When using Evisense, it is important to think of privacy levels and what you want to share with parents, even if you are not using Evisense directly with parents (allowing parents to log in). You should only share posts with parents through one of the parental access methods. There are three safe, secure ways to share posts with parents:
- Print off reports for parents, using the ‘For Parents?’ option,
- Use Parent Mode within the app or website,
- To give access to parents by inviting them to access Evisense.
These three methods do two things, the first is they only show posts that you have set the privacy so parents can access the posts, the second is that they exclude posts that include protected students.
If you print off posts without using the For Parents? option, you might be sharing posts the parents should not see, including sharing posts containing protected children. This is the same if you simply filter the Evisense feed to just their child, without turning on Parent Mode.
If you are unsure what parents can access in Evisense, filter the Evisense feed to their child and turn on Parent Mode. This will show you what the parent can access in Evisense. If you do not see any posts, you will need to review the student’s posts and change the privacy level.
Parent Mode #
Parent Mode allows school users to share Evisense posts with parents, through their own account during a meeting or parents evening. Parent mode limits what is shared to only what the parents are allowed to see. They will only see posts where the privacy includes parents, and the post is not tagged to a protected child. Parent Mode is great when parents do not have access to Evisense themselves.
On the website you can see the Parent Mode button in the top right of the website, near the print and notification icons. In the app, you need to click on the green funnel, and you will see Parent Mode as an option there. You can only enable parent mode if you have filtered to a single student.