July 30, 2011 at 3:59 pm | Announcement, News | No comment
Novachi today releases an upgrade to the system with new enhancements and maintenance fixes. All online users are automatically upgraded to the latest version of the software. There should be no impact to any existing user data. Today’s release includes the following:
Network Restriction – Novachi now includes the ability to restrict network access from certain network or IP address. In an event of abnormal load or attack, we will be able to block access originating from that network.
External Links – Novachi now supports link to external website as requested by our schools. A school administrator can now add up to 3 external website links for each school. All users connected to the school will see the links on their Home page.
Maintenance fixes – This release includes some high priority fixes as reported by our users.
For questions or to report an issue with the upgrade, contact Novachi Support by email at support@novachi.org or submit a ticket at http://www1.novachi.com/support/.
July 27, 2011 at 8:50 am | News | No comment
Novachi joins SSDA and its associate members and schools for the 26th Annual New Superintendents Symposium.
Last week the Small School District Association hosted the 26th Annual New Superintendents Symposium. The event, which took place at the Embassy Suites in Sacramento, CA, was put on by the SSDA to help new superintendents adjust to their positions.
The event was also attended by several associate business members of the SSDA such as Ray Morgan Company, DWK, and SSDA’s newest member, Novachi. These vendors were on hand to assist the new superintendents with some of the choices and situations they might face in the future.
One major theme of the event was how schools are dealing with the shrinking budget. “We’re living in a unique time where, on one hand, we have both federal and state governments telling us we need to implement technology into schools, and on the other we have a steadily shrinking budget. Novachi was created to solve that problem.” Said a Novachi representative. Novachi is a completely free Student Information and Learning Management System designed to make your administrative tasks easier, and to help you report necessary data to state for CALPADS reporting.
The symposium was also attended by several guest speakers. Jeri Wenger, from School Innovations and Advocacy, spoke on the subject of Budgets, and how superintendents can efficiently manage them and apply for different grants. Tom Adams, from California Department of Education, covered the topic of Common Core Standards & Assessments. The topics were diverse, but one fact was reflected in all of the gathered speakers, and that was California’s budget problems effect all the decisions that superintendents make as leaders in their community.
Education in California, once a leader in the education community, has seen many setbacks. K12 schools in California have seen their budgets slashed by $18 billion just in the last three years, making new superintendents’ already tough job even tougher. Business innovators like Novachi provide educators with a unique opportunity to meet their goals without impacting their budgets.
July 23, 2011 at 9:19 am | Announcement | No comment
Novachi today releases an upgrade to the system with new enhancements and maintenance fixes. All online users are automatically upgraded to the latest version of the software. There should be no impact to any existing user data. Today’s release includes the following:
UI Personalization – each user can now choose your favorite theme when using Novachi education system.
Website enhancement – you may notice that we have updated our website with UI enhancement and Online Chat. Please note that online chat is not a secured form of communication. Please do not post any personal information via chat.
Support ticketing system – now any user can submit a support ticket to Novachi Support. Upon submitting a ticket, you will receive an email with the support ticket ID with link for future reference. You can check the status of the ticket any time by following the link in the email.
For questions or to report an issue with the upgrade contact Novachi Support by email at support@novachi.org.
