AB Tutor Control Forum/Message Board

Andy · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 147

Hi All

We've had a request for a Timed Shutdown feature so that you can schedule all running client machines to shutdown after a set time of the day.

I can see this being useful for update maintenance or just to make sure all machine are power off over night.

What do you think, would this be a useful addition to the product?

Andy

Dave · Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 31

Yes, this would be a very handy edition.

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pellim · Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 4

Yes, but I do that from my admin

Dave · Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 31

Hi, just wondering if this feature is anywhere being complete?

If not is it possible to do this from Active Directory?

jos · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 5

Hi Andy,

Yes this would be useful. You might also consider a countdown timer to appear on each students screen telling them to log off in, say 1 minute. This could be activated by the tutor before the end of a class period, ensuring that all students log off in time.

g60dave · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

Has this request been taken on? I think it would be a great way to scheduel shut down and therefore save power, can you le me know please

Andy · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 147

This feature will be in the next version due to enter beta test by the end of the month.

Andy

meastaugh1 · Joined: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 59

A possibly useful feature would be for an event (eg logoff/shutdown) to happen, during certain periods of the day, if the computer has been idle for x amount of time. For instance, if computer has been idle for 30 minutes (during 18:00-06:00), then shutdown.