FirstClass is a trademark of OpenText Corporation. Palantir Information Systems is a Platinum Reseller of FirstClass.
Thousands of school districts around the world have securely connected their students, teachers, parents, administration, and alumni through collaborative online communities powered by FirstClass.
The FirstClass Collaboration Suite is designed to facilitate and enhance communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing by connecting key stakeholders within the education framework — including students, faculty, parents, administration, and alumni — within a secure online environment.
FirstClass brings together a variety of key technologies to provide a fully integrated suite of applications that is cost-effective, flexible, and easy to manage.
ONE TECHNOLOGY, MANY SOLUTIONS
Online Learning Communities – FirstClass enables schools and entire school districts to create collaborative online learning communities that enhance communication and collaboration between students, parents, teachers, administrators, and alumni. FirstClass enables a community based approach to teaching and learning by connecting all contributors to the education process within a secure online environment.
Student Email – Students today are very familiar with popular electronic tools such as email, instant messaging, and file sharing. FirstClass delivers a powerful messaging platform that is cost-effective, easy to maintain, and designed to ensure the safety and security of students.
Safe Social Networking – Internet-based social networking websites are increasing in popularity among students looking for an easy-to-use facility in which they can publish and share their thoughts, interests, photos, bookmarks, files, and so on, with other like-minded students. FirstClass provides a dynamic yet safe electronic social networking environment that is controlled and managed internally.
Professional Learning Communities – FirstClass provides an environment that enables professional development to advance from an infrequently scheduled event to a constantly evolving process, enabling peer groups of teachers to collaborate within a school and across an entire school district to facilitate curriculum development, share best practices, and leverage the drive and energy of thought leaders on a continuous basis.
e-Learning – FirstClass delivers a proven e-Learning solution that provides learning organizations with the flexibility to offer a wide range of education delivery formats — from virtual schools to blended and hybrid learning models.
FirstClass is ideally suited to the needs of organizations that are multi-facility, geographically diverse and requiring improved communications that allows the organization to work as if everyone is in one place. It has been used effectively for over 15 years by school districts, service bureaus, manufacturers and others who are able to benefit from the extraordinary stability of its scalable server, extensible architecture and amazing ease of use.
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