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NETSUPPORT SCHOOL 9 - NEW
FEATURES
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NetSupport School now features a
powerful print management component
allowing total control over printer
usage within the classroom. Students
can be prevented from printing, be
assigned page limits per lesson or
require Teacher authorisation. The print management feature supports multiple printers within a classroom, prevents the addition, deletion or modification of existing printers and provides printing usage summaries for the class. |
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NetSupport School extends its
application control features with
the availability of Messenger
Monitoring. In addition to the
ability to prevent Messenger
applications running within the
classroom, NetSupport School also
provides real-time monitoring of
specific Messenger applications
presenting the Teacher with a real
time view of chat activity and
content. The Messenger monitoring component supports a range of messenger applications including MSN, AOL and Yahoo messengers. |
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New to
NetSupport School is Keyboard
monitoring. Designed to be used in
conjunction with application
control, this component provides
Teachers with a real-time insight
into Student activity and topic
understanding. During a lesson,
while all Students are working using
any approved application, the
Teacher can monitor the entire class
and see quickly and easily their
typed content and activity levels.
The keyboard monitor also provides a perfect monitoring tool when students are online in forums or search forms. |
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NetSupport School also features
protection from external sources for
the duration of a class. This
includes preventing data being
copied to (or from) USB devices, CD
or DVD drives.
Rather than providing a crude on/off
policy that prevents resources being
utilised in the classroom, the
NetSupport School protection allows
data to still be viewed on a USB
Memory Stick or CD, but prevents
copying files from them. |
| New Student Information Bar |
NetSupport School now features a
Student Information bar, neatly
located at the top of each Student
Screen. This can be set to be always
visible or to auto-hide. The information bar provides feedback to the student on the current lesson, time remaining, current websites and applications that are available, the status of messenger and keyboard monitoring and quick access to request help. All of the features included on the information bar can be customised by the Teacher. |
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NETSUPPORT SCHOOL 9 - PRODUCT
ENHANCEMENTS
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The
Internet monitoring and control
features of NetSupport School have
been further enhanced providing
internet control across a wide range
of browsers and the inclusion of
partial URL filtering. Teachers can
now provide access for students to
selected pages on a website, but
restrict access to other pages at
the same site. Version 9 also
includes the ability to block FTP
access as standard.
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addition the latest version of
NetSupport School features a new "SafeSearch"
feature, which overrides the search
settings for most leading search
engines and prevents inappropriate
content being returned within search
results. |
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The
Students Testing modules have been
further enhanced, with a new
Question and Test designer
component, easy addition of testing
resources via desktop "drag and
drop" and a streamlined Test player
with improved Student feedback. NetSupport School now also features an online resources exchange, where teachers can upload, download and share resources for the classroom. |
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Wireless support in NetSupport
School has been extended to offer
improved performance over wireless
access points and the inclusion of
class lists. To complement this a
new class list creation tool is now
provided to allow for off-line
preparation of class lists. The latest version of NetSupport School also features a Student Locator, this connectivity server allows wireless student laptops to be located across any LAN or WAN. Using this new, standard component, Students' wireless laptops can be located and connected to from any Class list no matter what their current IP address information or subnet is. |
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NetSupport School is now provided with full support for Windows Vista in addition to its existing platform support. |
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| Create Custom Messages | NetSupport School 9 now features the ability to create and store custom messages that can be saved at the Tutor and displayed with a range of configurable alerts. | |
| Show Mode content protection | When the Tutor is showing his computer to the class, he can elect to enable Internet restrictions on his own PC and therefore avoid visiting any unwanted websites by accident. | |
| Startup default modes |
Set
the default startup modes for key
features including: Internet Metering > Unrestricted, allow Approved only, block Restricted or Block all Internet access. Application Metering > Unrestricted application usage, allow Approved applications only or block Restricted applications. Print Management > Free Printing, Printing paused or Printing blocked. Messenger Monitor > Monitoring Off, Monitoring On or Instant Messengers blocked. Device Security > None, Block all CD/DVD/USB Access, Make CD/DVD/USB Read Only or Prevent Applications executing from CD/DVD/USB. Keyboard Monitor > Active or Inactive. |
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| Screen Annotation / Pointer | The Screen annotation tools can now be used outside of the NetSupport Tutor program, and where their functionality could benefit a presentation with a projector or OHP. | |
| Installation | NetSupport School is now also provided with an optional MSI installer. | |
| Additional Language Support | Version 9 of NetSupport School will also be available in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish. | |
