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NetSupport School is a class leading training software
solution, providing teachers with the ability to interact with their
students either individually, as a pre-defined group or to the
overall class.
Combining advanced multiple PC monitoring with an innovative
customized test designer and the ability to create automated Lesson
Plans, this latest version rises to the challenge and requirements of
today's modern classroom.
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Providing the very latest IT infrastructure is only half the equation.
Ensuring it is used in the most effective way represents the other
half. With NetSupport School, full application and Internet control is
offered as standard, allowing for individual or overall class
restrictions to be applied whereby only approved websites are visited
and appropriate applications are used. Combine this with the ability to
blank the students screens and to simultaneously monitor all Student
PCs either in thumbnail or full screen mode, complete Student attention
and focus is encouraged at all times.
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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.
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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.
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Application
Control Module
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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.
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Show
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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.
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Class
Wizard
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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.
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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.
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Remote
Control
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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.
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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.
A lesson plan is created by simply dragging required elements from the
right hand list menu onto the planner and Specifying a duration for
each item.
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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.
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File
Distribution
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Distribute files and data from the tutor PC to multiple
student workstations simultaneously with a minimum of keystrokes and
effort.
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File
Transfer
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Transfer and manipulate files between workstations using
advanced "Drag and Drop" technology.
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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.
The
new Whiteboard feature also allows a teacher to add content before
making it available to the rest of the class, and can simply
"toggle" access and visibility.
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Group
Leader
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Recognizing that Students work at different speeds,
NetSupport School encourages group work where a nominated Student can
be assigned Tutor rights and act as a Group Leader until such
privileges are revoked.
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Group
Chat
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Open a discussion box that all, or selected students can
enter their comments in and that can be viewed by the rest of the
class: Ideal for conducting class forums. During this Chat session, an
interactive whiteboard is available to improve understanding.
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With the multiple scan
function, you can cycle through all connected Students, displaying up
to 16 Student PCs simultaneously at pre-determined timed intervals.
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Show
Video
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NetSupport School 8 now provides the ability to launch a
"Show Video" from within a normal Screen Show.
From the annotation toolbar the teacher can select a video file and
launch playback.
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Power
Management
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If your workstation hardware
and software supports it, you can use NetSupport to Power up /down the
Student workstations over the LAN.
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Blank
Student Screens
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If you want to make sure that
the students are looking at you and not at their monitors, simply use
the attention button to blank their screens. You can also lock their
keyboards and mouse at the same time.
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Launch
Applications
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Using a simple instruction,
launch applications on the Student workstations directly from within
the NetSupport Control Program.
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Student
Testing Module
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Design tests and examinations with the minimum of
effort. NSS incorporates a full Test Designer allowing a Tutor to set
customized tests including text, picture, audio and video questions.
Once
the test has been completed, in the pre-set time by the specified
Students, the results are automatically collated, marked and made
available to the Tutor where individual results for each Student can be
saved to file. To allow for content sharing between different classes,
the ability to import or export questions is also included.
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Find out whether your Students have understood the Class,
by conducting an instant survey with the results to a customised
question being displayed in real-time on the Tutor screen. The survey
is automatically sent to all connected Students or selected individuals
and allows for pre-set questions to be stored for later use.
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Annotate
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While in Show, View or
Exhibit mode, the Tutor is able to annotate the display with a range of
highlighting tools enhancing presentation and understanding.
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Screen
Capture
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Capture a Student's current
screen content and save to a file for future reference. In addition,
details for the machine name, current logged on user and date and time
stamp are also recorded.
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Classroom
Layout
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Allows you to record the
layout of the classroom and display where each student is sitting.
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Scalable
View Windows
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When you view a student's
screen, you get exactly that, a perfect replication of their screen.
But sometimes they may be using a different screen resolution. With the
"Scale To Fit" option, you are able to scale their screen so
that all of it is displayed at once.
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Easy
Installation
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NetSupport School's 32bit installation program makes it
easy to install and configure. It is also available fully localized in English,
French, German, Italian, Arabic, Japanese & Spanish.
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