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.

Also provides "Target" Keywords for tracking of Student understanding and a full history of keyboard usage by Student and application. (NEW)

NetSupport School now provides a powerful and unique Student Journal. During a typical class, all appropriate items relating to the subject can be captured and automatically included in a PDF file for post lesson review by each Student.

• Lesson details and objectives.
• Teacher Notes.
• Individual Student Notes.
• Screenshots from within a Presentation (and supporting explanation).
• Class or group Survey Results.
• Virtual Whiteboard screens.
• Individual Student Test results.
• URLs of websites used during the lesson.
• Copies of any class Chat transcripts.

The unique Student journal provides a complete record of the subject matter and information covered during a lesson, offers a welcome summary for any Students who were absent from a lesson as well as a structured summary of activity for the Teacher.

• Create a survey using pre-supplied or custom responses.
• See instantly all responses and a summary for the class.
• Create groups dynamically based on Student responses.
• Publish survey results to all Students. (NEW)

Design tests and examinations with the minimum of effort, including text, picture, audio and video questions.

• Create a library of resources and questions that can be shared.
• Create any number of Tests using questions from your library.
• Now utilise any of 8 different question styles.
• Create Questions with between 2 and 4 possible answers. (NEW)
• Set examination Grading levels ( i.e. over 75% = A grade).
• Track Student progress and see question success or failure in real-time.
• Auto-mark the test so results are available as soon as it is completed.
• Display individual results back to each Student.
• Deliver results (including highlighting the correct answers) to the class.
• Install the Test designer on a standalone system. (NEW)

A classroom management solution is not simply about providing the right tools for each teacher. Equally important are tools to ensure all computers in the school can be managed and maintained so they are always available for teaching. With this in mind, NetSupport School also provides a unique "Tech Console" specifically for Lab Technicians and Network Managers.

Using the Tech Console you can :

• Monitor all computers across the school network in a single view.
• Monitor Application and Internet usage on each Student PC.
• Transfer files and folders to selected or all computers.
• Group all computers by classroom / physical location.
• Generate a full Hardware Inventory summary for a selected PC.
• Generate a full Software Inventory for each PC including Hotfixes.
• View and Control Services, Processes and Applications running on each PC.
• Provide direct technical assistance to any classroom Teacher.
• Power on, Power off, Reboot and Login to classroom computers remotely.
• Display all Students and Teachers by active class.
• Review individual NetSupport School client security settings remotely.
• Conduct Chat with one or multiple Students or Teachers.
• Broadcast messages to groups or all network users in seconds.
• Perform powerful 1:1 PC Remote Control on any selected computer.
• Shows real-time USB memory stick status on all Student PCs.

NetSupport School is fully optimised for use with Wireless networks, Laptops and Tablet PCs. The philosophy for managing computers in a wireless environment is to maximise performance without compromising the network or the devices servicing it.

With that in mind NetSupport School provides a specific wireless mode that allows data throughput when performing a real-time show to a class to be matched to the Wireless network and Access Point speeds. The product is extensively used on 802.11a and 802.11g networks.

With NetSupport School in a Wireless environment you can:

• Connect to Computers over a Wireless connection.
• Optimise performance to match access point speeds.
• Create predefined class lists to connect to non-static computers.
• Work effectively with Laptop and Tablet computers.
• Publish a class and allow Students to join on demand.

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.