Blocksi Update

 

Blocksi is a tool with many different functions. We will continue to use Blocksi to: 

·      Monitor student Chromebooks in real-time 

·      Provide content filtering to ensure students are accessing only appropriate content  

·      Enforce specific websites or content for students to help ensure on-task behavior 

·      Allow teachers/staff to connect with students through private chat options 

·      Allow teachers/staff to allow/block websites as needed for their own classrooms 

·      Use to administer assessments, such as NWEA, in a secure environment  

  

Blocksi also provides a synchronous instructional tool (or conference mode) to perform live sessions with students. At this point in time, this feature of Blocksi is not performing consistently for all NHA schools. Because of this, NHA recommends that schools use Google Meet, especially for synchronous sessions with more than 10 students. If you try Blocksi for synchronous sessions and don’t experience any issues, you can use Blocksi. The synchronous or conference feature will continue to be available.