AB Tutor (20 komputer)

Overview of Key Features & Benefits

Supported Platform

• Windows 7, 8, 10
• Mac OS 10.11 to 10.14
• Windows Tablet 8.1 (x86)
• Terminal Server

Cost Effective

• For cost and function AB Tutor has been voted best value for money in the independent PC Pro Reviews
• Shut down all PCs at a set time in line with your school energy saving policies.
• Teacher/Tutor based licencing, the students (clients) are free
• Annual subscription or perpetual licensing options available

Central Server

• Active directory integration with scheduled synchronisation
• Simple web interface
• Central storage of all event logs, violations, screenshots and video
• Emailed violation notifications
• Default policies applied to all clients
• Improved security and stability
• Automatic updating of policies
• Automatically update Console program and Clients
• Multiple tutor and administrative logins
• Centralised individual settings per teacher login
• Central storage of policies, public & private

Ease of Use

• Quick, intuitive installation
• Intuitive Tutor Console with drag and drop capabilities

Classroom Management

• Power up remote machines
• Remote Logon
• Remote logoff and shutdown
• Schedule remote shutdown
• Schedule power on
• Block printing
• Block USB drives, CDs
• Mute computers

Remote Control

• Lock remote screen, keyboard and mouse
• Take over remote mouse and keyboard
• Share control of applications with student
• Launch and close down applications remotely
• Automatically launch websites or open files remotely
• Set policy to immediately prevent application from running
• Keyboard shortcut to release control
• Randomly select students to display work

Administrative Tools

• Detailed inventory of remote hardware
• View and manage remote services and processes
• Administer remote machines via command prompt
• Monitor groups of computers and users
• Central storage of all event logs, violations, screenshots and video
• Automatic update events when clients re-connect to server
• Emailed violation notifications
• Default policies applied to all connections
• Pop out Windows to make managing groups and console easier
• Automatically update Tutor program as well as clients
• Apply policies to groups of devices or users
• Allow Windows updates to install when shutting down groups of workstations
• Ability to edit common information on multiple groups
• Enforce policies when connected to certain networks

Application Control

• Limit, block or close down applications
• Launch applications remotely
• At a glance, see applications students have running
• Close inappropriate applications
• Show currently active application
• Default policies assigned to all clients

Keyword Violation

• Get notification when specific keywords are typed
• Receive email notifications of violations
• Trigger remote screen recording or snapshot upon violation
• View all violations – screenshots, user details and context
• Central store for all events
• Copy and paste lists of keywords from any source
• Default policies assigned to all clients

Manage Tutors

• New local web interface for managing licences, tutors and devices
• Set the level of access for individual teachers/tutors
• Restrict console use to specific usernames or AD groups
• Create default policies and lock screens

Manage Groups of Computers/Users

• Create defined classroom groups of computers or users
• Automatically apply different policies to different groups of copmuters or users
• Automatically deploy default policies
• Import computers and users from active directory with scheduled sync
• Connect to either all clients or only to pre-defined groups
• Manage multiple groups
• Allow clients to join groups dynamically

Communication

• One-to-one and one-to-many text chat
• One-to-one and one-to-many audio chat
• Peer to peer collaboration – many-to-many text chat with tutor supervision
• Broadcast text and audio messages
• Secure central log of all chats
• Traffic lights for rapid feedback

Optional Privacy Setting

• Inform users when a Tutor is watching
• Suitable for older students or members of staff using client machines
• Specific permission needed to watch clients

Computer Monitoring

• Real-time remote screen watch
• Multiple tutors can monitor student machines
• Monitor multiple groups simultaneously
• Network efficient sizeable thumbnail views
• Monitor running applications
• Identify what site/file the student is working on
• Monitor and log student activity (applications, websites, printing and keystrokes)
• Take time and name-stamped snapshots of student activity
• Record and play back student screen activity
• Live search for users/computers
• Logs stored centrally
• Keyboard shortcut to release control
• Request and Remove user names as required
• Policy to always request mandatory user name

Demo and Share

• Broadcast tutor screen to students with audio
• Show static, locked, screen to students
• Show a student’s screen to others with audio
• Select screen area to broadcast
• Add and remove students to demo and exhibit
• Switch between student demos

Manage Computers

• Clients always connected when available
• Create defined classroom groups of computers and/or users
• Default policies applied to all clients
• Import from AD

File Management

• Distribute and/or collect files from students
• Received files named to allow for easy organisation
• Remote one-to-one file management
• Optional compression during file transfer

Internet Monitoring and Control / ESafety

• Block Ports to prevent any Internet activity
• Limit web browsing to specified sites
• Black-list specific sites
• Filter by URL with wildcard
• Notifications when students visit specified sites
• Email notification of violation
• Store all logs centrally
• See active webpage at a glance

Question polling

• Create & distribute single question polls to remote computers
• Results of poll collected in real-time

Remote Administration Tools

• Detailed inventory of remote hardware/software
• View and manage remote services and processes
• Administer remote machines via command prompt
• Automatically update Tutor program as well as clients