Tidebreak innovations.
Tidebreak’s core technologies originated in one of the world’s leading research laboratories. We continue to advance the state-of-the-art for interactive workspaces with products that revolutionize the way people can work together. Here are some of the latest innovations our team has included in Tidebreak’s product family.
Universal Client Works With All Tidebreak Products
Tidebreak provides a simple, consistent user experience across all its
products, making it easy to go from TeamSpot to ClassSpot without
re-training. In fact, users have a universal Client that works across
TeamSpot, ClassSpot and ClassSpot PBL, so a single installation is all
one needs to use the entire product line.
ReadyClient™
Allow visitors or first-time users to connect to a TeamSpot or ClassSpot Host
with a just single keystroke — and without installing software — using
a pre-configured Tidebreak Client running on a USB drive. ReadyClient is
the perfect solution for inviting visitors to join a session or for
users who do not have Administrator rights to install software on their
computer.
Whiteboard Capture (From a Physical Board)
When Tidebreak’s software is used in conjunction with a 3rd Party
capture solution, such as Luidia’s eBeam®, any writing or drawing
done on the board will be automatically saved to the session archive.
Self-Directed Orientation Materials
Campuses can download and distribute digital orientation materials that
illustrate best practices for using TeamSpot, ClassSpot and ClassSpot PBL. These range
from printable posters and handouts to online video tutorials, and
include animated screensavers that illustrate how to make the most of
the collaborative technology.
TideScope Analytics
Tidebreak’s Analytics package comes with our all our products. TideScope’s usage reporting
allows system administrators to assess usage patterns for Tidebreak installations across the campus to
determine how Tidebreak-enabled spaces are being used. Analytics results
can be used to measure ROI and adjust orientation programs in response to user
needs.
Flexible Enterprise-Ready Infrastructure
Tidebreak makes it easy to deploy and maintain TeamSpot and ClassSpot
installations across your campus by conforming to a variety of common
deployment scenarios. Host configurations can now be stored in any
location — including network drives — allowing Host computer images to
be managed using products like DeepFreeze™.
This same facility also allows all Hosts on campus to be upgraded by simply updating the master Host image. All Tidebreak products now support per-machine master configurations for enhanced security, so users can login to the Host machine using their own credentials. Tidebreak Clients can be pre-configured to list all TeamSpot and ClassSpot locations on campus, so students can simply select a location from a menu to connect to it.