School Experience
What are Extended Rules?
The Extended Rules feature allows parents to use the Qustodio Parent app to manage and filter a child’s school-managed Chromebook or Windows device in Companion Mode outside school hours.
Is Extended Rules on by default at my school?
No, Extended Rules is an opt-in feature for schools. Contact your Linewize Account or Success Manager to turn on Extended Rules in Linewize Filter. Once turned on, the Extended Rules settings will display, and you can configure them.
How do I control when parents can use Extended Rules?
You must set your Outside School Hours in the School Calendar to allow parents Extended Rules access outside school hours. See the Extended Rules configuration article for more information.
What happens during school hours? Do parents' rules override the school’s policies and interfere with learning?
Extended Rules automatically turns off during school hours, prioritising your Linewize Filter policies. Parents' rules do not override Linewize Filter policies during this time.
Can I see which student devices are under Extended Rules?
Parents can control the device if you configure Extended Rules for after-hours in the School Calendar and if the device is off-network. You can check the Parent or Student Management pages to see if a parent has accepted control of the device.
What if students are away from school due to a public holiday or student/pupil-free day?
You can configure Extended Rules to transfer device management to parents on public holidays and non-school days. These can be set in the School Calendar in Linewize Filter. They can be used for public holidays, school holidays, weather days, student/pupil-free days, and other days when students aren’t at school.
Can I use Extended Rules myself? Can other teachers or leaders at my school?
Yes, if your child attends the school and you’re listed as their parent in Linewize Filter, you can use Extended Rules. However, the Extended Rules feature is only available to parents and only via the Qustodio Parent app.
Parent Experience
How are Extended Rules referred to in the Qustodio Parent app?
Extended Rules are called ”Rules”, and parents will receive communications from Qustodio to"Apply rules on school devices" or "Manage school devices" in the Qustodio Parent app.
How do parents turn Extended Rules on or off?
When your school turns on Extended Rules, a toggle becomes available on the Qustodio Rules page on the child’s dashboard in the Qustodio Parent app. Parents use this toggle to turn Extended Rules on or off based on their preference.
Student Experience
What will the students see if they are blocked?
If your school policies or Safety Net blocks the student, they’ll see the Linewize Filter block page. If both school policies or Safety Net and parents' Qustodio rules block the same thing, the student will see the Linewize Filter block page. If parents' Qustodio rules block the student, they’ll see the Qustodio block page.