Securly Home
Securly Home App for District Families
Securly Home is an app designed to help parents manage their children’s online activity while using school-issued devices at home. This user-friendly platform provides parents with the tools they need to ensure a safe and productive online experience for their children. By offering insights into students’ online behavior and empowering parents to take control of their children’s digital well-being while at home, Securly Home fosters a healthy balance between technology use and other aspects of life.
Parents will have access to customize their child's digital access while at home. When the child to returns to school, the device returns to District settings.
The Securly Home welcome email is sent to parents and guardians after their accounts are created by the school. The email comes from noreply@securly.com and includes instructions for setting up the free Securly Home app.
You can download the SecurlyHome App from the Google Play or Apple App Store.
If you have questions regarding the Securly Home App, please contact the Director of Technology, Adam Swinchock at swinchocka@pt-sd.org
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are answers to some frequently asked questions regarding Securly:
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A. No, a weekly report will come to your email with a summary of the week's online activity for you to review. Reports will not be sent when a student has no activity during the period of time. (This sometimes happens with our younger elementary students.)
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A. While they are not in school, you have access to pause or turn off access. When your child returns to school access will resume under District parameters. Please refer to the App Walkthrough under Helpful Links for more details.
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A. Sites that your child was able to successfully access will have a green check mark in the upper right corner of the Activity Feed. Sites that they attempted to access, but were denied will have a red circle with a line through it.
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A. No, Securly is only tied to a child's District account.
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A. Access is given to anyone indicated as having custody of a student in our student database.
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A. The child’s email address is listed beside each item in the Activity Feed and is in chronological order. To view each child’s activity, click on the drop-down menu, “All Activities” and select the child you want to view.
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A. Please reach out to Adam Swinchock at swinchocka@pt-sd.org.
Helpful Links and Downloads
- How to Get Started
Watch this quick video on how to get started with the app. - App Walkthrough
A simple guide is designed to help parents get the most out of Securly Home. - App Walkthrough (Spanish)