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Spy on my students' computers

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Hello,

I am a teacher and I often use computers with my middle school students. They are connected to the Internet and my desk is poorly placed to see the computers, so they end up going online without me noticing. I wanted to know if it is possible to install software that would allow me to know what they do secretly!! I heard about software that even lets you view the screen live on my computer.

If anyone knows the names of these software programs please provide them!!

manuue

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    choubaka Posted messages 5534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    Hello

    of course it exists ... dameware, vnc ...

    but isn’t it simpler to simply prevent internet access (like parental control), this kind of system allows it to be disconnected and connected at predefined times ......

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  2. webmaster33 Posted messages 162 Status Member 32
     
    By installing Wingate, your students will no longer be able to surf anywhere, it’s a proxy/firewall server that will allow you to block anything you want.

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  3. manuue
     
    Yes I know, but I also wanted to monitor what they were doing. Because they sometimes have to use the internet, but they don’t go to the requested sites. Thanks for your answer.
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  4. choubaka Posted messages 5534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    necessarily .... so look in the two proposed software, there may be others ..

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  6. webmaster33 Posted messages 162 Status Member 32
     
    To monitor them, use Intellipool Network Monitor.

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  7. bill
     
    Hi professor, don’t mislead them; they know as much as you do, if not more. See you later.
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  8. NeXus
     
    Given that no one raised the subject, I would like to point out that spying is prohibited. Of course, you have the right to install software intended mainly for remote maintenance, but if the goal is to monitor your students' actions, certain measures must be put in place. It seems to me that you need the go-ahead from your principal, and moreover informing users of monitored PCs is an obligation. After that, you are free to set up a surveillance solution such as VNC:
    https://www.01net.com/telecharger/windows/Utilitaire/reseau/fiches/9910.html

    Don't get discouraged, it would be ideal if the students win ;) Best regards... NeXus
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  9. choubaka Posted messages 5534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    agree with Nexus, we must signal it to the user beforehand .. it's obvious ...

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  10. Profile blocked
     
    In general, “manual” monitoring is the most effective. A student banging frenetically on their keyboard is more likely to be on MSN than reading a Wikipedia article. Same if you don’t hear them for 10 minutes and they don’t respond to their name — that hints at a naughty site :)
    I was a student myself and I always managed to bypass software surveillance; the cleverest will stop background services, do a Ctrl-Alt-Del to check running programs, or even use a proxy :) They’re only in middle school, but given how things are going, there will always be one among them who will quickly show the others how to do it :) So in my view, software-based solutions only bring “peace” temporarily, until they’re bypassed :)
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  11. manuue
     
    uhhhh

    These are 12-year-old students using the computers in my classroom, since when do teachers not have the right to monitor students??? And then monitoring by walking behind them is the same thing....

    Anyway, they will surely be aware either way! The point isn't to spy on them but to make them work. In any case, thank you for your answers, I will try all of this as soon as possible.

    manue
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  12. choubaka Posted messages 5534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    indeed ...

    although my kid is 12 exactly ... i hope you don't have him in your class, lol ... i think i showed him a bit too much, my fault ..

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  13. manuue
     
    Yes, but actually I have classes of 20-25 students, not easy to spot who’s typing and who’s chatting on MSN. For my students’ IT level, they know MSN and Skyblog, some know how to change wallpaper... I’m not in a middle school where every student can afford a computer, if you see what I mean. So I can keep this peace for a little while, I hope, and it’s always something won, while we wait for the computers to be moved!!

    manue
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  14. Profile blocked
     
    Monitoring by sneaking behind is not the same thing; indeed they can't say they didn't know. However installing spyware is quite "borderline" as a practice (at least from my point of view). The best and least painful option in my opinion would be to make them believe that the sites they visit are logged (even if they are not) so even those who try to circumvent the control won't succeed simply because there isn't any :) Obviously this does not replace a bit of manual monitoring to deter the boldest :)
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  15. manuue
     
    what they didn’t know what? that they’re not allowed to go on the internet??? They know very well!! The goal, as I said earlier, is to make them work. If they know they’re being watched, it’s enough for me to punish one or two and I think the urge will pass...
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  16. Profile blocked
     
    No, what I meant to say is that from a moral (and also legal) perspective, software spying isn’t great. Imagine you catch one and punish them; as soon as they tell some somewhat litigious parents, it’s the start of trouble. I know I’m pushing the reasoning to the extreme, but better safe than sorry, as they say.
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