Lightspeed Content Filter Weekly Activity Report and Parent Portal Pilot

Between April 12 and 19, 2024, families can opt-in to the pilot through ParentVUE to start receiving the Weekly Online Student Activity Report and set up access to the Lightspeed Parent Portal. If one parent opts-in to the pilot, both parents/guardians will be automatically enrolled.

Directions for how to opt-in through ParentVue are available here. If you still need assistance, please contact the Family Helpline at 703-228-8000.

On April 21, you will receive an email that has the Subject Header: Filter Portal Weekly Report and sent from do_not_ reply@lightspeedsystems.com

This email will only include a summary of your student’s internet activity for the past 7 days.

• Top Websites: Top 10 visited hosts
• Daily Website Visits: Number of pages visited per day
• Total Browsed Hosts
• Average Daily Page Visits

This report does not provide the amount of time a student was on a website.

The report can be reviewed on a computer, iPad or mobile phone.

The Parent Portal provides parents the capabilities to

• Pause web browsing on school-issued devices at home for 1 hour, 3 hours, or overnight.
• Allow, restrict, or block after-school access to YouTube and social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
• Get detailed internet activity by page, and view allowed and blocked status for each website.
• Receive an automated weekly report directly from Lightspeed Filter™, summarizing a student’s web browsing activity for the week.

1. Click the “Login In or Register” link at the bottom of the Weekly Student Online Activity Report.
2. A verification email will be sent to the email address you provided during the registration process to log into the portal.

3. Login to the Parent Portal using your email and password. Please note that this is an account separate from your ParentVue account.

If you have more than one student, you can toggle between students under the “Web activity” header.

Within the Parent Portal landing page, you will see the “Pause web browsing” button.  Click the button and choose the amount of time to pause web browsing.  Pausing the device will not allow your student to access the internet on their APS-issued device.

Please note that the pause function cannot be automated. You will need to pause the device every day.

APS blocks Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Students in Grades K-5 cannot access YouTube or Pinterest at any time on their APS-issued devices, but students in Grades 6-12 have limited access to YouTube, and students in Grades 9-12 can access Pinterest. If you completely block YouTube and Pinterest for your student, you might block them from using resources they need to complete school assignments.

Please remember that any parental controls already set on a home network will automatically effect APS-issued devices when they connect to the home internet. If you do not currently use parental controls on your network, you can contact your internet provider for instructions on how to turn on that feature. The links below are a good place to start:

• https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/set-up-parental-controls-with-comcast-networking
• https://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/security/parental-controls

Yes. Click on “Web Rules” to access those controls and switch those toggles to block but do not select “pause web browsing.”

Yes. You cannot pause your student’s web browsing while your student is connected to the APS network (on an APS school campus).

Please note that you must pause the device daily.

Web Activity

This view provides detailed student internet activity on all sites your student visits at any time, including a time stamp for all sites accessed, ensuring they’re safe and focused on learning. This information does not show how long your student was on a site.

Please contact your school administrator with concerns about your student’s internet usage during instructional hours.

The Lightspeed Parent Portal’s Allowed/Blocked web activity status allows you to check which websites are permitted and which are restricted according to APS filtering policies. This feature is useful to monitor your child’s online activity and engage in digital citizenship conversations. You can easily filter the results by activity type using the “Allowed” or “Blocked” tabs.

NOTE: Only APS can make changes to the content filtering policies. You will not be able to change the status of an allowed or blocked website from within the portal. 

In some cases, it will appear as if your student visited many pages that you cannot identify as educational. Some of the urls are “noise”, the device might be checking in with “cloud services” or there can be applications running in the background. Here’s an example.

This is also true for some sites that might appear under blocked. The Content Filter blocks any content that it cannot identify the source of or is restricted.

No, at this time the Portal does not capture the length of time that a student was on a website. We have asked the vendor if this feature can be added to the Portal.

This information is provided to give you insight into your student’s internet activity. We encourage you to have open discussions with your student about responsible internet usage, online safety, and appropriate behavior while using the device.

Please contact your school administrator with concerns you may have about your student’s internet usage during instructional hours. Teachers do not have access to the usage reports.

Go to Parent Portal’s Forgot Password page and enter your email address. You should receive an email shortly after with steps to change your password for the Parent Portal.