Evolved from First Class, an early bulletin board used by educators, the entire system sits on one NT server and can service hundreds of thousands of users simultaneously. Centrinity enables districts and schools to form collaborative work groups on the intranet for curriculum development, accountability and intra-school communication. Allows school systems to develop a common interface for core systems such as budget, standards and student information. Professional Development Limited time has always made this area difficult to manage. Also, it's difficult to provide uniform training on required topics such as academic standards, special education requirements, or even transportation courses for bus drivers, across multiple locations at the same time.
Assistance is also available for staff development in standards-based activities.
ACTV programs staff development courses for school systems so that their course in an area such as curriculum has all local content. Courses are interactive and simultaneously utilize multiple windows for discussion, video and graphics to display and discuss concepts. Administrative Systems Student information, finance and human resources are critical for schools in determining what revenue districts receive, and whether they are complying with state laws. Operationally, there are often large error rates on data due to problems of training staff. Outsourcing of new Web-based administrative applications could resolve several problems for school systems.