EraPin for Schools — IT Administrator Guide

What is EraPin?

EraPin is a free daily history and geography classroom activity used as a bell ringer and lesson starter by teachers across the US and UK.

Students see a historical photograph, drop a pin on a map to guess the location, then estimate the year. Five rounds, five minutes, live leaderboard.

No student accounts. No logins. No app to install. Works on Chromebooks, iPads, phones, and any browser.

Privacy & Safety

What IT admins scan first — this is our promise.

✓ No student accounts or logins required
✓ No personally identifiable information collected from students by default — real names appear only if a teacher opts in to upload a class roster, and the school is the data controller for that data
✓ No advertising of any kind
✓ No social features or student-to-student interaction
✓ HTTPS encrypted on all pages
✓ Student scores are anonymous — identified only by a name students type themselves
✓ Teacher accounts require only an email address — never a student email
✓ No student data is ever sold, and none is shared with third parties for advertising or marketing. The infrastructure services we rely on (hosting, database, maps, fonts, aggregate analytics) are all listed in our privacy policy
✓ Hosted on Vercel, with data stored in Supabase (US) — enterprise-grade infrastructure

Domains to whitelist

Add these to your district's allow list.

      Students — required (daily game & classroom)
      erapin.com
      class.erapin.com
      basemaps.cartocdn.com  — map tiles (and subdomains a–d)
      cdnjs.cloudflare.com  — map library
      nominatim.openstreetmap.org  — location search & scoring
      Daily game only — not used in classroom mode
      maps.googleapis.com  — Street View hints + autocomplete (game still works if blocked)
      maps.gstatic.com  — Street View imagery
      Teacher portal only (teach.erapin.com)
      teach.erapin.com
      aswyjhcoxczjevvnqqjs.supabase.co  — teacher sign-in
      cdn.jsdelivr.net  — sign-in library
      checkout.stripe.com  — optional, only when a teacher upgrades to Pro
      Optional — everything works if these are blocked
      fonts.googleapis.com  ·  fonts.gstatic.com  — fonts
      us.i.posthog.com  ·  us-assets.i.posthog.com  — anonymous, aggregate usage analytics
    

All historical images are served through erapin.com — student browsers never hotlink an outside image host. And every AI feature runs on our own servers: no student or teacher browser ever connects to an AI provider.

How to request whitelisting

Instructions for the most common district filtering systems.

🛡 Securly

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Visit securly.com and log in to your admin console
Go to Filter → Allowed List
Add all the domains from the "Domains to whitelist" section above (the EraPin sites and the supporting services)
Or submit for category review at securly.com/support

🛡 GoGuardian

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Log in to your GoGuardian Admin console
Go to Policies → select your student policy
Under Allowed Sites add all the domains from the "Domains to whitelist" section above
Or submit for review at support.goguardian.com

🛡 Lightspeed Systems

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Log in to Lightspeed Filter
Navigate to Policy Management → Allowed List
Add all the domains from the "Domains to whitelist" section above
Or submit for category review at lightspeedsystems.com/support

🛡 Cisco Umbrella

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Log in to Cisco Umbrella dashboard
Go to Policies → DNS Policies → Destinations
Add all the domains from the "Domains to whitelist" section above to your allowed list
Or submit misclassification at investigate.umbrella.cisco.com

🛡 iBoss

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Log in to your iBoss dashboard
Navigate to Web → Allow/Block Lists
Add all the domains from the "Domains to whitelist" section above to the Allow List
Contact support at iboss.com/support for category review

🛡 Bark

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Log in to Bark for Schools dashboard
Go to Settings → Allowed Websites
Add all the domains from the "Domains to whitelist" section above
Contact support@bark.us for expedited review

Template email for teachers

Send this to your IT department to request whitelisting.

Subject: Whitelist Request — EraPin (Educational Tool) Hi [IT Team], I would like to request that the following domains be whitelisted for classroom use: EraPin sites: - erapin.com - class.erapin.com - teach.erapin.com Supporting services (map, fonts, teacher sign-in): - basemaps.cartocdn.com (map tiles) - cdnjs.cloudflare.com (map library) - nominatim.openstreetmap.org (location search) - maps.googleapis.com (Street View - daily game only) - fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com (fonts) - cdn.jsdelivr.net (teacher sign-in) - aswyjhcoxczjevvnqqjs.supabase.co (teacher sign-in) EraPin is a free educational tool I use as a daily bell ringer in my history class. It requires no student accounts, collects no student personal information by default, contains no advertising, and has no social features. It is used by history and social studies teachers across the US and UK and is compatible with Chromebooks, iPads, and any browser. More information for IT administrators: teach.erapin.com/it-admin Thank you, [Your name]

Compatibility

Works alongside the tools teachers already use.

Google Classroom Share link supported

Canvas LMS Share link supported

AP World History Curriculum aligned

KS3 / KS4 / GCSE Curriculum aligned

IB History Curriculum aligned

      Note: "Compatible" means EraPin works alongside these platforms — share links open directly in Google Classroom or Canvas. EraPin is not formally listed in their marketplaces. "Curriculum aligned" means the content maps to topics covered by these exam boards, not that it is certified or endorsed by them.
    

Still need help?

If your district has specific requirements or you need documentation for your IT team, contact us directly.

akki@erapin.com

We typically respond within 24 hours.

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