The Simplified Online Communication System (SOCS) provides K-12 schools and school districts with a suite of tools enabling them to create and maintain an interactive Web presence.
This easy-to-use content management system will give you a fully functional, easy-to-maintain web presence after only a few hours of basic instruction. No prior experience required.
And, yes, it's that simple!
SOCS Features at a Glance
- Highlight School News: It's easy for your SOCS site manager to change front-page articles to highlight school events.
- Issue Online Newsletters: Issue an email newsletter to a distribution list, linking the content back to your site.
- Include Private Sections: Sections can be password protected.
- Provide Up-To-Date Content: Create navigation by establishing sections and subsections.
- Control the publishing dates: Only sections with current content appear as navigation. There are no blank pages on a SOCS site.
- Provide School Forms: Post forms online making them easily accessible.
- Publicize School Events: The interactive public events calendar provides automatic email reminders and change notifications for users.
- Search Expired Articles: When the end publishing date for an article is reached, the article is automatically archived and available via a searchable content library.
- Accept Online Payments: With easy-to-use online payments, parents and students will enjoy the convenience of paying for school-related items online.
- Translate Content: The language translation feature allows readers to easily translate content into multiple languages.
- Create Banners and Buttons: Highlight special sections, sponsorships or advertisements by easily creating banners and buttons.
- Conduct Polls and Surveys: Interactive polling and comprehensive surveys allow you to gauge constituent interest in -- and awareness of -- school-related issues.
- Gather Reader Feedback: The feedback option allows readers to submit comments about articles on your site. Editors review and approve all responses before they post.
- Include Images and Slide Shows: Images can go directly from a digital camera to SOCS without photo-editing software. Users can create slide shows with full-sized images and captions.
- Provide Accessibility: SOCS provides accessibility to people with visual disabilities in full accordance with ADA guidelines.
