The Most Complete School-Wide Monitoring and Surveillance Software Solution Available
Spector 360 enables you to Increase Student Time on Task, Protect Kids and Your Network from the Dangers of the Internet and Save Money on Unnecessary Software Licensing by centrally monitoring EVERYTHING your students do on the PC and the Internet. Use high-level charts and graphs to quickly analyze trends and patterns. Drill down to investigate suspect behavior. Search student activity for specific details. And report your findings from the convenience of your desktop.
With Spector 360 you will find out
- Which students are goofing off instead of doing class work
- How students are getting around firewalls & filters to visit MySpace or surf porn
- Which students are eating up bandwidth by downloading music, videos & games
- Who is copying files to or from USB drives or peer-to-peer servers
- If staff members are using PCs for inappropriate activities & communications
- Which kids are searching for terms like ‘Proxy Server’, ‘Bombs’, or ‘Drugs’
- If you overpaying for software licenses that are not being used as projected
Beyond reporting, Spector 360 offers powerful user-level investigative tools. If you detect a problem or suspect a specific student is the main culprit of abuse, dig deeper and review every detail of their computer and Internet activity to gather the evidence you need. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows you in exact visual detail what a student does every step of the way.
Top Reasons Schools Monitor Students and Staff:
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Strengthen Web Filters and Firewalls - While CIPA requires schools to provide filters to block unsuitable web sites, filters can sometimes be too restrictive or fail to block some inappropriate sites. Students today also know how to circumvent filtering technology using proxy servers and other tricks. Spector 360 lets you track where students go on the Internet and how they got there.
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Increase Time on Task and Learning - Significantly reduce the amount of time students goof off while in class or computer labs. Spector 360 can reduce game-playing and inappropriate web surfing by at least 75%. Imagine the increased achievement that just another 10 minutes of learning time per student per class would bring.
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Identify and Investigate At-Risk Behavior - Any student or staff member suspected of engaging in inappropriate, illegal, or unapproved conduct can be quickly investigated with Spector 360.
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Enforce your Acceptable Use Policy - Students often believe that rules can be bent if no one is watching. Spector 360 is continually watching so student abuse is minimized. Lower the incidence of students trying to circumvent your firewall and filters, reduce the number of bad words typed and determine if students are being bullied online.
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Compliance Requirements - Meet or exceed Federal compliance requirements such as the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) with Spector 360 by seamlessly maintaining records of Internet use, communications and transactions.
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Monitor One-to-One Laptops - End student abuse of laptops when they are away from campus. Spector 360 will continue to monitor student Internet and PC usage as well as block restricted web sites, even when computers are removed from the school network.
Plainfield Community School District
St. Anthony’s Parish was challenged to monitor its entire network to protect it from unauthorized and unproductive use.
Lowanna College was challenged to protect students from the Internet’s dark side, and also to defend teachers and administration against liability as they went about their “duty of care.”
Based on teacher indiscretions as well as student misbehavior, Hickman County Schools was challenged to find a user-friendly monitoring program capable of recording all PC and Internet activity.
