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Since 1986, LanSchool has been the premier provider of classroom management and monitoring software. LanSchool's award-winning technology is known worldwide for being reliable, simple and easy-to-use.
In 2011, Stoneware acquired LanSchool Technologies, LLC. Founded in 2000, Stoneware is a privately held corporation headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Stoneware created the first web-based IT delivery platform.
Stoneware's Unified Cloud Platform allows IT to provide users access their files, applications and services residing on local devices or in private and public clouds with a single password.
LanSchool has been the premier provider of software tools and solutions specifically for computer lab control in schools and community colleges. As such, it is optimised for the unique needs of teachers, professors, librarians, and other trainers. With the focus on perfecting the features that teachers really use, LanSchool products are known to be the easiest to use and most reliable on the market. |
Simple, Reliable, Classroom Management
Available for PCs, Macs, Linux, Thin
Clients, iPads, and now Android!
LanSchool v7.7
The decision on what classroom management
solution to purchase is critical because teachers will be using it in the
classroom everyday.Here's why our
current customers chose LanSchool as their preferred solution.
- LanSchool is clean, simple and
easy-to-use. Teachers love it.
- It is reliable and uses significantly
less network bandwidth than other solutions.
- It is complete, no add-ons are required
to block the Internet, Applications, Printing and USB drives.
- It keeps working even when students try
to disrupt it.
- It costs less and is better supported
than any other solution on the market.
- It supports PCs, Macs, Linux and Thin
Clients such as NComputing, Terminal Services and Citrix.
Check out what's new in LanSchool v7.7.
- LanSchool Connection Server
- New Client-Server Model
- Improved support in VLAN & Wireless
environments
- LanSchool can run “Hybrid” – P2P &
Client\Server
- Classroom Management from the Cloud
- LanSchool Distance Teaching over the
Internet
- Expanded iOS Teacher Assistant and
Student capabilities
- New Android Student
- LanSchool Tech Console now included
- Centralized Faronics Deep Freeze
Control
- Improved Software Install – Multiple
installations at the same time
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LanSchool Tech Console now included
- Ubuntu Linux supported as a student
-
Vernier LabQuest science
device supported as a student
- WMS Console Plug-in for
Windows MultiPoint Server
2011
- Automated class lists from SIS
- ScreenFeed – slideshow of student
screens
- Testing enhancements
- Add tardy students to a test
- Secure essay (electronic blue book)
- Screen blanking and Show teacher screen
before login
- Send/Collect subfolders
- Faster install
Download the
LanSchool product brochure.
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Teacher's Assistant for the
Apple iPad/iPhone/iPod
The LanSchool v7.7 teacher console will now
run on the Apple iPad, iPhone, or iPod. It is called the
Teacher’s Assistant. When paired with a LanSchool Teacher console
running on either Mac or Windows, the Teacher’s Assistant can perform the
following features on Mac, Windows or Thin Client students:
Reduce Student Distractions
Teachers can reduce student distractions
by Blanking Screens, Limiting Applications and Limiting Web Browsing on
student computers. This helps direct student attention from their
computer to the teacher and keeps students on task.
Monitor Students
Ideal for monitoring student activity
within a classroom setting, the Thumbnail feature allows you to view all
screens as well as see the current application and website that the
students are running. Teachers can send messages to all or individual
students.
Assess Student Understanding
Students can be quickly polled during a
lecture with true/false or multiple choice questions.
Help Individual Students
Students can silently Request Help from
the teacher. A small question mark appears on the thumbnail with the
student question, which indicates they need help.
Remote Control Student
The Remote Control Student feature in
LanSchool 7.7 allows teachers to be mobile in the classroom while still
having access to remotely use the mouse and keyboard on a selected
student’s machine
Remote Control Teacher
Remote Control Teacher allows teachers to
use all the features of the LanSchool Teacher Console while moving about
the classroom
Monitoring Students
Documentation
Teacher's Assistant for the iPad is a free
app available from the
iTunes App Store.
Teacher's Assistant for the iPhone/iPod is a
free app available from the
iTunes App Store
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LanSchool Specifications
LanSchool v7.7 supports any combination of
computers running Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP-32,
Windows Vista-32/64, Windows 7-32/64, Windows 2003 and 2008 Terminal Server,
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 and 2011, Citrix ready (XenServer and
XenDesktop), NComputing devices, Mac OS 10.5 or greater, and iPads, iPods
and iPhones (iOS3, iOS4 and iOS5), Android 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 4.0.
Linux students running Ubuntu-32/64 version
10,11 or 12 with the Gnome Desktop and the Firefox browser (3.x or 4.x)
Processor:
- PCs: 166 MHz Intel® Pentium® processor
or faster
- Macs: Intel-based Macs
RAM:
- 48 MB for Windows 98
- 96 MB for Windows 2000
- 128 MB for Windows XP
- 256 MB for Windows Vista/7
- 512 MB for Ubuntu 10 or 11
- 512 MB for Mac OS X
Protocol stack:
- All computers must be configured with
TCP/IP
- 802.11 wireless is supported, however
enterprise class access points are recommended
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LanSchool Technical Advantages
Low network bandwidth
LanSchool requires between 5% and 20% of
the bandwidth used by the competition. While showing the teacher's
screen, LanSchool v7.7 uses around 24 KB/sec. Monitoring thumbnails
requires less than 10 KB/sec. Because LanSchool uses a broadcast or
multicast packet, the bandwidth required for controlling two
computers is close to that required by 250 computers. Other
product's bandwidth requirements increase with every additional
computer that is monitored.
Reliability
LanSchool thwarts attempts by students
to disrupt the class by disabling the software. LanSchool students
will re-join the session if the network is unplugged, the service
will re-start automatically, and registry keys are protected from
change. Savvy students will have the competitive products disabled
in minutes.
Security
If you suspect a student is using a
unauthorized teacher console, you can quickly identify them with the
security monitoring tool. It captures all LanSchool activity to a
log file. There is also a "secure" version of LanSchool that
requires teachers to enter a password to open the console.
Works with Subnets and VLANS
LanSchool v7.7 functions across subnets
and VLANs using Multicast and Directed Broadcast technology. Port
796 is the only port required.
Low processor and memory requirements
LanSchool only requires about 4% of the processor and 8 MB of memory on the client.
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