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Faronics Insight Configuration Preferences
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Faronics Insight User Guide
Faronics Insight Configuration Preferences
The Preferences dialog contains settings for both administrators and teachers. Listed below are
the settings that a teacher may want to change:
Full Screen or Windowed
• Full screen shows the teacher's screen on the student's screen and disables the keyboard and
mouse
• Windowed shows the teacher's screen on the student's screen in a re-sizeable window and does
NOT disable the student's keyboard and mouse.
Show Dual Monitors
Turns on dual monitors support on the teacher console and the student.
Blank Screen Message
Allows the teacher to specify a message that will be shown when student screens are blanked.
Sounds
Allows the teacher to turn off the sound that is played when the Show teacher or Show student
button is pressed.
Limit Task Manager / Activity Monitor on Student
If checked the Task Manager on PCs and the Activity Monitor on Macs will be disabled. This helps
prevent hacking and disrupting Faronics Insight.
Restrict IP Address and Internet Explorer In Private Browsing
Some students were using IP address browsing to get around Faronics Insight's web limiting
feature. If this option is selected, students cannot browse the web using IP addresses. (i.e.
http://70.235.50.6)
Faronics Insight will also restrict the In Private browsing feature of Internet Explorer.
Web Limiting
Specifies when Web Limiting is enabled, whether to…
• Block all Web Browsing
• Allow only the following websites
• Block the following websites
List of websites can be saved and loaded. The wildcards "*" and "?" can be used. On Windows
students the web can be limited on Windows Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. On Mac
students the web can only be limited when students are using Safari.
Application Limiting
Specifies when Application Limiting is enabled, whether to…