Listed below are the delivery options available for the A+nyWhere Learning System courseware program:

Web-based A+LS™ – Customer Hosted
Web-based A+LS gives customers who would like to host their own courseware all of the benefits of Client-Server and Browser-Based models rolled neatly into one product.

Web-based A+LS is placed on the customer's web server and the district/school can host different playback modes, interfaces, and management systems for their students and faculty through a web-based menu.

Benefits include:
With Web-based A+LS, students and other users can access from anywhere – homes, libraries, community centers, and alternate learning centers through the same port as standard browsers, with no special configuration or security issues, except for the typical firewall settings allowing outside access to internal servers.

• Three interfaces to fit many different customer needs:
  
  • Web Start - Web Start downloads a small footprint Java™-based Client of A+LS from the customer’s server and installs it on individual workstations. This is very similar to a traditional Client-Server delivery model.
    
    
  • Browser-based HTML – Browser-based delivery, with A+LS running on a district’s server.

Web-based A+LS™ – AEC Hosted
The A+nyWhere Learning System courseware can also be delivered over the Internet from servers hosted by AEC. This allows for smaller district investment and is ideal for programs with few students or with a geographically-dispersed student population. This option allows the greatest flexibility in client platforms and access by workstations not located at district facilities. Educators, students, and administrators can have access to the A+nyWhere Learning System courseware from their homes, media centers, libraries, or community centers by simply logging onto the Internet. Students can access homework assignments and view their academic progress.

Client-Server Delivery —LAN/WAN
The design of the A+nyWhere Learning System courseware is true client-server architecture. The “client” side is an application running on the client machine, whether it is a LAN workstation or an individual computer dialed into an Internet server. The “server” side is a series of other applications that provide the client application with content and handles the database functionality. The two sides communicate through a TCP/IP connection, meaning A+LS can be delivered in a traditional LAN environment, or via a hosted subscription service provided by AEC.

A+LS architecture allows for numerous deployment options to meet customer needs. Curriculum content and student data can be located on different servers at different locations. For example, a district-wide WAN could have centrally-located, real-time student data with media being delivered by local servers at the schools, to optimize bandwidth usage.

Please be sure to check out the A+LS Technical Specifications for more information at the following: http://www.amered.com/awl_requirements.php.