Lightspeed Filter--in my opinion, An Unreliable Technology

Overall Satisfaction with Lightspeed Filter

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a teacher and use Lightspeed Filter Systems to monitor my students and keep them engaged when they are on their chromebooks. I have scheduled my five classes so that Lightspeed Filter monitors students while they are in my class on a daily basis. I have also developed a block list. While I am teaching, I keep an eye on my students' devices by using Lightspeed Filter periodically and especially when they are working independently.

Pros and Cons

Pros

It allows you to freeze a student's computer temporarily from using their computer.

Cons

In my experience, it is not intuitive and not as flexible as GoGuardian.
Worst of all, in my experience, there are ridiculous glitches. When I tried to update a block list that I created, I received a message that said "You can only edit lists that you created. Ask your co-teacher to update the list." Since I am the only teacher and there is no co-teacher, this message makes no sense to me.

Return on Investment

The district invested in Lightspeed Filter
to save money so I presume they achieved that goal.
As far as the return on investment based on its usefulness, I would say it is negative. My students are constantly on their computers so I need the block list to work.
As far as the return on investment based on its usefulness, I would say it is negative. My students are constantly on their computers so I need the block list to work.

Usability

It is unreliable and does not function as it is supposed to do so. As previously mentioned, there is a glitch when creating a block list.

Alternatives Considered

GoGuardian

I found GoGuardian more reliable when it came to Block and Allow lists and overall usability. I never had any glitches with those features. Furthermore, I found the scheduling much more flexible and intuitive.

Key Insights

Do you think Lightspeed Filter delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Lightspeed Filter's feature set?

Did Lightspeed Filter live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Lightspeed Filter go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Lightspeed Filter again?

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