Sneak Peek at New Product Developments Rev. 2 – 9/28/2009 Please note: All screenshots and feature descriptions are preliminary and subject to change in the final release. After the software is released, final documentation will be provided.
Exciting New Developments »Homepage Design & Publishing Tools – New Homepage Theme – Feature Enhancements »eChalk User Tools – Parent Access Accounts – AJAX Client Beta – Feature Enhancements »Site Configuration & Management Tools – Customization Options for Subjects & Courses
Make Your Web Site Pop New Homepage Design & Publishing Tools
New Homepage Design Theme
New & Improved Layout Manager Tools »New User Interface »New Page Layouts »More Style Options »Color Picker »Dual Navigation Support
New & Improved Layout Manager Tools
Enhanced Site Announcements »Option to notify select user groups of announcements upon login »Start / End date and recurrence options »Enhanced drag and drop sorting capability
Enhanced Site Announcements
Provide the Best User Experience New eChalk User Tools
Parent Access Accounts »Included with eChalk Student Accounts »Self-registered parents may be granted access to private class, group, and school information (in addition to Class Alerts) My Account Class Alerts, 3 rd party apps, blog My Classes Child(ren)’s classes, discussions, grades, and private class materials My Groups Calendars, resources, announcements, discussions My School Private homepage, calendar, and resources content Find Members
Parent Access Accounts
AJAX Client Beta »Multiple active tabs to view and compose messages »Active tab retention while navigating other areas of eChalk »Moveable preview/reading pane to view messages »Auto-completion of addresses »Multiple levels of folder hierarchy »Auto-saved drafts »And much more...
AJAX Client Beta
What’s new in AJAX Client Beta 2? » Translate received messages » Streamlined spell check workflow » Reading pane retains last setting » Lots of defect corrections & performance tuning
Language Translation in
Blogs »New blog design themes »Ability to disable an individual user’s blog
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Enhanced First-Time Log In
There’s More New Site Configuration & Management Tools
Customization Option for Subjects & Courses »Make it easier for teachers to update their profile by selecting the Subjects & Courses that appear for their grade level
Exciting New Developments »Homepage Design & Publishing Tools – New Homepage Theme – Feature Enhancements »eChalk User Tools – Parent Access Accounts – AJAX Client Beta – Feature Enhancements »Site Configuration & Management Tools – Customization Options for Subjects & Courses
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