Share this page with your IT team, or print it as a one-page handout.
1. Allow these websites
All traffic is HTTPS on port 443.
| Allow | Why |
|---|---|
| ai.engagingpd.com | The course site itself. |
| me-myself-and-ai-a9600.firebaseapp.com | Where the emailed sign-in link lands before it returns the teacher to the site. |
| identitytoolkit.googleapis.com, securetoken.googleapis.com | Google Firebase sign-in, which keeps teachers signed in. |
| firestore.googleapis.com | Saves which protocols a teacher has opened and tried. |
| www.youtube.com, i.ytimg.com, *.googlevideo.com | The protocol videos, embedded from YouTube. |
| fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com | Web fonts. |
YouTube Restricted Mode: if it is on, approve the EngagingPD-com channel or its videos so they play for teachers.
2. Let the sign-in emails through
Teachers sign in with a link sent by email, with no password. If the email is held or the link is opened by a scanner first, they can’t get in.
- Sender: Co-Teaching AI <hello@engagingpd.com>, sent through Brevo. Add it to your safe-sender or allow list.
- Subject lines: “Sign in to Co-Teaching: Me, Myself & AI,” “Your sign-in link for …” and “You’re enrolled in …”
- Link scanning: each sign-in link works once. Tools that open links to check them (Microsoft Defender Safe Links, Mimecast, Proofpoint, Barracuda) can use it up before the teacher clicks. Exempt links to me-myself-and-ai-a9600.firebaseapp.com from link rewriting and pre-click scanning.
3. Tools teachers use in the protocols (optional)
The site links to these free AI tools. Allow the ones your district has approved; follow your district’s account and age policies for any student use.
| Allow | Why |
|---|---|
| notebooklm.google | Gemini Notebook, used in many protocols. |
| gemini.google.com | Gemini chat, used in a few protocols. |
| schoolai.com | SchoolAI, used in the historical interview protocol. |
| khanacademy.org, khanmigo.ai | Khanmigo free teacher tools. |
4. What the site stores
- For enrolled teachers: email address, school or district group, which protocols they opened or marked as tried, and the date they were last active.
- No student data. Students don’t use this site, and every protocol tells teachers never to put student names or identifying information into an AI tool.
- Visit counts come from Vercel Web Analytics, which doesn’t use cookies.
Quick test
- Open ai.engagingpd.com on a school device and play the Site Overview video.
- Have an enrolled teacher request a sign-in link and confirm it arrives and opens.
Questions: knoell@engagingpd.com