In today’s digital classrooms, where email remains a core channel for sharing documents and images, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) plays a key role in maintaining compliance and protecting sensitive information. Currently, the OCR setting is disabled, meaning that image-based content in emails isn’t scanned for hidden text—potentially overlooking inappropriate or confidential material embedded in visuals.

While OCR isn’t perfect and doesn’t cover embedded PDFs or Word documents, enabling it can significantly improve your school’s ability to identify risks in image attachments. Combined with standard compliance measures, OCR provides an extra layer of protection, helping your school technology environment stay secure and policy-aligned.

At Get Set Tech, we recommend school IT directors evaluate this setting as part of a layered email security strategy. A proactive approach to image scanning can go a long way in enhancing digital safety across your domain.