Managing and Monitoring Screen Time Computer Science Week 2018
Intention Provide our children with access to technology while also protecting our personal information, privacy, and filtering child access to certain categories
Statistics 73% of teenage kids have a smartphone Kids spend an average of 7.5 hours a day on an electronic device (TV, computer, phone, etc) 75% of kids take their phone to bed and 95% of those check social media during the night
Overview Some parents wish to control which features, apps, and content a child can and cannot access. You can restrict certain apps, change content and rating, turn off certain features and more
Changing Your Password on the IPAD If you child is older and sophisticated and they know the passcode, they can then undo the settings Change your password by going to Settings and Touch ID and Passcode.
Enabling Restrictions on iOS11 (For those who did not download latest update) **This only applies to those who did not update to iOS12
Turn off the APPs you do not want your child to use
Filter the content for Podcasts, Websites, News, Music, TV, Books and Apps
Control interaction with other users
Turn Off Apps Turn off certain apps such as Podcasts, News, Facetime, etc
Restricting Purchases on the iPad For iOS 11 Click on Setting and tap the General Category Tap Restrictions Enable Restrictions and create a password
iOS12 Screen Time NOTE: You must install the latest update for iOS 12 from 11/8/18 to access Screen Time
Downtime, App Limits, and Restrictions On IPhone and IPAD Tap Screen Time The first time you open Screen Time, you’ll see a splash screen with the option to Set up as a Parent, tap that Follow the prompts to add restrictions by customizing Downtime, App Limits, Content & Privacy, and creating your Parent Passcode If you’d like to make any adjustments, you can always return to Settings → Screen Time Set up as parent Downtime: Only certain apps, calls, text messages are allowed for the set time period App Limit: Limit the amount of time an app can be used each day Restrict Content and Settings
Set Up a Screen Time Passcode Set up a separate passcode for Screen Time This is my child’s phone
Screen Time iOS 12
Downtime: Choose Which Apps to Always Allow
APP Daily Time Limits Set time limits for app categories. App limits reset every day at midnight.
Content And Privacy Restrictions Turn off certain apps / privacy features How to set Restrictions on iPhone and iPad in iOS 12 Launch Settings from your Home screen. Tap Screen Time. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. Enter a four-digit passcode and then confirm it. Tap the switch next to Content & Privacy. Tap Allowed apps. Tap the switch(es) next to the app or apps you'd like to disable.
Content Restrictions Change to Clean Allowed websites only is strictest filter Explicit is allowed by default Turn off multiplayer games
How To Turn Off Screen Time Save Screen Time Setting for all devices with the same Apple ID See a breakdown by category Turn off Screen Time to return to default settings
Restricting Purchases on the iPad For iOS 12 Click on Setting and tap iTunes & App Store Password Settings Always require
Restricting Purchases on Android ****There will be more about Android Phones when we get to Family Link on Slide 33
Youtube You can set Parental Controls on YouTube Go to YouTube.com and Sign In Scroll down to Safety Mode (aka Restricted Mode) and click “On” To lock these changes, click “Lock Safety (Restricted) Mode on this browser.” Restricted mode relies on users flagging videos and only works on the browser you logged into YouTube with Lock restricted mode
On The YouTube APP Click on Account and then Settings
Kindle Fire Purchase Restrictions Click on the menu button and then tap on Settings. Tap Parental Controls
Amazon.com Video Restrictions To restrict Amazon Prime Video Purchases, visit “Prime Video Settings- Parental Controls” https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/settings/p arental-controls Turn On “Pin on Purchase” To restrict video content, at the same section of Amazon click on “Viewing Restrictions”
Turn on to avoid accidental charges Adjust restrictions
Amazon.com Purchase Restrictions On Amazon.com, disable one click purchases. Go to Manage Default Address and “1- Click Settings.” This is under Your Account Your 1-Click Preferences
Kindle Fire Parental Controls Swipe down from the top of the screen Tap Settings Tap Parental Control under Personal Choose Apps to block NOTE: Turning off Web browser will completely block the internet Password protect videos and purchases
Amazon Free Time $4.99 a month for Free Time Fire Kids Tablet $70 (One year of Free Time Included) Go to Amazon Parent Dashboard to remotely set educational goals, time limits, pause a device, or view your child's activity. A kid-friendly web browsing experience keeps out inappropriate content by using Common Sense Media’s and our own expertise to curate tens of thousands of websites and videos.
Filtered Search Engines Not perfect, but gives filtering http://www.kidrex.org/ https://www.safesearchkids.com/ https://www.kiddle.co/
Change the Default Search in Chrome
Change the Default Search Engine Add in a safe search engine
Google Family Link Google Family Link App for Android, Chromebook, and IPhone Not compatible with Mac or Windows computers Set a list of websites your child can and cannot visit Lets you view your child’s activity, manage apps, set time limits, lock the device, Locate your child if they have their device with them
Setting Up Family Link You need an Android phone, tablet or iPhone or iPad (for you) An android phone for your child Download the app, start a family group, and link your account to your child. One group has a max of four members Link your child’s Google account
Family Link Features Your child’s phone must be an Android device. IPHONES will not work Install family link on the child device and sign in with their Google account On the parent side, you can restrict apps for your child, block sites through the app on your phone. Parents receive notices when a child tries to download an app. You can also limit the time a child spends on their phone Children and teens can sign in to their Google Account on Chromebooks. Parents can do things like manage their child’s Chromebook and account settings, and set website restrictions. If the child’s device is powered on, recently active, and connected to the internet, you can see a location map of where they are. Parents can also use Family Link to create restrictions for how children browse the web Screen Time can be used to set limits for how long a child can use a phone each day
Family Link Features (Continued) Location See breakdown of usage Lock the child phone Schedule Bedtime Edit time limits
Family Link: Content Restrictions
Family Link: Turn On Safe Search or Bedtime
Family Link: Allow Certain Apps
Family Link Continued Approve or Deny App Downloads
Firefox Parental Control Open Firefox Click on the Setting Icon Click Adds Ons Click Get Add Ons on the left Click More Add Ons Search for Parental Control Install FoxFilter or Parental Control Add on Can also install Block Site Extension (Manually enter sites you wish to block) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocksite/ Leech Block (Block sites based on the time of the day) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock/
Chrome Extensions https://chrome.google.com/web store/category/extensions “Search the store” on the top left and search for Parental Control Install TinyFilter or Fox Web Secruity TinyFilter is a light-weight and FREE web content filtering application which monitors browser activities and blocks inappropriate or offensive content. The extension helps you fully customize your filtering preferences and sensitivity settings so that any inappropriate or offensive content is filtered.
Filtering Apps https://family.norton.com/web/ (There is a fee) Qustodio (Subscription and works on Windows, Mac, Andriod, IOS, and Kindle) Qustodio offer extra protection and also allows parents to view child activity
SCREENTIME APP https://screentimelabs.com/ Works on Andriod, Iphone, and IPAD How many hours per day are kids on their phone? What apps are they using and for how long? What apps are they downloading? Which websites are they visiting? Basic account shows App usage, daily reports, web history, search history Premium is $4.99 a month and gives you the ability to approve apps, lock the phone during certain time period First, install the app on the parent device. Then, install it on your kid’s device.
Windows 10 Child User Settings Accounts Family and Other Add a family member Child option
Adding the Child Account
Managing the Child Account Open Settings. Click on Accounts. Click on Family & other people. Under "Your family," click the Manage family settings online option.
**Your child must be using Microsoft Edge in order to restrict their internet use. This feature will not work with Chrome or Firefox. Here, you can see what the child is doing online and change restrictions
Here, you can control how much time you want your child to use the computer each day. You can also control during which hours of the day your child can use the computer.
Windows 10 Content Restrictions
Blocking Applications **This only works if your child uses Edge so you may have to block Firefox and Chrome
Web Filtering on Windows 10 Set a strict filter Allow only certain websites or block specific websites **This only works if your child uses Edge browser
Mac Parental Controls Click on System Preferences then
Creating the Account Create a new account with parental control which your child will use
Creating the Account Continued Click Manage parental controls from another computer This will enable you to limit Mac usage
Managing the Child Account Click on the Apple icon on the top left, System Preferences, then Parental Control Enter your Password
Select the Child Account Turn off multiplayer games Turn off camera use Limit apps
Limiting Email Click manage to add the email accounts you trust Click Send Request to receive a notification whenever your child tries to email a person not on the approved list
Restricting Websites on the Mac First option is unrestricted Allow only specific websites Click on logs to see internet usage history
Blocking a Specific Website Click customize to block a specific website such as a game website that you wish to deny
iTunes Restrict the content available on iTunes
Setting Time Limits