Linewize Filter’s Content Filtering controls what users can access on the internet based on your school’s filtering policies. To ensure your school’s policies are up to date, Linewize maintains and updates its database of websites and web addresses daily.
Tip
Discuss with your staff about what content to filter to ensure there are no disruptions to lessons.
Types of content
To make configuring Content Filtering flexible and quick, you can filter a website’s Domain or URL or use Linewize’s Themes, Categories and Signatures.
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Type of content |
Description |
Example |
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Domain/URL |
Unique address used for websites, webpages and all types of content hosted on the Internet. |
“coolmathgames.com” |
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Placeholders for characters or phrases that you can filter to match certain parts of a web address. |
*games* *gaming* |
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Themes |
Themes are collections of similar websites, further split into Categories. |
“Arts and Entertainment” “Gaming” |
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Categories |
Categories break the main Theme into more specific topics and contain Signatures. |
“Streaming Media” “Books and Literature” |
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Signatures |
Signatures that contain all known web addresses for specific, highly popular websites or applications. Filtering a Signature is more effective since some websites/applications use web addresses that differ from their main domain. |
“Minecraft” “YouTube” |
Table 1: Types of content you can filter.
Content you can’t filter
Linewize Filter can’t block content stored on a device or applications that don’t use the internet.
Tip
Teachers can use Classwize to block some Windows applications using Native App Control .