IT Requirements
for undertaking National Society Courses.
Emails
Our emails will come from the following domains. Please could you ensure these are whitelisted.
@churchofengland.org
@edu.churchofengland.org
do-not-reply@mail.qwickly.tools
cofe@tracksurveys.co.uk (NPQEL Participants Only)
no-reply@zoom.us
If you use Microsoft 365 you can use this guide [link] to prevent emails from being quarantined. When you release an email from quarantine whilst logged in as an administrator, you are able to add the sender to the 'safe senders' list.
This should not be necessary, but if you are having issues with emails you can try whitelisting the following Blackboard email IP addresses:
69.196.242.0/24
192.230.230.0/24
69.196.241.0/24
37.216.222.128/28
69.196.238.0/28
Website Access
The following websites are required to complete the course. Please could you ensure they are unblocked.
securetracksurveys.co.uk/CofE (NPQEL Participants Only)
Access to Blackboard
The following should be whitelisted to allow access to Blackboard:
35.157.47.202
35.156.249.23
18.184.163.100
mail-relay-aws-eu-central-1.blackboard.com
For full details: Blackboard Firewall Guidance Document for IT
Access to Zoom
Participants should be able to use Zoom on the school network. For further guidance please see:
Hardware Requirements
Participants will need access to a webcam and microphone.
Cyber Essentials
We recommend that you get 'Cyber Essentials' certified to guard against cyber attack. This is a Department for Education requirement for all CEFEL Delivery Partners.
Common Issues to be Aware Of
Participants undertake an interactive learning package which is linked from Blackboard. This opens in a pop-up, which can cause issues. If participants have trouble accessing this please utilise the following troubleshooting guidance: