Faronics Insight - Manual (Page 53)

Configuring Faronics Insight Preferences
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Allowed Applications
This option allows you to specify a list of applications that are allowed when Limit Apps is turned
on. The entries should include the appropriate file extension if one exists. Similar to Limit Web,
enter the applications one at a time, with a carriage return (enter) after each entry. The lists of
applications can be saved and loaded by using the Load and Save buttons. The files are saved as
.lsa files.
Applications can be typed in directly, added by clicking on the add button and selecting an active
application on the Teacher's computer, or by adding an application from the Student's computer
by clicking on View Student's Running Programs in the Monitor menu.
The application display name is typically an .exe file in Windows, though the Application Limiting
software actually uses the internal name of the file. While the default display name and the
internal name are usually identical, they can also be very different, so check the properties of the
executable to determine its internal name if problems occur limiting that application. On Mac,
enter the display name of the file as it appears in Finder.
Block Applications
This option allows you to specify a list of applications that are blocked when Limit Apps is turned
on.
The lists of applications can be saved and loaded by using the Load and Save buttons. The files are
saved as .lsa files.
Applications can be typed in directly, added by clicking on the add button and selecting an active
application on the Teacher's computer or by adding an application from the Student's computer by
clicking on View Student's Running Programs in the Monitor menu.
Note: On both Windows and Mac there are some applications that can not restricted, as their
usage is fundamental to the working system. And example of this would be File Explorer in
Windows and Finder in Mac.
Keystroke Alerts
The Keystroke Alerts tab allows you to specify a list of banned words. If a student types a banned
word, the teacher will be notified with a yellow caution icon on the student’s thumbnail. Use your
mouse to hover over the thumbnail, and it will display the word that was typed by the student.
Drive Limiting
The Drive Limiting tab allows you to configure the types of drives that will be blocked when you
click the Limit Drives button. Faronics Insight can block USB drives and CD/DVD drives on most
students. This is not supported however on Thin clients, Linux or LabQuest students.
Network
The Network tab lets you configure the following preferences:
Data Transmission
IP-Broadcast — This default option uses broadcast packets when the teacher needs to contact all
student computers. This option assumes that student are on the same subnet as the teacher.