JimmyTown

Hi, had to call eStream after hearing about price rises as our renewal was up. They've assured me there are no price rises and in fact they prices haven't changed for a number of years. Might be worth calling them to find out for yourself @MD5T

Get data back software by runtime.org. buy it and use it again. I have used it a couple of times to recover data

Do you get an error? Do you use a proxy? If so you may need to use the details for the WebClient to work

I think IE prior to 9 were so poor they left a very bad impression. in my opinion 9 and 10 were a vast improvement and made up for earlier awfulness. I have only had brief experience with IE11 but on W8 it looks annoying.

I do think it is a shame that PowerPoint is used so heavily and in turn a lot of signage content relies on it. In today's world its a dinosaur and just isnt flexible enough across platforms. Sadly I think it will be a while before PP is phased away from being used so often in the education world. There are some terrible solutions out there that will never cater for the needs of a college, but there are some out there that do. Its just finding the right one for your needs, our system lets us put together our PPs, feeds from the internet, weather from the Met Office etc. Its main restriction is being Windows based as far as the signage players go, but its not a major bind.

We have eStream and that does lesson capture, we haven't used it for that yet. I seem to remember the guy giving a demo mentioned that other universities and colleges have been using it for lesson observation and assessment. I am sure we will look to use it at some point. I also don't know how it compares in price. Planet eStream - Video Capture & Archiving, Digital Signage, Live TV

We used the free signage software on our estream system. Lets you upload powerpoint and we find it easy to use. If it didnt come free then we would have probably used something like Xibo. Less money spent the better really.

I agree Moodle is a little clunky and requires the administration. If you have the budget from the Frog outgoings maybe it could be better used on another provider, i'm always one for getting a demo in on site.

'Nice show, shame about the Gove.' Inside BETT 2014 and BESA/BETT Awards 2014.. What do they mean? | I am six point nine. Especially agree on the final point in the first blog about Apple.

I suppose it depends if you have a budget or not. If you do have a budget then it is worth looking for the right solution, some come with extra features. Open source and free ones are great, they are free! But they do require some work and time dedicated to get them up and running and maintain. We went with a purchased system and once its setup we have not had to dedicate much time at all for management, plus it come with a bunch of other features.

Only jumping in because I have had to do something with Moodle recently. Don't go with Moodle unless you have a dedicated Moodle lord! It just feels like intranet software from 1999 and just doesn't stand up against other modern web services available. If you have a budget then you have to look at the Sharepoints, Fireflys and Frogs to get something that will engage students and staff. Shiney shiney! horrible to admit it but its the truth. (yes you can skin Moodle but thats like painting a Austin Meastro Ferrari Red, its still a Meastro!)

Office 365 Integration | Firefly - To be fair they do continue to develop their product, makes such a difference when you chose to invest money into a VLE.

Do you have a budget? If so it may be worth looking at FireFly.

I agree, completely unnecessary with today's on demand services.

planet eStream is used at our place, they added digital signage to the solution so we went with them. We have set it up to broadcast BBC news to our displays. Plus a music channel to the 6th form common room. Def recommend a look.