Blocking Users

Sometimes parents/guardians have a non-communicative relationship. In these situations, it is hard to have constructive conversations with both parties.

Evisense allows users to block content from other users. This is required by Google in any app that allows user generated content. Within the context of Evisense it seems counterintuitive, as the app is for schools to share information with parents and celebrate their child. To ensure this does not cause any issues with accidental blocks, Administrators can view all current blocked users and remove if necessary. This feature is extremely useful in the situation described above. Each parent can block the other parent or one of the Administrators can create the blocks avoiding any unpleasantries.

All examples below are based on parents A and B being parents of the same child.

Blocked Posts

If parent A has blocked parent B and parent B has created a post, then parent A will not see the post, or any comments linked to that post.

Blocked Comments

If parent A has blocked parent B and parent B has commented on a post from their child’s teacher, parent A will not see the comment. If the teacher responds to parent B’s comment, parent A will not see the comment.

Both Parents Commenting

If parent A and parent B have blocked each other and they both comment on their child’s post, they will not see each other’s comments. It will start off two separate comment threads, one for parent A and one for parent B.

Parent Mode, Printing and Blocked Users

Printing and Parent Mode are not impacted by parents blocking each other. It will use the blocked users setting of the logged in user. If a teacher opens Parent Mode to share information with parent A, parent A will see all content from themselves and parent B. To prevent parent A from seeing the content from parent B, the teacher would need to block parent B before sharing information with parent A. The teacher would then need to remember to remove the block for parent B, so they do not miss updates from parent B.

How to Block a User

The guide below shows you how to block a user so that you no longer see their posts, their comments or any other user’s responses to their posts or comments.

How to View Users You Have Blocked

The guide below shows you how to see a list of all the users you have blocked. This is useful to check if you think you are missing posts, you may have accidentally blocked a user.

How to Unblock a User

The guide below shows you how to unblock a user you have blocked.