McLean, VA – October 29, 2018: Propeller is pleased to announce that starting in November 2018, the Propeller Classroom Virtual Desktop and Open Access Lab products will be available for purchase in the AWS MarketPlace. This allows colleges and universities that are AWS customers to purchase subscriptions for eLumin’s platform more easily and quickly.
Created with the specific needs of education in mind, the Classroom Virtual Desktops and Open Access Lab products allow schools to deliver a full virtual desktop experience to students, faculty, and staff to support all aspects of academic life.
Virtual Desktop – Pooled and non-persistent environment
- Ideal replacement for expensive physical computer labs across campus.
- Access from anywhere, almost any device with an Internet connection.
- Leverage existing SSO/SAML authentication services.
- Entirely web-based, nothing to install.
- Accessible from macOS, Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS clients.
- Available in Windows 7 or Windows 10.
- Leverage existing licensing if available.
- Define a burst capacity to meet the needs of your peak periods of usage.
- Software delivery based on end-user characteristics (major, course, class section, etc).
- Support for IP/Cloud printing.
- Access to campus resources (ie: license server, etc) as necessary.
- Fully managed/supported environment.
Virtual Desktops – Dedicated and persistent environment
- Provide access to the latest real-world software and environments to students in the classroom.
- Persistent virtual desktop follows a student through a course, program, or lifetime at the school – defined by business rules.
- Entirely web-based, nothing to install
- Accessible from macOS, Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS clients.
- Available in Windows 7 or Windows 10.
- Leverage existing licensing if available.
- Software delivery based on end-user characteristics (major, course, class section, etc).
- Introduce complex hands-on learning through a secure sandbox.
- Support for IP/Cloud printing.
- Access to campus resources (ie: license server, etc) as necessary.
- Fully managed/supported environment.
Do you have more questions? Please schedule a session with our team to discuss how Propeller can meet the needs of your campus.
