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CSI@K12

A K-12 communication and collaboration platform in partnership with Microsoft.

In the current wave of internet connectivity, a new generation of tools have become integral participants in our day to day dialogues.  Email, instant messaging, news groups, RSS, Twitter, Facebook, telephony, and SMS are all common components in the average person's communication toolbox - including kids!  While these can certainly be disruptive technologies, many institutions are leveraging these as the social tools to engage their learning communities.

New!  Watch the newest CSI@K12 Demo Here!

 

Instructional communications management (ICM) is a complementary technology for describing and integrating all the different modes of communication that participate in educational dialogues.  Not just email from the teacher, "ICM" involves all facets of communication between educators, learners and other supporting players (parents, tutors, community, etc.).  Of course communication is a pivotal function of learning, so "ICM" also acts as a lens for focusing pertinent internet resources.  ICM allows the appropriate communication vehicle as the nexus for interpersonal communication; not just email but a contextually aware communication system that understands the nature of K-12 education and imposes appropriate policies while providing enlightened functionality.

 

CSI@K12 is the enterprise class ICM solution that embeds award-winning Microsoft Live@EDU, satisfies K-12 compliance and security requirements, and is eRate fundable.  It integrates with internal and external controls within each school or school district, tuned to each school unique needs and infrastructure.

 

CSI@K12 provides an integrated portal experience for users, providing email, homework and class tasks, tools, network file access and a rich set of collaboration tools including class sites, and social media tools, delivered in a browser and native Outlook access and views.

 

Features included in CSI@K12 are:

  • Transparent integration between the subscriber private system for rich system/cloud services.
  • Directly integrates with schools' network directory.
  • Integrated student time planning tools.  Course schedules, assignment tracking, write and save notes, and maintain a calendar of events.
  • Integrated online spell check capability.

 

Regulatory Compliance

  • Meet all the requirements necessary for COPPA, CIPA and FERPA.
  • Integrated CIPA user training.  Users must attend acceptable use training before access is provisioned.
  • User training is logged and audited to ensure regulatory compliance is observed.

 

Instructional Communications and Collaboration tools

Email

  • E-Mail box with 10 Gig storage for staff and 5 GB for students included. 
  • POP3 and IMAP with full native Outlook access.
  • SPAM protection.  CSI@K12 uses the Windows Live infrastructure to combat spam and phishing.
  • By default, all mailboxes created have junk e-mail filtering enabled.
  • Integrates, embeds Microsoft's Live@EDU services for scalability and delivery of messaging services.
  • Content Monitoring manages messageflow for message filtering.

 

Security and Filtering Tools

  • Virus Protection.
  • Filtering agents.  Filters attachments for inappropriate content.
  • Fully integrated flesh tone "Filtering Engine" into Microsoft Windows.
  • Blocks embedded and attached images in emails.
  • Explicit parent participation roles for conteent review.
  • Prevents inappropriate content from reaching  students - blocks advertisements related to alchohol, tobacco, gambling, violence and sexual content.
  • While listing:  Reviews allowed addresses and domains prior to delivery.
  • Message management:  Automatically filtered for content with access granted on a per user basis.

Administration Tools

  • LAN and directory related policies are serviced by a "plug in" to the Microsoft Active Directory management tools locally.
  • External policies (e.g. parent account approval, cloud congifuration, logon confidence services, archive access) managed by a browser accessible system hosted on the Version3 Data Center.

System Administrative Features Include:

  • Account provisioning
  • Mailbox provisioning
  • Mail delivery rules
  • Distribution list provisioning
  • Mail audit
  • Mail access
  • CSI@K12 feature access
  • Authentication policies

 CSI@K12 API for Integration

  • Authentication, authorization and role management
  • Role based communication
  • Policy evaluation
  • Metadata registration
  • Standard permissions

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