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NetSupport School: Classroom Management

NetSupport School is a class leading training software solution, providing Teachers with the ability to instruct, monitor and interact with their Students either individually, as a pre-defined group or to the overall class.

Combining advanced classroom PC monitoring, real-time Presentation and Annotation tools, with an innovative customised Testing suite, Internet and Application control, automated Lesson Plans, Printer Management, Instant Messenger control, Content Monitoring and Desktop Security, this latest version of NetSupport School rises to the challenge and requirements of today's modern classroom. 

Version 10.5 released Sept 29th 2009 - download a free 40 PC evaluation copy today and discover the benefits of NetSupport School.

What's new for the 10.5 release

• Audio Monitoring. Monitor the entire class in a single view and with the use of the displayed visual indicators see instantly which PCs have live audio activity.

• Capture Application Audio. The Tutor can now listen in to and record Student audio output.

• Manage Student Resources. Students can now easily access resources required during a lesson. The Tutor can create a resource list and add links to websites, applications and documents, this list is then displayed in the Student Toolbar providing Students with a quick and easy way to access the required resources.

• Introduces a new (default) "Room" based start-up mode for the Tutor and rationalises the first time start-up process to simplify installation and ease of deployment of the software for new users.

• Browse and Connect Performance. A new configuration option, ‘Accelerate Browse’, dramatically improves browse and connect performance.

• Student Thumbnails can now be sized using a flexible slide-bar enabling you to make better use of the space available on the Tutor screen. Thumbnails can also be viewed ‘full-screen’ by pressing F11.

• Terminal Server installation / support has also been rationalised. It is no longer necessary to use a separate utility to generate individual TCP/IP port configuration files or configure the Tutor to browse on a range of TCP/IP ports.

Always Monitoring, Always Protecting, Always Teaching : NetSupport School.

 

Features you would expect from the market leader

Unique to NetSupport School and included as standard

Powerful Classroom Management - Power On/Off all computers, Remotely Log On/Off all computers in a single action, create custom classroom layouts and more.   Student Register - Generate and store Student attendance records and prompt for custom information unique to your school.   Interactive Lesson Plans - Pre-schedule activities and resources for the class, track lesson progress in real-time and share plans with other teachers.   Student Instruction - Show the Teacher's Screen to all members of the class, or show a selected desktop (if the teacher uses multiple monitors) or even show just a selected application. Show a Recording of a previous remote control session to the class or broadcast a multimedia file (including sound). Unique to NetSupport School you can also leave a full recording of the presentation on each student desktop so they can review the presentation later.   View Student Screens - Monitor the entire class or selected students. View using high quality scalable thumbnails of each PC, mouse over for larger zoom view or click for full 1:1 remote control.    On Screen Annotation - Use a wealth of annotation and presenting tools to aid in your presentations and retain student focus.   Application Metering and Control - Monitor all applications in use in the class, including those in the background, open and close applications remotely, record a full history of use for the lesson for every student. Use approved and restricted lists to control application availability.   Internet Metering and Control - Offers the same level of control as Application Metering. Also provides granular website blocking, allowing access to certain pages at a selected URL but not access to the rest of the site. Works across browsers and also includes FTP blocking.   Group Chat, Messaging and Audio support, all under the control of the Teacher.   Instant Surveys with visual results feedback to both Teacher and Students.    Portable Tutor - No need to pre-install - carry the software on your memory stick and use when needed.   Testing and Quiz module supporting real time tests and scoring, support for 8 different question types, examination grading levels, progress tracking and more.   Wireless Support designed from the ground up, including mobile class lists.    Teacher Toolbar- NEW - Remains accessible when the main application is minimised, providing quick access to key features when using an Interactive Whiteboard or other applications.   Security - Complete multi-layered security throughout the product, including unique security keys, access control by licence, Active Directory support allowing policy- based controls that can limit which system users are able to run the NetSupport School components on. The Tech Console also provides a Security check mode to identify systems without all security options in force.

Student Journals - NEW - During a typical class, all appropriate items relating to the subject can be captured and automatically included in a PDF file for post-lesson review by each Student. This NEW feature includes a full record of Lesson details and Objectives, Teacher and Student notes, Screenshots, Survey results, URLs used during the lesson and individual Test results.   Student Information Bar - Provide key information to the class throughout the lesson - Class details, objectives, time remaining, available websites and applications the class are approved to use, NEWStudent Rewards and much more.   True Printer Management - Prevent Printing, Set Quota's, Remove duplicate print jobs, allow the Teacher to authorise print requests and NEW Print visuals.   Real-time Keyboard Monitoring - See exactly what the class are typing in real-time, irrespective of the application or website in use. Now includes NEW target keywords for content tracking and full history by Student and application.   Instant Messenger Monitoring and Control. Monitor messenger chats, prevent sign-in to leading messengers including MSN, AOL and Yahoo or simply prevent use.    Device Control - Prevent data being copied to (or from) USB or CD/DVD devices. Flexible control allowing prevention of file copy but still allowing documents to be read.    Internet SafeSearch - Override search engine preferences automatically and force content restrictions on delivered results.   Internet Co-Browse - Rather than simply showing your students a website, why not browse the site on your PC in the knowledge that the same site is being browsed on each student computer. As you scroll down a page, so do they. At any point the Teacher can provide access to the students so they can reference the pages presented themselves, safe in the knowledge they cannot go anywhere else.   Key Show - May be a simple action but when presenting an application to the class, it is important they learn the primary navigation methods. When a teacher selects CTRL+P for printing, this key combination is shown to the class.   Teacher Security - During a presentation in class when a Teacher accesses a Student's web browser, NetSupport School will prevent them mistakenly typing or visiting any non-defined websites and avoid any embarrassing sites being displayed.   Virtual Whiteboard - School features a powerful virtual whiteboard - draw diagrams, annotate charts and images and even pass access to a student so they can collaborate directly onto the whiteboard.   On-line Resources - NetSupport provides a free online resource centre where Teachers can both upload and download test resources, images, curriculum content and more. A simple way to ensure you get the most out of your software.   Tech Console - NEW - A dedicated console designed specifically for Technicians and Network Managers. View all computers across the campus, monitor computer screens in each classroom, generate a full Hardware and Software inventory from each PC, remotely manage services and processes, deliver files to all selected computers in a single action and much more.    Get Support - NEW - A single click of the toolbar button within the Tutor console will immediately connect the teacher to an available technician who can then provide assistance remotely from anywhere on campus.

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