Information is edited, collated and presented as units for use in various subject areas across the Middle and Senior Schools. The DCMs are accessed via the College's school-wide network. Greater access to contemporary information, as opposed to the static and often stale information found in text books. The DCMs are used to complement text books, and in some areas, to replace them altogether. An intranet is a controlled environment, in which we can be confident that students will not have access to inappropriate internet sites.
Access is much faster than over the internet.
Having such a broad range of centrally located information facilitates both vertical and horizontal extension of students within a subject. The intranet software and resources are platform independent, ie. Students can use an HTML editor and a web browser to publish their work on the intranet for the whole school community to see.