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Completely
removes the need to learn HTML -
Allows
all management of your web site remotely from a Web browser
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Allows
approved persons to submit content themselves rather than rely upon
the availability of a single, designated web master
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Allows
document submissions from any computer connected to the Internet
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Allows
you to enforce a review process for content submitted by certain
users. This ensures that before any document appears on your web
site, a Reviewer has approved the submissions.
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Allows
you to “check out” previously submitted documents for
editing and submission
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Management
and viewing of sites requires no plug-ins be downloaded or users
purchase any client authoring license.
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Fully
compatible with Internet Explorer, Netscape/Mozilla and Opera browsers.
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Converts
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Text documents to HTML, handles
HTML, Adobe PDF, AVI, Real-Audio Streaming media, MP3 (and a variety
of other) files in their native formats,
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Completely
browser-based administration allows for customization of folder
organization with unlimited levels of folders and sub-folders,
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Allows
modification of folder names and their relative location,
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Supports
folder insert and delete operations,
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Allows
permitting or restricting document submission privileges to individual
users or groups of users; this is configurable down to the individual
folder level,
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Allows
for configuring folder sort methods (for example, alphabetized by
document title or sorted chronologically by date submitted),
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Automatically
notifies by Email the appropriate reviewer when documents are waiting
for approval. System also will notify the original submitter if/when
their document is rejected for some reason by the reviewer.
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Browser
based user management system allows designated staff the ability
to manage other accounts, creating new, changing passwords, etc.
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Encrypted
password storage with system enforcement of minimum password length
and requirement for numeric or punctuation characters (this is configurable
by site administrator for all users of system) ,
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File
quota assignment to users, allowing limits to be placed on the total
size of documents that can be uploaded by that user. Notification
to users each time they submit a document regarding the size of
the document being submitted currently and the total amount of their
quota used to date,
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Notification
at time of submitting document when a file is of sufficiently large
size that it is likely to cause an unreasonable delay for viewers,
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School-specific
Reviewer has ability to add or modify user properties and make school
specific changes to the site,
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District-level
Administrator has ability to log into any member school and review
documents, modify user accounts, change folder hierarchy, and otherwise
assume responsibilities normally attributed to that Schools Reviewer,
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Ability
to define “implicit” users of system whose rights mirror
those of another “explicit” user. Typically this is
useful for allowing a teacher to provide their students with the
ability to submit documents. Separate passwords are developed for
the teacher and her class as a whole.
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Anybody
on the Internet can see the approved content for your school's web
site. However, the ability to submit Web content is controlled by
school assigned logins and passwords. In order to make any modification
to the web site -you must have a school assigned login and password,
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Folder
level security allows site reviewers and administrators the ability
to identify which users are able to manage content in which folders.
This allows you to say, "Only the 3 kindergarten teachers and
the group of users known as Front Office Staff are allowed to submit
content to the folder "Kindergarten Classes". Management
of these permissions is done by way of a web-browser,
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Integrated
with netChalk is a document review process. This ensures that only
appropriate content appears on your site and is configurable on
a school specific basis. A typical configuration entails having
all student submissions first reviewed by their teacher, and then
reviewed by a school assigned Reviewer. This is configurable to
a large degree by the site administrator and also completely managed
via a web-interface
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GeoSolve
Consulting staff will initially configure the product on your or
our Web servers,
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Customization
of the product can be arranged on a contracted basis,
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A
detailed technical implementation guide documents the inner workings
of the system enabling schools with programming skills to modify
the display of certain pages, and otherwise configure the system
as desired,
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Supported
on Windows 2000/XP Servers, and a variety of other platforms through
use of Chili ASP-Software emulation.
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The
product is installed on one web-server on behalf of all member schools
within the district.
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Pricing
for the software is based upon the number of individual schools
wishing to have their own “web-presence” by way of netChalk.
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Web-based
newsgroup system allows for creation of online forums,
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Allows
students and/or teachers to participate in online, threaded discussions,
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Login
and password controlled access to forums,
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Ability
for designated users to remove inappropriate submissions,
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Recording
of the date and person making the submission.
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Visual
representation of threads newly added versus those already read
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netChalk
is a product of Geosolve
Consulting, Inc