Ipad internet monitoring in school.

[ICT_GUY]

So currently ipads access the internet through a transparent proxy. It filters fairly well but they still find ways to access content they shouldn't.

Being shared devices the monitoring history doesn't log users. On our lpatops we havbe user based filtering.

I have thought about using securus web browser to log what they are searching and looking for. 

 

I have limited time being 27.5 hours a week and term time only with 500 pcs and 180 ipads.  Also the head has historically not liked spoending money on non devices. 

So we are in a position were I need to get the filtering and monitoring up to where it should be. Monitoring of searches on the laptops is also very hit and miss. RM does block sites and does log sites visited. But I don't like how often the kids manage to access games sites.

Also RM support for the internet has been somewhat terrible lately.

[tom_newton]

If you have securus web browser that's probably a good start, rather than changing all your filtering round

[TheHyperTechie]

2 hours ago, ICT_GUY said:

So currently ipads access the internet through a transparent proxy. It filters fairly well but they still find ways to access content they shouldn't.

Being shared devices the monitoring history doesn't log users. On our lpatops we havbe user based filtering.

I have thought about using securus web browser to log what they are searching and looking for. 

 

I have limited time being 27.5 hours a week and term time only with 500 pcs and 180 ipads.  Also the head has historically not liked spoending money on non devices. 

So we are in a position were I need to get the filtering and monitoring up to where it should be. Monitoring of searches on the laptops is also very hit and miss. RM does block sites and does log sites visited. But I don't like how often the kids manage to access games sites.

Also RM support for the internet has been somewhat terrible lately.

RM offer their SafetyNetGo filtering on iPads now. We have it on our chromebooks - offers in depth user reporting. In your case it should be quite effortless to setup, as your iPads are in shared mode already?

[ICT_GUY]

We have not done shared mode at the moment. For a number of reasons. Mainly down to having hours cut while work load increased. Also doing the systems managers role but being paid as a senior IT tech while having a primary school network the size of a secondary school with just myself doing everything term time only.

 

Anyhow rant over. I will have to look into setting it up. I will look into SafetyNetGo as well. I take it that SafetyNetGo pulls the users apple id?