Content Filtering

Create and manage powerful content filtering rules to suit your school's unique needs.

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Content Filtering Overview The Linewize Filter content filter controls which content and applications are allowed or blocked at your school. Wh...
Content Filtering Policies and Classwize Linewize Filter Content Filtering Policies change how teachers can use Class Tools and Rules in Classwize. Teachers ...
Stop teachers from overriding policies in Classwize If your school lets teachers allow content in Classwize, you can use Locked Block Filtering Policies to stop teachers...
What users see when content is blocked What users see on blocked websites depends on whether your school uses Linewize Connect and how it’s configured. If y...
Set up alerts for attempts to access blocked content You can use Filtering Alerts to set Linewize Filter to send a real-time notification when a particular Filtering Pol...
Turn a Filtering Policy on/off Content Filtering Policies control what your users can access on the Internet. After creating a new policy, you must ...
Introduction to Content Filtering Content Filtering is a system that controls what users can access on the internet. Content refers to all material ava...
Hide staff activity in Filtering Reports and Alerts Depending on your school’s configuration, you may see staff activity showing in Filtering Reports and Alerts. You ca...
Filter a specific group of users You can give users access to different types of content by setting Filtering Policies for a specific group rather tha...
Search for Content Filtering policies You can use the search bar and filters to quickly find your Content Filtering policies. In Linewize Filter, go to F...
Control Filtering Policy scope with Criteria The Criteria dropdown menu defines the conditions to which a Filtering Policy applies. You can select specific criter...
Best Practices for Filtering Policies Content Filtering can be challenging to manage, especially when multiple people are managing the Filtering Policies ...
Block Unclassified Traffic in Linewize Filter   Important Contact Linewize Support to safely block unclassified traffic without interrupting network inf...
Suggest a website category change You can request a review for a website’s category or signature, or add a website to Linewize’s categories and signatu...
Block access to websites from direct IP addresses You should block website access from direct IP addresses to help enforce filtering policies and enhance your school’...
Create a Content Modification policy   Note This feature is only available to Connect for Chrome or Windows devices configured in Companion Mode. You can...
Troubleshoot Content Filtering This article can help you resolve some common Content Filtering problems. If these troubleshooting steps don’t fix y...
Clean Up URL and Domains Lists in Policies You should review Object Pools (also called Object Lists) used in Policies at least once a semester. Reviewing Objec...
YouTube Partial Filtering for Connect for iOS   Warning This feature will only work for iPadOS v14.6+ using Safari and Chrome, requiring Man in the Mid...
Filtering Categories Guide This article is intended for Linewize Filter and Classwize users. Linewize Filter utilizes "Themes” to label each we...
Block access to malware websites Malware poses a significant threat to the security and integrity of your school's computer systems. Linewize Filter ...
Automatically convert URLs into an Object List Organizing your policy set when creating Content Filtering Policies in Linewize Filter makes managing your filterin...
Test a filtering Policy Use Linewize Filter's Test Policy tool to check if Filtering Policies allow or block websites for specific users. Th...
Block access to unsafe AI chat Unsafe AI chat puts student wellbeing at risk by exposing them to harmful content, promoting unhealthy relationship ...
Allow Content in Linewize Filter This article covers using Themes, Categories, Signatures, and Time Periods to create content filtering Policies. You...
Set up wildcard filtering in Linewize Filter Dynamic URLs are web addresses that change based on the user or device accessing the site and are commonly used by we...
Content Filtering for Student Wellbeing Content Filtering in Linewize Filter is powerful and flexible, allowing you to have granular control over which webs...
Check the Category of a website Use Linewize Filter’s Category Search to check a website's Theme, Category and Signature and to see if any of your s...
Block Apple's iCloud Private Relay Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is an iOS and macOS feature that your users can enable to try to circumvent your school...
Create Content Filtering Policies Linewize Filter controls what users can access online by creating filtering policies you set for specific users, gro...