Fronter Platform

The Fronter Platform combines a wide range of easy-to-use tools for learning and collaboration online. These tools cover functionality in the following areas:

  1. • Personal Work
  2. • Learning
  3. • Collaboration
  4. • Publishing
  5. • Administration

Personal

Personal Work and Portfolio Tool Package

Fronter provides tools for your Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Here users can work, manage and store all their files, contacts and incoming information. Your PLE provides for all your personal needs from your own start page and portfolio, to a personal live Meeting room and Fronter Instant Messenger (FIM).

  • Today Portal:Latest info from Rooms in Fronter and external RSS.
  • My contacts:List of personal contacts and friends.
  • My calender:Organise personal appointments and meetings.
  • My resources:Network-based hard drive for personal files and content.
  • My Portfolio:Personal portfolio and display folder.
  • Fronter instant messenger:Internal instant messaging system.
  • Blog client:Edit your external blogs from directly within Fronter.
  • Meeting:Personal real-time meeting tool for 3 users. Features incl. video, app. sharing, whiteboard etc.
  • Stickies:Internal messaging system in Fronter.
  • My homepage:Personal web page.
  • My public resources:Share a selection of your personal documents.
  • Information central:Quick overview of new elements on Today portal.
  • To-do list:Personal task list with progress indication.
  • RSS reader:Display RSS feeds from external sources on the Today portal.
  • My RSS feed:Personal RSS feed from your Today portal.

Learning

Learning and Teaching Tool Package

Fronter provides tools for your Learning Management System (LMS). In this area, you can find tools to carry out learning activities and assessment e.g. create tests and hand-in assignments. With external search tools and course import options, users can gather external information to be integrated into the learning material used.

  • Hand-in:Folder for submission of assignments and evaluation.
  • Test:Tool for test creation with options for format and design.
  • Learning path:Structuring of learning pages to facilitate directed learning.
  • Individual Learning Plan:Individual assessment of progress.
  • Question database:Shared database for test questions.
  • Course import:Import of IMS, SCORM and AICC courses.
  • Statistics:Complete report of activity in a room.
  • Learning goals:Import and customisation of learning goals for goal-oriented work.
  • Portfolio:Overview of learning process and work progress.
  • Result matrix:Summary of user results.
  • Notes:Short notes linked to learning objects.
  • Whiteboard:Real-time whiteboard tool.
  • Video:Show video clips and other multimedia files from the resources.
  • External repository search:Search in predefined external repositories.
  • Parental log-in:Unique access to your child's portfolio.

Collaboration

Collaboration and Communication Tool Package

Fronter provides tools for collaboration and communication. Shared documents allow multiple authors to work together and comment on each other’s work, while a range of discussion forum types can be used to share ideas and opinions.

  • Frontpage:Option to create customised start pages for rooms/courses.
  • Messages:Shared message to all members in a room.
  • Shared Documents:Inbuilt editor for documents with one or more authors.
  • Discussion:Thread-based discussion forum.
  • Conversation:Discussion, non-thread based forum.
  • Debate:Discussion forum with defined standpoints.
  • Brainstorm:Forum for anonymous generation of ideas.
  • Hotseat:Question and answer function.
  • Shared Contacts:Shared contact list for users.
  • Chat:Real-time chat function in a room.
  • Shared Calendar:Shared calendar for members in a room.
  • Voting:Simplified test for assessing opinion.
  • Activity Folder:Archive for activities specific to a project plan.
  • Resource Booking:Book equipment/resources etc. through the calendar.
  • Appointment List:Scheduling of individual meetings for a group of people.
  • Liveroom:Entry-level, synchronous virtual classroom tool for an unlimited number of users.

Publishing

Publishing Tool Package

Fronter provides tools for your Learning Content Management System (LCMS). Here users can find all the tools they need to create, upload, edit and publish their work - completely online and with full version control.

  • Page:Create pages with dynamic content and layout.
  • File Transfer:Upload external files and file structures.
  • Editor:Inbuilt word editor.
  • Sound Recorder:Record and store sound directly in Fronter Resources and Pages.
  • Shared Resources:Shared archive for participants in a room.
  • Article:Option to combine text and images.
  • List:Preparation of lists which can contain internal and external links.
  • WebEq:Mathematical formula editor.
  • Free Text Search:Search inside content created and uploaded to Fronter.
  • Links:Shared link resources with comment function.
  • News:Date-controlled news with introductory paragraph, images and text.
  • Statistics:Statistics for all content objects in the resources.
  • Metadata:Metadata linked to content objects in the resources.
  • Version Control:Control of objects in the resources, with history summary.
  • Open Edit Save:Direct opening, changing and saving of external files in Fronter.
  • Metadata Search:Search on metadata associated with content.

Administration

Setup and Administration Tool Package

Fronter provides tools for administration of the Fronter Platform in your school or institution. A clear and simple structure for access, rights and roles ensures the system functions efficiently.

  • Organisation Structure:Structure customised to your organisation.
  • Rights and Roles:Definition of access rights and roles in Fronter.
  • Global Settings:Top level settings for the entire Fronter building.
  • Local Settings:Settings at school, faculty or institution level.
  • Export:Export of rooms (courses) as an IMS package.
  • Members:Room member list specifying access rights in the room.
  • Room:Basic building block of the Fronter platform.
  • Reports:Administrative reports for activity summaries.
  • Database Clean-Up:Administrative routines for effective database administration.
  • Help:Complete online help system, with tutorials and training courses.
  • Language Support:Tool for different language selection.
  • User Defined Tool:Option to define your own tools in a room.
  • Design:Modify the graphical interface to match your organisation.
  • Portfolio Transfer:School to school transfer of students' portfolios.
  • Logging:Logging of all events in Fronter.

PlusPacks

Fronter offers additional PlusPacks to enhance the functionality of your Fronter Platform. Fronter PlusPacks include extra features, and are sold separately according to customer specific agreement.

Services

Fronter offers a variety of services to ensure smooth implementation and operation of the Fronter Platform. These services cover a wide range of activities from implementation and project management, to training and collaboration between Fronter installations.

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