What is an Intranet and why use one?

An intranet is similar to the internet but access to it is limited to people within an organization. You can post information on an intranet that you do not want open to the public. It provides an easy way to communicate and store information. Everyone in the district has an account for our website. When you sign in and go to the employee only section you are using an intranet. For the district page we provide forms, the employee directory, and monthly enrollment reports. There can be intranets for the building level. Right now only one of our buildings use their intranet. They post referral forms, teacher handbooks, weekly building news, special education forms, and directions for common tasks like printing to the photocopier. They post field trip information and some social welfare like the birthday list for the building staff. Many buildings are accomplishing similar items by sending out lots of emails. Then people have to save the email so they can find the information when they needed it. People have to send out reminders. By using the intranet everyone knows the information will be there when they need it so you do not need to save all of the emails.