Impero's functionality helps teachers in many ways, these are a few to mention:
Transfer Files/Folders to/from remote computers
Impero allows you to transfer files from your own computer to one or many remote users. The file will be sent to the remote users Home Directory, whether that resides on their computer or on a remote server.
Once the file has been sent it can be automatically opened ready for the user to work with.
Ask Questions/Survey
With a few clicks of the mouse you can ask all users in your group a yes/no, multiple choice or written answer question. The results of the survey are returned to you so you know who gave a particular answer.
This feature is an extremely quick method of gathering results from a set of users on a particular topic.
Remote Logon
Remotely Log on to selected machines with a few clicks of the mouse. Handy for remote administration or preparing a lesson by logging machines on and getting everything ready for younger students.
Send Instant Messages or Create a Forum
Creating a Forum for users allows you to keep in constant communication with them wherever they are. In an educational environment you can have one forum for staff, another for your own classroom and another for several students.
Run Files and Websites
Impero gives you the ability to open a document, website or run a file on remote computers. This makes light work for teachers since you will not have to ask students to browse to a URL that is 30 characters long, simply run the website for them.
Some staff like to lock all computer screens then run Microsoft Word on all computers and disable the Internet.
Record and annotate your screen
Create a video recording of your screen, adding labels as you go. The video can show how you did a particular task. For example, you can create a demo on 'How to insert Clipart' showing step by step how to do this.
You can then send this video to network users and they can refer to this video at any time.
Broadcast a screen to the rest of the group
You may have a projector where everyone in the suite can see your computer screen, but it's nice and sometimes useful to show your screen on their screen.
Better still, you can show a student screen to the rest of the class.
While the chosen screen is being broadcasted to the class, or certain users, you can annotate the screen highlighting words for them to see more clearly.
Pass control of the broadcasted screen to an individual
While you are broadcasting a particular screen to other computer users, you can pass control to anyone watching. For example, if you are demonstrating your screen, you can ask another computer user to point out or highlight a word on your screen. In this case you would pass control to them, they can highlight the word, then you can take control back.
Take Remote Control of any networked computer
Impero gives you real-time control of any networked computer. Ideal for administrative tasks or help and support to individuals.
Impero uses special techniques to make the remote control session feel as smooth and fast as possible, which in turn makes it feel very realistic.
The remote control uses very little bandwidth, super fast compression and minimal CPU usage. There are 5 speeds to choose from, each having a different advantage.
