School Hours Schedule Update

As part of our Data Privacy Initiative at Mobile Guardian, we have made significant changes to enhance user privacy by limiting the times that teachers can start classes and track student web filter traffic. This initiative aims to simplify the process of determining whether a parent or school controls a device at any given time, as this schedule will be used instead of profiles applied by tag or individual device schedules.

Important Note:

You must ensure that you have added the school or district schedule setting before teachers need to start classes. Otherwise, their experience with Mobile Guardian could be negatively affected. 

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to add school hours for both district and individual school levels, ensuring a smooth transition to the new privacy settings.

Steps to Add School Hours

For Districts

• Set Up a Schedule:
  Begin by creating a schedule and pushing it down to all your linked schools. You can do this from the District Dashboard under Resources > Schedules.
  • Navigate to Resources > Schedules in the District Dashboard.
  • Create a new schedule that aligns with your district's operational hours.
  • Push the schedule to all linked schools to ensure uniformity across the district.

• Set Global School Hours:
  To establish global school hours for all your linked schools, navigate to the Global Preferences section and select one of your predefined schedules for your schools.
  • Go to Global Preferences.
  • Choose the appropriate predefined schedule from the dropdown menu to apply to all schools within the district.

• Set Individual School Hours:
  You can also customize school hours for individual schools if needed. This method will override the global school hours set earlier.
  • Navigate to School List.
  • Select a school to edit.
  • Add a predefined schedule that has been pushed down to the school.

For Schools

• Select Predefined Schedule:
  Navigate to your Global Preferences and select the predefined schedule that corresponds to your school hours.
  • Go to Global Preferences.
  • Select the appropriate predefined schedule to set as your school hours.

Why These Changes Matter

Implementing these schedule settings is essential for maintaining compliance with our Data Privacy Initiative. By ensuring that school hours are properly set, you provide teachers with the ability to track web filter traffic only during designated class times. This not only aligns with privacy best practices but also helps streamline device management between school and parental control settings.

For more detailed instructions on how to add schedules at your school or district, please refer to our Knowledge Base Article on Adding Schedules.

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