Chromebooks from government MDM help please

[Mimi-]

We are not a Google school so no children have Google accounts not do teachers. We were sent 3 chrome books from our council for the children who have no devices at home in case of a bubble closure.

 

The parent agreement that came with the chrome books says 'you are asked to note that we filter and a MDM is installed on the devices. The MDM can allow us to locate, disable and delete data and see the web addresses visited'

 

They didn't mention a MDM to the person who collected them, how would I access this (or are they assuming we are a Google school and have something in place, which we don't)

 

With the web filtering, isn't it the parents job to filter their broadband at home or are there settings I should change on the chrome book?

 

 

I went to go on the chrome books but can't log in unless I create a gmail account, it's very hard not being a Google school and me never having touched a chrome book before.

 

 

Thank you

[Primus]

I suggest you get your SLT involved and go back to the council, decisions like filtering etc are something you really need their input into.

 

In short the DfE expect you to filter onsite and offsite if you've given the student a device. They haven't necessarily made this a formal requirement but they certainly seem to expect it.

 

If you can log into the Chromebook with any old gmail account then they're not going to be filtered - some local councils asked schools for the tenancy and applied licences for managing the Chromebooks to this. Some manage them themselves and give students accounts on their tenancy for use.