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Faronics Insight User Guide
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Using Insight
Faronics Insight Security Monitoring
With a tool as powerful as Faronics Insight, there's always a possibility for misuse. A student may
be tempted to find an unauthorized copy and load the teacher software to disrupt a class.
There are three ways to deal with possible misuse.
1. Set school policies around appropriate behavior, monitor and enforce the policy.
2. Install Insight in Active Directory Secure Mode which requires teachers to belong to a domain
group called "Insight Teachers" in order to manage student computers. (Recommended
method)
3. Install Insight in Secure mode, which requires a password.
Security Monitor
Security Monitor is also available in the utilities folder on the Faronics Insight download file. This
application runs on any PC and will capture a log of Faronics Insight activity, including the
installation or un-installation of the Faronics Insight program.
With this utility, many schools have quickly been able to pinpoint students who are abusing the
"appropriate use policy" of their classroom.
Teachers can also access the Security Monitoring data by clicking View then Status Window. As
soon as teachers perform actions you will see the security messages.
Students downloading and installing a demo version of Faronics Insight caused the largest
security problem with the previous versions. Starting with Faronics Insight v6.1, the demo
version cannot interact with the released version.