Connect for macOS 3.6.0
5 September, 2022
Welcome to Connect for macOS 3.6.0!
macOS 3.6.0 is primarily a maintenance release with some new features.
The release schedule is:
Release 1: 5th September
- Beta-AU
- Beta-NZ
- Beta-UK (Early Beta)
Release 2: 8th September
Release 3: 13th September
- EA-AU
- EA-NZ
- EA-UK (Stable 2)
Release 4: 19th September
- GA-AU
- GA-NZ
- GA-UK (Stable 1)
Release 5: 21st September
Release 6: 26th September
- GA-US
- Consumers (Parent Customers)
Please follow our maintenance updates here.
IMPORTANT: This update will require users that have manually installed Connect to allow the required security and privacy permissions. If users do not accept permissions, filtering will be disabled.
New Features
- We added Live View. Teachers using Classwize can now live view the student's screen when they’re using macOS. This will be released and launched by the Classroom Product team.
Fixes and Improvements
- Upgrades to the agent filter to improve performance and stability.
- We improved the enrollment process.
- We resolved some minor defects.
Connect for Windows 3.6.2
5 September, 2022
Welcome to Connect for Windows release 3.6.2!
Windows 3.6.2 is primarily a maintenance release.
The release schedule is:
Release 1: 5th September
- Beta-AU
- Beta-NZ
- Beta-UK (Early Beta)
Release 2: 8th September
Release 3: 13th September
- EA-AU
- EA-NZ
- EA-UK (Stable 2)
Release 4: 19th September
- GA-AU
- GA-NZ
- GA-UK (Stable 1)
Release 5: 21st September
Release 6: 26th September
- GA-US
- Consumers (Parent Customers)
Please follow our maintenance updates here.
New Features
- We added support for the Classwize Screenshot History Service. This feature will be made available soon in Classwize.
Fixes and Improvements
- Upgrades to the agent filter to improve performance and stability.
- We improved the enrollment process
- We resolved some minor defects
Connect for Windows 3.6.1
14 July, 2022
Welcome to Connect for Windows release 3.6.1!
Connect for Windows 3.6.1 is a significant release that has improved and stabilised the core filtering components, the upgrade and installation process with some exciting new features.
An important change is the upgrade and release process of our agents. Prior releases were made available to all customers in all regions. For customers in our School Manager platform, you have been assigned to release branches in your region. For example, Australian customers will be assigned to either General Availability - AU, Early Access - AU or Beta - AU. We will be progressively rolling out this release through each region and the branches. Customers in Beta branches will be first, followed by Early Access and finally, all customers on the General Availability release branch.
If you’re not a School Manager user, you have been assigned to the General Availability release branch.
The release schedule is:
Release 1: Wednesday 13th July
- Beta AU
- Beta NZ
- Beta UK (Early beta branch)
Release 2: Wednesday 20th July
- Early Access AU
- Early Access NZ
- Early Access UK
- Beta US
Release 3: Wednesday 27th July
- General Availability AU
- General Availability NZ
- General Availability UK
- Early Access US
Release 4: Wednesday 3rd August
- General Availability US
- Consumer (Global)
New Features
- Classwize Live View support is now included.
- You can now restrict the Google Workspace domains
Fixes and Improvements
- We resolved an issue where the agent was generating a lot of temp files and failing during auto-updates.
- We resolved an issue that caused the tray app to not appear or was causing it to run multiple instances.
- We fixed an issue that was preventing silent installation of the MSI file.
- We resolved an issue where some Classwize plugins and tools were not functioning or were running multiple instances.
- We improved our enforcing Safe Search feature.
- We resolved an issue where the DNS Filter was not using the right condition.
- We fixed an issue where YouTube videos weren’t reported or blocked in certain conditions.
Connect for Chrome Extension - Community 1.3.4
23 May, 2022
Welcome to Linewize Connect for Chrome Extension - Community 1.3.4!
This release fixes an issue that could prevent students from accessing Google Docs when they were at home or out of school hours.
Connect for Chrome Extension - Community 1.3.3
12 April, 2022
Welcome to Linewize Connect for Chrome Extension - Community 1.3.3!
This release of the Linewize Connect for Chrome - Community 1.3.3 includes support for Railway Switch when manually enrolling a student.
Connect for Windows 3.6.0
11 April, 2022
Welcome to Connect for Windows release 3.6.0!
This release contains the rollout of Live View for Connect for Windows. This will allow teachers using Classwize to view the student’s Windows laptop screen in real time.
Fixes and Improvements
- We added support for Windows Live View when using Classwize.
- We added support for dynamic header injection when using the Windows Connect agent (This is a re-release due to the rollback of Connect for Windows 3.5.1).
- We resolved an issue causing the Windows Connect agent to go into “Fallback” mode frequently.
- We updated the log4j version.
- We implemented other bug fixes and improvements.
Connect for Windows 3.5.1
16 March, 2022
Welcome to Connect for Windows release 3.5.1!
Fixes and Improvements
- We added the dynamic header injection functionality to allow blocking students access to personal Gmail and Azure accounts.
- We updated the log4j version.
- We resolved an issue where Youtube videos weren’t reported or blocked when a user clicked on the video links or thumbnails.
- We resolved an issue where the DNS filter didn’t populate the source IP when using Connection Reports.
- We resolved an issue causing the Windows agent to go into “Fallback” mode frequently.
- We implemented other bug fixes and upgrades.
Connect for MacOS 3.5.1
2 March, 2022
Welcome to Connect for macOS 3.5.1!
In this release, we addressed the introduction of DNS proxy into proxy mode filtering and have updated log4j to version 2.17.1. We will be rolling this update to all users automatically from today (2nd of March 2022, starting at 3:00 pm AEST). We strongly encourage you to ensure that all macOS devices using Connect have been updated to 3.5.1.
Note: macOS devices on v2.5.3 will not auto-update to v3.5.1.
iOS Cloud Proxy 1.2.0
8 February, 2022
Welcome to iOS Cloud Proxy 1.2.0!
In this release, we are rolling out a new feature that allows for blocking Google domains for Education customers who are using Connect for iOS v2.1.0. The release date for this new version is the
8th February 2022, starting at
2:00 pm AEST.
Connect for macOS 3.5.0
3 February, 2022
Welcome to Connect for macOS release 3.5.0!
In this release we added support for an upcoming feature that will enable you to prevent students from accessing personal google accounts while permitting access to your school’s google domain.
Note: macOS devices on v2.5.3 will not auto-update to v3.5.0. Linewize will contact you with instructions on how to complete the upgrade shortly.