lanschool v7.4 sales presentation_2009
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LanSchool v7.4Classroom Management Software
October 2009
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A genda
Who is LanSchool?Why LanSchool?LanSchool v7.4 FeaturesSupported EnvironmentsSupport PolicyCompetitive A dvantagesFeature descriptions
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Corporate Overview
LanSchool was founded in 1986 by Dana Doggett Formerly LanFan TechnologiesBased in Orem, UtahPrivate companyLanSchool was the first network-basedclassroom management solutionCompetitive A dvantages LanSchool is
Simpler to install, use and maintainBuilt on a reliable architectureSupports multiple operating systemsMore efficient using network and computing resourcesSecurity hardened to prevent disruptions by studentsBetter supportedBest value on the market
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What are they looking at?
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With LanSchool, youll know!
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LanSchool v7.4 Overview
The I ssu e Computers are amazing educational tools, but can also be a huge
distraction for students The Internet, E-mail, Games, Instant Messaging and other programs are a
constant temptation
LanSchool v7.4 Bene fits F oc us e s t he a tt en ti on of students on the teacher by removing distractions Enables the teacher to better demon str a t e ski lls
A llows the teacher to mon it o r classroom activity Ass e ss students understanding in real-time
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N ew Features in LanSchool v7.4
N ative Mac OS 10.5 Teacher ConsoleA ctive Directory Secure ModeFirefox Web Limiting
Limit Web, Internet History and Co-browsesupport on Internet Explorer 8Limit private browsing support for InternetExplorer
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LanSchool v7.4 Features
Quick, simple installFast, reliable performanceShow teachers screen to studentsHigh color thumbnail monitoringBlank the students screens and show acustom messageLimit applicationsLimit the Internet (Firefox & IE)
Limit printingLimit USB drivesMutingReal-time A pplication and keystrokemonitoringShow students screen to studentsRemote control a student
View a single studentStudent testingStudent votingStudent questions to teacher Run program or websiteShow running applicationsHandout and Collect files
Co-browse the InternetLimit private browsing on IEText ChatSelect random studentSend a messageScreen snapshotShow Internet historySend a messageDraw on screenShut down, restart or logoff computersfrom the teachers computer Power on machines from the teacherscomputer LanSchool quick client upgrade
A nti-tampering controls
Remove student from classPassword secure modeA ctive Directory secure modeSecurity status monitoringSupport for One-2-One schoolsThin client supportUser and Installation documentation(install.pdf, users.pdf)
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Supported Environments
Supported Environments A ny combination of computers running Windows 98, Windows 2000,
Windows XP-32, Windows Vista-32/64, Windows 2003 and 2008 Server Terminal Server N Computing X and L series Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. The only exception is the LanSchool teacher console for the Mac, which will
only run on Intel-based Mac hardware running OS 10.5 or higher N ova5000 tablet Minimum R A M
48 MB for Windows 9896 MB for Windows 2000
128 MB for Windows XP256 MB for Windows Vista512 for Mac OSX
TCP/IP based network (Multicast is supported) 802.11 wireless networks are supported
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Support Policy
LanSchool v7.4 includes 3 years of free telephone and e-mail support 1 years of upgrade protectionUnique support policy If we cannot fix an issue over the phone or Internet well
fly an engineer onsite at our expense to resolve theissue
Technical Support [email protected] 7184340 to 41
ImportantCompetitive A dvantage
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LanSchool Competitive A dvantages
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A wards
2009 Best in Tech Scholastic A dministrator 2008 CODiE FinalisteSchool N ews Readers Choice
2007 Technology & Learning A ward of Excellence
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Technology
The LanSchool architecture was designed to be quick,reliable and use very little network/computing resources
LanSchool will not blue screen computers Produces the least network traffic of the tested competition
Traffic during an intensive screen broadcast averages 21 kbpsA verage traffic is less than 2k per second
Requires a very small hard drive and memory footprint Security hardened to prevent disruptions by students
Installation can be done manually, scripted or through.MSI
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N etwork Utilization
LanSchool uses significantly less bandwidth than the competition
LanSchool traffic does not increase significantly with more computers,where most competitors increase by the same amount of data for eachadditional computer
Because LanSchool uses less network bandwidth, the wirelessperformance is significantly better
P r od u c t Total Data Sent inMB
A verage N etwork LoadKB per second
Traffic compared toLanSchool
LanSchool v7.4 2.2 21 1x
Smart Sync 2009 38 109 17x
N etSupport 10.3 27 106 12x
N etOp 6 15 140 7x
Sanako 34 121 15x
A B Tutor 6 14 151 6x
ImportantCompetitive A dvantage
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Hardened against tampering
Students continuously attempt to disrupt or disable the software Reboot their computers Uninstall the software Stop the service End the process Change firewall settings
Delete files Unplug their computer Install rogue consoles Changing file attributes Deleting registry keys
While some of these may seem trivial, they have all been reported by actual
schoolsIf the teacher cant use the software because the students have disabled it, itfrustrates the teacher and negates the benefits of the software
LanSchool virtually eliminates these problems
ImportantCompetitive A dvantage
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A nti-tampering Features
LanSchool Compe titi onMSI Uninstall LanSchool removes the cached MSI installer from
c:\windows\installer A ll competitors that use MSI leave the cached MSIfile in c:\windows\installer. The students can simplyuninstall the product.
Power Off A s soon as the computer reboots it will rejoin theLanSchool session
The student that reboots their computer will notautomatically rejoin the session
A dd/Remove Programs LanSchool requires the installation program to uninstall it cannot be uninstalled through add/remove programs.
Can be uninstalled through A dd/Remove programs.
Service termination Service cannot be stopped Student service can be stopped through the controlpanel or console prompt
Task manager end process LanSchool service can be ended, but it quickly restarts Task can be ended
Firewall Firewall settings cannot be modified when usingLanSchool
Changing the Windows firewall stops the competitionand keeps all students from participating
Cable unplug N o disruption to other students, as soon as the cable isplugged in their rejoin the session in under 10 seconds
Causes all student screens to hang for 30 secondsWhen plugged back in they are not part of the session
N TFS File Security Students cannot change the N TFS file security settingson LanSchool files.
Students can change the N TFS fi le permissions anddelete the program files.
File Deletion Students cannot delete or rename LanSchool files or registry keys
Students can easily delete or rename files or registrykeys
Rogue Teachers LanSchool includes a robust secur ity moni toring tool towatch for rogue consoles
Rogue teacher computers cannot be identified
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LanSchool Features and Benefits
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One-to-One
Supports schools that have onelaptop or tablet per studentTwo methods are supported Teachers load pre-configured class
lists Students can join a class
Teachers can create, save,modify and compare class listsbased on machine name, loginname or A ctive Directorydisplay nameN otebook battery monitoring
notifies the teacher if thebatteries get to a warning or critical state
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LanSchool v7.4 Console
A vailable on both Mac OS 10, Windows and Terminal ServicesEasily access the console through the system tray shortcut menuManage students in a list view or by thumbnailsMonitor up to 3000 students
A rrange thumbnails to represent the classroomManage all or just the selected computers
A ccess functionality from menus, buttons or right mouse clickMove, add or delete buttons from the toolbar
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Details View
You can sort on any column, except the status column
Status icons change when A pp, Web, Print , USB limiting and Muting are activeYou can view the current application and current website
A question mark indicates a student has requested help. The student question is inthe Last Question columnF5 or command-r refreshes the view
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Thumbnail View
View up to 3000 crisp high color thumbnails in classroom layout
Thumbnails magnify when you hover over themThumbnails show the active application, website, question and web/app/print/usb limiting status4 sizes of thumbnails: small, medium, large, extra largeBest fit automatically chooses the best sizeSelected mode only shows selected thumbnailsThumbnails optionally snap-to-gridLayouts can be saved and loaded for different classes
Current A pplication
Current WebsiteLimiting Status
Student Question
Selected computer
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System Tray Shortcut Menu
A ccess key features within onemouse clickThe menu auto hidesLeft click brings up the console
Right click brings up the systemtray menuA ccess configuration options
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Show Teacher, Show Student
Show the Teachers screen to students A ccessed through a system tray icon or
the LanSchool Console Displays the teachers screen on all or
just the selected student monitors Teacher can draw on the screen while
broadcasting While broadcasting
Student screens can be Windowedallowing the students to continue to workFull-Screen which takes up the studentsentire screen and disables their keyboard/mouse
Show the Teachers screen to students Shows a selected student screen to the
rest of the class
Fosters collaboration
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Blank Screens
Blank Screens Shows a blue screen to all or just the selected
students Blocks out their keyboard and mouse Last 10 custom messages are saved
Blank screen messages can be accessedfrom the button bar
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Web Limiting
Block all student web browsingincluding Internet Explorer, Firefox,Opera, Mozilla, Instant Messagingand E-mail
A llow certain websites on both IE andFirefox * and ? wildcards are allowed
Block certain websites on both IE andFirefox * and ? wildcards are allowed
Save and Load lists of websites
Optionally display a list of websitesthat can be visited
Limit IP address (dotted decimal)browsing by students
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A pplication LimitingLimit the applications that students can run
A llow certain applicationsBlock certain applicationsSave or load application listsChoose running applications on studentmachines or browse to applications on theteachers machineA
llow or disable task manager or activitymonitor Cannot be thwarted by renamingapplications
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Print Limiting & Muting
Limits printing onone, selected or allcomputersPrevents thestudents from
accessing the localor network printersMuting turns off or on the studentspeakers
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Limiting USB Disk Drives
Limit USB Stops all USB thumb drives on-the-fly Closes any open applications or files Will not interrupt other USB devices
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Remote Help
Remote Help Remote control is the ability to see the
students screen and take control of their keyboard and mouse
You can optionally disable thestudents keyboard and mouse
While remote controlling you canShow the student screen
Capture a screen shotSend a messageSend ctrl-alt-del key sequence
It is possible to control multiplecomputers at the same time
Send text allows the teacher to send atext message to all or a selectedstudent
Text chat with individual students Run program runs a specified software
application or website on all or theselected students
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Student Voting/Questions
Teachers can quickly assessstudent understanding A sk verbal or text-based Yes/ N o
or multiple choice questions See percentage and student
answers
See results in real-time Export results to a .csvSimilar functionality toclassroom clickersStudents can ask for help byclicking on the LanSchoolicon
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Student Testing
Student Testing Supports up to 100 question tests Includes a test builder True/False and Multiple Choice
questions are allowed
.jpg, .png, .gif and .bmp files can beincluded in the test Tests can be timed and monitored
in real-time Test questions can be randomized
to prevent cheating
Results can be exported to a .csvfile N ot available on the Mac student
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Internet Co-browse
Internet Explorer on the students computer will follow theTeachers Internet Explorer N ot yet available on the Mac student or Firefox
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Choose Random Student
LanSchool notifies a student that theyve beenrandomly selected to answer a question.
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Running A pps/Internet History
View applications that are running on a remote computer They can be added to the A llowed or Blocked lists This information is visible in the details and thumbnail viewShow a log of the Internet sites the student visited This currently works only with Internet Explorer LanSchool prevents the student from deleting the Internet History
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A pplication and Keystroke Monitoring
A pplication and KeystrokeMonitoring Student keystrokes and
applications are logged andcan be watched real-time
Time, date, computer,username, keystrokes andapplications can be displayedand saved
Rolling log of about 100
pages of typed text Windows passwords are notcaptured
History data is encrypted atthe student machine
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A dministrative Features
A dministrative Features Send/Collect files from the teacher to
students and vice versa Wake up student computers Logoff, Restart or Power off student
computers Change student channel allows the
administrator to change the studentchannel remotely Remove student from class
Temporarily disables the LanSchoolclient software
Change Display N ameChanges the display name of thecomputer in the console
LanSchool client upgrade makesupdating the LanSchool studentsoftware incredibly easy
Become a student machine allows ateacher machine to temporarilybecome a student.
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Settings Profiles
Teachers can save and load LanSchool settings profiles Can be attached to and loaded with a class list Saves time when starting different classes N ot available yet in the Mac Console
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Secure mode
LanSchool can be configured to require a password on the teachersconsoleTeachers must know the LanSchool password for student computersthey want to manage.
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A ctive Directory Secure Mode
LanSchool can be configured to require theteachers to belong to a domain group to controlstudent computers
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Simplified Install
The different options for LanSchool can now beset in the install wizard or centrally deployedthrough MSI packages and A DM files
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Security Monitoring
Security monitoring tool logs all LanSchool traffic.Filters can be set on types of security messages andmachines to easily locate inappropriate use.
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Why LanSchool?
LanSchool is Simpler to install, use and maintain Built on a reliable architecture Supports multiple operating systems More efficient using network and computing resources Security hardened to prevent disruptions by students Better supported Best value on the market