Installing Reveal Cloud Connector on student Chromebook devices

Reveal's Cloud Connector feature allows Reveal Administrators to enable the installation and check the connection status of the installed Cloud Connector on student devices. The Reveal Cloud Connector extension is designed for and supported on student Chromebook devices only.

Reveal is moving to a new extension delivery mechanism. This means that rather than loading the extension from the Chrome web store, you will now use a customer-specific installation URL. This allows us to keep all your users in sync with our extension releases. It also means that if you need to use pre-release software, you will not need to use a temporary extension. 

Your customer-specific installation URL will contain your Securly FID – which you may be familiar with if you use Securly Filter or Securly Sync – if you aren't sure what this is, then please get in touch with our support team to confirm. The installation URL will look like this: https://crextnaut.securly.com/subscribers/securly@<yourschooldomain>/update-manifest.xml 

Note: Student Chromebook monitoring happens when the Cloud Connector extension is installed on the Chromebook AND the email address used to login to the Chromebook matches that within the student's Reveal user profile.

Even if a student logs onto a school-managed Chromebook with their correct email address (the same one stored in Reveal), but logs into the Google Chrome web browser with a personal email address, their device activity will still be monitored.

To identify the email address associated with a student Chromebook device login:

1. Open Chromebook System Preferences
2. Scroll down to the People section
3. Locate the name of the student in question, and identify the email address associated (this must match the Reveal Email Address)

This document is a resource for Reveal Administrators to understand how to:

• Enable Chromebook Cloud Connector in Reveal
• Install Chromebook Cloud Connector with Google Workspace
• Configure Chromebook Device and User Settings

ENABLE CHROMEBOOK CLOUD CONNECTOR IN REVEAL

Follow the steps below to confirm in Reveal that students at your district use Chromebook devices.

1. Login to Reveal.

2. Click the gear icon ; you will be redirected to the Admin Settings.

3. Click the Cloud Connector tab.

4. Locate the Choose all student device types section.

5. Click Chromebook in the Choose all student device types section.

6. Review the Chromebook section.

7. Continue to install the Chromebook Cloud Connector.

INSTALL CHROMEBOOK CLOUD CONNECTOR WITH GOOGLE WORKSPACE

The Google Workspace Admin Console is available for Chrome devices purchased directly from Google or a reseller. Securly recommends Google Workspace for managed deployments. Follow the steps below to install the Chromebook Cloud Connector extension onto student Chromebook devices via Google Admin Console. To reference Google's instructions, click here.

1. Log in to the Google Admin Console.

2. Click Devices.

3. Click Chrome.

4. Click Apps & Extensions.

5. Click Users & Browsers or Managed Guest Sessions.

6. Select the Organizational Unit that includes your student accounts.

7. Add the extension by ID.

• You will first need to hover over the circular yellow button to select Add Chrome App or extension by ID option then enter Extension ID: ehldjdeaoebgafllfobddbfbfpmammmc

• Select the drop-down that will currently say From the Chrome Web Store and change it to From a custom URL then paste in your subscriber URL which will look like: 

  https://crextnaut.securly.com/subscribers/securly@<yourschooldomain>/update-manifest.xml

  NOTE: Please speak to Securly to confirm your Installation URL.

8. Select Force Install in the Installation Policy field for Dyknow Cloud and click Save.

9. Scroll to the bottom of the settings page to find the Update URL and change it to Installation URL

10. Logout after this push to force student devices to update extensions.

11. Confirm installation on a student device:

• Login to a Chromebook device as a student;
• Open Google Chrome browser;
• Click the puzzle piece icon, in the upper right-hand corner of the Chrome browser window, to expand it; and,
• Verify that the Dyknow icon  is present in the list of Extensions.
  
  
  
  
  Alternatively, go to the URL chrome://extensions to see a list of chrome extensions.