Smoothwall Events & Webinars

Insights Session

Web Filtering and Digital Monitoring: What’s the Difference — and Why DSLs Now Critically Need Both 

with Katherine Howard and Ruth Noble of Smoothwall

Thursday 14th May | 3.00pm - 4.00pm GMT

Keeping students safe online goes far beyond blocking harmful content.

The reality is that only a portion of safeguarding risks exist on restricted web pages. Some of the most serious digital risks actually surface in what students do, say and share online.

And these signs will be missed by a web filter. This is why the difference between filtering and monitoring really matters for DSLs.

In this session, Kat Howard and former DSL Ruth Noble unpack how filtering and monitoring are supposed to work and what this means for those responsible for safeguarding students today.

You'll learn:

• The important role of web filters - and their limitations

• How monitoring helps DSLs see risks that would otherwise be missed 

• Why both filtering and monitoring are needed for effective safeguarding 
  

• Where schools may have visibility gaps that need to be addressed  
  

 It’s an essential session for DSLs working in schools and MATs in the UK.  

Live Webinar

See the Signs: The Serious Safeguarding Risks Going Unnoticed in FE Colleges - And How to Uncover Them

with Kay Burton-Williams of BMet College and Smoothwall's Chantelle Doyle-Sopp.

Tuesday 19th May | 3.00pm - 4.00pm GMT

In further education, safeguarding risks are changing - and it’s getting harder for DSLs to spot these concerns early.

Or even to spot them at all.

In this brand new session, Kay Burton Williams of BMet College and Smoothwall’s Chantelle Doyle-Sopp explore the specific online risks going unseen in some FE settings.

They'll show you why these risks present such a challenge to DSLs & DSSs, and how digital monitoring is helping other colleges catch them early to keep students safe.

What you'll take away:

• Specific examples of serious risks that are going unseen

• The 2 issues holding some colleges back from early risk detection

• Kay’s personal experience of establishing effective digital safeguarding with the help of digital monitoring 
  

• Why digital monitoring is now critical in colleges & how it works