Friday, October 8, 2010

Re: Web content management recommendations

Terry,

Here at La Salle College High School, we use FinalSite for our content mana=
gement.

Through the software we have a private Portal environment for students, fa=
culty/staff, parents, alumni, and trustees with sub-groups sharing director=
y information, resource files, threaded discussion boards, etc. These grou=
ps can also sign up for email or SMS text alerts when updates are made to c=
alendars, news feeds, and discussion boards.

As part of the Portal environment, each teacher was their own class space w=
ith a calendar, resources area, discussion boards, and the ability to send =
the entire roster (and parents) an email. Calendar items, resources, and d=
iscussion boards can be shared across class pages as well.

The calendar manager we have through FinalSite is very robust and integrate=
s with their forms manager and event registration manager.

We also accept online payments for donations, event registrations, and soon=
online store purchases through FinalSite.

Let me know if you have any questions!

-Ray

Raymond T. Shay
Director of Web Communications
Speech and Debate Team, Head Coach

La Salle College High School
http://www.lschs.org
8605 Cheltenham Avenue
Wyndmoor, PA 19038

215-402-4882 (office)
215-233-1418 (fax)
shayr@lschs.org


-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Terry Dash
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:14 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Web content management recommendations

Hi everyone -

We're hoping to rejuvenate our web site by adding features for:
- social networking (parents, students, alumni)
- online payment
- event management
- teacher web pages

If your school has had a successful experience within the last year launchi=
ng a new web site, could you please let me know...
[1] which web content management system you are using?
[2] which of the features above (if any) you implemented?

I'm particularly interested in web content management vendors with sales an=
d training staff in the New England area.

One final note: We are _not_ looking for a student information system right=
now, since we are happy with our current system. However, our student info=
rmation system offers limited choices for managing web content outside the =
SIS. We're therefore looking for a web content management system that we'll=
integrate with our SIS.=20

Thanks in advance -
Terry=20

. . .
Terry Dash
Director of Technology
Pike School
34 Sunset Rock Road
Andover, MA 01810
978-475-1197 x6623


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