TLC NetConnect is IBM's Internet management tool for K-12 schools. Over the past 9 years it has been modified and upgraded to match the increasing opportunities offered by the Internet and the increasing requirements of the student and teacher in the classroom.
Around the world, IBM's TLC NetConnect is bringing a host of features to the modern classroom. These features benefit both the student and the school district.
One of the most important tools the Internet offers is e-mail. People from around the world and in all walks of life use e-mail. It is one of the first skills taught to any computer user. TLC NetConnect makes e-mail easy by providing a unique address for every person in the school and a user-friendly interface for even the youngest students.
The TLC NetConnect clients provide all of the essential e-mail features in an interface designed for school use. In addition, some features are uniquely suited to helping students function in today's world. Both Windows and Web clients are available. Users dealing with people from different countries are also able to translate any message between English, French, German, Italian and Spanish! (Coming soon - Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese).
Management of TLC NetConnect is easy and powerful. Administrators can control the types of attachments that are allowed, can control automatic deletion of most e-mail viruses. TLC NetConnect also provides for both content filtering of the e-mail messages and "Spam" filtering to reduce the amount of irrelevant mail reaching the users. Tools are provided to manage students' access to e-mail. You can disable their ability to send e-mail, limit the e-mail to just within the school or allow them to communicate with anyone on the Internet.
Beyond e-mail, TLC NetConnect also provides the schools with advanced Discussion Forum support. The Discussion Forums can be setup within one school or shared between many. Forums can be limited to just a select number of users, configured so that it is moderated or even set to "forced subscription" to help enforce participation.
The single most popular use of the Internet is the World Wide Web. TLC NetConnect heavily supports this exciting area. The most popular and robust web server in the world is built into the system. An industrial-strength "Caching Proxy" server is provided to improve performance. The Proxy also controls access to, and protects students from, inappropriate web sites, advertisements, pop-ups and web based viruses. The school can easily configure where students can and cannot get to, on the web.
A uniquely simple method of creating and publishing web pages is provided. Students can easily build a web page and submit it for approval. The teacher can then publish the web page by clicking on just one button. IBM's TLC NetConnect is a solution that is designed to fit well into today's 21st century
K-12 schools.
TLC NetConnect is IBM's state-of-the-art Internet solution for K-12 schools. It provides Internet access for schools and gives you the tools to easily manage what data passes into and out of your network.