Overview
All schools foster and serve dynamic and demanding communities. A school community is unique and reflects the ethos, values and needs of the local area. Typically a school community comprises:
Students
Teachers
Parents
Past Students - Alumni
Past parents
Local community leaders
Local government bodies
Local business network
State and nationally affiliated associations
It is essential, therefore that all schools can connect and communicate with their communities and offer relevant, contextual and timely information and services.
Mediasphere has recognised this need and crafted innovative technology to connect schools with their communities. The Powerhouse Content Management System is the single platform that delivers the school website, the school learning intranet, the alumni network, the training portal and the e-business network.
Simplicity, scalability and affordability underpin the importance of Powerhouse web solutions for schools. All of the school websites and portals are managed locally in each school without the need for IT or web professionals. The hosted and supported solutions are pre-loaded with a range of modules and all feature a
simple word processor interface to allow easy editing and updating of content.
Schools may elect to deploy the entire connected school suite of services or simply select one project and
launch a new portal to serve their school community
Learn more about the Powerhouse Connected School by selecting the following:
| Powerhouse School Websites |  |
| Powerhouse Learning Dashboard |  |
| Powerhouse Alumni Network |  |
| Powerhouse Training Network |  |
| Powerhouse e-Business Network |  |
Powerhouse™ CMS puts the power of website and portal management into the hands of each school, removing the need for IT staff to deliver dynamic web solutions to your community. Powerhouse-CMS delivers:
- Simple editing and authoring tools to allow easy content updates
- Online communication tools to engage your communities
- Full management of your content in our online repository
- Inbuilt tracking, assessment and reporting for training and induction programs
- Inbuilt e-commerce module (accounts, fees, sponsor banners, shopping carts)
- Inbuilt log-in and account management for teachers, students, parents and community
- English language translation tool
- Flexible platform to offer a range of modules to meet your specific needs
- Hosted and supported
- Tools for optimising your sites for the search engines
