Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise can now offer Rainbow communications solutions to US schools by meeting FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) data protection requirements.
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FERPA is a federal law requiring schools and their service providers to ensure the privacy of students' education records. To achieve this, relevant companies must establish and maintain physical, technical, and administrative safeguards that can provide confidentiality, availability, and integrity of educational records.
Becoming FERPA compliant allows ALE to provide its Rainbow communications solutions in US schools, including Rainbow Classroom, which offers a "virtual learning experience" with real-time collaboration and communication capabilities.
Mike Mullarkey, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Americas at ALE USA Inc, said: "Achieving this milestone allows us to extend the benefits of our Rainbow communications platform, through its licensing model, to educational institutions at all levels, which is a priority vertical for ALE.
"We are committed to our education customers and will continue to propose the solutions they need while ensuring all the necessary protection for them to offer services in optimal conditions."
Rainbow Classroom by ALE utilises existing Learning Management systems or ALE's online learning platform to provide an online virtual classroom via a web browser and internet connection to meet the needs of educators and students.
According to ALE, virtual classrooms are now mandatory for schools, enabling them to provide in-person, remote, or HyFlex study for everyday learning and times of crisis.
The key features of Rainbow Classroom include an easy-to-use interface with instructor controls of audio, video, chat, screenshare, file share, and more.
It has classroom controls for students to chat, control audio and video, create study groups, screenshare, and file share.
Rainbow Classroom also provides whiteboarding capabilities for study groups and classrooms, secure E2E encryption, and an intuitive interface with easy onboarding.
Salvatore Zoida, Senior Attorney and FERPA Compliance Officer at ALE USA Inc, said:
