Staff and students generally have different filtering profiles, meaning if you can access a website as a teacher it isn’t 100% the case that students can also access it. Staff have greater boundaries/permissions on website categories.
In addition do note we have (2) layers of website filtering on-site while only (1) offsite, meaning students on campus will have more strict/additional filtering compared to students at home, this is due to the second layer on-site being for security purposes.
How can I as a teacher check a website to see if my students will be able to reach it without issue?
You can do this in two ways – self service or submit a ticket for us to check.
Check a website or websites yourself
Grab your HPS assigned Chromebook
Do note that MES students will have slightly different filtering permissions than a JS/HS student, please test with the appropriate account
Login on your chromebook using the test account
You will have the same exact permissions / filtering as a student at your selected school while on the test account
Submit a ticket
We can check a website or websites for you, just submit a ticket and be sure you include the full URL(s) of the website!