Studentnet News
19 May 2014
MITIE Conference, plus New Cloudwork Features
Once again we attended the MITIE Conference this time in Canberra and
can report that it was our most successful conference to date. We
received keen interest from both schools and Service Providers
regarding our Cloudwork Identity Provider service and how they can
benefit.
As well we received clear messages on required new features and how we
can improve Cloudwork. We highly value that feedback and use it for
our product planning - remember every feature that you see in the
Cloudwork of today has come from suggestions made by the school user
community over the past 6 years of product development.
The 3 clear requests that were clearly identified for us are:
*
Password Reset - schools want their users to be able to securely
reset their own passwords without any intervention from the school
service desk
*
AD account provisioning - auto provisioning and maintenance of
accounts in AD based on information coming from a variety of sources
including the school's management system
*
Improved documentation and administration facilities - the
Cloudwork administration interface is 6 years old and needs to be
modernised to provide better control and reporting options for
school administrators
Studentnet is glad to report that we are making progress on each of
these 3 requirements, as below.
Password Reset feature: *Your Input is Requested*
This new feature has advanced to the point that our development is
today issuing a requirements specification for the coding of this new
feature. We need to receive your feedback and suggestions regarding
this specification before coding commences.
Please download the specification from
http://studentnet.net/Cloudwork_Password_Reset.pdf and send any
feedback/suggestions to password-reset@studentnet.net.
Our programming team is aware of the urgent need for this function and
is ready for immediate commencement of the development of this
important new feature. Please get back to us as soon as possible.
Auto-Provisioning of user accounts in AD from your School Management
System
In 2013 we invited you to help specify this feature to have it ready
during the 2014 year.
Studentnet has collected your feedback and will shortly be issuing the
requirements specification for Auto-provisioning of accounts. We
expect to release the specification prior to the end of May, 2014.
Once again your feedback is valuable to us, we will be requesting your
feedback upon release of the account provisioning specification
document.
We look forward to continuing our program of innovation so that we can
deliver better quality technical solutions at lower cost to the school
education community.
Improved administration system
Studentnet has commenced coding of V2 of our new administration system
to replace the current V1 facility. The current administration system
was introduced when Studentnet announced that we were taking school's
to the cloud in 2007 - well ahead of today's popular movement. Our V1
administration facility has worked well for us since being introduced
in 2008 but it is now showing its age and now needs to be upgraded
with a new look and even more functionality.
In particular the V2 administration interface will include:
* Greater exposure of your existing configuration
* Better logging of user activity
* Better reporting
* More documentation especially with improved implementation of both
initial setup and new service providers
* More modern look and feel
Thanks in advance for any suggestions - we especially look forward to
hearing your thoughts on the Password Reset function. All comments
appreciated.
Best Regards
The Studentnet Team
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