Content Management System
The e4eCMS is quite simply the most flexible and feature rich content management system available to schools and education. The system is currently managing in excess of 800 school websites and you need only view our portfolio to see how schools are benefiting.
Streaming Video like YouTube
The e4eCMS streams video and is the only Content Management System in the education market which allows schools to upload video in a wide variety of formats, which is then automatically converted into flash media, just like YouTube. Think about the possibilities: school performances; field trips; experiments; talking heads; sports events; and showcases of student work. You can find hundreds of examples of streaming video on our school websites, so visit our portfolio to see for yourself. What is streaming video?
Podcasting for schools
The e4eCMS allows schools to quickly and easily upload podcasts to their website and make news and information available through an RSS newsfeed. Podcasting is a brilliant way of communicating and has the potential to transform the way schools deliver information to parents and pupils. e4education has worked with dozens of schools to help them form podcast clubs and radio stations.
Web Blogs
Blogs are an invaluable for communication and ideal for inviting feedback on news stories, photo albums and general content. Using the e4eCMS you will have the capability to create web pages and invite comments and feedback from visitors ensuring that your website is a popular resource for parents and members of the wider community. Head teachers can invite feedback from parents and the community; or teachers can use blogging to communicate with students on specific topics.
Polls and Surveys
The e4eCMS allows schools to quickly and easily create unlimited questionnaires, polls and surveys for publication on the school website. The surveys can be time bound through the e4eCMS archiving facility and thereafter the results will be accessible for analysis through a speciallly designed database application or web interface. What better way for schools to get feedback from stakeholders and the community
Photo Galleries and Slide Shows
The e4eCMS automatically creates great looking slide shows and as an added benefit every gallery can be assigned to any area of the website.
Web editors simply create a gallery topic and upload the images which are then automatically resized and compressed. The e4eCMS then enables web editors to create a commentary for each picture and the slide show effect happens with absolutely no fuss.
News and events (RSS feeds)
The e4eCMS delivers dynamic news in many different formats. Parents and community members can simply visit your website, register to receive e-mails or texts, or subscribe to RSS feeds so they can be automatically notified as new stories are published.
This is an excellent way of keeping parents and the community updated with what is going on in your school.
Dynamic calendar application
The e4eCMS calendar application is an incredibly powerful module, allowing schools to deliver diary events and information quickly and easily. Schools are able to create multiple calendar categories (parents, pupils, staff) and then add individual or re-occuring events which can then be assigned to specific areas of the website. It's simple to do and new events are able to automatically appear on the home page or other areas of the school website.
Home page settings & personalisation
The e4eCMS allows visitors to personalise the home page of the school website very much like the BBC. For more information visit our new story.
Also, with the e4eCMS every time you upload a news article, calendar event, photo gallery or video it will automatically appear on the home page. You will also have total control of navigation and even have the ability to change images in the main design.
Web content Archiving
The e4eCMS is the only content management system within the education market that allows schools to choose when they want items to be published and removed from the website. This unique archiving feature makes it easy for schools to control the content flow and enable them to keep a library of information and re-publish articles or information when necessary.
Web forums
Forums are sometimes known as messages boards or bulletin boards. They are a hugely popular way for groups to hold discussions
The e4eCMS has a secure web forum which is an integral part of our content management system.
It enables school communities to post bulletins and messages onto their website and ultimately improve communication between teachers and students.
E-Shop
Bring your school shop into the 21st century by giving parents and students the capability to purchase uniforms, buy books and pay for school trips through your school website.
The e4eCMS allows schools to create an online shop for parents to source and pay for items electronically. You can also use this to promote items as part of a young enterprise scheme.
Secure areas
The e4eCMS allows schools and education organisations to publish information into secure areas of their website which are password protected.
This is very useful for groups of teachers, governors, students or education practitioners needing to share information or communicate securely.
Site Search
The e4eCMS has a built in key word search system that makes it easy to find articles, news and web pages on school websites. Although we strive to design usable and well organised websites sometimes a site search is required. Ordinarily when a website gets to about one hundred pages the site search becomes a useful tool for the visitor.