INTRODUCTION
Dyknow's Blackout Settings feature enables Dyknow Admins to
- Edit student monitoring permissions by school/district;
- Prevent student devices from being monitored outside of school days and hours; and/or,
- Prevent student devices not connected to school networks from being monitored.
Your school's device policy or AUP may include language that establishes appropriate technology usage both at school and at home. Alternatively, a school may not want to monitor devices that are owned by families and will be used outside of school hours.
Default Blackout Settings:
- Monitoring: Enabled
- Days Monitoring Enabled: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Enabled At: 7:30 AM
- Disabled At: 5:00 PM
- Time Zone: Set to match your Time Zone
This document is a resource for Dyknow Administrators to understand how to:
- Edit Blackout Settings for all Schools
- Edit Blackout Settings by School
- Enable/Disable Monitoring by School
- Create IP Restrictions
- Delete IP Restrictions
EDIT BLACKOUT SETTINGS FOR ALL SCHOOLS
Follow the steps below to edit Blackout Settings for all schools.
1. Click the gear icon 
; you will be redirected to the Admin Settings.
2. Click the Blackout Settings tab.
3. Click Update All Blackout Settings.
4. In the Monitoring section, click the toggle until the desired selection appears.
Options:
- Enabled: Teachers are able to monitor student devices
- Disabled: Teachers are not able to monitor student devices
5. In the Days Monitoring Enabled section, click the buttons to identify days you want monitoring to occur.
Note: Selected days will highlight in purple and a checkbox will appear.
6. Click the clock icon 
to select the time at which monitoring should begin in the Enable at field. Select the desired time using the arrows and the AM/PM to toggle.
7. Click the clock icon to select the time at which monitoring should end in the Disable at field. Select the desired time using the arrows and the AM/PM toggle.
Note: Time of day restrictions are established based on the start time of a monitoring session and will also be enforced if a monitoring session lasts into the set Disable at time.
8. Use the Time Zone drop down select the appropriate time zone for your account.
9. Click Save; the Save All Blackout Settings message will display.
10. Click Yes.
EDIT BLACKOUT SETTINGS BY SCHOOL
Follow the steps below to edit Blackout Settings by school.
1. Click the gear icon ; you will be redirected to the Admin Settings.
2. Click the Blackout Settings tab.
3. Type a school name in the Search Schools field or scroll until you locate the school that you want to update.
4. In the Monitoring section, click the toggle until desired selection appears.
Options:
- Enabled: Teachers are able to monitor student devices
- Disabled: Teachers are not able to monitor student devices
5. In the Days Monitoring Enabled section, click the buttons to select the days monitoring should occur.
Note: Selected days will highlight in purple and a checkbox will appear.
6. Click the clock icon to select the time at which monitoring should begin in the Enable at field. Select the desired time using the arrows and AM/PM toggle.
7. Click the clock icon to select the time at which monitoring should end in the Disable at field. Select the desired time using the arrows and AM/PM toggle.
Note: Time of day restrictions are established based on the start time of a monitoring session and will also be enforced if a monitoring session lasts into the set Disable at time.
8. Use the Time Zone drop down, select the appropriate time zone for your account.
9. Click Save Changes.
ENABLE/DISABLE MONITORING BY SCHOOL
Follow the steps below to enable or disable monitoring by school.
1. Click the gear icon ; you will be redirected to the Admin Settings.
2. Click the Blackout Settings tab.
3. Type a school name in the Search Schools field or scroll until you locate the school that you want to update.
4. In the Monitoring section, click the toggle until desired selection appears.
Options:
- Enabled: Teachers able to monitor student devices
- Disabled: Teachers not able to monitor student devices
5. Click the Save Changes button; the Disable Schools message will appear.
6. Click Yes.
CREATE IP RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL SCHOOLS
The IP Restriction feature enables Dyknow Administrators to add and edit your organization’s public IP addresses in which you want monitoring available. IP range restrictions are actively enforced at all times regardless of any time restrictions.
Follow the steps below to create IP Restrictions for all schools.
1. Click the gear icon ; you will be redirected to the Admin Settings.
2. Click the Blackout Settings tab.
3. Click IP Restrictions.
4. Click Add New IP Range.
5. Enter the desired IP Range in the corresponding field.
Note: Dyknow IP Ranges support wildcard IP addresses (for example: 170.10.10.*).
Enter your organization's public IP address(es) for which you want monitoring to be available. If you don't know your IP, talk to your network admin. Alternatively, visit findmyipaddress.com on a device to identify your school network(s).
6. Click Save.
DELETE IP RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL SCHOOLS
Follow the steps below to delete IP Restrictions for all schools.
1. Click the gear icon ; you will be redirected to the Admin Settings.
2. Click the Blackout Settings tab.
3. Click IP Restrictions.
3. Click the red trash can icon
to delete an IP Range; the Are you sure... message will display.
4. Click OK.
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