Catapult K12 – Websites for School Districts, Schools, Charter Schools, Teachers, and PTA

How it Works

Catapult K12 Hosted Solution

Your Catapult Account is managed and hosted by us. Having us host your site allows us to lower the expense of setup and reduce the deployment time. This is a big benefit to you. No more worrying about servers or having a dedicated IT staff to get your website running. We do all the work.

Self-Hosted Solution Available!

For school and districts looking to host their own websites, Catapult K12 offers a self-hosted solution. Catapult K12 offers two options:

Self-Hosted Option #1: The Catapult CMS is still hosted on our servers but once the updates are completed, all files are compiled and sent via FTP to any server of your choice. Your server would need to be configured to run Perl and PHP.

Self-Hosted Option #2: Catapult CMS can be purchased on its own server which Catapult would need to maintain within your network. This is our most costly and time consuming setup option. We would also need an account so that we could login remotely to the server for updates and configuration changes.

NOTE: Additional setup fees apply for either Self-Hosted Service Option. Self-Hosted Service is NOT e-rate eligible.

Account Administration

Catapult K12 first creates the website, which includes a customized website template, pre-developed content, and a Catapult Administrator account. School Site Administrators have the ability to add, modify, and delete Catapult Teacher Website accounts as needed through an easy-to-use interface.

FTP administration is a common source of concern. Once the initial FTP account is created, all further FTP activity is handled by Catapult, removing any need for user administration.

Check-In/Check-Out Process

Catapult accounts are managed through a check-in/check-out process. This prevents other maintainers from checking-out the website while you are working on it, avoiding overwrites.

Automatic Updates

The Catapult K12 team is continuously improving and updating the system, integrating user requests and wishlists. When you log in to your account, you automatically get the updated version.

Updates & Rollbacks

All of your updates are recorded and stored on our server. We keep records up to 5 generations back. If any unwanted changes or updates occur, a rollback can be performed in order to retrieve any data that has been accidentally lost.