 Teacher Advantage
Most districts want to give their faculty the ability to have their own web page for posting homework and update class information. But the management and publishing problems it raises, not to mention the technical sophistication required, make it impossible. But SchoolSpan Teacher Advantage is changing that for the better.
Teacher Advantage is an easy-to-use module that helps your faculty post information on their personal page in minutes. Designed for easy use, a simple WYSIWYG editor allows teachers to paste information from any word processing application. The system automatically formats the content for them, or they can use the editor to design it on their own.
Using our system, interested teachers can use Teacher Advantage to:
- Post classroom events and activities, as well as scheduled due dates for any assignments in a built-in calendar
- Publish class notes, presentations, study guides and related course materials
- Post attached files for students/parents to download such as notes, worksheets and study guides
- Insert hyperlinks to third party sites and display images/photos on their sites
Teacher Advantages offers many publishing advantages for the classroom teacher. In particular, a built-in archive system helps teachers avoid having to retype the same information semester after semester. Using the archive tool, teachers can store expired assignments and postings. At any time, they can go in and reactivate such postings when needed again, making it faster to use over time.
Some additional features include:
- A series of tabs allows the teacher to create sections for course content (elementary) or for their different classes (secondary)
- Sort-by-name listings by school allow for easy reference. Once a new teacher site is created, it is instantly loaded into the district-wide navigation system to assist web site visitors.
- Moderated or Un-moderated discussion boards (the teacher has the ability to decide) to allow students to engage teachers and fellow students on an array of subject matters
- WYSIWYG editor allows teachers to quickly format content or custom design the material
- Pages allow faculty to include links to academic web sites as well as attach photos and documents
- Ease of use empowers faculty to log in and make updates in minutes
- Optional passwords to secure classroom content to authorized users. You can use the same system to create a "private intranet' to access private calendar and private shared files/postings
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