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Virtual U Hosting Package Prices

Virtual U web site hosting includes the services necessary to enable features including web pages, mail, newsletters, and database. It also includes registrar and instructor access to our back office for maintaining your database of courses, students, registrations, and so forth. It does not include site or office maintenance by our staff.

Package Name Academy Institute College Add-On
Monthly Price (at right)
Features (see below)		 $35/mo  $60/mo $85/mo  
Domains Hosted
(Individual Web Sites)		 1 1 1 $15/domain
Storage
(storage for Web Site)		 100 MB 150 MB 500 MB $25/GB
Faculty Members Capacity 20 50 200  
Students Capacity (total) 500 5000 50000 $10/10K
Students Capacity (per class) 50 350 2500 $5/thousand
Courses Capacity 50 350 2500  
Transfer Capacity
(megabytes of data per month)
 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB $5/GB
E-mail forwarders
(forward to your own e-mail accounts)		 unlimited unlimited unlimited  
E-mail users
(login and check for mail here)		 10 15 20 $5/5-pack
Office Group Address
(one address forwards to your whole office)		 unlimited unlimited unlimited  
E-mail Broadcast Newsletter
Includes web site archive of previous editions 		$15/mo* $15/mo* $15/mo* $25 ea
Secure Socket Layer
Enable secure credit card course registrations.		 included included included  
Visitor Statistics Report
(Web page with visitor statistics produced by Analog software.)		 included included included  
Student Referral Facility
(Allow students to list themselves for public to find)		 $15/mo* $15/mo* $15/mo*  
Audio Media Clips
(3 minute introductory audio tapes)		 included1 included1 included1  
Audio Media Course Content
(course-length segments of audio material with streaming service)		 included1 included1 included1  
Training for Registrar
(during the first month)		 included included included  

* Plus one time setup fee
1 Subject to limitations on storage and transfer capacity

Virtual U Site Setup Pricing

Virtual U web site setup includes the work necessary to transform a static web site to a dynamic web site that is easily updated as classes and instructors change. It also includes the work necessary to enable students to register for courses using on line credit card payment. The pricing below assumes that you already have a static web site with an appropriate design which you do not want to change. It does not include changes to your site which are not required to enable the Virtual U systems. Typical examples of features that are extra cost are: product sales pages, graphical enhancements, and complex layout requirements.

Standard Virtual U Website Setup

Required for all Virtual U web sites. Includes additions to your existing web site, using your standard page template, to include the following dynamic pages:

Basic Virtual U Setup
1. faculty index
2. faculty member detail
3. courses index
4. course detail
5. course basket
6. course registration
7. course secure payment

Course Evaluation & Instructor Feedback Setup
8. Student evaluation page
9. Student evaluation reminder message
10. Course evaluation summary page


Standard setup also includes enabling your email addresses, one broadcast newsletter list, and your access to the VirtualU Systems Back Office.

Dynamic pages are generated from your database of courses and instructors and they are automatically updated with your most recent information at all times.

 $750
Optional Student Area Setup

Optional for all Virtual U web sites. Includes addition of the following pages to your web site:

1. Student login
2. Forgotten password help
3. Student area index
4. Student information update
5. Class registration, for classes that are part of a program
6. Class drop
7. Class progress review, to review all classes registered

You are encouraged to make additions to the student area to add course materials.		 $450
Student Referral Facility Setup

Optional for all Virtual U web sites. Includes additions of the following pages to your web site.

1. Student login
2. Student profile input form
3. Preview profile
4. Public search page
5. Public search results page
6. Public student profile page		 $550
Other Setup Charges  
Web Site Newsletter Archive
(displays previous e-mail broadcasts on your Web Site)
$50
Topical Discussion Forum or Bulletin Board
(Webcrossing message board)		 $250

 
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