Control

Application Metering and Control
Control and restrict the application usage of your Students. Identify both active and minimised applications, displaying the actual application icon next to each Student name. Drag and Drop applications into either an "Approved" or "Restricted" list. To ensure maximum Student attention, a specified application can be opened on all or selected Student PCs. A history of software / application usage is also kept for the duration of the lesson. The Tutor is also able to set specific application usage restrictions on a per Student basis together with the standard overall class restrictions. With NetSupport School you can :

• Monitor all Student Application use.
• View background applications running on all PCs.
• Open and Close applications on all selected PCs in a single action.
• Record a full history of application use for the class.
• Allow the use of all applications.
• Prevent restricted applications from running.
• Allow only approved applications to run.

Internet Metering and Control
Identify active and background URL's running on Student PCs. Drag & drop URL's into "Approved" or "Restricted" lists. NetSupport School will automatically direct Students to a local webpage displaying "locked" information if they attempt to visit a restricted website. To aid in Student usability, while Internet restrictions are in force, a list of approved websites will be presented to Students in their browser to aid navigation.

The Tutor can also open specified webpages on all Student workstations. A record is also kept of all Student Internet activity for the duration of the lesson. A further "Block All Internet Access" option has been added whereby a Tutor can quickly disable all access in a single action from within any area of NetSupport School. You can :

• Monitor all Student Internet use.
• View background websites open on all PCs.
• Open and Close websites on all selected PCs in a single action.
• Record a full history of internet use for the class.
• Allow access to all websites.
• Prevent access to any websites.
• Prevent access to restricted websites.
• Allow access to approved websites only.

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.

Teacher Security - During a presenentation, where the Teachers screen is shown in real-time to the class, Internet restrictions can also be applied automatically to the Teachers computer to avoid accidentally opening an unwanted website.

Internet SafeSearch
In addiction to the above, the latest version of NetSupport School provides a new "SafeSearch" feature, which overrides the search preferences for most leading search engines, applies content filtering and prevents inappropriate text or images being returned within each engines search results.

Powerful Remote Control
Watch, share or control the screen, keyboard and mouse of any Student workstation in the class on a 1:1 basis irrespective of color depth, resolution or operating system at either end. NetSupport has been recognized since 1989 as a leader in PC Remote Control. Scale remote screen to fit, remotely execute applications, copy between local and remote clipboard, remotely login /logout of the computer, capture screens shots, annotate the screen with a range of drawing tools and much more.

Printer Control
NetSupport School features a powerful print management component allowing total control over printer usage within the classroom. Students can be prevented from printing, can be assigned page limits per lesson or require Teacher authorisation. Thresholds can be applied for a lesson defining maximum size of print jobs, auto deletion rules and more.

Device Control
NetSupport School features protection from external data sources for the duration of a class. This includes preventing data being copied to (or from) USB devices and CD/DVD drives and protecting against applications being installed from an external source.

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As a teaching and training aid for classrooms with networked PCs, NetSupport School has virtually no serious competition. It offers a range of excellent features that'll make light work of designing, deploying and monitoring examinations and backs these up with some of the best remote control tools currently on the market