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Introduction to Faronics InsightTopbit System Sdn. Bhd.
Welcome
About Faronics
Overview
Features & What’s New in 7.21
Live Demo
Who uses Insight?
Pricing
Q & A
Introduction to Insight
COMPREHENSIVE Lab Control
About Faronics
Intelligent software solutions for absolute control
In business since 1996
Over 20,000 customers in over 50 countries
Over 7 million licenses deployed
Offices in USA and Canada
Alliances
Faronics Product Portfolio
Reboot to Restore
Non-Disruptive Energy Management
User Activity Management
Prevent Unwanted Program Execution
Dynamic Preference Control
Faronics Products Are For Everyone
Insight Overview
The Issue
Distractions like the Internet, email, games, and chat
Insight benefits
Empowers teachers with control over classroom technology
Fosters cooperative classrooms through interaction and collaboration
Strengthens teaching effectiveness to monitor student progress
Ensures students are kept on task and engaged
Features
Easy to use classroom Management
Windows & Mac
Classroom Testing & Voting
Control Resources, Printing, USB, System,Internet Access, Programs
Screen & Keystroke monitoring
Send and Collect files
One To One (for mobile users)
Class list (attendance)Insight’s thumbnail layout feature makes it easy to match student screens with classroom workstations.
Teacher Console
View & control Mac & PC on the same teacher console
Mobile User features
One-to-One Classroom Support
Allows teachers and students to easily move between different classrooms in real time
Change channels on the fly
Attendance (Class List)
Teachers can monitor and compare classroom attendance through Insight
Change Student Channel
Teachers can remove a student from their class and put them on a different channel
Competitive Advantages
Technology
Supports Windows 7/2000/XP/Vista
Insight is simple to install and use everyday
Students cannot disable Insight
Network
Doesn’t degrade network or computer performance
Insight traffic does not depend on the number of student stations reporting to the console
Insight works well over wireless networks
How is Insight used?
Bangor Township Schools, MI(Case study available)
http://www.faronics.com/htmldocs/CaseStudy_Bangor_Township.asp
Initial concerns: Time to implement, costs, bandwidth
Results:
Control students from a central point
Complements existing web filtering strategy
Blocks the Internet access of repeat offenders
Increases student and teacher productivity