Audience:  All Staff and Students

System Preferences:  Any device or browser in a BCSC building, all Chromebooks signed into with their BCSC accounts

BCSC Content Filter

Why does BCSC use a content filter?

• To ensure that our students are protected from harmful content, unwanted contacts, and inappropriate material
• Required by CIPA as an E-Rate participating school district

What do I need to know about the filter?

• BCSC works with a partner to help filter our users content.  This helps assure that BCSC students and staff have a filter that is constantly being updated.
• The content filter works remotely when the student is signed into a BCSC device or signed into any Chromebook with their BCSC account.
• Certain words are blocked from being searched.
• Weekly reports are created and sent to Principals and deans of any suspicious searches from students and staff.  This would include drug use, suicide, hate groups, and more.
• Social media (Facebook, Snapchat, etc), streaming services (Netflix, HBO+, etc), most community sites (blogs, weebly, etc), and most image databases are blocked
• The filter changes daily.  Updates to the filter are made by our vendor and by us.
• Browsing history is saved for all of our users for archived records.

BCSC's Content Filter is set for different grade levels and personel.

Staff:  If you have a site that is blocked that you would like unblocked OR need a site blocked that isn't blocked, please submit a 360.

Content Filter block image below.  In your 360 please note the URL and policy.  IF your policy says default (like below) and you are a student or staff, please restart your device and try again.  The default policy has the most restrictive settings.