Educator editions

Educator editions of Music Ace products come with a comprehensive Educator's Guide and offer the ability to track student populations of virtually any size, from the one-computer classroom to a local area network. To select the best edition for your setting, browse the descriptions below or call Harmonic Vision at (800) 474-0903. To learn more about our educator editions in action, read stories that other educators have shared.

EDUCATOR'S GUIDE
Each educator edition comes with a helpful Educator's Guide. Designed by music educators to maximize the usefulness of each Music Ace product in an educational setting, the Educator's Guide comes in a three-ring binder and includes the following features:

  • reproducible black-line masters-lesson progress sheets, award certificates, spelling games with note names, various staff activities, and many other fun tools to enhance the students' music education process
  • suggested activities for more creative uses of Music Ace
  • detailed matrices of concepts explored in each lesson and game
  • suggestions for ideal classroom instruction methods
  • general Music Ace user information

STUDENT TRACKING
Allows educators to track each student's progress through lessons and games; includes a "completion count" for each student and "games progress" for high scores. Progress sheets can be printed for each user.

GROUP PROGRESS
Feature unique to network edition enables educators to define and arrange up to 60 groups to track the progress of a maximum of 60 students per group. Students' high game scores are compared within each group and progress sheets can be printed as a group.

ACCESS PRIVILEGES
Security feature works with school's pre-determined network password access and login. Allows each student access to their own private Music Ace file. Provides educators special access to all student files and capability to add and delete user files.

MUSIC DOODLE PAD
Unique feature allows students to easily compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds, or listen to and modify popular music selections from the Jukebox. The creative compositions can then be saved and played back for others.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

File Server:
100 MB free hard disk space
10 Megabits/second LAN speed or faster

Workstations:
Windows:

  • XP/Vista/Windows 7
  • 50 MB RAM
  • 60 MB free hard disk space
  • 16-bit sound
  • CD-ROM drive, mouse 
  • General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL

Macintosh:

  • PowerPC, Intel
  • OS X 10.4.11 or later
  • 60 MB of free hard disk space
  • 50 MB of available RAM
  • CD-ROM drive and mouse
  • General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL


CHOOSE FROM:

Single Computer edition - Tracks progress of 240 users. Music Ace and Music Ace 2, for a single computer. Includes 3-ring binder, 1 CD-ROM, User's Guide and Educator's Guide. $79.95.

Music Ace Maestro, for a single computer. Includes 3-ring binder, 1 CD-ROM, User's Guide and Educator's Guide. $127.95.

Lab Pack - Designed for use in schools with many non-networked computers. Tracks progress of 240 users per computer. Student tracking data is stored on each of the individual workstations. Includes 3-ring binder, 1 CD-ROM, User's Guide, Educator's Guide, and a license to install the software on multiple computers. Typical prices for Music Ace or Music Ace 2 configurations are $275 for a 5-computer license to $1,199 for a 30-computer license.

Typical prices for Music Ace Maestro configurations are $440 for a 5-computer license to $1,918 for a 30-computer license. Current owners of Music Ace or Music Ace 2 are eligible for a substantial credit when upgrading to Music Ace Maestro.

Larger installations are also available at significant discounts.

Network edition - Designed for use in schools with a local area network. Tracks progress of up to 3,600 students and comes with a license to use the software on multiple computers at one location. Student tracking data in the network edition is saved in a single location on the network server for easy access by the educator. Typical Network edition prices for Music Ace and Music Ace 2 are $275 for a 5-computer network through $1,199 for a 30-computer installation.

Typical Network edition prices for Music Ace Maestro are $440 for a 5-computer network to $1,918 for a 30-computer installation. Current owners of Music Ace or Music Ace 2 are eligible for a substantial credit when upgrading to Music Ace Maestro.

Larger installations are also available at significant discounts.

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