Website issues for Secondary Schools:

Most secondary schools have unique issues to overcome with regard to websites. They often serve a large student population which includes many diverse constituents such as clubs, athletic teams, and academic departments. Here is a list of their main issues and how CampusGRID solves them.

• Limited Time - Most secondary schools have a certain number of pages on the site which need to be updated regularly. These are typically such things as the school newletter or calendar. CampusGRID provides many built-in templates and facilities to simplify and speed-up these regular updates. For example, our easy-to-create and publish webpage templates are accessible thorugh the website for quick edit-and-publish cycles.
  
  CampusGRID automatically generates navigation menus for your site, so you no longer need to embed these difficult-to-maintain menus in your webpages. This saves countless hours of updating and testing. Staff members can focus on page content and put their webpages onto the site themselves.


• Large Size - Secondary schools can be quite large in size. This means that the sites must be collaborative to allow many users to access and update it. Websites are usually housed on dedicated internet web servers often located in a separate facility from the school. CampusGRID is an expert at maintaining such servers and doing the maintenance, backup and updates required to have a highly reliable, consistent and always on server. Our fee is already very low, so this technical capability is provided to your school at almost no cost to you. Why not let an expert handle this service for you?


• Limited Resources - Most secondary schools are small and have limited or no technical resources for website maintenance. CampusGRID addresses this need by keeping website maintenance simple. It requires no special software, you just use a web browser. It provides many templates for easy webpage creation. It automatically generates the navigation menu removing a difficult and tedious task from website maintenance.
  And we provide support!
  
  We are available to answer questions and provide assistance to help you create and maintain your website. We even do on-site training where geographically feasible.


• Staff turnover - Many schools have regular turnover of princpals, webmasters and other staff. When such a webmaster leaves or is replaced, the school website often suffers while the new webmaster redesigns the site or tries to figure out the old one. With CampusGRID there to assist you, the transition is much smoother, easier and quicker. We will provide training and support to the new webmaster. We have training materials and consistent documentation to simplify the transition. Your other site contributors don't have to learn a new system or method of using the site.
  
  If you need to convert an existing school web site, CampusGRID lets you easily re-use and integrate your existing web pages. With CampusGRID, you have the best of both worlds: quick, easy-to-use templates for fast page creation or re-use existing HTML pages to save time.



• Limited Security and Control - With CampusGRID you can protect yourschool site from improper or unauthorized content creation. You don't need to constantly monitor the site to make sure it is protected. Site administrators are always in full control of the site. Teachers, staff or parents may be allowed to contribute to the site while being prohibited from publishing webpages until they are reviewed by a designated staff member. All publishing activity is logged and a nightly notification of any publishing activities is sent to site administrators.


• Limited Technical Resources - Websites are usually housed on dedicated internet web servers often located in a separate facility from the school. CampusGRID is an expert at maintaining such servers and doing the maintenance, backup and updates required to have a highly reliable, consistent and always on server. Our fee is already very low, so this technical capability is provided to your school at almost no cost to you. Why not let an expert handle this service for you?

How CampusGRID benefits Secondary Schools:

CampusGRID understands the needs of secondary schools. We focus on making website creation and maintinance fast and easy Our service is designed specifically for schools.

• Built-in features designed specifically for school web sites - Calendars, web links, news pages, and photo gallery templates are fast and convenient for users of all skill levels to use. We provide robust security and maintenance of the websites.



• Completely Ad Free - There are no banner ads on the school web site. The site is uncluttered and you have full control over everything that appears on it.



• Collaboration - The best websites are those with many contributors. Because school personnel have limited time and capabilities, the more people who contribute to your website, the better it will be. With CampusGRID, it is quick and easy to add users to have controlled access to the site. Security is flexible, but access is tightly regulated.
  
  
• Low Cost - The CampusGRID web site service fee is a very reasonable — only $1 per student per year — up to a maximum charge of $599 per year. Most schools will probably pay less. See the CampusGRID fee schedule for more details.

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