Release Notes for 3Com
®
Education Module, First Release
for the NBX
®
Networked Telephony Solutions
!
NOTE:
The NBX V3000 is the newest hardware platform. It supports NBX system software Release
4.4 and higher.
The 3Com Education Module software runs on:
--SuperStack
®
3 NBX and the NBX 100 at Release 4.3.13 or higher
--NBX V3000 at Release 4.4.7 or higher
New Features in 3Com Education Module...................................................................................................1
Hardware Requirements...............................................................................................................................2
System Limitations at This Release of 3Com Education Module.................................................................3
Known Anomalies and Considerations at This Release ..............................................................................4
Documentation Comments ...........................................................................................................................4
New Features in 3Com Education Module
The 3Com
®
Education Module is a useful set of integrated applications that can vastly simplify
communications among teachers in school, and among teachers, administrators, safety officials, and
parents. The Education Module applications, which run in conjunction with the 3Com NBX Networked
Telephony Solution, are described in the
Quick Start Guide for the 3Com
®
Education Module
, which
you can find on
www.3com.com
Auto Dialer, Including Absentee Reporting
This feature provides automatic dialing and distribution of voice messages to predefined calling lists.
For example, every day, the Education Module system can send a recorded voice message to the
parents or guardians of each child who did not come to school. Other uses include reminders to
parents of upcoming parent/teacher meetings, changes to extracurricular activities, snow days
including bus cancellations or delays, notice of school board meetings, and so on.
Intercom
For telephones in the school that have speaker capabilities, this application provides a speed-dial
feature that allows an intercom message to go out to specific extensions or groups of extensions.
Homework Hotline and Enhanced IVR
Using this feature, a teacher calls into the system, enters a secure class identification number for each
class, and records the day’s or week’s assignments. Parents and guardians can then call, enter a
student identification number (and optionally, a PIN), and hear the current homework assignment from
