want to represent the time periods you create.
