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What is Bark for Schools?Our Bark for Schools product is available at no cost to all K-12 schools across the U.S. It monitors Google Works...

Bark for Schools Monitoring & Filtering

Intro to Bark for Schools+
Bark for Schools+ is designed for schools seeking extra protection for imminent alerts where a student or other...

Bark for Schools+

With our family monitoring package, parents can monitor their children’s devices, favorite apps, and social media platforms to help keep t...

Family Packages

Filter+
Filter+ is a premium service that you can add on to our Google Chrome web filter for schools who would like to customize their web...

Filter+

Tips+ is a premium service that helps schools proactively address concerns and maintain a safer environment.Set up your tip line

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Tips+

This section provides an overview of Bark’s product offerings tailored for K–12 institutions. It explains what each solution includes (such as monitoring, filtering, and optional premium add-on) helping districts understand what's available to support student safety.

Bark for Schools Products

What is Bark for Schools?Available at no cost to all K-12 schools across the U.S., Bark for Schools provides monitoring for Microsoft 365 ...

FAQs: Bark for Schools

This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for issues encountered monitoring or filtering student web browsing.
FAQs
How do I set up...

FAQs: Web Browsing

What is the cost for the Bark For Schools web filtering service?
Bark for Schools provides a world-class online school safety solution. We...

FAQs: Web Filtering

Parent Portal is a free, complementary feature of Bark for Schools that allows administrators to share certain Bark alerts with parents an...

FAQ: Parent Portal

This section focuses on frequently asked questions that schools have while using Bark’s tools. It covers general concepts, troubleshooting guidance, feature explanations, and quick answers that help school staff resolve common questions.

Bark for Schools: FAQs

We're excited to have you join the Bark family! For setup instructions, choose your platform below:Google WorkspaceMicrosoft 365Use both G...

How to Set Up Bark for Schools

In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up Bark for Schools on your Google Workspace domain as an administrator.Get set up
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How to Set Up Bark for Schools on Google Workspace

In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up Bark for Schools on your Microsoft 365 domain as an administrator.Get set up
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How to Set Up Bark for Schools on Microsoft 365

Bark for Schools Chrome Web Filter Extension
Once you've set up your domain with Bark for Schools, you may wish to add on a web filter.  
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How to Set Up Chrome or Edge Web Filtering

You can deploy our Chrome web filtering extension to Google Workspace by following this guide. 
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Chrome Web Filtering on Google Workspace

Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, and as such it supports Chrome extensions. You can deploy our Chrome web filter to Microsoft Edge by ...

Edge Web Filtering on Microsoft 365

DNS filtering is a great alternative to more traditional hardware and software-based solutions for filtering the internet in schools.Our D...

DNS Filtering

We've developed the Bark for Chrome extension for monitoring student browsing activity within Chrome. This extension is not a filter — it ...

Chrome Monitoring on Google Workspace

We've developed the Bark for Microsoft Edge extension for monitoring child browsing activity within Edge. This extension is not a filter —...

Edge Monitoring on Microsoft 365

Use this guide to set up Google Chat monitoring for your students through Google’s Third-Party Archiving settings. This setup enables Bark...

Google Chat Monitoring

Our monitoring service scans emails, chats, files, and web browsers for serious issues like suicidal thoughts, threats, bullying, and sexu...

How to Adjust the Sensitivity of Alerts

During the first-time setup, you'll install the Bark for Schools app at your domain's top level and grant access to everyone. Though we ne...

How to Turn On / Off Organizational Units or Groups

Severe threats are often time-sensitive, which is why we recommend that an alternate reviewer (like a principal or school psychologist) is...

Reviewer Management

Settings for Gmail
If your students use Gmail, Bark can monitor the emails sent and received.
In June 2019 Google released a new setting c...

Google Workspace Tools: Complements to Bark for Schools Monitoring

This section guides administrators through the full setup and deployment of Bark for Schools across Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 environments. 

Set Up Processes

These steps must be followed by the Domain Super Admin that has both Google Workspace Super Admin permissions and Bark Super Admin permiss...

Fix Permissions for Google Workspace

Super Admin is leaving: 
If you are a Bark Super Admin who is not going to manage the Bark for Schools account, you'll likely want to take...

Super Admin Replacement

A Bark for Schools Super Admin may wish to review a web browsing report due to troubleshooting an unexpected block, ensuring new filter ru...

How to Use the Web Filter Reports

This guide helps you troubleshoot the DNS web filter. If you are troubleshooting the Chrome/Edge extension(s), refer to this guide instead...

DNS Troubleshooting

Bark for Schools+ customers have the ability to export monitoring reports.
    
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Bark For Schools+: Exporting Alert Reports

Filter+ customers can export 30-day web-filtering logs for either a network (DNS filter) or an individual student (Chrome/Edge filter).

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Filter+: Exporting Web Filter Reports

By default, your organization has basic mobile management turned on. This feature provides the fundamental tools you need to let people in...

Adjust Mobile Management Settings in Google Workspace

This section is designed for IT administrators with elevated permissions. It includes resources that support advanced configuration, network-level filtering, account management workflows, permission adjustments, and access to essential reporting tools for maintaining safe and compliant digital environments.

Super Admin Resources

This article will cover how to use Bark for Schools as a Reviewer. We developed Bark for Schools with school officials in mind. As such, i...

A Reviewer's Guide to Bark for Schools

We know there's challenges to manually checking the Bark for Schools website throughout the day, so we’ve made it easier than ever to mana...

Bark for Schools Mobile App

This section supports school staff members who review alerts generated by Bark for Schools. It includes training materials, best practices, and guides that help reviewers understand how to effectively assess alerts, navigate the reviewer dashboard, and respond appropriately to potential safety concerns.

Reviewer Resources

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Parent Portal: Getting Started

Parent Portal: How to Launch

Parents receive an email invitation with a unique link to create their Parent Portal account. 
If they have multiple children, they do not...

After Parent Portal Invites Are Sent

Parent Portal is an optional and free feature included with Bark for Schools that helps extend student online safety by sharing Bark alert...

How to Launch Parent Portal

You can send Parent Portal invites with our ClassLink integration by following this guide.

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How to Launch Parent Portal through ClassLink

You can send Parent Portal invites with our Clever integration by following this guide. This integration is available for all Bark for Sch...

How to Launch Parent Portal through Clever

This section provides documentation for enabling, sharing, and managing the Parent Portal — the tool that empowers parents and guardians to receive insights about their children's student account activities outside of school.

Parent Portal Resources

Bark for Schools aims to make online safety easy for students, with parent and guardian involvement playing a key role. We understand that...

Parent Response Toolkit

By launching the Parent Portal, a district takes the crucial step of involving parents in the mission of keeping students safe on school t...

How to Activate your Parent Portal Account

This section helps parents and guardians use Bark’s tools.

Parent Resources

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