South Whidbey School District enforces YouTube's Restricted Mode for students. This is a filter for videos on YouTube. However, no filter is 100% accurate and this step by step guide will show you how to approve a blocked video for viewing in our district.

Step-by-step guide

  1. If a student encounters a video that is not approved, they will be presented with a screen that says that the video is unavailable in Restricted Mode. The student will need to copy the video URL and send it to their teacher for approval.
  2. Once a staff member is on a video page that is not approved, you will be presented with an option to approve it for students of SWSD
  3. Click on Approve
  4. This video is now viewable by Students who are signed into their school issued Google account
     


Approve an Entire Channel

  1. Navigate to the YouTube Channel
  2. Click Approve on the banner
  3. All videos on that channel are now approved