Lightspeed Systems

Parents/guardians may select to receive automated weekly emails on Sunday summarizing their student’s HCPSS Chromebook internet usage. The email contains:

• Top Websites: Top 10 visited hosts
• Daily Website Visits: Number of pages visited per day
• Total Browsed Hosts
• Average Daily Page Visits

Once signed up, a Weekly Student Online Activity Report is emailed to the address on record in HCPSS Connect every Sunday. The email has the subject: Filter Portal Weekly Report and is sent from: do_not_reply@lightspeedsystems.com.

The same email contains an option to sign up for the Lightspeed Parent Portal, which provides near real-time information on a student’s HCPSS Chromebook internet activity, and offers the ability to pause web browsing when not on the HCPSS network.

• Control screen time with automated internet access schedules by day and time
• Pause their student’s ability to use the web for various amounts of time
• Block access to YouTube
• Block websites grouped together by categories
• Block specific websites.

Signing Up for Lightspeed Parent Email Notification

Signing up to receive the parent/guardian email notification is done online via HCPSS Connect Synergy. Your parent/guardian username is the email address on file with the school system.

If you forgot your password

1. Go to www.hcpss.org/connect and select the blue HCPSS Connect Login button.
2. At the login page, select the Forgot Password link under the login option
3. Select Forgot Password under the Parents & Guardians heading.

To receive email notifications

1. Go to www.hcpss.org/connect and log in with your parent/guardian credentials.
2. Select More Options from the left navigation menu and then select Parent Email Notifications.
3. Click on the box next to Notify me weekly regarding my child’s/children’s internet usage via Lightspeed.
4. Select Submit

Lightspeed Parent Portal emails are sent on Sundays.

Signing Up for the Lightspeed Parent Portal

While the email notification provides a summary of the student’s HCPSS-issued Chromebook internet activity, the Parent Portal provides additional information and features. To access the Lightspeed Parent Portal, parents/guardians must first sign up to receive the notification using the directions above. At the bottom of the email notification is a Log In or Register link. Parents can use this link to set up their account and access the Lightspeed Parent Portal. During the account set up process, a verification email will be sent to the email address listed on HCPSS Connect.

In the portal, parents can see near real-time information on their student’s HCPSS Chromebook internet activity. Additionally, when not connected to the HCPSS network, parents/guardians can pause their student’s ability to use the web for various amounts of time and block access to YouTube.

Parents/guardians in need of additional assistance should complete the HCPSS Connect Help Form.

Lightspeed Classroom

With the increase in devices available for instruction, teachers have found value in having access to an online classroom management tool.

Lightspeed Classroom is a software application that allows teachers, during specified timeframes, to control how a student uses their HCPSS-issued Chromebook, including viewing student screens, sharing resources, locking devices, reviewing class activity, and restricting some non-instructional sites.

This tool does not replace the teacher instruction and guidance on appropriate and responsible use of technology, but rather assists the teacher in monitoring the application of these concepts during activities in the classroom.

Teachers who wish to use the tool must complete the required Classroom Management professional learning module to ensure compliance with student data privacy policies and access, and learn how to use the application.