In the past, student documents were stored in folders at the central office, then copied and sent to various schools when requested, explains Ramzi Adas, the district's manager for imaging services.
Instead of having a person scan and index documents, we have a middle product that can read and interpret those documents, automatically indexing them into the system,
A district saves money and improves security with its new document management system. Portland's Digital Doc Gains
Boosted workers' productivity by 85 percent
Slashed turnaround time on documents from several hours to mere minutes
Realized savings of $100,000, mostly on storage space
Eliminated the need to transport documents between the central office and schools
Guaranteed compliance with No Child Left Behind, the Oregon TAG mandate, and other state and federal statutes regarding document retention
Catalog of books available online! Search by author, title or tag. Would be great for printing out passages for literature studies, especially when the school library doesn't have the book you need.
A plainspoken, non-technical overview of basic HTML tags bloggers may find useful for making tweaks to their content and why they might want to do so. Also includes links to additional HTML resources for those who want more.
Schools across the country are contemplating a technology overhaul to meet new, tougher education standards adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, known as Common Core. Those standards take effect in the fall of 2014.