Stay Focusd - Productivity Extension... Block or limit students into or out of particular websites

Stay Focusd - Productivity Extension

What is it?

StayFocusd limits the amount of time you can spend on certain websites according to settings you control. There are two basic options for blocking:

• Allowed Time - sets a maximum number of minutes you can spend on sites on your blocked list in any one day.
• Nuclear Option - gives you a choice to block: ALL websites,  ALL websites EXCEPT those on my Allowed Sites list or ONLY websites on my Blocked Sites list for a designated period of time

Key Features:

Allowed time: set the number of minutes you can spend on your “blocked sites”

Active hours/days: set the hours and days when StayFocusd will limit your internet browsing - for example, you may set to control browsing only between 8:30am and 3:30 pm, Monday -Friday. Browsing will not be affected outside of these times. Note: changes to active hours and days take 24 hours to take effect - this prevents you from simply changing the settings to buy more time.

Daily Reset time: When your allowed minutes reset. It is best to set this time outside of your “active hours”

Nuclear option: Choose the amount of time you want sites blocked according to three options - ALL websites,  ALL websites EXCEPT those on my Allowed Sites list or ONLY websites on my Blocked Sites list. You can set this up to turn the nuclear option on at a certain time or turn it on manually.

Tip: to increase control, add the settings page to the blocked sites list - this will prevent you from  “overriding” earlier choices if the nuclear option is on or if your allowed time for the day is gone.

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Blocking/Allowing sites:

Click the StayFocusd icon in your toolbar. Here you will have the option to block that page directly or open the settings to add multiple sites.

Adding sites can get complex due to the ability to block entire pages, links from the page, entire domains, etc. It is recommended that you read the instructions on the setting page carefully and access the FAQ section of StayFocusd for detailed examples and instructions.