In order for TechSmart to work properly, your IT department should ensure the following domains are accessible and allowed through your school’s firewall:
To test TechSmart on your district network, please visit the TechSmart System Check.
TechSmart Core Services
Students and teachers need access to these domains for the TechSmart platform to function properly.
Note: these domains, and a wildcard for any subdomain of these domains is required
- *.techsmart.ai
- *.techsmart.codes
- *.techsmart.cc
TechSmart Help and Support
Teachers need access to these domains for live support and technical documentation we utilize Chatlio, Zendesk, and Arcade. These tools help us provide rapid responses to teachers any time assistance is needed. These required domains also provide access to in-platform tutorials and other helpful information.
In order to provide this service, the following domains and subdomains should be allowed for teachers:
- *.chatlio.com
- w.chatlio.com
- api.chatlio.com
- api-cdn.chatlio.com
- uploads-cdn.chatlio.com
- *.zendesk.com
- techsmartkids.zendesk.com
- assets.zendesk.com
- *.arcade.software
- demo.arcade.software
- app.arcade.software
TechSmart Video and Media Content
Students and teachers need access to these domains to allow students to view Teacher-Uploaded videos, and other rich media:
Note: It is NOT necessary to allow access to all of *.vimeo.com, only the subdomains below.
- player.vimeo.com
- *.tus.vimeo.com
- us-files.tus.vimeo.com
- *.vimeocdn.com
- f.vimeocdn.com
- i.vimeocdn.com
- *.akamaized.net
- 23vod-adaptie.akamaized.net
Resources for Python Development Classes (CS100 & CS200)
Students and teachers in Python development courses should have access to the official Python website for documentation, and general Python resource access. For this, the following domains are needed:
- *.python.org
- python.org
- www.python.org
- docs.python.org
- discuss.python.org
- wiki.python.org
Resources for Web Development Classes (CS300)
Students and teachers in Web development courses will need access to the following domains to utilize documentation, tooling, licensing, and assets from the following providers:
- github.com
- docs.github.com
- api.github.com
- p5js.org
- css-tricks.com
- dev.mozilla.org
- developer.mozilla.org
- stackoverflow.com
- commons.wikimedia.org
- creativecommons.org
- pics4learning.com
- wordpress.org
- github.io
- blog.hubspot.com
- breakingcatnews.com
- ck12.org
- duckduckgo.com
- en.wikipedia.org
- google.com
- gutenberg.org
- info.cern.ch
- jakegroup.com