Policies: Categories

Within StudentKeeper, every Website is classified into one of our Categories that can be set to either Allow or Block on a per policy basis.

Prerequisites:

• Filter Subscription

• Access to Policy Management

To specify what categories you want to Allow or Block for a Policy, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to Web Filter and select Policies.
   
   
   
   
2. Select the desired policy you want to configure the Categories on.
   
   
3. Within Filter Rules, select Categories.
   
   
   
   
4. At the top of the page, you can configure the Behaviour of Categories NOT listed below to either Allow or Block. By default, this is set to Allow. 
   
   
   
   
5. Proceed to click on Add Category. You will see an extensive list of our Categories appear. Scroll through the list and click on the ones you want to add to be blocked for this policy, then click Add at the bottom of the list.
   
   
   
   
6. You will then see a list of all of the categories you have added. The default state will be set to Block. However, this can be adjusted under the State column. You will have the option to set Categories to Allow, Block or Time of Day. Make sure to click Save once you have made your changes.
   
   
   
   
7. If selecting Time of Day, you will then see a Customize button appear which you will need to click on to set the specific times for when these rules need to take effect. 
   
   
   
   
8. You will see an option at the top to specify if you want the behaviour of timeslots not specified to be allowed or blocked. Then click into a section within the gird for when you want this behaviour to apply.
   
   ** To highlight multiple sections at the same time, left click & hold then drag the cursor down to the areas you want to highlight. **
   
   
   
   
9. Another box will then appear for you to set the state to either Allow or Block on this section. Hit Add in the bottom corner once you have set the state.
   
   
   
   
10. Once added, hit Save in the bottom corner and then hit back to return to the Categories list.
    
    
    
    
11.  To remove a Category, simply click the Remove icon.