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Help Lightspeed Fight Cyberbullying. Take Our Survey

Erin Well | Last update: September 12, 2017

Protecting students and preventing cyberbullying, violence and self-harm are at the core of what we do at Lightspeed Systems. To fight bullying from all fronts, we’ve created solutions like suspicious search query reports in Web Filter 3: Longhorn, real-time suspicious term alerts in Relay for Google Chrome, and teacher device monitoring via Classroom Orchestrator.

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Here’s How to Block Students From Using Psiphon, Ultrasurf and Hotspot Shield

Rob Chambers | Last update: August 15, 2017

Students have always sought ways to get around your school’s content filter – and we’ve always been a step ahead with innovative features to protect your users, your network, and your school. The latest feature in Lightspeed Systems Web Filter 3: Longhorn gives you more power than ever, with new Filter Bypass Controls that block even the toughest bypass tools, like Psiphon, Ultrasurf, Hotspot Shield and more!

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Your Top 3 IT Headaches and How Lightspeed Can Help

Erin Well | Last update: July 18, 2017

At Lightspeed Systems, we listen to our school IT community to find out what’s working — and what’s not — in the world of education technology, and use this feedback to develop solutions that make your jobs easier.

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How to Get the Most out of Your Lightspeed Systems Web Filter Today

Erin Well | Last update: July 13, 2017

It’s hard to believe that summer is halfway over. For many school districts, August is a critical time to ensure your network and one-to-one deployment are ready for a flood of students and administrative staff members eager to kick off the new school year.

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Reporting on Longhorn: Your Top Questions, Answered

Erin Well | Last update: July 11, 2017

Reporting web activity is a key responsibility for our community members in school IT. Aside from blocking inappropriate content, getting accurate and detailed reports on user activity is critical to keep students safe and on-task.

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ISTE 2017: 3 Top Takeaways From This Year’s Conference

Erin Well | Last update: June 29, 2017

This week, the Lightspeed Systems team was at North America’s largest ed-tech conference, ISTE 2017, in San Antonio, Texas. We talked to hundreds of IT professionals and spent hours addressing their biggest device management and web filtering questions.

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The Exciting New Product Feature You Should Start Using ASAP

Katie McCarthy | Last update: June 27, 2017

YouTube is about to surpass television as the most-watched entertainment medium in the world, with 1 billion views a day. It’s no wonder why so many school IT directors spend so much time and effort trying to make YouTube a safer place for students.

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Your Relay for Chrome Questions, Answered: Part 2

Erin Well | Last update: June 20, 2017

Earlier this month, we answered some questions that we received during our Relay for Chrome webinars. Read on for more FAQs about Relay for Chrome.

How are classes set up in Relay? Can you use Google Classroom classes?

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The One Thing Your Chromebook Initiative Needs

Amy Bennett | Last update: June 13, 2017

Implementing a one-to-one Chromebook program may be the biggest project your IT department will ever oversee — and it’s up to you to make sure it’s worth the time and money your school district has invested.

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5 More Things You Didn’t Know About Our URL Database & Web Filter

Katie McCarthy | Last update: June 6, 2017

In a recent blog post, we talked about how the Lightspeed Systems Web Filter’s URL database works, including how content is categorized. We published this because Lightspeed believes in total transparency. Transparency is also why our Web Filter’s URL database is available to the public. (This database also categorizes websites in new Relay for Chrome.) With the Dynamic Database Lookup tool, anyone can search a URL; see how it is categorized and why; and submit a website for review and recategorization if they believe it has been miscategorized.

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The One Thing Your Chromebook Initiative Needs

5 More Things You Didn’t Know About Our URL Database & Web Filter