Classroom alert notification

[Chriss31]

Hi all

 

Does anyone know of a free (or cheap) system that could enable me to broadcast a notification (a fairly prominent one) to a select range of teacher PC's at once?

 

We're thinking from the perspective of a critical incident taking place.

 

Thanks all

[Primus]

NetSupport Notify.

[stevec_]

We also use NetSupport Notify. Not sure if this offer is still available but worth a shot!

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/enterprise-software/184879-free-school-alerting-notifications-offer-netsupport.html

[RichCowell]

+1 for NetSupport Notify - does exactly what you want.

[jthompson]

We're trialing Winsent, because SLT will be happy cheap and cheerful and it only needs to be a 'good enough' thing. The client that just receives messages is free. Not tried NetSupport Notify myself (SLT took a look), but it's built for that job.

[Tom_NetSupport]

Hi @Chriss31, I work for NetSupport but just wanted to make sure you had the relevant information in order to help you look at the software.

 

NetSupport Notify can be a vital communication tool during a school’s emergency and lockdown procedure and some integrate it as an official part of their emergency plans due to its ability to send a clear and concise message or instruction (maximum 500 characters) to all connected computers, specific users/devices or selected departments.

Each message can carry a priority level and a request for acknowledgment. The delivered message automatically takes screen focus on recipient computers and can be accompanied by an audible alert to ensure attention is gained (this can be repeated every five seconds just to make sure!). The message will be squared and centred on recipient desktops, with the option to display full screen on unattended displays.

 

We offer a 30-day evaluation of the software, which can be downloaded from NetSupport Notify - Download a free 30 day trial - this is fully functioning, and can be installed on up to 50 machines.

 

If you have any questions, or need any further information, please feel free to PM me.