Box Clever Incorporated and Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) are pleased to announce the launch of EIPS' new school division website http://www.boxclever.ca/elk_island_schools_website/)for the start of the 2007-2008 school year. The new website includes a cleaner, more navigable design that represents the exciting and vibrant atmosphere within Elk Island Public Schools. The new website will enhance communication with parents, students, staff and community by providing relevant and up to date information.
EIPS staff responsible for maintaining the website also benefited from the new website. "The new site includes an easy-to-use Content Management System that allows Elk Island School
departments to update and maintain their own areas of the school division website quickly and efficiently," says Andrea Martin, EIPS Web Services Coordinator.
The Content Management System (CMS) chosen for the new website is called Web Guide and was custom developed by Box Clever. It's a web-based application that allows EIPS staff to login
from any computer and with just a few clicks they can add, edit, or delete text, pages or whole sections from their website. In one short training period staff from all the departments of
EIPS were trained on the system and were immediately adding their department's content to the site. "The system has been well received by staff because it is so simple and user-friendly,"
says
Andrea Martin, EIPS Web Services Coordinator.
"We're all very excited about the launch of our new website," says EIPS Superintendent Egbert Stang. "We are totally committed to applying new technology and to further developing our
site to meet the needs of our current and prospective students, parents, staff and community members. We invite everyone to take the time to visit and explore all the information and
features our new site has to offer."
The next phase of the project will see EIPS partnering with Box Clever Incorporated to begin revamping and standardizing all school websites (www.boxclever.ca (