NetSupport Assist

The NetSupport Assist technology aggregates all key technologies of the computerized teaching, helping teachers to concentrate time and attention on the pupils, without worrying about mastering and service of the most software product.

Clear indicators with designation of each specific pupil allow the teacher to control work of all class in real time through one window. Each of these indicators shows what applications and the websites are open on computers of pupils. To understand whether those resources are used by the pupil, the teacher can be switched by one click in a window with a detailed list of applications and the websites opened on the pupil's computer. If necessary the teacher can disconnect also one mouse click the Internet on the pupil's computer.

The packet of NetSupport Assist offers a number of tools for remote control and interaction with pupils. When using a packet of NetSupport Assist it is possible even to refuse an expensive projection equipment – the teacher can broadcast the image from the screen on monitors of pupils in real time. To estimate assimilation of the next subject, the teacher can conduct surveys of pupils directly "on the fly". Questions with possible answers can be sent to each specific machine, and results will be instantly displayed on the teacher's monitor.

The packet of NetSupport Assist is completely optimized for work in the wired and wireless networks, for use on desktop PCs and notebooks, and creates the minimum additional load on computing resources of educational institution. In addition it is worth noticing that the packet of NetSupport Assist is compatible to the solution NetSupport School implementing full-fledged management of computer classes based on operating systems of Windows. More than 9 million licenses for the products NetSupport are at the moment sold worldwide already, and with NetSupport Assist release the company became the first supplier of programs for computer classes which offers a full range of solutions for Windows platforms, Mac and Linux compatible among themselves.

NetSupport Assist 1.10

The British company NetSupport which specializes in software products for the educational sphere provided in May, 2012 upgraded version of the platform for monitoring of educational classes and training. This product was specially developed in response to the growing demand of educational institutions for solutions for the Mac OS X and Linux operating systems as the flagship product of NetSupport School for the Windows platform did not solve all needs of potential customers any more.

The first version of a packet of NetSupport Assist appeared even in the spring of 2011 – then the NetSupport company became the first supplier of the educational systems who proposes solutions for all three most demanded platforms compatible among themselves: Windows, Mac and Linux. The packet of NetSupport Assist provides to teachers powerful tools of monitoring, demonstration educational to materials and collective work for the organization of effective educational process using the computer equipment.

The main differences of the version of NetSupport Assist 1.10 are corporate Delta File Transfer technologies (incremental file transfer on jobs of pupils) and Send/Collect Work (sending and collecting of test works). These technologies help teachers to automate movement of tasks and ready works between machines to teachers and pupils.

It is possible to transfer the file from the teacher's machine on any student's machine simple drag and drop now. The new Delta File Transfer technology reduces transmission time of such files in situations when it is necessary to transfer the new version of the file with the same name. Instead of complete rewriting of the file only the changed fragments which are added to the file which is already placed on the hard drive of the student's machine are transferred.

Functions of sending and collecting of works (Send Work and Collect Work) provide further expansion of opportunities of the teacher of automation and control of the interaction with pupils. Using these functions it is possible to send in advance prepared files of tasks for the selected machines of pupils, and upon termination of occupation all files with individual additions from each of pupils will be automatically delivered to the teacher's machine.

One more important addition in the version of NetSupport Assist 1.10 is a function of control of energy consumption – all computers in a class can be switched off one button now. In general the NetSupport Assist platform continues to develop the functions known according to solutions of NetSupport company for the Windows platform, only already on the new platforms becoming more and more popularly in the field of education.