Faronics Insight

Description

Faronics Insight gives instructors with the ability to control, monitor, share and communicate with an entire class from one central computer.

  • Share screen to classroom.
  • View all student screens
  • Remote control student computers
  • Send messages to students
  • Blanks student screens
  • Assessment mode for exams
  • Test creation
  • Polling/Voting
  • Network Restrictions
  • Application Restrictions
  • Printing Restrictions
  • Launch applications on all workstations
  • Take snapshots of student computers

How To

Setting Restrictions for BTC Computer Lab for Testing

This is for the BTC (Business Technology Center) computer lab in 323 and 327 Chiles.

Testing usually involves some kind of combination of web limiting and app limiting.

Web limiting is used to determine what websites a participant is "allowed" to visit.

Due to some limitations in the version of software used in the BTC computer lab we also need to apply app limiting on the Chrome app. Should be noted that this issue is resolved in the newer version of Insight running in the 225 Chiles computer lab.

How to Set Network Restrictions for Testing in Canvas

Under Limit Web / Configure Web Limiting

Enter into the Allow only section:
canvas.uoregon.edu
canvas-user-content.com
inscloudgate.net
shibboleth.uoregon.edu
sso.canvaslms.com
duosecurity.com

You can also limit access to the specific course by adding links to specific course sections of Canvas. This will be different for every course, so requires a bit of research on the part of the instructors to determine these links. Also recommend adding these only after everyone has signed into canvas successfully.

The file associated with the link below can be used to import the urls listed above into the Configure Web Limiting settings so that you won't have to type them in - 

Insight Web Limits

Course specific links (underlined section needs to be changed for your specific course)
canvas.uoregon.edu/courses/229716/quizzes/317160
canvas.uoregon.edu/courses/229716/files

Video tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVHmDxbrJE

How to Set App restrictions

Under Limit Apps / Configure App Limiting

Enter into the Block section:
chrome.exe (does not support web limiting)
msedge.exe (to block co-pilot)

 

Addition Tutorials

Faronics Insight - Teacher Training Videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZwEbJDgqAm05iHTVj3dEur1YsQXN_6H_ 

Vendor Info

Faronics Insight - https://www.faronics.com/products/insight

Faronics Insight Support - https://faronics.kayako.com/section/19-insight-11

Tech Support: 1-800-943-6422 / 1-604-637-3333 support@faronics.com

Customer Service: 1-800-943-6422 customerservice@faronics.com