You can give users access to different types of content by setting Filtering Policies for a specific group rather than all users. It’s useful if you want to block content for students but not staff, or give access to a tool for students in a particular subject but not all students.
Before you begin
- You must have permission to manage Users and Groups and Filtering.
- You must create a group for the users that you want to filter or exempt from filtering. If Linewize Filter syncs groups and users from your school’s directory, you can create or use the groups from the directory. If your school doesn’t sync Linewize Filter, you can create groups locally in Linewize Filter.
Example
Common groups:
- Students - Filter only students, not staff.
- Staff - Allow content for staff only.
- Year Level - Filter content based on the year level of a student.
- Subjects - Allow content for students studying specific subjects.
- Clubs/After-school activities - Allow content for students who are in clubs or participate in After-school activities.
Filter a group of users
- Go to Filtering > Content Filtering.
- Edit an existing policy by selecting the Edit (pencil) icon or select + Create Policy to add a new filtering policy.
- Enter a Name for the policy.
- In the Type, enter the domain, Signature or Category for the policy.
- In the Select Criteria dropdown menu, select Group.
- In the Group field, enter the name of the group you want to filter.
- For the Action, select Allow or Block.
- (Optional) Set any optional settings.
- Select Save Policy.
Tip
Save time by duplicating policies that use the same content filtering settings.