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We are looking at allowing pupils to access Seneca learning for their revision. This has been very positively reviewed but we have seen that they require giphy to be whitelisted for all users. Although it states in their t&c that racist and pornographic material is not allowed on the GIPHY site, there are plenty of incidence where they can be found. Has anybody whitelisted GIPHY or had a discussion with eSafety regarding blocking/allowing it. Thanks

Database Manager and Examinations Officer Full Time Required as soon as possibleQueen Anne’s is one of the country’s leading independent boarding and day schools for girls of 450 pupils, aged 11-18.We are seeking to appoint a Database Manager and Examinations Officer for this academically selective and dynamic school. The successful candidate will:  provide strategic and operational management of the school database  oversee all aspects of examinations  be motivated, organised and resilient  be committed to a boarding and day school ethos Having an in depth knowledge of Schoolbase, SIMS or similar package would be desirable. Closing date for applications: 12th December 2015 Full details of this position and how to apply are available from Work for us | Queens Anne's School, Caversham or by emailing [email protected] Registered Database Manager and Examinations Officer JD.pdf Database Manager and Examinations officer advert.pdf

The Network Manager will develop, implement and maintain strong IT systems to deliver reliable, dependable and extensive IT facilities to the teaching, administration and support staff of Queen Anne’s School by: *Implementing and evaluating the success of the School’s IT Strategy *Managing all resources effectively, including man management and budget lines *Developing and maintaining technical systems *Developing the expertise of staff in emerging technologies and available IT within School Key skill areas are strong leadership, excellent technical credentials and initiative to drive projects competently with or without outside assistance as required. The ability to demonstrate excellent organisation, time management and people skills are essential. Work for us | Queens Anne's School, Caversham

Could I maybe ask what third-party applications schools run with their 365 set-up. In conversation Mimecast has come up a couple of times. What is the experience of people using 365 with EOP only? Thanks

We are about to move into office 365 with our 550 pupils and staff. We recently upgraded our broadband to 300/400 Mbps. Currently we use about a third of the bandwidth and even that is mainly YouTube, Netflix etc. A few questions are being asked: What level of increase was caused by 365 at other schools/ how quickly did it go up. Are bottlenecks created by class sets logging on at the same time at the beginning of lessons across school Recommended traffic shaping for office 365 Any comments greatly appreciated

we are about to move our pupils onto 365 accounts from our mail servers. The issue that has been repeatedly raised by SLT is the level of filtering/ protection that we will get from day one with EOP. I would really appreciate some feedback and recommendation on your experiences in a school environment. We will consider adding a third- party tool if needed but the immediate question is whether it will protect pupil (and staff to certain degree) from exposure to unsuitable material. Our puremessage filter worked well in the past.

We are just starting to migrate some staff over to 365 and noticed that much more spam/junk/malware is coming through than we had with Puremessage. Before we can make it available to pupils, we need to fine tune the settings. Would anybody be able to share their set ups? Do you have: Sensitive Word List enabled? Bulk Mail threshold level? (7 - as default or set lower?) Advanced option used?

We have numerous boards (5-3 years old) that have a variety of ailments - don't hold calibration, don't calibrate at all on some part of the screen etc. I would love to get somebody trustworthy and experienced to have a look at them and see what can be repaired/upgraded.

Slighlty confused.... Beginning of 2011 we were told that RDS Cals were not included in the EES. Do we have to buy them separately (similar to Visio, Project etc) - if so how much are people paying for it?

^^Bump Any users at all? Saw the demo today but no prices were given. It looks good with plenty of content.

bump up.... Anybody used them or using alternative providers?

As a boarding school we allow boarders to have access to skype at the weekend to call friends and family abroad. Since we implemented the filter Skype stopped working as it doesn't seem to understand proxy settings. We tested one laptop and pointed it straight at our second (open) firewall it worked immediately. We obviously don't want to advertise this second firewall to pupils. Has anybody experienced something similar?

We are having pretty much the same issue with Sophos WS500 and any Ipad/iphone etc trying to connect. Has anybody got a solution yet?

Obviously, the extension of this issue is the fact that one could concentrate fully on using internet material only (TV station website, youtube etc). Has anybody got some experience in running a working set-up whereby teachers could easily ask for scheduled programmes to be recorded in a usable format (considering that you have iplayer, ITVplayer, skyplayer, frenchTV player etc)

I recently saw some very detailed instructions to build a "Media Center" with Satellite TV and digital TV all recordable onto harddrive in a PC magazine - problem is I lost it. I thought it was perfect for recording all these different channels for MFL, politics etc as it had a good GUI as well that would make recordings easy. Alternatively, if you know of any good links or have instructions that you can share, please let me know. Kind regards