BASCOM - The Best Web Filter Appliance

Web Filter Comparison

Use this web filter comparison chart to see why the best web filter appliance for schools is clearly Global Chalkboard!

Why is BASCOM's Global Chalkboard the best school filter? The answer is simple: No other solution does more to respond to the needs of the educational community. Combining security with a curriculum component, the Global Chalkboard is an all-in-one Internet filtering solution that is virtually maintenance-free.

BASCOM's Global Chalkboard takes an instructional approach towards the management of Internet resources. Educators can choose from web resources and add their own content for class lessons. They can select interactive web resources and create an accompanying electronic instruction sheet that focuses students only on the resources needed for that task.

View the Internet filter comparison chart below and see for yourself why the Global Chalkboard is the best web filter appliance available to schools today. Compare the Global Chalkboard solution feature-by-feature with other products!
 

Feature Global Chalkboard Does the product do this?
K-12 curriculum tool that empowers educators to create web-based lessons. YES  
Complete flexibility and choice: Educators are able to instantly choose which sites can and cannot be accessed by students. YES  
Learning Zones enable educators to customize the exact amount of Internet access needed to support a lesson.
  • Lesson Zone focuses students to the specific web sites chosen by the teacher for that lesson.
  • School Zones enables a school to create a school-wide list of allowed sites. It includes the Web Library with thousands of pre-selected sites reviewed by educators and organized by curriculum topic.
  • Research Zone is a standard block-list filter that allows research to be performed in a "student-friendly" atmosphere that is not as focused, but more secure than the Internet Zone.
  • Internet Zone gives educators complete, unrestricted Internet access with immediate turn-on/turn-off capability for flexibility.
 YES  
Flexible Filtering for Web 2.0 sites empowers the IT Department to maintain security and educators to select web content for curriculum. YES  
YouTube Filter enables educators to safely allow a specific YouTube video or channel and its related page content, while blocking access to other videos. YES  
Dynamic Proxy Detection maintains productive Internet usage in the classroom by preventing students from accessing social networking sites during school hours. YES  
Safe Search Mode offers additional protection by enforcing the Safe Search setting in a web browser even if a computer is not set for it or a student tries to change it. YES  
The Web Library offers educator-reviewed learning resources organized by discipline and grade level. YES  
The Lesson Creator gives teachers the ability to create online lessons for students. YES  
BASCOM Lessons are prepackaged, online learning activities created by our in-house Education Specialists. These interactive activities provide focused learning by guiding students to only those sites needed to perform their lesson. YES  
A built-in firewall completes the instructional Internet management solution by providing an extra layer of protection that integrates with an existing firewall or operates independently as the primary firewall for your school's network. YES  
An integrated web cache allows for faster retrieval of web pages. It enhances the efficiency of your classroom by complementing your existing caching infrastructure or operating independently as the primary web cache system. YES  
All updates, restores and backups are performed automatically and remotely. For disaster recovery, a phone call to our Technical Support staff is all that is needed to remotely restore the Global Chalkboard using a private, inter-server, communication channel. YES  
Compliant as a "Technology Protection Measure" with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). YES  
Developed Exclusively for the K-12 Educational Community YES