[Technical] Printing management software-policies

[Stephen Digby]

Charge 10c Mb download.  $6 combined notional printing and internet credit
per semester.  After this students pay $5 lots to top up their account.  All
intranet access is free.  Teachers are encouraged o download material rather
than send students "out to get it" all the time.  About 20% of students pay
extra.  Probably drop the charge as Mb costs decrease and MB download
increases with VicSmart....... 

How extra downloads make us "Smart" is anyone's guess ??  Didn't seem to
work for more TV hours....  
 
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From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of Mansfield, Shane
Sent: 04 September 2006 01:20 PM
To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Technical] Printing management software-policies



Hi Andrew,

 

Thanks for the feedback, am curious as to how you charged the students for
Internet usage - do these software packages measure downloads? How much do
you charge? Do you invoice he students? Block them from using the internet
if they haven't paid?

 

Shane

 

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From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of Andrew Shortell
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2006 12:22 PM
To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List; ipm at edulists.com.au
Subject: RE: [Technical] Printing management software-policies

 

Hi Shane

I have used Gaia and papercut for both printing and internet charging.

 

Both were fine for printing, both add print value by using vouchers
purchased from business manager/ bursar and printed out by IT staff

 

Papercut was superior for internet charging as it updated every 10 minutes,
The older version of GAIA only updated once per day, I do not have recent
experience with the latest version of GAIA and internet charging.

 

Just be careful of the share where the data is held as the encryption key
for gaia is, by default, stored in the data folder.. as students here found
out!

 

 

Andrew Shortell

Braemar College

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From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of Mansfield, Shane
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2006 11:45 AM
To: ipm at edulists.com.au; tech at edulists.com.au
Cc: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
Subject: [Technical] Printing management software-policies

 

Hi All,

 

I would appreciate some feedback on what other schools are using to manage
there printing costs with students - Software and or policies. How effective
is it and how do you manage student payment.

 

Thanks

 

Shane Mansfield

IT Coordinator

The King David School

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