FPS Device
Device management and check-ins for District Chromebooks: keeps inventory, assignments and repairs accurate.
FPS Device runs on every District Chromebook. It tells the Device Portal which District account signed in to the device and when, which network the device is on, and whether it is being used. Every so often it asks the student or staff member to confirm that the device in front of them is theirs.
That is how the District keeps its inventory and device assignments right, finds devices that are lost or were swapped, and files repairs for the right device.
Screen time (from version 1.3.0, where the District turns it on)
Where the District turns screen-time reporting on — school by school, starting with a small pilot — the extension also records which website or app was in front of the user and for how long. It keeps the website and page only: everything after a ? or # in the address (search terms, sign-in tokens) is removed on the device first. Searches are counted, never recorded. A video playing with nobody touching the device counts; a locked or sleeping device never does. On a District laptop the same extension does this in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
The extension never reads the content of web pages, page titles, keystrokes, files or the contents of any account. The details, and how long each item is kept, are in the privacy policy.
How to use it
There is nothing to set up. When a check-in is due, the extension opens a short question: Is this your device? Answer it honestly — the answer keeps your device record correct.
To start a repair, click the FPS Device button in the Chrome toolbar for the device’s lookup code and a link to the repair form.
Getting it
Installed automatically on every Chromebook enrolled in the District’s Google Workspace domain, and by District policy in Chrome and Microsoft Edge on District laptops. It cannot be removed or switched off on a District device.
Questions
Does it see what I do online?
Where the District has turned screen-time reporting on, it records which websites and apps you use and for how long — the site and page, without search terms or anything after a ? in the address. It never reads what is on a page, page titles, or anything you type. Where screen time is off, it records only that the device is in use.
Who can see my screen time?
District administrators. Each time one opens a person’s screen-time record it is logged. Technicians see only the last time a few key services (such as Google sign-in or Classroom) were used on a device.
I answered a check-in wrongly. What now?
Tell your school’s library media specialist or the Technology Department, who can correct the record.