Chromebooks Web Filtering/Monitoring

[colly72]

Hi all,

 

We're looking at the possibility of introducing 1:1 Chromebooks in September for our Senior School students. I'm looking at how we provide web filtering/monitoring when they use them off site/at home. I'm aware of Securly's free web filtering Chrome extension which looks promising and have also seen Bark for Schools, which looks good, although somewhat US focused but I wondered if anyone had experience of using these in the wild, or if anyone had any other recommendations, guidelines etc?

 

Thanks in advance.

Edited February 3, 2020 by colly72

[localzuk]

We use the paid version of Securly with our 1:1 Chromebooks. Had no issues with it at all so far!

[rogerdnixon]

Securly here as well - works well on all our devices across multiple sites - dead easy to use.

[snagrat]

How much is Securly costing everyone?

 

We were quoted it as part of a tender process and for 1000 users it was very expensive

[rogerdnixon]

We buy from C-Learning - speak to Ian ([email protected]). Cost depends on what bits you get - so things like Auditor+ are an option. It also depends on the number of licences - get cheaper the more you have. I'd say you might be looking at around £2.5-3k for 1000 users per year - depending on the bits you want. If you just want Chromebook filtering and no other devices (and no parent portal - our parents love this though - so well worth it), then its free.

 

One of the killers for Chromebook and other things is rubbish content filtering. So while Securly is not the cheapest solution - it adds value in terms of its ease of deployment, use, reporting and parental engagement. It's definitely been a selling point for our 1:1 scheme.