With NetSupport School, Teachers and Trainers can improve classroom instruction by centrally instructing their Students on their PCs, maintain Student attention by monitoring application and web usage and save time by quickly polling the class and showing instant results.
Teachers can also record all screen, keyboard and mouse activity on a Student workstation to review later or replay to the whole class. With educational budgets under increasing pressure, NetSupport School enables schools, colleges and training institutions to maximize the return from the IT infrastructure already in place.
NetSupport School is a "software only" solution, no additional hardware is required. Two key components are supplied, the Tutor (control) software used by the Teacher and the Student (client) software which is installed on each PC in your classroom. The Tutor software will locate and then interact with the classroom PCs using the existing network.
Features
Monitor Mode
When viewing students in real time under Monitor mode, if the class numbers are large ( i.e. 30+) its often hard to see in detail the activity on a specific screen. The new Auto zoom feature now provides when the Teacher "mouse overs" a specific Student thumbnail a larger version of that Thumbnail for review.
** Internet Control Module**
Identify active and background URL's running on Student PCs. Drag & drop URL's into "Approved" or "Restricted" lists or choose "Thumbnail" view for the selection of websites using icons rather than actual URLs. Direct Students to a local webpage displaying "locked" information if attempting to open a restricted URL.
The Tutor can also open specified webpages on all Student workstations. A record is also kept of all Student Internet activity for the duration of the lesson. Within v8, a further "Block All Internet Access" option has been added whereby a Tutor can quickly disable all access in a single action from within any area of NetSupport School.
** Application Control Module**
Control and restrict the application usage of your Students. Identify both active and minimized applications, displaying the actual application icon next to each Student name. Drag and Drop applications into either an "Approved" or "Restricted" list. To ensure maximum Student attention, a specified application can be opened on all or selected Student PCs. A record of software / application usage is kept for the duration of the lesson.
The Tutor is also able to set specific application usage restrictions on a per Student basis together with the standard overall class restrictions.
Show
Display the Tutor screen on the Student's screen, using your existing Local Area Network to provide real-time Computer Training without the need for video splitters or any additional hardware. In addition, the new Broadcast Show feature greatly improves Show performance when the Tutor needs to demonstrate to multiple Students.
Class Wizard
Provides a single interface for a Tutor to specify the elements and features they wish to utilize within any given lesson, ensuring the complete range of functionality is available from a simple easily accessible single input dialogue.
Student Register
Evolving the current "Get Name" feature, NSS v8 now offers Student Registration where additional user information can be captured. Having completed the "Class Details" which includes Teachers Name, Lesson Title and Room Number / Name, the Tutor can then select the information that the Students will be required to complete, including custom field creation. Once collected a class attendance register can be produced and printer or saved in a range of formats.
Remote Control
Watch, share or control the screen, keyboard and mouse of any student workstation irrespective of color depth, resolution, network protocol or operating system at either end.
Lesson Plans
Pre-Plan the scope of the lesson and NetSupport School will continue to advise the teacher on time remaining, when the next action is due and more. Within the main Tutor console a progress bar will advise the teacher on the current activity and time remaining.
Lesson Timer
Countdown the class session with the new lesson timer combined with an all new custom alerts feature, e.g. "10 minutes until end of lesson, save work now". Countdown timer changes colour from Green to Amber to Red as the end of the lesson approaches.
File Distribution
Distribute files and data from the tutor PC to multiple student workstations simultaneously with a minimum of keystrokes and effort.
White Board
NetSupport School 8 features a new tool tab, providing a full page White Board integrated directly within the Tutor console supported with a wealth of drawing tools for improved collaboration within the classroom.
And Much More!
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
PC 486 or higher
Win 95/8,Win NT ,Win ME,Win 2000,or Win XP.
IPX/SPX,NetBEUI and TCP/IP.
4Mb RAM,
15Mb free disk space
COMPONENTS SUPPLIED:
The 'Tutor' is the PC that views/takes over a PC.
The 'Student' is the PC that is viewed or taken over.
Synchronised Multimedia Player for WAV, MOV, AVI,MPG, etc. files
