As the new school year gets underway no doubt there is a lot of planning and preparing happening, and for many of you classes have already started! One of the many things your school may be thinking about is digital technologies, and how they can be successfully...
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Clarification: Re Misleading Information Surrounding N4L’s Web Filtering
Recently we have seen an increasing amount of inaccurate and misleading information being published about N4L’s Web Filtering service provided as part of your fully-funded Managed Network connection. In an effort to ensure your school is able to make informed...
Changes on the Internet & Ensuring Student Safety
Did you know that around 60% of all web traffic across the N4L Managed Network is via secure websites - and growing?! This changing trend is important for schools to be aware of and we recently contacted all schools to recommend that they review their existing web...
SAML Authentication Now Available for Individualised Filtering
Schools wanting to implement Individualised Filtering as part of N4L’s Web Filtering are now able to do so using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) as their authentication method. This means school now have 3 options when implementing Individualised Filtering -...
Google changes for schools using Secure Website Inspection or Individualised Filtering (Chromebook login impacting)
Following the below email we have identified that schools using Secure Website Inspection or Individualised Filtering after the 5th of November 2015 will have problems signing into Chromebooks if no action is taken by your Web Filtering administrator . If you are the...
Changes to Google Search – Implications for Schools
As of June 23rd, Google is now using HTTPS to deliver all of their search websites. HTTPS - is an encrypted protocol for providing web pages to users. Trade Me, Amazon, online banks and many other websites all use HTTPS to protect their users data and identity as they...
Google Search Changes: What you need to know
We have recently been informed by Google that they are making changes to their search functionality which will have implications for your school, specifically with regard to the way content filtering works in Google Search. These changes are being made to improve the...