Parent/Guardian Starter Guide

Audience: Parents/Guardians

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show parents how to use Securly to monitor student activity.

Summary: Guardians have the ability to monitor their students’ Chromebook usage while at home. Securly uses the first contact email listed within Infinite Campus as the email that is tied to your student. Only one Securly account can be tied to a student at this time. You will need to know that email in order to create a parent portal account. If you do not know the email, please contact your student’s school to find out.

Notes:

• Securly has a robust site for help, troubleshooting, or submitting a request:

  • FAQ page 

  • Web Portal Troubleshooting

  • Securly Home App Troubleshooting 

  • Submit a Request

Table of Contents:

Navigation

1. Navigate to the Securly Parent Portal website:

   1. https://www.securly.com/parent-login

2. Select the link for Get Instant Access.

3. Enter the first contact email that is listed in Infinite Campus and click Get Instant Access.

If you attempt to use an email this is not the first contact email in Infinite Campus, you will see this error message:

4. Once you have submitted the correct email address, navigate to your email to find a message from Securly.

5. Click on the link within the email to access Securly and set up your account.

Setting Up Blocks

1. Log into your Parent Portal account

2. Navigate to the Rules tab 

3. The first time you access parent settings it is necessary that you take control of the settings by clicking Manage my settings.

4. The settings are divided into the following groups: 

   1. Search and Video:

      1. Safe Google, Bing, Yahoo Search:

         1. Turning this on will display only filtered safe search results to the child when they use any of these search engines.

      2. YouTube Safety Mode:

         1. Turning this on will ensure that you cannot see harmful videos on YouTube.

            1. They will be display only safe videos.

      3. Safe Google, Bing, Yahoo Image Search:

         1. Turning this on will display only filtered images to the child when they search for any images on these search engines.

      4. URL/Keyword Scanning:

         1. Turning this on will allow Securly to scan websites for harmful keywords, irrespective of whether they are in the Block list, and filter content appropriately.

   2. Filter Categories:

      1. This includes categories such as pornography, gambling, drugs, social media, etc. that are used as a basis to filter all content accessed by the child whether in school or at home.

         1. These categories help your school comply with CIPA rules and recommendations.

5. As a guardian, you can either Allow or Block any of the distinct options listed under the settings and categories mentioned above.

6. Any categories or settings that cannot be edited would appear grayed out to you. 

7. You can also add websites to the block list or allow list as per your requirements.

   1. The block list created by you would take precedence over the allow list created by the school for all off-site browsing. 

   2. How can parents manage their child’s filtering rules?

   3. If you are using the SecurlyHome app instead of the website, please see this site for directions. 

Creating an Offline Schedule or Pausing the Device

• Offline schedules give guardians a set-and-go option for pausing a device’s internet access for specific times of a day or week. 

  • These schedules are created for the whole week or specific days, and repeat until the guardian decides to stop it manually.

• To create an offline schedule: 

1. Log into your Securly Parent Portal account

2. Navigate to the Offline Schedules tab.

• A Bedtime schedule is already provided for your convenience. 

  • You can enable and then edit the schedule, or you can create a new one

3. To create a new offline schedule, click Create New.

4. Toggle the Enable button to turn it on

5. Provide a unique name for the schedule. 

   1. It is not possible to create two schedules with the same name.

6. Select the days of the week when the schedule should be applicable.

   1. You can select weekdays, weekends, or pick individual days.

7. This will open a time slider that can be used to specify the start and end time for the no internet period. 

   1. You can set a schedule for a minimum of 30 minutes.

8. Click Save to save the schedule.

• The device(s) will be paused as per the offline schedule. 

  • You can unpause or stop a schedule early at any time by clicking the pause/unpause button.

• How do I create an offline schedule?