Fiddlehead® Software
Fiddlehead® is a suite of software tools designed to make the job of administering a complex classroom network easier and less time consuming. It was designed specifically to tackle the challenges faced by educational tech-coordinators as they try to maintain large fleets with a variety of models across multiple physical locations. No other package on the market has been designed with your specific challenges in mind. Each utility improves or solves a specific issue common to the challenge of deploying and maintaining a fleet of computers in an educational environment.
Manager
More than ever before students, teachers and administrators depend on the delivery of efficient IT services across multiple locations. Today many classrooms simply cannot operate without functioning technology, yet IT support struggles to keep up with fewer resources per system year after year. How can you maintain an efficient and effective support system?
CDI has the solution with FH5.0 Manager, a system management solution based on our unique virtual desktop technology that allows you to perform many of your day to day support functions without leaving your desk. This cost effective solution was designed specifically to help educational organizations reduce the cost and complexity of deploying, supporting and managing their end user systems.
The unique features of this tool include:
- Robust Remote Control Capability
- Task Scheduling Function
- Image Management / Hardware Agnostic Images
- Inventory Insight
- Configuration Protection
- Virtual CD
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Classroom-BETA
FH5.0 Classroom provides educators with the ability to effectively deliver lesson content, simultaneously monitor all student windows based systems and work collaboratively. FH5.0 Classroom enables teachers to get more out of their classroom technology while ensuring they maintain their students’ complete attention and focus at all times. With FH5.0 Classroom teachers can remotely monitor and control their students' devices, perform demonstrations, share their screens and lock some or all the systems.
This easy to learn classroom management tool has a diversity of functions including:
- Student Screen Monitoring
- Internet Monitoring
- System Locking
- Screen Sharing
- Power Control
- Remote Control
*FH5.0 Classroom works in conjunction with FH5.0 Manager. All student systems must be running FH5.0 Manager in order for a teacher to make use of all the FH5.0 Classroom management functions.
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Multi-Seat-BETA
As the demand to provide students increased access to technology grows schools face tough challenges such as budget cuts, lack of or outdated PCs, limited IT support staff, crowded and hot computer labs, growing student populations, and the need to integrate e-learning into the classroom. How can you afford to provide computer access to everyone, everywhere?
FH5.0 Multi-Seat addresses this growing complexity with a simple cost effective turnkey solution. This tool allows you to affordably give each student his or her own fully functional workstation by using a single computer and simply adding additional monitors, keyboards and mice. With FH5.0 Multi-Seat you can connect up to 4 work stations natively to a single computer and share it’s processing power. You can instantly increase the districts computer to student ratio while substantially reducing your deployment and support costs.
Benefits to using FH5.0 Multi-Seat include:
- Giving more students their own computing experience for the same budget - reduces the per seat cost of a PC by more than 75%
- Eliminate the costs, time and challenges associated with System Image Management.
- A turn-Key Solution “Lab in a box” - All components are pre-tested, validated, preconfigured and simple to deploy
- Reduced Network Drops – while FH5.0 Multi-Seat is compatible with your active directory and each user gets their own IP address, you are only required a single network drop per cluster (4 users)
- Small Solution Footprint - Free up valuable workspace in classrooms and labs
- Reduce energy consumption – use up to 70% less energy to power the same number of workstations
- Simplified cost effective support using the full system management suite - FH5.0 Multi-Seat includes a full suite of management utilities allowing you to centralize support
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