Setting iOS Restrictions

Setting iOS Restrictions

One of the most common issues we have in the modern world is the access our children have to Internet-connected devices. This is both positive and negative. On one hand, you can access a wealth of knowledge and on the other, the negative underbelly of the Internet. Many parents are interested in knowing if they can do something to limit what their children can access on the smartphones that they provide their children. This article offers some advice in this arena. To enable restrictions on an iOS device, first tap the Settings icon then choose General then Restrictions. After that choose Enable Restrictions and then enter a four-digit passcode. For the final step in the process, select which parts of the iPhone or iPad you want to turn off. The in App Purchase section is useful for avoiding any bill shock if they have the App Store attached to your credit card. You can also remove Explicit songs or movies from the iTunes store as well.

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Parental controls at home

Setting Internet controls on your home router

Most newer upgrades to Internet routers in the home have the inclusion of some basic parental controls to filter out content at home. You can also set up timed Internet allowances by device.

As you can see in the example on this page, I’ve added a scheduled setting to cut the Internet to Bruce’s iPad at 7pm so that no Internet is accessed after dinner. I can make as many of these schedules as I like across devices and if needed switch everything off I could do this via the tick box at the top.

To see if you can access these settings consult your Internet Service Provider or your documentation for the device that brings the Internet into your home. They will give you an IP address to connect to the router in the form of 4 sets of digits separated by a full stop – eg. “10.10.10.10”.

You will then be prompted for a username and password (provided by the ISP or in your documentation) – once you are through you just need to look around the page for parental controls. These will generally be as simple as blocking websites and maybe filtering keywords.

Internet Filtering

How Internet Filters Work

King’s provides a robust Internet filter whilst students are on campus which works by taking requests made by students and running them through a database before returning the response.

Provided that any offending content is in the filters database (updated both externally and internally), the filter works. The filter is designed as a mechanism to block as much inappropriate content from students as possible.

One of the disadvantages of blocking content on the Internet is that some websites contain both good and bad content. The filter generally blocks everything rather than distinguishing between the two. Students have access on their Haiku portal to request access to blocked sites and these requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis.

Home Internet Filtering

The best filtering is two eyes and discussions with our children about search strategies and what they do online – see our Cybersmart pages for further information.

As you can see from the diagram, King’s has a robust filter that acts as a firewall for Internet traffic. Unless you have a similar system for your home Internet, you need to consider that it is unfiltered.

King’s does from time to time make an effort to add additional filtering to student machines off-campus. This should not be relied upon as a catch-all or automatic assumption that the Internet from your home is fully filtered.

At home, you supply the Internet and are ultimately responsible for what your child accesses whilst under your care.

Printing

Printing

Printing at School

King’s provides access to three photocopiers located in the library. Students need to send their print jobs to one of these three printers.

Once their print job is sent, they need to ‘release’ the job at the photocopier using their student number as a login. These are clearly signed as a reminder to the students.

Printing at Home

The simplest way to print at home using either iPad or Macbooks is via an AirPrint compatible printer. This type of printing is wireless and allows students to connect simply to a printer as long as they are within your home wifi network. There are now a wide selection of printers available that have this feature – click here for more information.

iPads will require the AirPrint feature whilst MacBook Air’s can connect the traditional way via USB. There are some sources on the web that suggest ways to make printers connected to your home computer AirPrint compatible should your printer not have this capacity.

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