VCS Surelock

VCS Surelock

Monitors a student's browsing data and keeps them on task.

What is VCS Surelock?
VCS Surelock is a Chrome extension designed for Vancouver Christian School. It monitors a student's browsing activity, provides real-time insights, and allows teachers to control their device, ensuring students stay on task and make responsible online choices.
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Stats
Users: 4
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2024-04-15)
Creation date: 2023-05-31
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • bookmarks
  • storage
  • history
  • idle
  • favicon
  • tts
  • background
  • enterprise.hardwarePlatform
  • identity
  • See more
Size: 113.66K
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Summary

VCS Surelock is the Chromebook monitoring solution designed for Vancouver Christian School (https://vancs.org). Surelock helps teachers see the browsing activity of a student easily and securely.

Surelock's features are:

  1. Seeing a student's full browsing history for the entire school year across all devices
  2. Seeing a student's browsing activity in realtime
  3. Running commands on a student's device in realtime such as: a. Opening, closing, and switching tabs b. Sending messages to the student's device c. Sending spoken messages to the student's device c. Locking the student's device d. Setting a tab limit for the student's device (reflected in the extension's icon) e. Creating quizzes/tests for the student (prevents student from using computer until quiz/test ends)

These features make it easy for a teacher to protect students as they browse the web and it gives the teacher full control over the student's internet usage.

Safety
Risk impact

VCS Surelock may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

VCS Surelock is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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