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MxWeb® 

Overview

MxWeb® is a new generation of web-based, handheld-connected products from Media-X Systems. It includes eTeacher®, mVal®, iNotice®, ePrincipal® and eWalk™.

All MxWeb® products include offline as well as handheld modules, so that you can work with your data on your laptop or Palm handheld without being connected to the web.

You can sign up for an annual subscription for any or all of the MxWeb® applications. Subscriptions are available for single user or site accounts and are also available at a district, college or organization level. Media-X can provide secure high speed hosting, or the system can be run off a central server within your organization.

* All MxWeb products are available in universal as well as the Ontario versions.

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Description

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The latest version of mVal®MxWeb, is completely web-based with separate log-ins for each employee so they can complete growth plans, self-reflections, portfolios AND allows them to participate fully in the appraisal process. All versions of mVal®-MxWeb include software for Palm handhelds to use the software offline, - anytime, anywhere.

mVal®-MxWeb also includes a powerful new feature that allows you to create a walkthrough template to quickly record information related to curriculum, school plans, health & safety, technology or any other area that is important to you. In effect, mVal®-MxWeb is equipped with the powerful features of one of our latest products, eWalk™

Record observations on your Palm handheld, or enter the information directly on the web.

ePrincipal®MxWeb allows elementary or secondary school principals to analyze data from student report cards, demographic data or standardized test results. Desktop and web versions provide a variety of different functions including honour rolls, attendance tracking, achievement tracking, grade comparison, students at risk, IEP and ESL students. The new web version provides district level power and reporting.

ePrincipal® Mobile-MxWeb allows you to transfer student information to a Palm handheld. Interfaces to Trillium, Trevlac and SASI are available now. The latest version even allows you to view full colour student photos on your Palm.

The next generation of eTeacher®MxWeb is web-based and provides many new features not available through the desktop version.

eTeacher®-MxWeb is part of the MxWeb product family and is designed to work with mVal®-MxWeb, iNotice™-MxWeb and ePrincipal®-MxWeb.

eTeacher®-MxWeb provides a rich planning section to develop curriculum units and activities and to publish these as online courses. During development of the unit or course, you can collaborate with other eTeacher®-MxWeb users.

eTeacher®-MxWeb includes advanced features for completing report cards that can be printed online or saved as PDF files.

eTeacher®-MxWeb will also include a new assessment component that permits extremely flexible assessment methods - ranging from a standards-based, rubric centred approach to conventional grade book features.

And eTeacher®-MxWeb has a new companion, eStudent®, that allows students to log-in and review course material, take on-line tests, maintain portfolios and journals.

iNotice®-MxWeb uses the simplicity and power of the web to keep you informed of student incidents and achievements. All teachers and support staff in the school can record notices to provide instant updates, alerts and notices. Information can even be recorded and updated from a Palm handheld.

The software includes a template editor so that you can customize incident types, actions, follow-ups, alert values, etc. that work best for your school or district.

iNotice®-MxWeb templates can be developed at the site level or for an entire organization to help track of incidents occurring in many locations. A wide variety of reports are available for managers and administrators.

Collect information in the field on a Palm handheld and transfer it to the eWalk™ web database through a wireless connection or from a desktop computer.

Technical

  • The MxWeb products are web-based applications developed using open source tools (PHP/MySQL)
  • Four key applications, eTeacher®, mVal®, iNotice™, ePrincipal® share common interface and licensing structure.
  • Data can be shared between applications
  • Media-X Systems can provide hosting of MxWeb through state-of-the-art server facilities from Magma Communications. They offer a multi-homed ISP network with three backbone connections (T3 WorldCom connection, burstable OC3 Bell Nexxia connection, burstable OC3 AT&T connection. Aggregate backbone bandwidth of 335 Mbps)
  • As an option, school districts can manage their own MxWeb server. The applications will be managed and updated remotely by Media-X Systems staff
  • Recommended configuration for MxWeb server: Unix/Linux, Pentium II 400 Mhz, 512 Mb Ram, 1 GB HD
  • ePrincipal® Mobile is a separate product and requires separate licensing
  • Off-line clients for mVal® and eTeacher® currently under development
  • MxWeb use SSL encryption for fully secure transactions. (SSL certificate required for school district servers)
  • Palm handheld modules for mVal®, iNotice™ and eTeacher® are included as part of the licensing costs

Other platforms can also be supported:

  • Win 2000, Pentium III 800 Mhz, 1 GB Ram, 2 GB HD
  • Mac OS X server