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Access Time Control

Access Time Control filters set when students can access the internet, social media, and YouTube. Each filter is a weekly schedule divided into one-hour blocks for each day, where you mark the hours each type of content is blocked.

Note

All hours follow the time zone of the student’s device, not the Admin Dashboard.

Each filter has a General, Social Media, and YouTube tab, each with its own schedule. General covers all browsing and takes priority over the other two. For example, if an hour is blocked on General, students cannot browse at all during that hour, even if Social Media or YouTube is allowed.

Note

Access Time Control filters work only with Regular policies. Time-based policies have their own, more detailed time settings.

During a blocked hour, students see the blocked page regardless of your other filters. Allowed hours do not override your other filters, which continue to apply as usual.

Important

An active class session overrides Access Time Control. When a teacher starts a class session that includes a student under an Access Time Control filter, none of the filter’s blocked hours apply to that student until the class ends.

To access the Access Time Control page, click Content Filtering from the Main Menu, then click Filters from its sub-menu. On the Filters page, click Access Time Control listed under Web Filters.

Access Time Control Page

Important

After making any changes to your content filtering or policies, click the Update Policies on All Clients Button button in the Action Bar at the top of the page to apply the changes.

Example Schedules

The following examples show common ways to set up an Access Time Control filter:

  • YouTube on weekends only - Students can access YouTube only on Saturday and Sunday, from 7 AM to 9 PM. On the YouTube tab, every cell is blocked except cells 7 to 20 on Saturday and Sunday.

    YouTube on Weekends Example

  • No social media during school hours - Students cannot access social media websites from Monday to Friday, from 8 AM to 3 PM. On the Social Media tab, cells 8 to 14 are blocked for Monday to Friday.

    Limit Social Media Example

  • No internet overnight - Students cannot browse at all every night from 10 PM to 6 AM. On the General tab, cells 22, 23, and 0 to 5 are blocked for every day, so social media and YouTube are blocked as well, whatever their own tabs allow.

    No Internet Overnight Example
Creating an Access Time Control Filter

To set up an Access Time Control filter, create the filter, then block the hours you want to restrict on each tab.

To create and configure an Access Time Control filter:

  1. Type a name for the filter in the Enter filter name text box, then click the Create Access Time Control Button button. The new filter appears on the Access Time Control page.

    Enter Filter Name Section
    List of All Access Time Control Filters

  2. Click the Edit Button button in the same row as the new filter. The Edit Access Time Control page opens on the General tab.

    Important

    No hours are blocked by default upon creating an Access Time Control filter. A new Access Time Control filter blocks nothing until you block at least one hour.

    Edit Access Time Control Page

  3. Click the tab for the content you want to schedule:

    • General - Controls access to all browsing.

    • Social Media - Controls access to websites in the Social Media and Networking category.

    • YouTube - Controls access to YouTube.

  4. Click a cell to block that hour, or click and drag across several cells to block a range. Blocked cells turn red.

    Note

    Each row is a day of the week, and each column is an hour in military time, from 0 to 23.

    Drag to Select Ranges
    Configured Access Time Control Ranges

  5. Repeat steps 3–4 for any other tabs you want to schedule.

  6. Click the Save Changes Button button.

Managing Access Time Control Filters

You can manage your Access Time Control filters by editing their access times, renaming, duplicating, or deleting them. All of these actions can be performed directly on the Access Time Control page.

Access Time Control Page
Editing Access Times
To edit access times in an existing Access Time Control filter:

  1. On the Access Time Control page, locate the filter and click the Edit Button button. The Edit Access Time Control page opens.

    Configured Access Time Control Ranges

  2. Click the tab you want to change, then click or drag across cells to block or unblock hours.

  3. Click the Save Changes Button button.

Renaming an Access Time Control Filter
To rename an Access Time Control filter:

  1. On the Access Time Control page, locate the filter to rename and click its name. The filter name opens in an editable text box.

    Rename Access Time Control Filter

  2. Make your changes, then click the Save button.

Duplicating an Access Time Control Filter
To duplicate an Access Time Control filter:

  1. On the Access Time Control page, locate the filter to duplicate and click the Duplicate Button button. The Duplicate Filter window opens.

    Duplicate Filter Window

  2. Enter a name for the new filter in the text box, then click OK. The new filter appears on the Access Time Control page.

Note

The duplicate is an exact copy of the original, including the blocked hours on every tab. The original Access Time Control filter is not removed upon duplicating.

Deleting an Access Time Control Filter

Warning

Deleting an Access Time Control filter is a permanent action. Deleted filters cannot be recovered.

To delete an Access Time Control filter:

  1. On the Access Time Control page, locate the filter to delete and click the Delete Button button to the right of it.

  2. Click OK in the confirmation window. The Access Time Control filter is permanently removed from the list.