OnCourse Systems for Education Announces Significant Enhancements to its OnCourse...

OnCourse Systems for Education Announces Significant Enhancements to its
OnCourse Lesson Planner

WASHINGTON and GIBBSTOWN, N.J., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- National Educational
Computing Conference, booth # 3154 -- OnCourse Systems for Education, a
provider of award-winning, web-based tools that streamline and automate
educational processes for public and private school districts, today announced
that it has made significant enhancements to its OnCourse Lesson Planner
solution for the 2009-2010 school year.

"We have listened closely to the teachers and administrators using Lesson
Planner and have added and enhanced the features that have been requested the
most," said Georgia Gallicchio, chief marketing officer at OnCourse Systems.
"The new Curriculum Portal that provides school districts with a way to safely
store and distribute curriculum materials has been very well received. Also,
the ability to prioritize standards is new feature our users have requested."

Offered through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, the new enhancements are
part of the annual subscription fee. SaaS provides a predictable, upfront
cost and only requires an Internet connection, eliminating the need for school
districts to maintain and update the software in-house. Available in August
2009, the new version of Lesson Planner offers the following new or enhanced
features:

-- Curriculum Portal - This optional module can be used by school
districts
to safely store and distribute curriculum materials. With its
integrated security system, users can securely and easily grant access
to curriculum documents via an intuitive user interface. It also
features a built-in version control system.
-- Power Standards - Administrators and Curriculum Coordinators can
designate "power standards" so that teachers can focus on
standards that are most important.
-- Student Standards Reporting - By using Lesson Planner in conjunction
with OnCourse Student Stats, reports detailing the standards taught to
a
particular student for a specified date range can be generated.
-- Class Section Based Reporting - Teachers are able to specify what
classes a particular lesson is for and run reports that detail
standards
taught by the class section level. Lesson Planner's scope and
sequence feature also allows teachers to select particular class
sections.
-- User Interface Enhancements - Teachers can now further customize the
setup of their planner and take advantage of the increased speed of
entering lesson plans online.

-- Enhanced Calendars - The new interface for the calendars provides
greater flexibility for the user in scheduling of events.

About OnCourse Systems for Education
OnCourse Systems for Education is a provider of web-based, enterprise wide
k-12 technology solutions that streamline and automate educational processes
for teachers and administrators in public and private school districts.
OnCourse's award-winning line of intuitive tools has been designed to enhance
communication and collaboration and has resulted in high usage rates among
teachers, administrators, students and parents. OnCourse Lesson Planner, a
web-based tool that automates the creation, management and sharing of lesson
plans, has more than 100,000 users nationwide and has received the Association
of Educational Publishers' Distinguished Achievement Award and ComputED's Best
Educational Software Awards (BESSIES). Its other online solutions include
OnCourse Student Information System (SIS), OnCourse Grade Book, OnCourse
Student Stats and OnCourse Discipline System, winner of
ScholasticAdministr@tor's Best in Tech awards. Founded in 2002, OnCourse is
headquartered in Gibbstown, N.J. For more information on the company, visit
www.oncoursesystems.com.

Contact:
Karen Higgins
Sagefrog Marketing
(610) 831-5723
karenh@sagefrog.com

SOURCE OnCourse Systems for Education

Karen Higgins of Sagefrog Marketing, +1-610-831-5723, karenh@sagefrog.com, for
OnCourse Systems for Education