Impero Backdrop

Provides classroom management, learning support and student safeguarding.

What is Impero Backdrop?

Impero Backdrop is an innovative Chrome extension that connects ChromeOS devices to Impero's cloud-based classroom management solution. It enables teachers to deliver, monitor and control digital learning in real time, on any device. It equips educators with features such as locking device screens, disabling internet access, sending direct messages, launching websites, managing tabs, and broadcast screens. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in student safeguarding, by monitoring typed and viewed words against a list of keywords.

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By: Ativion

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Users: N/A

Rating: 1.32 (37) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 3.0.200 (Last updated: 2024-10-04)

Creation date: 2020-09-02

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
activeTab
enterprise.deviceAttributes
storage
tabs
desktopCapture
webNavigation
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
unlimitedStorage

Size: 3.07M

Email: go*****@imperosoftware.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 160550 ▼ 731

Other rankings

#440 in Education ▼ 2 #248 in device keyword 6 ▼ 1

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Allows ChromeOS devices to connect to Impero’s cloud-based classroom management solution supporting all major operating systems. Enable teachers to deliver digital learning anywhere, on any device. Supported features:

Real-time monitoring - see device activity in real time Send message - send a direct one way message to the device Launch website - open a web site on the device automatically Lock screen - lock the screen of the app Disable internet - disable internet access inside the app Restrict browsing - enforce allow and block website lists Tab management - view open browser tabs lists and close open tabs Broadcast Screen - Broadcast teacher and student screens to the class

Key monitoring - Monitors typed words and sends captures to Backdrop if keywords are found Viewed words - Monitors viewed words in the Impero browser and sends captures to Backdrop if keywords are found

This application is for Impero Classroom & Wellbeing, not Impero Education Pro or Impero Edlink.

User reviews

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Pros

Cons

Invasion of privacy
Causes computer lag
Interferes with personal devices
Spyware accusations
Annoying and disruptive features

Most mentioned

Invasion of privacy
Annoying and disruptive
Causes computer lag
Spy on users
Schools mandatorily use it

Recent reviews

huge invasion of my privacy and can someone figure out how to remove this or get it to stop working for chrome os? from version 103 to the current version?

Him nu uh, 2024-10-28

As a "Systems Administrator" in a school, stuff like this is useful for us as we can tick the relevant boxes to say we monitor for Safeguarding as well as Asset control. For those moaning about "Privacy", if you're using a school-provided device and/or Google account, there is no expectation of privacy and you shouldn't think that you have any right to it. It's usually in the Acceptable Use Policy you agreed to when you first used any school-provisioned devices or accounts. If you don't agree to being monitored or controlled when you're at home, buy your own devices & use your own Google accounts as you'll never win the privacy argument when using anything provided by your school!

Chris Shields, 2024-10-25

bring back neptop vision :D I'm gonna be serious, this thing really isn't super unreasonable. I understand that teachers will use it to have an advantage over student computers. ALTHOUGH, for the students, this thing is absolutely horrible. It is a complete invasion of privacy, and while I do understand why teachers use it, I understand students as well. This is also sort of an abuse of power. For example, my friend was watching YouTube videos after school, at his house. His teacher closed the tab and told him to do the homework. When he was at home, not at school. This clearly isn't fair, considering my friend clearly had the rest of his night to do the homework. Although, I am only rating one star because of the people who use this extension, Not the extension itself. This extension having such a bad rating is just proof that it works, Lol.