barks parent portal

What is the purpose of the bark dashboard?

Bark is An Award-Winning Dashboard Giving parents back their time while building trust with their kids As a busy parent, reading every text message, post, and email just isn’t realistic. Instead, Bark was created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children safe online.

What is bark for kids?

Created in collaboration with child psychologists, youth advisors, digital media experts, and law enforcement professionals, Bark delivers a research-backed, kid-friendly solution for safeguarding families as technology changes how and where we communicate.

What does bark monitor on Snapchat?

Click here for an extensive overview of what Bark monitors. Bark tracks conversations and content on Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, GroupMe, and more. Bark works with iOS and Android to monitor texts, photos, and videos for concerning interactions.

What Bark for Schools Is Doing

We truly believe our product is without peer, and that its life-saving capabilities are instrumental in protecting students. Our dedication to schools across the country is continually growing. The Parent Portal is the most recent development in our ever-evolving technology and desire to improve.

Reach Out

Visit bark.us/schools to learn more about Bark for Schools. And if you’re a parent, you can send your child’s school this video and this case study to show the value of Bark for Schools — and why they should start using this incredible free service.

Launching Parent Portal

From your Parent Portal settings page, you can choose from two methods to sync contacts: Clever or .csv file upload.

After the Launch

Schools can control the severity of the issues parents receive, as well when they’re sent.

What is Bark's dashboard?

Bark's affordable, award-winning dashboard proactively monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 30+ different social networks for potential safety concerns, so busy parents can save time and gain peace of mind .

What is bark on Android?

Bark works with iOS and Android to monitor texts, photos, and videos for concerning interactions. Screen Time & Web Filtering. Manage when your kids can access the internet and which sites are appropriate for them to visit. 24/7 Detection.

Why is Bark created?

Instead, Bark was created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children safe online.

What time does the Parent Portal alert?

Parents can receive alerts “Anytime,” which is the same frequency as schools, or you can select that they only receive alerts “After Hours,” which is 3pm to 8am each day. This includes weekends and holidays, so please note that we suggest setting the Parent Portal to “Anytime.”.

Can you use Bark on any device?

It unites schools with families to pick up alerts after hours, during weekends, and over school vacations. Families can use bark.us on any device to view alerts. We also have an app available on Android and iOS where they can also check on alerts and manage their account.

Do schools have parent portals?

Though many schools/districts have enabled the Parent Portal for all of their students and families, some administrators have enabled the system only for children they may be most concerned about or who are considered high risk. Often, these parents are already part of a broader discussion with your extended team.

For the School Administrators

By launching Parent Portal a district takes the crucial step of involving parents and guardians in the mission of keeping students safe on school technology, especially after hours and on weekends.

After the Invite Goes Out

STEP 1: Once the Parent Portal is launched, this email will be sent to the parents/guardians to invite them to enroll. If they'd like to enroll, they will click Confirm My Contact Info: