How to Use Lighspeed AccessScan for Teachers

What is AccessScan?

AccessScan is a tool in your Chrome browser that tells you if your students can open a website before you use it in class. It saves you from finding out a site is blocked in the middle of a lesson.

You'll find this tool installed in your chrome web browser. Use it any time you plan to share a link with students.

Step 1: Find the AccessScan icon

Look at the top right corner of Chrome, next to the address bar. The AccessScan icon is a small blue swirl (the Lightspeed logo), shown in the red box below.

Step 2: Check a website

The student email is optional, but please add it. Without it, you only see what category the site falls under. With it, you see if that student can actually open the site.

Want to check everything on the page, like embedded videos and games? Click Switch to page scan under the URL box before you click the button.

Step 3: Read the results

Your answer shows at the bottom of the window.

Click the small arrow next to Category information to see how Lightspeed labels the site (like "Education"). The Copy results button copies everything so you can paste it into an email or IT help ticket.

If a site is blocked that should be open...

Click Copy results, then paste them into a help ticket to the tech department along with a quick note on how you plan to use the site. Try to check sites prior to your lesson so we have time to review them.