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Advanced Filtering lets you create exceptions within a Scene’s allowed or blocked website list. When a site is allowed or blocked at the domain level, Advanced Filtering gives you control over specific pages or subdomains within that site.

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How Advanced Filtering Works

For both Allow Mode and Block Mode Scenes, you can allow or block entire websites. Advanced Filtering adds a second layer by letting you carve out exceptions for specific pages within those sites. Example: A teacher allows google.com across the board but wants to block sites.google.com specifically. Advanced Filtering handles that exception. The Advanced Filtering button is located in the upper right of the Scene creation window.

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Add Exceptions to an Allow Mode Scene

In Allow Mode, everything is blocked except for what you manually allow. For example, adding *Google* to an Allow Mode Scene allows any Google website or subdomain, including:
  • docs.google.com
  • google.com/images
  • forms.google.com
  • sites.google.com
  • and many more
To block a specific subdomain within an otherwise allowed site, add it as an exception.
  1. In the Scene creation window, click Advanced Filtering in the upper right.
  2. Enter the URL you want to block as an exception (for example, sites.google.com) into the input field.
  3. Click Add. The URL appears in the Exceptions list.
  4. When you’ve added all exceptions, click Done. The exceptions appear on the right side of the Scene editor, labeled Advanced Filters.

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Add Exceptions to a Block Mode Scene

In Block Mode, all websites are allowed except for what you add to the blocked list. For example, a teacher can add YouTube.com to a Block Mode Scene to block all of YouTube. With Advanced Filtering, individual YouTube video URLs can be added as exceptions to allow access to those specific videos while keeping the rest of YouTube blocked.
  1. In the Scene creation window, click Advanced Filtering in the upper right.
  2. Enter the specific URL you want to allow as an exception into the input field.
  3. Click Add, then click Done to save the exception.
  4. The exception appears in the Advanced Filters section on the right side of the Scene editor.
For YouTube exceptions, you can allow access to individual video URLs. Adding a YouTube channel URL only allows access to that channel’s page. It does not allow all videos from that channel.

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Last modified on July 15, 2026